Black walnuts planted to diversify Rose Valley grove
George J. Schaller of Storm Lake, ex-president of the state bankers association, planted large black walnuts on his Yavin grove along the lake shore. The nuts came from trees near Carlisle in Warren County and on Des Moines south bank Racoon river. over 100 varieties exist and black walnut meats are used in candy and cake.
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George J. Schaller
Storm Lake
State Bankers Association
LT. Bode
Department of the State College
Aes
Carlisle
Warren County
Des Moines
Racoon
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridges Beneath Missouri River
Construction of a Missouri River bridge between Missouri Valley Town and Blair Nebraska proceeds under low water, with steel spans and concrete piers rising. The project, by Nebraska Iowa Corporation, features 333-foot high pylons and 2800-foot total length. Work began June 26, 1928, and expects opening before June 30.
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Missouri River
Missouri Valley
Town
Blair
Nebraska
Iowa ” Corporation
Sekre Pier
Compresud
Enbne
Local Native Reporter Shows Through Toledo Chronicle
C Me Richards publisher of the Toledo Chronicle hires a full-blood Indian from the Tama reservation as rural correspondent. George Young Bear leads the new staff. A sample item notes a Mesquakie Christmas gift to President-elect Hoover at Palo Alto and a man sending his loaded belt with elephant and white horse designs as a holiday keepsake to “Herb.”
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C. Me. Richards
Toledo, Taha County
Chronicle
Tama Reservation
George Young-Bear
Horbert Hoover
Palo Alto
California
Frank Leaf
Many Christmas Seals Sold
Miss Frances Brothy announces statewide Christmas seal sales surpassed eight and a half million with Des Moines contributing 820000. Funds from the drive will support Broadlawns occupational therapy equipment, tuberculosis nursing services via Public Health Nursing, and the state association for Toenwork.
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Frances Brothy
Des Moines
Broadlawns
Public Health Nursing Association
State Association
Air Mail Schedule Text from Bes Moines and Omaha
Air mail schedule shows outbound flights from Bes Moines at 4 40 a.m daily toward Tes Voines and Chienes with afternoon arrivals. Week of 6 15 morning shows additional lanes to Now Park and A280. Westbound service from Tenn es arrives in Omaha at 1 18 a.m with connections to transcontinental planes.
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Bes Moines
Chienes
Chinnen
Tennes
Anite
Omaha
Local sale and loan ads mix in Rock Valley paper
Agricultural for sale and rent notices mix with financing offers and service ads. Items include wood sawing by James Kraid in Rock Valley Iowa, White Pekin ducks, Helder farm 280 acres for lease, I A Deppe contact, a legal notice by G Postma, Crosley Greiner Bros loan offers up to 100 dollars, trucking by Dave Vander Pol, harness oiling, shoe repair, Spotted Poland China pigs, Aneola Root remedy ad, Greiner Bros radio Newsley tracking hauls, Sil harness shipment, Federal Farm Loans under 5 percent for 36 years, J J Van Otterlop Leghorn chickens, Pete De King steer stock, and other misc notices.
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James Kraid
Rock Valley
Roeck Valley
Wiles
Pairview
Helder
Crossley
Greiner Bros
Isan
D. J. Scanlan & Son
K. Hendriks
Dave Vander Pol
Greiner
Ver Mulm
Poland
Antone Bomgaars Boyden
Towa
H. H. Pember
Asa Bee
Greiner Har- Shop
O. B. Evenson
Y Treas
Sheldon
J. J. van Otterlop, Jr
Pete de King, Jr
Filipino Club Dines In Des Alpes With American Guests
The Filipino Club in Des Alpines entertained many American friends at a fashionable hotel dinner. M. V. Guerrero heads the club. The city hosts 13 members, seven in college and six in high school, all male. They plan to return home after graduation, from well to do families funding schooling. At a recent dinner, 37 Americans attended while native music and instruments provided the entertainment.
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M. V. Guerrero
Card of Thanks from Griffin Family
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness, help and sympathy during our wife and mother’s sickness and death. Your thoughtfulness will be remembered. George Griffin and Children.
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George Griffin
Doon News Items Report Local Visits And Travel
Doon news notes list residents and relatives visiting in nearby towns and states including Madison South Dakota Sioux Falls Rock Rapids and Canton Also reported are moves back home and a death interment at Rock Rapids with several residents returning to continue studies in Iowa City
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John Swart
Madison
Hl. W. Stevens
Melvin Thompson
Wallace Trigg
Sioux Falls
Lois Miller
Primghar
Will Winter
Harts
S. D
Henry Ross
Sheboygan
Wis
Invention to Thwart Bank Rebers in Sigourney Vault Ventilator Installed
The First National Bank of Sigourney installed electric vault ventilators to prevent inner entrapment. The device inserts from inside the vault wall, draws in fresh air, expels foul air, and provides outside communication. When closed it is airtight liquid proof and fireproof.
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First National Bank of
Federal Aid for Iowa Highways Allocations
Iowa will receive 2,020,861 dollars from a 73,125,000 dollar national apportionment for road construction. Additional funds include 2,534,000 dollars from May action and 2,536,000 dollars for the year ending June 30, 1952, with priorAct totals lifting the federal fund to over 26,000,660 dollars for further road projects.
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Lore
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Ze Sparton
Equasonne
Kearns Radio Shop
Iowa
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Roelofs & Vander Bok
Vander Well & Sons
Qué
Steck & Walpole
Peter Spruyt
THE
Rose Valley
A. L. Bhalstread
Market Report
Dairy Butte
Jay Bee
Ani
Elsvas Pgr Company
WM. Schouten
F. L. Meyers
Shelden
Laws
Helen Foster
Ameri
Conway Tearle
Dorothy Sebastian
Isle OF Forgotten
Leatrice Joy
South Seas
Chel
Blue Danube
Casper
Herbert Schmidt
Fisher New
Oakland
All America
America
Lovejoy
Rock Valley Garage
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