Bruce hatchery in Keokuk county leads in fancy fish farming
J W Jarnagin reports the Bruce fish hatchery near Thornburg Keokuk county hosts ten ponds and full equipment for hatching fancy goldfish and Japanese Fantails. Large fish fetch 3 dollars and orders from New York and Seattle show growing demand. The Bruce family also developed Eskimo Pie chocolate coated ice cream ending in patent success and global royalties.
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Bruce Fish
Thornburg
Keokuk County
United States
Bruce
Ten Cent
New York
Seattle
Henry Ford
Adams farm Wheat and crops yield in Odebolt Sack
From Odebolt Sack county comes a report that 1000 acres of wheat were grown on the Adams farm near that town. The farm spans 11 sections totaling 7040 acres with wheat averaging 35 bushels per acre. The operation also includes oats corn a hospital tenant houses and threshing outfits powered by tractors and mules.
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Odebolt
Sack County
Glidden Proposes Public Dance Hall Ordinance
Carroll county town in Glidden seeks control of public dance halls with a $1 to $10 license, posted rules on health and fire safety, midnight closing, 18+ restriction absent guardian, no indecency or intoxication, hall supervision by the town marshal, possible police presence paid by managers, and fines up to $100 for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden
Carroll County
Marchal
Iowa City Auto Tour Highlights Historic Iowa Landmarks
Summer session students toured Iowa City landmarks centering on state history. They visited Governor Luke s home site Governor Kirkwood s home the Old Capitol site marker West Branch birth place of Herbert Hoover Springdale Quaker village the John Brown house the North Liberty quarry used for building stone Oakdale tuberculosis sanitarium and Kirkwood mill at Cedarville.
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Iowa City
the State University
Robert Lucas
Samuel J. Kirkwood
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Springdale
John Brown
North Liberty
Oakdale
Céralville
Kirkwood
Bees Poisoned By County Apple Orchards Lawsuit Filed
John Arbtin sues Polk County board of supervisors for 1500 damages claiming bees from his apiary were poisoned by nectar from sprayed apple trees on the county farm in bloom. He cites 1922 losses of 24 colonies with 14 dead and 10 weakened, 152 pounds of bees and 2980 pounds of honey. 1923 losses of 600 dollars. He names William McHone and David Hook as negligent.
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Polk County
John Arbtin
Board of Supervisors
Arbtin
William McHone
David Hook
Sioux City man Yaakov Urich dies in Fort Smith Arkansas
Yaakov Urich of Sioux City died recently in Fort Smith Arkansas. He left an estate valued at $100,000 though he had no known substantial savings. A safety deposit box at First National Bank of Sioux City contained $5,000 in gold coins and other valuables. The find is the first of its kind to involve inheritance tax handling in the state.
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Yaakov Urich
Sioux City
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Iowa
First National Bank of
State Department
Ice Cream Plant Venture Ends In Risky Move
A youth named C. K. Nelson in Onawa Monona county attempted a large scale ice cream factory after borrowing 3000 dollars. He soon learned there were many pitfalls and the venture faced serious trouble as the enterprise unfolded.
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C. K. Nelson
Onawa
Monona County
Airplane mail service lights mark new Iowa route
Airplane mail runs nightly from Chicago to Cheyenne with a fixed schedule. Delco revolving searchlights on 50 foot towers every 25 miles and flickering lights every three miles guide the route. A watchman near Des Moines oversees illumination spanning Jasper and Madison counties for up to 60 miles.
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Iowa
Chicago
Cheyenne
Delco
Des Moines
Reosner
Jasper County
Earlham
Madison County
Insurance Firms in Des Moines Ranked by Type and Size
Des Moines hosts fifty three home offices with fourteen life insurers and thirty four casualty fire and miscellaneous firms. Four fraternal life organizations and one assessment company operate locally. Four hundred eighty one foreign agencies also serve the city. Around four thousand people are employed in all branches. Annual premiums for home, agency and foreign firms total an estimated 125 to 150 million dollars.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Randolph Hotel Elevator Victims Settled
Clifton J Perry the operator and three passengers died when the Randolph hotel elevator plunged last March in Des Moines. Globe Indemnity Co pays Mrs Hattie Perry 1800 in full. The Perry estate case was before Commissioner Funk and resolved. Claims totaling 187000 remain against Randolph Hotel Co Otis Elevator Co and Globe Indemnity for the estates and injured passengers.
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Randolph
Des Moines
Clifton J. Perry
Globe Indemnity Co
New York
Perry
Funk
State Workmen’s Compensation Arbitration Board
Hattie Perry
Clifton Perry
Randolph Hotel Co
Otis Elevator Co
Woods Brothers purchase 3200 acres in Cerro Gordo County
Woods Brothers Corporation of Lincoln Nebraska buys 3200 acres in Cerro Gordo county about 24 miles southwest of Mason City. The land includes eight improved half section farms and W E Stone pasture from the J R Stone estate. Stone had owned it 40 years with natural grass and 2400 acres cultivated after 14 years of improvements and tree plantings.
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Iowa
Woods Brothers Corporation of
Lincoln
Neb
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
W. E. Stone
J. R. Stone
Stone
Woods Brothers
Fremont County
Oats yield record set near Humboldt in 72 bu per acre
A 123 acre field near Humboldt produced the state's largest oats yield reported so far at 72 bushels per acre. The extensive tract's output is described as a record breaker for its size.
