Iowa Farm News Highlighting County Agriculture Progress
Iowa farm updates cover dairy efforts at Ames and town talks by Rex Beresford. sugar beet projects near Bode. tractor show in Marshall County. office notes on fruit spraying in Benton. county agents conference dates across ten counties. Muscatine dairy group seeks Davenport model. record lamb sales in Dallas County. corn yields praised near Glidden. life membership plan for Farm Bureau gains traction. dog predation on sheep rising in Allamakee County. North Liberty school consolidation narrowly approved.
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Iowa State College
A. Miller and Sons
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Gilman
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Rex Beresford
Bode
Humboldt County
Iowa Sugar Company
Glass
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Ames
Iowa State Dairy Association
United States
R. T. Parkhurst
K. Clemmons
Joe Halter
Scott
Sharon
Clayton County
Harvey Strum
Marshalltown
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Des Moines
Polk County Board of Supervisors
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Town State Highway Commission
Brant
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Burlington
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Hampton
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LeMare
Spencer
Clarke County
Farm Bureau “Exchange
Atlantic
RF. Neal
Grave
Marlon County
Fuare
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Athers
le Wrele
Emmett County
Wygle
Muscatine County
Davenport
Farm Bureau
Arthur Wilkins
Dallas County
Chicago
R. E. Donahue
Decatur County
Jesse Atkin
Gladys
Union County
Arispe
Ollvar Connor
Glidden
G. E. Klick
Connor
Iowa Plan
Allamakee
North Liberty
Caggrove
Western Canada corn wins top prize at Soil Products Exposition
Canadian exporters pride in Dent corn from Kelwood Manitoba taking first prize at the Soil Products Exposition in Kansas City. Western Canada wins 40 firsts 29 seconds 26 thirds across wheat oats barley potatoes and vegetables, signaling potential northward corn belt expansion.
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John Hamilton
Kelwood
Manitoba
Mr. Hewitt
Main Street
Canada
America
Minnesota
Crookston
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western Canada
South Dakota
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dust Laying Machine Trial Sparks Quip Exchange
Two workers debate new equipment as one jokes about a machine to lay dust while another prefers a rake to raleoing it, reflecting light industrial humor.
Cascarets Offer Nightly Cleanse For Liver And Bowels
An advertisement promises a gentle overnight cleanse with Cascarets to wake up clear and rosy. It claims no griping or sickness unlike calomel or salts and highlights low cost and overnight effect. The text ends with a stray line about a girl and a poet.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted for Blood Purifying Cure
An advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally. It asserts the remedy cures catarrh by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces and highlights the blend of tonics and purifiers as producing remarkable results. Patent medicine rhetoric attributes success to constitutional factors and urges readers to consult druggists.
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Hall
Tantimonia
FB. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Happenings of the World Tersely Told
War news covers Memorial Day flag placements in France and at U S cemeteries. Mint reports unprecedented penny nickel dime demand while President Wilson contracts a cold. Bolshevik decree referenced. 1918 U S death toll at record level with 1 471 867 fatalities. Navy postwar strength projected at 940 ships. Financial conference signals reliance on internal resources. House panel notes customs seizures tiny compared with smuggling. Census enumeration to begin March 1 covering 20 industries. Army mobilization could reach 2 000 000 within five years after reorganization bill passage.
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Wadsworth
Senate Military Committee
Washington
Allied War Crimes Probe Targets German Heir and Relatives
Allied authorities demand the extradition of the former Crown Prince Frederick and several sons of the late German emperor amid a list of about 100 names. The dispatches report currency turmoil in New York, d’Annunzio seizing ships at Fiume, and varied war news from Europe and Brazil, including revolts, land openings, and political shifts.
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Frederick Witson
Bays & Parts Dispatch
Notable Officials and Crimes Highlight Turbulent Era
Former Maryland governor Frank Brown dies at 74 in Baltimore after long illness. Nebraska congressman Charles Lobeck dies of heart disease in Omaha. Chicago gunman Maurice Boright is shot dead outside his home. Albany Alabama births record reports six children in one family. New York State tax report tallies 13.16 billion in property value. Detective Charles Thurston murdered in Columbus, Ohio. Influenza hits Sing Prison with 29 condemned inmates ill. University of Wisconsin grants 25 percent pay raise to faculty. Newark fire claims seven lives. T W W indictments return in Chicago. Minnesota reports dozens ill from influenza. 2000 cases in Minneapolis. Seven Sterling High School boys bound over for assault. Miss Treda Lesker murder case advances. Robbery at Sully In bank nets 12000 in cash and bonds. Coroner probes alcohol taint linked to deaths. McMinnville guards jailed in death of prisoner Fred Murphy.
Doctor Said She Would Not Live Fort Dodge Tosawa
Mrs Mobler recounts her daughter nearly dying, told by doctors she had less than a year to live. After using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription health improved. she also credits the remedy for her own general weakness from twenty-five years ago.
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St. Paul
Minn
Fort Dodge
Towa
Dr. Pierce
Greenwich event honors Inez Halnds Gilmore author of children’s books
A Greenwich gathering compliments Inez Halnds Gilmore for her popular children’s books. She says writing for kids requires study of child psychology, noting a playful remark from a friend's daughter about marriage and bachelor plans. Tea and humor weave through the exchange.
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Inez Halnds Gilmore
Greenwich
Mamma
Momma
Quotation on Gossip as Authority Sparks Debate
A terse witticism suggests gossip people are treated as authorities because their words supposedly carry weight. The remark implies the line between rumor and credibility is thin and easily exploited.
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