Iowa Truckers Outpace Railroads in Iowa Tax Load
Sioux City reports show railroads in Iowa carried assessed value of 149 million with 8.9 million in yearly taxes plus 45 thousand in special car taxes and 89 thousand from express agencies totaling about 8.58 million. Trucks, with 80 thousand registered vehicles, may be worth 30 million and paid over 37 million in taxes in 1936 including gasoline, tires, and registration fees. The Iowa Motor Transport Educational committee notes 100k+ jobs tied to truck and bus operations in Iowa.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Iowa Board of Assessment and Review
Iowa Motor Vehicles Department
Iowa Motor Transport Educational Committee
Towa
Iowa Acreage Intentions as of March 1, 1937
Iowa farmers expect total crop plantings in 1937 to be near 1936 levels, about 10 percent more than 1936 harvested acreage. Corn intended for harvest reaches 11,036,000 acres, up 4 percent from 1936. oats intended at 5,710,000 acres, about 7 percent below the 1928-32 oats harvest average. soybeans show March 1 intentions at 706,000 acres, about 40 percent above 1936. The southwestern region lowers corn area due to fall wheat expansion. overall 1937 acreage projected near prior-year trends.
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Iowa
Crop Reporting Board
Leslie M. Carl
Agricultural Statistician
V and R Revival Meetings at Free Methodist Church
Special revival services are held this week at the Free Methodist church under the direction of the Rev. H. G. Bachman. The Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Forester from Woodburn Oregon conduct the services starting at 7 30 each evening and continuing through Sunday. Mrs. Harry Jaggs underwent an operation Sunday at Coleman hospital. Her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs John Belick of Davenport and Mrs John Jaggs and daughter of Iowa Falls have arrived to be with her.
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Free Methodist Church
H. G. Bachman
G. W. Forester
Woodburn
Ore
Harry Jaggs
Coleman Hospital
John Belick
Davenport
John Jaggs
Iowa Falls
Weekly Health Message Countering cancer myths education drive
The Women's Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer issues a weekly health note explaining early cancer is curable, cancers are not contagious, and risk factors are not linked to diet, alcohol, or household items. It urges public education and cites sources in New York and Iowa.
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Women’s Field Army
American Society For the Control of Cancer
6Th Ave
New York City
Iowa
Washington
Iowa State Department of Health
Funeral Rites Held for William M Spratt in Boone
William M Spratt dies March 22 at home of his sons in Boone after five years of ill health. Born 1855 in Sunberry Pennsylvania he moved to Iowa in 1867 and married Sarah Ellen Sauerman in 1887. Survived by seven children with burial at Oakhill cemetery and funeral conducted by Rev H G Bachman.
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Sternberg
William M. Spratt
Charles
George Spratt
Boone
H. G. Bachman
The
Free Methodist Church
Charles Levell
Percy Holmes
David Ingvall
J.W. Pannell
Frank Doughty
Wiveeseeeeen
Oakhill Cemetery
Mr. Spratt
Sunberry
Iowa
Muscatine
Sarah Ellen Sauerman
Bluegrass
Walnut
Estherville
Spratt
Methodist Church
James Reeder
R. J. Woodyard
Spencer
Irma
Cherokee
George
Edwin
Erwin
Emmetsburg
Father
Immanuel Lutheran Church Announces Sunday Service
The Immanuel Lutheran Church of the Missouri Synod on East Emory and North Street invites parishioners to English service next Sunday at 10 45 AM and a 10 00 AM Sunday service. A children’s instruction hour is scheduled Saturday morning at 9 80 in the church under Pastor Otis L Lang.
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East
Emory & North Street
Otis L. Lang
Wheel pictures and the art of photographing wheels
John van Guilder extols photographing wheels in all forms from wagon and bicycle wheels to locomotive and airplane wheels. The piece praises wheels as stories of human progress and urges practical tips for composition, motion, lighting, and close ups to create striking images.
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John van Guilder
Lutheran Church Notes Sunday Meetings and Schedules
Estherville area churches announce Rev H O Egertson to conduct meetings from next Sunday through Thursday April 8 at Estherville Lutheran. Wallingford Immanuel and Palestine churches set Sunday schools at 10 am, services in Am erican language at 11, with various societies meeting through the week. Palestine deacons devotional at 11, Young People 8 pm, prayer and Parent Teacher meeting planned. confirmation class Saturday 9:30 am at W I Bryan home. Ladies Aid April 7. 2 Cor 5:17.
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Lutheran Church
Peder Nordstetten
H. O. Egertson
LaMoure
North Dakota
Estherville Lutheran Church
Wallingford Church
Estherville Lutheran
Luther League
Immanuel Church
Mission Society
A. K. Olson
C. B. Sorum
W. I. Bryan
Gunder Paulson
Leonard Williams
Ladies Aid
Palestine Church
Carl Heggen
Gospel Mission Evangeliat Services Begin March 29
Special evangelistic services start Monday March 29 at 8 00 p m and continue nightly through the week with special singing. Led by Bro Arthur Fuller and his daughter from Faribault Minnesota, everyone is invited to attend. Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new creature old style wording remains.
