Political caution urged at Ames meeting for county agents
At an Ames gathering of county agents and agricultural workers, K K Bliss warned against political activity interfering with farming goals. He recalled risks to Grange and urged focus on extension work while noting broader concerns from disarmament progress to thrift, bankruptcy trends, beer legislation, and rail safety debates.
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Ames
K. K. Bliss
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Grange
Farm Bureau
Bliss
Hanford MacNiders War Record
The war record of Hanford A B MacNider of the class of 1911, detailing his training at Fort Snelling, commissions from second lieutenant to lieutenant colonel AEF, roles as adjutant and operations officer, and combat service in Chateau-Thierry Meuse-Argonne and other offensives. Honors include Legion d Honneur, Croce al Merito di Guerra, Distinguished Service Cross with oak leaf cluster, and Croix de Guerre with four citations.
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Hanford MacNider
Legion
Harvard
MacNider
Hanford
A. B
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Ninth Infantry
France
Army Candidates School
Langres
Army of Occupation
Germany
United States
Chateau-Thierry
Aisne
Marne-Aisne
Champagne
Blanc- Montridge
Meuse-Argonne
Croce al Merito di Guerra
Medeah Farm
Remenauville
Europe’s Folly and Europe’s Postwar Faults
The Chicago Tribune argues Europe’s postwar state shows failure to profit from the war’s upheavals. Nations freed from tyranny have squandered gains, pursuing renewed wars, rivalries, and imperial grabs. America should recognize Europe’s accountability alongside Prussian dominance in a peace more ruinous than the war.
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Europe
Chicago Tribune
America
Germany Faces Arranged Bankruptcy Threat and Reparations Stand
The New York Tribune reports Germany’s finance minister warning that paying the 125 million dollar reparations due January 15 and the February 15 export tax would trigger bankruptcy. Premier Briand previously warned of such default threats by Germany’s tax-skirting elites, with hyperinflationary marks and failed schemes to balance revenue.
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Germany
New York Tribune
Briand
Court of Civilization
Marshal Foch
Mail Robbery and Marine Protection Debate
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald comments on disarmament and the Postmaster General Hayes plan to deploy Marines to guard the mails. It argues the marines are best used to protect postal shipments and notes a long period with few dead train robbers despite a large robbery industry.
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Dubuque
Senator Hi Johnson Faces Alarming Prospect
The Minneapolis Journal notes Senator Hi Johnson now spends his spare time viewing with alarm as his political outlook darkens.
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Minneapolis Journal
Hi Johnson
Iowa News Mix Confirms Local Happenings in 1922
The Ryan Reporter notes farm rental peak at 8 dollars per acre while the Oxford Mirror marks its 48th year. Obituaries report Bloomer B. Phillips near Hartville at 67 and Clement Welch killed in a car crash near Dennison. Iowa college results list Nebraska over Ames, 36 to 3, and other scores. Numerous local items follow, from wage cuts in Benton County to school board appointments and record corn husking feats in Story City.
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Ryan
Oxford Mirror
H. A. Owen
Bloomer B. Phillips
Hartville
W. C. Cummings
Iowa
Nebraska
Ames
Coe
Cornell
Northwestern
Still
Dusworth
Parsons
Tarkie
Clement Welch
Muscatine
Dennison
Benton County
Board of Supervisors
Blanche Lanck
National Council of English Teachers
Not To Be Sneered At Carroll Herald On Harding
The Carroll Herald notes Woodrow Wilson mocked Hardine's literary style predicting it will dominate the administration. It acknowledges Harding's smooth expressive style and foresees his conference address matching or surpassing his predecessor. The piece praises the grace and expressiveness of Harding as a scholar in politics.
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Washington
Carroll Herald
Woodrow
Hardine
Harding
One Failure Sufficient Chicago News
After a driver raced a train at a railway crossing and lost the contest he never attempts such a stunt again reflecting on safety.
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Chicago News
Corn Club Finds Average Farmer Faces Significant Corn Loss
Carroll County farmers in the Corn club report an average loss of $12.36 per acre from corn this year. Seed corn credits and stalk credits offset some costs, with average production at 66.1 bushels per acre valued at 26.5 cents per bushel, while the total cost to produce per acre runs about $32.80, including labor, horse work, machinery, husking, and tractor use.
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J. H. Ripley
Tipton
Philadelphia
Ohio
Ripley
Hugh Middleton
Manchester
America
Illinois Central Railroad
Iowa
William Leute
Arthur Vandermillen
Dubuque
East Dubuque
Martin Maurer
Barlville
Jones County
Hmil Benasgh
Citizens Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Jacob Loes
Cascade
Loes
Lees
Story City
Noah Walde
Charles Frederick
Gladwin
Strawberry Point
State Manufacturers' Association
United States
Sheppard
Boies
Cedar Rapids Women’s Club
Bankston Consolidated Independent School District
Joseph Flynn
Dubuque County
Bankston
Carroll Herald
Carrol County Corn Club
Crib
Hog Feeding Tips For August September Farrowed Pigs
Iowa State College animal husbandry advises extra attention to August and September farrowed pigs as cold weather approaches to hit a 225 pound target in winter. Balanced rations using corn oats and tankage or skimmilk for protein keep steady gains, with mineral mixes and salt available. Alfalfa hay reduces tankage needs. provide clean dry quarters and ample drinking water.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Hog Feeding Rack Plans In Iowa Swine Bulletin
Iowa State College prepares a bulletin titled Handy Equipment for Swine Raising. It promotes portable enclosed racks with roofs for feeding alfalfa clover or soybeans to hogs, noting three inch gaps a six inch front, and a bottom trough to reduce waste. John M Eyward says racks save labor and feed in winter.
