True Business Conditions From Viewpoint of Local Farmers and Merchants
Local farmers and merchants discuss changing costs and selling prices from last year to January. Farmers cite higher living costs and reduced crop values, while merchants are urged to engage with rural customers and understand farm finances. The piece links overproduction, wartime industrial growth, and tightened credit to a price slump and changes in farm income.
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Gost
Mr. Merchant
Jim
Europe
Cosson
America
Hell
August government expenditures show a downward trend
Government outlays for August were 291 million dollars, down from about 347 million the year prior. For the first two months of the current fiscal year expenditures run 41 million dollars less than the same period in 1920. Freight-rate settlement likely to stimulate activity and curb slowdowns across industries. Dr. M A Robinson cites improving eastern business as Redpath Varner Chautauqua Bureau reports. The rising optimism hints at a rebound for the middle west as manufacturing accelerates.
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Lumsberman
M.A. Robinson
Redpath-Varner Chautauqua Bureau
New York State
East
Middle West
Cold in the Head and Catarrh Cure Ad
An old advertisement promotes ELAL CATARRH MEDICINE as a remedy for frequent colds and acute catarrh. It claims the medicine builds up the system, clears the blood, and reduces mucous inflammation. The ad notes repeated infections may lead to chronic catarrh and offers circulars free from Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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NASA
Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohf
Broxam & Ennkiey
Maquoketa road project bids invited for guard wall work
Bids due October 25 1921 for baffle wall guard rail construction on the Fed Aid project near Maquoketa Iowa with 5 percent bid bond. Plans available in Maquoketa and Ames and contracts subject to State Highway Commission approval. October 12 1921. County Auditor INQ L Jones. Also a note extolling Chamberlains Cough Remedy with local agents.
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Keta
Maquoketa
Fed
Cice
Enzireer
Ofice
State Highway Commission
Ames
Inq
L. Jones
Land o' Cakes and Scotland's Pastry Phrase Origin
In 1784 Towerr Bourns writing in On Grose's Peregrinations Through Scotland notes the phrase Land o' Cakes used to describe Scotland. The term reflects oats heavy diet among lower classes and appears in early poetic usage.
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Scotland
Towerr
Grose
How Ferns Spread
Fragmentary description notes ferns spreading by rhizome like roots toward the north. New shoots form colonies without spores and colonies interlink through generations. Observations mention slow spreading and multiple generations connected within a colony.
Fragmentary Mirth and Misogyny in Old Text
In a garbled excerpt, a narrator mocks restrictive notions about women's inferiority and women's roles. The piece reflects dated biases about women and girls, implying misused silks and eroded family expectations as examples of gender constraints.
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China
Hydrophobia myths and rabies facts in old report
A fragment discusses rabies also called hydrophobia, noting widespread beliefs about transmission from any bite and the rarity of the disease, but the text is incomplete and unclear about sources or specifics. The piece references dogs and a general public health angle.
The Farm Bureau Information Article Explains Its Work
A reader gets an overview of the American Farm Bureau Federation and its county state and national service roles. It highlights marketing committees grain livestock dairy and wool efforts plus regulatory and distribution aims. The piece urges Jackson County farmers to join and support the Farm Bureau as a major farmer backed organization.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Jackson County Farm Bureau
A. F
National Service Organization
Farm Bureau
Farmers’ County
Stue
National Services
ALF
BFL
American Farm Bureau Fedetion
Wssi
State Farm
Bareat Podermerigen
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Wink Law
Iowa
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Grain Growers Inc
Centrtal
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Amt Ecoannibal
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Washington
Farmers National
Service Organization
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Congress
Alfp. B. FL
U.S
A. FB. FL
Department of Information and Publicity
Tle Nati
Lycar
United States
Jawa
Jackson County
American Faral Bureau Federation
Be Nition
Farmers” Tional Servier
Tormer Vksatr
Rie Ucations
Renu
Organise Agriculture
Awhes Hd
Fagorers
Ind National Service
Acaurid
Ties Agricultural
Amero Fern Bureau Federation
Jacko Yy Farm Bureau
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Necon Automobiles Reta
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Jackson County Farm Bureau Is A Member
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American Farm Bureau Federations
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Jackson County Farm
County Service
the Farmers’ Nation’s Service Organization
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