Iowa Business Shows Strong Advance Amid Building Surge
Des Moines reports mid September business editions optimistic with 11 prospects. Coal and railroad strike settlements boost sentiment, signaling stronger activity unseen since 1920. Building permits rise across Iowa cities as farm income and livestock prospects support broader prosperity. Freight car shortages may constrain grain marketing, while bank lending eases for farmers to expand stocks. Manufactured goods stay high even as agricultural prices dip, and export trade remains a minor portion of national business.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
United States
Europe
George Reynolds
Jowan
Continental &Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Illinois coal miners head to Siberian Soviet colony
A party of 230 coal miners and Loeb families from Belleville Illinois left for Siberia to join a Soviet industrial colony near Tomsk. The plan, backed by concessions to coal and lumber sectors, pays workers a bonus from surplus after a set living standard and taxes. Each colonist paid 300 to join.
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Belleville
Ill
Loeb
Siberia
Tomsk
Rutgers
Calvert
Waterloo Men Promote Rock Arm Invention for Buicks
Waterloo inventors H. L. Wheelock and R. E. Clay report a rock arm assembly with three times the size and better oiling, claiming improved performance over the standard rocker arm for 1916 17 and 18 Buick models. They plan local manufacture and display the rocker arm in Cal Miller drug store window.
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H. L. Wheelock
R. E. Clay
Waterloo
Cal Miller Drug
First fires of season built in West schools
The West School Board elected Miss Lillian Uner to teach the Speen grade at Edison School and Buechele to the librarian fires of the season were infill in the bailers of all schools of the district this morning.
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West School Board
Lillian Uner
Speen
Edison School
Buechele
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed in Iowa Observances
Des Moines reports Fire Prevention Week will run Oct 2 to 9 with public schools hosting programs. Gov Kendall issued a proclamation naming Monday Oct 9 as Fire Prevention Day. He cites national losses of 20 000 deaths and 60 000 injuries from fires and $600 million in property damage, urging remedial action to reduce per capita losses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kendall
United States
De‘clares
Fire loss and fatalities from gas oil fires last year
A historical report notes that last year Java suffered fire losses of 9 608 145 from 4 764 fires with 115 deaths linked to fifty 20 cases of fatal incidents involving gasoline coal oil and related materials, underscoring preventable risks.
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Java
Madison County Leads Iowa in School Attendance
Des Moines report states Madison County aims to claim the highest attendance percentage among Iowa high schools. Knights of Pythias lodge organized efforts to register all eligible high school age pupils, ensuring accurate head counts and participation.
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Madison County
Iowa
Des Moines
Knights of Pything Lodge
High school attendance aid and local business cooperation
A report notes assistance offered to students unable to attend high school due to finances. Business men in county towns with high schools cooperate to support education and help youths secure employment while pursuing studies.
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Buennesa
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