Michigan Beet Growers Say Sugar Makers Profiting At Farmer Loss
State federation head John C. Ketcham warns Michigan beet growers that factory contracts copy last year with a $6 per acre hand labor clause, cutting returns by about $1 per ton. He cites alleged 50 percent manufacturer profits and urges action to avoid a loss in national sugar self sufficiency.
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Organ Beet Growere
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John C. Ketcham
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Unitedate Beet Growers’ Federation
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R. Ketcham
Federal Commission
Ketcham
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Department of Justice
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Federal Trade Commission
Southeastern Iowa teachers to meet in Burlington in April
The Southeastern Iowa Teachers association will hold its annual meeting in Burlington April 1 to 3. About 1500 teachers are expected with events in churches and the high school auditorium, including programs, lectures, music, and school visits led by city and university educators.
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Southeastern Iowa Teachers’ Association
County Teachers Institute
Eeasion
Southeastern Iowa Association
Burlington High School
W W. L. Sheetz
C. C. Clark
School Board
Iowa
Geo
Chas. H. Judd
University of Chicago
Crock Music
W. L. Sheetz
W. F. Burris
University of Cincinnati
L. Sheetz
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Clenahan
Mountain Meadows
Mary C. McKetterick
Lincoln School
Homemakers urged to pursue progress in home life
A homemaker should be as alert as a business or professional person to advance in life work. The home is presented as the most profitable and interesting domain for women, central to all life issues.
Midnight Romance at Fox Theater Stars Anita Stewart
A six reel mystery romance shot without studios opens Tuesday at the Fox Theatre titled A Midnight Romance. Anita Stewart stars under Louis B. Mayer's management and much of the production took place in a Los Angeles hotel to ensure realism.
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Fox Theatre
Anita Stewart
Louis B. Mayer
Boston
Germans Marry in Large Numbers in Berlin
Berlin reports a record high for peaceful years as 28,585 marriages were recorded last year, with 22,005 weddings in 1912 the peak prior to 1914. The 1916 figure shows a rise of about ten percent over 1915 and seven percent above 1914 levels.
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Berlin
Tno
Farmers want rail control to extend government operation
Farmers at the All-American Labor Co operative congress urged two more years of government operation for railroads. They opposed ownership by the state but supported the Pinnah plan for tripartite control of the lines. In Burlington Iowa Ad Meyers, a wealthy farmer, hanged himself citing fear of rising living costs.
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Chicago
Farmers’ National Council
All-American Farmer Labor Co-operative Congress
Burlington
Ad Meyers
Salem
Memorial to Allied Dead at Verdun Hill
A memorial to Allied soldiers who died in defense of Verdun will rise through combined subscriptions by France Great Britain and the United States. Marshal Petain leads the committee and appeals to the United States and Britain to join France in this effort. The monument will stand on Dead Mont hill, a site of heavy fighting during Verdun.
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Verdun
France
Great Britain
United States
Merstial Petain
Britain
Mermonent
Deutmont
Italy to Sell 40 Warships as War Ends
An interview with Admiral Seechi, Italy's minister of marine, states Italy will sell 40 warships and offspring craft after mine sweeping ends. It says four planned superdreadnoughts will be abandoned.
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Seechi
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Sinew
Armisthee
Seon
Oklahoma to Decide Feb 23 on suffrage ratification
Oklahoma City reports Gov. I. A. Robertson will address a special session of the state legislature to ratify the woman suffrage amendment on February 28. The event sets the stage for a key constitutional decision by the state.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Robertson
Napoleon Figures in Abdication and Succession Renunciation
Historical note recounts Napoleon I's abdication and the renunciation of succession for his son, termed the king of Thome, and mentions Napoleon III creating himself emperor.
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Napoleon I
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Thome
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