Iowa crops valued at 5 459 425 for 1920 season
Iowa's 1920 crop value totals 5 459 425 based on December 28 read to the agricultural convention in Des Moines. Corn leads with about 133 257 000 dollars value from 10 330 000 acres. oats, spring and winter wheat, barley, rye, flaxseed, timothy, cloverseed, potatoes and hay all contribute, with alfalfa strong at 7 176 000 dollars and winter wheat in excellent condition as winter begins.
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Moines
Charles Odxt
Iowa Weather Crop Bureau
Owa
Reed
Iowa
Miller's Blue Goose Goose Down in Courtroom Trama
Local proprietor Ed Miller of the Blue Goose on Fourth Street East faces gambling nuisance charges and temporary liquor writs as he attends the Zen gi arraignment. He vows the bird must come down to curb public curiosity, noting crowds and car crowds gawking at his store windows.
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Miller
Hoodego Bird
Ed Miller
The
Blue Goose
Fourth Street
Zengi
Tsong
Hite
Rts
Myindows
H ‘Miller
Behind the Scenes in a Big Museum Exhibit Preparations
A New York City Museum of Natural History photograph essay reveals how galleries prepare displays and preserve relics. Experts repair and mount world gathered specimens, including a Triceratops horned dinosaur skeleton and a dachshund skin over a clay model, to stage publicly shown exhibits.
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Museum of Natural History
New York City
November Favored Work Out of Doors
Des Moines reports from December 14 noting Iowa had low November temperatures with dandelions blooming in the south and much of the center. Bees flew on the month’s last day as warm spell. 90 percent of the corn crop was harvested though northern areas faced snow and harvest difficulty. Rainfall was well below normal, while winter grain and pastures remained in good condition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
Word Making Results Announced in Waterloo Contest
The Waterloo based competition by F W Jenks and Gates Waterloo Business College announced the top seven word makers from Iron Glad with names led by Gwendolyn Edwards Waterloo 2127 and Mabel Haller Waterloo FC. Others from Waterloo and surrounding towns followed in a lengthy roster. Mr. Jenks notes the first test allowed two and a half days for entry while this one allowed more time, causing delays among entrants.
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F. W. Janks
Waterloo
Gates Waterloo Business College
Jenks
Gwendolyn Edwards
Mabel Haller
Newcomb
Shell Rock
Marvin ©. Gould
Robert Gordon Stevenson
Gwendolyn ¥Rost
Edna Long
Mildred Alexander
Florence I. Howard
Anna &. Jensen
L. G. Lorgersen
Mary Kemp
Mildred Maisner
Vera Morse
Andrew Preston
Harry Kemp
June Bolan
Washun
Opal Sisson
Geneve Walton
Jesup
Keith
Benner
Floyd W. Barr
Ames
Leonard Gilbert
Fort Dodge
Margaret McCulloch
Grinnell
Bernard Loos
Ionia
Harvey Litterell
RF. D
Evelyn Schmidt
Janesville
Billie Shank
Lenora Snyfer
Albion
Prank Stead
Cartie Hill
Donna
West Side Teachers Plan Professional Library Funded
West Side Teachers Association met at West High yesterday after school and voted to start a professional library with 25 dollars from the treasury. Miss Mercy Aytesworth presided. Laws committee chair Miss Marguerite Coward outlined legislation affecting schools and welfare and explained flag raising and teaching the constitution. Plans were made for a lecture and social functions next semester. The item ends with a note about Chinese beliefs regarding character and fingernails.
