Passenger train service to Winterset abandoned in Iowa
The Hook Island railway wins state consent to annual Des Moines to Winterset passenger service, conditioned on bus operation. Buses costing 10,000 each replace trains on the route, which officials say averaged a 2000 dollar monthly loss. residents fear reduced service will worsen the loss.
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Winterset
Hook Island Railway Company
State Railway Commission
Des Moines
Lroad
Servidl
Amendment to Rock Valley Creamery Articles of Incorporation
At the annual stockholders meeting in Rock Valley on January 24 1929 a resolution was adopted amending Article I to change authorized shares from one thousand shares of 125 dollars each to twenty five hundred shares of ten dollars each. The president and secretary are authorized to sign and acknowledge the amendment. Signed at Rock Valley January 28 1929 by Fred De Jong president and A Gaalswrk secretary.
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Rock Valley Creamery Company
Yre
Rock Valley Creamery Corry
Rock Val- Tawa
Rock Valley Creamery Combe
Rock Valley
Five Smooth Stones From the Brook Irregular W C T U Campaign Prep
The notice urges W C T U members to prepare for a January campaign by training members in educational outreach. It emphasizes familiar use of proven arguments, reliance on the British education group’s material, and memorizing key passages from speakers at the Boston convention to recruit for the Scientific Temperance Institution and win over citizens.
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W.C.T.U
Goliath
Scientific Temperance Institution Department
Boston
Charl Williams
Local Timetable C M & St P Rail Rock Valley Eastward Service
Local timetable lists C M & St P routes with passengers east to Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton Sioux Flyer to Chicago and Madison west to Mitchell and Black Hills and notes for tickets baggage check reservations and train numbers 4 11 3 22 98 and war freight schedules with cautions on connections and ticketing through to final destinations.
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C. M
ST. P. RY
Rock Valley
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sanborn
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Black Hills
Ganton
C. W. Jacobs
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Sitsek At
Rock Valley Paint Shop
Peter Spruyt
Farmers Lumber Yards
Beast
Gqwa
Fred de Jong
A. Gaalswrk
Rhode Island
White Rocks
Orpington
White Wyandottes
S. L
Iowa
Alley Grain Co
John Coert
Prop
Middle West
Science
Big Business
Bell System
Northwestern Bell
Chevrolet
C.K
Flint, Mich
Ible Landau
Collenbaugh Motor Company
John Kersbergen
Acme Oray
John Vander Poel
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