Ainsworth Boy Wins Prize for Best Essay on Agriculture
Homer White of Ainsworth won first place in the Iowa Patriotic League essay contest, both junior and overall, with a prize bronze medal and a 15-volume The American Statesman set. The essay argues that agricultural science, now central to civilization, will raise yields, profits, and market efficiency, urging farmers to adopt county agents, extension services, and modern methods to boost incomes and reduce costs.
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Ainsworth
Homer White
Harry White
Iowa Patriotic League
Iowa
American Statesman
Edward
Max
State University of Iowa High School
State University
Liberal Arts
American Academy For the Advancement of Science
Agriculure
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Houston
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
Office of Markets and Rural Organizations
Cotton Producer of America
Smith-Lever
United States
New York
Ohio University
Agricultural College
Ohio State University
College of Engineering
Ohio
Agricultural College of the State University
South
New York State
Chicago's Big New Bridge Built of Ten Thousand Tons Steel
Chicago opens a new double deck bascule bridge linking north and south lakefront districts using ten thousand tons of steel. The $16 million structure rises 750 feet on the leaves when opened to ships, with upper boulevard for cars and lower for trucks. The project caps a century of river crossings at Kinzie and Ft Dearborn, tracing past ferries, ropes and failed spans to the modern engineering milestone.
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Chicago
Boulevard
John Kinzie
Kinzie
Ft. Dearborn
Chicago Historical Society
Fort Dearborn
Thomas Jefferson
Northwest Territory
Cooperative Spirit Drives New Agriculture Movement
The article argues that farmers and business men gain more by uniting for common interests than by squabbling. It stresses that true cooperation is essential for progress in the new agriculture. Individual gains exist but broad advancement requires neighborly collaboration in various cooperative community efforts.
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Hime
Potato Board
New York
Department of Agriculture
Agriculturists
Rush Street Bridge Through The Years Of Fire And Rebuilds
A riverfront tale traces aril drowning, rescues, and a horned cattle bridge, then a wooden span after a great 1871 fire. A steel bridge cost 115 500 dollars and a citizen kept a draw closed to save the bridge. Twelve years on ships clashed at the draw, and the present Rush Street Bridge, now to be torn down with piers dynamited.
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Aril
Ganger
Charles W. Parker
Rush Street
Six denied citizenship in Clinton County hearing
In Clinton County six of thirteen foreigners facing citizenship were denied at a Friday hearing in the Office of County Clerk of Courts Reusche. The six barred residents cannot pursue naturalization in the United States.
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Clinton
Clinton County
Elks Elect Officers Iowa Headed By James Murtagh
James Murtagh of Waterloo was elected president of the Iowa Elks for the coming year at the Muscatine convention. Other officers named include 8 G Bronner Muscatine first vice president F H Jamisana Welein second vice president Bert Forerave Dubuque secretary Jules Fecht Ottumwa treasurer and As Henigbaum Davenport trustees The new officers will meet in December to set the 1921 convention details.
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Waterloo
Muscatine
James Murtagh
Iowa Elks
G. Bronner
F. H. Jamisana
Oelwein
Bert Forerave
Dubuque
Juleius Fecht
Midland Packing Co Receivers Named in Sioux City
Federal Judge H. T. Reed appointed C. H. Burlingame and Horace G. McMillon as joint receivers of the Midland Packing Company, an $80,000,000 Sioux City concern. Burlingame is secretary treasurer of Midland and McMillon leads the Farmer and Breeder at Sioux City. The receivership follows an agreement among interested attorneys.
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Sioux City
H. T. Reed
C. H. Burlingame
Horace G. McMillon
Midland Packing Company
Burlingame
Midland Company
McMillon
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J. F. Duffy
E. Colyer
England
Hurlingham
U&u
ELKS
Recehivers
Midland
Brunswick Tires
Brunswick
BBC
Washington, Iowa
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