Railways Face Bankruptcy Claims Amid Crop Bulletin
In Des Moines on May 1, Dwishi N. Lewis of the state railroad commission told the Fort Dodge Commercial Club that freight car shortages linger and improvements may come within six months. He cited John Moody on potential cost cuts and traffic growth to sustain carriers post control. He questioned rigid rate setting and urged administrative handling of rates. Separately, crop director Charles D. Reed reported the season 10 to 20 days late with mixed progress and risk to seeding from cold, wet weather and poor soil conditions.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge Commercial Club
Dwishi N. Lewis
State Railroad Commission
Connre
Towa
John Moody
Moody
Sor
Lewis
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles D. Reed
State Crop Service
Banquet for Mothers and Daughters Friday Evening
The second annual Mothers and Daughters banquet will be held Friday evening at First United Presbyterian Church. The Ladies Aid Society will host the dinner and the Women’s Interchurch Counts, supervising the event, expect strong turnout. The dean of women from the State University of Town will give the after dinner address.
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Mothers and Daughters
First United Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
State University of Town
Interchurch World Movement funds reported in Des Moines
Local headquarters at the courthouse lists fundraising totals from several denominations including United Brethren 7,000 and United Presbyterian 68,385 with other groups such as Christian church 18,000 and Presbyterian 20,000. Airplanes in France are said to be propelled by pedal-powered aircraft.
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Brive
Ian de Moines
Des Moines
Interchurch World Movement
Court House
United Brethren
United Presbyterian
Christian Church
United Evangelical
France
Weather Impacts Planting and Crops Across Regions
Warmer weather and sunshine are expected, aiding alfalfa clover and pastures. Spring pig lamb and chick losses due to cold are reported. Corn and sugar beet plowing progress trails usual pace. Four week old potatoes delayed. northern counties see more planting. Mitchell county under 15 percent crop planted and onions at about 9 percent. Truck gardens late. fruit buds retarded by clouds. peaches and plums in bloom in southern counties.
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Mitchell County
Supreme Court vote could decide women’s suffrage clock
Washington April 27 The fate of 11 million women in the United States hinges on a Supreme Court ruling over Ohio's referendum demand on the woman suffrage amendment. If Ohio’s referendum is upheld it may delay ratification, complicating the path to 1920 election suffrage. meanwhile U S farm animals show sharp price trends as horse numbers rise from 19 823 000 in 1910 to 21 109 000 in 1919 per Agriculture Department estimates.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
Supreme Court
United States
Department of Agriculture
Funeral of R W Cook Held Today
Funeral services for Robert Wallace Cook were held at 3 p.m. in the Woodford chapel with Rev. Leslie Mountford officiating. Burial followed in Woodlawn Cemetery. Cook, born July 14 1864 in Ohio, died yesterday in Des Moines and leaves a daughter, a wife Maggie Kerr, and several siblings.
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Robert Wallace Cook
Des Moines
Woodford Chapel
Leslie Mountford
Second United Presbyterian Church
Charlie ©Otte
James Gordon
W. v. Kerr
A. Phillips
Hary Kit Goel W.kerry
Woodla Cemetery
Cook
Logan County
Ohio
Jonnie (Reed) Cook
Mr. Cook
Sle
Mary KE. Caldwell
John Rittenhouse
Death of Mr Cook in Des Moines Iowa
Toda and Gravity Iowa reports the death of Mr Cook who had been in poor health and died early yesterday in a Des Moines hospital while his family prepared to move to New York. He was a member of the Second United Presbyterian church and well regarded in Washington and the local community.
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Toda
Gravity
Iowa
New York
Mr. Cook
Des Moines
Hieiness
Washington
New High School Coach Elected at Adair Washington
A. D. Dickinson is named physical culture instructor and athletic coach at Washington high school in Adair Iowa. He is a former teammate of coach Bart Whitford and comes with experience in football basketball and track. Dickinson played at Cedar Falls State Teachers College and has prior coaching exposure, with local board approval expected.
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A. D. Dickinson
Adair
Iowa
Washington High School
Bart Whitford
Whitford
Dickinson
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Sters
Adam Fi
Cherge
Thie de
I. Tre
Shenabde
Caition
Tor
Kyumnasium
Boston Symphony Musicians Reject $100000 Salary Offer
Musicians of the Boston Symphony rejected a proposed salary increase of 100000 dollars as insufficient. A separate item notes white scientists reportedly recovered the Indian art of extracting granulated sugar from fir tree formations on branches.
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Boston Symphony
Death of Ainsworth resident Alex Clegg after illness
Alex Clegg a longtime prominent citizen of Ainsworth died at his home after several months of illness. Funeral plans await his two daughters Mrs Jean Garden of Osage Iowa and Mrs Harry Anderson of Quincy Illinois to arrive for services.
