Hogs and Cattle Reports Lead Midwest Market Update
Chicago market notes show hog receipts 6 000 today with holdover 6 526 and cattle receipts 5 000. Hog prices firm with top at 9.20 and loads sold around 8.00 to 9.00. sow and pig classes listed with varied ranges. Official yesterday totals include hogs 19 861 cattle 4 430 sheep 10 065 calves 642. shipments show hogs 4 950 and cattle 9 746. Local Iowa notes discuss a collapsed enterprise, foreclosed capital, and sheriff sale, plus a high school drama fundraiser aiding a injured student amid Nonpartisan League setbacks.
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Chicago
Til
Consign Your Livestock Direct to John A. Bakock
Advertisement for consigning livestock to Commission Merchant John A. Bakock at Roome 27 29 Main Floor Exchange Yard Chicago Illinois. Contact details urge direct consignments to the firm in Chicago for selling livestock.
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John A. BA
Cock Commission Merchant
Uo. &. Yard
Chicago
Illinois
Neighborhood conflict erupts in Fairport school
In Fairport Muscatine County a dispute over alleged cruelty in discipline pits Mrs Emma Wainscott and Miss Myrtle Balmos against Ruby Morrison and Alvin the 11 year old son of the accuser. A jury found Balmos guilty on two counts and fined $50 with an appeal. Wainscott faces a second assault case and both sides appeal. The community remains divided as officials seek to ease tensions.
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Des Moines
Fairport
Muscatine County
Emma Wainscott
Ruby Morrison
Myrtle Balmos
Winter recollections from Greenfield elder and Clampitt diary
EB J Sidney of Greenfield in Adair county cites H T Clampitt to contrast milder winters. He recalls 1877 78 in Madison county with a springlike thaw, likening it to 1920 21, noting May 11 12 snow and that soil thaw allowed winter plowing, per forty five year diary.
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EB. J. Sidney
Greenfield
Adair County
H. T. Clampitt
Madison County
Brotherhood of American Yeomen founding in Bancroft
In 1897 residents of Bancroft Kossuth county formed a mutual life insurance group named the Brotherhood of American Yeomen with Alpha Homestead No 1 as its home. The benevolent plan grew quickly and by the Des Moines convention delegates included charter members of the parent lodge in Bancroft.
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Bancroft
Kossuth County
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Alpha Homestead
Des Moines
Community store at Eagle Grove aims for 10 percent advance pricing
Last fall N. H. Murphy organized a community store at Eagle Grove modeled after the Nonpartisan League. Membership was offered at $18.50 with the idea that stockholders would trade there and receive goods 10 percent above cost.
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N. H. Murphy
Eagle Grove
Nonpartisan League
North Dakota
Murphy
Paving Contract Lets Six Trucks Move 20000 Loads
A. H. and W. G. Mayfield won the contract to haul material for paving a road between Sanborn and Hartley in O'Brien county. They operate six large motor trucks and loading is done by machinery. The work proceeds at lower material rates this season despite the large required load count.
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Iowa
A. H
WG. Mayfield
Sanborn
Hartley
O'Brien County
Des Moines Woman Urges Care for Disabled Veterans
Mrs. Nellie Jarvis, after four months visiting convalescent camps for disabled soldiers nationwide, says the public underestimates widespread suffering and urges citizens to care for the disabled as America’s duty to honor those who sacrificed health and limbs.
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United States
Nellie Jarvis
Des Moines
America
Indian interpreter Teson dies at Marshalltown home
Joseph Teson the lone Indian member of the Iowa Soldiers Home at Marshalltown died in the hospital of old age. He was in his eighties and had long served as tribal interpreter for the Meskwaki at the Tama reservation and in early battles as an interpreter in Washington and Fort Laramie.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
Joseph Tesson
Tama
Segular
Tesson
Religious census at Iowa State University shows church ties
A census of 4 440 students at the State University in Iowa City finds 96.4 percent with a church preference and 76 percent active members. The Methodist Episcopal church leads with 1 356 total members or preferences, followed by Presbyterians and Catholics, then Congregationalists.
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State University
Iowa City
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Falls Tragedy Ends in Gas Leak Fatalities
In Cedar Falls, Emil Rasmussen his wife and their 17 year old daughter suffocated by leaking gas from a defective connection after neighbors found no movement last November. The gas company had been notified and repairs completed. Administrator Chris Peterson secured a $7,000 settlement out of court, with proceeds from the home sale to follow.
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Emil Rasmussen
Cedar Falls
Grain prospects and U S farm economy amid war era trends
The Farm Department notes U S grain prospects tied to wartime acreage gains, near 700 million winter wheat crop, and deflationary pressure. It flags weak European finances, ongoing price declines in hogs and feed, shifts in corn and wheat values, and the farmer’s role in sustaining purchasing power.
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U. S
Europe
Kansas
Argentina
Iowa Workmen’s Comp ruling upheld in Oska loosa case
The Iowa Supreme Court sustains the Industrial Commissioner's denial of workmen’s compensation to Mrs. Herbig after her husband Charles Herbig died while odd-jobs for Walton Auto Co. fell to a cement floor. The ruling keeps the appeal in Mahaska County district court. The piece also notes dairy cattle tuberculosis campaigns, large herd Slaughter in Cedar Rapids, and Argonne post topping Iowa Legion chapters.
