Why Not The Farmer Credit Urged As Solvency Support
A column argues that farm prices stay depressed while war era costs stay high and urges Congress to grant temporary farm credit. It contrasts domestic needs with vast armament spending and foreign loan guarantees, insisting farmers deserve government support to prevent solvency collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Herald
Harding
Teaving
United States
Europe
War Finance Corporation
Birthday Gift Sparks Fancy Dress Sable Brush Debut
Constable Plum orders half-mast girls off the streets as Miss Tawney Apple marks her birthday with an ash ao Carlo and a sable brush, sparking a small local fuss in town.
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Plum
Cauliflower Ears Profiteers Spar for Riches in Fame
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason condemns boxers who win fame and cash while scientists teachers pastors and scholars toil for low wages. It highlights the contrast between front page glory and steady earners who miss out on wealth and comfort as cauliflower ear promoters collect riches.
Agricultural solvency for Europe and the United States
The Washington Herald argues that granting credit to agriculture worldwide while denying it to home farmers is unjust. It states European recovery hinges on agriculture, and with agricultural solvency the United States will sustain dominance and aid global recovery and peaceful industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Empire
Europe
United States
Washington Herald
Iowa Guard to complete rapid organization plan
Des Moines July 1 Organizing the Iowa national guard proceeds quickly under Adjutant General Lasher with several units to be mustered in over the next weeks. Planned additions include the medical detachment and machine gun company of the 168th infantry in Des Moines, a field artillery battery at Keokuk, a battalion HQ at Guthrie Center, and an infantry rifle company plus battalion HQ for the 134th infantry in Sioux City.
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Des Moines
Ilowa National Guard
Lasher
National Guard
168Th Infantry
Keokuk
Guthrie Center
134Th Infantry
Sioux City
Creston
Peculiar Whistling Tree Described by Travelers
Report explains that the so called whistling tree in Nubia and the Soudan is produced by wind passing through insect eggs at the tree’s end. The wind causes a sound through a small opening, leading to the belief the tree has a musical property.
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Nubia
Soudan
Why They Stop Counting. A reflection on youth and aging
A brief opinion notes that the best years are from eighteen to twenty four and that young women may linger in that period longer than others, citing a quote attributed to a writer in the Hoston Transcript.
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Hoston Transcript
New Tables of Organization For Infantry and Machine Gun Companies
The new tables of organization specify staffing for infantry and machine gun units. Infantry companies include a captain, two lieutenants, a first sergeant, multiple sergeants and corporals, 13 to 19 first class privates, 26 to 40 privates, plus a cook and assistant cook with an automatic rifleman. The machine gun company allocates for a captain, two lieutenants, a first sergeant, platoon sergeants, section leaders, service and mess staff, a company clerk, several squad leaders, and 38 to 60 privates with cooks and a saddler among first class privates.
Stillman Refuses Answers in Leeds Divorce Case
James A. Stillman again refused to answer questions about his relation with Florence TL Leeds during cross examination in the divorce suit he filed against FIA Potter. He asserted that answering might tend to incriminate him.
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Loughkeepsie
N. Y
James A. Stillman
Florence TL. Leeds
Fia Potter
Ile
Guard Soldiers Bonus Bonds Sold to Prudential Life
Fourteen detectives guarded five million dollars in state soldiers bonus bonds sold to Prudential Life Insurance Company and paid by a single five million dollar check. Colonel Harry Salter, secretary of the bonus commission, oversaw the transaction with related disbursements totaling seven million dollars.
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Trenton
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Harry Salter
Bonus Commission
Beonda Uave Beer
Floating wood fuels distant shores via Gulf Stream
Fishermen along the Norwegian coast collect seashore wood carried by the Gulf Stream. The timber originates from Amazon and Orinoco river regions and Haitian palms, transported across oceans at a rate far faster than the Armagon current.
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Norway
Amazon
Orinoco
Gettysburg Poem on Slavery and Freedom by Weston A Goodspeed
Weston A. Goodspeed of West Chester Iowa pens a dramatic poem praising Union victory at Gettysburg. It frames slavery as a venomous monster defeated by Lincoln and battlefield sacrifice, honoring soldiers and mothers who prayed for freedom.
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Sherman
Meade
Grant
Lee
Longstreet
Lovejoy
Gettysburg
Hope
Freedom
Liberty
Lincoln
Weston A. Goodspeed
West Chester, Iowa
Cat Portraits Reveal Hidden Might in Feline Form
A brief note on art depicting a cat shows the creature’s outward grace masking steel-like strength. The piece suggests viewers underestimate its power, and mentions Rosa Bonheur and a rival figure, the Hon. Landseer, with two failed attempts before retreat.
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Rosa Bonheureokiom
All Puffed Up
A histrionic line laments a man eluding capture in a dubious deal and presumes cleverness and laxity have secured him safety. The quotation hints at arrogance after escaping scrutiny.
Railway Time Tables Corrected to May Twenty First Nineteen Thirty One
Eastbound and westbound schedules list train numbers and arrival or departure times. The Washington Branch shows passenger and stock extra services with Tuesday Thursday removal of No. 94 and daily operation except Sunday, corrected to June 1.
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Washington
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Evening Journal
Iowa
Main Street
Mutual
Ist
Walt Mason
Organization OF State
MILI
Stillman
Still
Florence Leeds
N. J
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Washington, Iowa
Eve
Court
Africa
Pickett
Hilt
Rhodes
Hood
Ewell
Pender
St. George
Sickles
Hancock
Howard
Slocum
Reynolds
Hooker
Gregg
Brant
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
Edgington
M. D
Bank
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
C. J. Wilson
C. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Journal
Irvin E. Huston
Casen
Farmers’ Union
Washington, IA
S. H. Bateman
M. D. Blair
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
Washington County
T. A. Michels
Washington, Lowa
Ficher
Livingston & Eicher
LAW
Chiropractors
M. H. Sartor
Sartor & Sartor Chiropractors
Bazere
Klein Kieching
Red
B. Watson
Morrison & Morrison
Austin Sutherland Auctioneer
R. R
Antaret
Dress
New York
H. W. Russel
C. B&q
Urday
Lo'west Lim
John Park
Washington Lodge
J. Elliot Grayson
W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus
BR. A. M
W. C. Bell
H. P
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
G. 8. Kerr
B. Cc
Mary Lavada Kerr
Myrtle Speer
Damascus Shrine
Moose Hall
Louise Harwood
Lena M. Marble
Washington Lodge No
Loyal Order of Moose
I. B. Mitchell
D. C. Russell
Covenant Lodge No. 101
1. O. O. F. Trail
North
Iowa Ave
H. BE. Peck
Noble
Roy Maple
Brighton and
Ete N
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Secas
Hall
North Town Avenue
Ralph — Zeck
Elmer McFadden
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