For Sale Chester White Registered Hogs
For Sale Chester White registered hogs weight 200 pounds and better price 40 dollars. W J Rodda phone 205 avelock. Found some tele bella owner can have same by identifying property and paying for this notice. Ben J Peterson Rolfe Ill.
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Bywner
Arrow Office
Chester White
Thorobred Boa Im SeOe Oe
Heathman
Teliever
W. J. Rodda
Avelock
Ben J. Peterson
Rolfe
Ill
F. Sinek
Consolation Amid Sky Prices And Blunt Talk On Inflation
The piece remarks that consolations exist as prices soar and profiteers boast. It notes ongoing chatter between state governors about the New Year and calls for more concrete action to ease the cost of living while freight costs burden households.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Local Happenings and Humorous Anecdotes From The Paper
A jumble of notes about school closures for holidays and delivery plans starting Jan 1. Miscellaneous gibes on politics, romance, prices, and social mores, including references to soldiers in Russia, coal prices, and boisterous proverbs.
Iowa State College to Run Tractor Short Courses
Fifteen tractors of eleven makes will be used in ISU agricultural extension tractor short courses during the first three months of the year. Each two week course emphasizes practical work including operating and repair. Classes are limited to thirty students with six courses offered. New classes start January 12 and 26 February 16 and March 1 and 5. No late admissions after class begins.
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Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Gratitude for Sympathy After Loss From J W Kizer Family
The Kizer family thanks the people of their former home for expressions of sympathy and aid during the burial of their wife and mother, signed J W Kizer and Daughter.
Rural electric line cost per mile estimated
Iowa State College engineering extension director D C Faber states material costs 452.50 per mile for a 2300 volt single phase rural line from town plant to country. Labor adds 200 to 225 per mile and a 38 KVA transformer costs 55, totaling about 730 per mile for installation.
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D. C. Faber
Iowa State College
Ames
Shaming the Devil at a Chicago Musical
World War I veterans maimed at Fort Sheridan attended a Chicago musicale as guests of high society women. Protest letters claimed the soldiers’ wounds and dressings were distasteful, provoking social backlash and moral commentary on shamelessness and empathy.
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Fort Sheridan
Ill
Chicago
Classified sale notice for Buck property near Rolfe
Printing orders have been issued for a sale by F. J. Buck northwest of Rolfe on January 8. Readers are urged to list items for sale in the classified column to obtain inexpensive results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Buck
Rolfe
Velocity of Big Shells and Earth’s Center Time
The article recalls Maurice Barger’s study of projectile speeds and asks how long a stone would take to reach Earth's center. It cites Gassendi, Mersenne, and Sanger, noting density variation and moment-of-inertia considerations, with hypothetical through-earth shaft timings up to 1 hour 17 minutes for a return to the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Barger
Gassendd
Mersenne
Sanger
Speedy Telegraph Breakthrough Promises 6000 Words Per Minute
Popular Mechanics reports a new printing telegraph system achieving 6000 words per minute on a single grounded wire. The epoch making war invention aims to free expert operators for the signal corps without disrupting commercial traffic. Details withheld for military reasons. system may extend to wireless use later.
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Highspeed Telegraphy
Saya
Popular Mechanics
Signal Corps
When Horess Get Pipped and Horses Return to Units
The piece notes that wounded army horses are kept by their drivers rather than sent to veterinary lines. It praises drivers who feed and tend the horses by hand and stay with them, explaining a new order requires horses to be returned to their units because a man’s care cannot fully transfer to new teams.
Bicycle revival fueled by war boosts American wheel output
A Boston Post quote says the bicycle is revived as a pleasure vehicle after the war drives wheel production. A wheel salesman notes thousands are being made for troops abroad and many more for the American public, with output increasing beyond earlier eras.
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Boston Post
Ventilation and Winter Advice for Barns and Homes
Advice column urges ventilating barns for healthier stock and better milk. It notes winter comfort impacts livestock and building longevity and suggests repairing roofs when weather allows. Includes editorial humor and a note from J and W C Shull offering lumber and supplies.
Christmas Cheer and Boar Sale Notes
A quirky, mixed-read includes holiday whimsy and a sales pitch. The text jokes about Christmas hope, urges buying at own price within a week, and advertises spring boars weighing up to 200 pounds for sale by M. P. Hancher with room to clear.
Time to Buy Your Boar Specials for One Week
We have several real big boars to spare and offer a special price for one week only. They are too Loft to park and available for immediate use when you need a first class boar. If you need a boar act now.
Notice to Shareholders of First National Bank of Rolfe
Notice is hereby given to the shareholder of the First National Bank of Rolfe Iowa that an annual election will be held at the bank office in Rolfe Iowa at two o clock p m on January 13 1920 for the purpose of electing a board of directors and for other business that may properly come before such meeting J K Lemon Cashier Daily Capital 450 per year
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Wilson
Senate
Europe
America
First National Bank of
Rolfe
Iowa
J. K. Lemon
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