Iowa gas tax receipts and beet sugar factory growth in 1925
State figures show Iowa gas tax from April 16 1925 to January 1 1926 totaling 3 505 116 and a per week vehicle mileage of 3 365 327 with an annual transport bill of 310 100 672 50. Belmond beet sugar factory expansion employs 175 workers on double shifts and relies on lime produced on site.
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Towa
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Good Roads Department
Iowa State College
Sweet clover yields and regional farming feats reach wide Iowa area
A. E. Gillman near Anthon in Woodbury County threshed 176 bushels of yellow sweet clover seed from 10 acres, with experts calling 17 bushels per acre phenomenal. The crop sold at seven cents per pound, about 4.20 per bushel, delivering over 71 dollars per acre. Woodbury leads Iowa in honey production and sweet clover is praised as a soil builder and nectar source. Also noted: 140 acres of early potatoes on Osceola County farmland after draining a lake, Barbara Mace’s notable birth and travels, and a dynamite blast near Dubuque that cleared limestone for a new highway, costing about 5000 dollars and heard miles away.
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Coolidge
Bellevue-Savannah
Bellevue
Jackson County
Mississippi River
Anamosa
Mississippi
Savannah
Ilinois
Tlinois
Galena
Ulysses 8. Grant
Dubuque
Julien Monument
Iowa
Ulingis
A. E. Gillman
Anthon
Woodbury
United States
E. D. Morgan
Pella
Marion County
Gilman
Russia
Lead
South Dakota
Market Caves
Wisconsin
Manitowoc
Green Bay
Clifty Falls
Indiana
Clifty
Madison
Old Fort Larned
Larned
Kansas
Arkansas River
Sentinel Butte
North Dakota
Jones Leasee No
Piasa Bluffs
Inoia
Father Marquette
Pine Lake
Low
Eldora
Kitch-it-lo Pi
Virgin Forest
Manistique
Michigan
Gunshot Trail
Minnesota
Grand Marais
Cherokee State Hospital for the Insane Sees Massive Grounds
The Cherokee state hospital for the insane ranks among the nation’s largest. The main building spans over a mile around its foundation and houses 1,250 inmates on 1,000 acres of land with 80 acres of surrounding grounds. Cattle barns hold 125 Holstein cattle, 55 milking, yielding 12,000 pounds per cow annually, all milk used at the hospital.
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State Hospital For the Insane
Cherokee
Iowa Farm Summary Of Hogs Crops And Machinery
Iowa farm data show yearly slaughter of hogs and beef, 1 800 pounds weekly each of dressed meat, 180 sheep, 12 000 bushels of potatoes, 40 acres of early spuds yielding 80 bushels per acre, 18 000 pounds of cherries, 9 tons of fruit, 3 000 bushels apples, 80 acre truck garden with 12 000 gallons of tomatoes and sweet corn canning. Also 10 acres beets for experiments. Esther Foley, 20, Iowa diving star, won amateur diving title at Philadelphia sesquicentennial meet. Many valuable farm machines left outdoors. Perry Grimes notes a 1902 self binder bought for 135 dollars, later sold after 15 years for more, proving weather wears machinery.
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Esther Foley
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Philadelphia
Perry T. Grimes
Floomfield
Davis County
Christ Scientist Church Sunday Services and Reading Room
First Church of Christ, Scientist announces Sunday worship at 11 o'clock with the subject Christ Jesus for August 21 and a golden text from I John 4 14. Sunday school at 10, Wednesday prayer meeting at 8, and a free reading room open Wednesdays and Saturdays 3 to 5 for Bible study and literature. Public invited to attend services and visit.
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Christ
Jesus
Edidy
Motor camping essentials and travel tips from a vintage guide
A vintage travel guide lists motor camping gear including a compact cabinet for kitchen and dining needs, a waterproof balloon silk tent, light poles, and long lamp cords. It advises on car mounting, tarp between cars, hand ax, auto shovel, spare tires, and timing for transcontinental trips, ending with a note about Mankato Commercial College and a passing reference to Dr. Poincare.
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State News
Belmond
Wright County
St. Paul
Sioux City
Omaha
Osage
Mason City
Ee Beg Renan Vic
Mary ©. Foley
Storm Lake
Department of Agriculture
Washington
J. M. Aldrich
National Museum
Felix Mahoney
National School of Art
Department of Articulture
Foley
Missouri
New York
Avery
Spencer
Clavercunty
Western Electric Telephone System
Henry Hintz
Harris
Osceola County
Barbara Mace
Des Moines
Brice M. Mace
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce
South America
Barbera
Nebraska
Maryland
Tennessee
District of Columbia
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentine
Chile
Peru
Panama
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Oak Hill
Guernseys
Sarnia
Cow
George A. Nichols
Adelaide Nichols
Estherville, Iowa
Emmet County
Erwin Greer
Greer College of Automotive and Electrical Trades
Chicago
Mankato Commercial College
Middle West
Standard Oil Company
Estherville, Lowa
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