Pheasant thinning and state wide notices in Iowa
Butler county leads in a new law to thin Mongolian pheasants with 150 farmers petitioning the game warden. The state paid for live birds and eggs turned in, while large numbers of eggs were distributed for hatchings. Red Oak uniforms cost 42 dollars for 42 members as a drum corps forms. Weather, crops, and highway commission actions mix with local civic matters and a notable insurance case involving Otto Reich after a tank explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Allison
Af Des Mines
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Decorah
Paul Wheeler
State Board to Raise University Tuition in Budget Plan
The state board of education proposes tuition increases for Iowa’s three major state schools due to prior inadequate appropriations. Specific hikes include the University of Iowa and Iowa State University programs, plus several college departments. Also noted is a hatchery expansion and a legal dispute over non resident tuition at Stanton’s Lutheran Children's Home within the independent school district.
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Judge Peters
School Board of
Stanton
Laurel Hill
Dexter
Dallas County
Ruth Morford
State Board of Education
Iowa
General Assembly
State University of Iowa
Liberal Arts
Applied Science
Commerce
Law
Iowas State College
Iowa State Teachers College
al Stanton
Montgomery County
Welowa Lutheran Children’s Home
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Miss May Francis
Peters
Miss Francis
First air mail stop in Des Moines July 1 9:10 PM
The air mail will make its first official stop at Des Moines post office on July 1 at 9:10 PM to collect mail. The west bound plane from New York will carry mail for western points, and the east bound mail will stop at 3:25 AM the following morning. Plans include government lanes in July and a celebration during the afternoon and evening of the first stop. Over 100 Iowa towns will benefit from mail transport as Des Moines becomes a station.
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Air Mail
Des Moines
New York
Omaha
Iowa
Dex Moines
Farmers Show Funds at 94 Public Sales by Carlisle Auctioneer
Col Carl Bingley of Carlisle Warren county reports 94 public sales where almost all bidders were farmers. Sales ranged 2000 to 10000 dollars with cash paid on nearly every purchase, credit available but unused in many cases. This suggests Iowa farmers have money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramseyer Watchery
Pulaski
Davis County
Tlt Bay Barrel Post
Carl Bingley
Carlisle
Warren County
Goor
Lowa
Prisoners Help Improve Devil's Backbone Park
Twenty two inmates from Fort Madison penitentiary work on the Devil's Backbone state park near Winterset in Madison county. Authorities arranged transport by bus from Des Moines after the railroad refused to take them as baggage, resulting in the railroad company losing twenty two fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Devil's Backbone
Winterset
Madison County
Ft. Madison
Hurlington Road
Des Moines
Swift & Co takes over Iowa park packing plant
The Park ing company in central Iowa passes to Swift & Co, creating a new era for farmers. About 150 workers are employed with plans to raise to 350 to 400 as equipment is installed for cattle, sheep, and hog slaughter. The move also brings an artificial ice factory to Leon, Nebraska County, supplying pure-water ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa’ Parking Company
Swift & Co
Iowa
Soo
Leon
Necatur County
Ice purity and G A R candidate in Iowa news roundup
The piece notes ice safety benefits linked to local ice plants supplying Guthrie Center and Missouri Valley. It reports Frank Dagle, Crocker post No. 12, G A R, as a candidate for department commander at Mason City in June, detailing his Civil War service and wounds. It also covers Osceola county poultry sales and statewide farm rents and land values from the Iowa Weather and Crop Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie’ Center
Missouri Valley
Frank Dagle
Crocker
Des Moines
Mason City
Dagle
Second
Wisconsin Infantry
Cold Harbor
Man Bolts From Women’s Ready-to-Wear Shop
In a humorous wartime voice, a man recalls visiting a woman's ready-to-wear shop with his mother to pick a scarf for a graduation gift. He describes the embarrassment as women in the shop stared at him, vowing never to enter such stores again.
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Maria
Time Yet to Plant Flowers for Fall Bloom
Floriculture specialist B K C Volz of Iowa State College says there is still time to plant select annuals for fall bloom. Good late varieties include sweet alyssum balsam calendula calliopsis China aster four oclock gypsophila nastrtium portulaca African marigold French marigold Virginia stock and zinnia. Plant where blooms are wanted and use informal border plantings for best effect and easier care. A lemon juice a water solution can prevent potatoes from turning dark. Gardens cut fod costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BK. C. Volz
Iowa State College
Beemen Stop Swarm Fever Hints From Iowa Beekeepers
Iowa state apiarist F B Paddock warns that warm weather will trigger swarming as brood rearing increases hive congestion. He advises adding hive bodies or supers and improving ventilation to keep bees calm. Avoid drone-rich conditions by using broad frames with full foundation. The text also notes signs of child malnutrition including pallor and dental decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Apiarist
Iowa State College
Replant Old Strawberries and Celery Planting Guide
The article advises replanting old strawberry beds by digging up plants and spacing them about 20 inches in rows, with care to remove old plants once runners establish. It notes celery transplanting timing from now to mid June and again for a mid July set out, with precautions against stunting and sun. It also mentions New Zealand spinach seeded before June 10 to yield tender shoots through fall.
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C. V. Holsinger
Iowa
New Zealand
Mange in Hogs Rising Across Iowa Says ISU Vet
Dr C D Rice of Iowa State College reports a state wide survey showing mange present on about 90 percent of farms and increasing in severity. Losses come from reduced gains and lower hog valuations as packers reject mangy skins, with severe cases requiring carcass skining before sale. Federal inspector H F Veenker provides a conservative estimate.
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Iowa
C. D. Rice
Iowa State College
H. F. Veenker
Hog disease cure and deer meat shipment noted
The report from Sioux Falls outlines reduced selling values for hogs across four states while Dr Charles Murray IA State College proposes waste crank case oil with cresol as a cheap hog mange treatment. Hogs should be dipped or sprayed and kept out of the sun after treatment. Also nearly a million pounds of reindeer meat will be exported from Alaska this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Charles Murray
Iowa State College
Alaska
United States
Ancient and Modern Necromancy Denounced at First Church
Sunday services at 11 o'clock with the subject Ancient and Modern Necromancy alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism denounced. Golden text from Deuteronomy. Sunday School at 10. Wednesday meeting at 8. Free reading room open Wednesdays and Saturdays 3 to 5 for Bible and Christian Science literature. Public invited.
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Church OF Christ, Scientist
Egypt
Also Mentioned on This Page
State News
Robert Fferrick
State Horticultural Society
J. W. Holden
State Highway Commission
Senate
Holden Gav. Hammill
James W. Holden
Holden
Highway Commission
J. W. Rich
Grinnell
Germany
California
Community Club
Corydon
Wayne County
County Board of Supervisors
State Supreme Court
Oskaloosa
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Otto Reick
Standard Oil Co
Reick
Reich
Chris Loetscher
Osceola County
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Central
South
Wich
V.r.ames Abe Says
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
James S. Kirk & CO
Chicago
Rose
Buick
Ford
Cockburn
Howard Street
Rolari
Standard Oil Company
Estherville, Iowa
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