Farm Hands Wage Pushes Up Will Worsen Spring Strain
Iowa capital departments in touch with farming conditions warn higher farm hand wages will toughen spring operations. Des Moines Register and Leader notes wage increases over five years with no clear peak. Reports cite Warren county at 42 dollars a month and others paying 35 to 40 dollars seasonally as 1912 wage data show the average river wage around 31 dollars.
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Iowa
Des Moines Register and Leader
Warren County
Department of Agriculture
Farm Wages Rise Sharply Across Decades
Reports show wages for farm hands averaging $26.52 a month in 1902, rising to $32 monthly, marking a notable increase since 1912 and a sustained year by year growth in pay for agricultural labor.
Wheat Markets Edge Up on West Belt Conditions
Chicago april 21 wheat strengthened despite slim European visible supply and slow arrivals from Russia. Strength drove prices higher across the board while corn gained on feeder demand and oats rose with others. Hog prices weakened as the hog market closed lower after a steady start.
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Chicago
Russia
Nebraska
Renee Nee
Cattle and grain markets mixed on April Chicago report
TheApril Chicago market notes slow cattle and sheep activity with prices mixed across steers cows and calves. Grain futures show scattered bids for wheat corn and oats across No 2 red and July May contracts, while dairy butter and lard prices appear modest amid general market activity.
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South Omaha
Omaha
Neb
Texas
Chicago
wNo
N.S
N. B
Duluth
Enttago
GOR
Movement for a Greater Iowa Formed for San Francisco Exposition
Leaders from Davenport to Council Bluffs push for a Greater Iowa movement to boost booster spirit, unite towns, and secure a California exposition site to showcase Iowa’s agriculture, industry, and unity. A fifteen member organizing committee and a nine member exposition panel are named, with Marsh chairing the interim group as plans begin for a statewide Iowa building at the Panama Pacific Exposition.
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San Francisco
Lowa
Jowa
W. W. Marsh
Commission
St. Louis
California
Iowa
Deemer
James
Davis
Moore
Col. French
Ralph Bolton
Greater Iowa
George W. French
Dravenport
C. ¥. Curtiss
Ames
WI. J. Deemer
Real Oak
Waterloo
Des Moines
G. W. Haskell
Cedar Rapids
G. W. Delaney, Jr
Canton
George Haw, Jr
Will Visit Old Home in England for Three Months
Mrs. Emily Marcham and her daughter Miss Lila Marcham plan a late May departure for a three month visit with relatives in and near London England. Mrs Marcham was born in England and has not returned to her childhood home in thirty years. Lila, though born in America, considers England her mother country and has four aunts and one uncle to visit. both ladies look forward to the trip with great pleasure.
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Emily Marcham
Lla Marcham
London
England
Marcham
America
Lila
Qate
Ottumwa People Move to Waterloo Transition Time
G C G Janney secretary of Northwestern Land and Investment Co travels to meet his wife in Ohio after her mother's funeral and returns home with the Janney family at 682 Park Avenue West. In summer W W Majors Ottumwa president will move his family to Waterloo. A new home is planned at Haserenin Grove on Hagermillin site with a reserved plot of land to be adorned with flowers shrubs and trees.
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G. CG. Janney
Northwestern Land & Investment Co
Ohio
Janney
Park Avenue West
L. Lu. Brooks
W. W. Majors
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Haserenin Grove
Hagermillin
Belt files nominating papers for slate in Iowa race
Leon Belt president of the Black Hawk Progressive club plans to file nomination papers in Des Moines this afternoon for Stephen Rasher for United States senator Robert Belt for Congress Third district and Harvey J. Jinsk for state senator from Black Hawk and Grundy counties.
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VY. Leon Belt
Black Hawk Ce Progressive Club
Des Moines
Stephen 17
Rasher
Ales
Robert J. Belt
Harvey J. Jinsk
Black Hawk
Grundy
Hundred Visit Y W C A Parlor Open House Delight
About seven hundred people toured the new Y W C A parlor during a recent open house. Mrs Kath commuted received visitors, the Triple M orchestra played, and guests enjoyed refreshments as they explored association work in all departments.
