Cattle Shipping Rules and Pythian Meetings Noted
State Veterinarian Malcomb outlines Iowa cattle shipping rules requiring tuberculosis testing or quarantine for breeding stock arriving from outside Iowa and notes a series of Knights of Pythias meetings across central districts with Armistice Day elm planting planned and bronze tablets from the American Tree Association to honor World War veterans.
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Malcomb
Towa
Iowa
Commission of Animal Health
Marengo
Mystic
Eddyville
Washington
Fort Madison
Blockton
Stanton
Cherokee
Kensett
Monticello
Knights of Pythias
American Tree Association
New Zealander Teaches School in Whittemore
W C Dewell of Algona reports Miss Evéline Mc Elrea, recently arrived from New Zealand with her father to visit Mrs R J Hutchinson, has begun teaching in Dist 1 Whittemore. Trained in New Zealand, she starts her duties with evident enthusiasm and finds her preparation similar to Iowa norms.
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W. C. Dewell
Algona
Kossuth County
Evéline McElrea
New Zealand
R. J. Hutchinson
Dist. 1
Whittemore
America
Iowa
Judge Clock Sentences Roy Done for Drunk Driving
In Franklin county judge Clock of Hampton sentenced Roy Done of Hampton to one year in the state reformatory at Anamosa for operating an automobile while intoxicated. Done was arrested at Sheffield during the creamery day celebration after pleading guilty at a preliminary hearing and was brought before the district court for final disposition.
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Franklin County
Fish collection grows with Bahama additions at Iowa
Professor Homer R. Dill at the University of Iowa expands his fish collection with Bahama Island specimens including a dolphin two trigger fish a barracuda and a grunt donated by Alfred M. Bailey of the Denver Museum. A croppie weighing two pounds eleven ounces mounted by Dill surpassed known weights for the species. it was caught by Donald Bronson in a north Michigan lake using a tiny minnow lure four feet below the surface.
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Bahama Islands
Profesor
Homer R. Dill
University of Iowa
Alfred M. Bailey
Denver Museum
Prof. Dill
Donald Bronson
Michigan
National Geographic Magazine
Oil prospecting yields water flow in multiple counties
Prospecting for oil at Decorah Winneshick county and at Waukee Dallas county and Adair Adair county has been abandoned after costly efforts. Near Missouri Valley prospectors struck a water flow stronger than the famous Pelle Plaine artesian well of 1884.
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Decorah Winneshick
Waukee
Dallas County
Adair
Adair County
Missouri Valley
Pelle Plaine
July August inspection report shows many incorrect weights
New department of agriculture weights and measures audit for July and August finds 490 of 4098 gasoline pumps incorrect, 150 condemned, 340 adjusted. Of 9269 scales, 533 correct, 271 condemned, 262 adjusted. Scale types show counters 4775 tested 381 incorrect, 150 condemned. platforms 2159 tested 62 incorrect, 35 condemned. cream tests 1815 tested 39 incorrect, 35 condemned. wagons 520 tested 51 incorrect, 51 condemned. Hamburg Iowa park celebrated near Missouri River, with wild landscape noted by star conservation commission. George C. True and Ward Ferguson referenced.
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Department of Agriculture
Negro Migration Expands Iowa Population Claims
Des Moines attorney S. Joe Brown says Iowa's Negro population rose by about one third since World War I end due to southern states exodus, with 5000 newcomers in five years. He notes bigger cities show doubled Black populations and predicts greater effects as urban workers move on and migrants leave industrial centers.
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Iowa
S. Joe Brown
Des Moines
Brown
Religious census at Cedar Falls college shows Methodist lead
A Y M C A and Y W C A census of State Teachers College Cedar Falls students reveals 908 or more than a quarter favor the Methodist church. Other denominations listed include Presbyterian 374, Congregational 235, Baptist 134, Christian 134, Friends 15, Evangelical 34, Episcopal 30, Catholics 186, Science 15, Brethren 40, Lutheran 198, miscellaneous 33, and no preference 78.
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Th State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Y. M
Methodist Church
Presbyterian
Congregational
Baptist
Christian
Friends
Evangelical
Episcopal
Science
Brethern
Prison report shows Iowa jail census and parole aid
Secretary Charles Parsons of the Iowa Society for the Friendless reports visiting 500 prisoners in the past year. The census lists 31 counties with empty jails and a state total jail population of 411, while 70 percent of prisoners and families aided have become self supporting. The society currently parolees sixteen inmates.
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Charles Parsons
Iowa Society For the Friendless
Parsons
Society For the Friendless
Iowa Leads World in Corn Production Says Bureau
The Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau reports 48 percent of Iowa’s 35,575,000 acres are corn, with 14 percent of the U.S. corn crop produced in Iowa. Pasture and other crops are listed with percentages and acreages, noting Iowa’s lead over Illinois and other states.
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Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
United States
Iowa audit checks reach four corners for state reports
Iowa Supreme Court awards Rev J G Graham 10000 for the death of his son J Kenneth Graham a freshman at Iowa State College in 1920 who was killed when he touched an electric light wire. The suit began at 25000 with Story County courts reducing it to 14500 before the supreme court finalised the award.
