Rural fire truck push gains Legion support in Audubon
The Rock Valley Bee reports unusually large flax exports spurring a new law allowing towns to cooperate with rural areas for fire fighting gear. In Audubon the American Legion backs a move to secure a 2 truck fleet for rural alarms, targeting 700 nearby farmers as paving enables faster response. Dean Barr and another faculty member may join a student trip, with local guides at each visit.
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Audubon
American Legion
The
Legion
Dean Barr
Drake Summer School Offers Seeing Iowa Parks Tour
Drake University summer school presents a Seeing Iowa tour departing Des Moines on August 9 by motor bus. The itinerary includes visits to several state parks, intended for attendees to experience Iowa’s natural sites firsthand.
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Iowa
Drake University
Des Moines
Highway plan outlined from Vancouver to Miami by promoters
Promoters of a Vancouver to Miami highway recently inspected the proposed route through Iowa. The Cus ters Hi Way would enter northwestern Iowa, proceed to Des Moines, then angle southeast via No 63 to Ottumwa and the Harding Highway toward Mort Pleasant and finally south to Keokuk. Much of the route in that section is already paved.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Mami
Movida
Iowa
Des Moines
Ottumba
Mort Pleasant
Southaward
Keokuk
Study of Rural Educational Facilities in Ten Counties
The National Society for the Study of Education, in cooperation with state bodies, surveys rural school availability. Ten counties Decatur Winne shiek Emmett Greene Grundy Henry Jones Marion Mills and Plymouth participate in what officials call the first real book on rural education.
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Decatur
Winneshiek
Emmett
Greene
Grundy
Henry
Jones
Marion
Mills
Plymouth
National Society For the
Daylight Bank Robbers Quickly Captured
In March the state saw rapid action against two bank robbers. A 19 year old Des Moines youth robbed a Winterset bank alone and was killed by the sheriff and city marshal, with all money recovered. A Goodell, Hancock County case saw a Hagler Grove youth aged 47 arrested in Des Moines the same day and sentenced to 20 years at Anamosa, nearly all money recovered. In six daylight bank robberies over four months, every culprit has been apprehended.
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Winterset
Des Moines
Goodell
Hancock County
Hagle Grove
Anamosa
Fight Testing Cattle for Tuberculosis Injunction Granted
Judge DeLand issues a temporary injunction against tuberculosis testing for cattle following a petition from 650 farmers in Exumet county. The order blocks tests on over half the county farms until the case is heard, likely postponed until after the State Supreme Court rules on related appeals by April 8. Signs allege deficiencies in the test.
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DeLand
Exumet
State Department ‘of Agriculture
Hmmet
State Supreme Court
Conservation Board Plans Dredging Iowa Lakes and Streams
The Town Board of Conservation seeks to dredge scattered Iowa lakes and streams to preserve fish life that freezes to the bottom in winter. The project would allow island formation and the acquisition of public shoreline, opening more lakes to the public. By 1929 about 1.76 million people reportedly visited state parks, each likely spending an hour there.
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Board OF Conservation
Iowa
Town Board of Conservation
Towa
Iowa Receives Recreation Value From Park Visitors
An estimate suggests each hour of recreation is worth twenty five cents, and Iowa gained about 425000 dollars in park visitor recreation last summer. This reflects a 130000 dollar annual appropriation to the State Board of Conservation. Board members include W.B. Saunder Emmetsburg Mrs Henry Frankel Des Moines J G Wyth Cedar Falls Byron W Newberry Strawberry Point and Mrs R H Volland Iowa City.
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Iowa
State Board of Conservation
W.B. &. Saunder
Emmetsburg
Henry Frankel
Des Moines
J. G. Wyth
Cedar Falls
Byron W. Newberry
Strawberry Point
R. H. Volland
Iowa City
Progress on Border River Bridges Across Missouri and Mississippi
Work is advancing on a new Missouri River bridge west of Sidney in Fremont County and the Lansing and Sabula Mississippi River bridges are being rushed with day and night shifts. The government approved a Missouri River bridge at Sioux City and a new Omaha-Council Bluffs connection is under contract.
