Iowa News in Brief From Many Counties
Oelwein elects S. K. Hazlett as Iowa Veterinary Association president. Iowa forests benefit from warblers by insect control. John L. Berry 78 dies in Iowa City. career as contractor noted. Page County claims wheat championship with 1,015,000 bushels last year. Appanoose soil 98 percent of it sour. Shipyard and farm notes cover hog and sheep trends, sugar beet interest, and county farm bureaus. A hog and cattle diary and a new dairy barn near Amos highlight modern farming advances. Appleton and Decatur county crops and equipment update with worm control and tractor school plans.
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S. K. Hazlett
Oelwelh
Iowa Veterinary Association
John Lb. Berry
Iowa City
Page County
George H. Munger
Appanoose County
W. Bulls
Wayne County
Allerton
Lee County
Afton
Tnlon
Crumpacker
Messer & Bisanell
Jackson County Pervisora
Uamson
George McClellan
Iowa State Teachers Association
Hare
Bridges Concrete
Hugh Wil
Adams County
Frank Scales
Lucas County
Rr. Scales
van Buren County
Rr. Aerrick
Mr. Parkhurst
Kitterman
Plymouth County
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F.N. Kn
Stantor
Neb
Nebraska
Des Moines
Eall Federation
Avothi
An Church
Mistry
Luther Erly Jing
Echoaly
Facmors
Iowa
Orie
Miny
Coun
Clay County
Britt
Garner
Mason City
Northern Sugar Corporation
Askiat
Spencer
State Highway Commission
Harding
Webster County
W. B. Loveland
Waverly
Janesvilla
Clari
C. H. Hicks
Amos
Albert Miter
Shay
Montgomery County
Worma
Frank F. Barker
New Hampton
Decatur County
Leon
W. A. Allbaugh
Walter Dunham
Happenings of the World Tersely Told
Digest of wartime and domestic developments as reported from Washington and abroad. Topics include Prohibition amendments pending Supreme Court review, labor disputes and mine reinstatements, troop embarkation plans, export machinery deals, navy training expansion, Admiral Sims dispute, Italian decorations for U S officials, AFL opposition to Sedition Bill, deserters around Paris, Haitian port defense, Polish aid proposals, and a large naval force expansion recommendation.
Fires claim workers and others in multiple cities
A series of deadly and damaging incidents leave several dead and dozens injured. In Philadelphia a four story Tarlo & Son furniture factory burns, in New York a Diamond district fire claims five lives and injures eight, while influenza spreads among American troops at camps. Authorities seize millions in contraband and arrest hundreds in Northwest raids as political and economic turmoil unfolds nationally and internationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tarlo & Son
Philadelphia
Diamond District
New York
American Forester Calls for National Shade Tree List
The American Forestry association seeks a complete list of famous shade trees in the United States. Notable examples include the Liberty tree at Annapolis, the Weegu Mam Penn Treaty tree, Oberlin’s campus tree, and Huntington’s largest shade tree. Comparisons of spread and age are noted as candidates urge more nominations.
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Wshington
American Forestry
United’ States
Charles ‘Lathrop
Pack
Bi John’s ‘College
Annapolis
Waslington
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Abelm
Huntington
Ind
Dumont. Keaneny
Crawfordsville
Tils
Faa Hi Huntington Cin
Lisbon
Tre Fie Lny
Ets
Ralph G. Smith
Circleville
Logan
O&o
Royce
Joseph Hooker
Chico
Cal
General Sherman
Ald
Dirt
Brunsciets
Hall of Fame
Hag Io
Army to Foster Polo as Peace Time War Game
The War Department aims to develop polo within the army to improve horsemanship, skill, and daring among officers and enlisted men. A central polo committee will coordinate activities with the American Polo Association and manage equipment, quotas, and training at divisions, camps, and regimental posts.
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wWwar
War Department
American Polo Association
Elmount Alfticer
Wettt|seve
Wired Wireless and Squier Method Promise Secrecy
The army chief signal officer Maj. Gen. George Squier touted a ten to fifty wire technique called Single Wires. It would make long distance telephone and telegraph practically limitless by guiding radio currents along a wire path. Currents travel beside the wire through the air but stay close to it to ensure reliability and secrecy, replacing broad broadcast radio with a near wire core path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pers
George Squier
Argentina
Alaska
Squier
Autumnal imagery and country life in a disputed speech
A fragmented record shows a speech referencing contrasts between junk and cooking of the countryside. The speaker celebrates autumnal scenes of pumpkins corn wheat and harvests while noting political objections to adjournment. The text blends rural nostalgia with a call to honor country virtues and epicurean country fare.
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Thomas En of
Kentucky
Congress
Congressional
Thomas
Mifigla
Ugut
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Iowa News
Tom @. Stone
Iowa State College
Town Wood Pleeca Growers’ Association
Washington
Philippines
Wes Baker
Maachinery
England
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V Finance’ Corporation
Navy Department
Great Lakes Payal Station
Daniels
Dubile
Senator Page
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Sims
Red Cross
Gt . Washington
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Federation
America Army
Paris
Unite States
Port Ano Prince
Haytien
House Naval Committee
Admiral Koontz
Adam Eldemutier
Piburgi
Camp Grant
Rockford
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ireland
Theodore G. Bitho
Lee
Rossel At. Jackson
Mixk
Oia Jumdret Federal
Oregon
Find
California
Agators
San Francisco
Department of Justice
Seattle
Northwest
Chicago
Great ‘Lakes
LD Cornish
Rochester, Minn
St. Paul, Minn
United States Secret Service “Agency
Federal Treasury
Minnesota
Paul Guesteldt
South America
Chile
Berlin
William Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Jekyl Island
Brunswick, Ga
Sone Jetel
Canada
Victory Town
Helief
London
Great Britain
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Premer Yussuf Wahba Pasha
Cairo
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Patt Deschanel
Assemble
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