Iowa News Summary of War Era Actions and Accidents
A wide Iowa roundup notes drills at Anamosa and Independence, a large Loy alty day in Tama, and farmers expanding crops amid favorable ground. It reports Liberty Loan subscriptions, commencements, rail accidents killing two men near Cooper and Delmar, and local enlistment drives. Also covered are aviation accidents, Red Cross growth, college activities, and state-wide war mobilization efforts.
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Anamosa
Tama
Frank Hutchins
Delmar
Milwaukee
State Society of Iowa Medical Women
Des Moines
Laura Bronson
Iowa City
Clinton
Illinois
Mississippi River
Bellevue
The
State University
Perry
American Red Cross
State Extension Department
Frank Woodyard
Norwood White Company
Germany
State Bankers’ Association
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Carl Mather
Sutherland
Mather
Ames
Grinnell College
Knoxville
Uncle Sam
Navy
Army
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa City State Bank
Allamakee County
M. J. Curtis
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Chicago
Allamakee
Iowa Falls
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Albert Goldiron
Key City Gas Co
Dubuque
Xeep
Webster City
E. M. McCall
Iowa Mental Hygiene Society
Weekly Bulletin on Farm Progress and Weather
The week saw temperatures below normal with light rainfall and favorable farm conditions. Corn ground was plowed and planting begun. growth improved with warmer weather later in the week. Planting will accelerate next week and push into month end. total acreage up for corn spring wheat oats potatoes, hay short, some alfalfa sown.
How Times Change In Pella Clipper Recollection
The Colfax Clipper recalls prices and land deals from a decade ago. W Van de Kamp, from Washington Centre, farms eighty acres bought ten years ago for ninety dollars and another eighty bought in 1917 with cost undisclosed but said to require two hundred ten dollars to purchase. He plans ninety acres of corn this year and raises 125 pigs. Frank Kaldenberg tended a vegetable garden and wagon in Oska l oosa twenty three years ago.
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Colfax Clipper
Pella
Clipper
W. van de Kamp
Washington Centre
Harvey
Frank Kaldenberg
Oskaloosa
Wage Changes Outpace Food Price Increases, Clippers Note
A historical remark compares potato prices and daily wages, noting 1900 era wages at $1.50 with board for ten bushels of potatoes, versus modern wages at $3 a day with no board. The speaker argues foods rose 200 to 400 percent while wages rose about 100 percent, highlighting unequal price-wage growth.
Allen's Foot-Hase Antiseptic Powder Ad
When rubbers pinch use Allen's Foot-Hase to shake into shoes or sprinkle in foot bath. Ideal for breaking in new shoes. Relieves tired swollen feet. Sold everywhere for 25c.
Chamberlains Tablets Proven To Aid Stomach Trouble
Mrs Anna Kadin of Spencerport New York reports long lasting relief from stomach trouble after trying many remedies. She credits Chamberlains Tablets with positive results and value. The product is for sale by F D Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlain
Anna Kadin
Spencerport
N. Y
F. D. Stubenrauch
Willys-Knight Promises Silent, Everlasting Car Quality
The copy markets the Willys-Knight as supreme in quiet operation and durability. It claims the car becomes better with age and that owners are fixing and satisfied, presenting the Willys-Knight as the world's most silent motor and a permanent solution to motor car problems.
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Willys-Knight
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Independence
W. B. Fallon
Magnolia
W.W. Morrow
Afton
Merritt Colburn
Frank Kreska
Pocahontas
Waterloo
College of Law
Fort Snelling
Marie Dickinson
Hla Ashbrenner
Donald Graves
Leslie H. Scrubbe
Frank Christen
Arnold Neshein
Rex Thompson
Harold Thompson
Phillip F. Roan
Fort Madison
France
Kate Robinson
University of Iowa
W. E B. Klavens
Marine Corps
University
Klavens
Bert Brown
Near Adel
South America
Artyn Main
Cornell College
W. A. Main
Foochow
China
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Kenyon
Shafer
Geo. M. Chapel
SFAC
Emical Co 1S
U.S.A
Vander Linden
Marion County
Willys
Knight
Knight Power
Castoria
al Mee Bears Co
Bigdavare of
Leidee
Frank A. Kane
Loan & Trust Bildg
Washington, D. c
Agegeor Sages
John G. C. Nash
E. 1St St
P. A. Edmund
Wormhoudt
DR. Aschenbrennner
Hye
Geelhoed
T. G. Fultz
Main Street
W. H. Vander Ploeg
Farmers
Mer
Bank
Vander Zyl Bros
Phla
Carpenter & Sybenga
Res
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
H. O
Houdt
National Bank
Pella Motor CO
East Franklin St
A. H. Weber
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