Iowa News Briefs Highlight Water Power and Public Service
Article surveys Iowa potential for dam building on Cedar and Des Moines rivers, notes Keokuk dam power uses, profiles officials Benson and Simpson in state and national farm and fair work, and records local court actions, parole releases, and a missing soldier case amid broader midwest events.
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Iowa
Cedar River
National Geological Department
Des Moines River
Mississippi
Keokuk
St. Louis
Quincy
Burlington
Fort
Madison
O. &. Courtright
Des Moines
Keokuk Dam
London
Great Dam
State Institutions Profited Through 1919 Milk Output
Iowa report shows fifteen institutions under the board of control realized a net profit of 122,958.62 from 5,701,309 pounds of milk produced in 1919. Milk value reached 201,190.16 with feed costs 78,231.64. payrolls totaled 886,231.46 and overall expenditures 3,871,167.90.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Control
J. H. Strief
Strief
Cherokee State Hospital
Eldora Inda State Hospital
Eldora Training School
Woodward Hospital
Independence State Hospital
Mount Pleasant State Hospital
Glenwood
Mitchelville Training School
Knoxville
Anamosa Reformatory
Fort Madison
Clarinda
State Hospital
Independence
Oakdale State Hospital
Eldora School For
Relief From Terrifying Eczema Through Blood Cleansing
Harsh eczema torment on skin and lips. local salves fail to cure. The immune system cleanse is claimed to reach the infection in the blood. Free medical advice from Medical Director at 43 Swift Bridge, Atlanta, Ga.
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Icted
Swift Bidge
Atlanta
Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport
The London Tit-Bits notes a quip that when a wife says you look younger daily it may signal her birthday approaching. The piece also attributes a Theodore Roosevelt sentiment about fighting for rights as a noble pursuit.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
Judge William Clements Dies in California
Judge William Clements longtime jurist died at his Los Angeles home after three years of pernicious anemia. He and Mrs. Clements moved to California last year hoping for recovery, but worsening condition led to his passing. Frank Clements remained at his father’s bedside, and the body will be brought here for burial on an undetermined date.
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Newton
William C. Clements
California
Los Angeles
Frank Clements
Newton Council Increases City Power Water and Cemetery Rates
Newton city council raised electric lighting rates to 15 cents per kilowatt hour from 12. The power rates were set per tier from 9 to 5 cents per 50 kilowatt hours, plus monthly horsepower charges. Water rates also rose and cemetery lots increased by 50 percent.
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Newton
A Real Patriot Bolingbroke Quote
A Bolingbroke line extols the real patriot who bends all understanding toward the country’s good directing thoughts and actions for its benefit, surpassing famous thinkers in intellectual joy.
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Montaigne
Descartes
Barnetn
Newton
Bolingbroke
Ely's Cream Balm Offers Quick Catarrh Relief
An old advertisement promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a fast cure for nasal congestion from colds and catarrh. It claims the balm opens nostrils, clears the head, stops hawking and snuffling, and provides instant relief with a pleasant fragrance.
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Ely
Conesville Experts Grow Big Sweet Potato Crop
Wolford brothers of Conesville Muscatine county report an 8000 bushel sweet potato harvest from 30 acres in 1919 with 265 bushels per acre on early plantings. They plan to expand to about 150 acres with shared and own plantings as Iowa specialist C V Holsinger notes sweet potatoes could become a major Iowa crop in suitable sandy soils along Cedar river bottoms.
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Muscatine
Wolford Brothers
Conesville
Muscatine County
C. V. Holsinger
Iowa State College
Walford
Holsinger
Cedar River
Wolford
Iowa
Mississippi
Burlington
Iowa's Sweet Potato Regions Highlighted in River Country
In the Missouri river country and southern Iowa, Muscatine and Keokuk are noted as prime sweet potato producers. The region along the southern tier of Iowa counties is emphasized for its prolific harvests and potential.
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Missouri River
Iowa
Muscatine
Keokuk
Special Grand Jury Called in Black Hawk County
Jan 14 report states Judge J K E Williams set a special session of the Black Hawk county grand jury to begin Monday Jan 12. The session follows a request from state agents led by Attorney General H M Havner amid rumors Henry W Terrell would seek a session to probe disclosed matters. Officials have resigned and faced pressure during the inquiry.
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Waterloo
J. K E. Williams
Black Hawk Comnery Grand Jury
H. M. Havner
Henry W. Terrell
Sessson
Getinty
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National Department of Agriculture
North Atlantic
Prof. Benson
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Wright County
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Marion County
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Springfield
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New England
O’brien
Jacob van Marel
Iowa Light Heat & Power Co
Albert J. Hubers
Holland Township
Walter Aardapple
State Board of Parole
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Gary
Indiana
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J.D. Carter
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Li Hung Chang
America
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Ames
Union Protestant College of
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P. C. Chen
H. B. Tan
T. S. Kam
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P. C. Chang
Little Rock
Lyon County
Harry E. Bowman
Gilman
Marty E. Ross
Clark Ross
Dayton
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