Daily Market Hogs and Cattle Reports From Chicago
Estimated receipts today list hogs 10 000 cattle 10 000 and sheep 6 000 with holdovers 1746. Prices range 6.75 to 7.90 for various weights and grades with most sales 6.75 to 7.50. Official yesterday totals show hogs 57685 cattle 7845 sheep 10379 calves 1008. St Louis cash bids note red winter wheat mixed corn and oats with prices. Rain bow Post at Council Bluffs adopts burial expense funds. Iowa American Legion Auxiliary sets Cedar Rapids 1922 contention dates May 10 11 12. Mrs W A Quinn named hospitalization chair. A nationwide art sale plan for wounded soldiers proposed. Rolling pins presented to two brides joining the Legion Auxiliary at Winton. William M Oster elected commander of Ottumwa American Legion post.
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Iowa American Legion Auxiliary Executive Committee
Cedar Rapids
W. A. Quinn
Vinton
W. A. Pickett
Iowa American Legion Fine Arts Commission forms in Des Moines
Francis A. Robinson chairs a newly appointed Iowa American Legion Fine Arts Commission. It will meet in Des Moines on Dec 30 to review memorial plans for posts, collect data on existing or contemplated memorials, and advise to ensure enduring, tasteful designs while avoiding past memorial errors.
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Iowa American Legion Fine Arts Commission
Francis A. Robinson
Des Moines
Daniel F. Steck
Robinson
Iowa Department
Iowa
Memorial Building Dedication Set by The American Legion
A $28 000 memorial building will be dedicated by The American Legion at Sheffield on December 28.
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The
American Legion
Sheffield
Dayton Couple Wed After License Delay in Muscatine
Kenneth Warren Dayton of Washington Iowa aged 20 and Florence Moots aged 17 of Muscatine faced license hurdles due to a consent requirement and a smallpox quarantine. The clerk obtained consent by street dialogue with Mrs Moots who stood at her doorway as Rev Frank Leeds married them at Park Avenue Methodist at 6 50 PM. The newlyweds then traveled to Washington where Dayton works in the insurance field, joined by Mr and Mrs Charles Downey.
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Muscatine
Kenneth Warren Dayton
Washington
Iowa
Florence Moots
Dayton
Louis Moots
Park Avenue Methodist Church
Frank Leeds
Charles Downey
Fossil Study Guides Geologic Understanding of Rock Beds
The article explains how paleontologists illuminate the age and original order of rock beds. It notes that fossil remnants within rocks drive a key part of geological work, though specialists in this field are few.
Household Mixup Sparks Frayed Nerves at Doorstep
A maid left to guard an empty house faced an angry visitor who complained of persistent ringing. The maid mistook the caller for the telephone, replying that she kept on ringing and ringing. The miscommunication highlights a tense moment in a quiet domestic setting.
Core of Democracy and the Rigorous Core Figure
A brief note on democracy centers on the idea that the core lies in rigorous elements within the system. It references a figure named Walt Wiewen as a pivotal element in understanding democratic foundations.
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Walt Wiewen
Farm Department Warns Against Mixing Milk For Chicks
A farm bulletin notes do not mix sweet and sour milk for chicks as it causes trouble in Iowa poultry. Feeding lime on Clarke county fields improves alfalfa and clover yields. Hog cholera declines with vaccination and isolation. farmers urged to maintain precautions and test suspects. A USDA study on beef feeding in the Corn Belt shows feed costs dominate costs, with breeding cows producing feeder cattle and manure returning to land.
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Iowa State Colginer
Clarke County
Agit Department of
Iowa State College
Iowa
Corn Belt
United States Department of Agriculture
Cote Belt
Iown
Indiana
Illinois
Nebraska
Missouri
Middle West
Public Sale Notices From Various Farms and Dates
Advertisements list numerous closing out and bred sow sales with dates from January to February. Locations include Coppock West Chester Winfield Washington and Noble. Sellers include Walter Simmons Melo Vacha Redlinger Johnson Stephenson Shaner Thompson Wang Ernest Carlson Alliman Bros Hunter & Hunter.
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Walter Simmons
Coppock
Melo Vacha
Redlinger
Ington
L . Johnson
Adm
West Chester
Stephenson and Shaner
Winfield
Duree
Thompson & Wang
Washington
Ernest Carlson
State Corn Show Big Event of Year at Ames
Plans advance for the state corn and small grain show at the new $200,000 armory in Ames, running Jan 80 to Feb 4. An expected 10,000 ears of corn will be displayed while the college’s short course runs concurrently with regular classes.
