White outlines state road program aims at six year build plan
Iowa State Highway Commission chief engineer Pred W White lays out a six year program to upgrade primary and county roads. The plan calls for central supervision, no special assessments, funded maintenance, grading and draining of the system, and 3000 miles of hard surface paving, with total costs estimated around 75 million dollars.
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Ames
Des Moines Register
Iowa Good Roads Association
Pred W. White
Iowa State Highway Commission
Iowa
Juigzhway Commission
Des Moines
Mr. White
Lawa
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
White
Esse Eees
Woden News Notes and Local Society Cast
Woden notes share Ted and Gertrude Bodé return from Dumont after electrical treatments. Local calls include Air and Mrs. John Van Laren. The town lost a Sunday ball game at Thompson by 16 fans. Friday and Saturday July 27 28 feature Prank Mayo in Afraid to Fight and big Sunday July 29 The Great Redeemer with religious setting. Curtis Carver held a public sale. The GVer family plans Oregon move via Oskaloosa stop. Various residents travel for business and visits.
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Ted
Gertrude Bodé
Dumont
Air
John van Laren
Algong
Woden
Thompson
Mayo
House Peters
Ed. Davidson
Geraldine
Tinksted
Sam Barron
Des Moines
Velma Black
W. L. Cameron
Dows
John Bode
Parkersburg
Berniece Cunningham
Margaret Dean
Myrtle McCail
Blonday
Lake Okoboji
Garver
Oregon
Oskaloosa
Henry Bone
Mason City
Local merchant as community asset and trusted provider
He is a banker or craftsman in town, known to all, whose business keeps money local, pays taxes, supports churches and charity, and buys from local dealers. Employees live here, wages circulate locally, and goods are high quality. The ad urges supporting the trusted hometown dealer selling jewelry and fancy items at the drug store.
Harvest Updates and Community Notes From South Woden
Local harvests progress with oats cut and stored. Measles fade as Winders boys return to work. Farm Bureau meeting held at Claus Smith home with large attendance. next gathering planned near Ed Miller’s in August. Neighbors visit, travel to Crystal Lake for fishing, and Abbots discuss German paper remark by Arthur Lorenz of Chicago.
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Harvesing
Missman
Buffalo Center
Richard Weig
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Frank Miler
Otto McCall
Chas. Monson
Corwith
John Mullard
Monson
Henry Fennewald
Winders
Martin
Farm Bureau
Claus Smith
Ed. Miller
Woden
Brown
Near Britt
Chas, Monson
Latham
Purl Sherhan
Hood River
Ore
C. A
Crystal Lake
Frank Miller
Everett Johnson
Algona
Ally
Arthur Lorenz
The
Hiinets Staats-Zeitung
Chicago
American Legion
Germany
Demonstrations Set At Two Kossuth County Sites
Potato demonstrations by Prof. C L Fitch move to two county locations Ray McWhorter firm in Portland township and R L Castile farm near Algona with schedules for August 1. Fitch arrives 10 am at McWhorter and 2 pm at Castile. varieties of potatoes both northern grown and home grown tested along with lime crop efforts. Local farmers Willie Hammond Oscar Hammond Alvin Weaver Donald Weaver Elmer Hadler Caroline Hadler Warner Smith Merle Massey Glende Massey named as participants.
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R. L. Castile
Ray McWhorter
Portland Township
Algona
C. L. Fitch
Town State College
Fitch
McWhorter
Castile Farm
Castile Taum
Tenekeran
Willie
Oscar Hammond
Alvin
Donald Weaver
Elmer
Caroline Hadler
Warner Smith
Merle
Glande Massey
Guernsey cattle club praises herd quality at Swalve farm visit
The report notes exceptional duality in the Tonka culture with calves in good shape. On John Swalve farm west of Tonka a 12 head herd includes two 3-year-old cows with calves two 2-year-old heifers almost fresh four yearlings two calves and an 8-year-old bull plus a bull calf. Members listed include Frank Callies Tollio Henry Ewarg Stecker John Raymond Joe Everett Rippentrop Jeanette Georges Swalve Fred Henry Gray Elvin Rudolph Meyer Glen Mildred Turner.
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Mtonka
John Swalve
Itonka
Guernsey
Frank Callies
Tollio
Henry
Ewarg Stecker
John
Raymond
Joe
Everett Rippentrop
Jeanette
Georges Swalve
Fred
Henry Gray
Elvin
Rudolph Meyer
Glen
Mildred Turner
Grain farming on a paying basis in Iowa cash districts
A survey of 207 representative Cay County farms, conducted by Iowa State College agricultural economists, shows average labor earnings of 1200 dollars for the year. The study notes profits are questionable, cites a top earning of 4991 dollars and a loss of 2008 dollars, with only six farmers reporting no net labor value.
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Iowa
Caylhoun County
Iowa State College
C. Taylor
meMenk Chitty
Local Notes Highlight Morning Visits and Outings
Frank Franzen visited town early yesterday buying provistas for threshers and noted it is his first year not stacking grain. He believes oats are of good quality. Hairnets priced at 10 cents at the drug store. B. H. Meyers and family were at Algona on business and pleasure. Mr and Mrs Homer Downs left yesterday evening for a short outing at Clear Lake.
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Frank Franzen
Frank
B. H. Meyers
Algona
Homer Downs
Clear Lake
Removal of advertising signs from Kossuth county highways
Notice to all parties with local highway signs in Kossuth county Iowa that signs must be removed on or before August 1 1928 or the county board will remove them. Witness dated August 9 1923 at Absona. Earl F Peterson county auditor.
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Kossuth
Towa
Board of Supervisors
Absona
Ly Ordey
Earl F. Peterson
Notice to Property Owners on City Vacant Lots Weeds
Notice to property owners that all weeds and grass on vacant lots within the city must be cut on or before August. If not kept, city authorities will mow the weeds and charge the cost to the property owner’s taxes. Gallmeyer, Mayor.
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W. , Gallmeyer
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