Chicago Market Reports Show Hog Cattle Sheep Movements
Chicago market notes of April 21 1925 show hogs steady to 25 cents lower with strong holdover about 3000 and receipts around 4000 cattle and 4000 lambs. Beef and yearling prices firm with top steers near 10.35 and yearlings to 10.19 while light and heavy hogs vary. Grain prices mostly lower with cash wheat down about one, corn and oats down slightly. A humorous aside about henhouse mite proofing and pullets ends the item with rural wit.
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Chicago
Buik
Vencalves Baise
Ferders
Nye
Raising Chickens Versus A Husbandly Plan
In Washington Iowa Mary Newton Badger narrates Jane's wish to raise more chickens conflicting with John's boastful plan for their birds. Jane imagines a cooperative home with chicks thriving while John urges roosting in trees and a breeze, reflecting a domestic tension over farm chores and gender roles.
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Jane
John
Soybean Acreage in Iowa Doubles
The bulletin from Iowa State College extension says Iowa farmers have doubled soybean acreage yearly due to the legume’s success. It notes the crop thrives in Iowa climate and soil with few failures, and only in one year did best varieties yield under 16 bushels per acre. The bulletin offers planting and care details.
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Associated Treva
Ames
Iowa
Extension Department
Iowa State College
Wool prospects in state improve with conferences
W G Warner secretary of the State Wool Growers Association tours Iowa driving talks with growers on wool markets. He sees a return to normal marketing conditions boosting this season with many planning to form another wool pool to raise prices above independent sales.
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Associated Press
Ames
W. G. Warner
State Wool Growers Association
Warner
Spring farm work to surge with better weather next week
Des Moines Iowa April 21 farmers expect rapid spring work after a lingering cold spell and late snows. Plowing runs two weeks late though upland fields and seedings begin in northern counties. Wheat and pig crops suffered March losses while bee wintering was largely successful. Weather improves with field work resuming in north central and late seeding in east central districts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
North Central
Woodbury County
West Central
Wapello
Marion County
South Central
Warren County
Decatur County
Cass County
Pottawattamie County
Milla
Taylor Counties
Farm labor shortage hits Iowa as demand rises
Farm bureaus statewide are calling for help and some counties seek workers from outside Iowa. The broad scramble for labor signals a tighter market this year with town farmers offering about $40 a week for single men.
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Vresad Ames
Loyal Legion to Meet in Des Moines May 8
The Loyal Legion reunion for Civil War officers and their eldest male descendants will be held in Des Moines on May 8. A patriotic program and a banquet are planned as features of the meeting.
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Des Moines
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Hhe
Old McCollum House and a Questionable School House History
The article debates whether the east portion of the torn down McCollum house served as a school. It recounts local memories from Ralph Livingston, Col. D. J. Palmer, Schuyter Livingston, and George Ross with mentions of Ellery Foster, John Henderson, and builder Samuel Conner. It notes the structure’s age, carpentry style, and shifting school sites on nearby lots, questioning past education sites and antebellum life.
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McCollum
Wlw. McFarland
Reynovator
Ralph Livingston
Col
D. J. Palmer
Schuyter Livingston
Etna Steek
Iowa City
Colonel Palmer
John A. Henderson
Mr. Henderson
Samuel Conner
Mack Conner
Squire Henderson
McCollum and Henderson
Ellery Foster
Granary Name Sticks As Old Schoolhouse Memory Surges
The writer recalls a granary built by John A. Henderson that gave a name to locals and reflects on early school sites near the library and opera house. He notes two schoolhouses on the Junior High site, says no high school existed then, lists teachers like Celia Chipman, Helen Chipman, Miss Fairbanks, Miss Marcie Axtell, J. K. Sweeney, and Prof. Mulligan, and observes that Civil War era youth later fought in world conflicts, with its main structure possibly dating before 1858.
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Ellery Foster
Mr. Henderson
McCollum
William Paul Moothart
Will McFarland
George Ross
Wibout
Brindley
Dave McLaughlin
Dinsmore
George
Celia Chipman
Hélen Chipman
Norman Chipman
Fairbanks
Marcie Axtell
J. K. Sweeney
Prof
Mulligan
Trishmen
C. H. Wilson
Hendersons Influence Echoed In Town House Legend
Townspeople recall a prominent figure, John A. Henderson, as the builder and enduring leader associated with the best home in the town. Opinion is strong but not final, open to future revision.
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John A. Henderson
Henderson
W C T U Moves to National Political Campaign
Iowa Womans Christian Temperance Union plans a vigorous campaign to back presidential and vice presidential candidates pledged to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment. At a Washington conference a resolution urged nomination and election of leaders committed to strict prohibition enforcement and related legislation.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ida B. Wise Smith
National Legislative Conference
Washington
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Burlington, Town
Liverpool
Cain
John A. Babcock
Llinois
Khaising Cain
Mary Newton Badger
Amd
Bav
Nix
Perm Bureau
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
Oneh Baye
Dream, Bggs & Poultry
Naan de Saa
Loyal Legion
Highland Park
Colonele Palmer
Foster
Palmer
H. Wilson
Margaret Axtell
Pictorial Review
A. E. Putnam & Sons
C. O. Dayton
Wachington, Iowa
Property Owners Federation, Tae
Epray— Service
Mach
Ivy
Peraey Pouebnepes
Seden
Ana
Bruns Seed Store
West Side Square
Washington, Iowa
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Creamery
East Washington St
Ise
Rock Island
Chas. Brown
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