Methodist Church Sold At Iowa Conference Session
At the Iowa conference annual session in Oskaloosa the Madison township church in Poweshiek County was ordered sold. Formed 1856, the rural church served 53 years with notable ministers and Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes beginning his preaching there. Immigrant Belgians now own much of the land. the note of thrift remains in school deposits across Des Moines and other cities. highway signs harmed by gunfire prompt state action. prosecutions may follow to protect federal and state signs.
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Methodist
Iowa
Methodist Church
Oskaloosa
Bethodist
Madison Township
Poweshick County
Edwin Holt Hughes
Groanell College
Belgium
National Bankers Association
Philadelphia
America
Des Moines
Sioux City
Mason City
State Highway Commission
United States
Davis County
Kenneth Baldridge
Bloomfield
van Buren
Gibraltar
Rural schools seek state aid for equal facilities
A survey of rural school activities aims to present to the next general assembly a plan for state aid. The farm bureau asks the legislature to appoint a special commission to develop a system for improving rural educational facilities so rural and city schools are placed on a par without extra tax burden on Iowa farmers. The project reportedly has backing from the Iowa State Teachers' Association and school authorities across the state.
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General Assembly
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Protect Our Family’s Future Savings Plan Warning
Readers are urged to guard family finances by boosting savings and building a consistent savings habit while protecting future financial security. This advisory emphasizes disciplined saving and smart money management for long term stability.
Public sale shows strong cash at Will Drake event
J G Lucas of Madrid Boone county reports a Will Drake sale where all but one bidder paid cash or check. The sale total ranged from 3600 to 3700 dollars with brisk demand. Seven cows sold for 1150 dollars, top cow at 190 dollars, illustrating robust money in the community.
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J. G. Lucas
Madrid
Boone County
Cedar Falls Suit Objects Rural High Line Extension
Cedar Falls resident Louis J. Zack sues to block extending the city’s electric lines into Grundy county. He cites a $45,000 projected cost and potential rate-based losses that would raise property taxes. He warns of legal hazards and possible damage judgments affecting the city and taxpayers.
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Black Hawk
Louis J. Zack
Cedar Falls
Grundy County
Zack
Military drill gains popularity at Iowa State University
The state University at Iowa City reports strong student interest in military training. Of the courses offered, 214 men voluntarily enroll in the advanced military course, 743 are in the first year basic course, and 556 are in the second year required work. The program operates under Col. Converse L. Lewis.
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State University At
Iowa City
Converse L. Lewis
Iowa Girl to Please Japanese Ruler at Tokyo Expo
Ar doth Maxine Schneider, an 18 year old from Humboldt Iowa, trains two horses in trick riding and high dives for a December royal exposition in Tokyo. She will perform when Emperor Hirohito attends the celebration accompanied by her mother on a tour to Japan Australia and Europe after the expo.
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Iowa
Humboldt
Japan
Hirohito
Ardoth Maxine Schneider
Tokio
A Freak Apple Tree in Dickinson County
Thomas Walpole of Milford testifies that A J Northey of Okoboji township has a Duchess apple tree bearing a second crop this year. The fruit is of good size and has begun to redden as it matures.
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Thomas Walpole
Milford
Dickinson County
A. J. Northey
Okaboji
Prairie Fire Remembers Pioneer Past Near Coon Rapids
Sam D Henry of Coon Rapids recalls a prairie fire on a quarter section near town that spared virgin blue stem grass. Firefighters arrived by auto after a telephone alarm, dousing the blaze with wet sacks and saving a dozen stacks of hay. The tikOKEN prairie had long been a show place with native blooms.
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Sam D. Henry
Coon Rapids
Carrol County
Tikcoken
Iowa
Agents Warn Teachers Against Swindlers in Adams County
Miss Anna Lynam, Adams County superintendent, cautions teachers to avoid door to door agents and to keep school houses closed to impostors. Two canvassers have already visited rural schools, selling books for inflated prices. One teacher bought five volumes for 59 dollars, others paid as low as 25 dollars and 20 cents. The agents claimed ties to Miss Lynam and Agnes Samuelson, which is false.
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Anna Lynam
Adams County
Miss Lynam
Agnes Samuelson
Flew Over Iowa by Night
Des Moines widow Mrs. E. H. Gillette received a letter from daughter Mrs. Florence Gillette Nichols in New York noting an overnight airplane flight by Mrs. Messine Denekla from New York to Denver. Denekla described the Des Moines night scene with illuminated river and moonlit autumn forest during the trip.
