Iowa Farmers Co operatives Count and Rail Trade Rise
A census by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation shows 1 400 cooperative organizations among farmers and 631 livestock shipping associations in 1925. About 120 000 members are involved, with 1926 business projected over 100 million dollars. Cremeries total 2 866 with 62 000 members and 333 060 000 in business, while 611 elevator firms serve about 70 000 members. Mayor Gilman of Sioux City promotes Missouri river improvements and docking at Dubuque advances freight handling by barges. Water transport gains traction in the west as state funds back Great Lakes St Lawrence route studies.
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Iowa Farm Reau Federation
Gilman
Sioux City
Dubuque
Iowa
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Seaboard
W. L. Harding
Japanese truck gardener thrives by seed extraction
Near Cedar Falls a Japanese grower, S. Shamata, raised abundant Hub Curd squash. With slow sales he extracted seeds from 3,000 squashes and now has scores of bushels of seed ready for sale to seed houses, aiming for a big price.
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Cedar Falls
S. Shamata
Winnishiek County Bounties Hit Record Totals
The Winnishiek County auditor in De Corah reports October bounty payments for 3081 wild animals totaling $880.65. Payouts include 1 wolf $10, 2082 gophers $208.20, 21 rattlesnakes $10.50, 973 ground hogs $145.95, and 4 foxes $6.00. Several residents pursue hunting and trapping as a year-round activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnishiek
Decorah
Prominent Australian Harvester Leader Visits Iowa Roots
M. J. Rodney, born on a Buchanan county farm, rose to head the International Harvester Company of Australia, overseeing a multimillion dollar operation with 700 employees. Iowa engineer K. T. D. Melcher highlights Davis county’s standout highway work, including 300,000 yards of dirt moved, 49 bridges, and major spans over Wyncondahl and Carter Creeks, plus a costly Beltline through Bloomfield to the Missouri system.
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M. J. Rodney
Buchanan County
Melbourne
Australia
Buchnan
McCormick Harvester Company
4 Harvester Company of Australia
International Harvester Company of Australia
International Harvester Company of America
K. T D. Melcher
Bloomfield
Davis County
Mr. Melcher
Wyncondahl Creek
Carter Creek
Mary Modrell
Modret
Ottumwa
Wapello
Davis
Iowa Church Groups Merge as Mission Effort Reaches Goal
At the 50th anniversary meeting of the Iowa Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Congregational church in Grinnell the two bodies merged with the Congregational Women's Missionary Society of Iowa. The joint campaign to raise twenty thousand dollars for a Kobe College Japan building concluded after five years with participation from 131 Congregational churches in Iowa.
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Iowa
Woman’s Board of Missions of the
Congregational Church
Grinnell
Congregational Women’s Missionary Society of
Towa
Kobe College
Japan
High school division meeting reviews scholastic and athletic standards
The State Teachers association discussed academic and athletic rules with amendments voted down. Proposals to allow midyear entrants in high school sports and eighth grade consolidation participation were rejected. Apple Grove Orchards near Mitchellville yielded 12 000 bushels of apples. C C Taft & Co. bought most, with Jonathan Grimes Golden Greenings Ben Davis and Delicious varieties noted. Tros Kinney owns the orchard. Robert Clark manages it.
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State Teachers Association
Apple Grove
Mitchellville
C. C. Taft & Co
Des Moines
Jonathan
Grimes Golden
Greenings
Ben Davis
Idaho
Washington
Tros
Charles N. Kinney
Drake University
Robert Clark
Ames
Quaker Oats GM Laird Deposits 25 for Century Education
George Laird of Cedar Rapids, general manager of Quaker Oats, places 25 dollars for 100 years in a bank to benefit local education. With 8 percent interest compounded twice yearly, the fund would reach about 4 014.76 dollars after a century and be transferred to the board of education in 2026 for youths’ schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Laird
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Obituary for J. N. Petersen of Ringsted and Denmark township
Johannes Nicoll Petersen born February 24 1851 in Odense Bramdrup Denmark died November 12 1926 at 76 years 8 months and 12 days after a long illness. He lived on farms in Denmark township Emmet county Tyler Minnesota and Ringsted returning to Ringsted in 1924. Survived by wife Cecilia Maria Jensen three sons Niels Peter Nicols and two daughters Mrs. Chris Mortensen and Mrs. H R Jacobsen. Funeral held at St Johns Lutheran Ringsted.
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J. N. Petersen
Mr. Petersen
Denmark Township
Anton Vammen
Tyler
Minn
Ringsted
Denmark
Clinton
Cecilia Maria Jensen
Emmet
Niels
Washington
Peter and
Nicols
Califor
Blizzard Winter Papers Uncovered At Pipestone
Blue Earth Post reports rediscovered relics from the Blizzard Winter of 1880 81 in Pipestone. Two Exponent issues printed on silk and muslin reveal paper shortages during the blizzard era, with notes from March 26 and April 2 editions. Copies from Monody County Enterprise show similar constraints as trains and mail failed for weeks.
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Blue Earth Post
O. P. Nason
North Hinathe Street
A. Popp
Dell Rapids
Monody County Enterprise
Plandreau
Enterprise
Dell Rapids Exponent
Jackson
Pipestone
Minn
Egan
Fulda
Fairmont
The
Star
Dakota
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Daldo Great Consolidated Electric Company of
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Gwendolin Wiggin MacDowel
American Legion Auxiliary
Tuberculosis Association
Veterans’ Bureau
Legion
Robert M. Evans
State Game Department
Mason City
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Lafe Young
State Senate
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Young
Town State Teachers’ College
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Speedy Shave
Missouri River
Monona County
Dewey Marshall
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A. B. Funk
Marshall
America
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Henry
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