Des Moines Poem and Marble Stone At Milford School
An Iowa despatch notes William R. Cunningham of Des Moines wrote a poem used by Senator Nye in the Congressional Record, with no author credit. It also reports a Milford Dickinson County school addition featuring a Solomon temple marble piece donated by W G Adkins, installed by Geiger Construction and local officials. Also covered are a Des Moines airport aviation goodwill tour with 38 planes and new township rules giving trustees license control over taverns and dance halls.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Heck
William R. Cunningham
Storm Lake
Edward Cunningham
Federal Reserve Banking Board
Washington
Congressional Record
Cunningham
Senator Nye
Milford
Dickinson County
Paul C. Smith
W. G. Adkins
Adkins Museum
England
Farl Geiger
Geiger Construction Co
W .G. Adkins
J. L. Williams, Jr
R. 8. Davis
Security National Bank
Chas F. Mauss
Ford
Railways, crops, and dream stock glory in Warren County
Warren county sits at the northwest edge of the Kansas City Chicago Great Western line with branch lines from the C B Q Rock Island and Wabash feeding tax dollars to twelve of sixteen townships. Des Moines area boom era folly lies in a shuttered Wabash plant and rusting smokestack while tomato crops expand under Heinz canning and a Pittsburgh label. Clover and alfalfa yields surge across eastern Iowa with record hay production and bumper seed crops from alsike.
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Warren County
Kansas City
Chicago, Great Western
Rock Island
Wabash
Burlington
Chariton
Indianola
Heinz Company of
Pittsburgh
Muscatine
Iowa
Heinz
Gasoline Tax Revenue Rises for Fiscal Year
The state treasurer reports gasoline tax collections for the year ending June 30 rose by about 500000 over the prior year. Gasoline tax and motor vehicle license fees fund the primary road fund with estimated 20000000 for the calendar year. Gasoline tax receipts for the fiscal year ending Saturday were 9224.
No Law Against Peddling Perishable Food Products
A judge in Montgomery county district court at Red Oak rules no law requires license fees to sell perishable foods on streets. Originating in Villisca, John Raymon faced arrest for selling fruits and vegetables without a city license. The ruling emphasizes protecting citizens’ access to fresh provisions and perishable items.
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J. 5
S. Dowell
Montgomery County
Red Oak
Villisca
John Raymon
Jude Dowell
President Hoover's Grandfather Buried in Hubbard Hardin County
A tall grave marker shaped like a broken tree stands in a small Hubbard cemetery along the Jefferson Highway in Hardin County. It marks Eli Hoover, grandfather of President Herbert Hoover, who, with his two wives, farmed nearby for years. An adjacent well-kept house once housed Eli Hoover, who lived and died there, attracting passing tourists who pause at this historic site.
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President Hoover
Hardin County
Jefferson Highway
Hubbard
Eli Hoover
Rural Fire Protection Law Hits Iowa Townships
A new July 4 law lets township trustees levy taxes to buy own or maintain fire apparatus or equipment and to provide extinguishing service in cooperation with cities. Claude W. Barrett, longtime Iowa fire prevention leader, calls it the biggest forward step against farm fires.
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Claude W. Barrett
Iowa State Fire Prevention Association
Iowa
Briquet Plant Planned in Des Moines for Town Coal
A new briquet plant at a cost of 100000 dollars is to be built in Des Moines to produce about 35 tons per hour. Coal dust mixed with a patent binder will be formed into bricks or egg shapes and used in place of chunk coal. The aim is to reduce clinker-forming impurities and improve burning quality. Operators say briquets will not shrink demand for Towa coal but may recoup lost foreign-market share. Mine inspectors estimate potential annual gains between 60 and 70 million dollars if Towa coal is used exclusively.
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Des Moines
Towa
Rockford cannery ships horse flesh from illinois carload
A carload of horses from Wellman Iowa to Rockford Illinois cannery shows the practice of canned horse meat for human and animal use. The car cost 125 dollars. animals were old and underperforming, with meat sold as luxury and cheap feed for fox farms and similar depots.
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Rockford
Illinois
Smith
Aledo
Wellman
Washington County
Tenancy Increases on Iowa Farms
Dee Moines reports that in 1928 renters operated 54.5 percent of Iowa farm acres, up 0.6 percent from 1927, based on assessor statistics. The trend of prior years continues as tenant farming expands across the state.
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Dee Moines
Iowa
Graaf's Confectionery Ice Cream Packed At Any Time
Graaf's Confectionery offers ice cream packing services available for customers to use during any time. Local patrons can access quick service and flexible scheduling for treats and custom orders.
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Graaf
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State News
J. W. Jarnagin
Edward Shell
Rice Township
Ringgold County
Iowa City
Sam Spurier
Mount Ayr
Shell Farm
Shell
R. B. Rowley
Keosauqua
van Buryen County
Dale Smith
Equitable Life
Fred Heimbauch
Estherville
Nually
Herbert Donaldson
Madison County
Spencer
Flint
Michigan
Sitver
Spencer Yard
Amm
Weather and Crop Bureau
Town Department of Agriculture
Osceola
Dubuque
Graat
District Court of
Tewa
Emimet County
Mildred A. Criver
Piainstiff
Gilbert Criver
Fietherville
da Smid County
ESS New Ethyl Gasoline Corporation
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
New York
Los Angeles
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
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