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Iowa
E. H. Gillette
Des Moines
Congress
Florence Gillette Nichols
New York
Messine Denekla
Denver
Nichols
New England
Pike's Peak
Eldora and Decorah players meet Cascade clash in Iowa
E Moffet of Eldora reports Ossie Orwell the Philadelphia Athletics versatile player will join a Cascade Iowa game against a Decorah hometown team. Cascade will counter with Red Faber of the Chicago White Sox in a Iowa showdown.
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Towa
E. Moffet
Eldora
Ossie Orwell
Philadelphia Athletics
Cascade
Iowa
Hame
Decorah
Red" Faber
Chicago White Six
Grocers Unite to Battle Chains in Iowa
Seventy one Des Moines grocers join the Independent Grocers Alliance and nearly 200 more in other Iowa cities follow, aiming to improve collective buying against chain competition. Sixty carloads of Iowa grown potatoes will feed inmates of the states fifteen institutions, with bids winning 37,000 bushels sold by small dealers. Strief notes Iowa potatoes will feed the inmates, calling it patriotic.
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Des Moines
Grocers’ Alliance of America
Iowa
J. H. Strief
Board of Control of
State Institutions
Board of Control
Me Strief
Famous Theatrical Man Locates in Des Moines
Fob Murphy the renowned comedian and author of Mother O Mine is now manager of the Orpheum theater in Des Moines He told a Des Moines audience he wrote the first verse in Los Angeles finished it there and sang it first in Sioux City Davenport Has a Colony of Monkeys, D Henry of Coon Rapids visited Davenport and inspected a famous monkey colony housing seventy monkeys in a hill enclosure with holes serving as rooms and trees for movement a deep stream inside the wall keeps the animals from escaping.
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Des Moines
Fob Murphy
Orpheum Theater
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Davenport
D. Henry
Coon Rapids
Carroll County
Primghar Board Bans Tobacco and Liquor for Students
The Primghar Iowa Independent School District imposes a year long ban on tobacco and intoxicating liquor for all students. Violations result in denial from class plays banquets declamatory contests and all school athletic events plus expulsion or suspension after a hearing.
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Primghar
O'Brien
Iowa
Auto party of four hang over bluff Iowa Falls
Four Belmond youths rode in a Chevrolet coupe on Main street in Iowa Falls last week. They turned toward the river near the Woods hotel and Welden garage, drove around the city tool house, and veered toward the power dam fifty feet below where water lay.
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Iowa Falls
Belmond
Woods Hotel
Welden Garage
Narrow Escape After Car Teeters Over Cliff Edge
A car hung over a precipice above the river with only inches to spare before a fall. Two couples crawled out the opposite side and escaped with their lives. The vehicle was driven by E. W. Milligan of Belmond, a beet sugar factory employee. names of the other three occupants could not be obtained.
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E. W. Milligan
Belmond
Mr and Mrs Alexander Peddie Visit Emmetsburg Friends
Alexander Peddie and wife arrived from Dellapace Ohio to attend to business and meet old friends. He heads the Marriage Department for Etna Life Insurance in Ohio and praises his work. They report three large offices and eight clerks, greetings from Emmetsburg readers.
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Alexander Peddie
Dellface
Ohio
Peddie
Etna Life Insurance Company
First Church of Christ Scientist Sunday Services
Sunday services at 11 o'clock with a sermon on Doctr ine of Atonement and a Golden Text from First Corinthians. Sunday School at 10. Wednesday 8 pm. Free reading room open Wednesday and Saturday 3 to 5 for Bible literature and Mrs. Eddy writings. Public invited.
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Edday
Governor's Order Extends Protection to Minnesota Frogs
Governor Theodore Christianson issues Governor's Order No. 16 to shield Minnesota frogs from undue depletion. The order follows a citation by the Commissioner of Game and Fish, who recommended expanded protection based on a formal investigation and findings.
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Christianson
Minnesota
Commissioner of Game and Fish
Theodore Christianson
State of
Minnesota Frogs Off Limits Except for Science 1928
Governor Theodore Christianson issues an order prohibiting frog taking within Minnesota for 1928. Frogs may be captured only for scientific purposes. The order remains in force through December 31, 1928, unless revoked or modified.
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Minnesota
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