State Corn Yield Test entries for 1931 announced
The 1931 State Corn Yield Test at Iowa State College shows about 981 entries, about 100 fewer than 1930. Entries include 4843 hybrids of inbred strains and 260 open pollinated varieties, with nine of twelve district fields on the same farms as last year. Results will be announced during Farm and Home Week in February with support from the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association and the USDA.
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Joe L. Robinson
Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
United States Department of Agriculture
Slight Cut in Iowa Taxes Lowers State Revenue
The 1930 average Iowa state tax rate is 109.5989 mills, 1.6541 mills below 1929. Total 1930 state tax collections are estimated at 110,307,034 dollars, down from 110,754,929 dollars last year, due to cuts in several general and specific levies offset by increases in county, school and city taxes.
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State Board of Assessment and Review
Extension Service Reaches 10000 People Daily in Iowa
Figures from Iowa State College show about 10,000 people reached daily through Extension Service and County Farm Bureaus via meetings demonstrations farm visits and outreach. 1930 data indicate 284 meetings daily with 6965 average attendees, plus 1169 office visitors and 1108 phone inquiries each day.
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Extension Service
LU30
R. K. Bliss
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
Northwest Iowa laggards risk paving share to Southern Iowa
The state road bond issue’s defeat leaves counties that have not approved highway bonds waiting. The piece warns northwest Iowa counties to act or risk losing funding, suggesting Southern Iowa will grab their paving allocations.
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Spencer News-Herald
Iowa
Politics as a modern football game, with duels gone
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum contrasting past dignified politics with today’s rough contests. He says duels once occurred in deadly earnest, but now politics resemble a football game where the clashes look fierce yet rarely cause serious harm.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Inspector Corrects Car Crew as Fare Count Fails
A street car inspector flags a fare discrepancy with conductor Foley and passengers on board. He orders the crowd to disembark, saying there are too many on the car after noting ten passengers but only nine fares rung.
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Foley
Silent exchange over a sick baby sparks concern
A cashier voices worry that the butter clerk appears unwell while the clerk reveals chronic lung trouble keeping them awake at night. The cashier dismisses concerns, insisting the clerk’s lungs are fine, then points to the baby’s illness as the real issue.
Dyspepsia Cure Sales Jump After Lunchroom Opens
A druggist explains his sales of dyspepsia cures doubled in under a month after a lunchroom opened opposite his store, noting the unexpected boost from the new neighbor.
Tragedy Over Fashion Gown Sparks Public Weep
A shopper laments buying an elegant gown on sale while a companion cries that she lacks a matching hat. The scene captures a small domestic contrast amid a shopping outing.
Fragmented dialogue snippets from a literary page
A collage of exchanges features students poets and cooks reacting to college life debts tragedies and a dangerous pie. The snippets hint at a modern dramatic scene with humor criticism and cross signals across conversations.
Too Low Down Mother
A mother warns Willie to stay in the yard fearing airplanes will abduct him, while he remains unconvinced about the danger and insists pilots never get low enough.
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Willie
Wilie
Mamma
Lucky Daughter Hie-Darling Burys Undertaker’s Kin
A playful line from a local column refers to an undertaker’s daughter as the lucky girl, noting her family ties and lighthearted nickname within the community’s humor.
Wedding Announcements and Cousinly Politics Quip
A lighthearted note on weddings and gossip contrasts the old fashioned marriage ideal with modern talk of political affairs. Miss Cayenne comments that ancient families kept politics separate from love, while others joke about public interests intruding on private life.
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Europe
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Roast Veal and Savory Treats From a Dated Kitchen
A collection of home cooking instructions covering roast veal with bread stuffing and pork, corn with peppers and tomato, fried almonds, hickory nut kisses and hermits cookies, cocoanut cream candy, Virginia soup, fried potatoes, and kitchen tips on cleaning white enamel and basting meat. Includes an advertisement cue about Arrow Adlets.
Mauna Kea Stands as Pacific Ocean’s Highest Point
Mauna Kea is a volcanic mountain on the Hawaiian Islands and is acknowledged as the highest point in the Pacific Ocean.
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Mauna Kea
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Ocean
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