Iowa News Roundup Highlights Colleges and Local Events
The Iowa article reports on college enrollment growth, county and state industry figures, and notable local incidents. It notes Milamakee county grants, the death of a husband leading to funds, a fatal kerosene accident, a school construction donation, rabies outbreaks in Wellman and surrounding towns, a bank guardian appointment amid a missing estate heir, and Maj. Titus’s West Point award and ties to Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Wellman
Washington County
Grinnell
Cedar, Rapids
Slow
Jeferson
Centerville
Homestead
Monticello
Lamoni
Riverside
Cincinnatti
Moravia
Corydon
Sigourney
West Point
Calvin P. Titus
Military Science
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Donald Winston
Titus
Pekin
McKinley
Social reforms and farm storage noted at Iowa gathering
At the Town Federation of Women's Clubs meeting a concern was raised about high school girls dating boys for functions, traced to sorority influence and urged suppression to preserve social order. Iowa farmers, 150 across 30 counties, use the Iowa Warehouse Act to store 241,610 bushels of grain for future sale, including 219,737 corn, 1,694 wheat, 990 oats, with 42,800 corn from the 1923 crop still sealed in Sue County, a major corn center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Béinie Comtein
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Sue
Vo ES
Elm tree fragment from Cambridge linked to Washington
Kenneth Arrington of Spencer received a piece of the elm tree once under which George Washington stood July 33, 1778 when he took command of the Continental army. The tree had been cut down earlier to prevent damage, with smaller limbs distributed to state governors and for historical collections. Please pay your subscription to The Bee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Arrington
Spencer
Cambridge
Mass
George Washington
Bee
Draying and Team Deliveries at Henmer Zefa
A fragment notes sand and gravel deliveries by a draying team to Henmer. Eenya orders are mentioned in the context of the work with unspecified details. The brief suggests local service activity and logistical orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Nyhoff
Kemp's Gate
Fook Valley
Jaws
Henmer
Zefa
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F.l.achatz
Guy
Paris
Green
W. Vander Well & Sons
the Farmers Lumber CO
John Rerssergen
Peter DE Shlt
Will Cry Farm
Hudson
G. J. Kessler
Ersity
Milaimakee County
Scotland Oil Company
Dans
XL. Dunn
Polke
Linn
Scvii
Lee
Woodbury
Dubuque
Cervo
Gord Clinton
Des Moines
Black Hawk
Pal
Polk
Lina
SCX
Ted
Chas
Tulsa
Oka
Powesl County
Jefferson
Davis
Ote
Hampton Roads
Toledo, Tama County Savings Bank
Robeert C. Meisner
Willet
District Court
Meisner
Webster City
Win Battie Ex
Indianapolis
Firestone
Firestone Belloons
Zilon
Fion
de Paolo
Lewis Ht
Shafer i
Hartz
Milton
Duray
Bordino
Balloosis
Poelakker & Miller
van der Well & Sons
Milwaukee Road
United States
Milwaukee
Kilwanuhier
Pauk Riewway
Ating
Peter Spruyt
Rock Valley
Pioneer Dray
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