Contested Panora High School Fate in Guthrie County
A long dispute over Panora High School as a county institution nears a decision as Guthrie County towns support or abandon county wide education. Donated site at Panora marked the original county system, while a growing movement could force Panora to fund its own school. A related anecdote recounts a train encounter where a traveler discovers a long lost brother arriving from the old country.
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Iowa
Peonee
Ngpeowheel
Anid
Panora Gatrict
Norn
Autuke
Jocatoa
Panora
Guthrie County
Deserted Wives Problem Moves Polk County
Federated club women of Des Moines hire Miss Bess Fenton to investigate deserted wife issue. Board and County Attorney Vernon Seeburger refuse to pursue deserters without wife payment guarantee. Law allows imprisonment for wife and child desertion. Since January 1, 52 men have deserted their families in Polk County.
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Polk County
Federated Club
Des Moines
Bess Fenton
Vernon Seeburger
Sistice
April Iowa building contracts surge to 9.8 million
April Iowa building contracts reached 9 801 800 according to F D Dodge Chicago up 86 percent from April 1922. For the first four months of 1923 total construction amounted to 21 044 300 seven percent below 1922. Last month’s figures show 4 896 500 for public works and utilities 1 685 500 for residential buildings and 1 262 000 for industrial buildings.
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Iowa
F. D. Dodge Corporation
Chicago
Hereford steers top Chicago market in Bane herd notes
T B Bane near Pleasantville in Marion county reports 41 Hereford steers sold in Chicago on May 15 at 10.50 per hundred, average weight 1538 pounds, total value 6616 dollars. Cost 7.25 per hundred weight, margin 3.25, eight months feeding on corn clover concentrate. Bane, a cattle feeder, praises profitability of high bred stock over scrub stock. Also a brief item about a newsboy and a train meeting two brothers.
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T. B. Bane
Pleasantville
Marion County
Chicago
Bane
Paris Tower Tops World Height At 885 Feet
The Leiffel tower in Paris stands as the world’s tallest structure at 885 feet. Nearby the Laf ayette radio station in Bordeaux reaches 820 feet with eight towers. Built by Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Co. and supervised by H. W. Smith of Des Moines. Iowa engineers Charles Howard and Charles Hilton contributed. The Lafayette radio project was a military wartime effort led by Capt. A and Lt Clair Smith with Lt Commander Graham Copeland commanding.
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Leiffel
Paris
Lafayette
Bordeaux
France
Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Co
Des Moines
H. W. Smith
Charles Howard
Ames
Charles Hilton
Lafayette Radio
Crackdown on illegal fishing nets and traps
State Game Wardens crackdown on illegal fishing reports fifteen prosecutions and 129 seized devices from Fort Dodge to Bentonsport. In Bremer county Lafe Woods was killed by a premature blast while fishing and two companions fined 100 dollars each. Other incidents include drownings from ice fishing on the Coon river near Earlham and a Missouri river over flow drowning near Sioux City.
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Coon River
Earlham
Missouri River
Sioux City
Lafe Woods
Wapsie
Bremer County
Companions of Woods
Des Moines River
Fort Dodge
Bentonsport
Keokuk
What Cheer Factory Keeps Night Work to Meet Demand
The clay products plant at What Cheer in Keokuk County labors around the clock to fill or fulfill orders. Workers operate through day and night shifts to speed production and reduce backlogs as demand rises.
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What Cheer
Keokuk County
Ancient coal region yields large clay tile plant
The text notes a clay vein four feet thick beneath historic coal deposits, now barely mined. A factory produces drainage and sewer tiles from four to thirty inches in size. Some clay was sent to an English pottery for testing and produced high quality chinaware from the samples.
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Wolietas
England
Fort Des Moines Expands Camp With New Buildings
Thirty six new buildings will be built at Fort Des Moines this summer to expand the civilian training camp for growing attendance. Charles Weitz Sons won the contract for mess halls kitchens and bathhouses and for rebuilding 561 feet of retaining wall at the rifle range three miles south. Work should finish by July 10 at an estimated 35000 dollars. Lt. A A Jackson of the Quartermaster corps supervised the awards and said the base will accommodate about 1450 men this year, nearly double last year’s 870.
