Farmers Favor Distilling Corn for Gas Engine Fuel
Farmers in Wapsinonoc township Muscatine County favor manufacturing denatured alcohol from corn for power purposes. They argue distillation would convert one bushel of corn into five gallons of alcohol worth about 1.50 dollars, with by products paying costs. They urge safeguards and proper manufacture to help market surplus corn and reduce losses to farmers.
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Muscatine
Bureau
Farm Bureau
Wapsinonoc
Muscatine County
Iowa Responding to Hoover Appeal Des Moines
Des Moines reports strong Iowa support for Herbert Hoover relief efforts to aid central Europe. Iowa’s million dollar quota aims at mobilizing funds from communities and organizations including Red Cross YMCAs YWCAs Knights of Columbus and church groups to provide food clothing and medical care to 3.5 million vulnerable children through next harvest.
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Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
American Relief Administration
Iowa
Lowang
Europe
Iown Gate Committee
Lafayette Young, Sr
David Davidson
Sioux City
Harry J. McFarland
Davienport
W. R. Orchard
Cornell Bluffs
W. H. Kidder
Eugene Mannheimer
Anselm Frankel
E. H
Stranahan
Oskaloosa
Alfred C. Mueller
Davenport
Charles Silberman
Henry C. Wallace
Mra
A. Rawson
Hubert Utterback
John P. Wallace
The
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
American Friends Service Committee
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Latvian brides seek American husbands amid wartime dowry crisis
Latvians report a wartime surplus of eligible women and scarce husbands. A Latvian merchant says older daughters in Latvia face high dowries of 100000 rubles or more, prompting plans to send daughters to the United States for marriage prospects. He notes his 15 year old daughter in New York and the difficulty obtaining permission for emigration.
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Libau
Latvia
Associated Press
America
New York
United States
Iowa Legislature Faces Printing Shortage Ahead of Session
Des Moines dated Dec 27 reports the Iowa legislature will confront a lack of printed documents as the 1920 session opens on Jan 19. bids for state printing failed to meet statutory rates, forcing operations to proceed without a proper daily journal or calendars. A state printing plant proposal is under study by the retrenchment and reform sub committee, with a code revision and constitutional convention on the horizon.
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Des Moines
State Printing Committee
Shsery
Senate
Rouse
General Assembly
Iowa Homestead
University Press of
Hutton & Jenks
Bancroft
State Printing Board
Expericene
State Supreme Court
Polk County
Eh Jo Childran
Women police chiefs in Madison oversee university students
Mrs. Fannie Hamilton and Mrs. Edna Caynowth serve as chief police officers in Madison Wisconsin where thousands of women are enrolled as students at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
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Fannie Hamilton
Edna Caynowth
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
SUGGEST CHANGES IN HIGHWAY LAWS
Iowa lawmakers push amendments to highway and motor vehicle laws from the Thirty eighth to the Thirty ninth general assembly. Proposals include county handling of auto fee funds, city use of part fees for paving, lower truck license fees, and dealers operating under dealer numbers.
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Des Moines
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Thirty-ninth General Assembly
Perry C. Holdesgel
Rockwell City
Treasuries
Robert S.S. McNutt
Muscatine
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Alaerene
Waldpegel
McNutt
Long
Muscatine County
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids to Host Iowa Hotel Men's Assn Meeting
Waterloo reports Cedar Rapids chosen as the next gathering site for the Iowa Hotel Men's association. J H Moore of Clarion was elected president to lead officers including George Mong Randolph Des Moines and G G McCartney Dubuque with W T Irwin and R E Pettigrew joining the executive committee after Ruccet’s death. Walter L Stewart of Des Moines named counsel.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Hotel Men's Association
J. H. Moore
Clarion
Moore
George Mong
Randolph
Des Moines
George Crowley
Franklin
G. G. McCartney
Merchants
Dubuque
W. T. Irwin
Irwin
Dee Moines
Thomas Hoffman
Savery
George 5. Dempsey
Davenport
Funeral for Heroine of Plock Sparks Warsaw Mourning
All Warsaw mourned at the funeral of Sergeants Sophie Poukopwicz the Heroine of Plock who died from wounds in battle with Bolsheviks. In New York City Mrs Pauline O Field the only woman attorney in General Sessions court and the sole woman member of the Criminal Bar association was elected president of that association.
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Adams County
State Teachers Association
Supreme Court
Havner
Adams Court
John Peterson
Story
New York
State
Wade
Okoboji
Warsaw
Sophie Poukopwicz
Plock
Pauline O. Field
General Sessions Court
New York City
Criminal Bar Association
Pemberton Surrenders as War News Thrills Community
The fall of Vicksburg under General Grant ends a long siege and sparks wide rejoicing. Old residents recall the stirring moment while James Reed and Annie Keningsworthy wed in Alaska and return to Story county with five children seeking better schools. The Reed family adapts from mukluks to American life, keeping reindeer coats.
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Beck
Tansport
Vicksburg
Gen. Pemberton
Grant
James Reed
Zearing
Story County
Alaska
Kotzebue
Annie Keningsworthy
Reed
Marshalltown
Lincoln Grove
Seattle
Amusements Posing as Himself Causes Wallace Reid Trouble
Amusing photoplay plot shows hero posing as another man creating complications. The article explains such mistaken identity in Dou ble Speed and notes the frequent use of impersonation in early movie scripts.
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Wallace Reid
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