Christmas Seal Fund Promotes Iowa Health Crusade
The Iowa Tuberculosis Association relies on Christmas Seal receipts to fund public health work. It reports 243,000 students reached in 1920, numerous county surveys and clinics, 1,050 TB cases cared for, and extensive nurse support. The piece emphasizes school health findings and urges donations to sustain health services.
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Oakdale
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Laws ‘Association
Jones R Howard of Iowa Leads National Farm Bureau
J R Howard of Iowa was re elected president of the American Farm Bureau Federation at the Indianapolis convention closing session. Resolutions urged changes in tariff income tax and transport act with calls for immediate relief for farmers and opposition to deflation policies. A Chicago meeting was announced to discuss a 319 066 000 export corporation under the Edge act with a committee including Howard Gore and several others.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. J. Howard
Iowa
American Farm Bureau Federation
Howard
Clect Harding
Coed
Congress
Harding
Federation
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
Justle
Chicago
Howard Gore
Morgantown
W. Va
Shearer
Lewiston
Idaho
Clifford Thorne
Don Livingston
Pierre
Geo
Fox
Dallas Center
E. H. Cunningham
Violet Heming Sees Everywoman Reflect Public Taste
Violet Heming, star of stage and screen, at the Fox Theatre this week for the film version of Everywoman, says the project tests public taste in motion pictures. She notes the success or failure of this large scale production mirrors audience appraisal of art cinema.
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Mise Heming
Violet Heming
Fox Theatre
Sugar beet industry grows in northern Iowa with rising costs
The piece notes sugar beets as a leading northern Iowa industry with 17 250 acres grown last season, an average yield of 9.2 tons per acre, and $11 34 per ton. Total production reached 158 750 tons worth about 1 801 000. Labor is mostly Russian, with protests from landowners about residency.
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Iowa
Chicago
State Highway Commission
Clinton
Floyd
Cerro Gordo
Highway Commission
Floyd County
Charles City
Rudd
Clinton County
DeWitt
H. C. Ostermann
Montour
Tama E County
Dying Letter From Joy Sterrit Near Allerton
Joy C Sterrit died in Bracewell s creek after a fall from a fractious horse. While trapped he wrote a farewell letter to his mother and siblings describing fear faith and resolve and expressing Christian faith as he awaited rescue that never came. His dog Ring was the only witness.
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Joy Sterrit
Ring
Joy
Bracewell
Old King
STERRIT FAMILY MOURNS LOSS IN A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES
Joyful members of the Sterrit family gather for a Allerton funeral as the Des Moines couple Mr and Mrs Boyd Sterrit are named. Survivors include sisters Mrs Eva Broderson and Mrs Ing Orr. J M Sterrit a West Des Moines high school teacher and brother W C Sterrit arrived from California. R E Sterrit recently suffered severe burns in a city accident and J M Sterrit’s wife and child died from influenza.
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Allerton
Boyd Sterrit
Des Moines
Eva Broderson
Ing Orr
J. M. Sterrit
West Des Moines High School
W. C. Sterrit
California
R. E. Sterrit
Word With Many Meanings In Shipping Tonnage
The term tonnage has five distinct meanings in shipping deadweight cargo gross net and displacement measures. The article explains how each definition serves different logistical and regulatory purposes in maritime trade.
What Will Become of Him The Ungrateful Son
A cryptic quotation from the Eastern lore tradition contemplates a son’s fate as a blemish on a father’s honor. The saying weighs the pain of cutting away a taint versus leaving a wound to fester.
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John R. Howard
National Bureau
Cunningham
Famous Picture
City Feed Yard
Whittaker & Burke
Logia
Washington
Miss Eva
Mutual Telephone Office
Ray
Keota
Joy C. Sterrit
Bracewell's Creek
Cunnningham
Cvery Town
Washington County
the Journal Office
Riverside Savings Bank
Riverside
Carl & Dodds, Wellman First Savings Bank
Crawfordsville
A. E. Sands
Ainsworth
John
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Washington, Iowa
Waston County Atlas
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