Iowa Officials Discuss Bonds and Farm Plans in 1929 Notes
A period summary notes a January 20 1929 election on a 6.5 million bond for a unified school system and a Boone county request for a 1 million dollar federal bridge project across the Des Moines River on the Lincoln Highway. It covers farm bureau programs in Crawford and Des Moines counties, grain company filings in Des Moines, Hereford cattle sales in West Liberty, and rising corporate filings statewide with emphasis on farm education and tax topics.
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Cedar Rapids
Wisky
Boone County
Serosa
Des Moines Tiver
Lincoln Highway
George” Reimbolt
Dorchesters
Waukon
Benson
Atlantic Motors
Des Moines
County Recorder
Iowa Corn Products'Company
Threshermen of
Crawford
County Heaven
Parm Bureau
Eld
Midora
Farm Bureau
Ovary Township
Fanatio and House
Harding
Lasher
Joint Committee
Des Moines County
Achool
Des’ Moines County
West Liberty
J. H. Allison
West Pottawattamie
Fremont County
Randolph
Bartlett
Omy
Iowa
State
W.B. Barney
Lata Food and Dairy
Hotsantyeg
Buy
Bratt
Studer
Joys Btate College
Miga
Nat Aly
Scott County
Alneworth
Musca- Une
Yawana Farms
Scott
Nasoeiétion
Onia
Widow Slain In Hoopeston Home Robbed Of Cash
Hoopeston police report a widow found dead in her ransacked home with a heavy blow to the head and about $10,000 missing. Her son in law, said to be the last person to see her alive, is among several detained suspects.
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Fersene
Indy
Anid
Goods Rout All Mice at DePauw Dormitory Incident
In Greencastle Ind DePauw University Mansfield hall residents armed with ten nis recquets brooms and other weapons fought off a mouse outbreak in the winged dormitory. The battle toppled huts with girls toppled heads to block entry through an open window and 82 huts were put to sleep for the night.
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Greencastle
Ind
Mansfield Hall
DePauw University
Swami Ram's Reincarnation
A brief item notes Swami Ram and marks a renewal of interest in his reincarnation. The notice cites religious groups and local followers referencing spiritual lineage and ongoing devotion within the community.
Mexican mine owner faces military trial after arrest
In a tense exchange Herbert Hardinge, agent for the United Kingdom Exploration company, reveals Governor Moreno’s purge of American property in Sinaloa and Williams’s arrest over the El Tigre mine. Hardinge offers a possible transfer of title in exchange for Williams’s release, while Williams clings to his rights and asks for concrete proof before signing away the mine.
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Jitendra
Sahih
William Scott
International Hotel
Nogales
Arizona
Buck
Mr. Willams
Herbert Hardinge
Hardinge
United Kingdom
Williams
el Tigre
Mexico
Tve
el Tere
Suavely
Tigre
United States
Willams
Hoardage
Mexico City
WL Tigre
Wiliams
Attite
Slaulow
Juan Moreno
Wildams
Moreno
Sinaloa
Bnrdinge
United Kingdom Exploration Company
Manuel Pacheco
Jefe Politico
Shen
Pacheco
Zapatillin
Buck Willams
Sardinge
Wikima
Pachees
Dave
Vachero
Tien
Willems
Andor
Iceward
Il Tigre
Hang
Uiga
Tam
Wilsams
Nix
Hardnge
Teno
Buel
Your Mine or Your Lifes Synopoly in Mexico
Buck Williams owner of the El Tigre mine in Mexico saves Hindu and Jitendra after a train wreck in the U.S. Hindu vows gratitude as Mexican revolutionaries seize the mine and drive off Americans. Buck pursues, discovers Jitendra following, is captured with him by Manuel Pacheco near Zapatillo, and a brutal assault occurs before they are jailed.
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Buck
Sitendra
Yate
Vishnu
Siva
Manuel Pacheco
Jitendra
Zapatillo
Pacheco
Stelken Willams
Jitenéra
Etiquette of Walking for Ladies and Gentlemen
A fragment outlining street etiquette for daytime strolling. It states a lady should not be supported by a gentleman except when infirm or in distress, and discusses arm-in-arm guidance. It notes a man may choose outer or inner side to guard companions from obstacles or danger and that taking a Judy's arm is improper unless aiding her.
Washington Monument dimensions and base details
The article gives measurements for the Washington Monument from front of shaft to apex at 555 feet 7 percent inches, with the shaft at 500 feet 64 percent inches. It notes a small pyramid atop the shaft and a base of 55 feet 14 inches square, with wall thicknesses at the base and near the top.
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Washington Monument
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Buay
Otto! ‘Schouboe
Thut
Rice
Smithland
Glenn 5. Ellis
Cherokee County
Farm
Farm ‘Bureau
Chicago
Polk County
Iowa State College
Texas Agricultural College
Donald Bragie
Harlan
E .W. Gregson
Montezuma
Grinnell
Thera
Harrison “County
Tt. 1A
Johnson Courtly
Kennedy
Iowa Strate College
Cdeh
Iowa State Board of Agriculture
Tt Ds
United States’ Department of Agriculture
Swami Ram
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