Delay Paving on Jefferson Delays Traffic in Story County
Story County officials announced no more paving this year beyond current contracts on the Jefferson highway from Cole north to Hardin county line. Contracts for the 13 miles were withdrawn from the August 20 letting because work could not be completed this year. Three crews are pouring concrete in the county with about five miles finished south from Ames and several miles on the Lincoln east of Ames ready.
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Story County
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
Jefferson Highway
Cole
Hardin County
Marshall County
Lincoln
Nevada
Poultry Experts Endorse Two Grade Egg Marketing
Iowa State College specialists urge farmers to sell eggs in two grades No 1 and No 2 based on exterior and interior quality and size. No 1 must meet weight and shell criteria with firm white and clear air cell under inch. No 2 covers eggs not meeting these standards, including small, dirty, cracked or aged eggs. Sorting by size shape shell cleanliness aids producers. mixed color can be graded by color, and uniform shapes improve package appeal.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
W. D. Termohlen
Extension
Absent Minded Father Marries Widow With Six Children
A widowed clergyman with three grown daughters writes home while away. He reveals he married a widow with six children, causing confusion. On return a daughter asks about the widow, and he explains he married her to another man.
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London
Rapid Age Antiques Quip Shows Quick Turnaround
A dealer jokes that a mark on a piece proves it was made only twenty years ago. The exchange satirizes how quickly items can become antiques in modern times, with the Boston Transcript noting the era’s rapid progress.
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Boston Transcript
Master Barbers Meet In Story County
The Story County Master Barbers association held its regular monthly meeting at the C. A. Fagerland barber shop Tuesday evening with half a dozen members present. Mr. Fagerland serves as president of the county group.
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Story County Master Barbers Association
C. A. Fagerland Barber Shop
Fagerland
Ice Cream Social to Benefit Bergen Organ Fund
The Ladies Aid of Bergen church will hold an ice cream social at the Bergen parsonage Friday evening August 16 starting at 7 oclock. Ice cream cake and coffee will be served and music by an orchestra will accompany the event. Proceeds go to the organ fund.
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Ladies Aid Societies
Bergen Church
Bergen Parsonage
Organ Fund
Land Sold at Auction in Story City and Gilberts
Col. C. O. Highland conducted an auction in Story City selling Musland real estate for referee H. E. Myrah. The Story City residence went to Mr. Kennedy for 2725 dollars and a 160 acre farm one mile north of Gilbert to P. O. Peterson at 176 50 per acre. The sale had been advertised for Saturday but postponed to Tuesday.
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Col. C. O. Highland
Story City
Musland
H. E. Myrah
Mr. Kennedy
Gilbert
P. O. Peterson
Band Heads to Chicago for 4-H Congress Parade
The Hamilton County 4 H Club band will travel to Chicago for the Boys and Girls 4 H Club Congress during the International Livestock Exposition the first week in December. They previously played at the Scott Farm Bureau meeting and have concerts in Hamilton county towns this summer. They are set to perform three days at the Iowa State Fair and one day at the Hamilton County Fair.
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Hamilton County
Chicago
Scott Farm Bureau
Fred A. Waugh
Roland Band to Play at Watkins Lake Sunday
The Roland band will furnish music at Watkins Lake on Sunday. The Story County Pair hires the Roland band for Wednesday of Fair week in Nevada. Rev G Smedal returned from Pensacola, Florida. He preached and lectured in Bergen church then left for home. The Farmers Creamery offers stock certificates at three dollars par value.
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Roland Band
Watkins Lake
Farmers Creamery Company
B. M. Rasmussen
Havana
Cuba
Story County
Nevada
Rev. G. Smedal
Pensacola
Florida
Bergen Church
South
Stack
Bakery Reopens In Local Community After Closure
The Roland Bakery resumes operations after a spring closure with home baked bread and pastries now sold locally. Craig and A H Martin of Cambridge renovated rooms and equipment and started Monday. Equipment leased from Boone holders. bakery lineage traces to Geo Slamal and J E Fuller, with earlier operators W H Foker and others before final reopening.
