Iowa county fairs dates and fuel control urged
Worth County Farm Bureau backed fuel supply government control in recent resolutions. The piece lists county fair dates across Iowa from Adair Greenfield to Wright Clarion and notes Newtown police seek Jesse Gilbert, who vanished March 20 after stealing from his father’s estate and taking $25,000 to California oil fields.
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Hall
Johnson County
J. M. Cox
Algona
Hampton
George Diomod
Ottumwa
Bur Plang
Incoln
Nevada
Mngton
Hahn Fruit Company
Iowa City
Smith Emporium
Muscatine
University of Iowa
Rock Island
Marshall Town
Iowa
State Board of Agriculture
Adair
Greenfield
Adams—Corning
Allamakee
Waukon
Audubon
Benton
Butler—Allison
Calhoun—Manson
Calhoun
Rockwell City
Carroll—Carroll
Cass—Atlantic
Cass—Massena
Cedar—Tipton
Cerro Gordo
Mason City
Clay —Spencer
Clayton— National
Clayton— Elkader
Clayton
Strawberry Point
Clnton—De Witt
Crawford—Arion
Clarke—Osceola
Dallas
Adel
Davis—Bloomfield
Decatur—Leon
Delaware
Manchester
Des Moines
Burlington
Fayette—West Union
Floyd—Charles City
Fremont
Hamburg
Greene—Jefferson
Grundy
Grundy Center
Guthrie
Guthrie Center
Hamilton
Webster City
Hancock
Britt
Hardin
Eldora
Harrison
Missouri Valley
Henry—Winfield
Humboldt—Humboldt
Williamsburg
Jackson
Maquoketa
Jasper
Newton
Jefferson—Tairfield
Jones —Monticello
Jones—Anamosa
Keokuk
What Cheer
Kossuth
Lee—Donellson
Lee—West Point
Linn
Central City
Marion
Louisa
Columbus Junction
Lucas—Derby
Lyon
Rock Rapids
Mahaska—Oskatoosa
Knoxville
Pella
Marshall
Marshalltown
Mills—Malvern
Mitchell—Osage
Monona— Onowa
Monroe—Albia
West Liberty
O'Brien
Sheldon
O’brien—Sutherland
Clarinda
Page
Shenandoah
Pocahontas
Tonda
Pottawattamie
Avoca
Poweshiek
Malcolm
Sac
Sac City
Scott—Davenport
Shelby—Harlan
Sioux
Orange City
Story—Ames
Tama
Toledo
Taylor—Bedford
van Buren
Milton
Wapello
Warren—Indianola
Wayne—Corydon
Webster
Ft. Dodge
Winnebago
Forest City
Winneshiek
Decorah
Decorah, Aug. 10-13; ‘Woodbury—Sioux City, Sept. 19-26; Worth—Northwood
Wright—Clarion
Worth County Farm Bureau
Newtown
Jesse Gilbert
Gilbert
California
Rail workers get 600 million wage award from new board
The United States railway labor board grants about 600 million dollars to roughly 2,000,000 railroad workers retroactive to May 1. The decision reduces union demands from 1 billion dollars while signaling likely nationwide fare hikes as passengers and freight rates are expected to rise 80 percent in total since 1914.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Washington
Packing Case Settled in Nebraska Controversy
Lincoln, Neb. stipulations between factions in the Skinner Packing Company dispute were agreed upon and the state supreme court case dismissed on attorney general recommendation. Key terms cancel watered stock valued at 176000 dollars, enall all notations and cancel stock held by former manager Robert Howe. Preferred stock must exchange at six for one in voting shares by December 1, 1920, placing 60 percent of stock in holders excluding Skinners and partners. Attorney General Davis calls it a state victory ensuring popular control by stockholders.
