Trans continental bus lines reach Des Moines and more
Des Moines gains two trans continental bus lines with ticket offices in the city. Los Angeles serves as the western terminus and New York as the eastern terminal with rest stops and eating places along the routes. Desert stations are every ten miles for fuel and water, water requiring purchases. Iowa Legion encampment heads to San Antonio October 8 to 12 with Iowa delegates traveling by special train. Monahan Post from Sioux City, Drum and Bugle Corps from Fort Dodge, and Davenport auxiliary civil team return for the Paris and Havana vets events. California promotion notes reflect grain and fruit shipments through Council Bluffs, plus upcoming orange trains. Potatoes set state yield records at Ames with five varieties tested. Irish Cobbler leads at 616 bushels per acre. Honey production rises with growers in Hardin and nearby counties, shipments to Duluth and markets in St. Louis and Florida. season favorable due to rains.
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Des Moines
Los Angeles
New York
California
Iowa Legionaires
Texas
American Legion
San Antonio
Iowa
Monahan
Sioux City
Champrion
Fort Dodge Drum and Bugle Corps
Philadelphia
Davenport
Paris
Frances
Havana
Cuba
C. L. Fitch
Iowa State College
Ames
Agricultural Extension Service
C. J. Jensen
Story County
Jensen
Earl Ohio
Petrosky Rurals
Orie Secoy
Guthrie Center
Ed Champion
Denison
Portrait to Be Unveiled At Iowa Teachers Association Meeting
At the Iowa State Teachers association annual meeting in Des Moines during the second week of November a life sized portrait of Dr. Homer H. Seerley of Cedar Falls will be presented to the state and placed in the State Historical building. Dr Seerley retired after 42 years as president of the State Teachers College under whose administration the college grew into a leading national institution. Eminent educators will deliver eulogies and Governor Hammill will accept the portrait on behalf of the state. The portrait by Henry Salem Hubbell of New York will cost 2500 dollars.
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Iowa State Teachers Association
Des Moines
Homer H. Seerley
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Scerley
Th State Teachers College
Seerley
John Hammill
Henry Salem Hubbell
New York
Proposed Pipe Line Announcement in St Paul Plans a 16 Million Pipeline
A new corporation with 16 million capital forms to build a pipeline from Oklahoma fields to Des Moines with a major pumping station at Des Moines to load oil tanks for rail shipment to St Paul and northern points. An existing pipeline runs through southeastern Iowa to Indiana with a branch to Chicago and tax is collected on the crossing segment at Fort Madison. Town Missionary Returns to China Rev Carl B Wahl describes arrival in Tungten China after a long overland journey from Changsha with no military escort. He spent eleven years in educational work, left his post due to politics, and will reunite with his family in Germany until conditions improve. travel restrictions prevent women and children from interior China.
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St. Paul
Oklahoma
Des Moine
Santa Fe
Indiana
Chicago
Iowa
Mississippi River
Fort Madison
China
Carl B. Wahl
Paton
Greene County
Tungten
Kweichow
Vancouver
Changsha
Hunan
Evangelical Church
Germany
Reward Offered for Bank Robbers by Polk County Bankers
The Polk County bankers association offers a reward of $1000 for the capture of four masked men who robbed the University State Bank in Des Moines. The daylight robbery yielded about $7000 and left no clue for peace officers, who have few leads to trace the bandits who fled in a Cadillac.
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Howard
Polk County Bankers Association
University State Bank
Des Moines
Big Corn Project Near Dallas Center
T D Rutgers, a prominent farmer near Dallas Center, reports filling several silos with modern equipment. He says 100 tons of corn and fodder were cut from 5 acres planted on sweet clover sod, and estimates a yield of 100 bushels per acre. He cautions that silos should be filled with contents well tramped.
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Dallas County
T. D. Rutgers
Dalas Center
Sioux City Packing Houses Handle Record Stock
Sioux City packing houses moved nearly 100 million dollars worth of livestock so far in 1928, with an $15.3 million rise in payments to producers in the first eight months. August 1928 shows over a million dollars more in business than August 1927, and the year approaches a record for turnover. Motor truck deliveries set a U S world record as more stock is shipped to Sioux City yards than any other point in the nation.
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Sioux City Commission
Sioux City
United States
Marion County Fair Fell Down This Season
The Marion county fair at Knoxville tried free admission funded by grand stand and concession receipts. It earned $1,500 last year but ran a deficit this season, absorbing the prior surplus. Observers suggest adding vaudeville and acrobatics to revive interest, though such shows cost money.
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Knoxville
Petitioning for Open Season for Pheasants in Geundy County
Farmers and landowners in Geundy County petition State Game Warden Albert for an open season on pheasants. The signed request cites crop damage caused by pheasants and asks authorization to kill or capture them within the county under Chapter 86 of the Iowa Code.
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Geundy
Albert
Iowa
Local Folks Headed West and Social Calls Reported
Morris Thompson George Johnson and Raymond Anderson departed Sunday morning for a trip through the northwest United States. Mrs John Bosold and daughters and son visited the Welsh home Monday evening. The Diamond Oil truck conducted business in the area early this week. Rev and Mrs Mandsanger and child from Graettinger called at Mr and Mrs Ole Wisk s Tuesday afternoon.
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Morris Thompson
George Johnson
Raymond Anderson
United States
John Bosold
Mary Elien
Jean
Robert
Mandsanger
Child
Francis F. Shadle
Estherville
New England Lift Insurance Company
Helen Crane
Mary Jean
Dorothy Paugh
Ellerson
Ernest Lund
Albert Lowenberg
Chambers
West Bend
Geo. Johnson
Norman
Gus Anderson
Mallard
James Ellerston
M. H. Scholeman
Chris
Jens Wreby
John Elliott
Lee Martin
J. C. Bosold
Robert Bosold
W. D. Martin
Paul
Richard Glassnapp
Spencer Fair
Mrs. Martin
Sheriff Brown
Halfa Ladies Aid
Ringsted Ladies Aid
H. Myers
Hans Lund
Edward
Newell
Lund
Local social notes and August poultry records in Iowa
Estherville residents call at Ellersons and other area visits frame a quiet week. August reports show single comb Rhode Island Reds leading Iowa flocks with Mrs. Thordsen of Persia and others top earners. overall average 13.7 eggs per hen across 147 flocks, with highest flock returns up to $708.
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Rhode Island
Herbert Thordsen
Persia
W. M. Ferrin
Winthrop
S. C. Rhode Island
Chas.Hanysh
Dawson
S. C
H. E. Hagg
Essev
Nanno Anaressen
Stout
Rhode Island Rec
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Sella
J. W. Jarnag
Council Bluffs
Hardin County
R. A. Fuller
Gifford
Duluth
Minn
Fred H. Peterson
Alden
St. Louis
Woodward Mede
Tow
Mitchellville
Polk County
N. Kinney
Drake University
Robert M Clark
Chickasaw
George E. Ellison
Nashua
Chicasaw County
Henry Gayther
Carrville
Marion County
Jack
Extension Service
V.R
Dallas
Chichesters Pills
J. Hansen
Tailors and Cleaners
Je W, Johnson
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