Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices Open Higher
Chicago May 16 Estimated receipts today hogs 18 000 cattle 3 000 sheep 6 500 with market up 10 to 15 cents from yesterday. Top hogs 20 90 and select lots 20 60 to 20 80 while beef steers and stockers show varied steady to strong demand and cattle buyers cautious on lighter weights. Official yesterday figures show hogs 30 845 shipped 3 925 cattle 8 677 shipped 2 642 sheep 13 310 shipped 1 315 calves 7 825.
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Chicago
Farm Department Reports Labor Shortage and Hog Cholera Efforts
Victor Flint reports a shortage of experienced farm hands in Butler County paying 60 to 80 dollars monthly with board and extras. County Agent Ellis discusses plans to combat hog cholera with veterinarians and farmers, plus sanitation meetings. The board opposes daylight saving and seeks repeal, while warning against Kanaz a mixed seed in Poweshiek. A 162000 federal aid plan funds road surfacing in Carroll and twelve counties. Also warns farmers to monitor potato wart and report suspected cases to authorities.
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Victor Flint
Butler County
Ellis
Cherokee County
Farm Bureau
Geo
BP. Golden
Sioux City
Cherokee County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
J. Fawcett
Poweshiek County
Department For
Carroll
Carroll County
State Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Grain futures close as bearish corn outlook spreads
Chicago May 16 Corn markets show slow cash demand and a bearish tone. Forecasts of fair weather and strong U S crop news boost optimism for corn, while Canada’s record outlook and rapid planting weigh on prices.
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Annua EL Chicago
U. S
Canada
Alexander Hamilton nicknamed Alexander the Coppersmith
The early American statesman Alexander Hamilton earned the title the Coppersmith for copper cents he minted in 1705 while serving as secretary of the treasury. He was killed in a duel by Aaron Parr.
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander
Treasury
Aaron Parr
Strenuous Days recalled by Barber in reminiscences
A brief snippet from the Boston Evening Transcript notes how Barber's aerial feats impressed observers. It mentions a loop followed by a none dive that astonished the crowd, capturing a moment of dramatic stunt riding.
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Barber
Boston Evening Traprcript
Grouches Tax Idea Echoes Past Obscure Debate
A fragment suggests a whimsical notion of taxing grouches, imagining an earlier era where quirks and moods might be taxed, reflecting a light comment on taxation and public sentiment.
Carroll County to pave twelve miles of Lincoln Highway
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to pave twelve miles of the Lincoln Highway through the county. Construction will start at the western town limits of Glid.
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Carroll County Board of Supervisors
Glid
Butter Eggs and Poultry Prices at Washington Iowa
Mutual 12 W S Reister Sons in Washington Iowa reports butter fat up while eggs and poultry fall. Candling season begins May 28 requiring buyers to candle eggs before payment under state law, with penalties for violations. Current paying prices include eggs per dozen and various animal hides and meat products.
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Iowa
Lettuce Growers Thrive in California Valleys
Lettuce fields of 30 to 40 acres in the Imperial and Salt River Valleys supply the middle and eastern markets. During January and February harvest peaks reach 26 carloads daily. The crop, irrigated and field produced by hand, is of extra fine quality. The industry began commercially about three years ago and has become a leading agricultural occupation, with carrots, peas, cauliflower, and beans also grown in smaller amounts.
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Imperial
Salt River
California
Bell Sells 500 Acre Farm Near Ida Grove
A. B. Bell sold his five hundred acre farm two miles northwest of Ida Grove to A. W. Coil for 200 dollars per acre. The farm, one of the northwest’s largest stock farms, has been Bell’s for over twenty years and shipped thousands of cattle and hogs. Coil, returning from Illinois, plans to move to Ida County and engage in stock raising and feed business.
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Ida Grove
A. B. Bell
A. W. Coil
Ida County
Man's Trouble Arrested by Mayr’s Remedy Ad
A man credits Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy with ending four years of stomach catarrh and illness after a year off work. The ad claims the preparation cleanses intestinal mucus and reduces inflammation linked to stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists advertise a money back guarantee with one dose.
