Iowa farm news highlights and industry notes from 1920s
Broad survey of Iowa agriculture and farm bureau activity. Reports cover county campaigns to enroll farmers, forthcoming farmers institutes in Roland and Am tes, Jersey cattle funding for a Waterloo Cattle Congress, and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation’s rapid growth since 1915. Also notes ship launching Mason City, short agricultural courses, and crop yields in Carroll and Clinton counties.
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Upper Town University
Mayotte
Tarmiers
Wayne County
Franklin County
Jawa Farm Bureau Federation
Stary County
Roland
Bousa Vista
Althe
Black
Oskaloosa
Mason City
Bethlehem Ship Company
Wilmington
Del
Elizabeth Muse
Mason ‘City
C. H. McNider
Iowa
Jesup
Dunkerton
LaPorte City
Jubilea
Vocational Educational Board
Hudson
Orange Township
Bert L. France
Palo Alto County
Fred F. Clark
Anamosa
Clark
Iowa State College
Jones County
France
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
American Jersey Cattle Club
New York City
Cattle Congress
H. G. van Pelt
Jersey Club Board
Amtes
Preyloug
Carrol County
Oliver Conner
Glidden
McCoy
McCoy Hays
Clinton County
Art Campbell
Cecil Buetard
Grant Nelson
Bun Nelson
Norman Hughes
Wabert Chandler
Smith Boys
Ida Grave
World events brief from Washington to Budapest
President Wilson asks Congress to authorize a loan of 150 million to aid Poland Austria Armenia to relieve food shortages. Britain reports 8,000 of 8,600 aliens arrested are deportation candidates. Cumming named surgeon general succeeding Blue who left January 15. Bolster troops move in Europe as Bolshevik advances cause mobilizations in Poland. Cold wave kills dozens in Mexico City. Jugoslav government accepts Adriatic settlement ultimatums. Elizabethgrad occupied as Bolsheviks advance. London judges many divorces as wartime strains rise. Refugees total 20 000 around Budapest living in barns and cars.
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Wilson
Glass
Congress
Washington
Poland
Austria
Armenia
European
Lettish Front Advances Amid War News From Europe
Reports from Riga via Copenhagen claim Lettish forces captured Guzyn the last eastern Latvian town held by Bolsheviks and pushed to the Lettish Russian frontier with many fronts active and 2000 prisoners. Dispatches also note Bolshevik demobilization talks with Britain and a mixed set of allied notes on Adriatic and Persian fronts.
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Guzyn
Latvia
Riga
Copenhagen
Senator La Follette Seeks Mayo Hospital Care
Senator R. M. La Follette travels to Rochester Minnesota to enter Mayo Hospital for an infection tied to his teeth. He is accompanied by his son, secretary to the senator.
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R. M. la Follette
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Hospital
Wealth in North Dakota Soars As Farm Output Grows
The 1918 agricultural production in North Dakota valued at about 638 million dollars, with per capita wealth reaching 2966 dollars. Compared with the U S average of 1956 dollars, North Dakota exceeds the national mean by more than 1000 dollars.
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North Dakota
United States Government
United States Census Bureau
Union
Long Meteor Flight Across Europe Observed in 1919
Observers describe a brilliant meteor on October 21, 1919 with a 335 mile horizontal flight from a point 20 miles northeast of York to 80 miles southwest of St Valery France. It moved about 33 miles per second at an average altitude near 74 miles and its radiant aligns with Herschel’s 1789 comet meteors.
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York
England
St. Valery
France
A. 8. Herschel
Scientific American
Apology Over a Father’s Cigar Incident
A brief exchange reveals an apology over a cigar given by a father. One speaker excuses the act while the other allows smoking, noting the cigar originated from the father.
Assured Knowledge Quip Sparks Debate on Child Rearing
A witty exchange underscores tensions around parenting knowledge and gender roles as a remark suggests a woman may know little about childrearing because she never had children. The remark reflects social norms and debates of the period.
Oregon Hen Sets World Egg Record For Exhibition
A White Leghorn owned by Doctor Tan cred of Kent Washington laid 334 eggs in 865 days ending September 10 marking a world record. The hen was exhibited in Portland Oregon under a $5 000 life insurance policy bought to insure the bird for the feed company display.
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Portland
Ore
Ian
White Leghorn
Tancred
Kent
Wash
Paris Gown Stuns Guests At Grabcoin Reception
Mr. Dubwalter recalls a reception for Grabcoin where Mrs. Grabcoin wore a Paris gown that impressed many guests. The marvel prompted some attendees to leave early and caused friction with their husbands on the way home.
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Grabcoin
Accesa
Dubwalter
The Likeness Reveals Nation and Reputation Dialog
A clipped dialogue ponders national mood likening nations to people fed up with Turkey. A speaker questions how a man could recognize his own reputation if confronted with meat. The fragment hints at satire on perception and identity.
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Turkey
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Polk County Pure Bred Livestock Association
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Clarence Pierson
Mitchellville
HL M
Mencough
Grimes
Otho Smith
Altoona
J. M. Pearce
Otis
Yell Township
Baake County
Fred R. White
EB. T. Meredith
Des Moines
David S. Houston
the Treasury
Meredith
United States
Associated Advertising Clubs of
Federal Reserve Bank of
Seventh District
Knute Espe
National Organization of Co-Operative Shippers
A. A. Sykes
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
Capt. E. N. Wentworth
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Marshalltown
C.F. Hamilton
Jackson County
A. A. Gurger
Clara M. Sutter
Black Hawk County
Best
Hugh 8. Cumming
Bampton
Rupert Blue
Public Health Service
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Says
Washington Dispatch
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Lodge
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Moscow
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Paris Figaro
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Mexico
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Charette
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Chita
East Siberia
Joseph H.ay
Irkutsk
Daily News
Dall Eireann
Ireland
Mediterranean
Palestine
New York
Ztrist Organtzation of
Ameren
Isaac Rogoff
Hussian
Zlontat Organization
Bolaheyist Peasants’ Corps Hing
Nobola
Monualis
Federationist
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Harry L. Davis
Cleveland
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New York Police Department
Doane College of Crete
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State Health Department
St. Paul, Minn
Victor L. Berger
Chicago
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John McKinney
Lawrence Barnaby
Columbus
Truman H. Newberry
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Federal District Court
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Mich
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American Tailway Express Company
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Ursula Broderick
St. Louis
Joseph PF
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Butte
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Castoria
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Appeal To Reason
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Xan
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