Iowa hogs bring more than 15.50 in price policy update
United States Food Administrator J F Deems notes 10,000,000 hogs in Iowa. policy confirms minimum price around 15.50 per hundredweight for average packers drives on Chicago market. Advisory committee members Hunt Sykes and others outline methods to translate corn value into hog pricing. Hoover informed.
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J. F. Dees
Iowa
Food Administration
Chicago
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Logan
A. Sykes
Ida Grove
Town
John Byvard
Ames
National Agricultura Advisory Committee
Hoover
Messrs. Hunt
Sykes
Howard
Lloover
Campaign to collect pits and shells for gas masks in Iowa
The United States Food Administrator asks Iowa county administrators and women's committees to organize a drive to save pits and shells for gas masks. Campaign details urge drying, not extracting kernels, and delivering materials to Red Cross shipments by parcel post. Schools and merchants urged to participate and newspapers to publicize the effort.
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Red Cross
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Woman's Committee
Enier
Public Kitchen Promoted To Save Food In New London
The United States Food Administration plans a spring drive to establish communal kitchens in every town. Mrs. Frank Clawson of New Sonslots Indiana has shown how to conserve food by canning and preserving. For the Red Cross chapter in New London she operated a charity kitchen this summer, preserving 3 000 quarts of fruits and vegetables for local residents. The effort, supported by donations and volunteers, has saved money and provided a public service, with operations expanding to nearby communities.
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Mount Pleasant
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Hoover Commends Iowa Food Administrators
Herbert Hoover telegrams J. I. Deems praising Iowa county food administrators for fine service during the wartime food effort. He notes expressions of reliance on county admins and recalls remarks from a recent conference.
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Iowa
Herbert Hoover
J. I. Deems
Avatota
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Turmoil in a Rural Parish Over a Curate
Kathryn promises her father to keep Mr Kinley away after rumors spread of a move to replace the rector. The new curate earns praise for his sermons and leadership, while Mrs Smythe organizes a plan to elevate the curate and push out the rector, driven by congregational politics and financial interests.
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Smythe
American pledge to feed Europe with wheat and flour
The piece recalls America saving bread for Europe during war, detailing shipping totals from July to October and January to July. It notes a 141 million bushel shipment, far above a 20 million bushel surplus, and credits heightened production, conservation, and sacrifice for maintaining Allied bread rations and normal wheat diets.
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Australia
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Democracy and food policy in wartime speech
A wartime Food Administration statement argues that national outputs justify its principles. It asserts democracy relies on individual initiative and service to the nation and claims discipline will yield to solve the food problem for citizens and allies without Prussian influence.
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American food army exports vast wheat surplus in war year
A fragment notes Europe receiving 141 million bushels of wheat from an American surplus declared the outstanding exploit of the food army in the wartime year. The terse account highlights large scale logistics amid global conflict, emphasizing the scale of aid and the role of U S production.
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Greatest Opportunity Women Ever Had in War Effort
The text extols women of the nation for performing the greatest service in winning the war by feeding soldiers and war sufferers. It links peaceful virtues to this profound struggle for peace and freedom and frames womanhood as central to national wartime humanity.
First Call to Food Army in Wartime Rhetoric
A fragment cites Herbert Hoover urging national mobilization for wartime food efforts. The text references August 10, 1917, and calls for increased public cooperation to support American liberty and avoid royal domination. Disjointed wording reflects OCR issues but centers on food relief leadership.
Acetylene Welding Plant Opens Behind Old Geil Garage
An acetylene welding plant has opened in the rear of the old Geil garage. The operator offers welding services in cast iron and steel and related gas engine repair work.
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Expiration notice for land in Palo Alto County Iowa
Notice to Miles J. Ryan that redemption rights for Lot 1, Section 29, Township 95, Range 32, containing about 6 acres, sold for 1914 taxes, will expire 90 days after service completion. Deed to be issued if not redeemed. Dated December 16, 2918 Graettinger Iowa. Also ads for sale items and estray notices follow.
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Miles J. Ryan
Palo Alto County
Iowa
D. BE. Kulp
Tax sale notice and land description in Palo Alto County Iowa
Notice of tax sale of a described two acre parcel in Palo Alto County Iowa part of lot five section 28 township 95 range 82 sold for 1914 taxes with 90 day redemption from service, mentioning D B Kulp as purchaser and a December 16 1918 date, plus unrelated notices and ads for Eureka Egg Producer and land listing by Lewis Lippold.
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Grace Gammon
Emma Shaver
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