Nation braces for wartime needs and farming drive
A wartime speech emphasizes three key fronts for victory: men power and materials, with a push to maximize food production. Senator Voorhees notes record wheat acreage in Texas North Dakota Kansas and rising yields while flax potatoes and beans may lag. The ad calls for mobilizing labor while harvesting peak summer work and maintaining export potential as the food administration caps per capita flour use. Additionally farm ads offer Brahma eggs for setting and market buyers seek hens cream and eggs with local notices by G O Smither and J P Rupperle.
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United States
John C. Voorhees
Food Administration
Insurance statements show Newark Fire Insurance Co assets
Des Moines Iowa March 1 1918 official certificate lists Newark Fire Insurance Co Newark New Jersey as compliant with Iowa law. It provides paid up capital 500000.00 assets 3974324.70 liabilities 2370324.70 and other figures for 1917. The State Commissioner of Insurance certifies authorization to transact fire insurance in Iowa.
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Watertown
New York
Insurance Department of
Iowa
Des Moines
J. F. Taake
Insurance Department of Iowa
Newark Fire Insurance Company
Newark
New Jersey
Code of Iowa
I. J. F. Taake
Insurance
Local Classic Voices Call for Special Piece
A fragment notes desire for a special piece linking to Columbia, mentioning Clyde H. Bowen. The terse line signals a request or cataloging note within a community notice or advertisement fragment.
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Columbia
Clyde H. Bowen
Gasoline and kerosene payments moved to delivery time
Notices warn all fuel deliveries must be paid in full at delivery as credit is discontinued. In a separate item Ernest Burke sent an $8 payment for Tribun I subscriptions. Local notices list residents and daily activities including cattle shipments, farming work, and church attendance.
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Walter
Sam
Camp Dodge
Camp Travis
Anita
St Fred Dennis
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