Wages and Output in Iowa Manufacturing 1919 Report
Des Moines reports: Iowa bureau of labor statistics released figures on manufacturing in 1919. Total output reached $6,251,000,000 from 3,206 factories, vs 3,250 in 1917 with $462,819,446 output, and 2,904 factories in 1915 with $274,794,443. Wages rose 43.8 percent 1917–1919, with the wage-to-output ratio stable at about 12.9 percent. Slaughtering and meatpacking led with $221,692,868 in 1919, followed by food preparations and butter cheese condensed milk, foundry and machine shop products, poultry and produce packing, and printing and publishing.
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Des Moines
Bureau of Labor Statistics
A. Li Urick
Iowa
John E. Nordskog
Home made Pinex cough remedy promises quick relief
A vintage advertising notice touts a cheap home cough remedy using Pinex and sugar syrup to make a full pint at home. It claims rapid throat relief, 24 hour cure for ordinary coughs, and suitability for bronchitis and hoarseness, with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co.
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Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Bright's Disease Affects Patients and Treatments Explained
Dr Wilbert Shallenberger outlines nephritis forms linked to inflammation sites and progression. Acute nephritis may cause pain fever and reduced urine. chronic forms lead to kidney damage, edema, and anemia. Aimed cures rely on diet rest exercise and specialist guidance with free consultation offered at Hotel Russell Lamson Waterloo.
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Wilbert Shailenberger
Chicago
Bright
Richard Bright
London
peThis
Narheter
Bowals
Kdie
Kinney
Shallenberger
Tatiana
Russell Lamson
Waterloo
Sugar output tops five million pounds from Waverly plant
The Iowa Sugar company completed its run at the Waverly plant, producing about 5,000,000 pounds of sugar from 20,000 tons of beets over 63 days. About 1,900,000 pounds went to market while 4,000,000 pounds were stored in the company warehouse under Klaffke of Detroit. The facility will pause for repairs and prep for next fall, with contracts for the 1921 run due by Jan. 15.
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Waverly
Iowa Sugar Company
Klaffke
Edgar Sugar House
Detroit
Mich
May fly imitations dominate North American fishing flies
Many artificial flies used by fishermen imitate the May fly, a common insect species that abounds in North America. The piece notes the popularity and effectiveness of May fly patterns in angling.
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North America
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