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Ames
Dee
Culford Thorne
National Federation of Farm Bureaus
M. F. Miller
Missouri Agricultural College
B. H. Cunningham
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
German Banker's Long Flight to Find a Fortune Ends in Hamburg
Roschau, a German citizen once banker in Germany, left Davenport for Germany after drifting from Argentina to the United States. He failed to find work due to language barriers and lack of English, living in Davenport with his brother Mans Fe Roschau while seeking a new field. He sails today from New York on the steamer Orbita to Hamburg.
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George Roechau
Cannaan
Davenport
Germany
Roschau
East Third Street
Yast
St Orl
Roeschau
Argentina
United States
Roscheau
Mans FE
le Claire Street
Seiffert Lumber Company
New York
Orbita
Hamburg
Des Moines Health Chief Ousted. Fagan Appointed
Dr Sumner longtime head of Iowa state health board was dismissed by the appointing board and replaced by Dr Rodney Fagan of Des Moines. The board cited health interests. Fagan a former city surgeon and World War I lieutenant colonel will serve as secretary. The action takes effect December 31.
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Des Moines
Guilford HH. Sumner
Board of Health
Tius
N. B. Kendall
Walter C. Starheey
Glenn C. Haynes
Rodney ?. Fagan
Sumner
Pr. Fagan
Cancer Deaths Rise in U S 1920 Total 72 000
Washington December 31 The Census Bureau reports cancer deaths in 1920 within the U S death registration area totaled about 72 000 with a national estimate of 89 000 based on population. The cancer death rate increased to 83 4 per 100 000 from 80 5 in 1919 indicating an upward trend.
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Washington
BD. C
United States
Census Bureau
Mutual Help Emphasized by Walter Scott Quote
A quotation on mutual aid from Walter Scott stresses that humanity survives only through helping others. It asserts that those who hold power to grant aid bear guilt if they refuse assistance.
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Walter Scott
Finley Sees Rail Improvements, Wages, Rates at Kiwanis
William R. Finley president of the Northwestern railroad told Cedar Rapids Kiwanis members that improvements must await capital attraction, wage reductions will be pushed after the 10 percent freight retreat, and more study is needed on transportation problems. He with an official party arrived in Cedar Rapids yesterday, toured local industries, then left for Chicago. Finley predicted better business in 1922 and said freight and passenger traffic show signs of increase.
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Cedar Rapids
William R . Finley
Northwestern Railroad
Kiwanis Club
Finley
F. W. Sargent
Frank Walters
C. A. Cairns
Pasenger
Chicago
United States
Europe
Many Blacks Come North Census Report Shows Migration Patterns
The 1920 census special report notes southern born blacks migrating to the north and west rose from 440 534 in 1910 to 780 794 in 1920. It cites New Jersey to Kansas as dividing lines and shows sizable gains from Georgia South Carolina Florida Alabama Ohio Mississippi Texas to northern states.
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Washington
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
M Ri
Kansas
Datter
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Missinnippi
Ilinois
Texas
Missouri
Iowa Track Stars Poised For Strong Big Ten Showing
Iowa's track team at Iowa City enters spring with one of its best rosters in years. Nine of twelve record breakers from 1920 21 remain in school as E C Wilson F O Seiling L V Peterman H A Crawford C R Brookins BE P Hoffman Aubrey Devine F W Duke Slater and I C Belding hold major marks. Last season the Hawkeyes won the state meet and placed fifth in the Big Ten and third nationally.
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Owa City
Die
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Middle West
E. C. Wilson
F. O. Seiling
L. V. Peterman
H. A. Crawford
C. R. Brookins
BE. P. Hoffman
Aubrey Devine
F. W. “Duke
Slater
I. C. Belding
Lines on a Skeleton Found in Royal College Manuscript
A manuscript poem titled Lines on a Skeleton was found in the London Royal College of Surgeons around 1820. The author remains unidentified after a reward of ten guineas was offered for their discovery.
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London Royal
Who Owns the Earth
An estimate places total land at 57,255,000 square miles. About 20,000,000 square miles are fertile. Great Britain claimed 74,500,000 square miles at most half, the remainder divided unequally among many nations.
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Great Britain
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168Th Infantry
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War Department
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Americanism Commission
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Duree Sow Sale
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