Plan for War Session Signals Iowa Legislature Action
Governor Harding weighs a special war session of the Iowa General Assembly to address war related issues. He notes needs for authority to the State Council of Defense and funding for state institutions amid rising costs. The plan includes elections in Carroll Greene Sac counties and Cedar Rapids to replace outgoing officials, with a 12 day limit and per diem costs. Parole releases and coal price fixes accompany the broader wartime measures.
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Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Thirty Seventh General Assembly
State Council of Defence
State Board of Control
General Assembly
Board of Control
Milton B. Pitt
Harrison County
House
Moore
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Carroll
Greene
Sac
Charles G. Helmer
Cedar County
A. W. Jackson
Harding
Plover Department Notes Holiday Shortfall and Editor Away
Our Plover department shows the effect of Christmas this week. We will try and make up for the deficiency later. The editor is off on a food hunting expedition.
Plover and Riverside Churches Plan Holiday Services
The Plover church announces Bible School at 10 00 Morning Worship at 11 00 Epworth League at 11 00 Evening Praise at 6 30 Y M and Y W C A meet at 7 30 Prayer Meeting Thursday 7 30 Choir rehearsal at Geo Shaw home Saturday 7 30 The Riverside church offers Bible School at 2 00 Preaching at 3 00 The next lecture course number features J Wesley Holland The Riverside choir plans a Friday practice with Miss Iva Connron The Sunday school collection for Armenians and Syrians totals about 16 00 to aid starving regions Encouragement to attend services next Sunday and begin good new 1918 habits.
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Plover Church— Bible School
Epworth League
Y. M
Geo Shaw
Riverside Church— Bible School
J. Wesley Holland
Riverside Folks
Iva Conron
Our New System After Jan 1 1918
The notice announces a shift to strictly cash terms after January 1 1918. It states wholesale houses demand cash and the business must also operate on cash sales with smaller profit margins. It argues cash payments benefit both customers and the seller due to lack of funding for credit.
Iowa Officials Discuss War Census and Fuel Ties
State census plans proposed for January aim to register man power woman power and agricultural and manufacturing capacity to secure war orders. Committees will draft questions for manufacturers and for farm labor crops and seeds. Governor Harding demands removal of a Blue Cross leader and seeks authority to confiscate railroad ties in Page County for fuel use due to rotting ties.
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State Census Committee
Statehouse
W. B. Coffin
A. L. Urick
George Wrightman
James M. Pierce
W. B. Barney
Des Moines
R. K. Buss
Ames
Blue Cross
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Charles Webster
Washington
Page County
Col
BD. R. Ferguson
Shenandoah
The Uselessness of Want Fearful for Needs Abroad
The author argues the United States will not come to want citing abundant land and a climate that makes crop failure unlikely. He asserts no logical reason for fear and urges Americans to apply themselves to growing crops to meet domestic and Allied needs.
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United States
Labor shifts threaten farms as unions curb trades
The text argues that decades of farmers leaving agriculture for industry created excess labor in trades and rising labor unrest. It urges unions to reduce new recruits and urges young men to stay on farms to balance labor, noting potential readjustments led by labor leaders. It also mentions a rumored escape of ex czar Nicholas from Siberia and possible developments if he seeks to reclaim the crown.
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Far
Ded Cross
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Iowa State Prison
Ft. Madison
State Board of Parole
Lgt
W. H. Carter
Central Department
Federal Fuel Commission
Chas. Webster
MacVicar
Webster
George M. Chappel
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Chappel
State Agricultural Board
State House
Banks
Ascom
Peoples’ Savings Bank
Plover
Virginia Sweet
Calhoun Store Plover
Grove & Lathrop
George Messenger
Maxwell Motor Cars
F.O.B
Detroit
Square Deal Auto Co
Plover, Iowa
Nicholas
Siberia
Arrow
Coats
Wonderful Wit
Bost
Fort Dodge,io
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