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Ainsworth, Mey
Alex Clegg
Jean Garden
Osage
Iowa
Harry Anderson
Quincy
Large Catholic university planned for Chicago the gift
Archbishop Mundelein announced plans to build a large Catholic university in Chicago funded by a $500000 gift from Edward Hines in memory of his son Edward Hines Jr. The archbishop said two thirds of the departments already existed in local Catholic institutions.
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Chicago
George W. Mundelein
Edward Hines
Edward Hines, Jr
France
Mundelein
Guzeman to Be 102 Tomorrow in Iowa City
A. H. Guzeman, Washington county’s oldest man and among the state’s elder residents, will turn 102 tomorrow May 2. He remains in good health though his memory favors events from eighty years ago. Lincoln schoolchildren will deliver a flowers tribute across the street, and his Iowa City and Grinnell children plan to visit.
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A. H. Guzeman
Washington
Mr. Gazeman
Lincoln School
Gazeman
Journal
Lincoln
School Directors Favor Good Wages
In New York Elsie Boucher aged 21 disguised as a man was arrested in Newark after being dropped from a Jersey City train. She claimed to have a husband and child in New Haven and said men can do anything while women are slaves. Separately in Des Moines a meeting of 71 school directors from 32 counties formed a permanent state organization for independent, consolidated, and rural districts. Glen J. Smith was elected president and a constitution was adopted to hold annual meetings with county units sending delegates. Discussions on teacher salaries highlighted calls for adequate pay while avoiding wage bidding, with proposed scales and legislative requests debated.
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Oman
New York
Elsie Boucher
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Newark
Jersey City
Boucher
West 39Th Street
Manhattan
New Haven
Conn
Alan
Thirty-ninth Street
Des Moines
Chamberlain Hotel
Glen J. Smith
Riceville
A .T. Smith
Boone
R. B. Hess
Kingsley
F. B. Finch
Fayette
F. Barnes
Manson
W. S. Slagle
Alton
W. S. Sparks
Brighton
G. W. Serrit
Delphos
J. W. Soen
Afton
F. EB. Finch
J. Johnson
Bondurant
N. M. Leonard
Waukee
Apphause
Altho W. Slugie
A. B E. Moore
Harlan
Iowa
Eastern towns brace for trouble amid guard deployment
Eastern towns are on edge as authorities station guards to protect African American residents amid reports of potential disorder. Officials emphasize public safety and urge calm as noon passes without incident.
Will recount votes Johnson charged robbed to be probed
New York May 1 The Evening Journal reports that a recount of the primary vote will be probed amid Johnsons charge that he was robbed. Dawn May Day finds eastern cities under strong guard as radicals threaten acts of violence, with no disorders reported by noon.
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The
Evening Journal
New York
Chicago in May Security Tight as Troops Guard White Negro Areas
Special to The Evening Journal from Chicago describes state troops on guard across the south to deter riots between whites and Negroes. Police fear outbreaks if Negroes move into white residence areas, prompting protective measures.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
New Jersey Court Orders Vote Recount in Presidential Primary
Newark May 1 Chief Justice Gummere of the supreme court signed an order for a recount of the vote cast in Tuesday's presidential preferential primaries for Johnson and Wood.
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The
Evening Journal
Newark
N. J
Gummere
Supreme Court
Johnson
Wood
Shortage of Rural One Room Schools Cited at November Meeting
George S. Dick consolidated school inspector told directors that teacher shortages are mainly in one room rural schools and stem from farmers not boarding teachers rather than low wages. He proposed teacherages and urged raising teachers social standing. Counties at convention included Boone Buena Vista Calhoun Carroll Dallas Decatur Delaware Fayette Green Hamilton Ida Linn Louisa Mahaska Marion Mitchell Monona Poweshiek Ringgold Shelby Sioux Story Union Waverly Washington Webster Woodbury Worth Wright.
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Consolidated
Boone
Buena Vista
Calhoun
Carroll
Crawford
Dallas
Decatur
Delaware
Fayette
Green
Hamilton
Ida
Linn
Louisa
Mahaska
Marion
Mitchell
Monona
Poweshiek
Ringgold
Shelby
Sioux
Story
Union
Waverly
Washington
Webster
Woodbury
Worth
Wright
Entertaining Program at Ay M E Church Tuesday Evening
Under the Women's Interchurch Committee an entertainment will be held Tuesday at 7 30 pm at the M E church. Admission is free but an offering will be taken to help buy a plane for the church. Prof Case will attend and display lantern slides. Full program to be published Monday.
U S Steel Posts Big First Quarter Profit Gain 1920
United States Steel reports first quarter 1920 earnings up from late 1919 with total $42,089,018, net income $31,322,761, and surplus $13,373,086. Dividends of 1 percent on both preferred and common were maintained amid expectations of higher common dividends.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
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R. W. Cook
Dirip Yeaster
Dickenson
Insworth Wan Bies
Long Hliness
A. Ki. Guzeman
Howe
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Ay-M. E. Church
U.S. Steel Big
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