Rising prices and credit fears cloud postwar optimism
The era of high prices may not last as grain farmers lag behind manufacturers in profits and installment debt grows across sectors. Analysts warn of a credit bubble, with auto sales often on time. Dr. R A Pearson leaves Iowa State College for Maryland, and debates on light wines hint at broader caution about Prohibition-era behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bapson
Iowa
R. A. Pearson
Iowa State College
University of Maryland
Bank stockholders face 170 percent assessment after savings bank collapse
The Iowa bank collapse case shows stockholders liable for 100 percent of par value, plus a prior 70 percent assessment deemed voluntary. They argue the receiver overstepped, while the Des Moines parole controversy pits the Board of Parole against prosecutors over a stolen car case. Wisconsin politics spark surprise as Blaine’s election is blamed on wet forces. Mussolini’s rise is framed by anarchist opponents and Bolshevik fears.
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Sioux City
Iowa State Savings Bank
Des Moines
Loaier
Cost of producing a bushel of corn in Iowa debated
The corn belt committee argues farmer wages and land returns push corn cost to 1483 per bushel while government figures for the west north central states including Iowa sit at 69 cents. Critics call the corn belt figures fallacious and misleading and the dispute centers on capital, depreciation, and farm expenses across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Corn Belt Committee
American Council of Agriculture
West North Central
O. M Kile
Baltinore Sun
Associated Press
Des Moines
Nebraska
Lincoln
Debate over true corn production costs and prices
The Wichita Beacon notes corn is selling around 85 cents per bushel while production costs vary from 30 to 40 cents on western Kansas land to about two dollars on Iowa land. The New Haven Register asks what the true figure is and urges collaboration between agriculture and commerce to determine accurate costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita’ Beacon
Kansas
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Capper's Weekly: President Coolidge enjoyed rest at Adirondack camp
United States Senator Arthur Capper reports on President Coolidge at White Pine Camp in the Adirondacks. The president relaxes with fishing and walks under guard by marines and Secret Service. Mrs Coolidge handles camp duties and enjoys the Alpine garden with two white collies. Sioux City Journal notes a single tax ticket in Iowa with L H Eichelberg seeking the US Senate and warns the $10 000 cost to taxpayers.
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United States
Arthur Capper
Capper
Adirondacks
Kansas
White Pine
Coolidge
Washington
Col. Starling
Secret Service
White House
Sioux City Journal
Iowa
L. H. Eichelberg
Waterloo
United States Senate
Iowa Treasury
Electric line accident near Oxford Junction shocks two workers
Vandeburg, a Iowa Electric line man at Oxford Junction, nearly electrocuted after contacting a high voltage wire and falling onto a lower voltage line. Clark, his fellow worker, suffered shocks helping him before Pete Puzzur freed them. Vandeburg survived with burns and regained consciousness.
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Nan
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Northwest Methodist Conference
Vandeburg
Iowa Electric Company
Oxford Junction
Clark
Pete Puzzur
Carl Steuhm
Tama
Cedar Rapids
Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago
O. G. Schee
Des Moines
Commercial Savings Bank of
G. H. Austin
Joint Stock Land Bank
Commercial Savings Bank
Steuhm
Farm Changes Near Hopkinton Prompt Local Land Push
A Hopkinton correspondent notes rising optimism in town land values and a flurry of purchases. Lewis Keith buys 100 acres the Fred Hill farm for 17000 dollars. Louis Billmeyer acquires 160 acres with parts from Mrs. Lake and the Haigh farm. Lawrence Klaren buys 160 acres along Plum Creek. John Ottings 80 acres sells to Lee Ament for 200 per acre. Dorin Wilson buys Bartsche farm south of Delhi from Mrs. Hessing of Manchester.
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Hopkinton
Lewis Keith
Union Township
Fred Hill
Keith
Delhi
Hucker
Cascade
Louis Billmeyer
Here
Lake
Anamosa
Haigh
Billmeyer
Sand Spring
Lawrence Klaren
Quick carrot prep cuts cooking time to under ten minutes
A method from an old tip suggests slicing carrots on a slicer and boiling gently in salted water just to cover. In ten minutes or less they are ready to eat, then drained and seasoned with butter or cream, salt, and pepper for serving hot.
