Provision for Job Seekers in Idle Seasons
The Iowa employment bureau notes little work in summer and fall due to demand, but after large contracts finish there are many job applications. It urges state and national credit be used to provide employment for capable workers during winter when living costs rise. It calls for practical plans through cooperation among legislators financiers and employers to sustain continual industrial activity.
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Iowa Employment Bureau
Excellent Railway Earnings From 1916 Iowa report profits per mile
The 1916 report shows Iowa railways earned about 2250 per mile last year, a seven percent dividend on roughly 32000 per mile capitalization. Roads are in poor shape and costs did not exceed half that amount, per Practical engineers. The piece notes rail companies resist physical valuation efforts.
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Iowa
Germany Asks For Peace And Iowa Declamatory Contest
The paper notes Germany asking the United States and neutrals to negotiate peace with the Allies. It also reports Emmetsburg High School’s annual declamatory contest set for December 20 at the Iowa Theatre with students performing patriotic and dramatic selections. Public sale dates, a marriage in the area, and a priest transfer are also listed.
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Spain
Switzerland
Democrat
Emmetsburg High School
Iowa Theatre
Richard Cooklin
Dorothy Myers
Assumption Whitery
P. F. Farrelly
John Myers
Nevada Township
Emmetsburg
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