Des Moines War Effort and Local Industry Notes
Iowa news highlights include a Des Moines drive with a large patriotic rally and a push to expand food production with a state committee to guide farming efforts. Industry updates report stalled brick building in Sioux City due to wage demands, a Columbus factory opening, and a railroad land survey aiding farmers.
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Reuel Collese
Willdd Hiugg
Sioux City
Thiefc U M. Davis
Paty Council
Petta Lowa Fair
Des Moines
Sf Lodge of
Iowa I. 0
Oo. F
Tgepekah Assembly
Extension Truck Crops Man Aims Help For Town Garden Clubs
Ames Iowa extension truck cropsman at Iowa State college says at least 10000 Iowa boys and girls will be instructed in gardening this year Fifty towns have applied for aid in organizing garden clubs The department offers guidance including appointing a lead er coordinating with schools clubs and organizations and giving school credit for good work Each pupil should have a plot and each garden should be planned for home use or market sale with careful records kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Department
Board of Education
Commercial Club
Rotary Club
Grain On Right of Way Survey In Iowa
A delegation from Iowa State College began a survey of Chicago Great Western railroad right of way in Iowa to estimate cultivable land. They report about eight acres per mile, with 10,000 miles of track, potentially boosting corn output by 2.8 million bushels if farmers work the land. proceeds would go to adjacent farmers, not the railroad.
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Missouri Valley
Rail Company
Iowa City
Webster County
Hill M. Bell
Drake
Midi'wit
Humboldt Farmers’ Co-operaivy
Sacociation
Loula
Columbus
Agon
Charles City
Charles Burg
Norwich
Shenandoah
Ford
Chicago
Iowa
William Matthiesen
Bryant
Sioux City
Cheney
Polk County
Webster City
Des Moines
Massachusetts
Town City
Cedar Rapids
B. F., Copeland
Logan
Washington
House
Towner
Green
Good
Dowell
Kennedy
Scott
Sweet
Ramseyer
Woods
Hull
Haugen
Dunlap
First National Bank
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Iowa Infantry
Maxwell
William J. O’brien
Boone
Marshalltown
O’brien
Fort Logan
Colo
Haseen
Sioux County
Bureau of Soils
Ames
Iowa Statea College
Walked Sixty Miles to Enlist in Cavalry
Wil iam J. O'Brien aged 19 walked from Boone to Marshalltown to enlist in the regular army. He sought the nearest recruiting station at the post office and reached the city after four days without funds. O'Brien, a blacksmith apprentice skilled in shoeing horses, aims to join the cavalry and left for Fort Logan for final examination.
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Marshalltown
Wiliam J. O’brien
Boone
O’brien
O'Brien
Fort Logan
Colo
Iowa Gets Icing Plant at Waterloo for Illinois Central
Plans call for a new icing station at Waterloo to serve the Illinois Central. The $43,000 facility will be 300 feet long with compartments for 15 000 tons of ice and capacity up to thirty cars per hour. Only two other fully equipped Harriman houses exist at North Platte Nebraska and Broadview Illinois.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Ilinois Central
Harriman
North Platte
Neb
Broadview
Why You Should Join Boys Acre Corn Club
The Iowa State College Agricultural Extension highlights benefits of joining the Boys Acre Corn Club. It stresses hands on corn growing instruction profits from high prices and a strong food production role for national defense. It notes community farm tours picnics corn shows prizes medals and prompts boys to contact County Leader W Th Holliday at Pocahontas to join now.
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Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Baby Beef Club
W. Th. Holliday
Pocahontas
Burlington School Boys Enlist in Navy
Four Burlington High school boys quit school and traveled to Des Moines to enlist in the navy. J. W. McKee accompanied them and certified their ages. The enlistees are Jack McFarland E C Kinslee Jack Shepard and Charles McKee.
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Hitco Pate
The
National Bank
Commercial Club
Hartléy
Germany
McFarland
H. C. Kinslee
Jack Aford
Charles McKee
Burlington
Des
Ybyes McKee
Alton
E. Jackson
St.aus
Perry
Des Moines
National Guard
Fular Army and Navy
B. McKee
Webster City
McKee
Hamilton County
J. W. McKee
Jack McFarland
E. C. Kinslee
Jack Shepard
Car on Fire En Route to Iowa City
An interurban car from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City burst into flames late at night while crossing the river bridge. Passengers escaped before the vehicle was stopped after crossing the bridge. The fire resulted from a short circuit as the car neared the span.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapide
Iowa River
Coe Men Plan a Battery in Cedar Rapids
Major C. B. Robbins of the Iowa national guard plans to enlist a battery from Coe college to replace the battery mustered out in Muscatine. Increased mobilization efforts reflect national guard readiness.
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Coe
Cedar Rapids
C. B. Robbins
Iowa National Guard
Coe College
Muscatine
Iowa’s Civil War Mobilization in 1861
When Congress declared war in 1861 the Iowa legislature appropriated 500000 to raise a volunteer army. Iowa’s population then was 700000 and 78000 men served for the Union. Iowa spent 486000 of that appropriation. Today the legislature appropriates 1000000, and Iowa’s population is 2250000 about three times the earlier demand.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Congress
Thalf
Society Women Demand Dogs Treated as Guests in Atlantic City Hotels
Atlantic City society women push for hotel managers to treat their dogs as guests. They argue any dog is as worthy as a woman who regards her dog as an equal, urging managers to concede to the demand.
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Atlantic City
Advice on using Chamberlain's Tablets for biliousness
A promotional ad advises learning from others methods and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for bilious and constipated conditions. It claims many people use the tablets with the best results and suggests purchasing at all druggists.
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Chamberlain’s
Call To Patriotic Service Urges Iowa Food Production
A governor directed appeal to Iowans urging maximum food production for war effort. Farmers should plant large potato patches and forage crops, towns plant garden plots, with joint effort from merchants, bankers, teachers, and councils. The message emphasizes cooperation, soil care, and livestock expansion to boost wartime food supply. CHAS. Q. COCKERILE, Jefferson, Iowa, is named as Tenth District Commissioner for Increased Production.
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Iowa
Europe
Boards of
Chas. Q. Cockerile
Jefferson, Towa
Cong
Constipation And Indigestion Twin Evils
Mrs Robt Allison of Mattoon writes she suffered indigestion and constipation after moving there. She describes distress, weight on the chest, poor sleep, and fatigue. One bottle of Chamberlains Tablets corrected the trouble and left her feeling like a different person. For sale by all druggists.
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Robt. Allison
Mattoon
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Rolfe Skating Rink
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Hart Schaffner
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