Liming drives farm soil program to new scale
Liming the soil long viewed as a fad has grown into a major effort with hundreds of thousands of tons to be shipped to farms next season. About 30 carloads are slated for Grundy county, with limestone priced at $1.80 a ton laid down. Rock Island railway will unload near farmers and charge 12 cents a ton for the service. Farmers have two months to remove the lime from the right of way. In 1925 Grundy County fed a grand champion harvest as 50,000 tons were used. this year totals rise to 245,000 tons ordered by 13,000 farmers.
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Grundy County
Rock Island
Death Calls Young Mother in Center Township
Mildred De Vries Simonsen died April 6 at 1:30 PM, wife of a Center Township family and mother of three boys and an infant. Funeral held at Hudson Methodist Church with Rev. L A Oakley. buried Pleasant View Cemetery beside her sister Susie. Surviving relatives include parents Peter and De Vries, and numerous local relatives attended. Center School program showcased local youth talent, drawing a full crowd and praise for the readings and music.
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Center Township
Mmildred de Vries Simonsen
Peter de Vries
Mildred de Vries Simonsen
Methodist Church
Hudson
L. A. Oakley
Susie
Pleasant View
Treton
Peter DeVries
Harry de Jay
A. C. Gran
EU. Johnson
Gale Bergsma
Edna
Floyd Taylor
Bailey
Kalsbeck
Peter Statema
D. Bluenberg
Peter de Jager
Dughters
Grace and
Harriet
Indians Claim Treaty Rights Over Wild Life Refuge
The Winnebago and other Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin Indians argue the Upper Mississippi Wildlife and Fish Refuge affects muskrat mink and ginseng rights along river bottoms. W T Cox cites a Washington reply from Major Goldman denying special privileges for Indians and noting any treaties are overridden by the migratory bird treaty act and the refuge act.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Mississippi
W. T. Cox
Washington
Major Goldman
United States Biological Survey
Doon and Vicinity News in Rock Rapids Notes
Doon community notices record local visits moves illness and family changes at Rock Rapids and Doon including Beulah Buis Hazel Klorstad Alvin and Melvin Thompson and John Brower families. Also reported are lumbago illness and a surgery in the area with several residents traveling to Sioux City Sioux Falls and Canton South Dakota.
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Beulah Buis
Hazel Klorstad
Rock Rapids
Alvin
Melvin Thompson
Simon Ardema
John Brower
Eyudineer
A. S. Martin
Sioux Falls
Martins
Gerrit van Surksum
John Edward
Lou Thompson
Lumbago
A. R. Trower
Sioux City
Paul Triggs
Rock Valley
Doon
Russell McDowell
Ralph Kasten
Canton
R. P. Kandineer
Klay Announces Candidacy for Congress in Iowa
Gerrit Klay of Orange City Iowa declares his bid for Congress on the Republican ticket subject to Republican voters in the Eleventh District at the upcoming primary.
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Congress
Eleventh
Iowa
Gerrit Klay
Orange City
Air Mail Pilot Carries Distinguished Passenger on World Run
BR. L. Wagner an airmail pilot flying from Chicago to Omaha carried Toichiro Araki a Japanese traveler racing around the world for a Tokio prize. Their Des Moines stop was delayed a couple of hours due to weather.
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BR. L. Wagner
Chicago
Omaha
Toichiro Araki
Tokio
Wagner
Des Moines
Construction boom hits thirteen million in early 1928
New building in the state reached 13.0 million dollars in the first quarter of 1928, up 31 percent from the same period in 1927, per F W Dodge. March construction totaled 5.64 million dollars, a 48 percent rise from February.
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F. W. Dodge Corporation of
New York
Jawa
Historic Old House Torn Down at Bedford County Landmark
An 1860 residence in Bedford County was demolished, taking with it a birthplace of Dante M. Pierce, publisher of the Town Homestead. A maple planted in 1861 in front of the house was also cut down, underscoring how landmarks fade as new generations arise.
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Bedford
Tayloxy County
Dante M. Pierce
A Man's Importance Beyond Personal Feelings
A reflection on how self importance is not tied to personal comfort. It argues that feeling burdened is common and not a true measure of significance. The piece suggests resilience and perspective over self pity.
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