Plan to eliminate middlemen launches nationwide cooperative network
The National Wheat Growers association outlines a producer driven plan from local co operatives to cross state terminal associations and a final nationwide marketing group. The approach aims to deliver grain directly to consumers, with cooperative milling and consumer co operatives to buy essentials. Also noted are mandates over Palestine and Armenia, labor shortages in Jefferson County, and Secretary Meredith urging students and businesspeople to assist harvests amid 72 percent labor coverage and rising wages.
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National Wheat Growers Association
Kansas City
Farmers of America
Cooperative Consumers’ Associations
Jefferson County
Meredith
Johnson strengthens GOP prospects in New Jersey primary
Results show Hiram Johnson gaining ground on Wood in New Jersey with Johnson close in vote share and nearly half the delegates. Johnson’s strong showing in Illinois and elsewhere suggests he could be a major presidential contender and foreshadows a fierce convention fight.
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New Jersey
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Wood
Illinois
Tribune Book Runs Eight Pages As Paper Shortages Rise
The Tribune printed eight pages last week and again this week due to scarcity of print paper. It remains the county’s only newspaper issuing more than eight pages, signaling continuing production limits and the adage It Pays to Tie to the Tribune.
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the Tribune
Tribune
Clear Court Docket Of Criminal Cases
The grand jury heard witnesses and a large crowd celebrated the prosecutions of alleged gamblers, but the verdicts found two defendants not guilty. Manuel Greenup, the state's key witness, failed to aid the prosecution with useful testimony. Additional gambling cases head to the next term if they reach trial. Harry Barker was acquitted of conspiracy to rob. The case of W D Garmo & Son v Elizabeth S Stephenson, over land sale commissions, stretched through the week with the jury still out Thursday noon.
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Manuel Greenup
Anuel
Manuel
Nuel
Harry Barker
W. D .Garmo
Sudden Death Marks End Of Simon H. Blough Life
Simon H. Blough, 66, died suddenly at his East Washington street home from a heart neuralgia attack Sunday. A farmer by life, he planned a Washington Street home with wife Anna Bruey, moved to Fairfield last year, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery after services led by Rev. R. H. Polly.
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Simon Henry Blough
East Washington Street
Mr. Blough
Washington Street
Yank” Mikesell
Indiana
Brough
Jefferson County
Iowa
Here
Fairfield
Anna Bruey
R .H. Polly
The
Christian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Salvation Army expands 1920 Home Service Program nationwide
The Salvation Army plans to broaden its social work by offering the Home Service Program to every county, enabling access to Rescue and Maternity homes, girls' boarding homes, industrial homes for men, workingmen's hotels, and free employment agencies. County advisory boards are forming, with nearly every county expected to cooperate soon. No new corps unless requested. The remaining fifteen activities will be available to communities upon request.
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Salvation Army
Iowa Farmers and Tractors Ratio Highlight State Volume
Iowa reports about 12,000 tractors for the farming population, equating to roughly one tractor for every sixteen farmers. The figure underscores widespread machinery adoption across the state's agricultural sector.
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Iowa
Christian Jewish Speakers to Occupy Fairfield Pulpits
Fairfield churches host Rev. Jacob Peltz and Miss Elsie Wade Stone of Libezo in a Christian Mission to Israel campaign. They aim to awaken Christians to evangelize Jews and recount Jewish roots of Christianity while stressing urgency since World War I.
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Fairfield
Jacob Peltz
Elsie Wade Stone
Libezo
Christian Mission To
Israel
Middle West
Peltz
Presbyterian Church
New Chicago
Baptist Church
Miss Stone
Christian Church
M .E. Church
Peter
Pearl Monson Weds Linn Case In Pretty Apr 22 Ceremony
Miss Pearl Josephine Monson and Linn V. Case were married Thursday evening April 22 in a ring ceremony officiated by Rev. F. E. Weston. Witnesses included Olive Monson and Mahlon McCormick with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Whitacher. The couple will live at Mrs. Baugh's residence and begin married life in Mt. Pleasant.
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Whitacher
Messaline
Georgette
S. S. Case
Jane Baugh
Corn borer threat to Iowa crops warned by state expert
Dr. E. D. Ball, Iowa State College entomologist, says the European corn borer endangers Iowa sweet corn and could devastate canning yields. He urges swift eradication, noting its danger comparable to the foot and mouth disease and criticizing the U S department of agriculture for inaction. The pest has reached New England and could reach the Midwest, with Massachusetts and New York already spending heavily to contain it.
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Iowa
E. D. Ball
Iowa State College
East
Europe
United States Department of Agriculture
Ball
Corn
Department of Agriculture
New England
Massachusetts
New York
Bolsheviks Urge Forceful Revolution Provokes Detention
A sharp critique notes Bolsheviks advocating violence face outcry when aided to reach the police station for questioning. Public tension rises as authorities address revolutionary rhetoric and arrests.
