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Anita Record in Anita, Iowa

07 Dec 1916

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Anita Record

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Anita, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1916

Page

4

Champion Iowa boy corn grower nets record yield

Wil lam H. Cale a one year old youth from Valley Junction Polk county raised 125.5 bushels of corn per acre in the boys acre corn growing contest at Iowa State College Ames to be named champion. He produced the record in a year unfriendly to corn and reported a profit of 30 cents per bushel at 10 cents price and 79 cents at current price.

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Willam H. Cale Valley Junction Polk County Agricultural Extension Department Iowa State College Ames Iowa Cale F. F. Schutter Pleasant Valles Iowa Potato and Truck Growers’ Association Muscatine Schutter Shutter Raiks Miners’ Union Waterloo New York F. L. Marquis Club Caroline Young Smith Leon New York City Smith Democratic State Organization Des Moines William H. Oliver Third Iowa Infantry Rio Grande Brownville Bruly Ranch Lewis Gonzales Oliver George Marchant McCauley Alvin Smith Marshalltown Directory Company Frank W. Nelson Washington France Alex Miller Nelson Canada W. W. Latta Logan John F. Duncombe Fort Dodge Charles F. Duncombe William 8. Kenyon Ida County Ida Grove Dickenson Company Shotwell Company Herman Zimmerman William Hilker David Zimmerman Jefferson Jenith Lincoln Edward D. Chassel LeMar Clarke James I Wilson Menlo Chassel W. S. Allen Iowa Veterinary Department J. J. Ferguso United States Livestock Sanitary Association Kansas City Missouri Nebraska Kansas Federal Farm Loan Board Federal Land Bank Sioux City Clement Rowe Glenwood Iowa Beef Producers’ Association State College Union Stockyards and Transit Company Chicago Webster County Calhoun Humboldt Pocahontas Frank (. Pellett W. S. Harding Bhe Pellett Harding Grinnell Coe College Cedar Rapids Walter Douglas Minneapolis Mahala Douglas Linn County Douglas Charles Norris Norris
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More Money Sought for Iowa Normal Training and Consolidated Schools

A. M. Deyoe, Iowa superintendent of public instruction, asks the legislature to raise normal training appropriations from 125000 to 150000 and consolidated school aid from 100000 to 125000, citing rising districts and growing districts. The report notes high school tuition usage, teacher training gains, and rural districts expanding facilities while outlining other state cost concerns.

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Des Moines A. M. Deyoe Clarke Deyoe Department of Rural Education State Teachers’ College
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Iowa Registers 197000 Automobiles for 1916 With 1917 Plans

Des Moines reports the Iowa state automobile department has registered 197,083 cars for 1916, with final date Dec 20 for registry. No new plates will be issued in 1917. registrations will require checks and receipts, delinquent after April 1. If growth continues, total cars may reach about 260,000 by year end 1917.

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State Department Des Moines State Automobile Department Iowa
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Coal Haulers Strike Over 10 Percent Wage Increase

About forty wagon mine teamsters at Eagle and American coal companies walk out demanding a ten percent wage raise. Des Moines area supply could be disrupted as workers say cost of living requires a higher pay scale. Iowa Coal Operators' president E C Smith calls the dispute local with no formal demands filed.

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Des Moines Eagle American Coal Companies E. C. Smith Iowa Coal Operators’ Association Coal Teamsters
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College Raises Million Endowment in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids college completes its $1,000,000 endowment drive with over $425,000 raised locally. Trustees and citizens contributed including $50,000 for a Bible chair, another $5,000 toward a second $50,000 Bible fund, and $50,000 for an American history and patriotism chair.

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Cedar Rapids
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Estate tax law reminder by revenue collector

DubuqueLouis Murphy says ignorance of the federal estate tax law does not excuse executors and administrators from making payments. The estate tax, effective since September 1916, applies to estates of 60 000 or 50 000 and must be returned to the collector. officials gaining possession of an estate must file within 30 days after valuation.

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Dubuque Louis Murphy Internal Revenue Murphy
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County Agent movement gains county support

Farmers in Liberty township Marshall County start a drive to hire a county agent to aid farmers. Fifteen sign a three year pledge to fund the agent and expansion to the county is hoped as reports from Hardin Blackhawk Muscatine and Henry counties show county agents benefit farming communities.

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Marshalltown Liberty Township Hardin Blackhawk Muscatine Henry
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Congress Begins Winter Session in 1925

Washington marks the opening of the Sixty fourth congress final session with three months to act. Key aims include rail labor crisis legislation and a broad foreign trade program, while constitutional questions and sweeping public-works measures loom.

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Washington Congress Wilson House Senate
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Iowa News Superintendent of Public Instruction Barney Files W. B. Barney State Dairy and Food Commissioner Barney The Commission Trade Journals Cosson Washington, D. C U. S, Supreme Court State Railroad Commission Special Public Utilities Commission Thirty-seventh General Assembly Public Utilities Charles E. Hughes Woodrow Wilson Hughes State Executive Council Towa Shaw Brown Havner Gusher Supreme Court Deemer Evans Theophilus Scott Steele Dairy and Food Commissioner W. H. Harrison Chicago Health Department Mary G. Turner van Law George A. Turner Quincy A. Willis State Insurance Department Uncle Sam United States Claude R. Porter State House Capitol Extension Iowa Railroad Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Iowa Shippers Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commercce Federal Trade Commission Department of Justice Clark Fitzgerald Appropriations Committee
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