Des Moines Grain Center Fight Wins Support
Des Moines gains a pivotal victory as Interstate Commerce Commission rules despatch rates are to be equalized with Omaha and Council Bluffs after a five year campaign. J Dolliver Kent, president of the Des Moines Board of Trade, led testimony in Washington and Kansas City backed by the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce. The change, effective Sept 20, boosts Iowa grain selling prospects and profits for local growers.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Des Moines
Union
Texas
Louisiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Kansas City
Rolfe
J. Dolliver Kent
Des Moines Board of Trade
Towa
Kent
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Knickerbockers and Incomes Mark Early 20th Century News
The piece notes Mrs. Coolidge in South Dakota viewing knickerbockers on women while she won’t wear them herself. It cites rising millionaires in 1925 and 1924, with 207 Americans earning over one million annually, and comments on wealth and corporate power. It also mentions a dramatic asylum anecdote and a visit by Governor Moody to New York City, along with reflections on travel, the comet Pons-Winnecke, and dry political candidacy in 1928.
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New York City
Moody
New York
Texas
Fragmentary Vintage Text on Idle Men and Society
A garbled passage discusses idle men and meddling in others affairs, noting that some retirees have too little to do and may pry into “people's business.” The text appears as a fragmented slice from a dated newspaper page with unclear context.
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IN Rolfe
J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Marion Bruce
Independent
Politi
Iowa Press Association
Fort Dodge
The
Arrow
Fort Dodge Messenger
Dollar Bill
A. R. Thornton
Black Hills
Calvin Coolidge
Cal
Prince of Wales
Dearborn
Henry Ford
Ford
General Motors
Civet Committee
North Pole
American Academy In
Rome
Fullerton’s
Monarch
Eastern Kentucky
Fullerton Lumber Co
Rolfe, Iowa
Mrs. Coolidge
Gov. Moody
Arb Freeman
Horse
Byrd
Atlantic
Pacific
Pons-Winnecke
Unite
Una
Pia
Eeyk Leas
Fants Pacific
Tee Seo
Arthur Brisbane
Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Louis
the State Savings Bank
Robert Bruce
James Bruce
Jos. McEwen
J. B. Kent
Chm
W. S. McEwen
R. J. Kent
Fordson
Detroit
Rolfe Auto Company
Ford Sales and Service
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