Iowa Editor Attacks Habner and 1920 Politics
A bitter Iowa column laments the adjournment of the legislature and attacks Attorney General Havner, questions Governor Harding’s impeachment, and calls for party standard bearers in 1920. It quotes Ed L Newton voting against impeachment and for censure, and critiques luxury taxes and war policies while urging reform and delegate conventions over primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. L. Newton
Harding
Havner
Des Moines Register
Legislature Taxes Automobiles For Road Fund Revenue
The act imposing a tax on motor vehicles is projected to raise about 6 million dollars annually and all proceeds will be allocated to the primary road fund.
Smashing Kaiserism Yet Incomplete, The Evidence Persists
The article argues that despite hopes, evidence remains that the complete overthrow of Kaiserism has not yet occurred. It casts doubt on the certainty of total collapse and suggests ongoing resistance or unresolved factors in the struggle against the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbun
Gov. Harding
Vernon Hawkeye
From Coblenz to homeward bound in June letter home
Ernest A. Stone in Coblenz Germany on April 5 1919 writes he reached the Rhine near Berlin and plans homeward travel in June. He mentions General Pershing will review the 90th Division on the 11th of the month and notes spring weather and his safe condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Germany
Sherm
Weil
Rhine
Berlin
Pershing
O. K
Ernest A. Stone
San
Death of Mrs Dufford and other Anita notices
Mrs Dufford of Elgin Utah died at her home three o clock Tuesday age near fifty mother of four children Edwin Merle Phil and Majorie. Geo Aldrich and wife journeyed to Elgin while J H Aldrichs could not travel. Obituary to appear next week. Other items note a court slander suit against Postmaster Blake and a social visit by Mrs Ruggles Red Cross veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Aldrich
Elgin
Utah
Silver Threads Among the Gold Revised by Army Poet 1919
Poem reflecting soldiers returning home from occupation in Europe after World War I. Narrator expects reunion with loved one by 1924 but remains in the Rhine region, contrasting war’s calling with fragile peace and a future of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of Occupation
Tan Tam
Europe
Rhine
Death of Mrs. C. M. Myers in Los Angeles
Friends in Anita announce the death of Mrs. C. M. Myers on April 14 in Los Angeles after a brief illness from a fall. She was eighty. Funeral services were held April 17. She and her husband founded The Bank of Anita in the 1870s, later sold to Senator John C. Voorhees. She is survived by son William Raymond Myers of Los Angeles.
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Anita
C. M. Myers
Los Angeles
California
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Hardin County
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Sheldon Mail
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Margaret Richter
June Karnos
S. A. Johnson
Miss Anna
Atlantic
Carrie Johnson
Marie Karns
C. H. Bowen Drug Store
J. W. Hamerick
Long Beach
Jennie Miller
Omaha
The
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Val Winegand
Archie van Aerman
Extra
Des Moines
John H. Schaake
Carroll
Hattie Becker
Clara Stager
Andrew Johnson
C. F. Karns
Homer Bowen
Karns
Kenyon
Des Moines Gang
Anamosa Eureka
Washington
Record
Main Street
John W. Blake
Wilson L. Harris
Blake
Harris
Mattie Ruggles
Harlan
Claude Copeland
J. W. Ruggles
East
Ruggles
Red Cross
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