Iowa Briefs: Drownings, Burns, and Legal Notices
Fred Frey, Sac City high school boy, received five years in reform school for stealing 3500 dollars in bonds from a farm house. Sigfred Otterstrom drowns after falling from a bridge at Correctionville. Harding names Iowa postmasters John L. Gallagher Eddyville and Frederick W. Steel Walker. Traer school board to expel smoking students. Mil waukee agent O T Cull promoted to assistant general freight agent at Chicago. Charles Neister infant dies from boiling water accident in Marshalltown. Iowa highway board approves 14 miles paving near Independence at 420000 dollars. Andy Van Dolfson Sioux Center attorney accused of conspiring to extort. Midland Packing stockholders plan fight against receivers attempts to collect subscriptions. Fifty tons of donated food en route to Armenia as relief. Three bandits wounded escape after oil station thefts in Sioux City. Missing husband from Monticello Ga writes from on way home. memory recovered. Al Meanes confession of Prairie Grove church arson alleged. Love and Huitt case in Council Bluffs mock marriage alleged. A T S Owens Farmington elected president of southeast division Iowa State Teachers Association. Prohibition director reports 683544.10 in liquor violator assessments. 224 stills seized. 1706 gallons distilled havers. 184 beer gallons. 21284 mash gallons. 231 government arrests. 499 recommended for prose. Fred Graap drowned near Prairie du Chien while clam fishing. Lulu Hobbs suicide at Moville. motive believed love for estranged husband.
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Fred Frey
Sac City
Reformatory
Sigfred Otterstrom
Little Sioux River
Correctionville
Harding
Iowa
John L. Gallagher
Eddyville
Frederick W. Steel
Walker
Traer
O. T. Cull
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Chicago
Charles
Paul Neister
Marshalltown
State Highway Commission
Independence
Andy van Dolfson
Sioux Center
G. J. Horstman
Midland Packing Company
Atlantic Seaboard
Armenia
Sioux City
Milo Hausner
Estherville
Monticello
August Eggers
Blue Grass
al Meanes
Prairie Grove
Edward Love
Council Bluffs
Ethel Butt Huitt
Love
A. T.S. Owens
Farmington
Iowa State Teachers Association
Oskaloosa
Owens
H. B. Carroll
Keosauqua
Erma V. Krout
E. ©. Harding
Washington
H. M. Taylor
Centerville
Fred Graap
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
Graap
Envo ys of 33 Lands Open Historic Genoa Conference
Premier Facta opens a landmark Genoa conference with 33 nations to reestablish trust and rebuild global commerce. Delegations include communist Russia alongside Western powers, with Lloyd George proposing Facta as permanent president and noting America’s aid if Europe stabilizes.
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Genoa
Premier Facta
Italy
Palazzo San Gorgio
North
South America
Europe
Russia
Scandinavia
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Facta
Louis Barthou
America
Columbus
South Africa
Albania
Austria
Australia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Esthenia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Norway
New Zealand
Holland
Poland
Portugal
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Hungary
Highest Tariff Bill in Senate Sparks Policy Clash
Washington reports a Senate finance committee Tariff Bill with the highest duty rates ever in a permanent law. Wheat duties rise from 35 to 80 cents a bushel, with broad increases across schedules and a shift to foreign valuation opposed by Fordney and House members. The farm bloc, led by farmers, backs American valuation, while the fight strains House Senate ties with midsummer expected for a decision.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
United States
House
Congress
Senate Committee
Fordney
House Committee On
Ways and Means
Louisiana
Day Exonerated by Jury in Beck Killing</T: Day Exonerated by Jury in Beck Killing
In Oklahoma City on April 11 Jean P Day former Oklahoma Supreme Court commissioner and oilman was exonerated by a coroner s jury in the death of Lieut Col Paul Ward Beck. The jury found Day justified in defense of his wife and home and recommended no charges.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Jean VP. Day
Oklahoma Supreme Court Commission
Paul Ward Beck
U. S. Army Aviation
Day
Beck
Jean B. Day
Jean P. Day
Retired Attorney Dies After Golf Round
Washington report Augustus Worthington 79, prominent retired attorney, died suddenly at the Chevy Chase club after completing a round of golf on the club links.