Rakow Withdraws Auditor Bid to Back Soldier Hutton
A. W. Rakow withdraws as a Democratic candidate for county auditor to clear the field for ex soldier Bruce Hutton. Rakow will seek the treasurer post and urges supporters to transfer their backing to Hutton, praising his competence and soldier status.
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Hutton
A. W. Rakow
Bruce Hutton
Batavia
Rakow
American Legion
Mr. Rakow
Citizens Endorse School Proposal in Fairfield
The City Planning Commission known as the Committee of Fifteen approves the school board plan to purchase the McElhinney homestead for temporary quarters and to buy the adjoining lot on North Court Street. Voters will decide next Tuesday on a ten mill tax to finance the purchase and remodeling for two to three years.
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City Planning Commission
McElhinney Property Ward
McElhinney Homstead
Fred D. Mason
R. B. Louden, Jr
W. H. Bangs
McElhinney
Fairfield
North Court Street
Record Breaking Prices Paid for Draft Horses in Chicago
The highest prices ever paid for draft horses bought in the open market in Chicago have just been placed on record. Richards and Slipp of Fort Fairfield Maine spent two weeks at the Union Stock Yards Chicago purchasing a consignment for shipment to Maine. Their selections averaged over 1800 pounds and cost more than 450 dollars each f o b Chicago. One pair sold for considerably over 1000 dollars. The rise in price for draft horses and mules indicates growing agricultural and transportation needs and authorities predict a gradual rise in prices for the next three years.
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Chicago
Messrs. Richards
Slipp
Fort Fairfield
Maine
Union Stock Yards
East St. Louis
Mellhinney property to solve city school needs
The district plans to use the Mellhinney building to cover school needs for now, awaiting favorable material costs. A ten mill tax is asked as a reserve toward future ward school construction. Election polls open 9 am to 7 pm next Tuesday. voters must be 21 and reside in state six months and county ninety days.
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Mellhinney
Postal department aid to farmers cuts costs on farm goods
The Postal Department asks Fairfield rural route patrons to complete questionnaires on marketing farm products and improving parcel post service. It urges greater use of parcel post for shipments up to 150 miles, with rates starting at 5 cents per pound and further charges, promising carriers provide delivery and information services.
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Fairfield
Postal Department
Post Office
Skunk Farm Opens in Leando Sparks Neighbor Concern
Keosauqua Republican reports a new skunk farm at Leando run by Bert Kerr and Geo. Farmer. About a dozen animals are on hand with more expected, fencing is prepared with concrete footings, drawing strong opposition from nearby residents.
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Leando
Bert Kerr
Geo. Farmer
Freight car shortage cripples Iowa farm commerce, expert warns
A freight car shortage threatens Iowa farm shipping with an estimated 100 million dollars of products blocked from markets within sixty days. Business leaders urge immediate action by banks and firms to organize railcar procurement, arguing swift relief would restart Iowa’s economy and liquidate farm debts.
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Iowa
Kor
Joseph H. Allen
Iona
High Priced Print Paper Threatens U.S. Newspapers
The article warns that 22 424 papers exist in the United States and Canada, down 2 099 from six years ago. If trends continue, North America could be nearly newspaperless in fifty years as mortality doubles in the next few years. Scarcity and cost of newsprint is the main cause.
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United States
Ada
North America
Death of Samuel Salts a Jefferson County farmer
Samuel Salts 76 died at Mt Pleasant hospital April 24 after a stroke of paralysis suffered years earlier. A noted Jefferson County citizen from Brookville, he was born in Indiana, served in the Civil War, moved here in 1868, and married Rhoda Fisher in 1871. Survived by two sons John and Samuel Guy. Funeral at Brookville church conducted by Dr. Tenant, interment in Brookville cemetery with Masonic service.
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Culler
Samuel V
Michael Culler
Indiana
Joe Culler
Mt. Pleasant
Henderson Culler
Oklahoma
Free Methodist Church
Mendenhall
Salts
Samuel
Mr. Salts
Jefferson County
Brookville
Rhoda Fisher
John
Samuel Guy
Tenant
First Methodist Church
Masons
Lodges Celebrate 101st Anniversary Banquet
The southside I O O F and Re bekahs marked their 101st anniversary with a Monday evening program and banquet. More than two hundred guests attended the event, with the nappee served by the men and the program staged by the ladies.
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Southside
Rebekahs
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Supreme Council of the Allies
Armenia
Holy Land
Notice
Simon H. Blough
City Planning Commission of Fifteen
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Kansas
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Towa
Board of Trade
Edythe
Frank
E. O. Bersell
Ottumwa
F. J. Alstott
Rock Island
Ill
C. W. Mountain
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