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Fort Des Moines
Charles Weitz Sons
A. A. Jackson
State teachers' placement bureau closes due to funds
The teachers' placement bureau of the state superintendent's office has ceased operation because of lack of funds. Miss Francis, superintendent, says the bureau saved the state over 45000 dollars yearly by placing teachers without the usual five percent fee. She notes more than 900 applications are on file but funds exhausted prevent handling them.
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Miss Francis
Clam Fishing Banned on Cedar River and Shell Rock
Game wardens enforce a closed mussel season denying clam harvesting on the Cedar River above Cedar Rapids and on the Shell Rock to protect spawn. Clams are taken for shells and possible pearls, shells sold by the ton to Muscatine button factories. A breeding plant operates at Fairport near Muscatine under a late legislature act.
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Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Fairport
Visitors see fine horse manship at state fair pavilion
Visitors at the state fair nightly witness skilled horsemanship in the big stock pavilion during the exposition. Frank Abbott of Osceola notes that Johna Hook of Long View Farms, owned by Lulu Long Combs of Kansas City, was in Osceola examining saddle horses. The Lulu Long Combs string is praised as among the finest in the world and consistently wins prizes. Night air mail service is planned across Iowa starting July 1 after departing Iowa City with illuminated landing places if needed.
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Frank Abbott
Osceola
Clark County
Johna Hook
Long View
Lulu Long Combs
Kansas City
Iowa
Iowa City
Guthrie County unveils 40 acres with central air field lights
Darlham and Motoffey announce a new 40 acre air field area in Guthrie County. Joe Mesey and 6 Juffa are cited in plans to develop the site. A prominent 30 inch light atop a high tower will illuminate the field to guide the air pilot along the corridor.
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Motoffey
Darlham
Joe Mesey
Guthrie County
Juffa
Draft Hidden for 38 Years Finally Pays at Audubon Bank
In May 1885 cashier W. W. VanGorder drew a draft for 732.25 payable to J. B. Haddock, endorsed to S. Welch who never presented it. Welch died, an administrator found the uncashed draft among papers, and when presented at the merged First National Bank of Audubon it paid 3295.59 total with 2563.34 in interest.
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W. VanGorder
Audubon County Bank
Audubon
J. 8. Haddock
S. ‘Welch
Welch
District Court
First National Bank of Audubon
C. W. van Gorder
Land Seizure Return: Fessel Gets 200 Acres and $11402.51
During wartime action the United States seized Gustav Fessel's 200 acre tract north of Sioux City as an alien living in Germany. While stranded, his property accrued earnings. He has received a check for $11,402.51 from the alien property custodian and a clear title to the land.
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Sioux City
Gustav Fessel
Sam
Fessel
Germany
United States
Waukon dairy firm ships 600 barrels powdered milk
Waukon in Allamakee county hosts a rare milk powder plant. The Murphy Powdered Milk Co. has received an order from New York for 600 barrels, about four full railroad cars, for use in high grade ice cream. Powdered milk production boosts local dairy industry.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Murphy Powdered Milk Co
New York
Radio lectures to broadcast on melons and potatoes
Extension Service of Iowa State College will broadcast at 12:45 PM on June 15 from WOI Ames a talk on watermelons and cantaloupes. A second talk at the same hour the next day will cover how to manage the potato crop in hot weather. Lectures are part of a ongoing practical radio series from college departments.
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Iowa State College
WOI
Ames
L. Fitch
Reforestation Project Aims to Save Eroded Iowa Land
In sandy soils gullies 10 to 15 feet deep hinder farming. Iowa experts advance a broad reforestation program to stabilize soil, using red white and Scotch pines for timber and locust cottonwood for fence posts. A creosoting plant treats non durable wood. Tama Indians participate actively in the effort under I. T. Bode’s guidance.
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Mi State College Aa
I. T. Bode
Iowa
Bode
Mecca College Shows Success With Dust and Arsenate Leaves
A historical note describes a practice of applying arsenate dust on leaves followed by wetting, used by Mecca Department of Town State College with very good success in recent years. The fragment emphasizes agricultural experiments and positive results at the college.
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State’ College
Soybean feed less effective for pigs than tankage study says
Animal husbandry department at Iowa State College reports soybeans fed with corn yield slower gains than corn with tankage. In tests pigs receiving ground soybeans required more soybean intake per 100 pounds of gain than those fed corn and tankage.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Towa State ‘College
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