Local officials and market notes mix with frontier wit
A report highlights Attorney General Fletcher’s appointment and praise for his tenure. It covers carp and buffalo fishing shipments from Storm Lake, price dynamics in Illinois coal, a farmer’s corn loss lesson, and Minnesota sleigh runner standards aligning with auto tracks as winter ends.
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Fletcher
Geo. Cosson
Supreme Court
Gibson
Ihn Fletcher
Iowa
Storm Lake
Humboldt Republican
Republican
Illinois
Chicago
Iowa corn costs and bank strain referenced in column
Ames study estimates corn production at ninety three cents per bushel in seven Iowa counties signaling a forty three cent loss at current prices. The column critiques a sheriff raid on a temperance household, praises Speaker Arch McFarlane, notes freight car abundance, bank tightening in Iowa, a Chicago jewelry robbery, and ends with a China birth statistic.
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Ames
Iowa
Hampshire hogs lead in 1920 profits and growth
Leading hog growers profited from Hampshire stock in 1920 with 14 320 buyers owning their first Hampshire hog. The breed outperformed others in weight gain marbling and market value, led by strong results at Chicago International shows and university stations.
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Hampshire
J. M. Ballard
Poland
Agricultural Colleges
Illinois
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Speaker McFarlane
Waterloo
C. E. Pickett
Arch McFarlane
Mcfarlane
New York
Hubbell
Co. C. Pugh
China
Jane Hoover
Rolfe, Iowa
Edgar Cornell
E. E. Wilcox