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Roland Bakery
GC. Craig
A. H. Martin
Cambridge
Craig
Martin
Boone
Geo. Slamal
J. E. Fuller
W. H. Foker
New Truck Plates Ready For Overload Regulation
Classification plates for trucks loaded beyond factory rating will be ready for distribution this week per G. H. Ludwig Nevada county automobile registrar. The fee must be paid and plates displayed on the front of trucks overloaded more than 25 percent. Noncompliance is a misdemeanor with fines from 25 to 100 dollars. third conviction revokes the truck license.
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G. H. Ludwig
Nevada
Rural schools to get state aid for 1929 1930
Twenty five Story county rural schools on the standardized list for 1929 1930 will receive $1139.28 from the state appropriation per county superintendent George H Kellogg. Howard township districts 3 4 and 5 receive $53.88 $35.92 and $33.35 respectively with teachers Harry Smith Leora Johnson and H Cleo Christian.
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Story County
George H. Kellogg
Howard Township
Harry Smith
Leora Johnson
H. Cleo Christian
St Petri Cornerstone Planned For Story City Next Sunday
The St Petri congregation of Story City will lay the cornerstone for their new church next Sunday. The Central Iowa Choral Union United Church will meet at Roland for their fifth annual sangerfest next Sunday August 8 in a large tent on the school grounds.
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Swenson & Britson
St. Petri
Story City
Central Iowa Choral Union of the
United Church
Roland
John Rithand
Tom Goodmanson
Zion Church
O. T. Thompson
QO. J. Olson
Notice for Bids on School Bus Driving
Sealed bids for driving the school buses for the coming year due by 8 p m Tuesday August 20 1929. The board may reject any bid. Route plots available at I M Coles Roland restaurant. Bids to secretary M M Eggland or president Dr J A Snyder for action at August 20 1929 meeting at the school house Roland Consolidated Independent School District.
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I. M. Cole’s
Roland
M. M. Eggland
J. A. Snyder
Consolidated Independent School District of
Alvestad Brothers Win School House Painting Contract
Alvestad brothers Henrye and Andrew and J. T. Gaard are finishing interior painting and decorating of the Zearing school house after securing the contract. The crew is actively at work on the project in Zearing.
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Alvestad
Pedestrian Defined Changed Jumping in Toledo
A fragment notes a shift in term usage from traditional walker to a person who jumps in Toledo. It reads as a playful or ironic observation on language and movement without specific events or dates.
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Toledo
School Officials to Meet in Nevada August 12
County board of education and county school officers meet in Nevada on August 12. The regular semi annual session opens at 10 a.m. Fred Mahannah will speak on Some of Our School Laws with a discussion to follow. Supt. A O Lee’s vacancy will be filled at the meeting. Topics include teacher qualifications, state requirements, rural and consolidated schools, normal training, transportation, texts, and facilities. J Nelson of Warren township is president.
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County Board of Education
Nevada
Fred Mahannah
J. Nelson
Warren Township
Giant 60-ton whale to tour state fairs
A California clipping reports a 60-ton whale embalmed for a continental tour. Ten morticians prepared it with over 6000 gallons of fluid turning it to stone. The exhibit ships from Newport Beach to Des Moines Iowa for the state fair and then to Minneapolis Oklahoma City and Dallas.
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A. J. Severson
Huntington Beach
Cal
Henry Thompson
Des Moines
Severson
California
Newport Beach
Pullman
Iowa
Minneapolis
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Roland Dominates Garden City In One Sided Baseball Game
Roland defeated Garden City 25 to 8 in a Sunday baseball clash noted for a lopsided score and a veteran battery of Claus Osheim pitching and Lew Charlson catching. The same lineup as the prior week played, with Roland retiring the last batters in order.
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Garden City
Roland
Claus Osheim
Lew Charlson
Main Street
West Siders
Car overturns near McCallsburg injures two
Clarence Tweet was slightly injured when his car overturned on the way to Nevada after being hooked by a passing car driven by Henry Swaggart. Lydia Danielson escaped injury as Twedt’s foot was also slightly hurt in the ditch incident.
