Livestock market recap and rural notes from Iowa brief
Market reports from Chicago list hogs cattle and sheep receipts and prices with top figures and estimated tomorrow totals. Iowa notes recount a crime in Davis City, population data and prison admissions, plus obituary for James P. St. John, tying old Van Buren county roots to later life in Hutchinson Kansas.
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James P. St. John
Hemet
Cal
van Buren County
Iowa
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Kilbourne
Towa
Hutchinson
Kansas
Des Moines River dump shows high freight rates pressuring hide market
Des Moines reporters note 259 choice hides dumped into the Des Moines river by Car Spies meat market operators amid high freight costs and low hide prices. H. Whitney from Fayette County shipped a 45 pound cow hide to Cedar Rapids, net loss after express charge and skinning. A trapper near Dubuque faced a freight shortfall as St. Louis fur dealer paid freight but deducted seven cents for price allowance.
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Des Moines
Greettinger
Palo Alto County
Spies
H. Whitney
Fayette County
Cedar Rapids
Express
Whitney
Dubuque
St. Louis
Iowa county seeks tax ruling on farm tractor exemption
County attorney asks attorney general if a farm tractor qualifies for tax exemption. Gibson replies that farm tractors are farming utensils and exempt up to 2060, but a farmer’s total utensil exemption is 300 000, so the exemption is limited to that amount of value.
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Iowa
Atorney
Gibson
Coroner Retires After 28 000 Inquests in 26 Years
A London borough coroner retires with a record after conducting 28 000 inquests across 26 years of service. The milestone marks a long career in public death investigations and coroner duties.
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London Boroughs
Cattle Feeding Day Optimism Amid Low Prices at ISU
At Iowa State College Cattle Feeders Day 700 farmers heard optimism about future profits through production efficiency, reduced livestock surplus, and lower labor costs. Experiments showed molasses as a supplement to corn ration was not economical under current prices, with steers on corn hay and linseed meal showing best gains but overall losses at Ames.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Dean Cc. F. Curtiss
Division of Agriculture
College
H. A. Wallace
Wallace's Farmer
Henry Dupla
Wilson and Company
Chicago
John M Evvard
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advert
A vintage advertisement contrasts a healthy vibrant woman with a backache plagued sufferer. It claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restores health and strength to weak women and urges every woman to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Advt
Iowa Ranks Second in Poland China Hog Ownership
A survey by the American Poland China Record Association shows Texas leading with 1,229 owners, Iowa second with 938, then Washington in third with 755. Other states with more than 200 owners include South Dakota 348 California 266 Mississippi 251 Tennessee 228 Arkansas 206 Missouri 299.
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China Record, Association
Texas
Lone Star State
Iowa
Winds
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
South Dakota
California
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
Bolton fined after reckless driving in Des Moines crash
Ralph P. Bolton secretary of the Greater Des Moines committee was fined 100 and costs by Judge Bonner in Municipal court after a March 29 crash at Fast Third and Walnut when his Cadillac hit a Walker street bus. Five injured as the bus overturned. Bus had right of way and Bolton crossed in front of a street car prior to impact. Witnesses differed on speed of the roadster.
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Greater
D. M
Des Moines
Ralph P. Bolton
Bolton
Chicago deaths rise from Jan to Apr this year
City health commissioner Robertson cited Chicago mortality for January through April with 13 473 deaths last year versus 8 964 in the same period this year. The Housewives Chamber of Commerce of Dallas has launched a campaign to induce every no
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Ertson
Chicago
The
Housewives’ Chamber of Commerce of
Dallas
Texas
John D. Rob
Pioneer circus man B E Wallace dies in Rochester
B E Wallace of Peru Indiana died in Rochester Minnesota at a hospital after months of medical treatment. Wallace was a pioneer circus figure whose Wallace circus toured the country for many seasons and later consolidated with the Carl Hagenbach wild animal show.
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Rochester
Minn
B. E. Wallace
Peru
Ind
Wallace Circus
Man Seeks Cotton Dress Materials To Utilize Idle Bales
An American proposes adopting cotton goods for dress material to use the 13,000,000 bales of idle cotton stored in the South, arguing this would be the most effective plan for utilization.
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America
South
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Daily Market Reports
Fk. W. Wagner & CO
Iowa City
Hunt, Met
Hawaii
Davis City
Decatur County
Leon
Eldora
Anamosa Reformatory
Ft. Madison
ATTM
John A A
Gree
W. S. Reister & Sons
Hotel
Colenso Rioek
Washington, Lows
Journal’s Farm Department
Evvard
Bruns
Washington
Purina
Bruns Seed Store
J. H. Warren
Poland
China
HOGS
Ralph Bolton
Ing
Robertson
Pearl Dusenbery
West Chester
Surrey
Chas. Denison
Chas. Brown
Pioneer Circus
Rochester, Minn
Rom
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Blic
Michigan Ave
D. C. Davison
R. L. Gibson
Grove’s
Oildag
John Striegel Jr
Harper, Iowa
My. Edwards
UN Property Owners Federation, Inc
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