Plentiful Pike Planted in Northern Iowa Lakes
State fish culturist Mr. Bauer reports 54 million pike handled around Split Lake and the Okobojis in spring. About 53 million came from Dickinson county lakes. Over 500 thousand pike measuring 4 to 10 inches were stocked in Spirit Lake and West Okoboji, with 30 thousand shipped to other state points.
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Iowa
Bauer
Split Lake
Okobojis
Dickinson County
Spirit Lake
West Okoboji
Tomato Juice as a Flesh Reducer Headlines
Advertising copy touts "College Inn Tomato Juice Cocktail" as a genuine flesh reducer. A wine glass serving at fashionable hotels and restaurants costs ten cents. The piece notes sauerkraut juice once popular but now rarely sought.
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College Inn
Immense Crowd Attends Camp Harlan Dedication
An immense crowd witnesses a patriotic ceremony at Camp Harlan near Mount Pleasant in Henry County. Governor Hamill delivers an address as bands play and songs are sung, with the Belle Coddington Tent of the Daughters of Union Veterans directing dedicatory exercises.
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Henry County
Hammill
Camp Harlan
Mount Pleasant
Fourth
Towa
James Harelan
United States Senate
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Lincoln
Highways Stimulate Gasoline Tax Increase
Ray Johnson, state treasurer, reports the first five months show a $1,000,000 rise in gasoline tax receipts versus last year. At three cents per gallon, about 33,333,333 extra gallons were used since January 1. Improved highways are credited for the surge as out of state cars now willingly traverse Iowa roads, aiding paving funding.
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Ray Johnson
Iowa
New Order of Things
Waverly Girl Tops Class With 96.11 Average At High School
Jeanette Jay of Waverly High School posts a 96.11 senior year average and a 92.96 four year average to lead a class of 43. She taught nine subjects last year, edited the Waverly Hi-Times, played in the band, and set a state rifle target record. Bremer County reports the lowest farm tenancy among nearby counties at 46 percent, compared with Lyon 72 and Osceola 72, and Black Hawk 65. Butler trails Bremer with 63 percent tenancy.
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Waverly
Jeanette Jay
Waverly Hirh
Waverly Hi-Times
Bremer County
Government Crop Service Department
Bremer
Lyon
Osceola
Black Hawk
Butler
Local timetable C M and St P Ry through Rock Valley
Through Rock Valley timetable for C M & St P Ry lists eastward and westward passenger trains across multiple cities including Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton Sioux Flyer service to Milwaukee Chicago Canton Sioux Falls Mitchell and Black Hills. Notes ticketing baggage, sleeping car reservations, and agent contact C W Jacobs phone 15.
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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
Ic. W. Jacobs
Ford economy drives fleet and police praise in crowded traffic
Carburetor bowl installed, car driven back to Spokane under its own power. Police departments praise the Ford for alert speed and ease of control in crowded traffic. Fleet buyers cite economy of operation and upkeep as a decisive factor. Coupe to De Luxe models listed with prices 495 to 625.
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Ford
Spokane
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