More Folks Visit Iowa State Parks Reports Grow
Des Moines May 8 The state board of conservation heard progress reports on road building at Bellevue Dolliver Memorial Devil’s Backbone Lost Island Lake and Pitot Knob. Governor Hammill conferred with wardens Tom Hollowell and J N Baumel about prison labor for roads. Board predicts park attendance will exceed any prior season as cars and roads improve. Last year 750000 visitors registered with average stay about three hours. Visitors came from nearly all states and Canada.
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Des Moines
State Board of Conservation
Bellevue State Park
Dolliver Memorial
Fort Dodge
Devil's Backbone Park
Delaware County
Lost Island Lake
Ruthven
Pitot Knob
Forest City
Hammill
Tom Hallowell
J. N. Baumel
Canada
Iowa State Parks and Lake Resorts Growth Report
Iowa parks report 1 250 000 visitors at lake resorts last summer per conservation board. Legislature funded 16 000 for a Lake Okoboji drawbridge 6 250 for Mud Lake drainage and 400 for Ice Lake drainage. Communities and individuals invest locally as Iowa becomes a motor to the lakes and parks. 36 state parks existed, all acquired since 1917 after the 37th General Assembly enabled them.
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Lstate
Iowa Lake
Conservation Board
Lake Okoboil
Mud Lake
Tice Lake
Iowa
Towa
Thirty-seventh
General Assembly
New Purses Offer Best Value of the Season
Select your new hat tomorrow as one of the best values of the season. This sale highlights affordable purses and stylish headwear for shoppers seeking fashionable bargains.
Layman's Soap and Walancing Groceries Catalog
A scanned ad lists various household items and personal care products with sale sizes and prices. Items include Colgate's Coleo Soap three cakes, Ivory Soap Flakes three small packages, Willam's Shaving Cream 35 cents, safety razors at one dollar, Eau de Quinine bottle 1.40, Witch Hazel quart 95 cents, Hydrogen Peroxide one pound special, Djer Kiss Face Powder large box, Char-Tex dental antiseptic 50 cents, Angelus Tissue Cream 1.75, and Valaze French Face Powder 95 cents.
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Layman
Colgate
Coleo
Willam
Pinand
Djer Kiss
Helena Rubenstein
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Owa State Parks
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Wetalclas Mfg. CO
Marengo
Bols Rae
Eb Casei
Eal Casaa
G.E. Boyce
Axminster
Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company
Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Co
New York
Mather
Atlantic
Kayser
van Raalte
Doris
Jane
America
Reading
Larvex
Larvex Corporation
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cash and Carry Grocery Dept
Climax Wall Paper Cleaner
Black’s
Norway
Moen
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