Iowa News on Camp Dodge and Chain Stores Debate
Des Moines reports on the Camp Dodge cantonment preparations for a future state fair encampment with vast guard barracks and a large reservoir. It notes a survey showing 614 firms operate multiple stores in Iowa and 153 companies have outside headquarters, reflecting growth in chain stores since World War I.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines River
Beaver Creek
National Guards
Camp Dodge
Beaver Valley
National Guard
America
Camp Doodee
State of
General Assembly
Department of Business Research
State University of Iowa
Ruth Hoadley
New Potatoes in Early Spring Market Reach Iowa
Iowa markets report new potatoes from the southland. T H Isaac in Taylor county notes a Terrebonne parish Louisiana harvest shipped to President Hoover for 40 dollars, grown by J G Dupleatis. A Farm Bureau labeled bag carried to the White House. The Louisiana region yields four crops yearly on the same ground. Seed potatoes should be bought from the north. A Des Moines audience heard a tale about hot dogs and the Vermont Supreme Court later vindicated the term in a decision.
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Iowa
Southland
T. H. Isaac
Taylor County
Terrebonne Parish
Louisiana
President Hoover
Houma
J. G. Dupleatis
Farm Bureau
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Supreme Court of Vermont
Pheasant Gathering Nears Completion in Southern Iowa
Deputy Game Warden Ted Bussey and three assistants nearly finished collecting 500 pheasants ordered by the state game department. Birds were taken mainly from western Winnebago County and sent to the state game farm at Clive for distribution to counties in the southwest region.
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Iowa
Forest City
Ted Bussey
State Game Department
Winnebago County
Clive
Van Buren County Parks Open In Iowa
Van Buren County in southeastern Iowa has two state parks along the Des Moines River. Farmington area hosts Parmington park, a 140 acre forested area with Big Duck Lake of about 40 acres for boating and fishing. Custodian Joh Haseler reports the park in excellent condition, located a half mile from Farmington near primary No. 114.
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van Buren County
Iowa
Des Moines
Farmington
Des Moines River
Legislators Mixed on State Expense Accounts
A review of expense accounts filed with the state auditor shows wide variance in meal per diem claims from $0.75 to $3.00, with $2.00 per day also cited, and other items including medicine for colds and $20 for car hire. Living quarters expenses ranged from $28 to $110 monthly, while Reno of Polk claimed $500 for flag expenses.
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House
Reno
Polk
Des Moines Mad Dog Attack Bites 13 People
A mad dog scare in Des Moines led to Pasteur treatment for bites. The serum was injected 13 days in a row, usually in the abdomen to avoid sore muscles. Full treatment cost $52. In one afternoon the dog bit 13 people before being captured, after traveling from Des Moines to Valley Junction.
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Des Moines
Valley Junction
Iowa Civil War Veteran Buried in National Cemetery
Captain Willam B. Rigby, Iowa company leader at Vicksburg, was buried with military honors in the National Military Cemetery in Vicksburg Mississippi. He served twenty years as park representative in charge of Vicksburg Park, and government granted special permission for burial in the military cemetery.
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Iowa
National Cemetery
Willam B. Rigby
Vicksburg
National Military Cemetery
Miss
Mothers Day Observed by Fourteenth Cavalry at Fort Des Moines
Mothers Day observance at Fort Des Moines featured the Fourteenth Cavalry with hundreds of soldiers attending a service led by Chaplain F. Fisher. A sacred concert preceded the event and visiting mothers received courtesy from officers and men, with dinners served in groups. The piece notes a local reader, Samuel Warren White, a veteran of the War.
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Fourteenth Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Poteau
Syme
F. Fisher Deve
Ain Khak
Civil War Veteran Receives Bank Interest After Death
A Civil War veteran died at Red Oak aged 49. On April 4, 2007 he deposited $5 in a Grant bank to accrue compound interest until death so his epitaph could be funded. The certificate was found among his effects after death. The Red Oak money management firm will pay back the $5 plus twenty two years of interest to honor his request.
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Red Oak
Grant
White Monument
White
Air Traffic Grows At Des Moines Airport
Air travel expands with more planes arriving from Minneapolis Winona Davenport Creston Clarinda Waterloo Chicago and Omaha. Des Moines airport hosts regular air mail flights and Sunday sight seeing flights offering 15 minutes for two fifty.
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Des Moines
Minneapolis
Winona
Davenport
Creston
Clarinda
Waterloo
Chicago
Omaha
Survey of Iowa teaching force begins under Samuelson
Miss Agnes Samuelson state superintendent has launched a systematic survey of Iowa's school teaching force via the state board as educational examiners. Cooperation is sought from public schools and colleges. County and city superintendents, college heads, and the Iowa State Teachers association educational council will be enlisted. Board members include Samuelson as president, W. A. Jessup, O. R. Latham, Raymond M. Hughes, and Everett Leon Jones.
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Iowa
Agnes Samuelson
Educational Council of the
Iowa State Teachers Association
Miss Samuelson
W. A. Jessup
Iowa University
O. R. Latham
Iowa State Teachers College
Local School Officials Discuss Buena Vista and Oskaloosa Leaders
The report lists Buena Vista College and Oskaloosa schools with Ermin L and W G Brooks among participants. Krout, county superintendent of schools, Burlington, is noted in the proceedings.
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J. W. Jarnagin
Sioux City
Rauecoads
Post Office
Home Auto Company
Ford
Samuel Warren White
Acme
House OF Cold
Thompson & Sweet
Estherville, Iowa
Mor
Mlake
Skelly
NBC
WLS
KSD
Str. Louis
WOC
WOW
WDAF
Kansas City
KSTP
St. Paul
Era
Denver
KVOO
Alea
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