Jim Howard the quiet leader shaping farm bureau power
A portrait of Jim Howard born in North Carolina and rising through Iowa to become first president of the Iowa Farm Bureau and the American Farm Bureau Federation He combines practical farming with economic study and a knack for public stance He advocates farmer cooperation and bold honesty in confronting critics including big packers and Rockefeller interests.
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Jim Howards
Ofs
Jim Howard
Wall Street
Howard
North Carolina
Iowa
Jim
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Chicago University
Carolinas
Clemson Agricultural College
South Carolina
American Farm Bureau Federation
South
New Providence
Marshall County
Plain Jim Howard
Clemens
State Agricultural College
America
Marshall
Iowa State Farm Bureau
Illinois
New York
James R. Howard
Eut
Nks
Jimmy
James Howard
United States
Rockefeller
Farm Bureau
Don’t Poison Yourself Old Advertisement Warning
Don’t Poison Yourself. When the digestive organs are out of order and a fermenting mass of undigested food clogs the stomach and bowels the result is auto intoxication or self poisoning. Foley Cathartic Tablets give quick relief and do not gripe or sicken. Take one tonight. Sold everywhere.
Iowa Farm Bureau Tops in Delegates and Members
Iowa officials report the Farm Bureau leads with six voting delegates to the national meeting in Atlanta, while membership runs about 125000 after a renewal drive. J R Howard of Clemens, Marshal County, serves as president and earns a 15000 dollar salary plus travel expenses. J W Coverdale of Clinton County is secretary and long associated with Ames Extension.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa
Atlanta
Georgia
J. R. Howard
Clemens
Marshal County
Chicago
Mr. Howard
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Chicago University
Farmer
J. W. Coverdale
National Organization
Clinton County
Ames
State Physical Educational Publicity association Formed
A group of 60 physical directors and supporters organized the State Physical Educational Publicity association to improve rural school pupil health. Officers include W. E. Parrott Waterloo as resident, Clara J. Anderson Kinnell as vice president, Monica R. Wild Cedar Falls as secretary, Winifred Tilden Ames as treasurer, with an executive committee spanning Forest City Des Moines Webster City and Cedar Falls. The aim is to place a rural county physical director and nurse in Iowa and boost rural physical programs.
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State
Physical Educational Publicity Association
W. E. Parrott
Waterloo
Clara J. Anderson
Kinnell
Monica R. Wild
Cedar Falls
Winifred Tilden
Ames
W. F. Parrott
Jessie M. Parker
Forest City
Francis Whitley
Webster City
Charles A. Rawson
Des Moines
W. P. Dawson
Aurelia
R. B. Hyten
Doris White
Iowa
Kidney Health Praise From Lucasville Reader
Ten year kidney trouble relief cited by J. T. Osborn of Lucasville Ohio who credits Foley Kidney Pills with restoring his health. The advertisement urges sufferers with backache rheumatic pains fatigue and swollen joints to try the medicine and notes it is sold everywhere.
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J. T. Osborn
Lucasville
Foley
Adv
The Wandering Winnebagos in Iowa Territory
A Northern Iowa stretch forty miles wide in the territorial era saw the Winnebago people move across lands claimed by settlers. This article outlines early routes, trading posts, and interactions with extending American frontier governance.
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Iowa
Neutral Ground move of Winnebago Indians in 1837
United States authorities arranged the relocation of the Winnebago Indians in 1837 into a designated Neutral Ground strip that separated the Sioux to the north from the Sacs and Foxes to the south. The historical policy aimed to isolate tribes within a shared land area.
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Neutral Ground
United States
Wisconsin
Illinois
Fort Atkinson
Winneshiek County
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Bronchitis Relief
Mrs. M. Sutter of Stratford Connecticut reports Foley's Honey and Tar gave her swift relief from a severe bronchitis attack. The advertisement touts Foley's as a nationwide family remedy for colds coughs and croup with no opiates and notes it is sold everywhere.
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Annna
Alaska
Europe
Tribune Printing Co., Inc
Carnegie Institute of Technology
R. W. V. Bingham
Edison
Dr. Bingham
Frieda Hempel
Miss Hempel
Rexall
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