Iowa June building contracts rise 65 percent over May
Des Moines reports June construction contracts in Iowa totaling 6,333,600, up 65 percent from May but down 28 percent from June last year. Public works and utilities accounted for 2,945,900 (47 percent), educational projects 1,194,300 (19 percent), residential 646,300 (10 percent), and commercial 549,200 (9 percent). First six months total 23,992,000 versus 27,086,300 a year earlier, an 11 percent drop.
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Coolidge Nomination Debate Shapes Public Mood
The piece argues Coolidge faces a unique renomination test as a fraction of Republicans remain opposed. It weighs leader versus follower archetypes, cites Lindbergh era sentiment, and evaluates whether Hoover or Borah could emerge as a rival. It notes farmers resent prosperity emphasis and joint stock land banks’ farm loan defaults as contextual factors.
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Cantonments at Leavenworth New House Families
Fort Leavenworth wartime cantonments housed recruits and later married enlisted men with rank under technical sergeant. Low ranking soldiers faced restrictions on marrying. many relied on rent free housing provided by the army. Roofs are failing, paint is needed, and the hillside scar remains as officers plan to wait until structures become uninhabitable before tearing them down, a process likely to take years.
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Rebuilt London Road Opened by King and Queen
London, July 16. The rebuilt Regent Street, praised as a premier Europe walkway, was formally opened by the king and queen with a royal drive to University College. Mayors of Westminster and Marylebone joined, buildings taller, rents surged from 130,000 to 2,250,000.
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