Iowa’s Industrial Rise and War Memorial Drive
Iowa columns describe evolving manufacturing from wood pumps to iron pumps, gypsum mining at Fort Dodge, and the Spaulding Iggy shift to other goods. It notes Polk county paving bonds, Panora Speedway, and multiple county road gravels, plus historic Mexican War survivors and broadcasting upgrades across the WHO network.
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Polk County
Woodbury
Black Hawk
Iowa
Panora Speedway
Johnson Station
Grimes
Dallas County
Guthrie County
Panora
Guthrie Center
Automaker S D Henry Visits Iowa Prison Park Site
S D Henry of Coon Rapids visits Devil's Backbone state park near Winterset in Madison county. He notes the 210 acre project, three years to finish, about 30 convicts at work and a well maintained camp with secure quarters, good bedding and meals, while most inmates are called trusties with short terms remaining.
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S. D. Henry
Coon Rapids
Carroll County
Iowa
Devil's Backbone Estute Park
Winterset
Madison County
Dry weather hit sugar beet crop in northern Iowa area
The article notes reduced beet sizes in northern Iowa’s sugar beet region due to drought. Despite smaller yields per acre, experts say sugar residue per beet may be higher, leaving growers overall harmed. The Belmond area faces 5,500 contracted acres and a plant capacity upgrade to 700 tons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowa
Belmond
Wright County
Bloomfield figure quoted on former Bloomfield businessman
Ke. I. Baldridge of Bloomfield Davis County cites John M. Games, a former Bloomfield businessman and former Miami resident, in a quoted remark.
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Baldridge
Bloomfield
Davis County
John M. Games
Miami
Florida Prices and Travels of John Hungerford Jr
Florida pricing shows groceries at one dollar per dozen for eggs and citrus, while lodging costs run high with private room rents of twenty five dollars weekly and a six room cottage at two hundred dollars monthly. John Hungerford Jr. reports extensive travels across Europe including San Marino the oldest republic, and Liechtenstein with notes on stamps coinage and governance.
Oldest Iowa Methodist minister prep for Upper Iowa meeting
Rev. F. X. Miller of Cedar Falls, believed oldest active Iowa Methodist minister, plans to attend the Upper Iowa conference sessions in Mount Vernon in the last week of the month. He has served 70 consecutive years and has never failed to answer his name when the roll is called. He will celebrate his 90th birthday on October 16, 1925. The Caterpillar attraction at Arnolds Park was dismantled Sunday night by a crew of fifteen, to be transported to Humboldt then Odebolt and Atlantic before returning to the Spencer fair. From there it will head to Dallas, Texas for a winter tour. Many concessionaires left early to attend central west fairs.
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Iowa
Kellogg
Jasper County
Saum
Mount Pleasant
Harris & Cole Brothers
Cedar Falls
Grinnell
Texas
Newton
Daniel Risley Gouder
Rippey
Green County
United States
Marvin Schudder
Howard Kiddo
Cromwell
Union County
Victor
New York
F. X. Miller
Upper Iowa
Mount Vernon
Miller
Arnolds Park
Humboldt
Odebolt
Atlantic
Dallas
Central West
Beacon
Amund Tweit
Minneapolis
Ole Wisks
Tweet
Will le Masters
C. Anderson
Waterloo
Chris Scriprup
Maple Hill
Joe
Anton Berven
Tom
Ole
Alfred Olson
Frank Matthes
Boggieshallow
Gladys Paulson
Paulson
Esther Burkhart
Jack Harkness
John Welsh
Jim Anderson
Halvor Peterson
Ole Wicks
Ruth
Graettinger
Maurell Lucas
Arthur Griffith
Estherville
Chiterfield
Jackson
Minn
Dorothy Kruse
George Meyers
H. L. Thompson
Jack Creek and Vicinity Local News Highlights
In Jack Creek area notes, residents like Amund Tweit and Mrs. C Anderson are mentioned with visits and sick lists. A number of residents attend schools and events, with weddings and community happenings including a marriage between Maurell Lucas and Arthur Griffith, and trips to Estherville and Jackson Minnesota.
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State News
Fort Dodge
America
New Sharon
Mahaska County
Hugh Cameron
Cameron
I. E. Jenkins
Jenkins
Bankers Life of
Des Moines
WHO
A. 8
Berry Seed Company
Clarinda
Berry
KSO
Bankers Lifd
Mid-Western States
Age County
Shenandoah
Iowa Gold Star Memorial Highway Commission
Jeferson Highway
White Way No. 7
Lou, Metlengy
Otto Bartz
Sheldon
O’brien County
al Shafer
Sheldon Co-Operative Creamery
Henry van Meeteren
Bob Henry
al Shaffer
Town State Conference of Congregational Churches
Grinnell Savings Bank
Congregational Conference
Florida
Games
John Hungerford, Jr
Carroll
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Crzecho-Slovakia
Norway
Italy
Algeria
Africa
Hungerford
San Marino
Adriatic
Principality
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Austria
Upper Rhine Valley
Vaduz
Prince John
Jack Creek
Helen
Anna Welsh
Chris Anderson
Mise Cleo Quinn
Bosold
Miss Bosold
Emmetsburg
Aanon Aanonson
Netherville
Myrtle
Annie Paulson
Miss Hamilton
Tindall
Chris Ellerston
Ian James
Jim Holen
Okoboji Lakes
Jim Peachie
Summers
Doris
Lester Anderson
Sophus Lund
Master of
Griffith
Jens Simonsen
Minnesota
White House
Boston Transcript
Samuel Field
du- Tuth
Harry Quinn
Muscatine
Mack
U. S
U.S
J.J. Morrissey
SON
Bank
Iowa Savings Bank
Thes le
National Beverage Sacs Co. Cago
Estherville Grocer Co
Estherville, Iowa
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