Iowa Farmers Hear About Crops and Parks in 1929 Notes
The piece highlights Iowa farming trends with mentions of a 1929 census rise in Cedar Prairie population, a 2000 acre Blue Lake district park gift, and county farm bureau growth. It notes farmers expanding clover sowing, silo use, and corn and popcorn production, plus a state park near Traer and labor shortages affecting farms.
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Iowa
Stile
William Dunkel
Towa City
Cedar Paris
Mary Norris
Des Moines
Norris
Ars
Henry Parsons
Fairford
Iowa State Conservation Society
Blue Lake District
Monona County
Ona County
FL A. McCornack
Tracy
Iowe
Java
Indianola
Indanola
Floyd County
Poland
Jeffreon County
Durne Jersey
Wisconsin
Bee Men
Teres
Hallan Tees
Chickasaw County
Marshall County
Bureau
Story County
Ames Canning Company
Towa
Higl
State Employment Bureau
Goose Lake
Jefferson
N Junction
Lowa
State Park Board
Traer
F.a. McCornack
Sioux City
T. F. Clark
Tama County
Pla
McCarnack
Troquoiing
Nab
United States
Clinton County
Town Park Bureau
L. Mosher
Congress
J. N. Pepper
Clinton Commercial Clb
Toser
J. W. Coverdale
Elwood
State Federation
L. I. Johnson
Belmond
Enw
Tt Ds
Happenings of the World Tersely Told
Washington dispatches note ballots by women in the coming presidential election will fall short of men, while population figures to 2,884,827 for Chicago and broader wartime news include Newberry and suffrage debates. A mix of rail, labor, weather, and crime items fill the brief column with multiple named places and people.
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Washington Dispatch
Newberry
Michigan
Washington
Senate
Chicago
International waterways commission opens hearings on St Lawrence improvements
The United States and Canada begin hearings on a plan to deepen the St Lawrence for deep draft freighters to reach Chicago and lake ports. Buffalo hosts the first hearing with U.S. and Canadian members and a discussion of effect on commerce, industry, and alternative routes, with Western representatives in favor.
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Ashington
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Onicago
Chicago
International Waterways Commission
Buffalo
United States
Canada
Obadiah Garner
Maine
R. B. Glenn
North Carolina
Clarence
Seaboard
Tully
Atlantic
New ‘York Barge Canal
New York Barge Canal
Lawrence
West
Record Corn Yields Spark Congress Laughter
Congressmen from Missouri Alabama and North Carolina boast corn yield figures in a floor debate. J R Shelton of Holden wins $1000 prize for five acres. Washington prize also noted. mentions of 28744 and 250 bushels per acre records and other prize winners in wheat and potatoes.
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Lirie
Ike
Rubey
Missouri
Speaker
United States
J. R. Shelton
Holden
Johnson County
Washington
Bankhead
Alabama
Kitchin
North Carolina
Mann
Winots
Joseph ©. Sibley
Acre
Aly
Hadley
Fred de Wide
Oak Harbor
Wash
John le Sourd
Coupeville
Justus L. Hancock
Ait
Hersey
Detatoes
Aragstook County
Civil Service Shakeup Seen As Scientific Reform Plan
A joint commission on reclassifying 106000 DC federal workers plans a science based overhaul to end pay inequalities and boost efficiency. The proposal, backed by Arthur Young & Co, aims for equal pay for equal work and positions a broad reorganization to Congress amid fiscal tensions.
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Joint Commission On the R& Classification
District of Columbia
Congress
Arthur Young & Co
Chicago
Canada
Mann
Illnois
Commission
Treasury
Civil Service Commission
Maple Sugar Potential Across Eastern States Emerges
Government experts note a sugar weather window prompts farmers in more than twenty states from North Carolina to Minnesota to tap maple groves for syrup and sugar. Regions like North Carolina hold large, underutilized sugar maples, with taps yielding strong returns and prompting expansion plans for the coming season.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
New England
New York
Tennessee
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Oregon
Washington
Benson
North Carolina
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Iowa News
Wilson
Charles R. Crane
Wood
Hale
Massachusetts
Charles A. McQueen
Cleveland, C
Department of Commerce
Santiago
Cutle
Kankakee
San Francisco
Omaha
Neb
Modern Language Association of America
Association
Bay City
Quinnicasee
Mich
Harry BE. Simon
Pittsbirgh
Arthur L. Peterson
Victory
Coal Commission
Charrell Theater
San Luis Patosi
Mex
Mississippi House of Representatives
Jacckson
Bay City Foundry and Machine Company
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Rome
Railroad
Waigns
Anemean Federation of Labor
Patriek Cudahy
Milwaukee
Grover Cleveland Bergdolf
Witeon
Bttuyninnes Mae
Mbies
Central West
Georgia
South
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Kansas
Wheat Belt
Concordia
Fuanctal
Ingland
Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Bes Hween
Philadelphia & Reading
Culebra
Panama Canal
Panama
George Sherlock
Orange
N. J
Pst Office Department
Afr
Lietler Field
Newark
N 1
Carpenters’ District Council
Carpenter Contractors’ Association
William Harts
Paris
Fie
Tess Walker
Evansville
Ind
Samuel Wolchok
Allis Minkie Webb Curls
Dallas
Tex
Ote
Elmer Apperson, Aitty-eight
Kokome, Ind
Apperson Motor Car Company
Los Angeles
Herbert Hoover
GOPL
Nikolaevsk
Sberia
Honolulu
Mustapha Kemal
Amatolia
Tes
England
Constantinople
London Morning Post
George Tehitehorin
Palamad Lis
Moscow
Allen Gell
Trish Linksei
Dublin
Woods Hygl
Mase
House of Commons
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