Iowa News Notes on Farming and Schools in 1923 Era
Iowa reports extensive soybean testing, farm construction valued at 50.8 million dollars, 90 450 bonus warrants mailed for 12 500 claims, and a 50 percent drop in Van Buren wheat acres. Other items cover bank robberies down from 500k to 15k, road bonds in Henry County, farm auctions, dairy herd emphasis, courthouse cornerstone, and new auto license tags. Sixteen topics include agriculture, infrastructure, education, and state finances with named places like Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Mount Pleasant.
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Iowa
State
Banua Board
van Buren County
Church of Moravia
Union
Appanoose County
Farmers’ Shipping Association of Bondurant
Cooperative Grain
C. E. Hamilton
Ames
Ben J. Gibson
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Credit Corporation
N. E. Kendall
General Assembly
Peter Malcolm
H. C. Simons
Hamburg
Iowa State College
Linn County
Cellar Rapids
Masonic Grand Judge
Clifford Thorne
State Fish and Game Department
Motor Vehicle Department
Henry County
Miss May Francis
John R. Quinn
California
American Legion
Secretary of States Office
40Th General Assembly
Cyrus Tow
Norway
Hampshire
Joseph Schulte
Newhall
Carro County
Bankers of Iowa
Iowa Bankers Association
Wheat Commission
America
Henry C. Wallace
Blanchard Boys
Walter Reece
R. S. BeKie
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Federal Employment Bureau
Roy D. Brown
Lamoni
Morley Jull
Department of Agriculture
Dubuque
Joseph Flynn
South America
Charles Thompson
Armour & Co
Mason City
Algona
Leonard Miller
Dankerton
Black Hawk
Soils Department of
World Events in Brief From Washington and Beyond
Plans for an international parliament of women surface in Washington as first sessions loom next year. Congress debates tax relief for large incomes while White arsenic and boll weevil control spark official interest. Hines seeks 10,000 vocational grads' jobs and Coolidge backs tax cuts amid debt negotiations.
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Washington
Parliament of
Harris
Georgia
President Coolidge
Saturday Football Scores Across Major Matches
Big games posted scores with Chicago 17 over Ohio State 8 and Michigan losing, Wisconsin 3 over Minnesota 20, Iowa 7, Purdue 6, Northwestern 3, Illinois 27 over Mississippi 0, Notre Dame 84 over Butler 7, Wabash 29 over Indiana 6, Nebraska 26 over Ames 14, Yale 27 over Princeton 0, Colgate 16 over Syracuse 7, Brown 20 over Harvard 7, Columbia 21 over New York U C, Vanderbilt 85 over Georgia 7, Centre 17 over Auburn 0. Zev won a tight match race over Papyrus at Churchill Downs in 2:06 1-5 for the mile and a quarter.
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Chicago
Ohio State
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Purdue
Northwestern
Illinois
Mississippi
Notre Dame
Butler
Wabash
Indiana
Nebraska
Ames
Yale
Princeton
Colgate
Syracuse
Brown
Harvard
Columbia
New York U.C
Vanderbilt
Georgia
Centre
Auburn
Turmoil and death cross Europe amid riots and clashes
A Dusseldorf dispatch reports food riots in the Ruhr with 138 deaths in clashes with police. In Stuttgart a railway collision kills seven and wounds twenty. Greece pins death sentences on four revolt leaders, while Tokyo politics spark suffrage fever for Japanese women over thirty.
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Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Thineland
Tokyo
Stuttgart
Germany
See
Greece
Eleusis
Ife
Youngest Mayor Quinn Leads Fairibault as Legionnaire
Thomas H. Quinn, an American Legion member, became Faribault Minnesota's mayor at age 22 in 1921 and was re-elected in 1923. A St Thomas College and St Paul College of Law graduate, he previously worked for the Internal Revenue Service and later opened a law office. He serves as president of the Southern Minnesota Baseball League and a director of the Minnesota Municipalities League, and helped organize the Minnesota department American Legion convention in Faribault.
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Thomas H. Quinn
American Legion
United States
Quinn
Faribault
Minn
Barthbault
St. Thomas College
St. Paul College of Law
Internal Revenue Service
Southern Minnesota Baseball League
Minnesota Municipalities League
Minnesota Department of the American Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Bury Veterans Welfare Ruling Expands Funeral Aid
Information sent to American Legion posts about funeral expense aid for indigent World War and other veterans. The U S Veterans Bureau may pay up to 100 dollars for burial costs and transportation from death to interment. national cemeteries may be used if desired. Proof of indigence and lack of funds by relatives is required.
