Iowa Visitors Report Texas Citrus and Wide Open Farmlands
John A. Stewart writes from Texas about Iowa tourists in Galveston and the Rio Grande valley. He notes citrus production profits, irrigation, and large-scale vegetable crops, plus a Texas tourism breeze and local places like St. Paul and Matamoros. He ends with a playful boast of Texas’s bigness and a salute to fellow Iowans.
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John A. Stewart
Iowa
Texas
Stewart
Galveston
Washington
Mcallen
Morida
California
Rio Grande River
Rio Grande Valley
Corpus Christi
Houston
Washington County
Corpus Christ
St. Paul
George Paul
Matamoros
Mexico
U. S
Vaulrs
Richard Johnson
Bobby
Court
Gulf Boulevard
Badgett
Washington Monument
Washington D. C
San Jacinto
Gulf
Port Isabel
Griffith Acreage Sold to Kurtz
Gerald Kurtz bought 80 acres of the Sarah Griffith estate west of Pleasant Valley School on the south side of the road. Frank Wesley bought the Belle Whitacre homestead west of Brighton near the Chuck family residence. The town and surrounding area report widespread illness with many out of school including teachers and staff.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Gerald Kurtz
Sarah Griffith
Pleasant Valley School
Frank Wesley
Belle
LaMonte Williams
Indian Creek
Chas. Robison
Clem Brier
Joe Christy
Christys
Wentworth
Eggel
Stephens
Otto Edwards
Muscatine
Cal Stephens
Mus
Among Our Neighbors and Editorial Notes Shaped Opinions
A Mount Pleasant By bystander notes that Iowa Motor Club should emphasize farm to market roads over four lane sipper highways. Atlantic News Telegraph editorial briefs discuss business men pressing Congress, with many visiting Washington to consult senators and representatives. The Newton item laments a former governor’s pardons. Obituary notes report Harry Smith’s death after serious illness. Lake Emry, daughter of Tom Emry, dies in Washington, D C and will be buried in Fairfield. she had worked as a government clerk since World War I.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa Motor Club
United States
Congress
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Washington
H. Smith
Fred Wanerus
Kirkwood
Harry Smith
Mr. Smith
Wanerus
Lake Emry
Tom Emry
Pleasant Plain
Washington, D. C
Fairfield
Former Governor Kraschel faces poke at pardon record
The former Iowa governor Kraschel is pressed over recent pardons and testifies to legislative committees. A pardoned "boy" named Nels is now arrested in Dubuque on auto theft and weapon charges, adding to the embarrassment from the pardon controversy.
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Daily News
Kraschel
Iowa
Nels
Dubuque
White Bison Elegantly Traced In Scarce Herd
White bison, though scarce, are easily traced due to their rarity and notable appetite for hay, making their location and movement easier to monitor.
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Sockeye
Cascade Inn
Benteco
Green Giant Peas
Tri-State
Uma
Triumph
Eewest
Mexico City
Benteco Meat Market
Benleco
Hy. Ae
Boston Blue Fish
Bokar
Gorton
A&p
Ann Page
Justiite
Picnigs
Campbell's Tomato Soup
MACK
Aunt Nells
TWLS
Waldorf Soft
Louisiana
Don
Thes
A&p Food Stores
Lytle’s Grocery
RITZ
Ig. Si
Richelieu
Armono
Costico
New England
New
Baby Stuart
Baby Stuar
Cannon
Richetlew
Stuart
Libby
Delicious Foods
Lytle
Ape Gradn
Griffith
Kurtz
Cedar Rapids
Hoyt
Robi. Edmondson
The
State University
Minnie Morgan
Mattie Barnes
Rubio
Clyde Free
J. F. Craft
Fred Williams
Harmony Club
Ira Saunders
Krony Krew
Edgar Wise
Leota Ramge
Verle Kock
Ward Stauffer
Johnie Heyvde
Richard
Mae Duttweiler
Ralph Kern
Homer Mann
Howard Zihlman
Rock Island
A. L. Zihlman
Wade Sinn
Taylor Stout
John Imhof
Wayland
Nickerson
Columbus Junction
Sims
John Mann
Homer
Chas. Davison
Eugene Mann
Iowa City
Geo. Mann
Newton
Li Po
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