Farmers bureau to operate sales pavilion at Dubuque
The farmers bureau will establish a sales pavilion and headquarters in Dubuque. Northwestern Iowa farmers hold grain from market awaiting freight rate cuts as local notes update county projects and legal actions proceed across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Bureau
Dubuque
Iowa
Sarah J. Rogers
West Union
W. F. Grant
Cornelius J. Gleason
Henry F. Kath
Gleason
Sioux City
George Moore
Murray
Fort Madison
G. B. Steel Company
Centerville
Bert Bockes
Grundy Center
Bockes
Marcus
Howard Baumgardner
Albert H. Collins
Keokuk
Edgerton
Golden Red
Hamburg
M. Morgan
Clarinda
Charles B. Webster
Campbell & Hides
Anthon
Iowa Fleece Wool Growers Association
Charities City
State Executive Council
E’dora
Board of Control
Executive Council
Internal Revenue Department
Lars Bladine
J. R. Meekins
Marshall County
A. B. Hoover
Sheri” Meekins
Prohibition Violations Peak Across States in 1921 Reports
Washington reports 1921 saw 6,000,000 gallons of liquor seized and 40,000 arrests, with New York, Ohio, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida most violative. Florida led in value seized at 2,250,000 dollars. Ohio and New York also high in arrests and property seizures.
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New York
Ohio
South and
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Washington
John Barleycorn
Prohibition
Internal Revenue
South
Delaware
Kansas
Nevada
Vermont
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Louisiana
Tennessee
California
Frange Fights For Submarine Pact Amid Demands
Paris instructs the French delegation to accept the Root plan in principle but insists on thorough discussion. Paris seeks clarified limits on arming merchant ships and defining merchant vessels, plus concessions to avoid submarine attacks on warships. Italy and Japan back similar positions as the Four-Power Pacific treaty debate continues with Philippines independence under debate.
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Washington
Paris
Admiral de Bon
Hughes
Italy
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Philippines
Hundred Prohibition Violators Held After New Year Countdown
Chicago police arrested 300 New Year celebrants for prohibition violations with 20 hospitalized from moonshine poisoning. Englewood raids led to the arrest of Aleo Konen at 2125 West Sixty third street after he damaged his own saloon during arrest, as arrests continued.
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Chicago
Englewood
Alee Konen
West Sixty-third Street
Big Brokers Fail in Major Bankruptcy Filing
E W Wagner & Co a leading Chicago bank and grain broker filed involuntary petitions in bankruptcy before judges Landis and Hand. Liabilities are estimated at 7.5 million dollars with assets at 85. The event marks a historic shock to the securities market and prompts widespread concern among investors.
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Chicago
E. W. Wagner & Co
Bankers and Brokers
Landis
Hand
New York City
Morgan Attache Dies At New Year Party
George W. Taylor thirty seven attached to J P Morgan Co killed himself at a New Year party held at the home of his sister in law Mrs Clinton Smith by shooting himself.
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Morgan
New York
George W. Taylor
J. P. Morgan & Co
Clinton Smith
Major Chicago Bank Merger Creates $60 Million Absorption
Fort Dearborn National Bank and Fort Dearborn Trust and Savings Bank were taken over by Continental and Commercial banks in a $60 million absorption. Checks on Fort Dearborn accounts will be honored at Continental and Commercial counters. The move followed an all day Chicago Clearing House session and aims to stabilize the city’s financing center.
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Chicago
Fort Dearborn National Bank
Fort Dearborn Trust and Savings Bank
Continental
Fort Dearborn
New York
Chicago Clearing House Association
Clearing House
Chilean Press Urges Annexation of Tacna and Arica
Chilean newspapers and politicians advocate annexing Tacna and Arica in response to Peruvian stance. They argue the current attitude justifies decisive action to end the dispute.
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Chile
Santiago
Tacna
Arica
Resale Price Maintains Ruling Bans Free Trade Interference
Washington January 5 The U S Supreme Court ruled that resale price maintenance used by manufacturers of widely advertised products constitutes an unlawful interference with free commerce.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Major G W MacRae Dies In Memphis at 83
Maj G W MacRae eighty three banker and philanthropist death reported at his Memphis home. For over fifty years he was identified with commercial and financial enterprises across the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. MacRae
Memphis
Tenn
Maj
South
Untapped public lands hold vast mineral wealth says secretary
Secretary Fall reports that in the public domain more than 400 million acres contain coal oil shale and other resources. He estimates potential federal royalties totaling about 12.89 billion dollars from coal oil shale phosphate potash water power and related lands and reservations across the nation including Alaska and Indian lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Fall of
Interior Department
Fall
Alaska
Helium Dirigible C-7 Lands Over Capitol in Historic Flight
The C-7, the first helium filled airship, completed a Norfolk to Washington run in under four hours and returns to circle the capital. Spectators watched as the crew showcased helium safety and the era defining achievement with emergency smoking allowed near the ship.
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HUS
Lanham
Washington
United States Navy
Norfolk
Anacostia
Sife
Congress Dazzles Foreign Writers Onlookers See Congress In Action
European and foreign correspondents visit Congress for the president's message and find the event mystifying rather than revealing. A Kansas paper’s scribe in the press gallery cracks the line about letting the chips fall. The diplomatic gallery overflows and the press galleries are crowded, yielding a rare standing room impression.
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Kansas
Congress
Washington
Cabinet Members Admit in Congress Plan Revival
A national Economic League referendum backs reviving a rule allowing cabinet members floor privileges without a vote to speed the budget process. The plan aims to force executive accountability by requiring cabinet heads to appear before the House and Senate budget discussions.
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Congress
National Council of the
National Economic League
League
Harding
Charles G. Dawes
House
Senate
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Hawkeye
State News
U. S
Frange
BIG Chicago Bank
Uncle Sam
Baker’s
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Massachusetts
Act
Florida Farms and Industries Co. Dept
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Garfield
Hunt
Feil
A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texas
Watson E. Coleman
Pentagon D.C
Reasonaire
Best Services
New
Pat
W. E. Deppert
N. Clark Street
Badger Fish Co
Dept. N
Green Bay
Wis
J. Pitkin & CO
Vinita, Okla
Des Moines
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