Iowa state news items show varied farm, civic notes
Maquoketa dealer J Grant & Sons sold a Poland China hog to Forrest for 3580 dollars. Farmers report corn huskers at 7 to 8 cents per bushel and harvesting just starting. Ft. Dodge high school students, and Mrs Abbie Gardner Sharpe of Arnold’s Park ill in Spencer hospital, survivor of Spirit Lake massacre. Orange City vice consul appointment. Des Moines nurses to receive service flag with 556 blue and nine gold stars. Webster City plant saves coal. wartime rights enforceable. only top streetcar lights lit. Red Cross contributions reach 96 million dollars for France and 75 million for 20 other countries. Dagley Grove debates Sunday movies, baseball, and closing laws. Union Bond and Mortgage Co launches in Davenport led by William Heler. Audubon fair oats outperform locals. beardless wheat, sudan grass, soybeans gain attention. Union County touts tall silos. Lowa Parish Bureau launches big campaign. Lyons near Plano found shot. house ablaze. mystery persists. Appanoose farmers offered free limestone via Cedar Valley Trap Rock. extra freight charged. Marshall County farmers pilot cooperative building scheme. eight to ten farmers build poultry house first. Johnson County buys eighty-nine acres near Iowa City poor farm at 250 per acre. Open freight car embargo halts street paving and other construction in several Iowa cities, Des Moines least affected.
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J. Grant & Sons
Maquoketa
G ‘Forrest
Dags
Ft. Dodge
Abbie Gardner Sharpe
Arnolds Park
Lake Okoboji
Webster City
American Red Cross
France
Dagley Grove
Union Bond and Mortgage Company
Davenport
William Heler
Union Savings Bank of
Audubon County
Acra
Union County
Carl Brothers
Wood and Tile
Ivanhoe
Whitted
State Agricultural Department
Lowa Parth Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Pubiicity Department
Iowa
John Lyons
Plano
Lyons
Appanoose County
Cedar Valley Trap Rock Company
Stone City
Sorghum silage for dairy cows gains praise and caution
United States Department of Agriculture reports sorghum silage promises high winter yields for dairy cows and other stock in the Great Plains, though early cutting caused sour silage. Five-year trials show sweet sorghum yields surpass kafir and corn in some regions, with acidity comparisons and notes on best ripeness. Velvet bean and sorghum mixtures offer balanced, high-yielding forage, but hand harvesting may be needed due to dense matting.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Hays
Kan
Kansas
Value of Hardwood Ashes as Fertilizer
Ashes from hardwoods are richer in phosphorus and potash than soft woods. Twigs yield higher value for agriculture than older tree wood. Smaller and younger wood produces better ashes. Coal ashes lack enough potash for agricultural use.
Shortage of Sugar Beet Seed in 1921
A 1921 sugar beet seed shortage is warned due to limited European production and rising beet-sugar demand. American companies should prioritize domestic seed, with high quality seed already in hand. droughts affected 1919-20 yields but are not seen as lasting, and growers are urged to store seed up to two years and begin fall root selection for spring planting.
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Triner
Weston
Neb
Pacula
Angelica
Mich
Miller
Joseph Triner
Ashland Ave
Chicago
United States
Beat Sugar Companies
Europe
Office of Sugar Plant Investigations
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC
Farm Produce Grading Boosts Market Value and Uses
Grading farm produce for market increases sale possibilities and value. Culls can be kept on the farm, saving costs and yielding useful purposes.
Indian Seed Curing Method Taught By An Old Plan
The old Indian method for curing seed corn involved laying ears on an open willow-branch platform so air could circulate. It was left to dry thoroughly before being safely stored for winter use.
