Iowa schools cost per pupil and state shipping data
The 1922 figures cite Mason City school costs at 70 cents per pupil daily with total operating cost around 2686 dollars daily. Muscatine ranks third in cost per pupil at 53.96 dollars and 81.5 mills tax. Afton sees 630 carload shipments in 1922, led by livestock. rail business described as substantial across Iowa. Separate items describe widow support disputes, plus fingerprint expert Sergeant Lockout heading a national bureau with 169,000 records, noting future universal fingerprinting and its role in identity for unidentified patients and bodies.
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Mason City
F. T. Vasey
Muscatine
Iowa
Afton
Union County
Chelsea
Tama‘county
Edward E. Lockout
Army
Philippines
Marine Corps
United States
Sergeant Lockout
Washington Police
Interurban Line Blocked by Deep Snow Drifts
A 30 ft deep snow drift and a quarter mile long cut on the Fort Dodge to Webster City interurban near Brushy blocked the line. No snow fighting equipment could clear it, and men with shovels worked for a week to reopen service.
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Fort Dodge
Webster City
Brushby
Interurban
Ople
Barges Under Construction for U S Engineering Dept
A fleet of ten barges is being built in the Keokuk dry dock for the United States engineering department. A force of men numbering between forty and fifty is engaged in the constructive work. The barges are made of Oregon fir treated with creosote.
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Keokuk Dry Dock
United States Engineering Department
Grinnell Graduate Honored by Greek Government
Gordon Berry, Grinnell College graduate active in Near East relief, has received high recognition from the Greek government. He was made an officer of the Order of George I for his services and contributions.
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Gordon Berry
Grinnell College
George I
Birds Beside Fort Madison Gallows Spirits Inmates Superstitious
Reports from Fort Madison penitentiary describe canary birds hanging in cages along the death cell corridor and not singing as prisoners are led to the gallows. The note cites similar bird silence at the executions of Thrust Ira Pavey Eugene Weeks and Orrie Cross. Paul McEachron, a seven year YMCA worker in China, returns home to Grinnell college on furlough and recounts rebel winds famines and floods he witnessed.
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Fort Madison
Ira Pavey
Eugene Weeks
Orrie Cross
Paul McEachron
China
Grinnell College
Mr. McEachron
Rural teacher Mann holds Iowa state country school record
Thomas E. Mann of Gladbrook Tama County has run a long career as a country school teacher for 21 years in a school three miles north of Gladbrook. He once ran for legislature on the Democratic ticket and was narrowly defeated. The article also notes Iowa’s March employment up 2.5 percent from January, with 89 percent of firms operating full time and 3 percent shutdown, and mentions a printing press Mann built from a boiler iron cylinder using shelled corn then sand for weight.
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Thomas E. Mann
Gladbrook
Tama County
Mann
Times
Mann G
Survivors of Mexican War Pension List Noted
The Interior Department reports fifty two veterans remain on pension rolls from the Mexican War ended seventy five years ago. Among names is Daniel Gonder of Rippey Greene County a private in Company B Second Ohio Infantry. Also note oil prospects at Decorah need $15000 to avoid collapse as promoters borrow funds. A prospect near Waukee in Dallas County is stranded and a project near Missouri is also stalled.
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Department of the Interior
Daniel Gonder
Rippey
Greene County
Second
Ohio Infantry
Decorah
Waukee
Dallas County
Missouri
Harrison
Iowa
Arnold's Park Forms New Community Church Plan
Arnold's Park on Lake Okoboji organized a Community Church to serve the summer resort community. The existing Friends denomination church could not accommodate the 10,000 summer residents, so a large open-air tabernacle or big chautauqua tent will be erected with famous speakers and musicians. Dr. O R Lee Kirkland, state organizer of Community Church es, and editor of The Pioneer of a New Era, will visit to help lead the movement and fill the pastorate.
