Daily Market Reports from Chicago Hogs and Cattle
Estimated receipts today for hogs 16 000 with holdovers 43 417. Cattle receipts 10 000 and calves 2 237. Sheep 11 000. Beef steers and other cattle prices listed with tops and ranges. Market notes show hogs steady to strong, sheep steady, lambs strong to 15 higher. Receipts and shipments provided by Beach Wickham Grain Co. Iowa City.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Iowa City
Town
W. H. Deming
Prohibition Boosts Iowa Business in Survey Say
Iowa manufacturers report prohibition raised earning capacity and home life quality with an average twenty percent efficiency gain. The Anti-Saloon League released questionnaire results from firms across many industries showing no declines in earnings and widespread business stimulation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Anti-Sa Joan League
Anti-Saloon League
Girl in autos crash may die in Iowa town
August 1 report from Bac City says Miss Leona Bartlett, 16, of Odebolt may die after an auto accident that injured three other youths. Lemont Huston was driving home four girls from Lake Park when the car overturned trapping them. Bartlett suffered a broken collar bone and fractured skull and remains in serious condition.
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Bac City
Leona Bartlett
Odebolt
Lemont Huston
Lakepark
Fortunes Grow as Mitchell County Truck Farmer Tops Acreage
Mitchell county claims the largest truck farm in the state with 700 acres owned by Frank J. Sedlacek of St Ansgar. The operation includes 90 acres onions, 80 cabbage, 60 soybeans, 150 potatoes, plus corn and grain. Sedlacek expects 100000 bushels of onions this year and notes the venture pays for the farm. He is 39, self-made worth about a quarter million, a Bohemian pioneer who built the estate from ground up.
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Mitchell County
Frank J. Sediacek
St. Ansgar
Sedlacek
Selacek
Michigan Prospero in Cedar Falls as schools unite
Professor Macy Campbell reports Michigan farmers recovered faster from the slump than Iowa’s and notes rapid growth in consolidated schools. He spoke at events in Ypsilanti Kalamazoo and Long Lake with state farm groups and public instruction offices. Good roads program advances, aided by farm groups and educators.
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Cedar Falls
Macy Campbell
Iowa
State Teachers College
Ypsilanti
Mich
Western State Normal School
Kalamazoo
Farm bureau-Grange
State Department of Public Instruction
Long Lake
Campbell
Michigan
Farm Bureau Notes Record Flocks Culled
Iowa State College official Culls record poultry flocks in Washington County with up to fifty percent culled to improve breeding stock. Emphasizes regular, close culling three times yearly and mash feed with oats corn meal and tankage. Also notes lime trials for alfalfa fields and apple marketing possibilities via local cooperatives.
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Henn
Marriage life ends in alimony suit for Winters pair
Florence M Winters sues Claude J Winters in Clarinda for separate maintenance alleging repeated assaults. She, 19, with a one year old child, seeks 200 alimony and 150 for herself and child during the suit.
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Clarinda
Florence M. Winters
Claude J. Winters
Giant red berries found in Columbia shock researchers
Giant red berry specimens resembling black berries were discovered in Columbia, South America, drawing attention from local researchers and prompting a field study to identify species and potential uses.
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Columbia
South America
Tuberculosis testing in October for Louisa county cows
The federal veterinarian will test herds in Louisa county in October, with free full-herd testing and refunds for condemned reactors. Sign testing agreements promptly as tests occur in order of application date. Also notes a separate advisory on picric acid explosive use for field stumps, with orders due August 25 and distribution from Cedar Rapids at $11.25 per 100 pounds.
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Farm Bureau
Iowa
Louisa County
A. W. Clyde
Extension Department
Cedar Rapids
State Fair Camping Plan by County Grouping
Farmers from each Iowa county will be grouped in designated areas at the Iowa State Fair camping grounds. Louisa County attendees must request reservation blanks from the Farm Bureau office and send a check or money order before August 15. Reservations are handled by a Des Moines tent and owning company to ensure proper setup and equipment.
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Louisa County
Farm Bureau Office
Des Moines
Rise of French and Spanish in Iowa High Schools
Iowa high schools increasingly teach French and Spanish as German wanes. Seventy one schools offer French, fourteen Spanish, with seven schools offering both. Cedar Rapids Des Moines Fort Dodge Newton Sioux City and East Waterloo show dual offerings. Spanish shows rising numbers amid teacher availability and regional interest.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Corning
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Newton
Sioux City
East Waterloo
Centerville
Dunkerton
Hiteman
Keokuk
Marion
Muscatine
Washington
Ralph D. House
North
South America
Professor House
Middle West
New York City
House
Modern Language Round Table
Iowa State Teachers Association
Round Table
Charles E. Young
Louise Cotham
Sue Goltman
Nobody is Printing When You Make an Ass of Yourself
The line notes that making an ass of oneself avoids targeted press. The quip implies newspapers skip covering personal missteps in detail.
Little Suffering Is Result of the Strike
Des Moines Aug 1 reports from Iowa county agents to the Farm Bureau show farmers face coal shortages with little actual suffering. Many haul coal longer distances, no grain loss from delays, no price complaints. Dallas county needs 150 tons. some haul twenty miles. Decatur uses wood instead of coal. Adair Keokuk Appanoose Story report coal access difficulties.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Pesident
C. W. Hunt
Dallas County
Decatur County
Appanoose
Adair
Keokuk
Story
Lodges Refer Proposals to Iowa Units for 1923 Grin nel Session
At the grand lodge in Mason City options on Clear Lake and Spirit Lake were left open and the matter was sent to Iowa lodges for study over the coming year. A possible union of Iowa City and Cedar Rapids aims at a major project near Midriver along the interurban with costs possibly reaching 250000 or more. The Yeoman home plan near 1000000 may also come into play as Iowa Lodges prepare for a large statewide enterprise aided by the Pythians who have saved over 30000 annually for 15 years.
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Grand Lodge
Mason City
Clear Lake
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Grinnel
Towa City
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
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Daily Market Reports
O & Yard
Illinois
Accu
Mulates
Journal
Washington County
Farm Bureau Notes
Ray Woodford
Clay Township
Woodford
H. W. Warner
Soils Department
Iowa State College
Hall of
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Rollo
Pickford
Pythian
Knights of Pythias
Iowa Grand Lodge
Hone
Mutual
R. L. Gibson
W. S. Reister & Sons
East Third St
Creamery
East Washington St
CPCI
Cacen
Nnawenee
W. A. Hutton & Co
Hershey
Chicago Board of Trade ‘Correspondence
Barnett, Frasier & Company, and
Logan & Bryan
New York
Kansas City
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Davenport
Property Owners Federation
Ine
Fisk
Marehie U
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