Des Moines Chronicles Rabies Quarantine and City News
In Des Moines on April 20 1929 the rabies quarantine followed 336 dogs impounded March 19 to April 12 with 72 claimed by owners. State University of Iowa officials cited some stray dogs as rabid. Also noted are a 56 year old corn field church, mud drainage ideas from Charles Cessna, and progress on the University of Iowa football stadium with a 5000 seat plan and Sept 28 target opening.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Mones
City Health Department
State University At
Iowa City
Arthur J. Rod
Roland
Story Courty
Bergen
M. Hegland
Charles Cessna
Poweshick County
State Senate
Cessna
Town City
University of Iowa
Sadium
Outcry Over Stray Cats At Des Moines Kiwanis Meeting
Dr Cora Johnstone Bust urges outlawing stray cats to protect birds citing a Minnesota drive that killed over 200 cats and Pennsylvania laws offering bounties. The piece also notes Grand Army of the Republic encampments held in Des Moines and Iowa’s $15,000 appropriation for a 1930 or 1931 gathering with related meetings of Women’s Relief Corps and Ladies of the G A R and Sons of Veterans.
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Des Moines Kiwanis Club
Cora Johnstone Bust
Northwest
Iai
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
National Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Women's Relief Corps
Ladies
The
Sons of Veterans
Grand Army
Busses to Replace Trains Between Dubuque and Waterloo
The Tlinoijs Central will run a bus service between Dubuque and Waterloo to replace the local passenger train and plans to extend from Waterloo to Chicago. The C. B. Q. will run a Chariton to Chicago bus service on a paved route. Railways consider adding airplane travel. Transportation improvements reduce horse drawn carriages.
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Tlinoijs Central
Dubuque
Waterloo
Chicago
Chariton
Trout Fishing Surges in Northeastern Iowa Opens Season
Walter H. Beall of West Union notes E. C. Johnson and W. H. Burnham led anglers in opening trout season catching ten to twelve inches or more, eight speckled and two rainbows. West Union Isaak Walton league stocked creeks for years and results show. State game warden W. E. Albert reports ample fish to distribute, with locals ready to place them to best advantage.
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Walter H. Beall
West Union
Fayttle County
E. C. Johnson
W. H. Burnham
Isaak Walton League
W. E. Albert
Banking reform praised as best banking law in Iowa
A prominent Iowa banker, wishing to remain unnamed, endorses a new act requiring proof of fraudulent intent before convicting bankers for accepting deposits while knowing their bank is insolvent. He notes that prosperous banks have faced peril during downturns and that some inmates in state penitent chambers acted to save banks and the community, not out of dishonesty.
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Iowa
General Assembly
Senate
Ames Students to Study the Corn Borer
Fifteen Town State college entomology students will summer through July 15 to September 15 scouting corn borers across Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Kentucky and West Virginia. Dr C J Drake and JL Worthley coordinate the effort to study the pest and its westward advance.
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Town State College
C. J. Drake
JL. H. Worthley
Boston
Mass
Iowa
Illnois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Virginia
Illinois
Clinton
Slaughter On Highways Counts Carcasses On 632 Mile Trip
Paul A Olson of Story City notes unusual matter as a U S Department of Agriculture officer on a 632 mile trip counted animal carcasses along highways during two motor journeys. The piece illustrates the highway menace to wildlife.
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Paul A. Olson
Story City
United States Department of Agriculture
Highway death toll counts by species across 1400 miles
A survey records 225 animal deaths along a highway, including 43 mammals and 142 birds among 29 species. Birds feature 43 red headed woodpeckers and 26 domestic fowls, with a prior October tour listing 23 species totaling 234 deaths, including 81 reptiles and 67 birds plus six cats two dogs and a pig among domestic animals.
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Iowa
Florida
Kosher Butter Ships to New York for Passover
Three truckloads totaling nearly 80 000 pounds of salt free Kosher butter were shipped from Des Moines to New York for Passover week from sundown April 24 through May 2. Made by Harding Creamery at a cost of 40000 dollars, the butter is blessed by Rabbi H Zechik for use by Jewish communities in the east, with over 50000 pounds prepared for local use.
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Des Moines
New York
Harding Creamery Company
H. Zechik
East
Chattel Mortgages and What They Cover
Iowa Falls lawyer I A Nichols and Elmer E Taylor of Traer study local records to define mortgageable chattels. In Hardin county El Dora reported 71 chattel mortgages in one week with 21 on automobiles, 26 on farm equipment or grain, nine on household furniture, one mortgaged…
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I. A. Nichols
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Elmer E. Taylor
Traer
Tama County
Nichols
Eldora
Tama County Record Questioned By Hardin Observations
The report notes two mortgaged hogs and two mortgaged radios along with about 855000 tied to real estate. Tay lor of Tama county comments that Hardin county residents seem to enjoy life as they go, and asks how Tama county’s record compares, noting it is not much better.
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Taylor
Tama County
Hardin County
New Telephone Building In Poweshick County Town
The American Telephone and Telegraph company awarded a $70,000 contract to erect a repeater station in the small town of Ewart between Montezuma and Grinnell on the M and St. L. line. The project will serve as a key link in a transcontinental cable between New York and San Francisco with automatic operation and attendants for the machinery. A second item notes an obstruction on the M and St. L. track two miles south of Livermore where a tie was placed, causing a scratch-beyond freight train to stop.
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T. Myers
Afton
Union County
Burlingto
Thayer
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ewart
Gamble Stores Offers Car Accessories and Hat Savings
Gamble Stores advertises new car seat covers and Boyce Motometer spare tire options along with savings on hats, inviting customers to purchase new accessories and apparel.
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Boyce Motometer
Gamble Stores
Local railroad detective investigates wreck after viewing film
A railroad detective works a case following a wreck, seeking the truth behind a summoned desire. He studies real evidence while others recall the Humboldt Republican film viewing and its influence on the incident.
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Humboldt
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