Record Iowa farm notes on livestock sales and road bonds
Purebred livestock sales in Atlantic set a new peak through spring with Cass County Fair plans and eleven pre April sales. Farm bureau meetings in Cedar county attract 165 participants, boosting calf club work for children. Johnson county gains school cooperation. Perry builds a hog house. Duros sale yields strong prices. Montgomery county gears for a four day membership drive with outside help. North Iowa Pike concrete surfacing to begin January 1 from Clay County line to Sheldon cemetery. 1918 crop yield signals Iowa strength. Walsworth estate sale near Onslow totals 140,092 dollars. Ida county rents rise with high bids. Anita area farm sale grosses 13,393 dollars. Bond issues for paved roads total 18.475 million with 4.5 million more proposed across multiple counties.
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Atlantic
Hoffman
Cass County Fair Association
Cedar County
Farm Bureau
Springdale
Downey
Baby Beef Club
Johnson County
Perry
Duroes
March Farrow
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
Montgomery County
Iowa
Highway Commission
United States
Walsworth
Onslow
George Tabor
Baldwin
Jack Walsworth
Ben Johnson
Rogers Brown
Ida County
Cy Sievert
T. W. Webb
Silver Creek
L. M. Lindeman
Anita Cass County
Black Hawk
Cerro Gordo
Clay
Clinton
Floyd
Greene
Hancock
Kosesuth
Lyon
Polk
Ree
Zion Canyon Rivalry With Yosemite Sparks National Park Debate
A Utah led argument over Zion Canyon versus Yosemite Valley as national parks wages on. Zion, created from Munktuntuweap monument, spans 76 800 acres and lies 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, with spectacular red and white cliffs, narrow gorges, and famed features such as West Temple and the Court of the Patriarchs.
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Zion
Yosemite
Zion National Park
Yosemite Valley
Zion Canon
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
California
Utah
Salt Lake City
Lund
Salt Lake
Taft
Virgin River
Yosemite National Park
Tony
Land of God
John Wesley Powell
Grand Canon Fame
Munkuntuweap
I. S. Dellenbaugh
Vowell Party
Q. B. Dutton
Jack Lait
Mother Nature
God Almighty
Rio Virgin
G. K. Gilbert
United States Geological Survey
Painted Desert
Desert
Bituminous coal owners face wage rise criticism 1917 profits questioned
New York reports former Secretary McAdoo argues proposed 31 percent wage hike for miners is just and reasonable, citing 1917 coal operators profits of 100 to 800 percent on capital. He warns against price increases to consumers and urges release of soft coal owners’ tax returns.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Garfield
McAdoo
REDS INVITE FIGHT IN Bogalusa SHOOTING NIGHTS
In Bogalusa Louisiana three alleged agitators were killed and one wounded after a rifle and pistol battle with Law and Order League members. Williams and two lieutenants died, S J O Rourke was critically wounded, Jules Leblanc was hit in the arm. The clash followed an attempt to arrest Sol Dakus who was organizing colored labor.
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Bogalusaa
Law and Order League
Law and Order
Jules Leblanc
Lum &. Williams
Central Trades and, Labor Council of
Bogalusa
Walter, Bouchillon
Williams
Thomas Gains
S.J. O'Rourke
Sol Dakus
French Lottery Authorized for 4 Billion Francs in Bonds
Paris reports the finance minister has approved a lottery loan of 4,000,000,000 francs to fund bonds issued at 49 francs each on December 15. The 5 percent yield bonds redeemable at 600 francs include quarterly prizes such as a 1,000,000 franc top prize, 500,000 franc second prize, five prizes of 100,000 francs, and ten prizes of 50,000 francs.
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Paris
France
N Y Printing Tie Up Ended After Union Vote
New York printing houses ended an eight week labor tie up as 2,250 of 8,000 union members at a meeting voted to obey the executive committee order. Kentucky voted dry at the state election on November 4 by 10,717, officials report.
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New York
International Typographical Union
Whlon
Kentucky
Frankfort
Democrats Plan 1920 Meet in Washington
Washington November 26 The Democratic national committee on women’s associate committee called by national chairmen outlined plans for a 1920 meet. The terse dispatch notes ongoing efforts to organize party activities reflecting postwar political shifts.
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Democrats
Washington
National Committee On Women's
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Iowa News
John Chinsory Sherrnigain
Ssenple
Sinawava
Org
Wylie Camp
LEE Easl
el Gobernador
Lane
Interior Department
Itill
Anamen
Whe
PEE Tire Patriarchs
LOY
Treasury
REDS
Negro Agitator
Committee of International Typographical Union
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