Iowa farmers urged to grow potatoes to save costs
O V Holsinger and J P Zink of Iowa State College extend service say growers can yield 100 bushels per acre with ordinary fertility and good care. Blackman Bros report 175 bushels per acre, while corn prices drop and potato prices rise, prompting advice to plant for home use and local market to avoid surpluses and high home bills.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Bingen Bros
Marshalltown
J. P. Zink
Green’ Mountain
Blackman Bros
Holsinger
Red Cross Roll Call Sets Iowa Records Prospect
Iowa aims to surpass all prior Red Cross membership highs as 122 county and local chapters report roll call progress. Leaders expect many communities to meet or exceed quotas with over 5,000 volunteers active statewide. Plans announced for distributing Christmas bags and sweaters to service members, with more than 700 bags filled and 260 sweaters ready.
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Iowa
Red Cross
Iown
Hubert Utterback
Iowa Council of Red Cross
The
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Iowa Red Cross
Great Red Cross
D. W. Morehouse
New Commandments for Mothers in Des Moines
Priscilla Wayne in the Des Moines Register lists ten commandments for mothers. The guidance emphasizes child welfare, modest living, Sabbath observance, reverence for sacred life, and being a trusted confidante and example for daughters, shaping home life and maternal duties.
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Priscilla Wayne
Des Moines Register
God
Radio Campus Life Night To Broadcast From Cornell College
Cornell College Mount Vernon will air an intimate campus life program on WSUI at 9 p m November 23. Prof Clyde Tull and Mrs Tull organize a campus tour featuring students and faculty including President Harlan Updegraff and Dean Clyde Wildman with alumni talks.
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Cornell College
Mount Vernon
WSUI
Clyde Tull
Tull
Harlan
Updegraff
Cornell
Cornell Alumni Association
Dean W. Peisen
Eldora
Earliest California Sleeper Train Schedule Listed
On five selected dates a high class all steel sleeper will operate from Monticello Iowa to Los Angeles California via the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway and connections. The car departs Monticello 6 66 p m arriving Los Angeles 2 15 p m after three en route nights. Dining car meals offered at reasonable prices with berths available through J C Thornton and C C Gardner.
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Monticello
Iowa
Los Angeles
California
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul Ry
Kansas City
Rock Island
J. C. Thornton
C. M
St. P. Ry
C. C. Gardner
Rock Island Lines
Royal Union Life Bldg
Des Moines
Aoe
Golden State
el Paso
Tucson
Yuma
Salton Sea
Southern Pacific Lines
T. Collett
Southern Pacific
Jackson Blva
Ames Abe Reflects on Wrinkles in Married Life
Ames Abe offers a wry view that choosing a wife means accepting time will etch wrinkles sooner on a pretty face than on a pleasant demeanor. The remark hints at enduring judgment within domestic life.
Red Cross year in relief shows vast post disaster work
The report credits the American Red Cross with completing the largest peacetime relief program in under a year after the 1925 disasters from fires to earthquakes. It details 61 domestic operations, $3.0 million in national aid, and rapid local chapter response including the Ohio tornado recovery and the Shenandoah wreck aftermath. It notes 8,000 chapters nationwide and urges support in the 1926 roll call.
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American Red Cross
Mid
Red Cross
Santa Barbara
Shenandoah
National
Ohio
Lorain
Miles. Long
Junior Red Cross grows large peace aiding movement in 1925
The American Junior Red Cross records a peacetime membership high of 6,738,648 students, up 142,000. The program expands local service, disaster relief participation after the Missouri Illinois Indiana tornadoes, and includes Indian and Alaskan schools. International correspondence now links American and 34 other countries.
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American Junior Red Cross
Red Cross
Junion
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Think You Can Win If You Think You Can
The piece argues mindset determines success with lines about belief shaping effort. It cites a coaching tone that perseverance and self belief decide outcomes. It notes that victories come to those who think they can and refuse to accept defeat.
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Julie
Jones County Delinquent Tax List Sale Notice 1925
Public sale of lands and town lots in Jones County Iowa will occur December 7 1925 from 10 am to 4 pm at the county treasurer's office in Anamosa. Delinquent taxes interest and costs from 1924 and prior years are due. parcels listed include numerous Monticello and Cascade items with owner names and sections.
