Iowa Land Prices Rise as Prices In Agriculture Stand Out
County conferences by the Interchurch World Movement will be held April 6 7 and 9 across the state. Herefords sold in Atlantic for 50470 with an average 590 and top 2800. Estherville school election record 870 due to factional splits. Union Baptist church in Estherville awarded 40000. construction to start when weather allows. Lutherans plan a 300000 campaign to fund a new addition to Des Moines hospital.
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Iowa
Interchurch World Movement
Atlantic
Estherville
Union Baptist Church
Iowa Lutherans
Iowa Lutheran
Des Moines
Newton Foundry Company
Iowa Conservation Association
Iowa State College
Henry S. Conard
Grinnell College
Strawberry Point
Manly
Bert
Hull
Algona
Bremer
Butler County
Iowa State Highway Commission
Towa
Ames
J. J. Fleming
Boone
I.a
Whittemore
Allamakee County
S. R. Renshaw
Lown
Johnson County
Murphy
North Liberty
Busy World Notes and Strife Across Nation
A roundup of early 20th century unrest and politics reports shows 500 Chicago teamsters walking out, forms of legislative ratification in Olympia, a Camels lodge caravan in Reno, and warnings about radicals in the American Legion. Also notes a Great Lakes radio school incident, a Tulsa refinery fire, theater owners under probe, boxing legalization in New York, and other national events.
Notable Early 20th Century Global Deaths and Conflicts Montaged
A UK and European round of obituaries and conflict reports notes the deaths of W J Browning in Washington and Mrs. Humphry Ward in London. It also covers John Ross Key in Baltimore and various postwar political upheavals including Berlin, Warsaw, and Ireland.
Supreme Court Recess Follows Liquor Case Hearings
In Washington the Supreme Court will recess after hearings on the liquor case, delaying until Monday April 12. Postal workers keep their $210 federal bonus despite House action ending the allowance. clerks seek a pay raise. Rear Admiral William Benson Caddy admitted gifting Admiral William Sims the admonition Dont let the British pull the wool over your eyes.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Mquor
House
Wiliam S. Benson Caddy
William S. Sims
Teacup Talks Swinging Heads and Slogans in 1920 Debate
In Washington reports recount witty tea chats at the White House where Mrs Wilson reportedly pitched officials for top jobs, including Payne for interior secretary and Benson for shipping board chair. The piece notes the era’s women’s suffrage motto “Votes for women in 1920” amid lull in broader Congress discussion.
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Congress
Wilson
Washington
John Barton Payne
Shipping Board
White House
Judge Payne
Admiral Benson
Super President in Mr Baruch Said to Dominate War Effort
Senator Sherman and Representative Graham cite Bernard M Baruch as wielding near dictatorial power during the war. They allege Baruch controlled the food supply fixed prices directed steel copper and iron production and governed by products and by overseeing war industries policy. The claims come from Baruch's sworn testimony before the committee.
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Barney Baruch
Senator Sherman
Illinois
Senate
William J. Graham
House War Expenditures Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Doe
Ted Ba Eeen
Baruch
War Industries Board
Azid
Wilson
Paris
Mr. Baruch
Ain’t Dead Yit Old Man Holds Grandson After Conflict
Uncle John Shell, said to be in his 182nd year, kept his grandson after a dispute with his son in law George Chappell. The old mountain man warned Chappell to stop using force as he proclaimed I ain't dead yit, a claim met with Chappell’s retreat.
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Johnny Shell
Heck
Hell-Fur-Sartin Creek
Leslie County
John
George Chappell
Chappell
Schroeder To Fly Higher After Record Flight
Maj. R. W. Schroeder of Chicago survived a 26 020 foot ascent that set a new world record before a two minute unconsciousness due to oxygen exhaustion. Instruments show he surpassed Roland Rohnf's mark by 5070 feet in bitter cold with a new “roof of the world” concept. He endured heavy dress and electric heaters enabling the daring ascent and return with scientific data.
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Maj
R. W. Schroeder
Chicago
Dayton
Roland Rohnf
Major Schroeder
Man defies odds after marriage refusal and Eskimo youths play ball
Nine times out of ten a man ages to live happily even after a woman has refused to marry him. Eskimo children play football with a bag stuffed with hair.
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Iowa State News
Olympia
Lodge of Camels
Milwaukee
Reno
Nev
American Legion
Arthur Woods
National Americanism Commission
Indianapolis
Great Lakes
Arthur Hugh Imler
Lake Michigan
Constantin Refining Company
Tulsa
Okla
Moving Picture Theaters
Albany
N. Y
Army, Navy and
Civilian Board of Boxing Control
Eighty-second Field Artillery
el Paso
Tex
New York
James M. Cox
Columbus, O
Belton Mills, Cotton Manufacturers
Belton, S. C
Brooklyn
Henry Riley
San Diego
Cal
Honolulu
Jess Walker
Evansville
Ind
Samuel Wolchok
S E
St. Louis
Vickers
Barrow
England
Cunard Line Steamship
Hanlontown
Laporte City
Galway
Ireland
Wallace
State Department
Ruhr Valley
A. W. Stickney
H. D. T. Reynolds
Sirberia
London
The
Coal Commission
Pullman Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Madrid
Spain
Ford-Newberry
Michigan
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Germany
W. J. Browning
Camden, N. J
Capitol
John Ross Key
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore, Md
Essen
Red Army
Reichswehr
Rote Soldatenlund
Berlin
Oxford University
Says
Hague
Berne
Switzerland
Luettwitz
Admiral Trotha
Admiralty
Sreat Jury
Bobruisk
Warsaw
Ebert-Bauer
Bilsmarck
Friedrichsruhe
Buechen
Werel
Dusseldorf
Spartacane
Trotzky
Gorf&tlea
Tralee
County Kerry
Province of Munster
John Shell
Schroeder
Ay. Saain
Ion
Dodge City
Kansas
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