State News: Ferry expansion and Black Hawk grave marker
McGregor businessmen form a syndicate to secure another ferry boat from St. Louis to relieve traffic after the Mississippi bridge collapse and highway No. 18 paving. A monument for Chief Black Hawk’s grave is proposed in Davis County. Des Moines churches plan a Des Moines area Council of Churches. Bremer county reports many bobsleds delivering milk to Carnation plant, horses praised. Observers witness sun dogs and a rainbow arc. Psittacosis outbreak warnings urge avoiding imported parrots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Jarnagin
McGregor
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
Marquette
St. Louis
Rob Roy
Meonument
Blackhawk
Davis County
Des Moines
Edgar Harlan
State Historical Department
Harlan
Bremer County
J. F. Grawe
Waverly
Carnation
Iowa College Carving Recalled on Bridge Findings
A workman found sandstone carvings by Iowa State College students on a Chicago Northwestern bridge between the college and the north woods. Names include W. J. Eck Glenn D. Herald Andrew Brown and Guy S. Brewer all graduates of 1897. Also noted is a psychology class trip to Woodward and a pheasant drive report by H. E. Moffet Eldora Hardin county claiming at least half the birds were killed on a country drive.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Chicago Northwestern Railroad
North Woods
W. J. Eck
Pleasant Plain
The
Southern Railroad
Glenn D. Herald
Farley
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
New York
Andrew Brown
LeClaire
Prosser
Wash
Guy S. Brewer
Des Moines
Rainbow Division
E. G. Lockhart
Drake University
State Institute
Woodward
H. E. Moffet
Eldora
Hardin County
Pheasants Die as Winter Feeds and Drivers Strike Risk
Farmers feed pheasants to prevent starvation while motorists hit scores of birds on roads. Dozens visible along highways as scraps attract them. Miss Irma Merritt, daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Merritt near Newton, won a gold medal and fifteen dollars for the state safety essay contest by the Highway Education Board, open to seventh and eighth grade pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Merritt
W. C. Merrit
New Hampton
Highway Education Board
Miss Merrit
Cedar River survey ordered by Minnesota Board of Health
At a St Paul meeting on January 22, the Minnesota State Board of Health instructed the Sanitary Engineering Division to begin a Cedar River survey in cooperation with the Iowa State Department of Health. The study will measure wastes from Minnesota municipalities and industries. Iowa began a Cedar River survey in October and will continue it in coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota State Board of Health
St. Paul
Sanitary Engineering Division
Cedar River
Minnesota
Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa
Muscatine High School Boys Charter Bus to Chicago
Muscatine High School agriculture class chartered a bus to Chicago leaving at 9 45 a m and arriving at 6 30 p m They visited a packing plant stockyards car lot exhibits Lincoln Park Zoo and the Field Museum in one day showing a productive school trip to notable city sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine High School
Chicago
Muscatine
Lincoln Park Zoo
Field Museem
East Comes to Iowa for Horses from Postville
E. H. Foote of New York shipped a car containing 28 head of horses by express from Postville Allamakee county. Foote valued the animals as the finest he has secured nationwide and said buying horses is his business. Farmers received about $4,000 for the car load highlighting Clarke county’s historic horse trade in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
E. H. Foote
New York
Postville
Allamakee County
Improvement in Iowa Farm Lands Sales Reported by Bank Leader
George Cosson president of the Des Moines Joint Stock Land Bank reports 1929 sales of 13 000 acres for about 1 000 000 and notes 40 percent sold for cash on possession March 1. Bank officers report total investments of 13 000 000 with 1 700 000 remaining in farm lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
George Cosson
Des Moines
Rupture Shield Expert Visits Gardston Hotel
C. F. Redlich, rupture appliance expert, offers free consultations from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gardston Hotel. He promotes the Perfect Retention Shields as providing instant relief and strong internal support without belts or legstraps, with claims of repair and long-term stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Redlich
Co. F. Redlich
Home Office
Boston Block
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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State News
Orm
Council of Churches of the
Des Moines Area
Charles S. Medbury
Mercury
Walter S. Beall
West Union
Fayette County
Henry Albert
United States
Albert
Boone & Koehler
Washington
2Nd Ave.s
Iowa Standard
BABY
R. I
Estherville
Chickasaw County
Mors
Minnesota Board of Health Institus Cedar River Survey
Gardston Hotel
Geo. Deck
Estherville, Iowa
Whippet
Benson Motor
Edwards’ Garage
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