Interesting Items From Iowa News Briefs
S. Simpson plans a 40000 dollar garage in Newton. Maytag builds a 100000 dollar foundry in Newton. Pershing is a new town in Marion county seven miles southeast of Knoxville. Iowa to raise 125000 for Roosevelt Memorial drive. 1927 Iowa Seventh day Adventists reelect A R Ogden of Nevada. Waterloo laundries reopen after four weeks. 168th infantry to reassemble this month. Des Moines to host Irish president Eamon De Valera visit planned. Grover bank robbers steal liberty bonds. no cash taken. Waverly schools to hire no former teachers. Over 300 Iowa medicine wagon men sell remedies worth 1 million dollars. licenses bring 20000 to state. county license 75. Dr George Edwin MacLean returns from England. appointed head of British branch of American University Union of Europe. Sioux City guardsmen attack Will Elise during drug store scuffle. charged with interfering with national guard. Nevada hotels fined for license violations. lobby price postings required. Des Moines air field inspection progresses for main route landing. postoffice field recommended. Des Moines public school enrollment up 2500 to 20330 opening day. other late adds expected. American Legion endorses universal peacetime military service. Cedar Rapids chosen for 1920 convention after contest.
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A. R. Ogden
Nevada
Waterloo
Matthew Tinley
168Th Infantry
Lawrence de Graff
Folk County District Court
Robert M. Haines
Dunshee, Haines & Brody
Supreme Court of
Iowa
W. L. Harding
Eammon de Valera
Provisional Irish Republic
Des Moines
Farmers Bank
Grover
Waverly
Harry Is. Eaton
State Pharmacy Commission
George Edwin MacLean
Iowa University
Iowa City
England
London
American University Union of Europe
Sioux City
Albert F. Swanson
Will J. Elise
Elise
Swanson
National Guard
Nevada Hotel
Lincoln Hotel
J. B. Heefner
38Th Assembly
John A. Jordan
Postoffice Department
Jordan
Fort Des Moines
Chamber of
The
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Dubuque
Siguz Tye
Wilson Defines League Covenant Ireland Shantung Policy
President Wilson outlines public interpretation of the League of Nations covenant. He asserts the covenant creates a forum for self determination claims and protects Ireland’s case while affirming U S independence is not bound to aid rebellions. He discusses Shantung and China policy under the league and notes Japan’s pledge to return Shantung.
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Wilson
Ireland
Shantung
China
San Francisco
Grayson
Peninsula
United States
Versailles
Labor Council
San Francisco Labor Council
League Assembly
League
League of Nations
Peace Conference
League of Nations i I
Japan
Panama's Mahogany Forests And Their Giants
The Panama mahogany tree can reach nearly 200 feet in height and six feet in diameter. It often grows in dense clumps making forests of many large trees per square mile rare. Generally the trees occur scattered so an acre may hold two or three of these giant specimens in typical stands.
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Panama
Johnson argues against league treaty in Lincoln meeting
Senator Hiram Johnson drew 3500 attendees in Lincoln Nebraska to oppose the League of Nations and the peace treaty. He warned that only the people can alter the constitution and urged resistance to internationalism while noting bipartisan attendance and political signals in Nebraska. He planned to speak in Duluth and Minneapolis with potential further stops depending on Washington.
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Lincoln, Neb
Hiram Johnson
California
League of Nations
Chicago
Wilson
Omaha
Johnson
Nebraska
Lincoln
Duluth
Minn
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Twin City
Washington
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain States
Look on worst enemies as future best friends (Dean Stanley)
The maxim urges caution toward friends but a reversal invites viewing hostile rivals with the possibility they may eventually become allies. The quote frames worldly prudence as adaptable guidance and reflects Dean Stanley's reflective, paradoxical stance.
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Dean Stanley
Rainfall Measure Shows Heavy Yield on Small Plot
An inch of rain falling on one acre is said to yield more than 600 barrels of produce, illustrating the powerful effect of a single inch of precipitation on crops in this region.
National Motor Truck Tour Demonstrates Farm Use
A 20-vehicle National Motor Truck Development Tour travels through six midwestern states from Chicago to Milwaukee to show farmers in Illinois Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin how power wagons move grain, cream separators, and other farm goods. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood starts the tour with a preparedness address. a 25 piece naval band plays along the route to recruit for the navy. a film record is made for Pan American Union use. The tour, run by the National Association of Truck Sales Managers, features trucks from 13 factories, no service trucks, and live demonstrations at farmers meetings with bankers and dealers discussing financing. The program argues motor trucks boost farming efficiency, citing measured gains in haul lengths, trips, and costs, and promotes pneumatic tires as key to durability and performance.
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North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Leonard Wood
Chicago
Milwaukee
P. M. Willson
Navy
Pan-American Union
South America
National Association of Truck Sales Managers
W. F. Sturm
M. D. Scott
A. R. Kroh
Whic
Department of Agriculture
Wirroh
America
United States
Europe
United States Department of Agriculture
Union of Women in Spain Advocates Education and Rights
The Union of the Women of Spain, formed to aid education for Spanish women and advance private, property, and political rights, has operated for about a year. It highlights gaps in girls' education and seeks economic improvement while challenging male control of property and children.
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Union of Women In
Spain
Union of the Women of
Jones
the Women of
Ol di
Brawl at Chicago resort ends in eye injury case
An Irishman in Chicago resort was poked in the eye with a stick during a scuffle and promptly pursued legal action against the offender. The incident prompted magistrate involvement and an ensuing formal proceeding.
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Chicago
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William E. Clinton
Carrington
Nebraska League
John G. Maher
R. McKelvie
R. B. Howell
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Marquesa del Ter
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