Direct marketing blamed for hog price decline rebuttal
The Institute of American Meat Packers led by Oscar G. Mayer asserts 1927 hog price drops stem from broader meat trade factors not direct marketing. European demand fell, export value slid by over 60 million dollars, and higher slaughter under federal inspection pressured prices while central markets could not have halted declines.
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Institute of American Meat Packers
Oscar G. Mayer
Chicago
Europe
Daily Live
Paper carpets and waterproof hose spark new fabrics
Boston factory makes strong inexpensive carpets from paper. Silk hose treated to be waterproof has recently been produced. Germany yields sheets of extremely thin steel that ripple in the wind. Machines assist in training animals and automatically record progress. A physician introduces an exercising machine claiming five minutes can equal a 10 mile walk for leg muscles.
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Germany
Nocturnal Tax Calf and Fad Fueled Public Oddities
A Texas calf with eight legs faced an occupation tax when shown, per an estate attorney general ruling. Irene Castle’s fevered fashion sparked hair cutting trends, and Joe Chapman of Illinois was released on habeas corpus after a guilty plea for murder lacked record support. A Denver party seeks trial marriages, while a bandit Ernest Fields in St. Louis robbed 11, then died resisting police after forcing sodas on victims.
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Texas
Joe Chapman
Illinois
Ernest Fields
St. Louis
Fileds
Insulating Boards From Wheat Straw Prove Profitable
Wheat growers near the Central West are urged to expect a new revenue stream as science turns straw into boards. A St. Joseph mill converts wheat straw into a non conductor of heat and sound with high fire resistance and strong structural tests, producing up to 20,000 tons yearly. The article notes the historical waste of straw and its former use as field burnings. It also briefly mentions Dan Peerson of Chicago, who has spent years playing solitaire.
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Central West
St. Joseph
May Day Observed as Child Health Day in Iowa
The Iowa State Department of Health announces May Day on May first as Child Health Day nationwide. Dr Mae Habenicht is state May Day chairman coordinating nineteen organizations to promote child health through school and community programs, with immunization drives and health education across communities.
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Iowa
State Department of Health
American Child Health Association
Hammill
Mae Haabenicht
Habenicht
Town Congress of Parents and Teachers
Ylowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Doctor Habericht
Mae Habenicht
Interesting notes from history and global snippets
A survey of curious facts includes Elizabeth Blackwell as the first woman hyaidan in England, U S presidents Washington Hayes and Roosevelt as wealthy rulers, a Mass man building a house from old newspapers, Hull paying beggars to stay off the streets, deaths from sleeping sickness in England and Wales, a Chicago pianist needing 14 700 pounds of force for a piece, an Asian monkey washing teeth with a finger, the Uzumia Turkey family of 831 living in a one room shack, historic prison counts in England, Turkoman marriage custom, and Canada’s largest sailing yacht under construction in Shelbourne Nova Scotia costing 100 000 dollars.
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Canada
Shelbourne
N. S
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Esther L
Ketman
Over Puritan Drug Co
Boston
Harry Ffarma
Hanns Bem
Forrest
HNL
Aretalyra
Tor
Puritan Drug CO
John Heerema
Pella
By Marcy B. Darnall
O. O. McIntyre
Irene Castle
Denver
Dan Peerson
Io State Department of Health
Dea Moines
England
Elizabeth Blackwell
Washington
Hayes
Roosevelt
United States
Massachusetts
City Council
Hull
Enland
Wales
Reubenstein
Asia
Uzumia
Turkey
James
A. Humphrey
Osteopathic
Main Street
Kuyper
Oxford
WEE Folks
High Avenue
Oskaloosa
Rivola Theatre
Farmers Co-operative Prchange
Law Hoga
Ewt
Harold Sack
Aize
the Book Shop
Hirst Comes
Chrysler
Precision Manufacturing
Detroit
J. E. Cornelius & Co
Pella, Iowa
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