Iowa county sizes and political notes headlined
Kossuth is the largest Iowa county at 974 square miles while Pottawattamie follows at 958. Woodbury Plymouth Clayton Tama and others sit over 700 with Worth and Winnebago smallest at 99. Two county seats exist in Pottawattamie and Lee. Senator James A Reed of Missouri, a former Iowa resident, enters presidential race. The piece surveys holidays, election day practices, a Grinnell cattle story, Parsons College bobbed hair trend, and local Legion community plans. It also coverages carp fishing at Wall Lake and a wall of regional anecdotes including a Dubuque swimmer and a legal dispute over straw machinery thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Jows
Pottawattamie
Woodbury
Plymouth
Clayton
Tama, Fayette
Crawford
Webster
Clinton
Sioux
Benton
Monona
Worth
Winnebago
Pottawattamie and
Lee
Iowa
Avoca
Council Bluffs
Keokuk
Fort Madison
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Turbulent Iowa river notes and pool plan emerge
Reports detail allegations of slave labor exploitation by Reliance and Sterling plants, a Shell Rock river fish kill linked to local factories, and a health board push for pollution laws. Local court action includes a $1000 negligence suit over an Overland hog collision, plus a Greenfield pool proposal near Nodaway river with a 150 foot diameter and ticket funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Reliance
Sterling Manufacturing
Board of Contronder
Shell Rock
Greene
Butler County
State Board of Health
Mason City
Allison
Board of Health
Horseshoe Bridge
Nodaway River
Greenfield
Fontenelle
Adair County
J. C. Lane
Knob Arbor Park
Griswold
Cass County
East Side Home Economics Club Entertains Husbands
Emmet Township East Side Home Economica Club hosted a social event for husbands from both East and West Side groups at Irving Ellerston's home. A bounteous dinner was served and guests enjoyed various games. All reported a most enjoyable time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Township
East Side
West Side
Irving, Ellerston
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Merolles
State News
Banks
Judson Blakely
Grinnell
Poweshick County
Judson
Iowa City
E. J. Sidney
Adair Veounty
Greenfield Creamery Co
New York
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Parsons College
American Legion
Lincoln
Washington
San Francisco
Constitution of the Patriotic Order
United States of America
Wall Lake
Sac County
John H. D. Gray
Frank Meacham
Grinnell College
Africa
Jacob Rosenthal
Cora Beckwith
Dubuque
Jake Rosenthal
Crawford County
Waterloo
John Murphy
Murphy
Denison
Christina Uthe
Martin Uthe
Quasqueton
Buchanan County
Uthe
Germany
America
Christopher Uthe
Cleveland
Ohio
State Department of Justice
Board of Control
Reformatory
Anamosa
Ole Grouch
epArLes
Wrigley
Co. G. Canwell
Cherokee
Ernest G. Goldman
C. A. Swanson
Farm Bureau Notes
Dickinson County
Dickinson
Emmet
Hale-Roberts Stone Company
Alden
Estherville
Swan Lake
Farm Bureau
R. B. Crone
Estherville Township
Geo. Robb
Geo.Robb
Ruth Gorton
Mra
Geo
Robb
Tarmera Mutual
Farmers Mutual
Emmet County
H. A. Gaarde
B. Reed
Dolilver
Kasa
Wallingford
A. Gaarde
Armstrong
Grover
King and Hamilton
Deering
McCormick
John Deere
Janesville
J. L. Brown
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