Railroads Move Big Wages and Freight in 1927 State
Chicago Burlington & Quincy paid 9.41 million dollars in wages to 4 876 workers in 1927 while handling 85 312 cars of freight and 128 830 tons of less than carload merchandise. State improvements totaled 1.48 million. Great Western disbursed 9.59 million in supplies and wares, with daily spend about 26 200. Wabash freight and passenger revenue reached 1.25 million. Illinois Central freight tonnage in January-February 1927 totaled 3 207 917 tons. Motor vehicle registrations rose to 648 582 with thousands of trucks and trailers licensed. A conference of Iowa Catholics and Protestants met in Iowa City to discuss religion with a Jew, Catholic, and two Protestants among the faculty. Burlington Railroads faced a water shortage and secured Corning water under price terms. Notable figures J W Johnsen and George K Cherie discussed exploration voyages and lectured publicly. Dr William Hornaday cited as a prominent traveler and scientist.
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Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Great Western
Iowa
Wabash
Ilinois Central
Towa
Minneapolis & St. Tams
Stsskw
Union Ia
Baby Names by Radio Listeners Feature on Air
A radio program included listener input naming a baby and discussing a mystery topic. The segment noted new information about the Smith hens Tourneys and four girls while highlighting an inter esting human interest angle amid concerns about poverty.
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Tiorades
Demand for Christmas Trees Drives Strong Des Moines Purchases
Nine cars of Christmas trees were received by dealers in Des Moines indicating thousands of trees sold. The note suggests demand signals vast inroads made upon growing timber in the United States and warns unborn generations may face denuded forests if conservation remains unchecked.
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Des Moines
United States
Iowa to Lead Dairy and Livestock Movement in 1922
J E Gorman president of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway notes Iowa will send 10,000,000 hogs 2,000,000 cattle and calves and 900,000 sheep to major markets in 1922. He cites a growing northeastern dairy district shipping milk in glass-lined tank cars to big cities and cream to the Atlantic seaboard.
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Iowa
J. E. Gorman
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway System
Mr. Gorman
Atlantic Seaboard
Former Eldon Ball Player Has Fine Record
Oscar Orwell transfers from Milwaukee to Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletes drawing Eldora interest. He began with Luther college Decorah four years with 208 at bats in 44 games, 38 runs, 9 hits for 172 bases, 10 strikeouts, batting .442. Pitching 70 in 1923, 12–4 with .287 batting. Last season he hit .370, leading Milwaukee, 17 wins, top American Association pitcher. Sauer Kraut Juice: Des Moines hotels serve it at 10 cents. claimed beneficial for ailments. State Senator Kern jokes about adding turnips to kraut for better flavor.
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Eldon
Oscar Orwell
Milwaukee
Connie Mack
Philadelphia
Eldora
Norwajcian
Ht. E. Metter
Itaora
Orwell
Luther College
Decorah
American Association
Des Moines
Jess
Kern
Warren- Clarke
National Guard Band Plays Across Fairfield Area
The 152nd Regimental Band of Jefferson County National Guard in Fairfield will travel to multiple towns hosting concerts. The group features 35 musicians and is accompanied by the Parsons College Quartet, a noted collegiate singing ensemble, using two large buses for transport.
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National Guard
Town National Guard
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Parsons College Quartet
Hancock County Beet Grower Wins Sugar Cup
J. M. Townsend of Hancock county near Britt topped beet producers for the season. He delivered 130000 tons to American Beet Sugar in 1927 at six dollars a ton, averaging nine tons per acre on 1614 acres and earning for the champion patch a per acre amount. Townsend uses 19 inch beet rows and employs two Russian families in season. Large returns from trapping J Curtiss Griggs near Hopkinton Delaware county is named champion trapper for the area. In 15 days he trapped 42 mink 140 muskrats and other fur bearing animals earning 647.
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Hancock County
American Beet Sugar Company
Arson City
J. M. Townsend
Britt
Townsend
Curtiss Griggs
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Church Women Furnish Farm Sale Lunches
Farmers near Garwin Tama county solve lunch problem at public sales by hiring the Ladies Aid society. The seller pays $10 cash and the public buys lunches for a quarter each, two sandwiches two meats cookies pie and unlimited coffee. Air Traffic Law Demanded The State Railway Commission seeks a code governing air transportation requiring pilots to pass exams hold licenses and inspectors to ensure airworthy equipment. Claims the Largest Tree C T Myers of Afton says a giant cottonwood on the county line between Union and Adair counties is likely the oldest living thing in the area with a trunk over 7 feet in diameter near the earth.
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Garwin
Tama County
Ladies Aid Society
State Railway Commission
General Assembly
C. T. Myers
Afton
Union County
Union
Adair
State taxes yield record Cigarets revenue for 1927
State Treasurer Johnson reports cigaret tax revenue for 1927 at $1,137,979, the highest on record, up from $998,164 in 1926. The Tama Indians hold 3,600 acres valued at $364,430 with $187,165 credited in the U S treasury. each member gets $44 yearly in semiannual installments. The state buys 20 acres near Croton for high grade limestone and crushed stone, with convict labor. By spring 100 men expected. quarry also to be leased west of Farmington for road-building material.
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Johnson
Tama
United States Treasury
L. Saltzgaver
Croton
Lee County
Fort Madison
Farmington
van Buren County
Local Notes From Superior and Surrounding Areas
Superior residents report Elmer Garling traveling to Little Rock for Rock Island station duties. Culture Club met at Mrs. H. J. Perkins home. Mrs. Glen Slingerland added to the rolls. Books on Adam and Eve and The First American Novelist discussed with lunch served. Visitors include Miss Leona Webber from Spirit Lake and Miss Luella Conlon visiting relatives.
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Elmer Garling
Little Rock
Rock Island
Culture Club
H. J. Perkins
Glen Slingerland
Herb Olson
W. O. Baker
Leona Webber
Spirit Lake
Fred Zerfoss
Luella Conlon
Sioux Falls
Y. D. Smith
Oelwein
Frances Lambert
Urgridge
Terris
Acetone Company
J. C. Smith
Jones Ereckson
Garden City
Art Gray
Spirit
Noted French Rheumatism Prescription Offered Free
A pamphlet from Paul Case of Brockton Massachusetts offers a French medical prescription for rheumatism and neuritis learned while with the American Army in France. He says it has helped thousands, costs nothing, and invites readers to mail their address to receive it.
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France
Paul Case
Dept. W
Brockton
Mass
Local Town Notes On Water Well, Sale, and Rental
A small home was built over a water well with preparations for an installation planned next Thursday evening. Mrs Herb Olson led a meeting of women last Friday afternoon. Cora Depp sold her farm northwest of town to a Cherokee party, with the family remaining on the property this year while Louis and Will rent it.
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Harry Ruckman
J. C. Smith
Graettinger
Jelty
Ladies of the American
Herb Olson
Cora Depp
Louis
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J. WW. Jarnigan
Motor Car Department
Secretary of State’s
Burlington Railroads
Creston
Red Oak
Corning
Adams County
Paineton
Knowile
J. W. Johnsen
Barnes City
Ma Ka County
Knoxville
Marion
Psts
George K. Cherrie
Poeedore Roosevelt
Amazon River
South America
Asia
Sonsy Reosevels
Cherrie
William Hornaday
Globe
Washington, D. C
Smithsonian Institute
W. A. Staggs
M. D. Practice Limited
Bringle
Feng
Geo. Weber
Dolliver
Maple Hill
Hulde
Aage Jessen
Prop
Town Trust and Savings Bank
John Miller and
J. W. Saxton
Albert Johnson
Andrew Mennen
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