Survey contrasts farm costs and gains in Marshall Shelby counties
A survey by Iowa State University and Iowa Farm Bureau reports wide variation in farming costs and outputs in Marshall and Shelby counties. It notes corn and oats per acre costs, cattle gains and losses, and high tractor hourly costs tied to usage, highlighting differences in farm management and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Shelby
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Gasoline tax gains strength in states under consideration
The piece notes gasoline taxes have funded road building in force states and may pass in Iowa with a new governor. It cites Pennsylvania two cent tax yielding 12 million dollars in two years, with a quarter returned to counties. It also reports on road damage blamed on licensed buses and jokes about kissing and bussing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Pennsylvania
Opposition to drilling and pacifism in national defense
The piece attacks opponents of military drill and national guard involvement as extreme pacifists and anti government forces. It mocks practical idealists and red enemies who converge on defense questions, warning that inaction could lead to national extermination like the extinct dodo.
Davis Nominating Speech Attacks Coolidge Leader
Davis accepted the nomination last Monday evening amid a speech that condemned the Republican party and its leader President Coolidge as evil in a governmental sense. He criticized various classes promising them earth and fullness, while betting odds favored Coolidge 3 to 1. Davis said yes to the notifying committee and Coolidge will speak this evening to explain why he will accept the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Republican’ Party
Coolidge
Summer Weather Seer Predicts Harsh Frost in 1926
A weather seer from the welfare era forecasts a hot July giving way to a severe frost in 1926. The prophecy notes fluctuating temperatures and early cold snaps raising concerns for crops and markets.
Dangerous youth and wealth fuel menace in Chicago incident
A Sioux City Journal column warns that indulgent wealthy parents nurture a dangerous age in youths around 10 to 20. It cites two 19 year olds in Chicago, Bernard McMahon and Robert Carey, who, after a 60 mile per hour police chase, fired on an officer. The piece invokes Leopold and Loeb as warning examples of spoiled youth and loss of restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux
City Journal
Chicago
Achilles
Bernard McMahon
P. J. McMahon
Robert PF. Carey
Thomas Carey
South Side
Carey
Leopold- Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Debate over Child Labor Amendment Uproar in Independence
The Bulletin-Journal criticizes a proposed constitutional amendment to set 18 as the minimum working age, arguing it would shift power from states to the federal government. It warns of generations of indolence, urges practical apprenticeship, and condemns views likened to old maids advising mothers. The piece cites labor unions and theorists as driving forces behind the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence Bulletin-Journal
Bulletin-Journal
Supreme Court
Fmake
America
dfMcult
Growing criminal cases in Marshall County court calendar
The Marshalltonian notes sixty five criminal cases listed for the September term of Marshall County district court, a high number for the area. The piece questions a crime wave, cites rising efforts to obtain unentitled gains, and argues for old fashioned industry over deceitful practices as root causes of crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltonian
Marshall County District Court
Labor vote still elusive for Gompers and unions
The Waterloo Tribune argues that union officers and the American Federation of Labor failed to deliver the labor vote for Bryan in three tries and for Wilson in 1916. It states labor could have swung industrial states if their vote had been sufficient.
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Samuel Gompers
Union Labor Federation
Democratic Party
Socialist Party of la Follette
Republican Party
Gompers
Davis
la Follette
Ubion
Latic
Bent
la Follette Party
Waterloo
Brotherhoods
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
Labor
Wilson
Yellow Strand car promoter promises huge fuel savings
J C Lawson claims a fivever fitted car uses 130 percent less fuel after adding a series of guaranteed upgrades including a carbur etor spark plugs and rear axle. The scheme pauses every hundred miles to bail out fuel to prevent overflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Lawson
Yellow Strand
Fivver
Dance till dawn on the green lawn by Strickland
Fragmentary lines describe a girl dancing until dawn on a green ground and mention a lawn. The text also references a painting and names Strickland Gillilan, suggesting a poetic note or verse fragment in a periodical.
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Strickland
Giliilan
County Seat Troubles of Jones County Iowa
A historical summary traces Jones County Iowa seat moves from Edinburg to Newport and Anamosa. It covers 1839 organization, 1846 votes, 1847 settlement as Anamosa, and later contests with Madison, Center Junction, Wyoming, and Monticello, noting bond efforts and persistent push for central location.
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Jones County
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
Jacob A. Swisher
Corbit
Linn
Benton
Jackson County
Edinburg
Thomas 8. Wilson
Jackson Township
Newport
Cascade
Wilson
Dubuque
Justice
Lexington
Rome
Monticello
Scotch Grove
Anamosa
Center Junction
Friends of
Wyoming
Eat for health urges summer balance in diet
Dr. EB Johns of Town State College urges avoiding excess starch and fat in summer. He says food serves as fuel growth and roughage, with carbohydrates fats and sugars providing energy while proteins minerals water and vitamins support growth. He advises more greens for overweight individuals and less meat overall.
