Des Moines Welcomes Disabled WWI Soldiers With May Baskets
State news covers Des Moines hosting 41 disabled World War I veterans in seven hospitals with May baskets crafted by local schoolchildren, plus thanks from the Military Sisterhood. It also recounts Mount Ayr man Adam Osborn reuniting with his son after 25 years, a Hamp ton compulsory school law case, and Iowa labor data on job placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.W. Jarnagin
Des Moines
Stella Smith
Military Sisterhood
City Detention
Fort Des Moines
Congregational Hospital
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines General Hospital
Mount Ayr
Ringgold County
Missouri
Adam Osborn
Co. E. 43
Missouri Infantry
Harrison County
John Osborn
Montana
DeKalb
Adam
Aone
Fourteenth Cavalry
Atuntsa
Army Relief Association
Kendall
Col. Young
Gerhardt
Inconsistent Male Cites Wives and News Reading
A Baltimore Sun quote notes men complain about wives not reading newspapers yet few men read fashion notes, highlighting a clash between perceived duties and actual reading habits. The remark frames gendered expectations in consuming current events and style items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Producers United Denounces Market Speculators
At the National Farmers' Union convention in Washington, committees were formed to draft legislation to remove speculators from cotton and grain markets. The move aligns with other farm groups aiming for better marketing systems for farm products, as voiced by George Cullen of the North American Fruit Growers' Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Wilkin Grain Co
Albia
Moravia
Appanoose County
Chicago
Aouthern Iowa
National Farmers’ Union
Washington, D. C
Congress
George\. Cullen
North American Fruit Growers’ Enchance
The
Dairy Farmer
Farmer Pricing Power Eases Speculator Influence
A speech notes that farmers face exploitation by speculative middlemen in livestock markets. A Farm Bureau study group urges cooperative marketing to reduce price swings and ensure fair value from terminal markets. The speaker cites 519 speculative firms on the Chicago market as inflating prices for consumers and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Farm Bureau Federation
J. Ry Anderson
St. Paul
Minnnesota
Equity Co-Operative Exchange
Chicago
Farm Bureau Federation Holds Business Meeting
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Executive Committee met in Des Moines for routine business and to finalize the year’s work plan under new legislation. Speakers reviewed legislature results, farm credit corporation provisions, cooperative shipping work, and a $1500 appropriation to back a livestock marketing survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
American Farm Bureau Federation
General Assembly
W. P. Dawson
L. A. Andrews
Iowa
Knute Espe
Federation of Co-operative Livestock Shipping Associations
Committee of Fifteen
Iowa Seeks Federal Reserve Rule Changes on Credit Quotas
Following Secretary Cunningham's report of his Washington visit a general discussion on transportation taxation and farm credits occurred. Resolutions were adopted asking modification of Federal Reserve rules to adjust Iowa's credit quota to reflect the state's wealth and resources and for an immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham
Washington
Federal Reserve
Iowa
Esch-Cummine Act repeal note and flax terminology
This fragment discusses repeal of parts of the Esch Cummine Act and notes on the origin of the term heckle or hackle. It explains that heckling means badgering a candidate and traces the word to the flax trade where the hackler drew flax through hackle pins to straighten and split the fiber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heckle
Hackler
Heckler
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State News
A. L. Urick
Iowa Bureau
Federal Employment Bureau
Iuwa
State Executive Council
F. G. Adams Stamp and Stationery Company
St. Louis
Western Plating Company
Minneapolis
Elwood Myers Company
Springfield
Ohio
Adams Company
Toledo
Leander Clark College
A. F E. Kepford
State Board of Control On
Hopkinton
Delaware County
W. 5. Beels
Eph Hopkins
Ephriam
Eph
War Department
Stuart
Guthrie County
J. K. Myers
State Bankers Association
Saunders
Dewey
Mahaska County
County Board of Supervisors
United States Supreme Court
39Th
M. E. Church
Girls’ Glee Club
Part
Phé Jolly Blacksmith's
Happy Birds
Mackie Beyer
Gordon Geibelee
Simni
Mise Maude Hutching Ooler Holst
B. Glee Club
Mary Louise Osgood
Francis Lough
Vss
Acopes
Vee & Lver
Paul Bliss
Ezy
E. Farm Bureau Federation
Ste
Estherville Wholesale Grocer Co
J. Hansen
Carl Olson
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