Iowa News Roundup Highlights Rural Tax Plebiscite and Farm Markets
State notes report Leon fire loss of 100000 in business property. Arnolds Park seining for food fish. Ida Grove paving contract for 50000 square yards. Story County supports 10 mill school tax. Sioux City market trades cattle hogs sheep worth about 9 million in January. Iowa to 100 percent Red Cross service for 1923. Saunders alias Colson linked to Toledo post office theft of 1 million. Paroles bill would require half sentence before parole. Farm marketing, soybean plant study, and Duroc Jersey pig records featured. Mortgage on road funds via Fackler bill. Telephones on five of six farms. Iowa leads rural telephone adoption. Hereford sale totals 130 head for 28600 dollars at state fair grounds. King Perfection sells for 1200 to Australia buyer.
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Arnolds Park
Ida Grove
Story County
Palo Alto
Calhoun
Sioux City
Iowa
Red Cross
E. F. Saunders
James Colson
Davenport
Toledo
J. L. Brookhart
Washington County
Senate
Lester Kelly
Shenandoah
L. A. Miller
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Upper Iowa University
State Farm Bureau Federation
Montgomery County
Anderson
Webster County
E. G. Nourse
Iowa State College
Ames
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
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Drake Park
Cottage Grove
Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
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State Highway Commission
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Hereford Association
State Fair Grounds
Mount Larcom Pastoral Company
Euroa
Queensland
Australia
King Perfection
F. ©. Peterson
Galva
Marvel
Ralph Planter & Son
Gasoline tax proposals gain ground in Iowa legislature
Three bills in the Iowa General Assembly seek a gasoline tax with rates from one to two cents per gallon. One senate bill channels revenue to primary roads, while two house bills fund secondary roads. Debates focus on tax apportionment to counties and dealer pass-through.
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House
Senate
Thirty-Ninth General Assembly
Iowa
Caldwell
Tax Committee
Kimie
Poor Indian at Taos Art Colony Asks for Dime
Doctor Whittemore recalls being approached by a dignified Indian at Taos New Mexico. The man wore a white sheet and spoke with measured candor asking for a dime before wife and daughter arrived.
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Whittemore
Washburn College
Taos
N. M
Doctor Whittemore
Boston Transcript
Dr Harvey Bruce Lemon Lecture Tonight on Radio
University of Chicago physicist Dr Harvey Bruce Lemon will discuss the department's secrets in a radio lecture tonight as reported by News Stein. The program promises insights into physics research and department topics live on air.
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Harvey Bruce Lemon
University of Chicago
Department of Physics
Stein
Delightful Location
Miss Bute speaks of a lip cold sore lingering as Jack Softleigh offers sympathy and humor about the condition.
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Miss Bute
Jack Softleigh
Dressing to Look Younger Adds Ten Years Claim
A columnist suggests people may dress to appear younger, but argues a ten year difference is realistic and should be the target. The tone notes practical style over drastic changes.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
Advertisement explains Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an ointment and internal tonic to relieve catarrhal inflammation and restore normal mucous surfaces. Claims it works through the blood and has sold for over forty years by F. J. Cheney Co. of Toledo Ohio.
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Halls
Hall
F. J. Cheney& Co
Toledo
Taking No Chances In Pank Blurb Exchange
Hank Ip pank questions a bore approach as Herb Blurb explains waiting to see its direction before advancing. The dialogue portrays cautious movement and strategic hesitation in a tense confrontation.
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Hank Ippank
Herb Blurb
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes with simple directions for dyeing skirts dresses sweaters and draperies at home. It claims the product will not spot fade streak or run and advises buyers to tell the pharmacist fabric type wool silk linen cotton or blends.
Ford and Oldfield Fight Over Who Made Whom
Henry Ford and Barney Oldfield once partners in a brief venture. A friend claimed Oldfield helped make Ford, and Ford agreed yet said he helped make Oldfield. When they met again Oldfield challenged Ford asking if he repeated the remark. Ford admitted it and Oldfield replied that he did a better job than Ford.
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Henry Ford
Barney Oldfield
Hank
Ford
Correct Definition in Dolphus Pa Local Dialect
Fragmentary historical note discusses proverb use and self assessment with phrases about confidence and dressing to one’s cloth, reflecting local speech patterns and moral guidance from a distant London source.
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Dolphus
London
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