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John M. Evward
Iowa State College
Dry floor a cure for winter poultry disease expert says
W H Lapp an Iowa State College poultry extension expert argues moisture rise from soil causes winter poultry illness. He outlines floor options using cinders gravel hollow tile or crushed rock tar paper and cement plus a clean dry litter of straw or hay to keep birds warm and active.
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Iowa Poultry House
W. H. Lapp
Iowa State College
Silage Fattening Cattle Found in Midwestern States
USDA data show 20 percent of Iowa cattle and 80 percent in Indiana and Illinois fed significant silage. Nearly all silage comes from corn. Silage requires concentrates to fatten and tends to increase straw and stover intake. Cattle fed grain with silage finish better but shrink more than dry fed cattle.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Why Germany Was Not Invited to Armaments Talks
Mr. Wells questions Germany’s exclusion from the armaments conference. The understanding cited is that Germany had no armaments to limit.
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Kansas City
Wells
Germany
Telephone Jokes Clip Ped From Northwestern Bell Magazine
A compilation of humorous telephone calls from Northwestern Bell employees includes a Dike Iowa subscriber asking not to be rung for an hour, operators hearing miscommunications over names, and callers craving meat from Hirmer's market.
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Northwestern Bell
Bell Telephone Co
Dike
Iowa
Central
Magnoleta
Pry
Brainerd
Minnesota
Rugby
North Dakota
Jasper
Hirmer
Chamberlain
South Dakota
Buffalo
Ben Wallace
Why Manufacturing Is Slow by Samuel D Jones
Samuel D Jones, president of the Atlanta Stove Works, argues wages and freight costs have risen since the war. He notes high wage levels and cotton price links have squeezed farmers and kept manufacturing profits misaligned, urging higher farm prices or lower industrial costs to restore balance.
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Samuel D. Jones
Atlanta Stove Works
Hootch Fueled Hokum: Nebraska Editor's Mock Wedding Sale
A fabricated wedding notice parodies a Nebraska editor's hootch fueled stunt. It claims Esther Drinkwater wed at her bride’s township with four bridesmaids, 18 head of shorthorns, and absurd details. The spoof lists livestock, seed oats, corn, millet, alfalfa, and odd gifts as part of the fake ceremony.
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Nebraska
John Jones
Esther Drinkwater
North Dakota
Omaha
The British Fear Of A Naval Holiday And Disarmament
The piece questions a proposed 10 year naval holiday fearing it could leave shipyards idle and forgetful of shipbuilding skills, arguing that true disarmament lies in removing fear and intent to rebuild fewer ships.
My Mother's Way Sees Pretty Things Through Her Eyes
Gazelle Stevens Sharp writes of a mother whose gift is seeing beauty in simple details. The narrator recalls sunsets, drifting clouds, moss, dew, insects, and flowers, all framed by memory. The poem ends with the mother becoming a cherished memory and the lasting influence of her perspective.
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Gazelle Stevens Sharp
Mundinger Assessed For Six Thousand Dollars
The government claims a $6000 tax lien on land owned by Mrs. Mundinger where a moonshine operation was found. Petar Mundinger operated the wholesale distillery beneath a woodshed. The case foreshadows penalties for evaded liquor taxes as authorities pursue the moonshine enterprise. Meanwhile, reformitory parole hearings and a church wedding in Monticello are noted, with John Kanke recovering from hernia surgery at Iowa City.
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Internal Revenue Department of
Dubuque
United States
Petar Mundinger
Richland Township
Peter
Mra. Mundinger
Limbor Road
Sandindy
Silla
Sam
Joshia
Louise Walter
Monticello
Henry Dahlstrom
Mason City
the Reformed Church
R. P. Kuentzel
Dahlstrom
Miureh
Laovoll Township
John Kanke
State University Hospital
Iowa City
Year of 1921 Reflections Name-Drop Peppered In Civic Memoir
The item lists prominent figures like Hyland Hearst Harding Hughea Hoover Hays Harvey and Reverend Smith as symbols of a tumultuous 1921 era, emphasizing the social and political climate of Davenport.
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Davenport
Smith
Hyland
Hearst
Harding
Hughea
Hoover
Hays
Harvey
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Drs
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
H. H. Carson
Scotch Grove
Sycamore Street
August Schlommar
Holstoin
C. H. Huston
Hop-kinton
Contra Street
J. L. Bader
I. W. Suter
R. C. B. Leghorn
B. F. Burr
Wyoming
the Times
McNeill Bros
Hopkinton
Towa
Bote
William Morse
R. C. Rhode Island
H. Schatz
Salie
Clark Height
At Monticello State Bank
I. ¥. Becker
Goodyear
Matthiesson Auto &Supply Co
Anamosa
Joe Miller
North Side Garage
Ruth Hanssen
G H. Gerdes
Scotch Grove Township
J. W. Hutton
G. J. Hughes
Aeruary
The
Monticello State Bank
Monticello, Iowa
Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Eclipse
Aplinture
Land
Harry L Rodman
Mer
Faber Homestead
Cedar Valley
J. L. Weber & Sons
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