Road to Stanhope Jewell to be graveled statewide
Iowa items report road work from Stanhope to Jewell to be graveled. Other notes include indictments for murder in Burlington, a Wilton fire destroying a Swift & Company produce house, protests over higher phone rates in Sioux City, and a new lakefront memorial drive cannon planned for Storm Lake.
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Stanhope
Jewell
Kate Shurtz
G. L. Spees
Burlington
Wilton
Swift & Company
Sioux City
Storm Lake
Harvey Hay
Glidden
Merle Hay
Joseph Buckland
Kingsley
Chicago
Dad” Myers
Coe College
C. O. Bates
Daily Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Spencer
Randolph
Fremont County
L. J. Norton
Shenandoah
Logsdon Brothers
McGregor
Peter Wagner
Coleman
Anna Crindel
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Mattie Weeks
Eugene Weeks
Ft. Madison
Geo. D. McConkey
Des Moines
Ames College
Brazil
Austria
Southwest Iowa Medical Association
State Hospital
Clarinda
Jefferson
Cascade
Pete Kent
Roy McDonald
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Elizabeth Hickman
Clarksville
Wrecked Villefrance Survivors Tell of Fire and Fury
Professor Edward Kemmerer of Princeton and his family survived the June wreck of the steamer Villefrance in the Parana river Argentina. They describe waking to a ship ablaze with gasoline flooding the water and passengers rushing in fear as explosions and flames trapped many. The couple and their two children escaped by diving into the oily sea, enduring separation and a later reunion with injuries but alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward K. Kemmerer
Princeton University
Villefrance
Parana
Kemmerer
Kemmerers
Professor Kemmerer
Bull Attacks Trainman Near Braintree After Engine Strikes
A bull on railroad tracks near Braintree Massachusetts was struck by a locomotive and then charged a flagman who fled along the rear car with a red flag. The flagman fired as the bull chased him toward the platform, leaping aboard the last car to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braintree
Mass
Thrift habit is now popular in United States
Partial data from the American Bankers Association shows more than 26.6 million savings depositors and a total of 16.62 billion dollars in savings deposits as of June 30, 1921. The breakdown includes mutual savings banks, state banks, trust companies, private banks in New York, and national banks, with many more depositors in nonreporting states and additional thrift instruments such as time certificates and postal savings.
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Bankers’ Association
New York
United States
Savings Bank Division
American Bankers’ Association
Illinois
Missouri
District of Columbia
Mutual
Indiana
Ohio
New Jersey
Mutual Savings
South
Virginias
Mississippi
Rockies
Minnesota
Postal Savings System
Last Great Pine Forest to Be Tapped for Timber
The Bear Valley unit of the Malheur National Forest in Oregon faces sale of 890 million feet of timber as part of a plan that would open 10 000 square miles to settlement and build 80 miles of main railway lines to support extensive lumbering. The program promises future harvests from remaining units and a lasting mill and town presence, with mechanized development tied to forest use.
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Washington
United States
Forest Service
Malheur National Forest
Ore
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Bear Valley
Great Blue Mountains
Trousers 25-Year-Old Go-To Workwear In Fulton
Fulton Missouri. J N Hook a retired farmer shows a pair of home made tow linen trousers aged twenty five years that he says are as good as modern summer pants. The flax came from Callaway county and was spun worn and made by Hook’s step mother who backed the fabric and stitched the trousers.
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Fulton, Mo
J. N. Hook
Hook
Callaway County
Pennsylvania
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Runaway Youth Frank Neely Claims World Runaway Title
Frank Neely, nine years old from Muskogee Oklahoma, while riding freight trains, slept in a Kansas City car and admitted this was his thirtieth adventure. His father notified the sheriff that he has not been home in almost three years.
