Iowa News Roundup Highlights Projects and Prices
Rothdale viaduct near Dubuque 200000 for a new dam at Rutland 100000 powering 46 cities. Fire kills 2 year old in Winterset barn. Boxholm buys city hall and utilities. Cribbed corn 55 cents a bushel at Charles City sale. Eighty farmers return to Crawford county farms. Iowa road aid totals 804422 state and 2881328 federal. Despondent Ames driver dies by carbolic acid. Davenport buys Creston Daily Advertiser stake. Robbery case at Pisgah yields 700 dollars in goods. Lonnie Kiefer exhumation planned. Wilton Junction and Kalona postmasters named. 1923 plate bids launched. Robberies, court sentences, and banknote with Dempsey Ruth signature. State bank advances for agriculture reach 20249837. Butter output 1921 up at Center Creamery and Minerva Valley. Patrons’ payments fall due to milk price and costs.
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Rothdale
Dubuque
Shenandoah
Northern Iowa Gas and Electric Company
Rutland
Dodwell Place
Winterset
Boxholm
Charles City
Crawford County
Iowa
Sam
State Highway Commission
Lester Hester
Ames
Car
Kenneth H. Davenport
DeWitt Sowers
Creston Daily Advertiser
Pisgah
Omaha
Lonnie Kiefer
Marshalltown
Harry Jeane
Wilton Junction
Weaver Kelly
Keokuk
Frank Denning
W. M. Conley
Newell
Iowa Press
de Moines
Charles H. Kasperson
M. D. Sullivan
Fred E. Burgess
Kalona
William Hasselschwardt
Flossie Eaton
Boone
W. W. Eaton
Farmers Elevator
State Executive Council
Senate
Raymond W. Rhoades
Glenwood
Harold H. Hubbard
Rockford
Christ
The
Methodist Church
Edge
Colorado
Lowa
Eugene Meyer
Minnesota
Texas
State Center Farmers’ Creamery Association
Minerva Valley Co-operative Creamery Association
Official Roma disaster survivors and dead list dated Feb 21
Norfolk Va Feb 21 official list of Roma disaster survivors and dead. Known survivors include Capt Walter J Reed Maj John D Reardon First Lieut Clarence H Welch First Lieut Walter A McNair civilian Charles Dworack Sergt Harry A Chapman Sergt Joseph M Biedenbach Corporal Albert Flores Lieut Byron T Burt Jr and others. Identified dead include Lieut W E Riley Maj John G Thornell Maj Walter W Zantsmeier Capt Dale Mabry Capt George D Watts and several first lieutenants and sergeants.
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Norfolk
Air Service
Walter J. Reed
John D. Reardon
Clarence H. Welch
Walter A. McNair
Bureau of Standards
Charles Dworack
McCookfield
Dayton
Harry A. Chapman
Joseph M. Biedenbach
Albert Flores
Byron T. Burt, Jr
Ray Hurley
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Virden T. Peek
W. E. Riley
New York
John G. Thornell
Walter W. Zantsmeier
Dale Mabry
George D. Watts
Allen P. McFarland
Giant airship Roma explodes on Langley trial flight
Norfolk Va Feb 21 Thirty four killed as the War departments gigantic dirigible Roma bursts into flames during a test trip from Langley. Sixty three aboard include 23 notable guests and 44 total. Eleven survivors suffer severe injuries as the ship plunges and explodes after the rudder fails, with a wall of flame destroying the craft.
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Earth
Norfolk
War Department
Langley
Portsmouth
Naval Base
ZR-2 Report Sparks Admiralty Criticism In Hull Crash
London February 21 Sensational disclosures on the ill fated airship ZR 2 crash at Hull August 24 during final Atlantic crossing tests are said to be in a British air ministry report The Evening Star says the admiralty is heavily criticized for passing on the designs and being main builders The Star notes strong accusations and a likely controversy once the report is published No publication decision has been made.