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Indiana
World News Briefs From Around the Globe
A compiled dispatch reports a Tokyo foreign office bomb without fatalities. Striking workers in Burlington North Dakota return to work after a one day stoppage. Denmark officially recognizes Austria as independent. Peoria limits coal use via mayoral orders. Two sleeping sickness deaths in Portland and a manhunt for a jewelry store robbery in Chicago, with $8,000 stolen. Union mines in New River West Virginia resume operations. Versailles peace terms to take effect. League of Nations council to meet in Paris, date undecided. No coal price changes. Raisin crop value in Fresno district pegged at 25 million. Lundy Astor gains Lloyd George backing for a Commons seat. Women’s suffrage ratified in Maine. British officers to embark on a multinational caravan near Mexico City. Berlin reports plans for a communist uprising. Russians claim Ishim capture and 1,200 prisoners. A Stowx City man injured in a robbery attempt. Violent incidents at Youngstown Sheet and Tube plant involving female workers. First breaks in northern West Virginia coal fields. 15 mines operating. The Simplon Express collision near Paris results in many deaths and injuries. Wilson signs a wartime deficiency bill funding enforcement and rail support.
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Foreign Office
Tokyo
Yulred
Lightte Nihiet
Burlington
N. D
Copen- Ingen
Austria
Peoria
J. N. Woodruff
Portland
Ore
Struttes Digense Ia
Anton Highman
Chicago
Union
New Hiver
West Virginia
Coas Telda
Washington
Paris
Council of the
League of Nations
Supreme Council
Doctor Garfeld
Hresno
Cal
California Associated Raisin Company
Organization of Growers
Lundy Astor
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Plymouth
England
Augusta
Senate
A. O. Critchley le
Ust Buzuluke
Peter Berg
Stowx City
Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Company
Huntington
Atondatlil
Pont-ain-Yonne
Sexs
Geneva
Wilson
Market Prices Reported for Grains, Hay, and Live Stock
The markets show flour per bin ranges and grain prices for corn, rye, and wheat including hard and spring varieties. Hay prices list Timothy and clover mixes with No. 1 and 2 categories. Cattle, hogs, and sheep prices cover prime steers, heifers, cows, veal calves, hogs, and lambs with weight ranges and market notes.
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Ichwack Basin
Woman credits Pinkham remedy for nervous strength
Winona Minnesota resident Mrs. Sultze describes long standing nervousness and insomnia eased by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the tonic as a forty year standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration periodic pains backache dizziness and nervous prostration.
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Winona
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Atsaer Sutrzi
Olmstead St
Bounded Divorce Motive Drives Lawyer Questioning
A lawyer asks the grounds for divorce as the client reveals she married for money and his finances are now gone. The exchange highlights financial motive in the petition and the strain of lost wealth on marriage.
Lady of Distinction Soap Ad Promotes Clear Skin
The copy extols a woman’s refined charm through fragrance and skincare. It links beauty to Cutleura Soap and Bath Powder routines for pore cleansing and a healthy complexion, while deriding careless men as lazy. The ad voice uses period slang.
Favorite Prescription Endorsed By Satisfied Mothers
Mrs. S A Smith of Quincy Alabama and Mrs Julia Curtis of Fifth Street report that Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription helped them regain health and energy. Both say the tonic restored strength during frail periods and left them feeling much better after using about two bottles.
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Pierce
Mra
S. A. Smith
Sixth Ave
Quincy, AL
Julia Curtis
Dr Pierce Cough Syrup and Favorite Prescription Endorsed
Letters praise Dr Pierce remedies as safe tonics and cough syrups for women and children. Mrs Zerneck of Joliet recommends Favorite Prescription for weakness, while Mrs Regina Russell of Ottawa Street cites the syrup’s lack of opiates and swift relief for children’s coughs.
Petersons Ointment Heals Sores and Piles Quickly
A reader from Dice Pennsylvania thanks Petersons Ointment for curing a yearlong running sore on the leg after three weeks of use. The letter claims rapid healing of old sores, pimples, and chafing with home阅读 orders and states the product is mailed by Peterson Ointment Co Inc of Buffalo New York.
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Peterson
A. C. Ghbrath
Reine
Shson
Arema
Mall Ordera Miled
Peteraon Ointment Co, Inc
Buffalo
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Kuhn Remedy Company
Milwau Avenue
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Iowa State News
Marshall County
Agricultural Extension Department
Board of County Supervisors
Johnson County
Iowa City
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