Market Report Details Large Opening Hog and Cattle Receipts
Daily market notes show Chicago opening trade with 48 000 hogs 22 000 cattle and 26 000 sheep expected today. Prices vary with weight and class from heavy hogs to veal calves and beef cattle. Official Saturday receipts include hogs 2 908 cattle 383 sheep 679 calves 228. W. Wagner & Co Iowa City report signals of a back-to-the-land trend driven by urban job scarcity with New England leading farm sales and significant city-to-farm transfers observed in February.
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Chicago
New England
United States
Farmers Union Meeting in West Chester This March
Notice calls for a Farmers Union meeting in West Chester on Tuesday evening March 29 at 8 oclock. The meeting will discuss important business matters and asks all members to attend.
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Farmers Union
West Chester
Real Estate Firm Sees City Population Shift to Farms
A nationwide real estate firm reports signs of a migration from cities back to farms. Census data indicate city populations once eclipsed farm districts, reversing after wartime industrial surge as farmers and idle urban residents return to farm labor demand.
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New York
Maine
California
Public Utilities Powers Questioned by Former Illinois Regulator
Wal ter A. Shaw former Illinois public utilities commissioner told the American Waterworks Association that rate regulation hinges on serving the public at just and reasonable rates. He argued contract ordinances cannot bind future rates and that state commissions exist to break such contracts. He noted courts have rejected fixed rates by ordinances as lasting beyond their terms.
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Chicago
Walter A. Shaw
Public Utilities Commission of
Ilinois
Town and
American Waterworks Association
Public Utility Commission
Shaw
Oats Damage Concerns From Last Night’s Freeze
The farm department weighs oats crop damage after a night frost with most effect in freshly sown fields. Observers cite past freezes and warn re sowing may be needed if seed was in early sprouting stages. Washington County may see many fields reseeded due to the loss. A note on seed mixtures warns clover Timothy blends often underdeliver clover content and overprice seed.
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William Reubsam
Washington
Washington County
United States Department of Agriculture
Timothy
Frad Grosseup
Brighton Township
Chas. A. Smock
Keokuk County
Wellman
Norths
Hamilton
Jessens
Fred Schackner
Elmer Yoder
Geo
Oe Petheks von Hoenes
Schneider
Portsanders
Warren North
Warren Irig
Geo. Reid
Jackson Township
C. C. Patterson
H.C. Finney
Oregon Township
Ira Galloway
Washington Township
Homer Birney
Ralph Zeck
Oscar George
Jackson
J. E. Gardner
Cedar
Joe Wright
F. C. Beatty
H. A. Engle
Brighton
Mr. Meyers
Dutch Creek
H. C. Waggoner
Lef Timothy
Frank Wheelan
Farm Bureau Notes and Personal Requests on Spray Materials
Farmers from Iowa to Keokuk and Washington townships discuss orders for spray materials, clover seed, potato demonstrations, and weed and soil advice. The column outlines a proposed National Sales Agency, grain market concerns, and a water glass method to preserve eggs amid cheap prices and rising demand.
Hoover Fund ends Iowa drive with 355 889 in gifts
Des Moines reports the Iowa Hoover campaign wrap up to March 28 with 355 889 contributed locally. The national goal remains 33 million to be reached by April 1 as editors led the effort. Marshall county tops state totals, Des Moines county ranks lower in percent with 27.1 percent.
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Iowa
Hoover Fund
Washington
Des Moines
Press of
LaFayette Young, Sr
America
Marshall County
Bremer
Hardin
Public utility charges under review by commission
The article notes that the public utility commission may consider whether charges are unreasonable under the contract or franchise. The decision could set a precedent for rate adjustments and regulatory oversight.
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Public Utility Commission
A Novel Over A Corresoondent Sents A Capital Spoor
A quirky note describes a young clergyman temporarily filling a city pulpit. He prays for the brother who ministers to the flock to be filled with fresh veal and new vigor.
Ultraviolet Rays Apply to Disinfecting Barrels and Pusks
Ultraviolet rays long used to sterilize water milk and fluids are now applied to disinfect barrels and puskes. The method aims to reduce contamination in storage and handling of liquids.
Friday and the superstition of bad luck linked to Freya
A historical note explains why Friday is thought unlucky. It traces the belief to the Norse goddess Freya who punished journeys on her festival day by directing misfortune at the traveler, a superstition explaining Friday's ill fate.
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Freya
Rati fication Meeting Des Moines Iowa March 22
Des Moines hosts a rati fication meeting where Adam Middleton chairs and Charlie Hunt is named chairman. Gustafson of Nebraska urges unity among Farm Bureau Farmers Union Equity Grain Dealers and Grange to implement the Committee of Seventeen plan. Debate notes nine Iowa representatives by group and aims to reduce grain shipping costs.
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Finance Corporation
Service Corporation
Nebraska
New York
Board of Trades
National Sales Agency
Gustafson
Chicago
California
Thorne
Sapiro
United States
Hougas
Farmers’ Union
Farm Bureau
W. Hunt
BE. H. Cunningham
Equity
H. L. Bissonette
Charles City
M. P. Perry
Nashus
Grain Dealers’ Association
S. G. Coddington
Stanhope
B. E. Martin
Rockwell City
Grange
A. B. Judson
Balfour
Des Moines
Adams Middleton
Iowa
Adam Middleton
Charlie Hunt
T. A. Houg
Farmers Union
The
Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Farmer's Union
Farmer Grain Dealers
Committee of Seventeen
Custafson
Vaudeville sketch at Rialto stars Cooper and Valle
In a witty exchange at the Rialto theater Cooper and Valle perform a risqué vaudeville bit. The pair banter about kissing and class, joking on shipwrecks and a tongue less tribe while teasing social norms and gender roles.
Monologue on Closeness and Wealth Dynamics
A terse exchange notes that when a man draws near a woman and she clings, the man’s financial or social standing declines. The remark uses social tension to suggest costs of intimacy and dependency in relationships.
Wells Brown Stops on Way to Scotland
Wells Brown former Burlington boy and Fox Studios cameraman in Hollywood plans a May sailing on the Adriatic for a combined business and pleasure trip to Scotland He will visit his father Henry A Brown and his sister Mrs Marsh Bailey in Washington Iowa before departing
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Burlington
Wells Brown
Brown
Fox Studios
Hollywood
California
Adriatic
Scotland
Henry A. Brown
Marsh Bailey
Washington
Iowa
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M. H. Fedderson
W. EB. Frame
Iowa Fruit Growers Association
Frame
A. C. Cannon
Marion Township
Arch
H. A. Hardin
Ralph Roming
Romine
Clarence Fulton
Geo. Fulton
T. B. Harworth
Wm. R. and
M. McCreedy
Highland
J. L. Johnson
Franklin
Lee Sand
Oregon
John Jones
Crawford Township
Des Moines County
Jefferson
Louisa
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van Buren &Ltd
Davenport Roofing CO
Pershing Ave
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Rialto Cooper
Valle
Africa
Mutual
W. S. Reister
Ocolease
R. L. Gibson
Cream, Egg & Poultry
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John Striegel Jr
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