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AL Aswoehtom
Ryan
Triple M
Cowin Announces Run for State Senate in District
Cowin, a Waterloo business figure and Cornell graduate, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to State Senator from the district covering Diack Wacht and Grundy counties, opposing Hears W. Creut. Signature nomination papers circulated. campaign to launch next week. Son of late ELT. Cowin, a founder of Waterloo's early business community.
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Rhea Cowin
Taal
Diack Wacht
Grundy
W. Creut
Cowln
Elt. Cowin
Waterloo
Cornell College
Cadet Son Sends War Zone News From Arkhangaz
Mr and Mrs John Knipp of 1120 Franklin Street receive a card from their son John a naval cadet aboard Arkangag stating arrival in Tampico is expected tomorrow.
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W. Kaipp
John Knipp
Franklin Street
John
Yosant Arkangag
Tampico
Reliahla Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Ad
A vintage advertisement promotes Reliahla Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as a rollable medicine for coughs hoarseness and wheeze. It claims quick relief for croup whooping coughs and bronchial coughs and urges purchase at all druggists.
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Foley
Card of Thanks for Mrs. G. W. Dean
The Dean family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death, and for floral offerings. Also contains an advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills with a testimonial claim from Chas. N. Fox of Winrod, Arkansas.
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G. W. Dean
Chas. N. Fox
Winrod
Calvertisement
City Treasury Replenished With Warant Funds for City Needs
City finances restored by a county warrant of 107385.46 from Tentley. This sum, from the month’s tax collection, allocates 298040.60 for general expenses and distributes the remainder among specific funds including sewer, libraries, roads, water works, parks, and public safety. The police and fire departments may receive equipment purchases, notably a quarter‑service fire truck and an ambulance patrol unit, funded only from these accounts.
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Tentley
Marek
Thy Snoney Ia
Cy A
Eity Council
Calves Bought At High Prices For Beef Market
Georges Drew, local stockbuyer, purchased 14 calves from Oscar Cook, farmer five miles northeast of the city. The calves averaged 13 months old and were paid for at 7.85 dollars per hundred, totaling 824.25 dollars, an average of nearly 69 dollars per calf.
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Georges Drew
Oscar Cook
Gets-IT Corn Remedy Ad from Chicago
A vintage advertisement touts Gets-It as a quick, painless cure for corns on toes. It claims no sticking plasters or sharp tools, praises safety and flesh-friendliness, and offers bottles at 2d0 cents through Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
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Getsti
Lawrence & Co
Chicago
City approves Commercial National Bank as city funds depositary
In a special session the City Council named Commercial National Bank the depositary for two years. City Treasurer McDarmott asked Auditor DeGon to convene a session to consider his communication, which favored the bank. Ponds for 250,000 dollars were submitted by bank officials and approved as the contest for funds heated up. The council also acted as board of review, completed most work, and adjourned after a couple of assessment changes.
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Commercial National Bank
McDarmott
DeGon
Commercial National
Democratic ticket partly filled in Des Moines nominations
The Democratic ticket is partly filled as assessors book closes Monday. J Murtach and Hermann Miller with EK F Wilson announced for state regents and submitted nomination papers. County posts listed include auditor C F London treasurer B H Kasehbt clerk district court J S Leeper and county attorney R A Dunkleberg. coroner Dr J H Van Dyke of Cochlar Falls.
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J. ©. Murtach
Hermann Miller
EK. F. Wilson
Des Moines
C. F. London
B. H. Kasehbt
Telerk District Court
J. 5
Leeper
R. A. Dunkleberg
J. H. van Dyke
Coidar Falls
Arbor Day Efforts Across Rural Schools
County Superintendent Myers urges rural teachers and students to conduct Arbor Day work this week or next. Schools improving premises with cleared rubbish, prepared flower beds, shrubbery, and iron fencing. Special programs planned in many districts, and enthusiasm is high.
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Myers
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