Chicago Market Report Surges With Livestock and Grain Prices
Chicago markets show heavy hog and cattle receipts with beef and pork prices steady to higher. Officials forecast hogs 30,000 and cattle 11,000 on Tuesday, while grain quotes cover corn oats wheat and rye across Chicago Milwaukee St Louis and Minneapolis exchanges with mixed values and futures.
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Chicago
Rye
Timothy Leash
Clover Cash
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Interest Keen In State American Legion Convention
Cedar Rapids reports strong statewide interest in the upcoming American Legion convention set for September 2 and 3. Possible 1921 officers include General Allen as commander and H D Lemley as adjutant, with debates over state headquarters relocation and dues reductions likely to heat up.
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American Legion
Cedar Rapids
American Legion Convention
Allen
Dope
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Claude Stanley
Corning
Harry Evans
Avenport
H. D. Lemley
Melrose
Volney Dietz
Des Moines
Warren H. Ferguson
Ottumwa
Oats Yield Reported From Prairie Flower Thresheries
The Prairie Flower threshing company completed home threshing on the south run. Merritt Booth Arthur Wylie and John Green were threshing on Tuesday. Wylie oats yielded 58 percent on about 26 to 30 acres, the best average so far. A storm caused a straw stack fire near Haskins, but most hay was saved. The article also notes calls for farmers to receive adequate prices amid ongoing agricultural challenges and references a wheat and corn crop outlook. It covers stock car logistics in Wayne County and details about the Mid-West Horticultural Exposition in Council Bluffs with premiums planned.
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Prairie Flower Threshing Company
Merritt Booth
Arthur Wylie
John Green
Wylie Oate
Arnet Mathers
Haskins
Mathers
United States
E. T. Meredith
Mid-West
Council Bluffs
Legion Leader to Speak at September Event
The commander of the American Legion is expected to arrive September 3 to deliver a speech. A state executive committee meeting will be held at Hotel Montrose on September 1 with Lieutenant Thom stationed there to accept victory medal applications. The 168th Infantry band is also expected to perform.
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Mander
American Legion
Montrose
Thom
168Th Infantry Band
Edison predicts universal office machinery use
Thos A Edison at the Ediphone convention in Orange New Jersey predicted that machinery would soon be used for nearly everything in offices. He noted workers would gain better jobs and higher pay as automatic devices become more common, following a speech by George M Austin who presented him with a silk flag.
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Orange
N. J
Thos. A. Edison
George M. Austin
Edison
California landowner favors Japanese lessees for land care
A California landowner says he would rather lease his farms to Japanese lessees than to American farmers because they take better care of the land, reflecting concern over farming practices and stewardship.
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California
Weather Brief for Des Moines and Valleys This Week
Des Moines area and upper Mississippi lower Missouri valleys expect generally fair and warm conditions this week with little rain. Temperatures rise through the period, bringing warm afternoons and mild nights across the region.
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Des Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Sioux City Builds First Goat Dairy In Iowa
Sioux City embraces a new industry with Te Haen launching a goat dairy at Teeds Farm in a $150,000 venture. The herd aims to provide milk closer to human nutrition, with Saanen and Toggenburg breeds yielding up to a gallon daily, and claims of reduced tuberculosis risk highlight the venture's health appeal.
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Sioux Cry
Sioux City
Iowa
Community notes from West Chester area date Aug 15
Local items report M C Dayton buying four cows from J D Dayton and Ed Robertson traveling to Chicago to buy cattle. Navy veteran Guy Voorhees visits his brother Carl G Voorhees. E Davis of Haskins visits family, picnics continue, D A Boyer’s birthday observed, and Fred Taylor from What Cheer buys pigs from W S Boyer and the writer.
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West Chester
M. C. Dayton
J. D. Dayton
Washington
Ed Robertson
Chicago
Guy Voorhees
Navy
Carl G. Voorhees
E. Davis
Haskins
Walter Boyer
Kansas
Demand for pure bred stock rises in hospitals plans
The piece notes growing recognition of pedigreed stock in the United States with Cook County Illinois planning a herd for its children's hospital. Leeds farm receives nationwide inquiries as hospitals push for such herds and prizes are offered for milch goats at two state fairs in New York and California. The Leeds herd value is about 70000 dollars.
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Alreaidy
Cook County
Illinois
Children’s Hospital
Leeds
United States
New York
California
Laborer Finds Pearl Worth 1500 in Nashua Clamming
Carl Simerson a section worker for the Illinois Central railroad found a white perfectly round pearl weighing about ten grains while clamming at Nashua Cedar River. Jewelers value it at about 1500 dollars. Simerson supports a family of nine with occasional clamming. A prior local pearl of greater color sold for around 1000 dollars.
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Nashua
Carl Simerson
Simerson
Illinois Central Railroad
Hesr
Iowa Leads In National Bank Deposits Per Capita
National bank statistics dated May 4 1920 show U S totals of 12 315 000 demand deposit accounts and 20 380 000 time and demand accounts. Iowa operates 358 national banks with 262 deposits per 1 000 population, while Wyoming tops at 394 per 1 000.
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Comptroller of the Currency
United States
Iowa
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Oregon
Minnesota
Virginia
Vermont
California
South Dakota
Maine
Texas
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Massachusetts
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Kansas
New England
South
France Rebuilding Progress After Warfare Damage
In nearly half of 800 square miles of French territory devastated by war, cultivation resumes as trenches and shell holes are filled. Twelve million square yards of barbed wire are removed, one third of 25 000 damaged homes are repaired, and 230 of 12 000 factories demolished are back in production.
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France
Many a Pretty Face Spoiled by Pimples
Unsightly pimples and skin disfigurements are warned as signals of impure blood. Local remedies cannot reach the root cause. Start S. S. S. today and write your history to the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for free medical guidance.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atllanta
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Close OF Grain Futures
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Morrison
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Red Cross
Franklin D’'Olier
National
Journal’s Farm Department
Millerton Livestock Shipping Association
Wayne County
Farm Bureau
Millerton
Alboit
Wayne County Farm Bureau
Shipping Association
Altho
Real Goat Dairy
New Iowa
Benjamin de Haan
Te Haen
Teeds
Enimate
Fred Taylor
What Cheer
W. S. Boyer
B. F. Campbell
North Marion Avenue
Mutual
Colenso
W. S. Reister & Sons
Washington, Iowa
Lemley Reduction CO
John Striegel Jr
Harper, Iowa
Property Owners Federation
Tea
Sudan
Bruns Seed Company
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