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Humboldt
Rainbow Drive road study to save paving in Iowa county
Van Buren county farmer Joe J. Swiers harvested this year's peaches, gathering three bushels from a tree with many weighing about a pound each. Wateroo and Cedar Falls were linked by a paved road five miles away, now strained by heavy traffic. An engineer from the state highway department will examine and report procedures to protect the Rainbow Drive paving before the board of supervisors.
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Joe J. Swiers
van Buren County
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
State Highway Department
Board of Supervisors
Presbyterians of Iowa Launch $200000 Campaign
The Presbyterian Synod in Iowa initiates a fundraising drive to raise two hundred thousand dollars for church mission work and program expansion across the state. The campaign targets broad congregational participation and gifts of varied sizes.
Presbyterian colleges fund drive for Iowa institutions
The General Assembly's Board of Ed udation leads a campaign to raise 1 500 000 for Presbyterian education in Iowa. Funds allocated include 1 000 000 to Coe College Cedar Rapids 500 000 to Parsons College Fairfield 250 000 to Buena Vista College Storm Lake with remaining for Christian work at Iowa State University State Teachers College and Iowa University. A Cedar Rapids area family case adds a mystery of a missing son with a pardon request while authorities pursue leads on the identity of a dead boy.
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Presbyterian Colleges
Iowa
James R. Barkley
General Assembly
Board of Edition
Coe College of
Cedar Rapids
Parsons College of' Fairfield
Buena Vista ‘College
Storm Lake
Presbyterian
Iowa University
Iowa State College
State ‘Teachers College
Ralph
David Saxon
State Center
Omaha
Eldora
Troy Mo
Supt
von Krog
Industrial School
William Kiddie
Boone
Saxon
Bedford Skeleton Discovery Sparks County Curiosity
Residents of Bedford in Taylor County are stirred by the discovery of a human skeleton eight feet underground during excavation. A former find of a woman's skeleton near the Clark Theatre basement is recalled, with local lore of buried treasure west of town and past diggers chasing it.
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Bedford
Taylor
Clark Theatre
Winter wheat and rye planting intentions across states
The United States expects a 15.5 percent drop in fall wheat acreage this year versus last, totaling about 39,190,000 acres to be sown. Iowa leads declines, with Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, and others showing reduced sown areas. overall, the vast wheat area remains above pre war averages but far below peak 1921-22 levels.
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United States
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Nebraska
Missouri
Ohio
Indiana
Colorado
Texas
Washington
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Risk from Hessian Fly cuts U.S. wheat area plans
The text warns to reduce wheat acreage by planting less wheat after the Hessian Fly Free Date. It notes intentions to plant rye this fall at 91 percent of last fall's sowing, 5,508,000 acres, implying a reduction of about 496,000 acres and a total of 5,012,000 acres to be sown if intentions hold.
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United States
State fair invites visitors to US Department exhibit
Visitors at the State Fair are invited to inspect the Exhibit of the United States Department of Agriculture at the new cattle barn. It is interesting and instructive while there, look for the Iowa Facts and Figures exhibit arranged by the Des Moines Office, showcasing agricultural insights and statistics.
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Leslie M. Carl
Charles F. Sarle
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Des Moines
Notice of Administratrix Appointment in Emmet County Iowa
State of Iowa Emmet County notice states the undersigned has been appointed and qualified as Administratrix of the estate of Abraham Anderson deceased late of Emmet County All persons having claims against the estate to present them properly authenticated to the undersigned at the stated address within the applicable period or be barred by law
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State of
Iowa
Emmet County
Abraham Anderson
Agnes Anderson
Johnston and Ewen Notice of Professional Listings
Estherville Iowa listings show WM S Johnston attorney at law handling bankruptcy and collections with federal and state practice. DR S G Ewen dentist operates office over Iowa Savings Bank with office phone 109 and residence 728.
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WM. S. Johnston
Estherville
Iowa
Bankruptcy and
S. G. Ewen
Iowa Savings Bank
J. M. Fredericksen
Sconberg & Kilgore
Adlerika claims relief for chronic appendicitis
An advertisement asserts many cases of stubborn stomach trouble are chronic appendicitis and promotes Adlerika with glycerine buckthorn bark as a treatment. It claims the product works on both upper and lower bowel, removes gases and poisons, and brings out matter previously unseen, ideal for obstinate constipation.
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Jay Johnston & Co
Notice of Creditor Claims and Bankruptcy Meeting
Notice requests immediate payment of debts and claims verification for Agnes Anderson estate. Bankruptcy proceeding James A Maloney Jr No 1682 in Emmet and Kossuth counties Iowa. First meeting of creditors set Sept 19 1923 at 2 00 pm in Algona with trustee appointment proof of claims and examination of debtor.
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James A. Maloney, Jr
Estherville
Emmet
Algona
Kossuth County
Iowa
Towa
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Presbyterians of
Adelaide Nichols
Estherville, Iowa
M. S. Wilson
Kilgore
Klocow
E. W. Bachman
North Seventh St
Coleman Hospital
North 8Th Street
M. D
M. R. Sathe
DR. ‘R. H. Heydenburk Syndicate
F. W. Hanson
D. C
PH. C. Palmer
Christensen
Remington
Lowa
AS. W. Crowell
Mr. Brandel
Filegende Bistter
Dad
Eberhard Faber
America
Rexall Drug Store
J. A. Cummings
Chiropractic
Palmer
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