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Roma
Atlantic
United States
Dale Mabry
Langley Field
Mabry
Lieut
B. G. Burt
England
London
Hull
the Times
Great Britain
America
Air Ministry
Admiralty
8 Star
Palmer as Alien Property Custodian Subpoena Issued
A federal grand jury in Boston will examine Col. Thomas W. Miller the alien property custodian over the transfer of Bosch Magneto properties seized in World War I. Bosch Magneto later American Bosch Magneto was sold by Palmer to Martin Kern for 4.15 million dollars on December 7, 1918. The inquiry covers the sale from the alien property custodian to Howard Griffith acting for Kern amid prior Justice Department probes and 1919 Senate testimony about Palmer. The Bosch stock was previously valued at about 7 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Martin JB. Kern
Allentown
Bosch Company
Department of Justice
Federal Grand Jury
Boston
Howard D. Griffith
Martin B. Kern
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bosch
War Department Chaplains Report 1921 Details 185 Chaplains
Chief of chaplains John T. Axton releases the first annual report for the fiscal year 1921. The corps lists 185 chaplains including 42 Roman Catholics and 41 Methodist Episcopal, with 98 appointed during the war from 600 applicants. Chaplains served beyond religious duties in cemeterial, morale, education, recreation, and welfare roles during postwar duties.
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Office of Chief of Chaplains
War Department
Washington
D.C
John T. Axton
United States Army
Disciples of Christ
Lutheran
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Protestant
Presbyterian
Protestant Episcopal
Cumberland Presbyterian
Reformed
Roman Catholic
Universalist
Unitarian
United Evangelical
Axton
Quartermaster Department
Taunton Woman Reports Recovery From Back Pain
Mrs. Scrivia of Taunton Massachusetts says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her return to laundry and housework after months of bed rest. She reports regaining energy and plans to advise coworkers to try the remedy.
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Taunton
Mass
Patna
Lydia E .Pinkham
Pinkham
Srivia
Grant St
Lydia E.ham
Water Power Development in America Leads World Output
U S geologic survey reports the United States holds about 9 243 000 horsepower of installed water power, with New York and California leading state totals. Europe shows France Norway Sweden and Switzerland with lower individual capacities. Niagara Falls dominates U S power, while Canada ranks second globally with 2 418 000 horsepower.
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ORTY
United States
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
New York
California
Europe
France
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
New England
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Canada
Mississippi
Keokuk
Iowa
St. Louis
St. Maurice River
Montreal
Quebec
Kenyon Pushes Federal Mediation Board for Coal Mines
Before resigning to accept a federal judgeship, Kenyon urged Congress to create a three sided mediation board and an industrial code to govern coal mining. The plan, drawn from West Virginia unrest, sets six day work weeks, eight hour days, and requires conferences before strikes or lockouts.
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Enator
Kenyon
United States
Heighth
Senate
Federal Mediation Board
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
West Virginia
Mediation Board
Cow Kick Milk Punch Questioned as Worst Tasting Method
The remark questions cow kick as the most acceptable method for milk punch describing skepticism about traditional dairy practices and a preference for alternative approaches.
Swamp Root Promises Big Kidney Relief
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming universal benefits supported by sworn statements and customer testimony A sample bottle can be obtained by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton N Y with the ad noting the offer Large and medium bottles are sold at drug stores
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
There Is Joy in Anticipation and Silent Reason
A note of calm optimism describes a moment of waiting and quiet confidence. The phrase hints at inner balance as events unfold without explicit explanation or noise.
How’s Your Liver? Superior Nebr Ad Claims Cure
An 1890s style testimonial from Mrs Chasee Bloom of Nebraska praising Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for liver trouble. She reports dizziness and dark vision, claims one bottle cured her, and says she remains healthy and recommends the medicine. Public notice invites trial package and advice.
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Pierce
Chas
Bo. Bloom
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State News
L. M. Harris
Lewis Hilliard
Marion J. Beale
William Ryan
Virgil Hoffman
Schumacher, Corp
Joby B. Herron
U. S. War Department
Fletcher
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