Interesting Items of News From Iowa In 1921
A Iowa newspaper column reports social workers may convene in Des Moines for the 1921 national conference in April. It notes Crawford county breeders publish a 60-page directory, Iowa farm issues like flu impact on pig crops, and Mason City’s population boom prompting road-building plans. The piece highlights Iowa Farm Bureau activities, fire loss data for 1919, home demonstration growth, Polled Hereford breeders, and 1000s of blueprints distributed by Iowa State College for farm implements.
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National Conference of Social Workers
New Orleans
Des Moines
Crawford County
Appanoose County
Drake Relays
Drake
Mason City
Cerro Gordo
Iowa
Towa
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Farm Bureau
J. A. Tracey
P. J. Hol
Waukee
Hol
Washington
Sugar Grove
Buchanan County
van Buren County
Keosauqua
Hunters’ Accense Fund
Delaware County
Agricultural Department
Towa State College
Solons Held Disloyal Five Socialist Assemblymen Reported
Albany March 31 Charges of unfitness against five socialist New York assembly members Waldman Claessens Solomon De Witt and Orr were sustained by a judiciary committee in a 20000 word report urging their seats be declared vacant The report advocates a law to bar aliens from party ballots and accuses the group of disloyalty to the United States and New York state government.
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Albany
N. J
New York State Assembly
Louis Waldman
August Claessens
Charles Solomon
Samuel A. de Witt
Samuel Orr
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Socialist Assemblymen
United States
New York
Socialist Party
Lnabor
Socialist Party of America
Assemblymen
General Thirts Faces Charges Over Prison Camp Cruelties
Brig. Gen. William T. Thirts, once commander of American troops around Paris after the armistice, arrived from Paris to answer charges by fellow officers that he was responsible for cruelties to soldiers in prison camps. He had led arrangements for President Wilson’s Europe visit and was chief of staff of the American army of occupation.
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New York
William T. Thirts
Paris
Wlilson
Europe
Hig Home 5
Nashville
Tenn
Reds Accept Pole Peace Meeting Offer
Moscow reports Russian foreign minister Tehiterin has informed Poland of willingness to open peace talks on April 10. He proposes a venue in Vishthonia, with Poland pressing for Bo visev on the Beresing river between Minsk and Smolensk.
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Moscow
London
George Tehitcherin
Poland
M. Tehitehorin
Vmisthonia
Bovisev
Beresing
Minsk
Smolensk
Maryland House passes beer size bill by one vote
In Annapolis Maryland the house approved a beer size regulation by a 68 to 38 vote and sent the measure to the senate. The bill would set a 616 percent beer size standard if the Vol stend act is declared invalid and remains under review.
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Maryland
Annapolis
Air Mail Pilot Killed Landing at Heller Field
Newark New Jersey April 1 George Sherlock of Orange New Jersey was killed instantly while attempting to land a Post Office department airplane after completing a trip from Washington The crash occurred at Heller field during the landing attempt and the pilot who died was identified as George Sherlock of Orange New Jersey.
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Newark
N. J
George Sherlock
Orange
Post Office Department
Heller Field
Washington
Cudahy Estate Appraised in Milwaukee Probate
Patrick Cudahy wealthy meat packer left an estate valued around 2.5 million dollars per the inventory filed in Milwaukee county court. The figures come from a county court inventory listing.
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Cudahy
Milwaukee
Patrick Cudahy
Turkey Plans Territory Deal With Great Powers Revealed
President notes in public reply to allied invitation to Turkish peace talks state the United States will not sanction settlements that do not grant American citizens equal rights. He accuses Great Britain France and Italy of pursuing territorial and commercial gains at American and neutral expense and urges a voice for the United States in final dispositions.
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Washington
United States
Colby
Great Britain
France
Italy
Ottoman Empire
State Department
Europe
International Council
Constantinople
Straits
Armenia
Trebizond
Thrace
Bulearia
Greece
Austria
Coal Wage Scale Accepted by Operators and Miners
The scale committee of bituminous operators and mine workers agreed in New York that the monetary provisions of the bituminous coal commission award, affirmed by the president, become effective April 1. Mines will remain in operation while negotiations for a new agreement continue.
