Farmers Seek Government Help to Run Towns
The Shenandoah Sentinel voices farmer frustration with oversimplified guidance for agriculture and reports a Page County petition in Amity township demanding a government business agent to oversee Clarinda and similar towns. The piece notes farmers’ patriotism and hints at broader social shifts as rural areas consider organized agricultural representation. It also notes Fremont County appointing a farm agent, and reflects on seasonal changes and community turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyet
Page County
Shenandoah Sentinel
Amity Township
Clarinda
the Sentinel
MacBeth
Birnam
Fremont CO
Orverly
Agericultural College
Ames
Farm ‘Bureau
Fremont County
Fremont. Bureau
Albia Pacifist Teacher Expelled Over War Stand
Leon Battig of Albia High School refused to aid in a Savings Stamp drive citing pacifist beliefs. In a court house step protest he was tarred and feathered with a German eagle insult, forced to kiss the flag, and dismissed amid a loyalist crowd. The next morning a drayman dismissed him with a Kaiser remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALBA
Leon Battig
Albia
Court House
Willie
Draymean
Miller Seeks U S Recreation Camps for Front-Line Troops
Special Correspondence reports Rep. Clarence B. Miller of Minnesota proposed H.R.10823 to create American recreation camps for officers and enlisted men overseas. The plan would spend 15 million dollars on camps, hotels, equipment, and staff, with civilian volunteers and Red Cross participation, intended to boost morale for troops at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mediterranean
Riverla
Miller
United States
Atlantic City
Washington
House of Representatives
Secretary of War
Medical’ Corp
Congress
Seed Corn Situation in Mills County
Mills county will have enough seed corn to plant its spring acreage according to County Agent Fred Farquhar. Farmers report over 10,000 bushels of 1916 corn, while buyers need about 1,800 bushels. Seed should be tested carefully before planting 1917 corn, and farmers are urged to share surplus seed with the county agent in Malvern for wartime crop needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Fred Farquhar
Saving for Yourself and Country War Savings Card
Fragmentary OCR reads like a World War II era thrift and savings campaign poster urging individual saving for the nation. It references war savings and personal responsibility in patriotic terms, though the legible text is incomplete and scattered.
Random List of Food Staples and Provisions
A garbled passage lists corn cats potatoes praley rye and urges eating poultry fish ages game and cana. It mentions consuming honey syrup jam molasses and vegetables with margarine spin oil sotton oil peanut butter and lice. It also references wheat meat aug ar and butter for our boys and the allies.
Notice in Probate Mills County District Court
Notice to all concerned that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Alice M. Cummings, late of Mills County Iowa, was presented and filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court on March 15, 1918 and April 30, 1918, for probate.
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Mills
Alice M. Cummings
Mills County
Towa
District ‘Court
Said County
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Glenwood
THE
Opinion Publishing Company
Bill
Clarence B. Miller
Minnesota
National ‘Camera' Association
H. M. Loomis
Italy
Portugal
Idaho
C. W. Edwards
Edwards
Glenwood State Bank
W. E. Benson
Glenwood, Iowa
Avery de
Des Moles
Low
County
Iowa
H. H. Cheyney
J. Wi Mickelwait
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