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Arnold’s Park
Lake Okoboji
Friends’ Denomination
O'R. Lee Kirkland
Reform schools linked to Iowa prisons claim in paper
Warden T P Hollowell of Fort Madison prison argues Eldora boys’ industrial school serves as a training ground for the penitentiary and denies a link with Anamosa. He notes 672 inmates at Fort Madison, 33 or 5.7 percent were reform-school alumni, plus 40 more or 6.2 percent from other states, totaling 11.2 percent with reform-school backgrounds. Fifty discharged last year, 46 or 92 percent are proceeding well.
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Eldora
Fort Madison
Anamosa
T. P. Hollowell
Iowa
State Board of Control
State Reform School
Hallowell
Health classes featured in Iowa Falls programs
Public schools in Iowa Falls ran special health classes supervised by nurse Elizabeth Wyss from November 1922 to March 1923. Ninety children did not meet normal gain expectations during three months of weighing and milk lunches. With parental cooperation, milk was given at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Each child’s weight was recorded. 50 pupils remained when the program ended and all achieved normal gains with several surpassing the average by 2 to 8 pounds.
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Iowa Falls
Elizabeth Wyss
County to appeal widow's pension order dueto interpretation
Cher okee county board of supervisors directs County Attorney McDonald to appeal district court order involving widow's pension act interpretation. Northwest Town representatives at Sioux City conference express dissatisfaction with law administration. District judge authorized payment for four children but questions public fund use, deferring final decision to the state supreme court. The beneficiary woman is divorced.
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Board of Supervisors
Cherokee County
McDonald
Order of District Court
Northwest Town
Sioux City
District Court
Supreme Court of the
Iowa student wins Judge Wade citizenship contest prize
Robert Gronewald of Oskaloosa wins $225 for his essay What Freedom of Worship Under the Constitution Means to Me in a contest sponsored by the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs American citizenship department. Judge Martin J. Wade provided $600 in prizes to state schoolchildren. Data on Iowa birth rates show 50,763 births and 24,065 deaths last year, with a death rate of 9.9 per 1,000. The article notes Iowa’s birth rate lags behind national levels, even in 1918, and mentions 318 births to Negroes and 687 illegitimate births. It also reports on Hubam white sweet clover as a popular green manure, with planting tips and potential yields from Iowa State College sources.
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Robert Gronewald
Oskaloosa
Judge Wade
American Citizenship Department
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Martin J. Wade
United States District Court
Iowa
Iowa Board of Health
United States
Iowa State College
Iowa Experiment Association
Ames
Hutham
J. L. Robinson
Experiment Association
Hubham
Planting dates affect potato yields in Iowa trials
USDA and Iowa Experiment Station report on five year tests showing earliest potato plantings after the 40 degree temperature line yield best. Early April plantings averaged 124.4 bushels per acre, while mid June plantings averaged 76.2. Prices rise in early fall, favoring early markets. The note also discusses soil acidity and phosphate needs across Iowa soils and recommends manures or green manures.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa Experiment
Iowa
Public Schools Teach Farm Accounting in Ohio Counties
Eighth grade students in 21 Ohio counties are learning farm accounting as part of agricultural extension work in farm management. Reports to the U S Department of Agriculture note this new educational focus advancing practical farm skills and financial literacy in rural districts.
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Ohio
United States Department of Agriculture
Diplodia mold serious threat to Iowa corn seed
Iowa State College plant disease workers report Diplodia mold prevalent again this year. Germination tests on 5,550 ears from six counties found 800 ears unfit for planting, about 14.6 percent. Farmers are urged to test at least 100 ears using the modified rag doll tester at 75 degrees for 5 to 6 days, to gauge seed damage.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Lime raises yields on acid Iowa soils for clover and alfalfa
The Iowa Experiment Station reports eight years of soil survey findings. Applying limestone to acid soils generally increases crop yields and is profitable, especially for clover and alfalfa. The average clover yield increase from lime is about
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Iowa
W. H. Stevenson
Iowa Experiment Station
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Iowa Bureau of Labor Statistics
Orleans
Carl Wells
Rexall
Brick
Rexall Drug Store
J. A. Cummings
Burt & Jones
Agriculture
East Howard ‘Street
S. Finer
C. F. Carlson
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