Lincoln Highway progress and future plans outlined
Daily market reports cover hogs cattle and sheep with mixed prices and strong receipts. The piece ends noting Lincoln Highway improvements totaling over 31 million dollars spent in seven years and a projected 10 million next year toward a continuous Atlantic to Pacific highway open to lawful traffic.
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Chicago
Farly
Lincoln Highway Association
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Weather for Des Moines Week With Snow Early Week
Weather bulletin for Des Moines March 12 reports cold unsettled conditions across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with snow expected at the start of the week.
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Des Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Twelve Types of Surfacing in Use On Lincoln Highway
New York March 14 The Lincoln Highway Association released figures showing progress on the transcontinental route. End of 1913 2389 miles with 1598 improved. End of 1918 3223 miles with 2161 improved. End of 1919 3323 miles with 2421 improved. End of 1920 3305 miles with 2853 improved. The table details classifications of road construction along the Lincoln Highway.
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Lincoln Highway
New York
Forty-second Street
Broadway
Golden Gate
Pacific
The
Union
Lincoln Highway Assn
Lincoln Highway Association
Meetings Outline Farm Bureau Plans In Des Moines
The national Farm Bureau Federation committee explains a marketing plan at the Savery hotel on March 22 with Iowa Farm Bureau and Farmers Union Equity representatives present. Delegates to a Chicago conference on April 6 will be chosen based on grain marketed. Illinois leads with fourteen delegates and Iowa with nine, among others.
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Des Moines
National Farm Bureau Federation
Savery
Iowa Farm Bureau Jan. Farmers Union Equity
In Dealers Association
Chicago
Committee of Seventeen
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Indiana
Minnesota
Dakotas
Ohio
Missouri
Oklahoma
Washington
Texas
Michigan
Iowa Federation of Shipping Associations
Farm Bureau Federation
Knute Espe
C. W. Hunt
A. Sykes
Farm Department Notes on Soy Seed and Pig Rearing
The journal highlights profitable soy seed for 1921 crops in Iowa, stressing homegrown seed, nitrogen benefits, and potential profits vs corn. It also offers pig-rearing guidance from Iowa State College, including early creep feeding, milk types, and proper sow nutrition to boost growth and future breeding readiness.
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Wilkins
Iowa
Fee Sharp
Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Breck Heads Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers Association
George F. Breck of Des Moines was elected president at the Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers Association meeting in Des Moines. John Bailey of Cedar Rapids named first vice president, W. S. Nichols of Mason City second vice president, A. H. Lamb of Cedar Falls elected director. F. M. Nebe re elected secretary for ten years but may resign or seek an assistant.
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Des Moines
George F. Breck
Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association
John Bailey
Cedar Rapids
W. S. Nichols
Mason City
A. H. Lamb
Cedar Falls
F. M. Nebe
Nebe
Farm Federation Fights Foreclosure Notice Bill
The Farm Federation decries Iowa Senator Campbell's mortgage reform defeat 27 to 18 and vows to rework the measure in the House. The bill would require thirty days notice before farm mortgage foreclosures, shielding landowners from sudden claims and aggressive transfers of notes across states.
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Farm Federation
Campbell Bill
Towa Farm Federation
Iowa
Campbell
Farm Bureau Federation
House
Senate
Iown
A Graduate. Poker Is Not A Game Of Chance
A short quote from Bigelow Citizen Press notes a graduate stating poker is not a game of chance and that consistent play yields no chance to win.
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Bigelow Citizen Press
Our Republic Rallies Behind Peace and Liberty
A concise proclamation celebrates national strength and the noble deeds of heroes shaping world freedom and upholding peace. It underscores belief in liberty and enduring democratic values.
Masked bandits blind and rob Cedar Falls man in Waterloo
In Waterloo near the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds three masked armed men blindsided Charlies Paul of Cedar Falls with a white powder and robbed him of $145, a gold watch belonging to his late brother, and a bundle of letters. Paul operated a Cedar Falls feed store and taxi line and was returning home from the Dairy Congress when attacked at 11:30 p.m.
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Waterloo
Charlies Paul
Cedar Falls
Dairy Cattle Congress
France
Paul
Rainbow Drive
Mr. Paul
C. L. Paul
Ottumwa Debaters Win Triangular Nine League Match
Burlington High school affirmative lost to Ottumwa in Ottumwa while Burlington defeated Fairfield 8 to 0 in Burlington. Ottumwa wins third section of the Iowa Nine league and will meet champions of other sections on March 25 to decide the league title. Fairfield finishes last with two blank losses.
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Burlington
Burlington High School
United States
Fairfield High School
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Ottumwa High School
Editor Is Jailed For Scandal Story
Des Moines March 14 Dan Drost publisher of the Rock Island News faces one year in prison and a $1000 fine for criminal libel against three Davenport women and one man whom he allegedly defamed in his paper. Convicted by Scott County District Court, he was later extradited from Illinois after the original sentence period expired.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Dan Drost
Rock Island News
Davenport
Drost
Scott County District Court
Rock Island
Illinois
Supreme Court Reverses Writ for Drost in Iowa Case
The case moved through writ of certiorari before Judge Salinger granted the writ. The attorney general asked to quash, and the supreme court in full bench reversed Salinger, allowing Drost to serve the sentence as the lower court ordered.
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Iowa
Salinger
Attorney General's Office
Supreme Court
Drost
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Noble Lafayette
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