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T Lincoln
Skinners
Davis
Wholesale Food Prices Drop as Retail Costs Rise
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 2 percent fall in wholesale food prices in June while retail food prices rise 2 percent for the thirty days ending June 15, up 9 percent since January 1. Clothing also fell, by 8 percent in June, per the American family food budget survey.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Bureau of Statistics
Jack Johnson Arrested on Mann Act Charge in Cal
Jack Johnson, fugitive pugilist, was arrested in San Diego California on a white slave crime charge. Indicted by a Chicago federal grand jury years earlier for Mann Act violation, he allegedly transported a Minneapolis girl he later married to Chicago for immoral purposes. He received a one year sentence but fled the country after release on bonds amid an appeal.
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Jack Johnson
San Diego
Cal
Johnson
Chicago
Minneapolis
Boston and Suburbs Population Tops 1.5 Million
A 1920 census compilation for Greater Boston shows Boston and its suburbs reaching almost exactly 1,500,000 residents. The count reflects the city and surrounding towns within the metro area.
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Boston and Suburbs
Boston
Mass
Greater
Strikes Cost Near Billion Across Nation
About 8.5 million workers faced strikes and lockouts costing 876 million dollars in the year ending June 30, according to the Department of Labor.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Meat production shrinks amid cattle and hog losses
Washington reports a six month drop of 400 million pounds in U S meat production from 1920 levels. Agriculture data show 2.6 million fewer cattle hogs and sheep slaughtered across sixty nine markets. Producers faced losses last year with hog and pork prices down, possibly reducing herds and future output.
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Washington, D. C
Institute of American Meat Packers
Agriculture Department
United States
Chicago
Reds Reject Peace Armistice Offer From Britain
London reports the Soviet government rejects the British armistice with Poland, arguing Britain is biased and objecting to Baltic delegates. The Bolsheviks say the proposed line is unfair to Poland and offer direct talks for a more favorable frontier. The Times calls the reply sarcastic and aimed at driving a wedge between Poland and the allies.
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London
Poland
The
Times
Great Britain
Baltic States
Russia
the Times
Joachim Low In Mind Prince Joachims Suicide Tragedy
Berlin reports the mental state of Prince Joachim the youngest son of former Emperor William prompted his death by self-inflicted gunshot just after midnight on July 16. Servants found him unconscious before his bed and he died after regaining consciousness and speaking with Eitel. Reports note fear of republican expulsion and a divorce suit by his wife a year earlier weighing on him.
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Berlin
Joachim
William
National Zeitung
Eitel
Harding challenges Cox on foreign policy questions
Warren G. Harding called for a bill detailing the Democratic stance on foreign policy. He, the Republican presidential nominee, asked Governor Cox to clearly state his position on article ten the Armenian mandate and other issues tied to American participation in the League of Nations.
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Marion
Warren G. Harding
Cox
League of Nations
Lipton Defeats Resolute In Narrow International Race
Sir Thomas Lipton wins the second race from the American defender Resolute by a neck, two minutes and twenty six seconds corrected time. It proves the most spectacular contest and among the closest ever witnessed in the international series at Shamrock, Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Thomas Lipton
Five Automobile Deaths From Train Collision
Five autoists were killed when an express train struck their car near Lancaster Pennsylvania. The vehicle was hurled from a truck and buried under debris as a suburban station collapsed in the wreckage.
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Lancaster
Here
Census shows Iowa towns gain in 1920 results
The census bureau released 1920 population figures with Council Bluffs Iowa at 86,162, up 6,870 or 28.5 percent, and Ames Iowa at 6,270, up 2,047 or 48.5 percent, reflecting notable growth in both communities in the period.
Kansas Women Voting Rights Clarified by Attorney General
Topeka East Kansas women who are 21 or older may vote regardless of whether they disclose their exact age in registration. The opinion was announced by Richard J. Hopkins, the attorney general.