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Jones County
Iowa
Anamosa
G. W. Walker
Lown
Supervisors Proceedings List Payments and Credits
A partial ledger of county board expenditures includes payments to jurors instructors doctors and suppliers. Items cover text books medical aid repairs fuel indemnities and various services with totals reflecting routine administrative disbursements.
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Russell
L. W
Rose
Ruch
G. M
Era’ Institute Duces
Rienlets
Henry
Remley
Mrs
Ruth
Rathie
Jerry
Rhatigan
James
Rettig
Minnie
Sliver Burdett & Co
Sigworth, F. B
Stoughton, F. L
Swift & Co
Slusgard
J. T
Ace Shipley
H. W
Streeter
J. W
King Drag
Smith
Fred
Straka
Joe
King
Stoecker
H. C
Stanton
Orlando
James Jr
Sears
Geo. J
Sarma
John
Patrolman
Soper
Lloyd
Sanborn & Co
Benj. H
Bks
Scribner's Sons
Chas
Smart
Chas, N
Skinner, W. B
Wthel
H. H
Cecil R
Geo
Sherman
Earl
Standard Oil Co
Stutt
C. M
T. B
C. B
Starry
Frank
Sabor
Jane Smith
Anna L
Petit Juro
Sebetka
Lumir
Stover
Bertha A
Schoon
Lhel
Sealls
Nellie May
Wit
Petit Jury
Petit Jury Snyder, T. H
Strevelle
Shimerda
Louis
Tobiason
University Pub, Co
Underwood
Van
Hubert
Petit van Kirk
Virginia
Vernon
van Buren
G. J
Walker
G. W
Winston Co
John C
Widows
Waterbury, &. D
Westphal
Carl
Whitford
Blanche
Instructo Teachers’ Institute
Wherry
Don L
T. B. Wink
Bert
Wood
Sarah
Wallace
Young
J. M
Zimmerman
W. G
Alas Poor Man Amman Purchases Suit in Downtown Store
In downtown Boston a man and his wife entered a clothing shop to buy a suit. They argued over material and style and the wife lost her temper, dismissing the outcome and noting the husband would wear the clothes. The husband replied meekly that she might wear the coat and vest.
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Amman
Boston Transcript
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WSUS
Ames Abe
Ellen
Elen
Argonaut
Elizabeth
Junior Red Cross
BIG Growth
United States
Monticello City
Harms, Henry
Welch
Kammerman
Davidson
Leggett
Ervin
Lubben
Harrison
Marsh, Grace
Orig
Ciling
McAleer
R. R
Nichols
J. G
Varvel
Stockwell
V. A
Stanson
van Meter
C. L
Bradstreet
Seegseece van Meter
Wuntava Urrae
Id Guiter
S. of
Ray
Uta Sutherana Sutherland
BF Ee Anasnha Decepstrvie Ties
Wie
Ber Sk
Carr
Wal Carr
Wal Duffy
Hugn
Duffy
Hugh
Gorman
Tompkins
A. T
Tasker
Thos
North Star Benefit Association
North Benefit Association
Nor Benefit Association
Snyd H
Snydi H
Snydi L
Sner RK. N
Sule
Supple
Mrs. J
Sunny Side
Tiger
Merrill’s
Nick
Josie
Shaffer
Koob
Merrill's
Castle Grove
John Delay
O'Rourke
J. E
Nw& NW
Kreger
Freda
Dixon
Jane
Tallman
Patrick Metate
Patrick
Reitz
Ernest
Sievela
Sieveka
Center Junction
Courtney Estate
Washington Township
Ais
SW. NE
Tawny
Tri Gan
Tal
H. W. Jacobs
Monticello Express
Greenberg
Charles Greenberg
Cedar Rapids
Amua
Pass
Ieee
Royal Union Life
Dea Moines
Towa
Candy Sale
Monticello Sweet Shop
Angelo Pappas
Prop
Monticello, Iowa
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Co
Wm. Podhaski
Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. P. Rockstad, Mgr
Service the Foundation of Profit
Standard Oil Company
Middle West
West
Standard Oil Building
Michigan Avenue
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