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West Side Teachers’ Association
Treasury
West High
Mercy Aytesworth
Laws
Marguerite Coward
Liberal churchmen end national meet briefed
Sioux City Iowa December 14 election of officers and honorary vice presidents foreword by Frank H Wurt addresses by Rev Marion D Shut ter and Rev J fn Wachonald concluded the eleventh annual meeting of the National Federation of Religious Liberals at First Unitarian Church Monday night Burt praised Iowa for investing in human development and criticized Billy Sunday calling him a vaudeville entertainer whose influence fades the conference urged religious life built on faith in a loving God and the golden rule
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Sioux City
Frank H. Wurt
Marion D. Shutter
First Universalist Church
Minneapolis
Iowa
Billy Sunday
Viars
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Ex Soldiers Reinstating War Risk Insurance Visit
A. B. Julian and C. W. Hellen of the district war veterans bureau travel to Dubuque to push reinstatement of soldiers war risk insurance. Veterans visit Marsh Place bureau to restore coverage while hundreds in the area remain eligible for the low cost federal policy. current government offer ends December 31 with two months’ premium.
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A. BE. Julian
C. W. Hellen
District War Veterans’ Bureau
Dubuque
Marsh Place
Levingston Attends Hotelmen's Meeting in Cedar Rapids
J Levingston manager of Hotel Russell Lamson leaves for Cedar Rapids to attend today’s legislative committee meetings of the Northwestern Hotelmen's association where he serves as a member An important program of legislative activity is under consideration He will be joined by Mrs Levingston and their son Jack and they plan to stay until Saturday Iowa Hotelmen's association holds its annual meeting He was president of the Town association last year and will address this year's convention on the subject Service.
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J. Levingston
Russell Lamson
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Hotelmen’s Association
Levingston
Jack
Iowa Hotel, Men’s Association
Waterloo
Dr Biederwolf Ends Marshalltown Revival
Marshalltown Iowa crowd of 3600 attended the farewell service in the tabernacle as Dr. Biederwolf concluded his five creeks campaign to win souls for Christ. A free will offering added 329.77 for the evangelist, bringing the total appraisal by the community to 2 675.43. All costs of the revival have been met and Dr. and Mrs.
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Marshalltown
der. Biederwolf
Five Creeks
Io Christ
J Tabernacle
Biederwolf
Biederwolt Heads to Chicago for Christmas Trip
Biederwolt departed late Monday night for Chicago en route to their Indianapolis home to spend Christmas.
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Biederwolt
Ffor
Chicago
Indianapolis
Garden 10 Open Under New Name
Plans for remodeling and restoring the Garden theatre interior destroyed by fire have been completed by Alexander Frank. Work will begin within a few days as contracts are finalized, and Mr. Frank will travel to Chicago to purchase equipment and decorations. Insurance covered theatre equipment but not the building or new Cremona organ. a settlement splits the organ loss between the company and manager. The salvaged organ is crated for Chicago and a larger Cremona organ has been purchased by Mr. Frank.
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Garden Theatre
Alexander Frank
Mr. Frank
Chicago
Cremona Orchestral
Organ Company
Cremona
City in Brief Prism and local notices mix
Local items note residents traveling to Omaha for a Swift Packing position and to Los Angeles for the winter. Other brief notes report a court entry for drug treatment, traffic violations, a hospital transfer, a theft arrest, a charity gathering, and residents reporting stolen bicycles.
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Harry G. Gibbons
Wirth Street
Omaha
Neb
Swift Packing Company
H. M. Hunt
Franklin Street
Los Angeles
Cal
George Sullivan
Rescue of 180 Million Fish Near McGregor Iowa
Federal rescue crews saved 180 million fish near McGregor Iowa from freezing by moving them from shallow water to the Mississippi River. The operation cost 17 cents per thousand, far cheaper than raising the same species in a government pond station at about $5 per thousand. Nevada physician honored in Vienna. Dr Or tie Ghrist of Nevada county is elected vice president of the American Medical association there.
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McGregor
Mississippi River
Government Pond Station
Bureau of Fisheries
Towa
Nevada
Ortie Ghrist
Vienna
Austria
American Medical Association
Remodel Planned for Local Theatre Reopening
The theater will close for a major remodel replacing the old playhouse with a four brick wall shell and new name. A balcony seating 200 and new opera chairs raise capacity to about 700 with a modern decorative scheme. A freroof projection room will enable balcony use and a larger act area. Reopening is targeted for mid to late February with costs estimated between 12000 and 13000 dollars not including the organ.
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Frank
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