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Kansas
Topeka
East Kansas
Richard J. Hopkins
Kendall Leads Nomination Sweep at Republican State Convention
Delegates backing Kendall and Hammill helped block rivals in the Iowa Republican convention. Kendall of Albia secured governor votes amid a rolling, bandwagon surge, while Hammill defeated W F Moore for lieutenant governor. Haynes named auditor by acclamation, Gibson chosen attorney general, and Woodruff state railroad commissioner. Coroner probes Leonard de Young’s death after a Newton incident linked to a newspaper report of alleged drunkenness.
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Kendall
Scott
Hammill
W. F. Moore
Guthrie
Wallace Arney
Marshalltown
James Wilson
Appanoose
Maj
Glenn C. Haynes
Mason City
F. J. Alber
Des Moines
E. T. Gose
Jefferson
W. McLeland
Ben Gibson
Corning
W. C. Evans
Parkersburg
Herbert Hadley
Nevada
Frank P. Woodruff
Knoxville
Resolutions Committee
Newton
Leonard de Young
Four youths survive wreck and Adams county pioneer widow passes
An auto carrying four young men toppled over a steep embankment at Troy bridge. One survivor, Donald Lyons, lay unconscious for hours with severe bruising and cuts but no broken bones. Mrs. Mary Bowerbank, a Colony township landholder and Adams county pioneer, died, leaving a legacy built from farming, mortgage payoff, and extensive property holdings.
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Troy Bridge
Donald Lyons
Mary Bowerbank
Adams County
Nevinville
Colony Township
Town Faces Horse Shortage in Wellsburg Report
Wellsburg reports a local shortage of horses as farmers note good crop conditions near Decorah. Old Jackson county settlers plan a Maquo Kota homecoming, while Lt. Paul Hulme McCord of Mount Pleasant is named naval reserves commander in Iowa. The Iowa Supreme Court allows banks to deduct real estate book value from capital stock for assessments. Auto registrations top 408,755 statewide, up 40,000 from last year, with an estimated 20,000 delinquent.
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Wellsburg
Jackson County
Maquo- Kota
Decorah
Paul Hulme McCord
Mount Pleasant
Towa
Iowa Supreme Court
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
U S Population Up About 14 Percent Since 1910
Dr Joseph A Hill chief statistician in the census division estimates the continental United States population at about 105 000 000 from the 1920 census figures, an increase of roughly 18 000 000 or 14 percent over 1910. He notes cities grew faster than rural areas with declines in rural counties and cites data from 1 406 cities and towns.
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Ashington
United States
Joseph A. Hill
Bureau of Census Division of
Hill
Hil
Good Roads Problem National Not State
The War Department report to the highways committee of Congress details five conclusions from the army convoy of seventy three trucks from Washington to the Pacific. It calls for a comprehensive national highway system as vital for commerce defense and regional development, notes Western roads cannot meet traffic, and argues road improvements benefit the nation more than any state.
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War Department
Highways Committee of Congress
Washington
Pacific Coast
Senator King Attacks Executive Power and Use of Funds
In a bold denunciation, Senator King of Utah condemns the executive departments for courting large appropriations and mobilizing citizens to pressure Congress. He warns that officials campaign nationwide to bias spending and expand power, undermining the government’s spirit and form. He urges laws to penalize such campaigning by any official.
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King
Utah
Treasury
Congress
History in a Nutshell Congress address by Foss of Ohio
Congressmen Foss recalls how each administration is marked by a defining legislative event. From Adams alien and sedition laws to Jackson’s fight against the national bank, Lincoln’s Civil War era, and McKinley’s tariff act, the speaker traces a pattern of landmark actions shaping U.S. history.
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Congressman Foss
Ohio
Adams
Jefferson
Purchase
Louisiana
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
National Bank
Polk
Lacaln
Grant
Hays
Garfield
Cleveland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harrison
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Federal Board
Skinner Packing Company
Omaha
Losa
REDS
Joachim Low
Resolute
Shamrock
National Capital Affairs
U. S
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