City targets fireproof roofing under revised ordinances
City authorities push fire resisting roofs for dwellings and fireproof repair on fire damaged structures to curb hazards. Fire department notes many calls could have been avoided with fireproof roofing. Local industry includes trucking and rail freight moving 204,385 cars in a year and goods from Des Moines factories reach global markets.
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Offaly
Manticats Phison
Des Moines
Railoads
Wolf Hunter Capture Near Sutherland Bags 72-Pound Timber Wolf
Hunters near Sutherland report capturing a 72 pound timber wolf seen around Peterson during winter. The animal caused extensive damage with 18 sheep killed in one night and later 11 hogs and many calves found dead. Karassiai completed liquidation of a defunct bank closed September 30 1926 and showed all deposits repaid with interest and stockholders receiving a full 100 percent assessment dividend. This record is claimed best in the state, indicating recovery of earlier county losses.
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Sutherland
Peterson
Karassiai
Washington County
Swimming Pool at Camp Dodge Set for Summer Opening
Adj Gen W H Bailey announces Camp Dodge pool will open in early summer under Des Moines playground association. The pool will be available to soldiers during August encampment and supervised by the Play Ground committee for better care, one of the nation’s outstanding pools per army officers.
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Adj
W.H. Bailey
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
United States
Names of Community Groves Perpetuate Pioneer Memory
The article recounts Corys Grove near Squawcreek named for early settler Cory, who held local offices and led Story county. It notes Corys grave was widely cited in pioneer times and that Cory was grandfather to evangelist Rev William A Sunday.
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Madrid
Hach Wals
Shakespeare
Squawcreek
Cory
Story County
William A. Sunday
Taxi Driver Survives High Water on Rail Line Route
W F Lindsey of Leon Indiana vouches for the experience of Cliff Peters a local taxi driver who drove his Ford ride down the railroad track from Grand River for three miles toward Leon after water rose and made the road impassable. Peters crossed Grand River by the railroad bridge and returned to the road, narrowly avoiding an oncoming train.
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W. F. Lindsey
Leon
Decatur County
Cliff Peters
Grand River
Cliff
Airplane Sign at Knoxville Fair Grounds Being Painted
The Commercial Club directs painters mounting the Knoxville sign on the amphitheatre at the Knoxville fair grounds. The orange letters stand seventeen feet high ten feet wide and five feet apart forming a 130 foot long display on a black background. Flyers announce the quarterstorch as an emergency landing site with a field north of the grounds available for larger planes.
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Corps of Painters
Knoxville
Fair Grounds
Quarterstorch
Rabbits Peeled Fruit Trees in Audubon Orchard
Walter Williams describes winter damage to a twenty acre Audubon orchard started three years ago by F C Sampson Arthur Farquhar and Frank Bagtey. Reports say 300 to 1100 trees ruined with 100 more damaged but potentially saved by grafting under Alfred Allee who led the planting effort.
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Walter Williams
Audubon
F. C. Sampson
Arthur Farquhar
Frank Bagtey
Alfred Allee
Eastern Woman Gives Iowa a Bad Name
Clarinda resident Edwin C. Lane cites Dr. Brown of Iowa State College who recalls an Eastern anecdote belittling Iowa. A quoted Eastern woman supposedly warned that Iowa is a state you ride through to California, while Brown notes Iowa’s strong book interest proves its intelligence.
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Iowa
Edwin C. Lane
Clarinda
Dr. Brown
Iowa State College
Ames
Towa
California
Much Corn Yet to Gather In Southwestern Iowa
Report describes large amounts of corn still in fields in southern Iowa due to rain, early snow, and heavy snows delaying harvest. Husker demand will rise once ground firms enough for wagons and teams to operate. News notes poor corn quality amid weather and field access issues.
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Southwestern
Iowa
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