Largest Iowa state fair livestock display eyed at fair
Jowa farm news reports Secretary A. R. Corey estimates more than 10 000 head of livestock expected at the state fair the largest array ever shown. About 3 000 poultry birds expected. Mitchell county cow testing shows 103 pounds butterfat per cow in four months. Iowa corn growers face bill bug losses in four counties with recommendations for soybeans as catch crop. Washington county reports heavy potato leafhopper infestation and first time representation in boys stock jumping at the fair. Pigs in market and litter clubs thriving.
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A. R. Corey
Mitchell County Cow Testing Association
Iowa
Carl J. Drake
Ames
Drake
Washington County
Poor Richard Paraphrase On Wealth And Frugality
A fragmented quotation attributed to Benjamin Franklin discusses wealth, urging industriousness and frugality. It emphasizes not wasting time or money and suggests honesty and saving as means to riches, though the text contains garbled phrases and misspellings.
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Richard
Gary
Wil
Benjamin Rantlin
Funerals Today For Victims Of Horrible Mishap
Funeral notices detail services for Richard L Worley and Myron Parmley victims of a Tuesday city plant accident. Comrades of the navy and American Legion attend with military honors for Worley, while Parmley receives a church service without military rites. Interment follows for both, with Mary Ann Swelley also buried that day, the services at Church of Christ.
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Dick Worley
Myron Parmley
Ate Home
Richard L
Dick) Worley
Smilar
Presbyterian Church
William Mack
American Legion
P. N. McDermott
Navy
Lester Beech
Carl Granville
Ross Beekman
Harold Miller
Joe Jones
Howard V. Nder
Ywere al Phelps
Ralph McFarland
Oscar Grinstead
Thos. Moynaugh
Parmley
Birch Street
Tues
Mary Ann Swelley
Church of Christ
Hovard
Giorge Burns
Lester Swolley
Leo Pross
Paul Pross
Herbert Frogs
William Pross
Atlantic Cemetery
Wind Storm Sweeps Over Northern Missouri
A severe windstorm last night swept across southwestern Missouri causing multiple fatalities injuries and thousands of dollars in property damage. Fruit trees telegraph wires and small buildings were blown down as the storm moved through Joplin and surrounding areas. A metal chain over a foot long was found washed ashore in a nearby inlet.
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United Press
Joplin
Missouri
Party and Automobiles for the Retired
A fragment notes a gathering labeled as the party and automobiles for the retired group. Details are sparse, but the item points to a social event involving former colleagues and a transportation theme.
127 Coal Industry Cases Dropped in 1921 Conspiracy Probe
In Indianapolis on June 28, federal judge A B Anderson dropped 127 criminal conspiracy cases against coal operators, miners, union officials, and 99 corporations tied to the 1921 nationwide coal strike. Attorney General Harry M Daugherty moved for dismissal, saying convictions were unlikely. the indictments charged a giant conspiracy to fix coal prices and restrain trade under the antitrust act.
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United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
A. B. Anderson
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Klan Takes Hint Oklahoma Trouble
Oklahoma City June 28 unnamed officers of the Ku Klux Klan are quoted as saying Governor Walton’s drive to quell mob violence targets the Klan, though the governor has not named the group. The future of military action depends on whether violence ceases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American” Press
Oklahoma City
Walton
Oklahoma
Jealous Lover Shoots Sweetheart Then Kills Self
In Davenport Virginia on June 28 Louis Stender aged 94 shot his sweetheart Minnie Peterzon after jealousy fueled by moonshine, then killed himself. Police reported the tragedy as a domestic murder suicide in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press
Davenport
Louis Stender
Minnie Peterzon
Iowa Rail Body Wins Victory In Recent Decision
The Interstate Commerce Commission restored lower freight rates on coarse grains including corn, a gain estimated at 20 million dollars a year for Midwest farmers. Iowa and other state commissions led a push dating to wartime rate differentials, preserving a differential in the Western corn belt while ending it in Mountain Pacific states. Dwight Lewis of the Iowa Railroad Commission praised the ruling as a major win for farmers, with officials noting the decision applies broadly to midwest grain shipments.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Railroad Commission
William G. McAdoo
Iowa
Kansas
Middle West
Commierce
Its
Town Commission
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
Aitchison
Hall
Western
Campbell
Mountain Pacific
Middle-West
Dwight ‘Lewis
Iowa, Railroad Commission
John B. Benjoin
National Association of Railroad-and -Public Utility
Goris ' Missioners
J. H. Henderson
Commerce
Towa
a _ Henderson
Ogether
Rairoad Canona
Interstate Commerce Commission rules wheat rates in corn belt
The Interstate Commerce Commission upheld the main ruling, keeping coarse grain rates at 90 percent of wheat for the corn belt states. Western carriers sought a universal rate, but the petition was denied and the Mountain Pacific order aimed to apply the same rates to all grain. Des Moines testimony preceded Washington hearings.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
West Territory
Des Moines
Interstate, Commerce ‘ Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce ,Commission
Wesc Aos
Clyde M. Heed
Karas
C. B. Hutchings
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Jurge
J.H. Henderson
Towa
Childish Philosophy Captures Pride and Vanity Insight
A Utpe girl of six depicted the distinction between pride and vanity. She defined pride as not thinking much of others and vanity as asking what others think of me. The quip appears in the Boston Transcript.
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Syou
Boston Transcript
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