Town notes and oddball election impressions from a small city
A quirky election anecdote features a judge unsure who the joke hits as a voter relies on a long ordinance and a filing clerk explains the ballot. Wally Swanson from the City Hall area emerges as a potential Olympic contender after sprinting from the City Hall to Servier Co. office, outpacing rivals. The piece ends with a weekend trip to Yellowstone National Park seeking cooler climes.
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Wally” Swanson
Servier Company
Swanson
Yellowstone heat and Old Faithful ride through winter hike
The writer describes morning ice scraping at Yellowstone Park with high snow, hot underground heat, and boiling springs, noting Old Faithful, then recounts a rainy ride toward North Dakota, floods and a farm near Mandan, and observations of tree rows in western South Dakota planted under presidential auspices.
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Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone
North Dakota
A. J. Fritts
Mandan
N. D
South Dakota
Casper Wyoming Oil Field Details and Railroad Transport Costs
The narrative notes Casper Wyoming as an oil field hub with many wells, predicting cheap gas at 25 cents a gallon. It questions how Wy oil reaches Rock Valley for about 17 cents despite production costs of twenty cents, speculating railroads pay oil firms for transport. It also mentions a separate observation on cattle scarcity.
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Casper
Wyoming
Rock Valley
Pickles Hynes and the Rock Valley Franchise Vote
In Rock Valley the Iowa Public Service Co sought a franchise to operate. the election passed 103 in favor and 7 against, with about 110 male votes cast. The scene recalls local reflections as residents discuss irrigation and land use amid a broader farm-to-city contrast.
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Clark Gable
Dick Powell
Pickles
Hynes
Iowa Public Service Co
Rock Valley
Iit
Five sows from Clarion raise 64 piglets in one litter record
Five brood sows owned by W T Richards near Clarion Iowa weighed 450 to 500 pounds each. Two sows had 14 pigs and three had 12 each making 64 total piglets. At present two per litter have died while the rest grow robust. Mothers are proud and wary of strangers.
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W. T.richards
Clarion
Iowa
Tackle? Poor! Bob Nefzger nets 1844 pound blue cat
LeRoy C. Nefzger of Spencer Iowa relays a tale of his son Bob fishing at West Okoboji Lake near ten o'clock at night. With a 12 cent sine hook and a dead minnow he hauled in a blue cat fish weighing 1844 pounds without aid.
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Bob Nefzger
Mays
LeRoy C. Nefzger
Spencer
Iowa
Nefzger
West Okoboji Lake
Bob
Townsend Plan Benefits Seen In Every Phase
An long excerpted piece argues the Townsend Plan would lower taxes and costs, boost business, and keep money in constant, compulsory circulation. It cites Chicago spending, the Patman veteran bonus, and quotes from Wright Patman and Senator Shipstead to claim the plan offers steady, nationwide prosperity versus spasmodic government payouts.
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Willis Owen
Townsend
Dr. Townsend
America
Meredith
Wright Patman
Texas
House of Representatives
Patman
United States
Shipstead
Minnesota
Los Angeles
Daily News
iMoney
No Wonder He Choked A Cedar Rapids Dog Rescued
A cocker spaniel owned by Miss Mildred Ford of Cedar Rapids Iowa nearly choked on a diophone lodged in its throat. Vet surgeons removed the bone and several other items including a feather, a shoe sole, a silk stocking, and part of another item before the dog recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Dubuque
Mildred, Ford
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Julian
Nelson Death Car Shown At Rock Rapids Display
The car in which public enemy No. 1 George Nelson was killed during a gun battle with Gmen in Illinois last summer was bought by Fred Glaser of Spencer Iowa. He keeps it in the same condition as after the Ison battle with bullet holes and marks visible. It was displayed at the Rock Rapids Fourth of July celebration.
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George
Baby
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Nelson
Illinois
Fred Glaser
Spencer
Iowa
Glaser
Rock Rapids
John M Bobeldyk General Blacksmithing and Wagon
John M Bobeldyk operates a shop at the Kersbergen works offering general blacksmithing wagon work plow work and welding services with emphasis on metalwork and repair for rural and farm needs on site at the Kersbergen shop.
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John M. Bobeldyk
Kersbergen
Dr L R Hegg Physician and Surgeon Offering Hours
Dr L R Hegg, physician and surgeon, provides office and residence contact details. Office phone PwHIZAM 205M and residence phone 76 for appointments and inquiries.
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L. R. Hegg
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