Hawkeye State News Crop Damage and Tragic Accidents
Iowa items report grain spills near Camanche after derailment with no injuries, hail and crop damage near Newton, and several fatal accidents including a threshing machine injury in Bancroft and a drowning at Linn Grove. Also noted are a suicide on a Rock Island train near Joliet, a preacher tarred and feathered in Oskaloosa, and local bankruptcies and legal notices in Des Moines and Marshalltown.
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Carl Freudenberg
Yorktown
Milton E. Reed
D. W. Reed
Waukon
Beach
Mare Island Navy Yards
Vallejo
Calif
Camanche
Telles Smith
Knoxville
Newton
Q. L. Tarlton
Allerton
John R. Skinner
Creston
David Young
Lamoni
Kansas
Kansas City
Fred Holmes
Alta
Sioux
Linn Grove
R. Harder
Faulkner Crossing
Buck Grove
Harder
Smith
Denison
France
W. J. Wilfond
Clear Lake
Bob
Frank Carpenter
Reasoner
Louis al Irud
Carpenter
F. W. Swearengen
Woman Prefers Air Limousine to Fly Between Ranches
Mrs. W. A. Keddie, Nevada ranch owner, hired pilot W. W. Williams to fly her Standard J-1 airship from Marina to Reno for a quick business trip. She invited San Francisco friend Mrs. Mazie Faulk to join, flying between Fallon and Reno with night landing capability at each ranch. Keddie plans further aerial travel and an upcoming aerial vacation this summer.
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San Francisco
Air Limousines
W. A. Keddie
Nevada
Reno
Mazie Faulk
W. W. Williams
Royal Flying Corps of Canada
Marina
Keddie
Fallon
Nev
Lynchburg Father Seeks Name for Nineteenth Child
Lynchburg Virginia father Fred 0 Shaner says he has run out of names for his two month old son the nineteenth child in the family eighteen of whom are living He invites friends to suggest a new name The eighteenth child was named Thomas Jefferson by former President Woodrow Wilson at Skinner's request two years ago.
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Lynchburg
Fred
Shaner
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Skinner
First flight by two women over Sierra Nevada summit
The San Francisco to New York trip marked a record first as two women completed the overland air crossing over the high range between California and Nevada. Only one other woman is known to have done the same. Mrs. Keddie praised the airplane, preferring air travel to trains or stalled automobiles.
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San Francisco
New York
California
Nevada
X Ray Menace Unreal in Paris Report Says
In Paris a report to the Academy of Medicine found X-ray dangers to occupants in adjacent rooms to be slight. The commission concluded modern X-ray rooms and practices generally protect all but operators. The study responded to worries that rays could penetrate walls enough to injure others.
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Paris
Academy of Medicine
Academy
Find Fun in Queer Hobbies Retired Preacher Writes a Book
Three Kansas seniors pursue hobbies in retirement. Dr A N Lee, 80, of Topeka, writes a 200 page history of the Northwest Kansas conference and prints the manuscript on a hand press. Karl Stecher, 20, Wichita, collects insects from six countries for display. Charles DeLeye, Emmet, crafts stone sculptures and mosaic decorations for his home estate.
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A. N. Lee
Topeka
Httle
Doctor Lee
Big Northwest Kansas
Karl Stecher
Wichita
Stecher
Wichita Bank
Switzerland
France
Italy
Turkey
Canada
United States
Oberkirch
Germany
America
Belgium
Charles DeLeye
Emmet
Flavoring Extract Allegedly Alienated Her Husband
Mrs. Melissa J. Woodington of Salisbury files a $10,000 suit against grocer W. A. Roseman alleging he sold potent flavoring extracts during Prohibition era that caused her husband to neglect and estranged affection. She names no specific flavor and details remain vague.
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Salisbury
N. O
Melissa J. Woodington
Russian Refugee Exhibits Dual Organ Powers in War Trick
Paris reports Vladimir Bolgarsky, a Russian army captain and refugee, shown by the French Academy of Medicine as possessing a dual digestive system enabling unusual feats. He supposedly drinks many glasses of ice water in minutes, then expels it through his organs with a six foot jet. Bolgarsky allegedly used these powers to aid Allied efforts against Germany, notably in a dummy battery scenario.
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Paris
French Academy of Medicine
Vladimir Bolgarsky
Bolgarsky
Burden Shift Questioned in New Tax Revision Statement
Washington August 16 officials released a White House statement detailing proposed reforms to the tax system. It argues the plan raises revenue fairly, broadens the base, and reduces burdens on all classes while targeting elite taxes. The notice notes higher exemptions for small corporations and adjustments to indulgent levies, with changes retroactive to 1921.
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Washington
White House
Three Bandits Steal $114000 Payroll in Kincaid Heist
Three armed men raided Kincaid mining town on a Saturday, assaulting the bank cashier and deputy sheriff and making off with payroll money totaling $114,000 from Peabody Coal mines. A robber struck the cashier, another felled the guard, and a third loaded cash into an automobile before vanishing as residents realized the theft.
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Taylorville
Kincaid
Peabody Coal Company
Langley
Tovey
Army Surplus Materials Sold For 157 Million In FY Ended June
The War Department announced that surplus army materials costing 458,140,482 dollars were sold for 157,186,201 dollars during the fiscal year ended June 30. The report highlights large government assets converted to cash.
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Washington
War Department
An Ominous Possibility
A Petunia tavern landlord recalls a major fire last night that was nearly extinguished by the fire company before the mayor assumed control and issued chaotic orders. He jokes that rain prevented total ruin and warns the disaster could have worsened if the governor or a congressman had intervened.
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Petunia
Kansas City ‘Star
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes with Soap Ointment and Talcum
Advertisement touts Cuticura for soothing itchy rashes in babies. It highlights hot baths with Cuticura Soap, gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment, and Dusting Cuticura Talcum, priced 25 cents each, claimed to be purer and sweeter.
Night lightning in a southern rural district joke
In a humorous exchange from the Atlanta Constitution a black preacher explains lightning as Satan’s work, saying in winter there is no lightning and the deacon asks about cold weather. The preacher concludes that hell may have frozen over.
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Satan
Williams
Atlanta Constitution
Surprise the Weapon and Rub-Odd Exchange Cited
A brief, cryptic exchange notes a confrontation with lines about settling debts. Surprising remark suggests a payback over a $10 debt, with ambiguous context and named preliminary phrases. The fragment hints at a quarrel or confrontation rather than a formal event or outcome.
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