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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1920
Page
4
Des Moines reports Cedar Falls and Waterloo areas see stricter enforcement of headlight and lamp regulations after a fatal accident. Ottumwa drainage cases head to court as city sues homeowners over guarding excavations. Articles recount local figures from Malvern to Tama, a Mesquakie chief issue, and a statewide fair prize plan.
Ernest Jordin of Black Hawk county presented a bill to the state game warden for feeding 24 pheasants during winter. He supplied 16 bushels of corn at $1.30 per bushel, totaling $20.80. The birds were on a nearby game preserve near the Jordan residence.
The article notes likely reduced crop acreage and rising farm wage offers from four to seventy five dollars with some commands of one hundred dollars for exceptional labor. Land rents run twelve to twenty dollars per acre, many around fifteen, with cash leases more common than shares. Reports mention many farms without tenants and a woman in Ames sells a so called official highway map later disavowed by the State Highway Commission. It covers figures and opinions from former official Hlon Shaw on perils at home, while deportation trains pass and Camp Dodge prepares for Olympic style Army athletics with plans for a major athletic field and stadium. A man jailed in Waterloo for fake relief fundraising is deported after authorities uncover his $1,600 stash and forged endorsements.
A note from the Ohio State Journal extols a woman attempting to buy a newspaper on a cold day. It satirically links her effort to broader rights debates such as suffrage and pensions, urging recognition of women’s needs and the injury of gender still inherent in society.
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