Iowa farmers see improving but uneven conditions
Iowa farm conditions show overall improvement amid timely rains boosting corn prospects. Debt remains heavy for many, but state fair entries exceed prior years signaling ongoing agricultural activity. Livestock profits near Moville report over 1 million dollars gross, with substantial hog and cattle sales. wool pooling also advancing with 1.5 million pounds pooled in South Dakota and related price-setting by the association.
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Iowa
Drst
Weather Bureau
Des Nuines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Hunt
Middlewest
Moville
Woodbury County
Fere
Sac City
Clinton Township
Sac County
Manly
South Dakota
J. C. Holmes
South Dakota Wool Growers’ Association
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Aids Expectant Mothers
Springfield Ohio woman Mrs Bessie Warp reports relief from dreadful sickness and headaches during pregnancy after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She says the medicine boosted appetite and kept meals down, leading to a healthy baby girl and improved health for herself, and endorses continued use through pregnancy.
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Springfield
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bessie Warp
Park Avenue
New Hampton Plans Central Heating Plant Pilot
New Hampton will install a municipal heat system using exhaust steam. An engineer measured needs, bids are invited, and a 200 horsepower boiler will be added to work with five 150 hp boilers. The Empire stack height increased to 125 feet to improve service.
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New Hampton
Floyd Voters Endorse City Power System Plan
Floyd Iowa voters approved a bonds issue Thursday to fund electric lights and power lines. A total of 125 votes were cast, 92 in favor, 17 against, with 16 ballots spoked. The project includes lines, transformers, equipment, and purchasing power from an outside source. New bank official Des Moines reports C Orville Lee elected president of Sac County bank to succeed E N Bailey.
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Floyd
NEW Bany
Des Moines
C. Orville Lee
Sacy County
Sac County
Bani
Tate
E. N. Baily
Lee
Mobi Lle
Religion and Reason in Modern Thought at Iowa Event
Prof Edward Ames of the University of Chicago spoke at the seventh annual conference of religious workers in Iowa City. He argued religion rests beyond pure reason, yet benefits from scientific insight and education to combat superstition and advance practical ideals. The talk touched on biblical interpretation, moral aims, and calls for education over emotional revivalism. The piece notes related discussion by Prof Coe and Prof Hocking on education and human nature, and mentions an advertising coffee promotion. The report closes with a brief note about Mexican colonization plans for Chiapas and Mexican laborers returning from the United States.
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Iowa City
Edward 5. Ames
University of Chicago
University of Iowa
Dr. Ames
Coe
Hocking
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