Iowa Crop Report Sees Mixed Yields Amid Dry Warm Year
Towa Crop Conditions report from Council Bluffs Iowa details September warmth and drought stress causing uneven yields across major crops. Corn cribbing and white potatoes show lower than normal production while oats and barley suffer from high temperatures during grain filling. Final December acreage may be revised downward due to abandoned fields and poor barley. Town forecasts 414 million bushels of corn, down from last year. oats yield 180 million bushels, barley poor. potatoes fall sharply from 1917 and 1919 highs. Multiple district minister appointments announced in Sioux City.
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Towa
Iowa
Mitchell County
Frank S. Pinney
Obituary of Perry Lillard from Emmetsburg Democrat
Perry Lillard died Friday October 3 at the home of his son in Emmetsburg after visiting from Kansas. Born April 19 1833 in St Louis Missouri he was 86. Survived by son B F Lillard and three daughters G E Moore S Granger and F Shellig. Funeral services were held in Colchester Illinois and burial followed in Estherville area cemetery. He was a gentle upright citizen remembered for civic service and kindness. The community extends sincere sympathy to the family.
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Perry Lillard
Emmetsburg
B. KF. Lillard
Kansas
St. Louis
Missouri
Nancy Jane Finley
Finley
Colchester
Ilinois
G. E. Moore
Estherville
Samuel Granger
Liberal
Frank Shellig
Kirkville
Florence Overholt named YWCA meetings chair at Iowa
Miss Florence Overholt of Wallingford has resumed liberal arts studies at the State University. She has been appointed chairman of the committee on meetings of the student YWCA at the University of Iowa for the current academic year. The appointment was noted in town news from October 13.
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Florence Overholt
Town City
Iowa
Wallingford
College of Liberal Arts
The
State University
Y. W
University of Iowa
Buckingham Honored by Iowa State Historical Society
At the regular board of curators meeting on October 7, L R Buckingham of Estherville was elected to membership in the State Historical Society of Iowa. The society includes many prominent residents and its publications appear in major libraries nationwide. It is compiling a comprehensive history of Iowa’s role in World War I.
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L. R. Buckingham
Iowa City
Board of Curators
R. Buckingham
Estherville
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Ownership Statement for Vindicator and Republican Estherville
Notarized 1919 ownership report for the Estherville Iowa weekly Vindicator and Republican. Geo A Nichols named editor managing editor and business manager. owners include Vindicator and Republican Co. stockholders listed. no bondholders or security holders of 1 percent or more.
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Congress
Vindicator
Estherville
Iowa
State of Iowa
Emmet County
Geo. A. Nichols
Republican
Vindicator and
Esthervillle
Long
The
Vindicator and Republican Co
X Corporation
G. A. Nichols
H. T. Nichols
W. E. Deming
M. K. Whelan
J. P. Kirby
E. J. Breen
Fort Dodge
influenza precautions urged amid possible outbreak in 1920
Dr E G Birge state epidemiologist cites Public Health Service notes that another influenza outbreak may occur in the United States this year though not as severe as the prior pandemic. Sanitation and limited personal contact are urged while officials mobilize tuberculosis drives and child health programs in Iowa to combat disease and malnutrition.
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United States
E. G. Birge
University of Town
Public Health Service
Red Cross Christmas Seals Campaign Announced
A campaign to improve child health opens December first funded by Red Cross Christmas seals. Ninety percent of proceeds stay in this state while ten percent supports the National Tuberculosis Association.
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Red Cross
National Tuberculosis Association
Eight Thousand Dollar Hog Sale At Graettinger
Ben F Reeves led a Monday sale in Graettinger featuring forty five Poland China hogs that grossed eight thousand dollars. Colonel Prospect, a herd boar, sold for thirty six hundred. Reeves had purchased it for two thousand six hundred at Algona last year. Numerous buyers were from outside the area as Reeves maintains a strong Poland China reputation. Wright County votes down paved roads with 1304 for and 1658 against. Clarion 424 yes 109 no. Woolstock 9 yes 173 no. Pierce literature blamed for defeat.
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Graettinger
Ben F. Reeves
Poland
Colonel Prospect
Mr. Reeves
W. E. Greene
Algona
Emmetsburg
Democrat
Wright County
Clarion
Iowa
Woolstock
Pierce
Peru-Na praised in chronic bronchitis relief testimonial
A LaCrosse Wisconsin man details twenty six years of bronchitis suffering and winter hoarseness. After using Peru-Na he reports hoarseness and fatigue alleviated and vows to keep Peru-Na in his home. The notice lists other catarrh related conditions Peru-Na is claimed to help and notes tablet or liquid forms.
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FE. J. Toupalik
Rose Street
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Peru
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M. L. Carver
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Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Iowa Tradpdu Society
State Tuberculosis Association
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Hlinois
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Japan
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Navy
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