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University At
Iowa City
Board of Education
Upper Iown Conference of Methodists
Episcopalian Church
Cedar Rapids
Roy Faulkner
Hudson
Swem Oleson
Cedar Falls
Kendall
Atherton B. Clark
Eighteenth Judicial District
F. F. Dawley
Boone
Fred Eaton
Jasper County
Iowa
Newton
Coe College
LaVerne Noyes
Chicago
Callie May Bliss
Iowa State College
Plymouth
Hume
District Court
Des Moines
Austin Haines
Des Moines News
Haine
Kansas City
Frank Neely
Muskogee
Okla
Frank
First Georgia Woman Named US Senator in Historic Appointment
Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick names Mrs. W. H. Felton of Cartersville to succeed the late Thomas E. Watson in the United States Senate. The 87 year old reformer, famed for temperance work and advocacy of woman suffrage, accepts the post as Georgia’s historic appointment. Simultaneously Hardwick runs for the unexpired Watson term.
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Atlanta
Georgia
United States Senate
W. H. Fenton
Cartersville
Thomas W. Hardwick
Thomas E. Watson
Felton
United States
Hardwick
Senator Watson
DeKalb County
W. H. Felton
Howard FE. Felton
Colonial Dames of America
Debt Falls 230 Million in September
Treasury reports a $230,000,000 reduction in the public debt for September. The total debt stood at $22,812,107,791 on September 8, down from August 31 due to sinking fund operations and maturity of certificates. Ordinary receipts for September totaled $455,000,000 while expenditures charged to ordinary assets were $347,000,000.
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Washington
Treasury
Poulin Found Not Guilty in Notre Dame Case
Judge L Ducomb ruled Harry Poulin a clothing salesman not guilty of paternity in a case brought by Mrs Augusta Tiernan wife of Notre Dame professor John H Tiernan. The dispute involved her ten month old son Billy and the court absolved Poulin of the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
L. Ducomb
Harry Poulin
Augusta Tiernan
John H. Tiernan
Notre Dame University
Billy
Japanese Evacuate Siberia Opposite Sakhalin
Tokyo announces completion of Japanese evacuation of the Siberian mainland opposite Sakhalin and withdrawal of civil administration from the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Tokyo
Sakhalien
Republic Proclaimed in Albania with Ahmad Bey as President
Belgrade Oct 5 A republic has been proclaimed in Albania with Ah med Bey as president according to dispatches from Durazzo Previous reports spoke of a revolution in Albania and its change in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Albania
Ahmed Bey
Durazzo
French to Occupy Vladivostok After Evacuation
Unconfirmed reports say France will send 5000 Indo-Chinese troops to Vladivostok to guard the Chinese Eastern railway after the Japanese evacuation. The report situates the action in the broader Far East crisis with French involvement in railway protection.
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Vladivostok
Peking
France
You Can Get Back Your Grip on Health
Tanlac promises relief for stomach trouble and underweight by boosting nutrient absorption and body weight. A Lynchburg woman reports her son gained twenty pounds after treatment and improved health, while ads claim millions have benefited and urge readers to buy now.
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Tanlac
O. D. Flaherty
Grace St
Lynchburg
Contempt of Court Gossip Echoes in Courier Journal
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal recalls a judge and a man discussing kissing a lady in court amid changing times. The exchange hints at social tension and the idea that kiss or restraint could be viewed as contempt depending on era.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Fabrics
Diamond Dyes offer simple digestion steps to dye or tint faded draperies skirts sweaters coats and more. The ad claims no streaking spotting fading or running and can color wool silk linen cotton or blends at home.
Naval Battles of the War Listed by Date
The principal naval battles of the World War are Heligoland Bight August 28 1914 Coronel November 1 1914 Falkland Islands December 8 1914 Dogger Bank January 24 1915 and Jutland May 31 1916. Many other engagements occurred but few rated as battles.
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Heligoland Bight
Coronel
Falkland Islands
The
Dogger Banks
Jutland
Thoughtful Irishman Turns Down Ride Share
An old Irishman named Pat struggles along a hot highroad with a heavy bundle. A friend in a cart offers a ride and Pat happily climbs in. He refuses to ask the friend to carry his bundle, saying he will not trouble the driver with his burden.
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State News
Evelyn Lewis
Wardman Park Hotel
Atlantic City
Silas Craig
Lewis
Mae Poole Allen
Maxine de Silvia
Ruth
Donald
Bull
Oregon
U.S
Watson’s Place
U. S
BeLvans
Bellans
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