Road funding debate shapes Iowa paving plans and tax use
A town voice weighs state bond plans to build cement roads and how auto tax funding could cover 25 years of construction. The piece argues for mixed road funding, balancing farm needs and town access, favoring gradual state highway work and fair distribution between rural and urban areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minois
Illinois
Iowa
Gilmore
Pocahontas
Storm Lake
McGregor
Sioux City
Humboldt
Sioux Rapids
Let Us Tell You The Secret Of Poultry Success
A nostalgic column blends farm advice and local business notes. It promotes poultry feeds, discusses Iowa Farm Bureau Federation origins, critiques Ford profits, and muses on roads and postwar world affairs with regional humor and civics reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Farmer
North Dakota
Quamaking and the Navy’s Heavy Guns Demand
An army officer explains to Rochester business leaders the massive scale of wartime ordnance needs. He cites 65 million tons of new parts and 45 million tons of replacements for heavy guns through mid 1919, likening the burden to several rail locomotives weighed in tons. The Rochester chamber conference emphasizes the call for national manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hungerford
Colvers Weetts
Seg
Mina
Chamber of Commerce
Rochester
Reading Habit Sparks Upward Leveling in Soldiers
Reymond B. Fosdich notes in Scribner's Magazine that soldiers' reading spreads among camps. Readers inspire nonreaders to try books, challenging the idea of leveling downward. Libraries, lectures, and education programs boost this effect, preparing men for civilian life.
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Private X
Private Y
Army
Navy
Fife
Reymond B. Fosdich
Scribner’s Mzgezine
Cadet Antonio’s Nervous Guard Duty At Camp
In the early days of his training Antonio, a musically obedient recruit, trembled under cantonment surroundings. A guard duty misstep prompts a stern warning to speak clearly or risk a trip to the guardhouse while the officer of the day arrives with a musical riddle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonia
Antonio
Everybody's Magazine
Restitution Promise Amid Griggs and Miggs Tale
A fragmentary speech by Widward Hungerford, an ad expert, claims Germany will offer restitution to the allies in a Griggs and Miggs style refrain. The dialogue portrays bandits kidnapping Griggs and Miggs and looting all they can, with a taunting exchange about debts and payback.
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Germany
Griggs
Widward Hungerford
Miggs
Ancestry Quest Brings Genealogist Before Patron
A boastful man hires a genealogist to trace his ancestors. The investigator returns with pedigrees and is met by the patron in a peculiar exchange about the cost of keeping the records.
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J.J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Marion Bruce
Independent
Relle
Towa
Owa
Glieske
Darth
Minnesota
Seston
Ana Vale
Farrer
Olfe Grain & Milling CO
L. W. Larson
St. L
Rolfe
Dad
Ford Manufacturing Company
Ford
Canada
England
France
United States
San Diego
Portland
Des Moines
Jerusalem
Harding
Europe
Guilio
SORA
Universal Car
Detroit
Rolfe Auto Company
St Toni En
F. C. Thomas
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First National Bank
W. C. Shull
Jin
W. 8. McEwen
Robt. Bruce
James Bruce
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Board of
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