Iowa Leaders Urge Expanded Crop and Livestock Output
John T. Fletcher of Dearborn National Bank tells the Western Grain Dealers association in Des Moines that Iowa must raise more livestock to consume its corn. He estimates waste from farms could feed 63,000 calves annually at $52 a head. The piece covers flag disputes in Kanawha, rail threats near What Cheer, Navy recruitment in Des Moines, and local wartime mobilization efforts across Iowa communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Grain Dealers Association
Des Moines
John T. Fletcher
Dearborn National Bank of Chicago
Iowa
Kanawha
Belmond
Northwestern Railroad
What Cheer
Navy
War Department
National Guard
Militia Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Olin
Waterloo
Iowa National Guard
H. A. Allen
Frank Pearsons
Cornell
Renwick
Red Cross
United States
New York City
Washington
American Red Cross
Russia
France
England
Irwin Seitz
Charles Seward
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Keoku
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
Brooklyn
Eed
Harding Urges Iowa Youth To Aid National Food Campaign
Governor W L Harding calls on all boys and girls in Iowa to plant gardens and support the war effort by increasing food production. The State College of Agriculture at Ames launches a Volunteer Food Producers program to enlist youth for farming tasks, with ten points covering duties from garden care to seed selection and canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Boys and Girls
Iowa
America
Union
W. L. Harding
Eeberg Ester State
State College of Agriculture
Ames
Agricultural Extension Department
Charles Falkenheyner
Dubuque
State Pharmacy Commission
Harding
A. C. Wilson
Oelwein
Ames Man Prepares Statement on Food Shortage 1917 War Crisis
The war emergency food commission of Iowa releases aAlert prepared by Dean Charles F. Curtiss warning of possible famine as crop production and supplies fall below normal. It cites March 1, 1917 reserves for wheat and corn, US per capita wheat, drought impacts in Argentina, Florida and Texas potato yields, and wool consumption. The notice frames famine as a grave possibility if crops drop further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
United States
War Emergency Food Committee of
Iowa
Charles F. Curtiss
Division of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Florida
Texas
War Emergency Food Commission
Crocker Elevator Burned in Decisive Blaze
Fire at the Central Iowa Grain company elevator in Crocker destroyed the building and contents worth about 25000 dollars. Coal sheds and several adjoining buildings on the Northwestern line also burned. Discovered by the station agent the blaze started in three sections and investigators suspect arson. A bucket brigade formed but made little headway.
University Cadets Well Drilled in Iowa City
Government inspector Col. J. A. Penn commends the state university cadet regiment after lecturing to cadet officers. The regiment comprises ten companies, 648 men, and 43 officers, showing a strong start in training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
J. A. Penn
State University Cadet Regiment
University Regiment
Pella Plans Electric Railway Initiative
Pella plans an electric railway to connect with Howell via the Pella-Leffler Short Line. The line will use an electric magnet power system, a new feature for Iowa and will replace the conventional third rail. Construction is expected in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Pella-Leffler
Iowa
Howell
Farm labor, wheat, and Western Canada land offer
An editorial urges Americans to farm as a national duty to sustain food production during war. It highlights two dollar wheat, the need for larger crops, and promotion of Western Canada lands as a route to abundant, affordable farming incentives, home ownership, and independence. It contrasts Canadian incentives with U S war aims and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
United States
United States Navy
Canada
Europe
Western Canada
Western
Strikebreakers and Strikers Clash in Grinnell
A clash occurred between Mexican strikebreakers imported by Bailey & Marah of Minneapolis to cover walkouts at college building work in Grinnell. The 25 strikers pressured the company to recognize the union, threatening trouble if the strikebreakers remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Bailey & Marah Company
Minneapolis
College
Plow Drawn by Motorcycle Invented to Clear Ice
A motorcycle drawn plow is reported as a new device intended to keep sidewalks or roads free of ice. The invention combines a motorized vehicle with a plow blade to scrape and clear slippery surfaces.
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Iowa News
Marengo
F.L. Wilson
S. R. Swain
Marengo Republican
Peoples Savings Bank
George Wrightman
Manufacturers’ Association
Council Bluffs
Cavers
Omaha
Jim Lusk
St. Paul
Ida Grove
Newhall
Clinton High School
Clinton County
Uncle Sam
Nick Krooes
Poweshlek County
G. M. Dawson
Red Oak
Charles Huston
Mt. Pleasant
Conroy
Iowa Electric Company
Army
Iowa Retail Merchants’ Association
Sioux City
Wilson
Colfax
James Norman Hall
Avord
State Banking Department
Banking Department
Crop Bureau
Weather and Crop Bureau
Town House
House
Senate
Polk County
Toto
W.W. H. Gemmill
State Board of Education
Building Committee
Adj
Guy E. Logan
Curtis
Crocker
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