Labor Unions Grow Fast In Iowa As War Boost Ends
Iowa labor officials estimate 76 000 unionized workers in the state up from 56 000 two years earlier. Some factories reduce forces due to slack orders though war plants still drive output value toward 500 million yearly. packing houses in Sioux City and Cedar Rapids area lead in product value.
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Waterloo
State Bureau of Labor and Statistics
Towa
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Iowa
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Rcott County
Polk County
Black Hawk
Debeene
Addison A. Hulse Obituary Reflects Loyal Iowa Life
Addison Alvin Hulse born in New York and raised in Illinois and Iowa built a life of steady work from carpenter to businessman. He married Eliza Penrose in 1853 and later Georgia Ramsey in 1884, with children Genevieve Elmer Edwin and others shaping a tenure in Keota and Fulton Street. The obituary commends his steadfast, conservative character and family faith.
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Ashby
Ashby and Hulse
Add
Genevieve
Ray Ramsey Hulse
Ruby
Addison Alvin, Jr
Herbert Lynn
Methodist Church
Board of Education
Knights of Pythias
Jesus
New York
A. Hulse
Illinois
Eliza Penrose
Eulalia
Estella
Sterling
Addison Alvin
Addison
Iowa
Keota
Elmer
Edwin
J. A. Y. Ashby
Spangler
J. H. Williams
Fittally
Hal
Ac Counter
Georgia Ramsey
Carpenter Street
Fulton Street
Nevada and Maxwell parties seek oil venture near Muskogee
Interest from Nevada and Maxwell investors grows in a sixty acre Muskogee Oklahoma lease after a strong oil gas flow at 1 860 feet. Edgar Dowell and Edgar John alerted local holders and a shareholder meeting was held at the Peoples Savings Bank. A trustee committee was named to organize a company.
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Nevada
Maxwell
Muskogee
Okla
Edgar H. Dowell
Edgar John
Peoples Savings Bank
J. F. Drybread
F. W. Larson
Cambridge
Charles Olinger
M. L. Myers
Sheldon
Bank Burglary at Melvin Nets Unregistered Bonds
Burglaries at the First National Bank of Melvin yielded 6000 dollars worth of unregistered bonds after forced entry through a window. Detectives continue efforts with no arrests yet. 75 percent of safety deposit boxes were tampered with while other bank papers remained undisturbed. H. J. Ramsey is bank cashier and W. T. Steiner serves as bank president.
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Prom Tank
Sibley
Iowa
First National Bank
Melvin
H. J. Ramsey
W. T. Steiner
Center Your Mind on Iowa Week Observance Set for Oct 19 25
The Greater Iowa association plans a week long observance from October 19 to 25 to highlight Iowa achievements and opportunities. Churches will promote civic ideals on October 19, schools will implement special programs on October 24, and state industries will feature Iowa made goods with windows displays and prizes for participation.
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Iowa
Lowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Greater Iowa Association
Arch Masons Confer Royal Arch Degree Record
Clinton Chapter No 9 of the Royal Arch Masons set a new local record with sixty six candidates initiated by twenty two teams over Sunday and Monday. The marathon degree began at midnight and finished at 11 15 Monday night, a total of twenty three hours fifteen minutes. An Eastern Star banquet followed, and Malta Commandery Knight Templars held an open house.
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Ottumwa
Ita
Clinton
Royal Arch Masons
Royal Arch
Eastern Star
Malta
Des Moines Women Sell Lake Okoboji Inn for 1 Million
News from Okoboji reports Mrs F W Jaquith and Mrs L B Callender sold the Lake Okoboji inn for 1 061 500 dollars. A Sioux City syndicate led by Judge J L Kennedy will build a 1 000 000 hotel and take over the property. The sellers are daughters of pioneer Be R Hutchins. The sale follows a ten year ownership.
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Des Moines
Okoboji
F. W. Jaquith
L. B. Callender
Lake Okoboji
Sioux City
BE. R. Hutchins
J. L. Kennedy
California pension awaits Iowa teacher Ida Crowell
Ida Sturgeon Crowell, visiting Iowa from California, is updating her teaching records. She began teaching in 1877 in Bennett Vista county, spent eight years in Maple Valley township, and later taught in Barnes and Brooke townships. She will soon qualify for a $500 per year California pension under state law.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
Ida Sturgeon Crowell
California
Benna Vista
Maple Valley Township
Barnes and
Brooke
State Fair Profits Rise as Exposition Closes
Des Moines reports the sixty fifth Iowa State Fair will profit 60 000 to 70 000 with about 300 000 in receipts and 240 000 in expenditures. Attendance reached 406 185, the highest for any year. Officials plan a new 200 000 cattle barn and north ground purchase for aviation and parking at 10 000 over budget. Grand stand wings may be added to ease overcrowding.
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Des Moines
Fair Board
Hold-up at Des Moines poker game nets $655
Three armed men looted a poker game above 413 West Seventh Street late Sunday, taking $625 plus a ring and clothes. Victims Nathan Aliber Love Zelar and T Loopkins were forced to surrender money as two shots were fired. Police link suspects to a prior gambling raid and say state agents aided the arrest.
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Des Moines
West Seventh Street
Nathan Aliber
Love Zelar
T. Loopkins
Coal Shortage Threatens Iowa Homes This Winter
Des Moines Sept 4 Edward Sweeney state mine inspector warned that Iowa coal mines facing labor unrest and foreign miner exodus will struggle to meet demand as cold weather arrives. He urged ensuring filled bins in a few weeks to avoid unheated homes.
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Des Moines
Towa
Edward Sweeney
Lowa
Sweeny
Daily Th Gravity is the ballast of the soul
The phrase emphasizes gravity as a daily ballast stabilizing the mind and soul, attributed to Fuller. It presents a reflective aphorism about mental steadiness and moral grounding.
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Fuller
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims 35 Years of Use
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the most reliable remedy for catarrh. It claims a 600 reward for incurable cases and asserts the medicine cleanses the blood to heal mucous surfaces. Testimonials from Lee & Co advertise nationwide availability through druggists.
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Hall
Lee & CO
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