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American Legion
United States Veterans’ Bureau
United States
Legion
Playground Request Spurs Petition in Bridgewater
To provide playground space amid growing school needs in Bridgewater Massachusetts residents, led by the American Legion, circulated a petition for a special town election to purchase tracts for recreation on former playground property.
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Bridgewater
Mass
American Legion
Child Witnesses Odd Calamity At Home
An eight year old Bertie calmly describes a pantry mishap where a jug of molasses toppled, drawing attention from neighbors as a “torture” scene unfolds inside the house. The boy explains his older brother wrecked it and is being punished for Sunday school.
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Bertie
Placia
Zackly
The
American Legion Weekly
Auxiliary aids Seanide Boy Scouts with 150 dollar gift
The American Legion Auxiliary unit in Seanide Ore approved a $150 appropriation to support the local Boy Scout troop’s annual work. The auxiliary women also donated a stand of patrol flags for the scouts.
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Auxiliary
Boy Scoute
American Legion Auxiliary
Seanide
Ore
The
Solora
Nurse Gains 15 Lbs on Tanlac
Mies Mary Early of Omaha Nebraska, a nurse for fifteen years, reports gaining fifteen pounds after Tanlac treatment. She cites relief from pain, increased appetite, improved digestion, and restored strength for herself and her brother who recovered from typhoid after Tanlac. She endorses Tanlac without substitutes.
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Mies
Mary Early
Omaha
Tanlac
Amouil
Telephone a help in economizing social visits
Mrs Bu asks how the telephone aids economy in visiting and entertaining. The dialogue explains that chats with friends and relatives by phone save the expense of hosting and feeding guests.
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Mra
Boston Evening Transcript
Costs Lose to Keep Clean and Sanitary Living
Federal and State health reports show over 250 000 deaths and 4 500 000 serious illnesses annually from unsanitary conditions. Rural and small towns bear the burden. improving sanitation is inexpensive and simple. The Portland Cement Association offers free guidance with directions on septic tanks privy vaults and domestic water supplies, by request.
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Portland Cement Association
West Washington Street
Chicago
Wait for the Traveler but No Fuldup Men for Celmson Gulch
The Washington Star notes a character exchange where Carlton Joe corrects a misunderstanding about local workers. He states they have a taxi stand and a rail line station, claiming the town is like others with modern amenities.
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Celmson Gulch
Carton Joe
Washington Star
Cuticura Ad Promotes Baby Skin Remedies
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing rashes with hot baths using Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and light use of Cuticura Talcum. It claims purity and fragrance, priced at 25 cents, while a stray note preserves a general joke about laziness and reputation.
Cascarets for Liver and Bowel A Box Ad
Curea billiousness constipation and indigestion with Cascarets. Ad notes a remedy in drug stores. The copy ends with a stray insult about recalling someone on a shelf.
Curious Patent Medicine Report From Buffalo Hotel Institute
Fragmentary OCR notes describe use of Pierce’s preparations and various tonics for strength. Mentions a Buffalo Hotel and an Institute, with references to a Blaancavery and a New York address, but details are garbled and unclear.
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Smoot
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Hines
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Mellon
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Josephine Baker
New York
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State Bank
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Robert Morris
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Cylon
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Lake City
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Prazeyburg
Newark
Argentine State Bank
Argentine Boulevard
Seventeenth Street
Kansas City
Kaw
Chitengo
Tie
Rockford
Flraace
William Gibbs McAdoo
Normal L. Jones
Circuit Court
Governor Small
Elvil Mutts
Brundage. Ee
Rolla Wells
Democratic National Committee
Carlotta Clark
Church
Alonzo Church
St. Louis
Charles A. McDonald
Citizens' Hank and Trust Company of
Bisbee
Aris
American Bar Association
University of Chicago
Te University of Sinois
West Point
N. Y
J. C. Watton
Oklahoma
State Senate
Oklahoma City
Okla
Anthony Caminetti
Federal Commissioner of Immigration
Jackson
Cal Zso
George C. Taylor
American Express Company
American Railway Express Company
Pelham
Mr. Taylor
Ripon
Zev
Papyrus
Lutonia
Churchill Downs
Loniaville
Onke
Countess Hardick
Hohenlohe
Vienna
Budapest
Berlin
Poine
Paria
Frederick William
Great Britain
France
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
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London
Charles Tas
Ulmberg
Neu. Wied
Elfgione Treriven Eogto Fon News Service
Thomas HM. Quinn
Fairibault, Minn
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Pierce
Peeia
Ade Lurance
Buel Hotel
Sit Bisa
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