Farmer's Portion In Expenditures Of 1500 Budget
Gov W L Harding reports from Des Moines on farm share of the typical wage earner budget as 277 23 dollars for food and 74 26 for hides wool and cotton. He cites studies from the Bureau of Labor and other agencies and presents a breakdown showing farmers receive about 351 49 of the 1500 dollar family budget, with the rest going to processing and other costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Harding
Des Moines
Thiat
Iowa Farm Bi‘ureau Federation
United States Department of Labor
Gotton
Winifred Stuart Jobbs
Macmillan Company
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ieather and Niextilerades i
Bureau of Markets
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
B.H. Hibbard
Wisconsin
L. D. H W. Weld
Minnesota
Chicago
Houghton Mifflin Company
I. G. Nourse
Iowa State College
Formwsk
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Painters Walk Out Over Pay at F M Michael Company
Fourteen painters from F M Michael Paint Co. quit after pay talks failed, sticking to 50 and 60 cents per hour. Strike funds grow with $1,000 anonymous gift and $56 from another donor, plus street cash. A benefit dance at Electric Park Monday will boost the fund as locals aid the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Michael Paint Company
Michael
A. G. Abbey
Abbey
Waterloo
Electric Park
Tall colored stickup man sought after two robberies
Police issued a dragnet for a six foot tall black man in a blue jacket who robbed Albert Smith of 17 dollars at Sumner and Manson streets and a young woman near 218 Dawson Street, tearing a ring from her finger. The robberies occurred within a half hour. the suspect is described as tall, wearing a blue jacket and light hat.
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Albert Smith
Sumner
Manson
Smith
Sioux City
Sinois Central
Dawson Street
Ilinois Central Tracks
Lafayette Street
Ife
Zermatt the Giant of the Alps and Its Climbing Heritage
The article describes Zermatt near the Italian border as a premier Alpine resort famed for the Matterhorn. It details the railway to Zermatt, the Gorner Grat saddle and glacier views, climbing history starting with Whymper in 1865, local guides, legends, and the town’s Mecca-like attractions including the Mont Cervin Hotel site and Catholic traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Lucerne
Interlaken
Geneva
St. Moritz
Zermatt
Matterhoro
Visp
Italy
Simplon
Wisp
Statden
Matter‘Wisp
Alps
Mmatterhorn
Alexander
Catherine Seiler
Mont Cervin
Matterhorn
Edward Whymper
Gorner Grat
Findelen
Fendelenbach
Varley
Zermath
Paliatrutz
Uteralp
Hiffiealp
Fee
Iasa
Gorner
Theodule
Hoorseback Altha
Fendelen
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Farmer
Bureau of Crop
Paris
Havas
Seve
Nancy
Strasbourg
Cathedral of
Fond Rotment
Wee Mons
France
The
Michael Paint Company
the International Syndicate
kumIacr
Tarca al Grivly
Zermats
Uatian
Jara
Peerle
Woods Millinery
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