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Washington
Augustus
Worthington
Chevy Chase Club
Infantry the basic combatant arm in war says army
Washington reports the American army deems the bayonet wielding infantryman as the essential fighting unit. Aircraft tanks bombs and cannons are auxiliaries. battle hinges on foot soldiers with rifle steel helmet and agility. Only infantry can decisively defeat equal enemy infantry under normal conditions.
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Ashington
France
Cromwell
Body Believed To Be Missing Detroit Pastor Found in River
A body, believed to be Rev. Henry F. P. Reynolds, Detroit pastor missing since November 13, was found in the Saginaw River at River Bay City Michigan on April 12. Police pursue identification and cause of disappearance.
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River Bay City
Mich
Henry FP. Reynolds
Detroit
Saginaw River
Watterson Estate Valued At 278400 In Probated Will
Henry Watterson former Courier Journal editor left an estate of 278 400 mostly in government securities per his will probated in County Court Louisville Kentucky on April 13.
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Watterson
Louisville
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Bank Haul in Sicily After Banco di Sicilia Robbery
Bank robbers rifled the Banco di Sicilia branch in Catania Sicily and escaped with about 486000 in bank notes. No injuries reported as police investigate the break in and recoveries are sought through local authorities.
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Catania
Sicily
Banco di Sicilia
Vine
Uoo Tire
Radio Panacea for Farmers Troubles? Farm broadcasts boost info
Radio can revolutionize farm life by delivering news market data and entertainment to 82 million farmers. The Department of Agriculture and state bureaus use six Post Office radio stations to broadcast daily weather crop and market reports across the United States, aiding farmers in timely pricing and shipments.
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America
W. A. Wheeler
Radio News Service
Department of Agriculture
Post Office Department
United States
World helium plant near Fort Worth shut down for lack of funds
The government built a $7,000,000 helium plant a few miles from Fort Worth to extract helium from natural gas from the Petrolia fields. It is run by Lieutenant Commander Allan G. Olson with a guard of 20 men and is described as the world’s only such facility. The supply is estimated to last about 20 years.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Petrolia Fields
Allan G. Olson
Texas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Europe
Petrolia
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claim
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming many testimonials and offering sample bottles by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. It promotes large and medium bottles for sale at drug stores and urges sending ten cents with paper mention.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
George's Future Home and a Quiet Quantico Romance
The story portrays a wealthy Washington widow and a Marine finding affection at Quantico's Hostess House. They share a dance as officers and guests mingle, while concern about leaving the widow's fine home surfaces in a wary exchange about moving.
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Washington
Quantico
Important to Mothers Examine Castoria bottle for safety
Public health notice urges mothers to verify Castoria bottle labeling while noting the remedy’s long history. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria underscores demand and trust in the product.
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Fletcher
Cucumber's History and Dietary Role Surfaces
The Chicago Journal notes cucumbers have long filled diets worldwide. It cites a strange old recipe and biblical reference to cucumbers among foods enjoyed by the Israelites in Egypt, hinting at enduring culinary connections to salmon and cucumber in English fare.
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Egypt
Chicago Journal
Allen's Foot Ease Advertisement Era Relief
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease as an antiseptic powder to ease shoe friction and relieve hot tired swollen feet. It claims women can wear shoes one size smaller after using the product and highlights comfort for pinch and ache in the feet.
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Allen
Nebraska appoints John G Nei hardt poet laureate in 1921
The piece notes there is no national poet laureate in the United States and counters that Nebraska was first and only to appoint a state poet laureate in 1921, naming John G Nei hardt, a Nebraskan, in that role.
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America
Nebraska
John G. Neihardt
Mrs Avis Credits Dr Pierce Medicines For Recovery
Mrs Avis of Council Bluffs Iowa says after motherhood she suffered severe woman’s trouble and bearing pains. She describes weakness until she began Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery, took about twelve bottles, and says her appetite returned and she was fully restored without an operation.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Avis
S. 19Th St
Dr. Pierce
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