Black Hawk cattle tuberculosis testing urged countywide
The Courier argues for universal cattle testing in Black Hawk County to eradicate bovine tuberculosis. It notes an injunction blocks mandatory testing, stresses that partial testing fails, and warns of reinfection if only some herds are tested. The piece links cattle disease to hog infections and farm economics, urging comprehensive, continuous testing for lasting public and economic health.
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T. B
Black Hawk
State Department of Agricuiture
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Jacob Mosier
R. FE Palin
Sam Bopp
R. W. Bopp
J. J. Timion
Carlosd
Ww. Highmer
Walt
Ortunina Courier
Nebraska
Uke
Les Moines Register
Imva Department of Agriculture Makes Gold Record
The report from the Town department of agriculture in Jesults shows a creditable first year, with higher work output, saved state money, and rising inspections. Receipts exceeded expenditures by $60,004.28, total consolidation savings reach $61,779.33. Cattle tested for tuberculosis reached 684,838 with cost per head down to 17 cents. Also notes about a lightning strike on a Mississippi River boat carrying dynamite and moral reflections on using energy wisely. Baseball talk, and crop remarks include flaxseed at 86.4 percent of normal and corn at 74 percent.
Atlantic Refining Passes Dividend Amid Uncertain Oil Market
In a cautious move Atlantic Refining announces a dividend payment despite a unsettled petroleum market. The report notes market volatility and industry caution as the decision is analyzed by investors and analysts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Refining Company
Sumner and Waterloo urged to adopt long term growth plans
The Sumner Gazette and Courier urge development programs for Sumner and Waterloo. They outline visions including parks, a country club, golf course, swimming pool, memorial home, community hall, larger water reservoirs, paving, factory growth, housing, and a public library. They stress phased progress toward a future city.
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Sumner
Courier
Waterloo
Sumner Gazette
Gazette
American Legion Memorial Home
Why Raise Mosquitoes by Billings Complaint Explained
Dr. William Brady explains common myths about mosquitoes and urges cleanup of standing water and shaded breeding sites. He notes mosquitoes breed only in stagnant water, recommends kerosene oil or minnows to control larvae, and warns poor yard upkeep signals to neighbors. The piece also includes reader Q&A on inferiority complexes, skin spots, and remedies, with Brady inviting stamped envelopes for replies.
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Billings
Eurthstone Advica
Ene
Dr. Brady
William Brady
Dream tango jealousy from a long marriage
Imogene frets after a dream of a banquet and a tango with a sultry woman. Andrew dismisses it as fantasy, while Imogene insists the dream reveals subconscious worries and jealousy about a dancing sequence she never saw as real.
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Imogene
Personal Liberty and Local Control in Iowa News
A Cedar Rapids report mocks a drunk man jailed after lying on a swifch track near a gas house, raising liberty questions about sleeping places and life insurance. Des Moines and Omaha editorials criticize national meddling and advocate local self government against state laws and taxes, urging unity among farmers and citizens to protect local road funding and ward off central control.
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Cedar Rapids
Tom Doyle
Powers
Dyson
Tom
Des Moines
Iowa
Burroughs Nature Club Notes and Questions 1923
Burroughs Nature Club Notes from 1923 invite readers to send nature questions to the Nature Notes Dept. The column includes answered questions on rabbit teeth, finding water with witch hazel, largest freshwater fishes, skunk litters, identifying a robin-sized bird, starting bird study, and what makes wood hard based on cellular structure and packing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Notes
Annwyers
Brain Tests by Sam Loud
A puzzle titled Brain Tests by Sam Loud presents a three minute challenge. It asks to form the word HARE from operations on a musical instrument a road a carpenter tool a tree and a small fastener. The accompanying diagram shows the 26 figures splitting into four groups which can be regrouped into a 4 by 4 and a 3 by 3 arrangement.
The Able McLaughlins excerpt and its frontier tales
Wally a Union soldier returns to Iowa prairie life to recover from illness and reacquaint with Christina and Barbara as family and neighbors face gossip and frontier choices. The scene shifts between homes, gardens, and distant memories linking Scottish and German threads in a stark frontier world.
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Wally
John
Isobel
Iowa Prairies
Senda
Jeanie McNair
Chiistie
Peter Keith
Chirstie
Isebell McLaughlin
Christie
Alex McNair
Scotland
Abe Martin on Vacations and Beauty in Work
A light quip notes some folks skip vacations but fear beauty keeps a girl from being an expert stenographer or a champion swimmer. The cartoonist wryly observes how appearances influence careers and leisure.
The Hat and the Garden of Transplanted Hope
A reflective passage recounts a woman’s migration tale with roots in New York State and Holland, the peony quest east to west, and Mrs. McNair collecting transplantables. It contrasts family memory, horticulture, and an Americanization moment in a life, ending with a tease of continuation. The piece shifts to a Kansas City Star item urging new hats for released prisoners as social reform, arguing headwear signals reintegration and may justify higher taxes to fund the policy.
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Barbara
New England
Davenport
Ohio
Mississippi
West
New York
Washington
New York City
Holland
Long Island
Pacific
Bess
United States of America
Kansas City Star
Prison Department of the
Salvation Army
Wollan
Nup for Nup for Nep o elock to rie ht
Nup for Nup for Nep o elock to rie ht. The fragmentary text hints at a local notice or event in a historical newspaper, noting a clock or timing reference and possible community actions. Further readable details are scarce in the supplied OCR.
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Gen'l Mgr
Marsh
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Chicago
Lostangles
San Brancisco
Ricey
Brooke & Finler
Rep'n
Imva Department of Agriculture
Missiesippi
Tipatian
Air Destiny
Greenland
William Brady, M.D
Nat'l
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Friend Wife
Rob Fulkerson
Andrew
Thomas Alya Edison
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
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Able McLaughlins
Margaret. Wilson
Harper & Brothers
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Germany
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Abe Martin
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Aspirin
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