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Iowa
State Auditor’s Office
Duncan C. Henry
Sago Mission
Abyssinia
Melville A A. "Monk
Port-du-Prince
Haiti
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Canal Zone
Peter H. Martens
Alameda
Saskatchewan
Canaday
Edgar W. Langdon
Ames
J. G. Graham
Gillman
J. Kenneth Graham
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa State College
Story County
State Supreme Court
Uniform flag decoration scheme adopted by Storm Lake firms
The Wa-Tan-Yes Club of Storm Lake organized a citywide flag display in the business district. Ninety seven firms joined the program to install 4 by 6 foot flags on 12-foot poles, with a 12-inch sidewalk socket for each building to allow easy placement when decorating.
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Wa-Tan-Yes Club
Storm Lake
Linn County to Build Court House and Jail on Cedar Island
The Linn county supervisors end a 40 year controversy by locating the new courthouse and jail on the Cedar River island. The granite and Indiana limestone buildings will cost about 500000, with the courthouse 130 by 176 feet and 64 feet high, bearing a dedicatory inscription.
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Linn County
Cedar River
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Indiana Imestone
Ana Domini
Orchard in Louisa County promises 5000 bushels apples
Milton Rem ley of Iowa City owns an Oakland township orchard yielding 5000 bushels of apples this year. The 987-tree orchard favors Jonathan and Grimes Golden varieties with over 70 pear trees also heavily laden.
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Milton Remley
Iowa City
Oakland Township
Louisa County
Jonathan
Grimes
Rural Iowa Teachers Listed by Independent and Consolidated Schools
A countywide notice enumerates teachers for Ringsted and Armstrong independent districts excluding Estherville. Ringsted Ind lists superintendent R F Vanderstoep and staff including Velma Stansberry, Jessie Nash, Katheryn Van derstoep, Ruth Wilson and others. Armstrong Ind shows superintendent W A Ortmeyer with teachers Thelma Peterson, Hazel Brazelton, Mildred Heath, Merit Bishop, and additional staff.
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Estherville
Ringsted
R. F. Vanderstoep
Velma Stansberry
Jessie Nash
John B. Williams
Katheryn Vanderstoep
Erma Olson
Anna Trabert
Esther Beck
Ruth Wilson
Armstrong
A. Ortmeyer
Thelma Peterson
Local School Superintendent Names and Staff List
Readable text shows multiple rural school listings with superintendents and staff including Maple Hill, Emmet, Dolliver, Gruver and others. It names A F Meredith, B N Eshelman, F F Gordon, W F Schneider, J O Johnson and several teachers such as Bertha Madden Marian Hotchkiss Grace Gilbertson and Ethel Packard.
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Halfa
A. F. Meredith
Bertha Madden
Jeanette Classen
Marian Hotchkiss
Enny. Nelson
Maple Hill
B. N. Eshelman
Marjorie Mosher
Grace
Gilbertson
Mary Rogers
Os Emmet
F. Gordon
Elizabeth Meyers
Orlo Lambert
Verna Wickens
Lorena J. Martens
Dolliver
W. F. Schneider
Grace Owen
Bess Munson
Lila Powell
Ethel Packard
Ethel Seeliger
Alpha Packard
Eva
Clark Gruver
J. O. Johnson
Bess Vandenberg
Helen M. Meidell
Beth Eldred
Vera Fisher
Lavoptik Eye Wash Promises Quick Eye Relief
An advertisement touts Lavoptik eye wash for dark rings and bloodshot eyes using camphor witch hazel hydrastis and similar ingredients. It claims rapid effect and offers a free eye cup with purchase, attributed to Jay Johnston & Co., Druggists.
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Jay Johnston & Co
Noted rupture expert to offer free personal demonstration
C F Redlich, a rupture appliance specialist, will give a free personal demonstration of his latest devices to relieve ruptures at once and permanently. Individuals with ruptures are urged to attend promptly to avoid neglect that can worsen into surgery, with large cases especially welcome to confirm immediate relief.
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C.F. Redlich
Demonstration date noted for regional valley areas
The message urges calling if unable to work and notes a free demonstration on the above date. It states appliances are different and superior. The period October 1 to October 6 is inclusive for Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys. The forecast predicts generally fair weather with possible showers at week’s start and normal temperatures.
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Mississippi
Missouri
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Fremont County
The
Star Conservation Commission
George C. True
Oskaloosa
Ward Ferguson
Rolfe
Chicago
Heart of the Loop
Herron Tee Glen
V.R. County Independent and Consolidated Teachers
Estherville, Iowa
Will Gigg
Gardston Hotel
Usco Fabric
USCO
U.S
Auto-Wrecking Co
Boston Block
Minneapolis, Minn,w. R
Iowa Savings Bank
E. W. Bachman
Sconberg & Kilgore
North Seventh St
WM. S. Johnston
J. M. Fredericksen
Sconberg & Kilgore Bldg
Coleman Hospital
North 8Th Street
M. R. Sathe
DR. R. H. Heydenburk Syndicate Bldg
M. S. Wilson
Kilgore & Klocow
F. W. Hanson
D.C
Aimer
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