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Stage Supreme Court
A. B. Funk
Herbig
Oskaloosa
Walton Auto Co
Charles Herbig
Automobile Company
C. A. Dewey
District Court
Mahaska County
Cedar Rapids
William Young
North Liberty
Iowa City
Young
Linn County
General Assembly
Wallace urges farmers organize for square deal in tariffs
Washington April 16 Secretary of Agriculture Henry C Wallace urged the American Farm Bureau Federation to organize plans and statistics to present to Congress for a tariff increase and railroad rate readjustment. He said farmers seek no favors, only a square deal, and warned the industry faces serious trouble if action is delayed.
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Washrington
D. C
Henry Co. Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iis
Congress
Washington
James Rice
Cornell University
China
Texas
Kentucky
Cehia
Titicaca
N. C
William McKerrow
Wisconsin
Dinty headlining at Fox Theatre with Wesley Barry
Wesley Barry makes his first starring bow in Dinty at the Fox Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday April 19 20 directed by Marshall Neilan. The cast includes Colleen Moore Marjorie Daw Noah Beery and others with scenes shot in San Francisco Chinatown.
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Fox Theatre
Dinty
Wesley Barry
Marshall Neilan
Long Legs
Mr. Neilan
Colleen Moore
J. Harney Sherry
Marjorie Daw
Pat O'Malley
Noah Beery
Tom Gallery
Kate Price
Tom Wilson
Newton Hall
Walter Chung
Aaron Mitchell
Pickaninny
Barry
Barry's Chums In “Dinty,” “Dinty
San Francisco
The Usual Way Reveals a Trust in Needful Friendship
An unreliable narrator muses on the proverb a friend in need is a friend indeed. He doubts the saying and recalls a friend who constantly borrows money, exposing bias and strained ties in their relationship.
Flour tariff debate echoes in Minnesota
Protectionist W. EB Anderson aligned with the tariff stance while noting Minnesota flour manufacturers favored a tariff, signaling cross group support for tariff protection in the state.
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W. EB
Anderson
Minnesota
Local notes from Crawfordsville and district
Miss Aletha Holmes visited Burlington to see her aunt Mrs. John Strain. Mr and Mrs J A Moorhead move to Mrs Hulls east side house. Mrs Frank Hamilton returned from Washington visit. Mrs Johnson of Washington visited Crawfordsville. The Lombards lecture series ends next Wednesday April 20. Use the Want Ads.
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Crawfordsville
Aletha Holmes
Burlington
John Strain
J. A. Moorhead
Hull
Frank Hamilton
Washington
Johnson
Less Meat Bought Eaten or Sold in 1920
New York, April 16. The Bureau of Animal Industry reports that 1920 saw the least meat production exports and consumption in the United States since 1907. Beef slaughterings and beef production dropped sharply from 1918 levels, while exports fell from 728 million to 164 million pounds. Beef consumption per person declined from about 78 to around 56½ pounds.
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New York
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
South America
Australia
Word Origins of Helem and Homer in Norman English
The note explains helmet stems from the Norman healme meaning a small helm. It traces French phonetic changes dropping I and turning to an O sound resulting in we herume. Hemmers or healmers were helmet makers and the surname Homer derives from this trade.
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England
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Washington Resident
Mr. W. P. Haight of 40 Soot Eighth St Washington reports dull kidney and hip aches sharp pains and dizziness from stooping After taking Doan's Kidney Pills as directed he states relief from attacks and recommends the product He notes the pills never fail to relieve recurring pain and urges others to ask for Doan's Kidney Pills Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY manufactures the remedy.
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Dean
Washington
W. P. Haght
Eighth St
Dizgy
Doan
Doans
Neighbor Recommends Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Mrs. George Tegarden of Moundsville West Virginia credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with regular periods and pain relief after two years of irregular cycles. She urges other young women to try the remedy and to write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for advice, noting confidentiality.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Jor
Aly
George Tegarden
Third Street
Red Plague Prompts $500 Reward Across Towns
Property Owners Federation announces a five hundred dollar reward for arrest and conviction of any incendiary in any of the Associated Towns. The notice cites Articles of Association and cites E. ax Payer contributions to fires, urging action.
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Property Owners Federation, Inc
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Brent, Met
Gerritt Hyink
Clase
Sheldon
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Denmark
Argonne
American Legion
Monahan Post
Sioux City
Mason City
Davenport
Waterloo
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Boone
Fort Lodge
Clinton
Algona
Fort Madison
Council Bluffs
Decorah
Town City
Muscatine
Town Falls
Legion
Wallace
Federation
R. F. Bower
Don Livingston
South Dakota
Canada
Canad
Marion Fairfax
Chinatown
David Kesson
Ben Carre
Paige
Detroit Motor Car CO
Detroit, Michigan
Schulty Motor Car CO
Washington, Iowa
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W. S. Reister & Sons
Hone
Muteal
R. L. Gibson
Oildag
John Striegel Jr
Harper, Iowa
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