Water Transportation Key to North Mississippi Valley Trade
Gov. Wa lL Harding urged early Great Lakes St Lawrence canal construction and river development to link the North Mississippi Valley’s large agricultural and manufactured output to foreign markets. He said water transport costs about one fifth rail costs and emphasized making the St Lawrence navigable and expanding river networks to connect farms and factories to ocean ports.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mississppi
Gov. Wa. Ll. Harding
Iowa
Council of States
Great Lakes- Tidewater Association
Farmers-Manufacturers Foreign Trade
Harding
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
North Mississippi Valley
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Mississippi River
St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence
Mississippi Valley
Experts Constantly Study to Prevent Destructive Fires
New York January 22 Experts at Underwriters Laboratories conduct fire safety research in Chicago New York and San Francisco. Tests prove roofs and materials can resist intense heat and wind with furnaces heating up to 1700 degrees for up to an hour. The labs, now employing nearly 200 engineers, study fire doors windows and building components to prevent destruction and have expanded electrical and automotive safety testing.
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New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Berkeley
California
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Association
Automobile Manufac
Names That Separate Iowa Towns From Their Counties
Iowa towns often bear names that do not match their counties. Keokuk and Keokuk county are miles apart while Des Moines sits in Polk county, Des Moines county lies far away, and many towns cross county lines or sit in different counties than their name suggests.
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Associated Press
Des. Moines
Iowa
Keokuk
Keokuk County
Lee County
Wester
Webster County
Adair
Guthrie
Adair County
Audubon
Benton
Benton County
Rintcold
Boone County
Booneshboro
Carrol
Carrol County
Cedar County
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Cedar Heights
Cherokee
Cherokee County
Clayton
Clinton
Clinton County
Crawfordsville
Crawford County
Washington County
Dallas
Marion County
Dallas County
Davis County
Davis City
Decatur County
Decatur City
Delaware County
Delaware
Des Moines
Polk County
Mississippi
Fort Des Moines
Dubuque
Emmetsburg
Emmet County
Palo Alto
Fayette
Fayette County
Floyd
Floyd County
Franklin
Franklin County
Fremont
Mahaska’ County
Fremont County
Greene
Lowe
Butler County
Greene County
Grundy County
Grundy Center
Hamilton
Hamilton County
Hancock County
Pottawattamie County
Hancock
Humboldt
Humboldt County
Ida County
Ida Grove
Mount Ida
Reece
Elphabet Price
Grove
J. H. Moorehead
Iowa County
Iowa River
Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Jackson Junction
Winneshiek County
Jackson County
Jefferson
John Station
Linn Grove
Buena Vista County
Lynnville
Jasper County
Linn County
Lucas
Lucas County
Mitchell
Mitchell County
Mitchellville
Polk
Lyons
Muscatine
Osceola
Clark County
Osceola County
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Plymouth County
Plymouth
Cerro Gordo County
Palo
Linn
Palo Alto County
Polk City
Sac County
Sac City
Shelby County
Shelby
Sioux Center
Sioux City
Woodbury
Sioux Rapids
Dakotas
Story City
Story County
Tama
Tama County
Washington
Webster
Webster City
Union
Union County
Wapello
Louisa County
Post Office Department
Payne a notable publisher and Major in Intelligence Corps
The Washington Herald and Times publisher and general manager Mr. Payne, formerly owner of the Washington Iowa Journal, left Washington twenty three years ago for Chicago advertising. He recently received a War Department commission as Major in the Intelligence branch of the Officers Reserve Corps and is pictured in uniform.
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Washington
D C
Herald
Washington Times
Payne
Washington, Iowa
Journal
Chicago
War Department
English Mezzotinis Sell At London Sale
During a two day sale of English mezzotinis a total of 80000 dollars was realized. The highlight was James Ward's proof of Mrs Michel Angelo Taylor as Miranda after Hoppner which brought 7350 dollars. A first state of The Standard Bearer after Giorgione by Prince Rupert, alleged inventor of mezzotints, sold for 8356 dollars.
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London
James Ward
Michel Angelo Taylor
Miranda
Hoppner
Giorgione
Prince Rupert
Barnacle Feeding on Rocky Coasts Described
Nature Magazine notes barnacles are abundant on rocky shores. These sessile crustaceans resemble mollusks, with two shell plates that part when tide covers them. They feed by waving feathery appendages into their mouth.
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Saga
Nature Magazine
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Westchester
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Wilson & Wilson
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