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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1920

Page

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Oskaloosa Hosts Enthusiastic State Secretary Meeting

Fairfield Retail Merchants Club president C. E. Anderson and Community Club secretary David B. Cassatt attended the state convention of secretaries of commercial organizations and community clubs in Oskaloosa. The session opened with a large smoker, features included housing plans, foreign trade talks, town planning, sanitation, publicity methods, and trade extension with Fairfield delegates returning energized to implement ideas.

C. E. Anderson Fairfield Retail Merchants’ Club David B. Cassatt Community Club Hildreth C. H. Seifert The Tribune Oskaloosa Oskaloosa Commercial Club Harding Henry Wallace Wallace Farmer Ralph Faxon Des Moines Chamber of Commerce T. E. LeQuatte I. N. Taylor Mahaska County Farm Bureau Hillside Navy Newton Des Moines Frank Weatheroe Major Roberts Fairfield

Farm Bureau Concludes County Tractor School Demonstrations

The county hosted the first tractor school in two days with about 50 farmers attending. Ames extension service and J S Glass provided expert instruction while local dealers showcased Samson Hart Parr Fordson Moline and Case tractors. Demand for tractors mirrors autos with many already sold and orders advised early. Miss Prylnia Waugh travels to Oakland for extended stay. Safe Coop remains critically ill and unconscious, with his children at his bedside.

Ames Extension Service T. M. Deal Ames Agricultural College J. S. Glass Hannah Auto Co Samson Fairfield Motor Co Allen-St Safe Coop

The High Cost of High Prices in War Era America

The piece argues clothing costs are not rising relative to producer prices since World War I. It compares suit prices to farm commodities like corn hogs wheat flax seed cotton butter eggs wool wool and potatoes across 1914 and 1919, showing income from commodities could buy similar or better clothing in 1919. It notes regional differences in crop prices and includes worker wages for corn huskers.

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