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New York
Kentuckians Lynch A Black Person On Bridge Near Millersburg
In Lexington Kentucky on March 81 Grant Smith a Black man was fatally harmed by a mob on a mail round bridge near Millersburg He was said to have confronted Toby Anderson a fourteen year old white youth and others involved in the incident remain unidentified.
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Grant Smith
Lexington
Millersburg
Toby Anderson
Will Not Resume Senate Seat After Michigan Conspiracy Probe
Senator Newberry of Michigan, who has returned to Washington, will not resume his seat in the Senate until questions regarding his status in the Michigan election conspiracy cases are resolved.
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Washington
Newberry
Michigan
Senate
Women In Minority in Vote Projections
Washington March 1 women ballots cast in the coming presidential election will fall short of the potential men’s vote by over 2 600 000 if the suffrage amendment is ratified and laws enacted this year.
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Washington
St LawrenceWaterway hearing opens strong support in West
International waterways commission began hearings in Buffalo on a plan to improve the St Lawrence River to give Great Lakes ports sea access for deep draft freighters. U S delegates include Obadiah Garner and Clarence Clark. Canadians include Sir William Hearst. West coast interests back the project while New York barge canal interests oppose it.
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Wee Ee
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Chicago
International Waterways Commission
Buffalo
United States
Canada
Obadiah Garner
Maine
R. B. Glenn
North Carolina
Clarence D. Clark
Wyoming
Charles A. McGrath
A. J. Powell
Sir William Hearst
Gardner
Lake Ports
Seaboard
Atlantic
New York Barge Canal
West
Congressmen Flaunt Record Corn Yields in House Debate
In a lively session, members celebrate corn yields and farm prizes. J R Shelton of Holden Missouri wins $1000 for the best five acres. Alabama and North Carolina boast high per acre yields. Washington and Illinois figures noted. remarks include historic claims and laughter.
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United States
J. R. Shelton
Holden
Johnson County
Wood
Indiana
Washington
Bankhead
Speaker
Missouri
Alabama
Kitchin
North Carolina
Mann
Illnois
Joseph. C. Sibley
Hadley
Fred de Wilde
Oak Harbor
Wash
John le Sourd
Coupeville
Justus L. Hancock
Rubey
Hersey
Aroostook County
Civil Service Reform Sought as Scientific Federal Raid
A federal commission, aided by Arthur Young & Co., advances a scientific reclassification plan for 106000 DC employees to curb pay inequality and inefficiency. It envisions merit based pay and a salary readjustment to reflect living costs, amid strong political opposition.
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Joint Commission On
District of Columbia
Congress
Arthur Young & Co
Chicago
Canada
Mann
Illinois
Commission
Treasury
Civil Service Commission
Maple Sugar Potential Expands Beyond New England
Government sugar experts report thousands of farmers across the eastern and midwestern states can tap maple trees for syrup and sugar at low cost. Maples grow as far south as North Carolina and Tennessee, with groves in North Carolina yielding syrup sold at $40 a gallon after tapping.
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Departments of Agriculture
United States
New England
New York
North Carolina
Tennessee
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Oregon
Washington
New Jingland
Dr. Pierce Remedies Endorsements Amid Health Claims
A flood of testimonials praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets. Endorsers describe relief from illness and improved health, noting travel, family health benefits, and the authoring of medical guidance in support.
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Dr Pierce
Walter H. Dunston
Willow Farm
Kennebec
Dak
Dr. Pierce
Dr. Perce
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pierce
Clara Jones
2Nd Ave
Three Physicians Failed Yet Dodd’s Pills Brought Relief
A long reader testimonial from Fulda Indiana recalls three doctors giving up on kidney trouble in 1905. After finding a Dodd’s Almanac, the speaker used the pills, felt relief the next day, and was cured in a week. Fourteen years later he remains free of the disease. He also reports relief from a winter flu affecting his kidneys.
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United States
Dodd
GB. C. Birchler
Fulda
Ind
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
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State Assembly
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Allen
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