Iowa News Highlights From 1920s State Ledger
Twenty seven law students passed the state bar exam while Davenport plans a 1 000 000 temple were bid. Red Oak hosted the first Iowa air meet with over 60 planes. Grant Mills, 21, died after a tack ingestion. A L Moore was injured in a car crash with Miss Louise Van Holt. Cyrenus Cole was nominated for Congress in the Fifth District. Mrs Moon and Ruth Ritter drowned while attempting a rescue near Greene. Iowa led farm labor spending but ranked low on fertilizer. 1919 payrolls showed 70 698 060 for hired help and 179 068 535 for feed. A gun battle near River Sioux left one robber captured. the other escaped. Debate on excess profit tax repeal showed Iowa farmers preferring retention. A thief stole 100 dollars in Carn ey. Sac City teachers faced possible wage cuts. A dog fought a wolf. both animals died or were killed. Tama county seeks river straightening to protect farms. survey awarded to F D Ingersoll. Over 6 000 attended Humboldt farm bureau event. Ames Farmer Canning vs Dexter Seed trial opened. arbitration split sums owed to parties.
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Davenport
John Seller & Son Co
Iowa
Red Oak
Little Grant Mills
Charles Mills
Iowa City
A. L. Moore
Louise van Holt
Lisbon
F. G&g. Northrup
Marshall-co
Cyrenus Cole
Cedar Rapids
Good
William Moon
Ruth Ritter
Samuel Ritter
Greene
Bert
Moss and Dunn
River Sioux
Senate
Dickinson
Walter Berg
Carney
Sac City
Sac County
R. Groves
Creston
Mr. Groves
Wut
Groves
Tama County
Iowa River
Iowa County
Marshall County
Marshall
Tama Board of Supervisors
F. D. Ingersoll
Marshalltown
Farm Bureau
Humboldt
C. W. Hunt
Iowa ‘Farm ‘Bureau Federation
Ames‘Farmer Canning Company
Dexter Seed Company
Dexter
J. le Roy Farmer
T. Farmer
Thompson
Canning Company
J. le. Roy
Jmat
Faymer
Austria Hails Begging and Insults as National Art
A New York Herald dispatch by W. John Lenglet paints Austria as a nation of beggars and harsh critics. He describes a culture of exploitation, inflated prices, and public disdain for foreigners, aided by a class of cheats and the “schieber” and “Valute” gambits. He recalls hostile tram rides and lavish spending by the rich amid misery, urging frank critique of Austrian conduct and its effects on visitors.
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New York
Austria
New York Herald
W. John Lenglet
Vienna
Schiebers
Schieber
Gchieber
England
United States
Enbeey
South
Austriaa
Entente
Germany
Baden
Wilson
America
France
Giorno
Viennenes
Ines
First American Soldiers Killed in World War Identified
The War department lists Corporal James B. Gresham Private Thomas F. Enright and Private Merle D. Hay as the first U S troops killed in battle on November 8 1917 in Lorraine. Their monument notes they fell, defending justice liberty and civilization against German imperialism. Lorraine was enemy territory.
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Ashington
Harding
Hoboken
Joseph W. Guyon
War Department
Corp
James B. Gresham
Evansville
Ind
Thomas Fp, Enright
Pittsburgh
Merle D. Hay
Glidden
Sixteenth Infantry
Department
Bathlemont
Lorraine
Department of Meurthe-et-Mogelle
F Company
Sixteenth “Infantry
Public Lobby group formed to aid congressional access
A new organization named the People's Legislative Service forms to aid Congress for the public good. Its national council includes 70 senators representatives judges and editors and aims to provide information to lawmakers representing the public as a whole not a single interest group.
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Congress
People’s Legislative Service
National Council of the People's Legislative Service
Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders
Farmers’ National Council
National Consumers’ League
Alabama State Federation of Labor
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Ten Norwegian Fellers Bane in Congress EN
A list of ten Republican U S representatives and senators from Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and South Dakota. Notable figures include Knute Nelson Peter Norbeck Gilbert Haugen Harold Knutson Christofferson John M Nelson Halvor Steenerson M A Michaelson and Andrew J Volstead, with brief notes on birthplaces careers and terms. Many are linked to Norwegian ancestry and midwestern roots.
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Congress
Middle West
Nestor
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Voss
Bergen
House
Senate
South Dakota
Peter Norbeck
Trondhjem
Gilbert N. Haugen
Iowa
Wisconsin
Harold Knutson
Charles A. Christopherson
John M. Nelson
Halvor Steenerson
Telemarken
M. A. Michaelson
Chicago
Kristiansand
Andrew J. Volstead
Telemar
Ken
Postmaster General Befriends Greek Youth for Rent Aid
General Hays befriends Andrew Lauchton from Crete, paying 80 dollars monthly to keep their shipshape apartment. The twenty year old assists as a housekeeper and language tutor, speaking five languages and helping with typing and conversation practice for the postmaster general.
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Hays
Andrew Lauchton
Crete
Hayses
Andrew
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Bernard Smith
Graettinger
Des Moines
Groettinger
Klondike
Mr. Smith
Atrangers
Fitsy
Ghesue ‘Hay
Fellers Bane
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