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Clarence Tweet
McCallsburg
Nevada
Lydia Danielson
Henry Swaggart
Mr. Twedt
Luncheon and Bake Sale by Salem Ladies Aid Society
The Salem Ladies Aid society to hold a bake sale and lunch at Frederickson's store on Wednesday August 14 serving potato cakes lefse kringla pie cake and coffee. Proceeds support the parsonage fund.
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Salem Ladies Aid Society
Frederickson’s
Parsonage Fund
Scoutmaster Tipped In Auto Mishap Near Story City
Joseph O Johnson, local scoutmaster, was in a Friday accident while driving to Story City. His car went into a ditch and rolled after hitting loose gravel. His mother Rebecca Johnson and son Thomas were passengers. no injuries reported.
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Joseph O. Johnson
Story City
Rebecca Johnson
Thomas
Shoots Good Score Sets Local Golf Record
Jeffrey Michaelson a First National Bank assistant cashier scored 32 at the local course, a new record. His card shows five fours and four threes as the greens improve and golfers renew interest in beating par.
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Jeffrey Michaelson
First National Bank
Heavy rains flood Bear creek delaying rail service
Last Friday heavy rainfall caused Bear creek to spill its banks and washed out the railroad near Clemens, halting trains. Threshing slowed but fair weather this week has farmers threshing oats, with quality and yield reported very good this year.
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Bear Creek
Clemens
Church Activities and Schedule Include Prayer Meeting and Sermon
The text lists weekly church events: prayer meeting Thursdays at 8, Sunday service at 11 in English with a sermon title Pharisee or Publican from Luke 18 9 14. Boy Scouts meet Tuesdays at 7, choir rehearsal Mondays at 8, Busy Bees society Wednesdays in the church parlors hosted by Misses Carrie and Hannah Olson. Northeast Ladies Aid meets Aug 15 with Mrs Paul F Pederson and will serve luncheon and hold a bake sale at H Frederickson store next Wednesday afternoon and evening.
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Busy Bees Society
Carrie
Hannah Olson
Northeast Ladies Aid Society
Paul F. Pederson
Ladies Aid Society
H. Frederickson
Bergen Lutheran Church notices and meetings
The Bergen Lutheran Church announces no August Sunday School. English service next Sunday at 11 with sermon Two Men Who Went To Church. Norwegian service Sunday at 3 with sermon Det Er De Ydmyge Gud Gir Naade. Ladies Aid and Priscilla groups schedule meetings at parish and homes with named hostesses and organizers.
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Boy Scouts
Hast
Ladies Aid
B. J. Ritland
Anna Johnson
Elizabeth Fagerland
Gust Johnson
B. J. Sandvig
McCallsburg
Ritland
South Ladies Aid
Lester Jenson
Priscilla
Olaus Osheim
Peter Darby
Missey Ruth
Bernice Darby
Lenora Osheim
Start Canning Sweet Corn Soon at Marshall Plant
The Marshall Canning plant plans to resume operations this week as Golden Bantam corn nears canning readiness. About 138 acres are planted this year, roughly double last year, with harvest expected in a week to two weeks and a larger 1000 acres of Country Gentleman corn ready later. Over 200 workers will be employed when packing reaches full capacity.
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Marshall Canning Company
J. J. Thompson
Thompson
Farm Automobiles Decrease Signals Rural Prosperity Shift
Iowa agricultural statistics from the Weather and Crop Bureau show a first decline in farm automobiles in ten years. The January 1, 1930 enumeration notes higher counts in counties with large towns, disrupted by heavy snows and bottomless roads that likely cut the life of many farm cars.
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Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Towa
Warts from touching toads debunked by test
A writer notes common belief that touching a toad causes warts and cites medical editor Morris Bishbein saying the only sure test is to touch a toad oneself. The piece contrasts superstition with modern science and admits hesitation to perform the test.
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Morris Bishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
County Board Awards Contract for 200 Road Markers
The board of supervisors awarded a contract to P. C. Peterson of Nevada on Tuesday to make 200 county road markers. Similar to Lincoln highway markers, the white lettered signs will guide traffic on county roads. Peterson bid $290.
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Board of Supervisors
P. C. Peterson
Nevada
Peterson
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Zearing
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Olaf Helen
Bergen Lutheran Church
M. O. Sumstad
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