Ninth annual Iowa American Legion convention heads Des Moines
Major General J C Harbord and Hanford MacNider lead headline speakers at Des Moines August 15 16 and 17 convention sessions and entertainment open to the public. Features include junior baseball series band and drum corps contests a fireworks display and the Fort Dodge drum corps in the parade. More than 10000 Legionaires and women expected with special provisions for women and varied events at the Shrine temple Riverview park Temple ballroom and Shrine lighting display Tuesday night.
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J. C. Harbord
New York
American Radio Corporation
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Royal C. Johnson
Aberdeen
South Dakota
World War Veterans’ Committee
House of Representatives
Howard P. Savage
Chicago
American Legion
Des Moines
Iowa
France
Legion of Iowa
Henry L. Adams
M. B. Britt
Logan
M. E. Sherman
Legion
Drake Stadium
Fort Dodge
National American Legion
National Legion 1
Philadelphia
Will
State Legion
San Francisco
Council Bluffs
Colfax
State Fair at Des Moines Will Have Tent City
Tent City will rise around the Iowa state fairgrounds as 25 000 campers descend for the Iowa State Fair. Over 80 acres near the exposition area will feature electric lights water sanitation and amenities with tents available to rent. Livestock entries near a record 6000 head of horses cattle swine and sheep include world champions as officials expect attendance records to fall.
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Midwest
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Livestock
Sigh No More By Shakespeare In Verse Parody
The text presents a fragmentary Shakespearean lyric urging sighing less and embracing cheerfulness. It evokes the famous song from Much Ado About Nothing with phrases about deceivers and merry repetition of nonny nonny in a playful, rustic tone.
Monticello Express Receives New Dress and Metropolitans
The Monticello Express marks sixty two years of service with a new dress and metropolitan makeup. The paper shifts editorials to page two and dedicates the first page to local news with bold Century type.
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Iowa Journalist
School of Journalism
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Monticello Express
Whitlock
Cottrell
J. W. Doxsee
Charles A. Doxsee
The
Avoid Being Underweight
Underweight individuals are at risk for disease and fatigue. Iowa State College home economics experts advise gaining weight by eating in excess of daily needs, resting, and using simple easily digested foods. Cod liver oil, butter, cream, bacon, and milk help increase calories and fuel value. Vegetables with cream sauces and custards aid digestion and weight gain.
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Tor
Iowa State College
Beecher on Work and Worry Damaging Life and Machinery
The quotation argues work strengthens and worry destroys. Beecher states work is healthy and a man can bear more than worry, which sits on the blade and wears down both people and gear through friction.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Laying Hens Need Water Despite Egg Yield Hit
Readable text notes hens require water to stay healthy and that ensuring adequate supply can severely reduce egg production losses.
The Penalty Is Too Great And Pyrotol Availability
Grove Patterson warns against youth excess and promotes moderation. A new surplus war explosive Pyrotol is offered in Iowa for farm blasting only, with price 830 per hundred pounds and distribution rules. Orders via the Farm Bureau office run to August 27 with delivery windows in September.
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Grove Patterson
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Board of Control plans jobs for convicts and new state plants
The Anamosa Journal reports the state board of control preparing employment for about a thousand convicts at the local reformatory. Plans include an apron factory, a connected auto license plate plant, a soap factory, and expanded garment and household item production to supply state institutions.
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Anamosa Journal
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Sterling Company
Anamosa
Rye Pasture Seed Guidelines For Iowa Farmers
E R Henson of the farm crops department at Town State college says seeding rye for pasture can be done now through mid September with adequate rain. It provides fall and early spring pasture for hogs and livestock, with Rosen variety best for grain and common rye adequate for pasture. Seeding rate about pecks per acre. sowing in corn or on corn stubble works.
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E. R. Henson
Farm Crops Department
Town State College
Iowa
Henson
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Calvin Coolidge
National Editorial Association Party
Coolidge
Game Lodge
Herman Roe
H. C. Hotaling
C. M. Meredith
Northwestern Bell Magazine
Express
Sioux Falls
Boston Herald
Norway
Sweden
United States
Canada
Pathfinder
Tamat
Corn
God
Thomas Jefferson
Dairy Extension Service of
Sac City
Hampton
Spirit Lake
Waukon
Decorah
Vinton
Greenfield
Pauline
Cresco
Boone
National
Charles City
Tipton
DeWitt
Knoxville
Corydon
Algona
Spencer
Corning
Perry
Eldora
Cedar Falls
Abraham Lincoln
Eilers’ Variety Store
J. G. Schoon
Monticello, Iowa
W. A. Suthers
I. V. Dautremont
All Courts Collections Insurance
Dr. Teeter
KLAI
General Motors
Great American Proving Ground
Fisher
Oakland
General Motors’ Research Laboratories
Kane
Liberal Central Motora
Amer
R. H. Balster
Jones County Fair
Dyersville
Cade Oxford Inc
Ryan Marion
Center
Monticello
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