State fair attendance tops 364000 despite rain
Rain disrupted the last day of the Iowa State Fair yet officials report the total attendance will exceed last year. The event featured the Rajah saddled horse sale at 4500 dollars and a 369 head baby beef auction, with strong bidding and top prices for shorthorns, Angus, and Herefords.
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Des Moines
S&s. T. Gray
Minneapolis
Loula Long
John Morrel & Co
James Rees
Pleasantville
John Fitch
Lake City
Hattie Harvey
Knoxville
Ruth Hughes
Iowa City
Reading Bath Epitaphs Reveals Eighteenth Century Wit
In Bath church epitaphs readers find noted wisdom and virtue among eighteenth century ladies and gentlemen as described in Real istic Aphorisms.
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Bath
Public sale dates listed for area livestock auctions
A schedule of sale dates from September to October showing sellers and locations near Washington Wellman and Noble. Entries include G W Noecker Guernseys Timber and hog sales by Hillhouse Reighard Welsh Wagner Nicola Chas Nicola and Son and others.
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Hillhouse and Reighard
Washington
Poland
Welsh & Wagner
China
Chas. Nicola & Son
Brighton
Duroe Sale
G A R Vets Prep Spectacular Modern Warfare Show
Milwaukee prepares a large scale sham battle for the 57th Annual Encampment beginning September 27. About 35,000 to 60,000 attendees are expected with a Lake Michigan front amphitheatre display including Great Lakes naval units and Wisconsin Guardsmen amid fireworks and reviews of 15,000 veterans.
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Milwaukee
Grand Army of the Republic
Des Moines
James H. Williamson
Urban League
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
United States Army
Wisconsin
Farm Labor Alliance Urged To Reform Credit and Tax Laws
The piece argues for a co operative plan linking farmers and workers to reduce costs by addressing over capitalization and transport issues. It calls for restoring the excess profits tax, funding a world war bonus via taxes, and including farmers and laboring people on Federal Reserve and branch bank boards to influence credit policy.
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Federal Reserve Board
Swept Potato Syrup Is Latest Delicacy
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture has produced a sweet potato syrup at a Georgia facility after years of testing. The syrup may suit table use and candy making though its dark color limits some baking. Production costs stand at 64 cents a gallon with potential reductions through larger scale production.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
American subway expert may build Tokio system
John W. Doty, subway expert and Foundation Company of New York president, arrived in Tokyo to discuss a complete subway system project. He proposed the company invest about 40,000,000 yen in the venture, roughly 20,000,000 dollars, contingent on a satisfactory agreement with municipal or national government backing.
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Tokio
John W. Doty
Foundation Company of
New York
Japan
Doty
Govrnmenaiil
Villa massacre tale recalls brutal 1913 executions
A survivor’s letter published in Excelsior recounts Francisco Villa ordering the mass killing of about 200 captured soldiers after the San Andres de la Sierra battle in September 1913. The report describes many burned alive in a timber pit, including camp followers with children, and other federals’ reprisals against Villistas.
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Mexico City
Auk
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
San Andres de la Sierra
The
Excelsior
Berlin Housing Shortage Sparks Marital Tangle
Berlin reports a housing commission official notes a severe shortage. a man divorces his wife after a quarrel and brings home a new partner, leaving the wife with no separate quarters as officials struggle to place her.
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Berlin
Mall
Life
Housing Commission
Lives Together Observing Armed Neutrality
Two individuals maintain a state of armed neutrality, continuing to live in close proximity while avoiding active engagement or hostilities.
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Colonel Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil
Pierre
Stewart
South Dakota
Standard
Mitchell
Polish government acts to curb emigration tickets to U.S.
Warsaw reports the Polish government is taking energetic measures to prevent sale of tickets to would be Polish emigrants. They are urged to book passage to Cuba with a promise that transport to the United States can be arranged and entry will be assured.
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Warsaw
United States
Cuba
America
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R. L. Gibson
Fe A
W. S. Reister
East Third Mt
Mutual
Creamery
East Washington St
Bleive Te Ide
Property Owners Federation
Tas
Alowen
G. W. Noecker
West Chester
H. G. Jeffrey
T. L. Finley
Timber Sale
Frank Bruty, Jr
W. R. Gamon & Sons
al Cocklin
Fred Wyse
Ju. H. Rinner
Noble
Sensation Duroe Jersey Sale
Ernest Carlson
Duroe Jersey
Great Sham
Richmond
William Fox
Nero
J. Gordon Edwards
Italy
Mgr
Felix Terraza
Villistas
McMaster
Standard Oil Company
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ini
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