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EB. W. Johns
Town State College
Dr. Johns
La Follette for Himself in Des Moines Capital
Des Moines Capital criticizes Senator La Follette for not backing allied war support and portrays his votes as serving his own interests. The piece claims the senator did not provide a patriotic address and suggests his stance reflects personal political gain, with a grim forecast of winter.
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Des Moines
la Follette
Investment Wisdom on Compound Interest and Thrift
The piece summarizes Roger K. Ballard of the Illinois Merchants' Trust Company on the power of compound interest to grow wealth. It cites examples showing how regular saving, reinvesting interest, and choosing safe bonds or mortgages outperform keeping money at home. It stresses starting early, staying consistent, and using savings banks until funds are large enough for higher‑yield investments.
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Roger K. Ballard
Illinois Merchants’ Trust Company
America
Savings Bank
Registration boom and local notices from McGregor 1924
Jones county records top 4 600 motor vehicles with 4 315 autos and 187 trucks. A Durant coupe stolen from a garage near Gillen hotel was recovered at Dubuque. Marriage of Miss Martha Alexander and James Martin Bray at Cass Center. The Eureka marks 70 years of publication. Cascade fish club received 20 cans of bass crappies and pike. Miss Marie Maheris charged with drowning her stepson. Local bootleg actions in Cedar Rapids Cedar county and Independence. Long county notices on law, water contamination at Manchester and a bankruptcy petition against J H Tegeler. River trip from McGregor to Lansing highlights Mississippi history Indian mounds at Pike's Hill and Ringling Bros. origin stories. Continuous notes on wildlife schools and recreation at McGregor with fishing and golf.
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James B. Remley
Jones County
Gillen
Dubuque
Brookhart
Dawes
Martha Alexander
James Martin Bray
Cass Center
J. Emerson Grinnell
Cass Congregational Church
Bertha Alexander
Anamosa
Bray
Cass
Eureka
Edmund Booth
T. E. Booth
Hureka
Cascade Fish and Game Club
Cascade City
State Department
Buchanan County
Ita
Marie Maheris
Waterloo
A. L. Dare
Cedar Rapids
I. L. Anderson
Marion
Cedar County
Orpha Mathis
Linn Township
Mathis
Will Mason
Ed Beck
Durant
Ufe
School of Wild Life For Conservation
Switzerland of America
McGregor
Isaac Walton League
U. S. Washington
Mississippi
Lansing
Great River
Gulf of Mexico
Missouri
de Soto
Jacques Marquette
Joliet
PBR Moet
Strecktasine
Iowa
Wisconsin
Charles Keyes
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Isaac Watton
Captain Bickel
Marquette
North McGregor
Five Ringling Bros
Ringling Bros
al Ringling
Prairie du Chien
Iowa to greet Shenandoah at Des Moines State Fair
Iowa officials prepare a grand reception for the Shenandoah airship when it arrives at the Des Moines State Fair. The ship will require the entire aviation field for anchorage with special safety gear and guards on duty day and night during its stay. Elaborate ceremonies are planned to honor the aircrew and pilots as they are introduced in front of the grandstand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Mississippi
Something To Laugh At in Washington on Leopold and Loeb
The article notes public amusement at alienist testimony in the Leopold and Loeb case as it unfolds in Washington. It highlights reactions from the press and public, with smiles and ridicule directed at expert witnesses.
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Washington
Star
Leopold and
Loeb
Forty mile per hour exchange with motorist
A police officer cites a woman driver for forty mph. she jokes that she has not been out an hour. The officer replies with a quip that becomes the humorous highlight of the exchange. A later note defines a giggle as a smile that insists on being heard as well as seen.
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Mt. Vernon Hawkeye
Asso
the Pharmacy
Anamosa Eureka News
Neighborhood News
I. Mason
Minneapolis
David Gearhart
Hopkinton
Willam Devlin
Winthrop
Independence
Grant Highway
Devlin
M. W. Harmon
Iowa Senate
First National Bank of Independence
Senator Harmon
Lenox College
FASC
Bloodyman
Colesburg
Norman Davis
Manchester
Fred Cole
Ervine Davis
Town City
Hinman
University Water Laboratory
Iowa State Board of Health
James I. Chesmore
Linn County
R. @. Lamb
Cleveland Morris
Charles BR. Brown
Central City
Justice Court
J. H. Tegeler
Grant Highway Park
Dyersville
Robert L. Leech
Farmers’ State Bank of
Farmers’ Savings Bank of
Dr. L. Brooks
Tegeler
Tite Mississippi
Pike’s Hill
Pike's Mill
Wild Life School
Geo. Bennett
Iowa City
Ats
Byven
Bill Laud
C. A. Doxshre
Tao Loxa You
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
the Banking House
Eclipse
Ius
Holstea
Gplinters
Eelipea
Harry L Rodman
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