Primary election fallout and rural concerns in Iowa
The piece discusses Cummins winning by a large margin and Brookhart carrying Emmet County. It notes weather and crops in good condition but a need for rain, rising gasoline prices, and public resistance to surging newspaper print costs. It critiques campaign costs, calls for caucus and convention reform, and highlights a health report showing many schoolchildren with dental, tonsil, eye defects and low milk consumption.
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Cummins
Emmet County
Brookhart
Iowa
Pge
Sara Feenhalgh
Herrt
Cross Society
Farmers weigh risks of hiring help over high seed costs
Farmers in the Black Hills face high wages and costly seed as they decide how much land to plant. With daily wage comparisons and seed prices around 10 cents per pound, many plan only enough for their own needs to avoid costly losses. The result could be a smaller potato crop this year in the region.
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Hai
Black Hills
Queen City
S.,d
Ai I
What Are the Railroads Worth
The Inter State Commerce Commission investigates railroad value after years of study and nearly 30.9 million spent. Preliminary findings suggest the national railroad value far exceeds carriers books by over two billion in capitalization and more than six billion in market value, based on field reports for about 52,000 miles of road.
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Inter-State Commerce
Investment totals and major holdings outlined
A fragmented report lists investments and costs, citing figures such as $124,000 production cost and various excesses by firms including New York Nev en Hartford inventory and Rock Inland. It names Great Northern and four others with multimillion-dollar excesses, totaling over eighty million for taton Maine and others.
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New York
Neven
Hartford
Taton
Maine
Rock Inland
Great Northern
Georgia man recalls loss in county race expenses
A dispatch from Atlanta via the Newark Ledger recounts a Georgia candidate defeated in the county commissioner primary listing his exaggerated ledger of losses and antics. The sworn statement cites sleep lost, items given away, miles walked, crowds met, lies told, revival meetings attended, and a baptism tally amid a humorous, self crucial tally of misadventures.
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Georgia
Newark Ledger
Atlanta
Fort Dodge
How Aid Was Given Muscatine Knights of Columbus
May 24 and 25 delegates will view five reel films showing K of C aid to American soldiers in camps and on French battlefields. Films to be sent to Iowa councils. Muscatine hosts largest convention yet with 65 councils and 25,000 members. A steamboat ride on the Mississippi is planned for May 25.
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Muscatine
K. of D
Knights of Columbus
Casey
France
K. C
Iowa
Muscatine Knights
Mississippi
Shore Acres at Grand theatre features Alice Lake next Sunday
The Grand theatre will screen Shore Acres a film adaptation of the famed James A Herne drama starring Alice Lake. The feature portrays rural life in a Maine coastal village with the production credited to Herne himself and known for bringing the stage classic to screens worldwide.
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Alice Lake
New England
James A. Herne
Grand Theatre
Maine
Alice
Shore Acres screen role and sea peril tale
Helen feigns affection for Blake to steal money from her husband then elopes with Sam Warren as a lighthouse keeper cuts the light to avert disaster. Alice Lake debuts in a Metro release with Rex Ingram directing and a cast including Edward Connelly Joseph Kilgour Robert Walker Frank Brownlee and others.
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Blake
Helen
Sam Warren
Nat
Alice Lake
Dame 88
Metro
Miss Lake
Edward Connelly
Joseph Kilgour
Robert Walker
Frank Brownlee
Rex Ingram
Arthur J. Zellner
Steve Norton
Sunday School and Church Next Sunday at Church of Christ
The church invites all to Bible school at 10 a.m. and morning service at 11. An evening service at 8 p.m. will include a special program. Friday features the Wymodnais club visit Miss Mary Rogers and the Aid society meets Friday afternoon with apron return and a social lunch. Midweek gathering is Wednesday night and a regular board meeting follows.
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Wymodnais Club
Mary Rogers
Ladies of the Aid Society
Mrs Henry Parsons Dies after Cancer Battle
Clara E Hindel wife of Henry Parsons died Monday at her home in this city at age fifty two after a three month bed confinement from cancer She came with her husband and family a year and a half ago and quickly made friends Funeral services were held at the hypeway church by Rev J W LaGrone and the body shipped to Galt for burial at Bowen Cemetery She is survived by her husband two children Helen and Lloyd two stepchildren Mrs Frank Hackett of this city and Mrs Knucha of Ames plus other relatives
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Henry Parsons
Clara E. Hindel
Galt
Bowen
Helen
Lloyd
Frank Hackett
City
Knucha
Ames
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