Prices soar as potato crop damaged by frosts and rot
Chicago reports a sharp drop in the U S potato crop with estimates from 1924 to 344 227 060 bushels and wholesale prices rising from 1 75 1 90 to 4 25 4 per 100 pounds. Growers in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Colorado Idaho face early frosts and losses, while dry rot hits the east especially New York and Maine.
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Chicago
Dinner Table
John Mae
Chicago Potato Company
United Press
Mackey
United States
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Colorado
Idaho
New York
Maine
England's Ills Not Permanent, Weaver Tells Comm's Club
J B Weaver of Des Moines told Cedar Falls Commercial Club members that England's postwar ills are curable, citing export declines, unemployment risk, and Soviet influence. He noted May 1926 stipend expiry and widespread reliance on anti export relief. Luther Richman sang, with J T Dettner presiding. first meeting since last strings, about 150 members attended.
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Cedar Falls
England
J. B. Weaver
Des Moines
Commercial Club
Weaver
Russia
Luther Richman
Voice
J.T. Dettner
Army's largest mobile gun tours the state crowd cheers
Cedar Rapids crowds view the army's biggest mobile gun en route to the Pacific coast. The monster weapon, capable of a 25 mile projectile, drew nearly 400 Cornell College students in Mont Vernon. Army officials said crowds welcomed the train along its itinerary with hands and cheers as it heads toward Council Bluffs.
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Cedar Rapids
INS
Army
Pacific Coast
Clinton
Stanwood
Cornell College
Mont Vernon
Sam
West
Ardnance Department
Mal Harald
Secari Co
Council Bluffs
Railroad Y M C A to Send Men to Pittsburgh Conference
Joseph Beckman and George Jurgensen will attend the third annual Younger Men's Conference at the Railroad Y M C A to discuss youth transportation opportunities and possible improvements. The gathering, to be held in Pittsburgh, aims to boost practical youth initiatives and regional cooperation.
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Y.M.C. A
Pittsburgh
Joseph Beckman
Goeorge Jurgensen
Pittsh
First Rebellion Under American Republic Met Disastrous End
New York reports recount Daniel Shays, once a Revolutionary captain, and his 1786 1787 uprising in Massachusetts and Vermont. The piece follows Shays from battlefield service to exile, detailing his leadership of the rebellion, militia actions to quell it, and a long escape that ended in a solitary Vermont life. It notes the amnesty for many leaders, Shays’s unique fate, and historian Dorothy Canfield’s later retelling.
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New York
Sparta
Livingston County
Massachusetts
Jim
Wena
Millard Fillmore
United States
Sempel Craig
Shays
Daniel Shays
America
Shay
Pelham
Mass
Tie
Hunker Hill
Stony Point
Saratoga
Jie
Rufus Putnam
Bg Sas
Stoy
Great Lirlain
Springfield
Supreme Court
Court of General Sessions
Worcester
Bogton
Washington
New Republic
Ahays
Bowdoin
Benjamin Lincoln
Shepard
Lincoln
Petersham
Dorothy Canfield
Kansas
Edward
Everett Hale
Ian
Carter's Little Liver Pills Restore Health Ad Customer Testimony
Brooklyn woman Mrs Alfred Fie shares a testimonial about overcoming a heavy head dizzy spells and stomach distress after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. She claims the pills cleanse waste from the intestines with gentle relief and plans to act again if stomach trouble returns. All druggists sell them for 25 cents.
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Brooklyn
Alfred Fie
Carter
Rebellion Hunter Turns to Shays Then Vanishes
A pursuit of Shays by the rebellion forces ends with Shays fleeing to woods after a stranger questions his presence in the neighborhood. He later learns he had lived as a trespasser for 11 years before returning to civilization and eventually moving to New York state. In Des Moines, F.G.C. Champhers announces the City Railway will begin bus service to supplement streetcars with a gradual rollout.
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Massachusetts
Worcester
Cape
Verplant
Vermont
Shays
Sandgate
Iere
Rabin
Crusoe
Bhays
Cambridge
Parton
Olotzetion
New York State
Spartale
Des Moines
Api-F.gc
Champhers
Des Moines City Railway Company
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Quick Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Freezone as a tiny semilucent house that drops on an aching corn instantly stopping pain, then can be lifted off with fingers. The druggist sells a small box for a few cents sufficient to remove hard and soft corns and toe corn calluses without soreness.
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Daniel Shay
Tanlac
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Stuart
PLA
Stuart Company
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Marshall
Mich
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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THE
Hawkeye Oil Company
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Iowa
Kentucky
Minn
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