Iowa Reports Wide Range Of 1923 State News
Iowa counties discuss highway rules for sleighs with four foot eight inch runners for safety. Red Cross nurse outreach and widespread inoculations are noted. Marion county ships livestock while Knoxville sees big livestock flows. Near East relief drives donations of corn for Armenia. Donnelson aids corn drive with farmers and town merchants. Des Moines Kiwanis hears Armenia visit accounts on farm fuel from cow manure bricks. Iowa battles Cariady thistle with Farm Bureau led eradication efforts to protect farmland and water.
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Donnelson
Lee County
Armenia
Iowa
Kansas
North
Farm Bureau
Des Moines River Dams Proposed Near Fort Dodge and Boone
The Iowa Traction company plans two power dams on the Des Moines river one south of Fort Dodge at Otho and another south of Boone north of Madrid. The Boone dam will be 30 feet high creating a lake about seventeen miles long to the Chicago Northwestern viaduct at Boone and up to a quarter to three quarters of a mile wide.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Otho
Boone
Madrid
Iowa Traction Company
Boone State Park
Dolliver State Memorial Park
Chicago & Northwestern
Snake in pillow alarms Pomeroy family
In Pomeroy Calhoun county a large black snake was found in the pillow of a 4 year old boy, son of Mrs Kinsey Durst. The family reported the pillow felt wiggle and investigation revealed the snake among shed feathers. Mrs Hurst had filled the pillows with old shed feathers, likely drawing the snake in.
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Pomeroy
Calhoun County
Kinsey Durst
Pioneer Woman Donates Iowa Statute Laws to Library
Mrs. Robert Stevenson of Clarinda presents the city library with a copy of the Statute Laws of Iowa from 1838 39. Daughter of Joseph T. Fales the first Iowa state auditor, her family roots go back to Iowa Territory days with early service in Burlington and Philadelphia birth in 1833. She later moved through Dubuque Iowa City and Pagé county, becoming a living pioneer of the region since 1854.
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Robert Stevenson
Clarinda
Iowa
General Assembly
Territory of
Stevenson
Joseph T. Fales
Fales
House of Representatives
Burlington
Philadelphia
Dubuque
Iowa City
Pagé County
Lee Rettler Declared Iowa Corn Husker Champion
Residents of Tarper and Keokuk County praise Lee Rettler as Iowa’s champion corn husker. From Oct 16 to Nov 27, 1922 he husked 4690 bushels, including 1595 in 10 days for Peter Adams Harper with a record 38 bushels per hour and 1619 in 11 days for Klein Bros Keota despite blown-down corn. At nine hours he husked 154 bushels and 132 bushels in nine hours on the Walden farm last week. Rettler is 22, weighs 180 pounds.
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Tarper
Keokuk County
Lee Rettler
Iowa
Peter Adams
Harper
Klein Bros
Keota
Widblown
Walden
Rettler
Blind mail carrier Dunham's eight mile trek remembered
R R Roberts recalls a Britt memory of a totally blind mail carrier named Dunham who delivered mail from Belle Plaine to Irving twice weekly. He walked four miles to the highway then two west and one and a half north to Irving, carrying a heavy pouch with a cane as guide.
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R. R. Roberts
Britt
Dunham
Robert
Irving
Belle Plaine
Red Cross Health Nursing Report Shows Iowa Leads Midwest
Towa states lead in health protection as the American Red Cross annual health nursing report notes Iowa maintains 81 public health nurses, visiting 135000 school children and 25000 citizens at home. The Midwest’s strongest network includes 350 clinics offering orthopedics infant welfare preschool and nose care.
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The
Red Cross
Army and Navy
Towa
Middle West
American Red Cross
Iowa
Fontenelle’s Legacy: Omaha Chief and Namesake Tale
Fontenelle, a 17th century Omaha chief born to a French father and Omaha mother, forged ties with early settlers west of the Missouri. His leadership and marriage shaped local history, with Fontenelle’s grave reportedly overlooking the Missouri River near Omaha. The omaha people and their western Iowa hunts are noted in this ancestral sketch.
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Fontenelle
Adair County
Logan A. Fontenelle
Logan
Nebraska
Missouri River
Omaha
Chief Fontenelle
Iowa
Iowa Town Spends Large Sum On Public Schools In 1922
The new educational directory shows Town spent 59,068,023 on common schools in 1922. State totals include 543,430 in grammar and high school enrollment, 436,340 average daily attendance, 25,827 teachers, and schoolhouses worth 78,369,187 with equipment valued at 5,244.47. Bettendorf Co. awarded a 9 million dollar contract to build 3,000 steel freight cars for Chicago Milw St Paul.
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State
Bettendorf Company
Davenport
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Middle West
Corn Grinding Boosts Dairy Yields at Iowa State
Experiments at Iowa State College show ground corn in dairy cow rations raises butter fat by 14 percent and milk by 7 percent. Corn meal and cob meal offer near equal value, providing bulk and good feed efficiency. Despite costs, increased production through winter months more than covers grinding expenses for dairymen.
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Iowa State College
Evening Session For Women Workers at Farm Bureau Convention
An evening session for women workers in the Farm Bureau Federation convention in Des Moines will be held Thursday January 11. Mrs Ellsworth Richardson will preside and Mrs Gene Cutler of Harrison county will address the meeting.
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Farm, Bureau
Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Ellsworth Richardson
Gene Cutler
Harrisoine County
Farm Bureaus Battle Canada Thistle in Counties
An inspector from the Joint Stock Land Bank visited several counties to assess progress in combating Canada thistle infestations. The effort aligns with broader agricultural nuisance control programs and involves local farm bureaus coordinating weed management strategies.
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Joint Stock Land Bank
Estherville Endorses Deans Kidney Pills
Damp chilly weather harms kidneys and cold symptoms worsen backache and fatigue. Estherville resident Mrs. W. R. Rost reports kidney weakness from colds and credits Dean's Kidney Pills from Johnston & Co.'s Drug Store for relief. She urges neighbors to ask for the remedy.
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Estherville
Dean
W. R. Rost
3Rd St
Johnston & Co
Remedy Mentioned For Ailing People Reassures Readers
The writer notes a suggested remedy when hearing of someone in distress, implying quick relief and encouraging its use to restore well being. This brief line signals a comforting health guidance tone without naming the product or specifics.
Kidney or Bladder Trouble 60c At All Dealers
Advertisement notes one cent issue for kidney or bladder relief with price 60c, available at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co., manufacturers, Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster-Milburn, Co
Mfrs
Buffalo
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State News
39Th General Assembly
J. F Deems
Chicago
California
Knoxville
Marion County
Des Moines Health Center
United States
Pamplet
Pioneer Law-Makers Associaion
Téwa
Warren Garst
Maj
W. H. Fleming
Maj. Fleming
Clinton
Merrill
Merrill, Carpenter, Kirkwood
Newbold
Gear, Drake and Shaw
Cherokee County
Ares Ge
Faye Bast
Gaeta
Farm Bureaus
Fighting
Canada Thistle
Earle M. Selfridge
Atlantic Avenue
Boston
Mass
Estherville Strate Bank
Therville
Esthervillle Steam Bakery
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