Nature contest at last scout meeting sparks fruiting species quiz
The feature of the last regular scout meeting was a nature contest with twenty species of fruiting branches and trees arranged and numbered. Points awarded for general names and species names produced a ranked list led by Lightfoot, Suthers, and Stickford tied for high placing. A fall contest is planned with hike day on Saturday, bells ringing to start, notebooks ready, and the silver cup to be defended.
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Lightfoot
Suthers
Stickford, Hartman
Eby
Robert Locher
Langer
John Locher
Lambert
Rodman
S. Locher
Hogan
Neilly
White
As to Marrying Money from the Philadelphia Ledger
The piece argues that marrying money harms men who never truly gain it, seen as living on a wife’s funds and judged by neighbors. It advises men to earn their own money and spend it as they wish, framing personal finances as a matter of independence and prudence.
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Jay House
The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Menn
Jardine to View Calves Headline Sparks Midwestern Riff
In a Sioux City Journal brief the headline Jardine to View Calves appears amid playful 1930s commentary. The item pokes fun at political topics and fashion trends of the era.
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Sioux City
Miss Katherine Farmer Reports On Work In Jones County
The report details public health nursing by Miss Katherine Farmer across north Jones County with 256 tooth brush drills 168 class talks 20 sanitary inspections and 159 office interviews. It notes diphtheria control in 1926 11 and 1 15 children treated in Iowa City and four placed in private homes.
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Miss Farmer
Katherine Farmer
Jones County
Red Cross
Novemer
Iowa
State Board of Health
Supreme Court
Monticello
Sacred Heart
Towa City
Grover Richland
Temple Hill
Scotch Grove
State Tuberculosis Association
Perry
Baby Beef Prizes Awarded at Anamosa Fair
Harlan Rigby of Mechanicsville won first in Hereford and grand champion over all at the Anamosa Baby Beef club contest tied to the district fair. Lee Embree won first in Angus and Lewis Dreibelbis first in Shorthorn. Emmet Stivers owned the calf with greatest gain, Angus starting at 740 pounds and ending at 1,342. Other placers include Domer, Meoncrief, Remigton, Zimmerman, and McLaughlin with second and third spots in respective classes. Feed records and farm notices follow in the column.
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Harlan Rigby
Mechanicsville
Anamosa
Lee Embree
Lewis Dreibelhis
Rigby
Embree
Angus
Dreibelbis
Emmet Stivers
Olin
Earl Domer
Nebraska’s bread and water diet as punishment policy
A Bronx City Journal dispatch reports doctors oppose Nebraska’s twenty day bread and water diet for dry law violators as cruel. The piece questions whether hootch sold by violators is any less cruel, noting observers near death or blind from drink would best judge the policy’s harshness.
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Bronx
Monticello Council Approves Bills and Funds Borrowing
Monticello Iowa council in a special session adopts a bills list for the grading fund and authorizes a 166 dollar loan from Monticello State Bank to cover city claims. The measure passes with a unanimous Ayes vote and a six percent interest note due in six months. The session adjourns with city clerk Ray Echternacht and mayor presiding.
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Monticello
Iowa
Hanssen
Wilkinson
Mayes
Bates
Rockstad
City
F. S. Vetter
Ayes
Hayes
Nays
Monticello State Bank
W. Pirst
Ray Echternacht
B. i. First
Gun owned by first white settler becomes showpiece
The long barrel gun once owned by Hugh Bowen, first white settler of Jones County, was displayed at the Monticello fair before passing to Arch Livingstone near Sand Spring. The item, a curiosity, echoed the Hawkeye rifle from Cooper's novels while noting Americans eat about three apples weekly per person.
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Manchester
Monticello
Hugh Bowen
Arch
Livingstone
Sand Spring
J. Fenimore Cooper
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J. B. Supple
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Cc. Zimmerman
Everett Mayberry
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B. Zimmerman
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Anthony Hughes
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Sherman Hanna
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Standard Oil Company
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Standard Oil
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