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Missouri River
Sidney
Fremont County
Mississippi River
Lansing
Allamakee County
Mississippi
Sabula
Jackson County
Missouri
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Doon News Items Mixed Local Visits and Events
Doon residents share visits with family and friends from Sioux Falls Pipestone and Rock Rapids. A community play Sunshine drew a large crowd for the firemen’s benefit. A birth is recorded for Kenneth Rodman’s family a nine pound baby boy born March 14.
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Jim. Scholten
Phyllis Arlene
Sioux Falls
Jake Scholten
Wallace Trige
Pipestone
Minn
Andrew Anderson
Hiney Stueven
Larchwood
Otto Bere
Alvord
Doon
Miram Kolthof
al Carl Nagel
Rock Rapids
Evelyn Strombaugh
Egan, S.D
Monije Hodge
Kenneth Rodman
Mi Rlvie Arends
Teachers’ Club
Evie and
Rowe Trawer
Sioux
AL Grean
Decorah Town
Art Craft Therapy Aids Recovery At Iowa Psychopathic Hospital
Mary E. Hambrecht explains prescribed occupational therapy uses art crafts to aid mental and physical recovery. Sessions for 26 patients include rug making, weaving, basket work, leather tooling, cabinet and metal work. Activities are tailored to each patient’s condition and past occupation.
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Daily
Iowa
Iowa City
Rock Valley
Aliss Ellen Walpole
Aly Act
Mary E. Hambrecht
Occupational Therapy Department
Psychopathic Hospital
Mes. Hambrecht
Hambrecht
University Art Department
Chicago
Reliable new John Deere Farm Engine promises quick payback
The John Deere Farm Engine is balanced to reduce vibration and is easy enough for women or boys to operate. It delivers long life, smooth operation, and continuous power with no oiling troubles. Use on pump jack, separator, feed grinder, or wood saw. even household chores become feasible.
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John Deere Farm
John Deere
For Sale and Want Ads Chronicle Local Listings
A collection of classified items including for sale and wanted notices. Listings show various farms and households offering or seeking goods and services such as animals seed oats electric appliances plowing services and farm equipment. Names and locations include Rock Valley Carmel Tebanon Alvord and Warren Hotel with dates and prices noted for some ads.
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Jake Kooima
Warren Hotel
Lotis
Elbert
Rock Valley
Albert
van der Meer
P. Beer
Ind
van Beek
Carmel
Rhode Island
Ed Gross
Tebanon
Eest
Elroy
Ralph Kelly
Alvord
Farmers Elevator
Griener Bros
Farmers Lumber Company
D. J. Scanlan & Son
Plymouth Rock
Heys
G. Gaver
For Sale and Local Notices Advertised Items
For Sale items include seed corn oats alfalfa red clover hay and Rhode Island Red hatching eggs. Repairs offered at Yer Malm's Shoe Repair Shop. Found blanket reported at Bee Office. Contact names and numbers listed for ordering and inquiry.
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A. W. Manning
Schemmer’s Hardware
M_ McNamara
John Wissink
Kroger
Alvord
Towa
Rhode Island
F. J. Heisig
Bee
Smokestack at Newton A Pilot Landmark and Beacon
The Maytag stack at Newton rises 190 feet of white concrete and brick lining with a red light at the top and two floodlights on the sides. It sits on a high point serving as a day and night landmark for flyers and a beacon for motorists. Construction used 1260 sacks of cement, 173 cubic yards of sand, 164 cubic yards of gravel, 16 900 bricks, reinforcing steel, and wire mesh. Base diameter 13 feet 10 inches, top diameter 9 feet 4 inches.
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Newton
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Miami
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Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
General Motors Corporation
Border River
Iself
Ere
Real
Griener
FGR
DIST
Sioux County
A. B. Wesselink
Sin Town
Wynia
Dykstra
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