Iowa crops and herds near one billion in value this year
Des Moines reports Iowa farm wealth this year is estimated near 1 billion dollars, with total value rising from 621 million last year to over 900 million. Wheat, oats, and corn yields are up, railroads expect heavy freight, and labor demand rises as canneries and farms seek workers statewide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
van Duyn
Free State Employment Bureau
Atlantic
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Montana
Louisiana
Iowa Crop Yields Tip Toward Record Harvest In 1912
The Town weather and crop service reports Iowa crops show substantial gains over 1911. Oats yield 46 bushels per acre, spring wheat 18 and winter wheat 25, corn up by about ten bushels per acre, potatoes up 36 percent, hay up 31 percent. Iowa banks hold about 278 million in cash with another 100 million likely, signaling strong financial health as farmers plan to sell crops and livestock. The article notes increased eastern market purchases and busier wholesale trade, with a robust rebound of commercial travelers.
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Iowa
Chappel
Federal Department of Agriculture
Iowa Mothers and PTA Convene in Ot tumwa For Child Welfare Meet
The sixth annual Iowa Congress of Mothers and Parent Teacher Associations gathers in Ot tumwa October 8 to 10. Mrs. Carroll, wife of the governor, presides. Main topic is The Responsibility of the Home with subtopics on child welfare, campaigns, and rural issues. Delegates from affiliated clubs and Iowa officials are invited to attend and participate.
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Iowa Congress of Mothers and Parent Teacher Associations
Ottumwa
Ballingall Hotel
Carroll
Iowa
Mra
J. C. Bennett
East Thirteenth
Des Moines
International Congress of Hygiene and Demography Opens
Washington hosts the Fifteenth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography with 6000 to 7000 American delegates and delegates from foreign governments. Topics include vital statistics, infant hygiene, housing, and disease prevention with experts like Dr. Von Behring contributing to the program.
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Washington
Union
United States
Taft
Europe
Igiene
Impecunious Youth and Old Man in a Love Dispute
A poor young man pleads with an elder to allow his daughter to choose her husband, while the old man insists he would deny her nothing. This is followed by a testimonial urging the value of Chamberlain's Ointment for lame back and rheumatic pains, offered at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Lemmon
Confidence in Chamberlain's Remedy Clinches Trust
The public trust in Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy rests on their experience with its cures of colic diarrhoea and dysentery. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Lemmon
Women Should Walk Daily With Chamberlains Tablets
A health advice note urges women to walk a mile or two daily and use Chamberlains Tablets to improve digestion and regulate bowels. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the remedy for sale.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
2nd Iowa to hold big reunion in Mt Pleasant
Mt Pleasant Iowa September 24 veterans of the civil war and their friends will gather October 15 and 16 for the Twenty fifth Iowa regiment annual reunion in Mt Pleasant. The event marks the regiments golden anniversary with Comrade W F Gilbert Burlington veterans and Col D J Palmer expected to attend.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Henry
Twenty-fifth Iowa Regiment
Twenty-fifth Lowa Infantry
C. W. Payne
S. W. Garvin
Grand Army of the Republic
Burlington
Gallant Twenty-fifth Iown
W. F. Gilbert
D. J. Palmer
Remarkable cures with Chamberlain’s Cholera Remedy
Few medicines match Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for colic and diarrhoea. It has earned wide reputation through numerous cures in many neighborhoods. For sale by Lemmons Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Lemmons Pharmacy
Mutiny Aboard Bay Ridge Ends With Mutineers Captured
Four mutineers aboard the Bay Ridge on the New York to Naples voyage clash on deck after a cigarette ban. Special Policeman Slawson defuses the scene as passengers flee and women cry. Conis and crew are subdued and led to the French consul.
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Bay Ridge
Dou Jone
Naples
Irons
Vortre
Manhattan Island
Joseph Conis
Ben Gunn
Ridge Conis
Slawson
M. Conis
Conis
Conie
A. B
Conte
Donis
Bowery
South Branch Review Explains Suspension and Replacements
Harrisonburg reports the South Branch Review explaining its four week suspension. Editor Calhoun claims during the Charleston congressional convention the foreman J. F. Buzzard and the business manager eloped with a young woman typesetter. The editor hired a replacement from Cumberland, Maryland.
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Harrisonburg
South Branch Review
Frankin
Pendleton County
W. Va
Calhoun
West Virginia
Charleston
J. F. Buzzard
Cumberland, Md
Shark Kill Shocks Beachgoers at Relmar
Bathers fled as a hammerhead shark about 400 pounds surfaced near Relmar New Jersey. Lifeguard Prank L L Horn seized the tail and dragged the shark toward the shore aided by swimmers. The beast was landed on the sand after a brief struggle and killed.
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Relmar
N. J
Ll. Horn
Ufe
Horn
Cataleptic Victim From Missouri Foretells Events
Wellsville resident Bessie Stewart, daughter of a Missouri farmer, utters prophecies during cataleptic trances. She describes distant death beds and accidents days ahead, remembers nothing when released, and has shown unusual piano feats and page reading while blindfolded.
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Wellsville
Bessie Stewart
Missouri
Stewart
Pony Rescued After Chewing Gum Suspected Cause
In South Orange New Jersey the Adams family rejoices as pony Dandy is saved from a suicide attempt after vet rest diagnosis tied to Eleanor Adams feeding the animal chewing gum daily for over a year. A rope and tree setup was used. a nearby worker pulled the pony to safety.
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South Orange
N. J
Daniel Adams, Jr
Dandy
Eleanor Adams
Eleanor
Angler John Leonard Reels In Deep Sea Turtle Claim
New York angler John Leonard says he was dragged to the bottom of Jamaica Bay before he could release a deep sea turtle he hooked. He frames the event as a dramatic near disaster and cautions others about sea life.
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New York
John Leonard
Jamaica Hay
Crossed His Legs on Brooklyn Streetcar Fine
Richard Jaeger of New York was fined $10 for crossing his legs on a Brooklyn street car. A complaint by Mr Arrm Romberg alleged his shoes soiled her skirt during the same incident.
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New York
Richard Jaeger
Brooklyn
Arrmromberg
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