Iowa Corn Yield Outlook and Historic Peak Crops
C D Ried of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service projects a probable 40.5 bushels per acre, about one bushel above the ten year average, with total Iowa production in 1928 potentially ranking with 1920 1922 and 1925 highs. Leslie M Carn estimates the gem crop at 1 174 000 acres, up 2.5 percent from 1927. The Waterloo Anglers Club leases fish ponds on John Wohlsein farm near Waverly Bremer county to drain and restock with trout before completing improvements. Keokuk laborer Bill Kelly finds three 1000 dollar bills in a hotel ruin thought to conceal Civil War era money and keepsakes.
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Iowa
C. D. Ried
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Leslie Mf. Carn
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Town
Waterloo Anglers Club
John Wohlsein
Waverly
Bremers County
Amos Garner
Wohlsein
Bill Kelly
Keokuk
Great Airplane Display at State Fair Town
Town fair schedule features an aviation expo August 22 to 31 with exhibits of passenger planes and educational programs. Capt George H Wilkins and Lieut Eielson will fly daily in a Lockheed Vega monoplane and present lectures with motion pictures from their North Pole flight. An army balloon, parachute races, rope slides, and war flying demonstrations accompany about twenty aircraft from leading manufacturers. Also highlighted is Osage's 72 piece school band directed by Alvin Edgar, funded by the public schools with a band tax and city support.
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George H. Wilkins
Lieut
Eielson
North Pole
Alaska
Snitzbergen
Wilkins
Des Moines
Fair Grounds
Capt Walters
America
Osage
Alvin Edgar
Mitchell County
Alvin
West Star Rural Church Homecoming Stirs Community
The West Star Methodist church near Winterset, founded over sixty years ago, marked its homecoming with a large gathering. The remote country church, five miles from Winterset, stands apart from schools or stores yet remains a strong community center through membership and influence. Many children and grandchildren of the founders were showcased as exemplary Christian citizens, reflecting the enduring value of the rural church and home.
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Hne
West Star
Meer -Methodists
Winterset
A & Good
Farm family plans yearlong USA tour in house on wheels
Frank Sielow a Hadrin county farmer builds a complete home on two Ford roadster chassis. The vehicle includes folding berths kitchen with gas range refrigerator running water shower bath toilet radio and typewriter desk. He and his wife and daughter will depart soon for a lengthy tour across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Frank Sielow
Hadrin
United States
Sielow
Stidow
Holstein Heifer Sets Record at Minnesota Fair Sale
Har grove and Arnold near Norwalk Warren County sold a three year old Holstein heifer for 14100 to T B McCawley of Montreal president of Sun Life Lunplace company. The sale at the Ormsby Sale of Holsteins at the Minnesota state fair grounds shattered all 1920 records. The heifer had 1926 All American calf yearling 1927 Premier honors at the Philadelphia exposition.
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Hargrove & Arnold
Norwalk
Warren County
T. B. McCawley
Montreal
Can
Sun Life Lunplace Company
Ormsby
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Sand
Philadelphia
Lincoln Highway Now Fully Surfaced Across Iowa
The last hod of cement was laid in Harrison county completing paving of the Lincoln Highway. The road now runs across thirteen Iowa counties from Clinton on the Mississippi River east to Council Bluffs on the Missouri River west. It is a continuous route usable in all weather.
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Lincoln
Harrison County
Clinton
Mississippi River
Council Bluffs
Missouri
Iowa
Adlar Seaboard
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Sioux County Fair
Beths San Neh Esseatanet
Monte
O. C
Geo
Childs
Rock Valley
Rock Valley Rendering Works
Iowa State Fair
Milwaukee
the Sea Road
Farmers Elevator
Farmers Lumber
Rock Valley, Iowa
The
White House
Parie
Bete Howe
France
Roelofs & Vander Bok
DOON
Icwa
John Vander Poel
Steck & Walpole
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