Many Deaths in Iowa From Gasoline Fires
Des Moines reports rising fatalities from gasoline fires as more people mishandle the inflammable fuel. State Fire Marshal J A Tracy cites 1919 Iowa fire deaths at 128 with women and children among victims. He notes deaths from gas fumes, stove mishaps, matches, bonfires, and garage explosions, and plans warnings and posters to curb carelessness.
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Des Moines
J. A. Tracy
Iowa
Marshal Tracy
Tracy
State Fire Marshal’s Department
Aid Ex-Service Men Would Bond Country For 5 000 100
Thos W Miller heads the legislative committee of the American Legion steering a bill by the Ways and Means Committee of the House to provide aid to former servicemen.
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Thos. W. Miller
The
American Legion
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Gasoline Vapor Explosion Power Cited by Marshal Tracy
Marshal Tracy warns gasoline vaporization yields explosion power near two pounds of dynamite per gallon. He emphasizes growing risk from widespread gasoline use and notes dangers from careless handling and vapors in common settings.
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Marshal Tracy
Largest mink ever captured nets $25 pelt in Iowa
Charles City reports John Carman of Rockford trapped a mink whose pelt measures 26 inches by 4.75 inches when stretched. The giant pelt surpasses the fur exhibit prize at St. Louis. Pelts have risen 100 percent on New York auctions, while local supply remains scarce in Iowa.
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Charles City
John Carman
Rockford
St. Louis
Carman
New York
Towa
iGrain Crops Now on Farms Exceed Stocks Last Year
Des Moines report from the Iowa cooperative crop reporting service shows 40 percent of the 1919 grain crop on farms March 1 1920 totaling 116 400 000 bushels, down from 131 468 600 bushels last year. About 28 percent has been or will be shipped out of state with quality at 96 percent merchantable. Oat on farms 76 514 000 bushels vs 103 307 000 last year. wheat on farms 4 025 000 bushels with 67 percent shipped out of state. Iowa farm land values rise with poor plow lands at 157 dollars per acre, good plow lands at 257 dollars, total farm lands with improvements at 255 dollars and without improvements at 205 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Teg Moines
Towa
Iowa Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
Polk County Plans Big Paving Project
Polk County announces a large summer paving program with plans to surface five roads and grade five more later. Two paving contracts and one grading contract have been let, plus a general contract for culverts and bridges across the county. Additional contracts will follow as engineering work and estimates progress.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Board of Supervisors
Negros
Felanda
Roadwork Plans and Labor Shortage Impact
The district outlines paving and grading from Vanora speedway seven miles and Camp Dodge to Andrews ten miles and Polk City to Madrid grading, with River to River road east of town and White Pole road west of town also slated for paving. Labor shortages may push some paving contracts to next year, but bidding for grading should proceed without difficulty per the engineer's office.
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Vanora Speedway
Camp Dodge
Andrews
Polk City
Madrid
Des Moines Eases Egg Candling Rule and Near East Relief Meet
The food and dairy department suspends the requirement that eggs be candled from February 15 to May 1 due to volume and weather concerns. The ruling does not excuse selling unfit eggs. State Near East Relief directors and workers will meet in Des Moines April 6 and 7, with 75 to 100 attendees, to discuss refugee care and housing for about 25,000 orphans. Iowa has raised $170,000 in six months, part of a $500,000 national goal to be met by July 1.
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Des Moines
Food and Dairy Department
Relief Commission For the Near East
Hotel Fort
Ohio
Michigan
Colorado
National Committee
New York City
Near East
Iowa
Fawcett Returns Home After Kansas City Visit
Mrs. C. M. Fawcett returned home after spending a week with relatives in Kansas City. Rev. Te. W. Cross moved his family from Waterloo to the W. J. Peddicord place in Fernwood.
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Castle Hill
March
C. M. Fawcett
Kansas City
Te. W. Cross
Waterloo
W. J. Peddlcord
Fernwood
Politics intrigues limited in Iowa as campaigns wait
Des Moines reports politics mostly among politicians with 76 percent of residents showing little interest. Primary time remains distant and national issues unclear. Newspapers’ governor polls draw attention among candidates’ followers, while Republicans and Democrats dominate discourse. American Labor and Socialist parties have yet to gain traction. Iowa may send a delegate to Chicago in June.
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Des Moines
Charley Webster
Republican
Democrat
American Labor Party
Iowa
Altho
Chicago
Socialist Party
Voter Shifts Highlight Prohibition Party Absence
In Iowa 10 000 votes appeared, and 1912 totals rose to 16 000. The 1916 vote split between Socialists and Socialist Labor. The old Prohibition party vote is expected to go to Republicans in the national campaign. This marks the first national election in years without a prohibition ticket.
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Iowa
Political Pastor Upheld by Congregationalists Council
Des Moines March 1 A council of ministers and laymen in Des Moines upheld the ouster of W M Bennett pastor of the Congregational church of Atlantic Ta for preaching politics and supporting the league of nations Bennett’s removal followed a dispute over political subjects and the league vote The 12 member council chaired by Dr Kirbye reviewed the case and handed down a declaration of independence for Congregational ministers reaffirming their authority in such matters
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Council OF Congregationalists
Des Moines
Congregational Church of
Atlantic
W. M. Bennett
J.edward Kirlive
Plymouth Congregational Church of
L. Herring
Kirbye
Mr. Bennett
League of Nations
Fragmentary Church Debate Over Clergy Tolerance Policy
A disjointed OCR fragment reports a four hour meeting among congregants and a minister arguing over permissible opinions in pulpit discourse. It references Mr Bennett’s rein statement, resolutions about church authority, and the idea of tolerating controversial views within a Congregational church context.
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Relief For Nervous Debility
An ad-style pitch claims thin nervous people can overcome nerve starvation with Bitro-Phosphate tablets. It promises improved sleep, vigor, and weight gain, noting Bitro-Phosphate as a non stimulant nerve builder and urging cautious use due to flesh-growing effects.
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