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Bro
Arthur Fuller
Faribault
Minnesota
Unreality Theme in Christian Science Lesson-Sermon
The April 4 lesson in all Christ Scientist churches centers on unreality with Quotations from the Bible Genesis 3:1-4 and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health. The selections portray the tree of knowledge as symbolizing unreality and the serpent as illusion, arguing evil has no history until it confronts truth.
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Christian Science
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker Ey
Earth
Earlier Days News Items From Vindicator and Republican
Items from the March 28 1917 issue note W E Deming becoming general sales manager for Overland distributing agency in north central Nebraska with headquarters at Norfolk earning 2500 dollars yearly plus commissions. Local election results list Mayor M J Groves and councilmen L J Bennett W P Galloway G H Morse Andrew Smith W A Kerr treasurer F H Rhodes and assessor Albert Mahlum. Henry and Mrs Graat shop furnishings in Chicago. Mrs Rhodes returns from Des Moines after D A R meeting. George Gruwell buys Rhodes Motor Co auto supply, forms Auto Supply Co. Thunderstorm hits with little rain. Hendershot sells residence to Fred Taylor. Miss Mathilda Johnson of Omaha visits after father Charles Johnson’s illness and death. Herman Graaf to Des Moines June 1 as VP and manager of new department store clothing division. Vance Noe returns from funeral in Fremont. Seeding begins. favorable weather may boost seed corn output. Letchford family visits G F Letchford. Dr J I Clinite and wife visit Milford relatives. Miss Agnes Sullivan visits then returns home. Tile factory work continues. drying house complete and kilns overhauled. James S Cox & Co moves Opera House Reporter office to lower rooms of Lough Opera House. Cattle expected to move to pastures earlier this spring. Claire Foote returns to Storm Lake after a week at home.
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the Vindicator and Repubican
W. E. Deming
Overland Distributing Agency
North
Nebraska
Norfolk
M. J. Groves
L.J. Bennett
W. P. Galloway
G. H. Morse
Andrew Smith
W. A. Kerr
F. H. Rhodes
Albert Mahlum
Henry Graat
Chicago
Des Moines
George Gruwell
Rhodes Motor Co
Herman Graaf
Vance Noe
Freemont
Tory
James S. Cox
Emmetsburg Notes and Local Appointments 1897
Items from the April 1 1897 issue report G W Hawk and J M Bennett forming a partnership to spend the summer moving buildings in Emmetsburg. Miss Margaret Donovan visits Mrs J P Kirby. Mrs E C Meadows travels to West Branch. The Stanford Dodge theatre company will present Damon and Pythias at the Opera House. Halvor Barreson, injured from a hay wagon accident, uses cane and crutch. N Oskerson and wife visit Grenada Minnesota. Mrs Frank Bullis returns from Bristol Illinois where her mother died. Lew Kellihan, the Sherburn bank robber, is found guilty of first degree murder.
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Northern Vindicator
G. W. Hawk
J. M. Bennett
EIFOR
INW
Emmetsburg
Margaret Donovan
J. P. Kirby
E. C. Meadows
West Branch
Stanford Dodge Theatre Company
Damon and Pythias
Order of Knights of Pythias
Opera House
Halvor Barreson
N. Oskerson
Grenada
Minn
Frank Bullis
Bristol
Lew Kellihan
Sherburn
Nonagenarian Dr Wood volunteers as C M T C medical examiner
Omaha reports Dr H D Wood of Fayetteville Arkansas, aged over ninety, among thousands volunteering to examine applicants for Citizens military training camps in the Seventh corps area. He is convalescing from a fractured leg but will soon begin duties assessing fitness for local youths to attend the camps. A second item criticizes Europe loan policy.
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Omaha
Neb
H. D. Wood
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Seventh Corps
Stanley H. Ford
Wood
C.M.T.C
Easter Visits and Local Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs George Madden were dinner guests at the Joe Madden home in Fenton Sunday. Mr and Mrs H G Anderson and daughter spent Easter with relatives at Ayrshire. Several from the community attended Easter services at Armstrong. Mrs Sam Perkins's father from Des Moines visited last week and will stay with his daughter and family. Mr and Mrs John Hemmingsen and daughter Ruby, Chas and Priscilla Booth of Estherville spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Soren Nielsen. Mr and Mrs W E Hansen and son Glenn spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Weile Smith near Seneca. Mr and Mrs T G Huntley and Mr and Mrs Clifford Huntley were Estherville visitors Monday. Mr and Mrs Soren Nielsen and daughter Shirley and Mrs Lester Stevens were Fairmont shoppers Saturday.
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George Madden
Joe Madden
Fenton
H. G. Anderson
Ayrshire
Armstrong
Mra
Sam Perkin
Des Moines
Ang Mra
John Hemmingsen
Ruby
Chas
Priscilla Booth
Estherville
Soren Nielsen
Card of Thanks from the Spratt Family
The Spratt Family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during their father's illness and after his death. They also thank contributors for the many floral offerings.
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Spratt
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