Iowa and Illinois Post War to Wisconsin Bridge Plan
A Des Moines report notes Christmas observance across the city despite the worst bank failure in state history. Des Moines proposes a new interstate bridge with Wisconsin, estimated at 1.5 million dollars, connecting near Prairie du Chien. Julius Boeckh chairs the Iowa Wisconsin commission with Fred White and F G Bell as members.
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Iowa Interstate Bridge Commission
Iowa
Wisconsin
Gregor
Prairie du Chien
Julius Boeckh
Fred White
Ames
F. G. Bell
McGregor
Consolidated schools by county and staff in Towa state
Towa operates 385 consolidated schools in eighty nine counties with ten counties lacking such schools. The annual budget is about 10 million dollars, eight million for the general fund and the rest for the schoolhouse fund. Enrollment stands at 85,961 students with 60,806 in grades and 25,155 in high schools. teachers total 2,091 in grades and 1,653 in high schools. Grade teachers earn a monthly median of 112.50 dollars, high school teachers 163 dollars including superintendents. Counties without consolidated schools include Chickasaw Clarke Dubuque Monroe Muscatine Sec t Howard Lyon Wapello and Winneshiek. Removing rough fish from Iowa lakes remains popular. at West Okoboji 200 contracts were signed as nets target buffalo carp quillback redhorse sucker and dog fish. Nets range 3½ to 4½ inch mesh. no more than 50 feet of net allowed. Price for carp and eels cited.
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Towa
Iowa
Chickasaw
Clarke
Dubuque
Monroe
Muscatine
Sect
Howard
Lyon
Wapello
Winneshiek
Iowa Lakes
West Okoboji
State Game
O. E. Smith
Spirit Lake
Ben Reed
Rian Isanz Jetian
Fred
Frank Dar
Maquoketa
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Jones County
Ducks and Geese Sent to California by Swea City Poultry
Ray Sperbeck of Swea City ships a carload of ducks and geese to California with chaperone Leon Beck of Los Angeles. Former Iowans in California celebrate Christmas poultry on festive boards. Sioux City awaits Missouri river channel bill funding. Cigaret tax, inheritance, and gasoline receipts summarize Iowa 1926 1928 fiscal data. The estate of Joseph Price leaves 84 000 to Piney Woods school in Mississippi. Price died at Towa Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown. Piney Woods was founded by Laurence Jones for education of nea
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Ray Sperbeck
Swea City
Kossuth County
California
Swea City Poultry Company
Leon Beck
Los Angeles Commission
Sioux City
Washington
Senate
Missouri River
Kansas City
Missouri
Montana
Joseph Price
Toledo
Toma County
Piney Woods School
Braxton
Miss
Price
Towa
Marshalltown
Laurence Jones
Towan
Nea
Jefferson highway needs complete realignment. Onawa bridge urged
F C Upon with the Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank notes there isn’t a square corner on the Jefferson highway from Des Moines to Leon, with turns eliminated and surface paving to Indianola. From there to the Missouri line drags remain. The highway to Osceola offers ridge views and timbered scenery. The Iowa Interstate Bridge Commission asks the state to build a Missouri river bridge at Onawa and to pursue interstate toll bridges at Sioux City and Council Bluffs, proposing 4-5 percent of the primary road fund yearly for bridges. Commission members are Stewart Gilman R J Andrews and Ward Evans of Sioux City. Luther College in Decorah, the state’s lone male-only higher learning institution, plans a state tour by its famed band Feb 9 to Feb 28 with stops across multiple towns, limited to 50 members.
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Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank
Des Moines
Leon
Decatur County
Indianola
Missouri Line
Jefferson Highway
Osceola
Iowa Interstate Bridge Commission
Hammill
Missouri River
Onawa
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Mississippi
Stewart Gilman
R. J. Andrews
Ward Evans
Luther College
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Europe
L. A. Moo
New Hampton
Osage
Mason City
Northwood
Albert Lea
Lake Mills
Forest City
Bode
Humboldt
Eagle Grove
Webster City
Jewell
Story City
Marshalltown
Marengo
Rock Island
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank Estherville charter approved
The Iowa Trust and Savings Bank of Estherville Iowa receives charter approval from the Iowa Secretary of State and Banking Superintendent. Certificate confirms Articles of Incorporation filed and capital compliance. First board named P G Gray L Z Bennett Fred Ehlers T Sandren F H Graaf H H Sconberg O N Reisel. Des Moines January 6 1927.
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Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
Estherville
Iowa
State of
Des Moines
W. C. Ramsay
W. H. Bailey
Towa Just & Savings Bank
P. G. Gray
L. Z. Bennett
Fred Ehlers
T. Sandren
F. H. Graaf
H. H. Sconberg
N. Reisel
L A. Andrew
Banking Department of Iowa
4 H Club Notes 2500 at Ames Banquet Sets Record
Ames Iowa December 30 1927 2500 boys and girls plus leaders attended Iowa State College Junior Short Course banquet a record in Iowa with 1000 pounds of ham 150 gallons of water 8000 pounds of food and 160 waiters. Emmet County youth attended and will report at Farm Bureau meetings. Prime Minister Stresemann remark on League of Nations cited.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Parkerhouse
Emmet County
Paris Fashion Hints Reveal Silk Stocking Color Pairings
Latent styles from Paris suggest ladies will wear silk stockings in matched color pairs, including red with blue and green with pink, presenting a fashionable subtlety amid ongoing hosiery displays. The note hints at color coordination and chic restraint within Parisian fashion circles.
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Paris
Better Yet Club Notes Christmas Party Held at Gee Home
The Better Yet Club met at Vera and Dorothy Gee’s home for a Christmas party on Monday evening December 20. Games followed a luncheon. Esther Gorton Lillian Herbrandson and Vera Gee left December 27 for Ames to attend the 4 H short course, a weeklong event inspiring members to learn from clubs statewide.
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Better Yet
Vera
Dorothy Gee
Esther Gorton
Lillian Herbrandson
Vera Gee
Ames
Iowa
Emmet County Club
Local Medical and Professional Directory Listings
Dentist H G Johnston and physician M E Wilson listed with offices in Rhodes Block and Kilgore Elocow Haw. Chiropractor Dr Frank Wanson uses Spears Painless System with Palmer training. Justice of the Peace B E West and Drs M Fredericksen Coleman Hospital and Dr R C Coleman M D provide various medical services. Office hours noted and appointments via phone.
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H. G. Johnston
Rhodes Block
Frank W. "Anson
Palmer
Spears
Fifth
Lincoln Streets
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League of Nations
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Kilgore & Elocow Haw
B. E. West
Justice of the Peace
Witte
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Towa Savings Bank
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