Dickinson Endorsed by American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington May 5 1922 The American Farm Bureau Federation endorses L J Dickinson of Iowa as chairman of the House bloc praising his leadership on a national economic program favoring producers and consumers. The letter cites Dickinson’s role in the War Finance cooperatives tax policy and opposition to the sales tax and lauds his agricultural state leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. B. McLaughlin
West Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Morgantown
W. Va
McLaughlin
House Bloc
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Congress
Dickinson
United States
Kenyon
Wallace
Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Senate
Women of Columbus Junction Restore Suspension Bridge
News notes Columbus Junction Iowa rebuilt the Cedar river suspension foot bridge at a cost of about 1550 dollars. The article discusses local river geography, naming origins of Columbus Junction and the junction of the Iowa and Cedar rivers, with remarks by Henry McCarthy of Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Columbus Junction
Cedar River
India
Iowa Pioneers Recall Early Days and Landmarks
David Sutherland of Brooklyn recounts the Manatt farm east of Brooklyn, a 287 acre property held by the Manatt family since 1850 with Mrs. M. B. Manatt living there since 1864. He notes the land once part of a great prairie stretch in Story County and nearby counties. Poweshiek honors include Mrs. Mary Jane Rope with 63 grandchildren from four generations, married to Geo. Lyman in 1862 and mother of nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
John C. Fremont
United States
MacCarthy
Great Agricultural College
Story
Ae Woot
David Sutherland
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Manatt
Robert Manatt
M. B
Poweshiek
Mary Jane Rope
Geo. Lyman
Lyman
Conrad High School Struggles With Nonuser Ball Team
The town of Conrad Grundy county faces a tobacco habit problem among students as the high school cannot field a baseball team. The school board rules that only nonusers are eligible, but there are too few boys free from the habit to form a team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uttle
Conrad
Grundy County
Pasteur Treatment Sent to Hampton Iowa for Mad Dog Bites
State board of health has dispatched the fifteenth Pasteur treatment this year to Hampton Iowa. Iowa averages seventy to eighty annual mad dog cases. Penick and Ford in Cedar Rapids produce large quantities of corn sugar for industrial use, not fit for food. Sugar is 70 to 80 percent dextrose, hardened in moulds or gun syrup, shipped in 100 pound bags. Process from corn to sugar takes about four days. Illinois Central railway unloaded forty southern laborers to work nearby.
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Pasteur
Hampton
State Board of Health
Iowa
Penick & Ford
Cedar Rapids
Union
Canada
Labor protest hints at white job hunts in Ames area
The section’s likely protest centers on white laborers needing work while railways allegedly import Mexicans and other undesirables. Migrant housing in box cars or shacks is cited as depressingly keeping workers in servitude, harming the American standard of living. A future note mentions George W Nichols of Ames, heavyset, traveling to Kansas City with the Brundage Carnival Co. and his measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Ames
George W. Nichols
Kansas City
Brundage Carnival Co
Modern tramps differ from old types says Rock Island officer
A Davenport special reports a Rock Island railroad official says today’s tramp is younger, inexperienced, and driven by wanderlust rather than professionalism. He notes many may have served in the war and struggle with routine postwar life, while outlining Iowa National Guard encampment costs and locations for 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Railroad
Davenport
Farmer Candidate Debate in Kossuth County
La Verne News argues the Farm Bureau and Grain Growers push for a single farmer candidate to oppose Lee O. Wolfe. The paper questions politicizing the bureau and warns against turning it into a political machine while urging a representative who balances all interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Lee O. Wolfe
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau and
Grain Growers Association
Warm Bureau
Wolfe
la Verne News
North Iowa to pave 81 miles from Charles City to Algona
A summer paving program will create a continuous 81 mile stretch of paved highway linking Charles City and Algona in North Iowa. The project covers county road systems and expands regional road quality and mobility for residents and travelers.
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North
Iowa
Charles City
Algona
Highway Commission Powers Debated By Reader Letter
Fairfield Iowa May 6 reader argues the State Highway Commission holds no tax or contract power, only engineering and standard plans. He details duties from the 1915 code, noting the commission sets plans and supervises primary road work while county boards approve contracts and funds. He warns of uniform standards and federal aid contingent on proper oversight.
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Highway Commission
Nelson
Fairfield
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Herald
County Boards of Supervisors
Township Board of Trustees
County Board of Supervisors
Atster
Iowa Railroad Commission
Attorney General
Commission
Towa
Swea City
Woden News Notes and Local Socials Report
Woden notes cover visits by H O Swingen near Forest City and Rev William Bode in Grundy Center. Local residents George and Mrs Breen visit Ti tonka, Margaret Dean comes from Mason City, and Lakota beats Woden Titonka 8 to 4 in a Sunday ball game at the local diamond. Woden to host Thompson June 8. Fishermen Williams Jacobs Fritz Gardes Chas Christensen George Tilenger and A Christensen spent weekend at Silver Lake Minnesota. Doctor Dolmage of Buffalo Center visiting Thursday morning. John Ormsby family of Wesley visit. Peck Hanson of Garner attends local business matters. Ray Howley family of Heyfield visiting local residents.
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Duane Sweet
Joyce
J. Lewis
Ana
Josa
Peter Koppen
Lat Kota
Smithletterer
Garner
Woden
H. O. Swingen
Ruth
Allegra
Britt
Henry Bode
Brit
Crystal Lake
Pearl Rudisill
Murr
Chris Jacobs
Berniece Cunningham
Marshalltown
William Collins
Opal Eisenmann
Buffalo Center
Everett Law
Kruge
Orvilla Murr
Seiboldt
Daugh~ters
C. A. Lawler
Engsmore
New York
Forest City
Rey
Wellner
Minnesota
Sam Barron
Zella
al- Bona
Harold
Esther
Missyjan
Algona
Prk
Ray Valley
Late Mills
George Breen
James Breen
Titonka
William Bode
Grundy Center
J. H. Bode
Chas. Fiege
Margaret Dean
Mason City
John Haan
Gertrude Ludeking
Woden-Titanka
Thompson
Willian Jacobs
Fritz Gardes
Chas, Christensen
George Tilengerdes
A. Christensen
Silver Lake
Doctor Dolmage
John Ormsby
Wesley
Peck Hanson
Ray Howley
Heyfield
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Washington
Henry McCarthy
Kossuth County Farm
Bureau
H. N. Kruse
THE
Republi
Illinois Central Railway Company
Chero
Supreme Court
District Court of
Carroll County
Henry Bruntlett
Carlos
Lanesboro
Mexico
Tri-City
Marengo
Moline
Felix Sabbe
Theodore Saelens
Cyriel Voghelier
Theodore van Coulle
Henry Maes
Ed Duvetter
Alois de Speighlaere
Felix de Munck
Theodre van Coulle
Mr. van Iseghemn
Julius Beke
Valentine Casier
Dowa National Board
Adjt
Louis G. Lasher
Camp
Knox
Camp Dodge
M. J. Mertz
John ‘Smith
Marie Quinn
B. H. Dirksen
Albert
J. E. Keil
Titonka, Iowa
Woden News
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