Iowa State News Mixed Rail History and Local Notes
Iowa rail lines and wealth figures show C B and Q mileage within the state and overall Burlington System scope, with notes on founders, livestock and grain hauling, and a WWII veterans hospital contract in Des Moines. The report covers teachers turning to tea rooms, county wealth by assessors, sheep trading, incubator advances, auto registrations, flood disruptions, and local human-interest tales.
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C. B. & Q. Railway
Iowa
Burlington
John Murray Forbes
Boston
Chas. E. Perkins
America
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Davis County Iowa Sheep Industry Leader 1925 Flock Sale
Davis County leads Iowa in sheep. In 1921 Samuel Randolph began with 99 head at 800 dollars. Wool sales rose from 341.25 in 1922 to 632.00 in 1925. In 1923 he sold surplus sheep for 412.50 and 1924 wool and sheep yielded 558.40 and 664.56 respectively. He sold his entire flock in 1925.
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Davis County
Iowa
Samuel Randolph
Wool market and industrial growth across Iowa and nation
Wool owners near Greenfield sold 50,000 pounds to H J Harbour Son with 25,000 at 50 cents. Best grade 50 cents, reject 35 to 43 cents. Wool graded and shipped to Boston mills. New medical laboratories building at the University of Iowa to cost about 858,000 with 158,000 square feet. planned as part of a 4.5 million fund. Disability claims from Bankers Life Iowa show tuberculosis highest at 24 percent. other causes listed with varying percentages. Iowa electrical capacity to rise by 200,000 horsepower via new plants, state currently with 7,000 miles of high voltage lines.
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Greenfield
Adair County
H. J. Harbour & Son
Botton
Harbour Produce House
Boston
Masss
Medical Laboratories
University of Iowa
College of Medicine
Iowa
Rockefeller Foundation of New York
Bankers Life of
Town Power Expansion in 1924 Reaches Farms
The article notes transmission lines in Town in 1924 creating a network of thousands of miles of low voltage lines. It states many farmers already receive power and light from these lines and nearly 40,000 farm homes are equipped with individual lighting plants, many of which are electrical.
Northern alfalfa seed urged for Iowa conditions
F G Churchill Iowa State College farm crops specialist urges farmers to plant northern or northwestern grown alfalfa seed. Six test plots in Clinton, Dallas, Black Hawk, Monroe and Van Buren counties compared Cossack Grimm South Dakota 12 Kansas common and biennial white sweet clover with oats as a nurse crop. Cossack and Grimm stood uniformly, South Dakota 12 close behind. Kansas common weaker and sometimes winter killed. Sweet clover did best with oats, plants survived winter in tests.
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Iowa
F. G. Churchill
Iowa State College
Clinton County
Dallas
Black Hawk
Monroe
van Buren
Grimm
South Dakota
Kansas
Doan's Pills Promote Kidney Relief Amid Backache Claims
An advertisement touts Doan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic to ease backache and rheumatic pains caused by weak kidneys. Mrs. E Bevard of Estherville testifies the remedy offered relief from dull back pain and unrestful mornings, noting price 60 cents at dealers and urging readers to ask for Doan's Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Doan
E. Bevard
Walnut St
Estherville
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F. B. Simpson
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Lenox College
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Independence
Buchanan County
Board of Supervisors
Grinnell
Bill
Henry
Hen
Missouri
Tom Purcell
Hampton
Franklin County
Commission and Poultry House
Jasper County
Kellogg
Bill Booster
Newton
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Standard Oil Company
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