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Mayr
Lemmon's
Advt
Before the Advent Of Woman's Bladness
An old advertises a product named Mothers Friend Fibricaten claiming to ease pregnancy. It promotes avoidance of nausea and pains through regular use, describing penetrating oils and a safe regimen for expectant mothers during gestation. It cites testimonies from mothers and references a tract regulator.
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Lama Utiding
Nan
Iowa mayor retires after long farming career in Ida County
Mr. Bell, active in farming and stock feeding in Ida county for over 30 years, sold out last fall in Iowa and returned in spring. He owns a fine city home and has served as mayor for the past two years before retirement.
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Iowa
Bell
Ida County
Explosion Burns Track Popcorn Vendors In Muscatine
Miss Grace Hobart and Charles Salisbury were burned when gasoline ignited at a popcorn wagon in Muscatine around 8 30. Hobart is at Hershey hospital and Salisbury under doctor care with burns to arms hands feet and face. Fire department quelled the blaze before major interior damage.
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Muscatine
Grace Hobart
Walters Street
Hershey Hospital
Charles Salisbury
Kemble
Salisbury
Miss Hobart
E. B. Fulliam, Jr
J . Fulliam
Fats in the Body Explain Their Roles
Fats in the body accumulate under the skin, in muscles, and around organs. They protect against injury and store fuel for times of food scarcity. Fats are liquid in the body and stored in albuminous cells.
Mail plane service starts in Chicago flight to Bryan
The airplane mail era opens as Pilot Trent C. Fry lands United States mail plane No 74 at 1 25 PM in Grant Park with 300 pounds of malt from Cleveland. He made a 180 mile round trip from Grant Park to Bryan Ohio, after departing Chicago at 9 30 AM. Plane No 66 piloted by Eddie Graham reached Cleveland at 12 38 PM after leaving Chicago in the morning, completing the journey in three hours and five minutes with a five minute stop at Bryan.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Michigan Avenue
Trent C. Fry
United States
Cleveland
Bryan
Eddie Graham
Fry
Casualties of American Expeditionary Forces
Revised figures released by the War Department show total American expeditionary force casualties at 286,044 with 48,909 battle deaths and 237,125 wounded. Wounding duplicates account for about 7,000 cases. Des Moines hosts a welcome for Rainbow division veterans from 21 months over there.
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Washington
War Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Rainbow
One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Infantry
Plan for IWW meeting barred by governor in Milwaukee
Milwaukee May 16 The proposed Industrial Workers of the World meeting panel to be held at a hall Saturday night will not be permitted to take place, according to word received from Governor Philipp.
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Milwaukee
T Industrnal Workers of the World
Philipp
Thursday Baseball Results Across Leagues
National League games included New York six Chicago two and Cincinnati ten Brooklyn four in eighteen innings. American League saw Boston six Chicago fifty two innings and New York four Detroit three with Cleveland six Washington three. Three League and American Association results feature varied scores including Louisville three Toledo four and Indianapolis ten Columbine six.
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Ean Een
Ste AL
New York
Tgeawasege
Cincinnati
Waepaessesaneddd
Cuicaro Udi
Paciedotsms
Cdl
St. Louis
Eenee
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Toston
Washington
Detroit
Keane
Philadelphia
Nationat
Chicao
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Moline
Terre Haute
Peoria
Reckford
Handicap Worth While
A reflective note on handicaps being the fulcrum for success through determination and gratitude for the hindrance that helps push achievement.
Appropriate Look from a Fragment
Robert mourns a lost dog and wears a black look. His father hints the pet may be dead. On an errand he meets a woman friend of his mother who asks if he is Al, but he says he has little to say.
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Robert
Nitle Fido
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U.S. Yard
Illinois
Close OF Grain Futures
FE. W. Wagner & Co
Iowa City
J. B. Hunt
Early American Statesman
Mutual
W.S. Reister & Sons
Ilinois
Bar
W. W. Meeting
North
Bruns Seed Co
Washington, Iowa
Enna
Nacarta
Ainsworth
Palmer
Haskins
E. G. Gardner
D. F
Macon
KR. T. McCall
Red
Washington Rendering Works
H. L. Clark
Lemmon’s
J. E. Lemmon
Dean
Canker
Limbermeck
Sherman Brothers
McKenzie & Shilling
W. J. Wilkinson
Riverside
J.D. Duncan
Cotter
Premier Chief
A. C. Cannon
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