Food famine feared as 1917 U.S. crop prospects reviewed
Iowa's war emergency food committee reports stark crop and supply figures. Wheat reserves on March 1 1917 fell to 101 million bushels from 244 million year earlier while corn on hand stood at 789 million bushels versus 1.12 billion the prior year. Wheat per capita fell from 10 to 6 bushels. drought in Argentina threatens global supplies. Famine risk grows if this year’s crop underperforms.
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War Emergency Food Commission
United States
Florida
Texas
Crocker Elevator Burned in Three-Part Fire
Fire at the Central Iowa Grain company elevator in Crocker destroyed the building and contents, worth about 25000 dollars, with coal sheds and nearby structures also burned. Early arrivals suspect arson, as the blaze raged in multiple sections of the main structure and annex. A bucket brigade formed but failed to contain the flames.
University Cadets Well Drilled in Iowa City
Col. J A Penn government inspector praised the state university cadet regiment after lecturing the cadet officers. The unit has ten companies, 643 men and 43 officers, showing a well drilled program and strong leadership.
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Iowa City
J. A. Penn
State University Cadet Regiment
University Regiment
Pella Plans Electric Railway for Iowa Route
Pella stock is offered in the Pella Leffler Short Line, an electric railway to be built soon. The line will be Iowa’s first to use an electric magnet power system instead of a third rail, linking Pella with Howell.
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Pella
Pella-Leffler
Iowa
Howell
Strikebreakers and Strikers Clash at Grinnell
A clash occurred at Grinnell when Mexican strikebreakers imported by Bailey & Marsh of Minneapolis replaced workers who walked out at the college buildings. Twenty five strikers faced the company, amid union pressure to recognize the strikers and remove the replacement workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Bailey & Marsh Company
Minneapolis
College
Workingmen’s Union
Iowa urged to boost livestock to curb world food shortage
John T. Fletcher of Fort Dearborn National Bank urged Iowa to tap its capacity by expanding livestock production. He argued the state now uses only 25 percent of its capacity and could, by raising three more calves per farm, add 32 million dollars in value and help meet global food demand. He called for a “food army” and stronger county agents to drive the effort.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John T. Fletcher
Fort Dearborn National Bank of Chicago
Western Grain Dealers
Fletcher
Cedar Rapide
Chicago
Early county politics and wartime concerns described
The piece notes a late county recorder candidate from the Republican side and predicts a likely nomination. It recounts wartime anxieties including threats to food depots and grain storage, German sympathizers, and a violent incident involving a flag in Des Moines. It highlights patriotism campaigns by Henry C. Wallace, J. W. Jarnigan, and others with meetings planned across Polk County.
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County Recorder
Roe
Harrison
Cleveland
Germany
Des Moines
Henry C. Wallace
Wallace
J. W. Jarnigan
Mr. Atkinson
Altoona
Polk County
Carl N. Kennedy
U S Cautions Iowa Employers
The Secret Service warns Iowa employers to ensure loyalty among workers, especially in food producing plants. One disloyal employee could ruin operations and cost jobs. There have been grain elevator fires in Iowa and the Fogarty mill destruction triggers an inquiry into possible incendiarism.
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U. S
Iowa
Des Moines
Secret Service Department of the
United States
Fogarty
Plan Iowa Aviation Corps to Secure State Funds
Waterloo leads drive to raise about 650000 for an aviation corps to support the Iowa national guard. Designer and builder H B Thomas promotes the plan, seeking contributions from the entire state to acquire three modern aeroplanes and training equipment for twenty five cadets. Norwalk pupils organize to aid Iowa food supply with field and garden clubs and plan a September school fair to show summer projects.
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Iowa Aviation Corps
Waterloo
Iowa National Guard
H. B. Thomas
Norwalk
Iowa
Iowa Merchants Pledge Support For Wilson War Effort
Resolutions drafted by the Iowa Retail Merchants Association pledge support to President Wilson during the war and promise to reinstate any employee who joins a military unit when he returns from service. The measures were drafted in convention at Groux City.
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Iowa
Groux City
Wilson
Iowa Retail Merchants’ Association
Pearson Named Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary Houston named R. A. Pearson president of the Iowa State College of Agriculture to serve indefinitely as an assistant secretary of agriculture in Washington. Pearson has led Iowa State since 1912 and was previously a Cornell dairy professor and New York commissioner of agriculture.
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Pearson
Washington
Washington, D. C
Houston
R. A. Pearson
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Iowa State College
United States
Iowa
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Jarbridge Nevada mining camp sees population boom and shortages
Jarbridge in the northern Nevada mining district reports a rapid population increase last fall following large merchant stocks. The long winter and heavy snows cut roads, causing widespread shortages and skyrocketing prices as reports from Jarbridge reach out in April.
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Jarbridge
Nevada
Twin Falls
Idaho
Nevada Line
Gold, hunger, and government orders mingle in hard times
The piece notes gold is plentiful in Jarbridge yet cannot feed people. snowed-in communities near a camp rely on scarce supplies as mail and lumber orders constrain markets. It cites government requisitions, wool contracts, and political figures like Burton L. French and C. C. Dowell, plus local praises for Ora Williams and park plans in Des Moines.
Practical advice on remedies and sale of Chamberlain Tablets
A short note extols learning from others methods and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for biliousness and constipation. It claims many people use them with the best results and notes they are for sale by all druggists.
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Old World
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