Des Moines School Board Bans Vacations Janitors and Cigarettes
Des Moines school board adopts a decree to keep buildings orderly during vacation by terminating janitors who fail to meet standards. It also bans cigarette use by any school district employee on duty or at events, including coaches and volunteers. The piece also recalls earlier Ottumwa Ballingall hotel case and notes at National Teachers association pageant highlighting night schools for foreign language learners.
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Des Moines
Hatechinosa
National Teachers Association
United States
Governor Kendall Demonstrates Magnabox at Newton Event
The Americanization committee urged Governor Kendall to appoint an unpaid commission to root out non Americanized teachers and texts. On July Fourth he spoke by telephone through a Magnabox to thousands at Newton fairgrounds, receiving applause though he did not hear the crowd.
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State House
N. B. Kendall
Newton
Jasper County
Kendall
Palmer’s property sold for 721000 in Tennessee native tale
The passage notes that Palmer, a Tennessee native, had property sold for 721000 and once sought fortune as a soldier of fortune in the undeveloped west. After bankruptcy he refused to return south and instead found work on a large farm amid tall corn.
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Roy Palmer
Jewell
Hamilton County
Butte
Montana
Palmer
Tennessee
West
Southland
Lawn
Lincoln Highway Defined As Key Transcontinental Route
The Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco is described as the great overland route at 3305 miles with a coast to coast delta of under ten percent versus air travel. It crosses Iowa cities including Lyons Cedar Rapids Marshalltown Ames Boone Jefferson Carroll Denison and Council Bluffs. Since 1913 the Lincoln Highway Association has promoted it as the shortest practical cross country path. Over 31 million dollars has been spent by government states and counties on its improvement.
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New York
San Francisco
Mississippi River
Iowa
Lyons
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Ames
Boone, Jefferson, Carrell, Dension
Council Bluffs
Lincoln Highway Association
Times Square
42Nd Street
Broadway
New York City
Lincoln Park
Golden Gate
Lincoln Way
Kansas Alfalfa Acreage Shrinks Say State Official
Kansas State official J C Mohler warns that alfalfa plantings are declining, with assessors reporting a net loss of 128000 acres across 60 of 105 counties in the year ending March 1, threatening future supplies for 1930.
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Topeka
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Iowa Farm Bureau backs general freight rate cuts
Des Moines July 11. Iowa Farm Bureau executive committee urges reduction of freight rates to prevent economic disaster. A plan for broad readjustment across all industries begins in Iowa and seeks Midwest cooperation with a conference of farm bureaus and business interests to push uniform rate cuts.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Middle West
Mid-West
Towa Farm Bureau Federation
Mid- West
Farmer Electrocuted Watching Workmen Near Elma Farm
Daniel Conway aged 55 a farmer and landlord who rented the Elma area farm was instantly electrocuted yesterday at 3 pm when a manure spreader he was moving touched a fallen live wire electricians were working near the farm house Conway had come to the scene to supervise the work.
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New Hampton
Daniel Conway
Elma
Conway
Manure Carrier Bolt Causes Fatal Electrical Tragedy
While moving a manure carrier a bolt struck a fallen live wire in the area. Two men were flung to the ground. one became unconscious after five minutes. Conway was instantly killed.
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Conway
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