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Iowa News Highlights From Wartime Rural Life and commerce
Iowa items include hog sales at Waukon, land deals near Perry, and a growing commercial association in Centerville. Fire and auto incidents affect Fort Dodge and Cherokee. Grinnell labor talks end. recruiting tours roll through southern Iowa. Public acts range from loyalty programs to a Des Moines district court jury strain, with Red Cross chapters expanding statewide and a rising number of volunteers amid wartime needs.
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Waukon
Patriotic Food Producers
Irwin
Chariton
Fort Dodge
Nygren & Tierney
Cornell College
Ft. Snelling
Perry
Cherokee County
Cherokee
Centerville
United States
Association of Commerce
Jefferson
Lyn George J. Kelly
Grand Jury
Logan
Hayner
Henry Wohlwend
James B. Weaver
American Red Cross
Iowa
George T. Wilson
Missouri Valley
Iowa City
F. K. Stebbins
George W. Koontz
H. J. Taylor
Grimes
Ketter
Des Moines
Madison County
Harris Grinrud
Decorah
Grinrund
Grinnell
Iowa Telephone Company
Joseph Zacherle
The
State University
Life
Life Magazine
Marshalltown
Red Cross
Polk County
Lotus Stoddard
Bellevue
Jackson County
Henry
Albert Levin
Ida Grove
Ghenandoah
Marshall County
Court House
Twentieth Century Club of
Grand Army Post
Women’s Relief Corps
Sac City