Seed shipments and county lead in Timothy Clover output
Allamakee county in northeastern Iowa ships 50,000 pounds timothy seed from Harper's Ferry with more shipments planned, lifting total timothy and clover production to a high rank. Rural wages in Ida county set for road and bridge crews, with hourly rates from 25 to 70 cents and truck pay at 100 dollars monthly.
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Iowa
Allamakee
Harper's Ferry
Ida County
Board of Supervisors
Bible to Be Used as Textbook in Iowa High Schools
Prof. D. S. Wright of State Teachers College Cedar Falls announces that the Bible is now used as a textbook. In 150 Iowa high schools and many other schools plan to add it as an optional course, with pupil choice.
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D. S. Wright
State Teachers College At
Cedar Falls
Soldiers’ Orphans Home
Davenport
State Teachers’ Association
Iowa
Attorney General cites 1922 plate fine of $100
Attorney General Ben-J Gibson warns motorists driving cars with 1922 license plates face a $100 fine. He cites section 3 chapter 25 of the acts of the Thirty-eighth general assembly to support the rule.
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Ben — J. Gibson
Gibson
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Mount Pleasant Widow Found With Large Civil War Pension Roll
Martha Henry of Mount Pleasant, inmate at Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, became ill and hospitalized. Attendants found a small packet around her neck containing $1,890 in bills saved over years. The roll was deposited to her Marshalltown bank account. She is the widow of a Civil War veteran.
Iowa Highways Aid Balance Revealed by Senate Leader
Senator Holdoegel of Calhoun county cites figures from C D Curtis showing Iowa paid 0.8 to 0.7 percent of total federal taxes in 1919 and 1920 while federal road aid to the state stood at 2.8 percent of total. To receive December 1922 federal aid and Iowa’s share of 190 million dollars, Holdoegel says Iowa must contribute 2.4 million dollars as the total aid expected equals eight million. Thomas McDonald, once an Iowa boy from Montezuma, handles road construction distribution. The annual bird census in Iowa counts wintering birds. J E Guthrie of Iowa State College and Mrs. J L Battell of Ames reported 13 species and 300 individuals observed during two-town surveys.
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Iowa
Holdoegel
Calhoun County
Senate Highway Committee
C. D. Curtis
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Thomas McDonald
Montezuma
Department of Agriculture
Ames
J. E. Guthrie
Department of Entomology
Iowa State College
J. L. Battell
War supplies stored near Ames awaiting disposition
Millions of dollars in war materials in hollow tile buildings on Ames outskirts await distribution by the State Highway Commission. Freight payments settled, the commission will allocate usable items to road crews and state institutions while much of the inventory may be discarded as junk.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Sioux City Chicken Pickers Set Rapid Pace Records
A Sioux City contestant named G. W. Kaiser plucked 22 chickens in 6 minutes, each about 6 pounds, equating to a chicken every ten seconds. Another Sioux City man gathered 312 fowls in eight and a half hours, weighing 3 to 8 pounds, all dry.
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Sioux City
G. W. Kaiser
Iowa Cigaret Tax Revenue Reported For Past Year
Cigaret smokers in Iowa paid about 1,000,000 dollars into state coffers under the cigaret law. The figure comes from C. C. McCoy, head of the cigaret revenue department in the treasurer's office, covering the past year and a half.
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Iowa
C. C. McCoy
Cigaret Revenue Department
Treasurer’s Office
Sunday night dances barred in Bremer county towns
County Attorney H L Leslie issues out notices to all public dance hall owners and town mayors in Bremer county declaring Sunday night dances strictly forbidden and to be enforced rigorously. The sheriff is ordered to arrest violators and prosecute in proper court. Prohibition applies only to Sunday dances with both dancers and musicians held responsible alongside proprietors. A Dubuque county farmer believed quail and pheasant shooting was allowed under the law.
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H. L. Leslie
Bremer
Leslie
Frontier Guards pension bill linked to Indian fighter legacy
A Iowa Senate measure by Senator Goodwin proposes a $240 June 1 1928 pension and $20 monthly thereafter for survivors and widows of Mitchells Cavalry Frontier Guards, naming Mrs Martha J Harris and A E Hoffman as beneficiaries. The guards fought near Spirit Lake in 1861 under Capt John Mitchell. The article also notes a Benton county court note case, Merle Tillotson Alcock Iowa origins, and Iowa bank deposit trends for 1920 alongside national bank prospects.
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Martha J. Harris
Highland Park
A. E. Hoffman
Des Moines
Goodwin
Polk
Frontier Guards
Mitchell’s Cavalry
Harris
Hoffman
John Mitchell
Samuel Kirkwood
Spirit’ Lake
Kirkwood
Capt. Mitchell
Iowa Prairies
Mexican labor in Iowa sugar beet fields this season
Northern Iowa sugar beet production relied heavily on Mexican labor after previously using Russian workers. The Mexican workers are not viewed as ideal for the job, but they have saved during the season by the end of harvest.
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Iowa
Iowa Bulletin Highlights Oil Stock Losses and Local Road Costs
The Iowa geological survey reports that wild cat oil speculation cost Iowans about 100 million dollars in 1920, averaging one million per county. The bulletin, compiled by Jesse V. Howell, also details 1922 county and township road and bridge expenditures totaling 43,322.40, with new culverts, bridges, and maintenance across townships and counties. Thought for the day urges hospitality to strangers as a path to unseen gifts.
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Iowa
Iowa Geological Survey
Jesse V. Howell
Texas
Oklahoma
Man’s Heart Heavier Than Woman’s, Averages Noted
The excerpt compares heart weights, stating the average man’s heart weighs ten to twelve ounces while the average woman’s weighs eight to ten. It lists numerous names with scattered figures, suggesting a data table or roster alongside the medical note.
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J. W. Jarnaginian
Dubuque County
District Court
Benton County
Willett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Supreme Court
Merle Tillotson-Alcock
Osceola
Clark Country
That
Drake University
Chicago
New York City
Europe
America
Suetraniiiian Opera Co
Newark
Morrissey Auto Supply Store
South Ist Trust & Savings Bank
Dow
Morton Benso Penake
Ole Solberg
Ighissus Vendiss
Chas. Theesfield
Ole’ Berkland
Victor Sorensen
Eee Erseees
Eric P. Davidsen
J. Henry Nielsen
Theo. Christiansen
Apd Doo
Nels Jacobsen
Peter Henricksen
Eevee
Robert Kyhl
J.P. Ss
H. C. ML
Nels Ptéresen
Sega Hans Risterisen
Hans Mofénsen
Wee 3d
Sosneveans
Marius Nelsen Fame
Rmte
Quaker Oatsompany
U. S.A
The
B. P.O. Elks
Salisbury Production Company
Estherville
Grant’s Confectionery
Jess Cox
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