Bryan predicts peace need and hard line on prohibition
The Sage of Nebraka speaks on international peace and the enduring reach of prohibition. William Jennings Bryan advocates a postwar basis of cooperation and trade while noting prohibition is settled and irreversible under recent Republican and Volstead-era laws. He also comments on his wife’s arthritis and illness in Miami where they reside this winter.
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Bryan
United States
Germany
Congress
New York State
Edwards
New Jersey
Ohio
Miami, Fla
Mrs. Bryan
Financial optimism lifts postwar mood and policy signals
The piece notes renewed business optimism in the United States with calls for wage reductions and lower rates, highlights Fed rate cuts and gold inflows, and cites tax proposals and railroad wage changes as catalysts for recovery. It also reports a District Court notice of a quiet title action in Washington County Iowa.
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Wagner's
New York
Despond
United States
Sterling Exchange
Washington
Steel Corporation
Harding
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Boston Reserve Bank
U. S
The
Treas
Weather summary for Des Moines this week
For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys the forecast calls for local rains and normal temperatures in the first half of the week, followed by fair and cool conditions in the latter half.
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Des Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Bryan Visits Rail Platform. Prohibition Views Toned Down
In Marshalltown on May 9 a traveler resembling William Jennings Bryan alighted, tipped a porter, and moved toward the market with quiet dignity. The veteran Democrat, famed for the cross of gold era, appears unchanged in appearance though age shows little impact.
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Marshalltown
Mans
William Jennings Bryan
Warwick
Democratic Party
Lyceum
Chautauque
Bryan
Piney Woods School Escapes a Cyclone
Friends of Lawrence Jones and Piney Woods Country Life School near Braxton Mississippi announce the school was not in Braxton cyclone path. Only a single tree fell on the property three miles from Braxton, per a letter from Jones to Albert F Hull.
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Marshalltown
Lawrence Jones
Piney Woods
Notice to unknown claimants of real estate in Iowa court
The petition seeks to bar all defendants and unknown claimants from any right to the property and to grant general relief. If you do not appear before noon on the second day of the next term starting September 6, 1921, at the Washington County Court House Iowa, a default and judgment will be entered. Livingston & Ficher, attorneys for plaintiff. Apr 25-May 29 16
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Jesse S. Stewart
Jessie
Stewart
Charles Jones
Laura Jones
John D. Stewart
Ellen J. Bushnell
William C. Stewart
Ella J. Bushnell
Robert G. Bushnell
Wm. C. Stewart
Agnes M. Stewart
Rober G. Bushnell
Mary Stewart
Margaret Stewart
Joseph Keck
Elisabeth Keck
A. W. Chilcote
Ezra C. Clemons
Drusilla Clemons
Druzilla Clemons
J. A. Chilcote
J. Lewis Drew
John Lewis Drew
Sarah C. Drew
Rosannah McAvoy
Peter MeAvoy
John Jayne
R.S. Warfel
West Chester Savings Bank
J. B. Crayne
W. P. Ross
Jane Dunlap Stewart
Ezra Clemons
James Porter
Washington County
Iowa
Chester
West Chester
District Court of
District Court
Washington
Sigourney Woman Reaches Century Mark This Weekend
Sigourney celebrates Grandma Postil turning 100 on Sunday May 8. A resident for nearly fifty years she remains active and sharp, mother of three with one daughter Carrie Postil living nearby. Friends extend birthday wishes and hopes for many more years of happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Kansas Wheat Poor in State Report
Kansas wheat across many areas is badly damaged by abnormal weather and will yield seven to eight bushels per acre at most, according to a special report from the State Board of Agriculture. George H. Wold of Rice County is quoted in the report.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
George H. Wold
Rice County
Des Moines Rats Targeted in Statewide Prize Drive
The Des Moines Register leads a rat eradication campaign offering $100 prizes shared with county farm bureaus banks and civic groups. County prizes from Guthrie Decorah Union and others totalled at least hundreds with further offers from Creston Chamber of Commerce Strawberry Point State Bank and Decorah Civic Club. Banks and civic groups pledge bonuses up to 80 dollars and 5 cent per tail bounties across four counties, while the drive extends into Clayton Delaware Buchanan and Fayette with tiered rewards for top rat killers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Regis
Chambers of Commerce
Iowa
Register
Guthrie County Farm Bureau
Decorah County Farm Bureau
Creston Chamber of Commerce
Strawberry Point State Bank
Decorah Civic Club
Creston
County Farm Bureau
W. A. Geiger
Deestur County
Union County
W. F. Reinicke
Decorah
Clayton
Delaware
Buchanan
Fayette
Strawberry Point
Moncey
Victor Felter
Ag‘ricultural
Crestonder of Commerce
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Daily Market Reports
Chicago
KK. W. Wagner & CO
Iowa City, Town
Sage
Nebraska
Mer
Tone & To Se
Journal’s Farm Department
Wall Street
G. W. Wells
John A. Babcock Commission Merchant
U. & Yard
Illinois
Mutual
W. S. Reister & Sons
Colenso Block
Washington, Jows
Ise
Will Smith
Harper
Sudan
Bruns Seed Store
J. H. Warren
Livingston & Ficher
Sigourney Woman
Kansas Wheat Poor
Purina
Gardite
Restus Johnsing
Muteal
R. L. Gibson
John Striegel Jr
Dr. Edwards
Dr. Eine Ie
E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Property Owners Federation, Tee
Not 00 Insurance Company
Interessel
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