Fisher collections draw crowds in Des Moines and state wonders
Des Moines hotel owner Ernest Brown preserves America’s largest private fish display with species from inland streams and oceans. A Hawaiian and Alaskan voyage supplied new specimens while Gifford Pinchot visited to inspect the collection. The report also notes a destroyed rock butte near Cascade and a surge of divorces in Polk County tied to Camp Dodge. Public schooling shows high enrollment. Brooklyn youths gain musical fame. gasoline handling rules tighten as inspectors push red cans.
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Des Moines
Ernest Brown
America
State University
Hawaiian
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Division
United States
Polk County District Court
Camp Dodge
Redistricting Iowa Legislature Faces Big Task After Reapportionment
If Congress passes the reapportionment bill dropping Iowa from eleven to ten districts, the thirty-ninth general assembly must redraw state congressional maps affecting every county. The task will involve wire pulling and political maneuvering, with senatorial districts also under consideration though likely unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Good
Iowa
Congress
Des Moines
Henry
Jefferson, Lee
Louisa
van Buren
Washington
Clinton
Jackson
Johnson
Muscatine
Scott
Blackhawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Butler
Delaware
Dubuque
Franklin
Hardin
Wright
Allamakee
Cerro Gordo
Chickasaw
Clayton
Fayette
Floyd
Howard
Mitchell
Win
Thirty-Ninth General Assembly
Highway Vacation Report Approved in Washington County Iowa
The commissioner appointed to view the expediency of vacating a highway from the southeast corner of section 30 to road No 52 in Marion Township has recommended vacation. Objections or damage claims must be filed in the Auditor's office by noon March 14, 1921, or the highway will be vacated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Davison
W. R. Davison
Fred Edwards
Marion Township
Washington County
Iowa
Auditor's Office
A. D
Baptists of Iowa Set Missionary Conferences Across Nation
Iowa Baptists join a vast series of regional missionary conferences from January 20 to March 20 under the General Board of Promotion of the Northern Baptist Convention. Dr. John Y. Aitchison announced the plan, targeting 10,666 churches in 35 states and the District of Columbia with stereoptical exhibits and talks by home and foreign missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
John Y. Aitchison
General Board of Promotion
District of Columbia
Northern Baptista
Northern Baptist Convention
Baptists of America
Children of the World
Hugh A. Heath
Department of Conferences and Conventions
L. Jessie P. Bishop
State Board of Promotion
Aitchison
Pleeeen’es In Peru Prepples Grow Heavy
A fragment notes produce in Peru with fruits described as weighing up to 20 pounds each. No further context or details are provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
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Cascade
Maquoketa River
P. EB. McClenahen
P. P. Claxton
Washington, D. C
McClenalan
Brooklyn
Powshiek County
Tacoma
Fred Murray
New York
Caruso
Albert Leste
Santa Claus
Auburn
Sac County
Huena Vista
Cherokee
Clay, Dickinson
Ida
Lyon
Monona
O'Brien
Osceola
Plymouth
Sac
Sioux
Woodbury
Army Goods Store
Washington, Iowa
Gripfith
Auditor of Washington Co
Baptists of
Cedar Rapids
Haskins
Henry Lesler
VA. J. O'Dell
Davis
Havre
Ohio
Rock Island
Acme &Ft
Stewart
Frank Schneider
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid
F. Macon
Auct
Dougherty
Crawfordsville
John Deere
Joe W. Rich
L, H. Rinner
First Savings Bank
Poland
E. J. Paul Sale
Carmine
Duke
Archback II
E. J. Paul
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