Iowa Cities Show Building Increase in February 1948
Iowa's 16 first class cities issued permits for 73 new dwellings valued at 458 000 last month, up from 59 in February 1947. Remodeling permits totaled 146 with valuation 137 692, up from 69 634 a year earlier. Cities include Des Moines Sioux City Davenport Cedar Rapids and others.
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Des Moines
Mareh Lu
Iowa
State Division of Public Health Engineering
Sioux City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Burlington
Clinton
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Iowa City
Keokuk
Ride the Pink Horse set mishap injures Wanda Hendrix
Actress Wanda Hendrix was kicked by a wooden carousel horse during a Universal-International film shoot. The horse’s leg broke, the prop crew stabilized the horse, and Hendrix received minor bruises after on-set treatment at the studio hospital.
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Wanda Hendrix
Universal - International
State
Robert Montgomery
Wanda
Big Labor Savings By Modern Methods
The En cyclopaedia Britannica shows wheat farming labor drop from 37.7 hours per 20 bushels in 1830 to four hours with 1940 machinery. Machines raise worker skill and wages, improve yield quality, and reduce waste. Breeders create hybrids and sturdier crops for faster harvesting.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nose Print Tattoo System for Animal Identification
The article notes nose prints as a method to ID horses and cattle and suggests combining nose prints with tattoos to prevent substitution. It cites 1921 findings that animals can be identified by nose prints and argues a double protection would make alterations invisible.
Cow Mine Detector Finds Metal Objects in Cows
Describes a veterinarian method using a detector to sense metal objects in cows. If metal is present a ringing sound is heard. surgery then removes nails or other items to prevent severe inflammation and death.
New Insecticide Promises Control For Lice and Crops
A new hexachlorohexane based insecticide in a 50 percent wettable powder formulation shows potential for water spray or dust application. It targets lice and many cotton pests including aphids and locusts, addressing controls once difficult to achieve.
Champion Rhode Island Red Hen Tops Egg Production
A Rhode Island Red hen laid 351 eggs to earn the title champion egg producer last year.
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Rhode Island
Bellefontaine's 1893 Concrete Highway First in U S
The article notes that the first stretch of concrete highway in the United States was laid in Bellefontaine Ohio in 1893 marking a milestone in road construction and transportation history.
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America
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Iowa property assessments may double under new system
Preliminary and unofficial reports from across Iowa indicate personal property values could double this year and monies and credits may more than double. The change stems from state wide enforcement and a push to standardize assessments, with impact on local tax revenue, taxpayers, and the new county assessor plan.
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Des Moines
IDPR
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Large Irrigation Section in Idaho Highlighted
The southern Idaho irrigation area served by the American Falls dam and reservoir ranks as one of the nation’s largest continuous irrigated regions.
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Idaho
American Falls
United States
Rainbow trout description and habitat notes
The rainbow trout is described as greenish blue to purplish with pink sides and dense black spots above the lateral line. It naturally inhabits Pacific coast mountain streams, especially in California, and is noted for migratory behavior.
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Pacific Coast
California
Community and livestock sale dates listed for Iowa barns
The notice lists weekly sale days at multiple Iowa venues including Whittaker sale barn on Fridays, Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction on Wednesdays, Kalona Sales Barn on Thursdays, Ollie Livestock Exchange on Tuesdays, and Hi Dollar Sales Company in Sigourney on Mondays, with times where specified.
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Whittaker Sale
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchanage
Ollie
Hi Dollar Sales Company
Sigourney
Farm Debt Rises Each Year Since 1920
Bay Farms reports four consecutive annual increases in farmers taking on debt to buy farms, the longest streak since 1920. The trend shows rising credit use among agricultural buyers across the period.
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Bay Farms
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