Iowa items note co operative creamery growth and crops
Iowa readers learn of Kanawha creamery reorganization boosting business, plans for a Humboldt factory, and Ames experiment station receiving an African wild boar for breeding work. Reports include corn shipments, land sales, spraying efforts, and school consolidations amid broader farm and dairy developments.
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Butler County
Farmers’ Institute
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Stouder
J. F. Thomas
Franklin County
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Dairy and Food
Brick Hawk County
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Waterloo
Lowa Poultry Association
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Washington Briefs on Sailors Release and Labor Talks
Two American sailors jailed in Mazatlan since November 12 on assault charges will be released at once. The War Department halted sales from army stores on December 10 to ease the Christmas rush. resumption is set for January 1. Washington reports discuss railroad legislation penalties on strikes, a national industrial board for disputes, and President Wilson's conference proposals. Daniel C. Roper considers curbing wood alcohol sales after deaths blamed on its whisky guise.
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Mexico
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State Department
Washington
Wasch
Pardel
Army Retail
Theent
Regional Board of Inquiry
Wilson
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Ford plans bonus and investment for workers
Domestic Henry Ford announces a plan to distribute about 10 million dollars as a worker bonus plus an opportunity to purchase Ford investment certificates for every Ford employee. The report also notes robberies, an assault on the American Legion, and various crimes across several states.
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Basel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Bolsheviks Report Mass Killings and Frontline Moves
A Moscow official statement cites Bolshevik killings of about fourteen thousand people in early 1919. Reports describe fighting in the Narova region with heavy bombardment by Estonian forces and Bolshevik retirements. Other notes mention Bolsheviks occupying Bakhmut, pursuing Kolchak forces, and advances near Novo Nikolaevsk and Alexandrovsky.
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Moscow
Bolshevist
Bakhmut
Novo Nikolaevsk
Kolchak
Alexandrovsky
Bank Robbery and Tax Data Highlight Turbulent Ledger
The Tingley Savings Bank was robbed of 100000 in cash and securities by armed men using an acetylene torch to cut the vault stock. The Illinois Tax Commission reported state property value at 4055700886, exempting corporate stock. A separate incident describes three armed men stopping a track and fleeing with goods from Mika Kohn’s store, after intimidating the driver.
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Yergs
State Tax Commission
Springfield
Mika Kohn
Chitengo
Notable Military and Public Figures Die in Escapes and Deaths
Personal Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy was badly bruised after being thrown from a horse at Canin Lee Virginia Rear Admiral John E Pillsbury retired died at his Washington home Maj. Gen. Thomas H Barry retired former commander of central and eastern departments died at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington of uraemic poisoning Pauline Hall long noted light opera singer died at Yonkers New York Boaz W Long of Las Vegas New Mexico arrived as new American minister to Cuba to be accompanied by sister Theresa Long Sir William Osler famed physician died at Oxford England
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Ee Fe
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Department of the East
Walter, Reed Hospital
St Washington
Pauline Hall
Iong
Shiger
Yonkers, N. Y
Boaz W. ‘Long
Las Vegas
N. MM
Cuya
Herona
Mr. Long
Miss Theresa Long
Secretaries Propose Record U S Federal Spending
Washington reports Secretary Glass unveils Queenstown era style request totaling nearly five billion dollars for the coming year. Army and navy receive the largest shares while interest on the war debt tops the bill. Tax relief remains unlikely with calls for strict budget discipline and opposition to new programs.
American Farmer Leads the World in 1919 Crops and Policy
A Houston report outlines American farm leadership in 1919 with higher acreage and yields than Belgian German British and French rivals. It cites wheat 91 bushels and corn 2 810 250 000 bushels with crops valued at 873 000 000 and recommends a 100 000 000 six year program for marketing extension inspections and rural school support plus farm credit and hospital facilities.
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Houston
Department of Hgrtenic
Tive
Belgium
Uced
Lave
Ce ‘ Eral
Banttary
Russian engineer touts interplanetary travel by air
The article reports on Georgie Bothegut an aviation expert proposing a jet propelled craft able to reach Mars and beyond using atmospheric hydrogen oxygen combustion and a high altitude flight plan. He notes dangers from meteors but foresees skilled pilots mastering interplanetary hops and fuel free flight.
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Inglis
Prée
Georgie Bothegut
Space
Mars
Milky Way
Old World
Dead Sea tunnel plan to power Palestine irrigation network
An engineer proposes a 87 mile tunnel from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea to convert water power into electricity for pumping and irrigation. The scheme envisions pipes through the Dead Sea region to feed southern Galilee stations and distribute power across Jordan and Palestine.
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Sucaunis
Jordan
Ucrem
Trak
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