Direct Hog Selling Sparks Iowa Policy Battle
State dispute pits farmers and farm groups against packing houses over direct hog buying. Packers argue it undermines price fixing while noting higher hog prices last year. Congress influence sought. labor fights prison labor stamp bill. Clive prison farm to dairy to boost milk for state institutions. Mules perish in St Louis wreck. 50 killed.
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House
Senate
Organized Labor
State Board of Control
Iowa
State Boards of Control
J. H. Strief
Washington
J. C. Lewis
A. M. McColl
Board of Control
B. J. Hall
Bloomfield
Atlanta
Georgia
St. Louis
Wall Board From Corn Stalks Factory in Dubuque
Agricultural engineers at Iowa State College Ames report a machine in development to harvest corn stalks. The mower baler loader combo cuts a six foot swath, drops bales left, and is powered by a 30 horsepower tractor. It cuts two acres per hour and aims to turn farm waste into a new wall board industry in Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Agricultural Engineers
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Governor Kirkwood Honored At Vicksburg Park
A bronze bust of Iowa Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood was unveiled in the Vicksburg National Military Park on February 18 in ceremonies attended by Iowa officials led by Governor John Hammill. Col. C B Robbins accepted for the government, with Mrs Hammill and Mrs Niles unveiling, as Mississippi’s governor spoke. Kirkwood served Iowa as governor 1860–64 and 1876–77 before joining the Garfield interior cabinet. He was born in Maryland.
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Vicksburg
Iowa
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Vicksburg National Military Park
Miss
John Hammil
C. B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
John Hammill
Clifford Niles
Anamosa
State Highway Commission
Robert G. Cousins
Tipton
C. L. Rigby
Cedar County
Iowa Party
Mississippi
United States Senate
James A. Garfield
Interior
Maryland
Prices Then and Now in Two Iowa Towns
A comparison of market prices in Oskaloosa 25 years ago and in Red Oak on February 9 1928. Items listed include butter potatoes eggs chickens oats corn hay beef cattle hogs and several other farm goods with price ranges for each era. Strong entities include Oskaloosa Red Oak February 9 1928 and listed commodities.
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George W. Shockley
Oskaloosa
Frank Bell
Red Oak
Lincoln Highway to be surfaced across Iowa by July first
The Lincoln Highway across Iowa will be fully surfaced by July 1, with contracts let for remaining sections. The route crosses the Mississippi at Lyons, runs through Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown, Ames, Boone, Jefferson, Carroll, Denison, then to Council Bluffs where it joins No 32. Counties along Des Moines to Davenport have voted bonds to fund hard surface. future eastward outlet via Ames and the Lincoln Highway. Also Iowa City Globe Creamery to start powdered milk production around March 1 using milk from within 30 miles. products include powdered skim milk for baking and candy, powdered buttermilk for hog feed.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
Ilinois
Lyons
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Ames
Boone, Jefferson, Carroll, Denison
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Iowa City
Newton
Des Moines
Atlantic
Globe Creamery
Laboring Men Own Automobiles in Iowa
S P McNaught Iowa anti Sloan League chief credits prohibition with enabling workers to own cars. He cites U S lead in auto ownership and foreign visitors’ astonishment. He notes funds once spent on alcohol now go to autos radios and appliances while Europeans linger with booze.
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S. P. McNaught
Towa Anti-Sloan League
Prohibition
America
Jasper County to Vote Highway Bonds
Jasper County will submit $500,000 in bonds for graveling 135 miles of secondary roads to a countywide vote. The move follows a history of road-improvement debates where towns previously approved and rural districts opposed. a newer law allowed countywide majorities to pass.
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Jasper County
Board of Supervisors
Bridges Across Rivers Approved by Congress for Iowa
From a congressional report, actions favor bridges over the Missouri at Washington county Nebraska to Harrison county Iowa, and over the Mississippi at Lansing Iowa. Senate backed Lansing bridge, House approved McGregor, and extended Sabula bridge time. M K Culver notes Joe Sedacek shipped 193 onion cars, 78 grown by him, with routes to New Orleans New York and Montreal.
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Congress
Iowa
Houes
Missouri River
Washington County
Nebraska
Harrison County
Mississippi
Lansing
Senate
House
Mississippi River
McGregor
Sabula
M. K. Culver
St. Ansgar
Mitchell County
Joe E. Sedacek
New Orleans
New York
Montreal Canada
Large Trees Transplanted by Capitol City Nursery
I E Agnew of Red Oak sought to transplant two large hard maples about 30 feet tall and ten inches in diameter. Capitol City Nursery of Des Moines carried out the operation digging around frozen ground to preserve about eight feet of soil and four feet depth, encasing the mass in canvas with trunks, then dragging the heavy block to prepared holes.
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Agnew
Capitol City
Des Moines
Beet Sugar Factory Reopened as Midwestern Sugar Co Buys Belmond Plant
A troubled beet sugar factory at Belmond Wright county was rescued when Midwestern Sugar Co of Denver bought the plant. Denver representatives are securing beet contracts with farmers in northwestern Iowa for a large next season crop, while the Mason City facility will handle local production.
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Belmond
Wright County
Midwestern Sugar Co
Denver
Iowa
Mason City
New Farm Bureau sings add to Iowa list of songs
Professors Tolbert McRae and C A Fullerton lead community singing at the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting. A farm women’s committee added songs to a growing list of twenty standard farm gathering selections including Flow Gently Sweet Afton Onward Christian Soldiers Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond Santa Lucia Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes America America the Beautiful Old Folks at Home Little Brown Church in the Vale Juanita Old Black Joe Loves Old Sweet Song Battle Hymn of the Republic Dixie Stars of a Summer Night Star Spangled Banner Auld Lang Syne My Old Kentucky Home Silent Night Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
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Tolbert McRae
Ames
C. A. Fullerton
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Afton
Loch Lomond
Santa Lucia
America
Little Brown Church
the Vale
Juanita
Dixie
Kentucky
Enrollment of Deaf Pupils Reaches New High in Iowa
Council Bluffs reports Iowa School for the Deaf enrollment at present 316, the largest in ten years. The figure reflects steady growth and underscores the institution's expanding pupil body in the region.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa School For the Deaf
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