Oelwein Post Office Adopts Second Class Mail Status
The notice lists editorial and managerial roles at the Iowa Post Office in Oelwein and announces year by mail rates of 00 per week by Carter. It credits J. J. Devine & Associates as publishers representatives with offices in New York Chicago and Detroit. It notes affiliations with United Press Inland Press Iowa Daily Press Assn and Iowa Press Assn.
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Carter
United Press
Inland Press
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
J. J. Devine & Associates, Inc
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Lexington Ave
Chicago
Michigan Ave
Detroit
Stephenson
Avantz
Boulevard N.E
Editorial Clash Over Labor and Defense Unity
The piece criticizes strikes hampering wartime production and urges the president to curb labor disruptions for defense needs. It attacks Ickes for anti Lindbergh rhetoric, questions Verne Marshall’s isolationist exit from Cedar Rapids Gazette, and notes internal political tensions amid the war effort.
War Declaration and U.S. Unity in 1917
The Freeman Journal notes near unanimous congressional support for a state of war with Germany and broad popular resolve for entry. It recalls criticism of President Wilson’s neutrality pledge and asserts the nation’s self-respect required participation.
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Congress
Germany
Wilson
Freeman-Journal
United States
Senate Appropriation Sets Record War Funding
The Senate approved a history making war bill totaling over ten billion dollars. It exceeds the prior 1909 appropriation by about 159 million, equating to roughly 79.88 per person or 319.52 per four person family, as payments begin though actual fighting has not started.
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Senate
Russia Can Last Ninety Days In War With Germany
A historical note argues Russia could endure about 90 days in a conflict with Germany citing near equal manpower around two and a half million on each side while German forces are better equipped and trained yet Russia's home terrain offers a defensive edge as soldiers remain familiar with local surroundings.
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Russia
German General Fatally Hurt Reported In Combat
Fragmentary report states a German general was fatally hurt in action with enemies claiming victory as prisoners are said to have been captured. The sparse text references destroyed units and ongoing battlefield events with unclear details.
U. 3 Largest BC Tre LS. Navy Rargest Pomping Ore At Sz Me
No coherent readable facts found.
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LS. Navy
Woman Pleads For Easier Husband Punishment
A fragment notes a judgment or plea where a woman asks for leniency for her husband. The text mentions a case involving two geese and seven chickens, with the tone suggesting sympathy and relief for the husband. No clear date or location is provided.
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Almany
Bessarabia Province Ceded to Russia Located in Romania
Bessarabia, the eastern province ceded to Russia, lies in eastern Romania and is described in this brief note about its geographic placement and historical status.
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Bessarabia
Russia
Rumania
Chicago Market Report Hogs and Cattle Mixed Amid Steady Undertone
Chicago hogs show good supply with a steady undertone. Hogs close 35 to 30 cents higher, top near 11.00, while cattle mostly 25 cents lower with mixed weights and grades. yearlings and some heavy steers offer limited gains, vealers steady, and sausage bulls down. New York notes dull potato and flour markets with firm pork and mixed stock moves. steels, rails, and oils show varied shifts.
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Fajardo Sugar
Curtiss Wright
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Great Western Sugar
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Grain Market Grain Review Chicago Trade Notes
Grain prices on the Chicago Board showed declines with oats and corn easing by 3 to 4 cents, wheat down around 2 to 4, and rye slipping as well. Market commentary cites uncertain forecasts and seasonal factors influencing price movements for futures contracts.
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Chicago
Grain Review
Riday
Nature
Cenier
Produce Market Prices From Oedtwein Listing
Market listings show colored fowl over five pounds at 18 cents per pound and under four pounds at 10 cents per pound. Leghorn fowl roosters priced by the pound. Old roosters priced for various weights.
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Oedtwein
Chicago Produce Market Summary June 2 Chicago
Poultry sales listed as none with butter receipts totaling 822 522 pounds and a steady market. Cheese varieties including twins daisies and Longhorns priced around 20 1 4 and 21 1 4. Potatoes show arrivals 154 on track 262 total shipments 806 with Idaho russet at 1 50. Lemend and Cal.ling whites per cwt around 2 42 2 10. Bliss washed at 2 10.
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Idaho Russet
Burbank
Lemend
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Bliss
Ala
Dia
Cobblers
Financial Market Quiet With Irregular Stocks
United Press reports stocks moved irregularly amid a quiet market session. Trading volumes showed modest activity as investors weighed mixed economic indicators and awaited further corporate updates.
Weekly Stock Market Review gains as bonds hit highs
Elmer C. Walzer reports a week of small stock gains amid new U S government long term highs in bonds and commodities reaching four year or near highs. Trading volume rose to 514000 shares daily as markets reacted to Germany's declaration of war on Russia with mixed follow through later in the week.
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Elmer C. Walzer
United Press
Chicago
Market Close News Reflects Oil and Cotton Swings
Elmer C Walzer reports broad market weakness after volatile oil and cotton movements. Cottonseed oil price ceilings threaten, cotton, beans, and lard futures liquidate. Stocks slide on commodity drop, with Loft stock up then retreating, Warner Brothers and Wilson & Co steady, Canada Dry active at new high.
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Elmer C. Walzer
Warner Brothers Picture and
Wilson & Co
Canada
One Killed 32 Injured In Collision Near Michigan City
A Greyhound bus bound for Detroit and a truck collided on Highway 20 five miles west of Michigan City Ind. Both vehicles caught fire. One driver died and 32 passengers sustained minor injuries with 21 remaining overnight in area hospitals. Several individuals from Illinois and Iowa were among the injured. Traffic deaths in the first nine months of 1940 rose by about one percent in the United States.
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Greyhound
Detroit
Here
John Culia
South Bend
Eriver
F & S Transit Co
Robert Hurka
Chicago
Owen Gardner
Davenport
S. E. Kingsbury
Ames
Jeanette Siterator
Mishawaka
United States
Buried Poems in Grave of Dante Rossetti Manuscript
Noted poet Dante Rossetti reportedly buried a manuscript of his poems with a young woman, linking his literary work to a grave discovery and raising questions about the survival of his writing beyond the grave.
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Dante Rossetti
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