Pugh's Iowa Letter Highlights Borderline Hopes for Palestine and Uruguay
The piece comments on farming in Iowa with reduced labor, idle farms renting for low prices, and a visit discourse on Jews seeking Palestine amid broken transport. It praises Uruguay as a prairie republic with broad gauge railways, friendly people, and a vibrant natural tapestry inviting United States trade and cultural exchange.
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Uruguay
Brazil
Argentina
United States
Little Republic
Europe
France
Italy
Amazon
America
Shippers Association Secures Purchase Arrangements
The Iowa Livestock Shippers Association reports a pact with Iowa packers to receive stock shipped from members anywhere at any time after a Des Moines conference. President Knute Espe cites benefits, including uniform by laws and new record blanks, with Martin Sar as secretary promoting full membership and a $10 dues plus $1 per car stock shipped.
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Iowa Livestock Shippers’ Association
Iowa
Knute Espe
Des Moines
Association
Espe
Martin Sar
Sar
Af Ames
Potato Bugs Threaten Iowa Potatoes
Entomologist F. A. Fenton of Iowa State College warns that striped potato beetles are forming large swarms this spring and will soon devastate young vines. He advises spraying a mix of lead arsenate powder and water at one and a half pounds per fifty gallons, avoiding daytime application to prevent leaf damage, with late afternoon or early morning optimal.
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F. A. Fenton
Iowa State College
The Eclipse of Carranza Draws Comment on His Whiskers
The piece notes that Carranza’s eclipse should not pass without remark. It remarks his whiskers deserve at least a paragraph and urges commentary on the figure and events surrounding him.
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Carranza
Keep Your CarboY In Trim Aims At Fewer Trips
Practical guide from Iowa State College on carburetor care. It explains how a sticking float dust or water in the carburetor can prevent starting and cause backfiring. Symptoms include black smoke for rich mix and blue smoke for oil. a lean mix causes knocking. Adjustment via the dash thrumb-screw regulator is described.
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Automobile Department
Engineering Department
Iowa State College
Arrow ad prompts readers to subscribe and curious lines
A noisy editorial style note urges subscriptions and mentions experiments for fuel mixtures. It hints at touring in high altitudes needing richer gasoline and suggests keeping the town in the limelight as a last resort. It muses on American national sport and comments on men who never speak clearly.
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Montainous
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Jack ‘Wilson
Nellie Sharp
Lucas
Pugh
Harper’s
Chicago
Bill
Mark Twain
Odessa
Constantinople
Constanza
Vladivostok
Palestine
Princess Theatre
Pocahontas, Iowa
New York
China Town
Burson
C& C
Fort Dodge
Little
Kresge
Russell Dry Goods Company
Stone’s Throw
Postoffice
Shippers’ Association
Iowa Packers
Mr. A. Live Farmer
Ambrose Olmsted
Rolife
Larson
Men's Athletic Union
Larson’s Clothing Sale
Boys’ Unionalls
Larson Clothing Company
Fisk
O. J. Morrow
Rolfe, Iowa
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