Work For War Veterans Costs 204000
Chicago nov 7 work for disabled World War veterans in which 10,000,000 was expended last year by the American Red Cross has cost chapters here in Iowa more than 204,000. The annual roll calls open Armistice Day November 11 and run until Thanksgiving. The coast to discharge this obligation is 4,000,000 in excess of the last year’s receipts. Local chapters spent about 7,000,000 in this work last fiscal year. There are 2,329 Red Cross chapters aiding veterans nationally, with 26,300 disabled men in 1,692 Health Service contract and other hospitals, increasing 1,000 monthly. The Red Cross serves 129,215 veterans monthly. It operates 448 workers in hospitals and care facilities. Last year it handled 70,722 allotment claims and delivered 63,655 allotment checks. A $10,000 medical fund and 32,495 loans totaling 450,000 aided vocational training, with 85 percent repaid.
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Chicago
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Red Cross
United States Public Health Service
United States
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
The Story of Our States Arkansas—early history and statehood
The article traces Arkansas name origins and pronunciation, French and Spanish rule, Louisiana Purchase, Missouri territory division, and the 1838 admission as the twenty fifth state. It notes early misimpressions of the plains as a desert, mineral springs at Hot Springs, and Arkansas’s natural resources.
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Arkansas
Kansas
State Senate
Louisiana Purchase
Spain
United States
Louisiana Territory
Louisiana
Missouri Territory
Arkansas Territory
Indian Territory
Pike
Rockies
Western Plains
Great American Desert
South
Union
Hot Springs
McClure
Unemployment Conference Report Notes Farm Suffering From Low Prices
A Commerce Department survey tied farmers’ weak spirits to low prices and narrow income. Using 1913 as base, living costs 150, food wholesale 152, retail 155, producer prices for stock 113 and farm crops 109. Bread at 173, wheat producer 128, pork 116 in hogs and 197 for retail ham, beef retail 160, cattle to producer 91, wages in packing 186, freight 214, hides below 100, leather 120 sale 225 wholesale 210 freight, cotton producer 105.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Unemployment Probe Highlights Textile and Building Sectors
The agriculture committee notes large employment and investment in key industries. It cites textiles and wool production, building trades, and construction materials like Southern pine, Douglas fir, brick, cement, and wool cloths. It stresses textiles supply raw materials, rail freight revenue, and broad consumer demand as unemployment influence.
Iowa farmers send 4400 tons corn to Near East famine
Des Moines November 7 Iowa farmers shipped more than 4400 tons of corn products to Batoun for the Near East Relief famine effort. The cargo was largely milled in Cedar Rapids Le Mars and Omaha and issued as grits flour and hominy for porridge soup and meat served in famine kitchens. The relief workers praise corn as a Godsend noting its vitamin content and strong value in the Caucasus as the new Iowa corn campaign seeks further donations.
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Des Moines
Near East
Batoun
Cedar Rapids
le Mars
Omaha
Iowa
Caucasus
Near East Relief
Cure Your Own Meat How to Cure Pork on the Farm
Iowa State College animal husbandry officials outline safe farm butchering and curing practices for pork. Key points cover ensuring all heat leaves meat, avoiding freezing, curing times by weight, and methods including dry sugar curing with salt sugar and saltpeter, plus plain salt pork preparation and storage.
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Iowa
Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Poultry Culling Popular Across Iowa Farms
Iowa farmers adopt culling to remove nonproducers. State College reports jerking results with 47 percent cull rate in Cherokee county demonstrations. In Johnson county 7,000 birds yielded 2,000 nonproducers sent to market. Delaware county notes 27,623 birds handled, 5,858 to market under County Agent R W Comba. Wright county reports 26 percent egg production loss among culled Slackers after 14 days. Calhoun county recount ends with owner eating eggs from culled birds to prove value. The work spurs income in a branch once looked down upon.
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Mceed
Towa
Poultry Department
Towa State College
Ewing
Johnson County
Cherokee County
Delaware County
R. W. Comba
Wright County
Calhoun County
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Committee On Agriculture
Unemployment Conference
Benjamin
Iowa Service Company
Malvern
H. A. Deardorff
Grocer
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Largent
Malverr, Iowa
California
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Pike’s Peak
Pueblo
Royal Gorge
Scenic Colorado
Salt Lake City
Feather River Canyon
Sierra Nevada Range
Burlington
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