Cash Lease Decline Shifts Iowa Farm Rents to Shares
Iowa State College specialists led by A L Walker report cash rents shrinking as stock share leases gain. Tenant landowner cooperation boosts farm fertility and livestock, with 3 to 5 year terms favored. Since 1910 cash leases fell from 4 to about 50 percent by 1920, and the shift continues as more farms adopt share plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Metcalf Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
J. C. Galloway
Agricultural Extension Service
Galloway
A. Walker
Extension Service
Iown
Walker
Estherville Lutheran Church V. R. Service Schedule
Estherville Lutheran Church announces 10 a m Sunday School and 11 a m devotional meeting led by the Deacons Norse at the church. Thursday prayer meeting 8 p m at Mrs Ole Andersons. Saturday 10 a m Confirmant class. Aug 14 L A and M S Mesdames A Anderson S Amdahl and T T Sunde Jr hostesses S A Berge.
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Ole Anderson
L. A
M. S. Mesdames
Anderson
S. Amdahl
T. T. Sunde, Jr
S. A. Berge
American Legion notes urge Estherville group to join
A message from Maurice Doyle Post calls for ex soldiers in Estherville to join the American Legion, visit meetings, contribute ideas, and unite despite disagreements. It emphasizes attendance, friendship among members, and addressing perceived secrecy or poor leadership by engaging in regular post sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Doyle
Estherville
Legion
Tom
Harry
P. C
Call to Engage in Legion Essay Contest Prep
The message urges teachers to mobilize for the American Legion National essay contest before school opens. It stresses readiness for winter activities and growing indoor Legion programs as the new term begins, with teachers expected to lead announcements and drive participation.
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American Legion
Post urges civic duty to create paradise at home
Quote from Charles H. Van Cott, chairman of the Visiting Committee for the Hempstead L I Post, urges Posts to resolve to take greater interest in civic affairs and aid community welfare, promising a paradise to live in when each Post fulfills this aim nationwide.
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United States
Charles H. van Cott
Hempstead
L. I. Post
Is Our Post in the Uplift Class or Are We Just Holding Our Own
Mistah Jones travels to Memphis with a mule named Ephraim. Three locals tell him Memphis is nine miles away, and he jokes the mule is simply holding its own. The note ends with a wish for more pep from Our Post.
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Mistah Jones
Ephraim
Memphis
Giddap
Iowa Soldiers Bonus Act Creates 22 Million Bond Issue
Iowa moves to issue 22 million dollars in negotiable bonds to fund a veterans bonus for those who served April 6 1917 to November 11 1918. A Bonus Board administers claims. payments extend to dis disability cases, and a separate disability fund may reduce debt after 1924. A direct annual tax of 1.1 million dollars is levied for twenty years to pay principal and interest, with the measure to be voted on in November 1922.
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Iowa
United States
General Assembly
State of
Des Moines
Treasury of
State
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Students Army Training Corps
Adjutant General
Bonus Board
Executive Council
I. Walter C. Ramsay
Thirty-ninth General Assembly
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Hare Srosemans
Hawkeye State
A. L. Walker
V. R
Estherville Luth. Church
A. D
South Sixth Street
Oxford
RAIFE
Shegg
Estherville State Bank
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