Shelby County Fair auto races headline field of stars
Auto mobile races at Shelby County Fair Wednesday August 21 offer 2000 in purses for seven events. Nationally known drivers enter including Gaston Chevrolet in his 200 hp English Sunbeam and Jerry Wonderlick holder of the Dinors speed record. Other entrants include Woodbury Allen Brarem and more expected before race time. Baby health contest in new Ladies Rest Room building invites all Iowa babies to enter. program praised as the best County Fair yet.
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Shelby County Fair
Gaston Chevrolet
Sedalia
Jerry Wonderlick
Woodbury
Allen and Brarem
Iowa
Brevities from the era reveal several notable items
Telegraphic notes report losses from a Blackstone fire estimated at 50 000 dollars, a British schooner sunk by a German submarine near Canada, and multiple legal and political developments including a French former interior minister found guilty, India to raise half a million combatants, and a Hawaii dry territory plank. Other items cover resignations, deaths, legal actions, a railroad accident, and a large LDS reunion in southern Iowa.
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Blackstone
Peoria
Gradge M. Hollett
New York
Twillingate
N. F
Louis J
Honolulu
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Burleson
James A. Peterson
United States
Minnesota
Duncombe
Sergt
John L. Woolwine
Dubuque
France
Mel L. Webster
Independence
John G. Moncreff
Abstainers and General Life Insurance
Vinci credited for restoring Mrs Watson in Detroit tale
Mrs Watson of Detroit describes weakness and fatigue improved after two weeks on Vinci tonic. Ad claims Vinci uses liver peptones iron and manganese peptonates with glycerophosphates as a strength booster, advertised by Lewis and druggists.
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Detroit
Mich
Vinci
John F
Lewis
Cholera Worsens in Petrograd, 20000 Cases Reported
Amsterdam dispatch notes more than 20,000 cholera cases in Petrograd with up to 1100 deaths by the prior Saturday. Authorities are described as helpless as the disease spreads unchecked. Also mentions a Puritan Maid embroidery sale and a benefit social with items for sale at J. B. Pratt's and items from the News-Telegraph office.
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Amsterdam
Petrograd
Fremdenblatt
Hamburg
Vive La France Sways American Spirit In Bond Of War
Col Henry Watterson lauds Franco American unity on the wartime bond between France and the United States. He recalls Yorktown and Pershing, praises French solidarity and decorum, and envisions a future Yanko Franco alliance as the two nations share hardship and hope for victory. Joan of Arc is invoked as a rallying symbol.
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France
Joan of Arc
Normandy
Henry Watterson Sheds Pen in Louisville Papers Change
The Louisville Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, long led by Henry Watterson, pass from W. N. Haldeman and sons to Judge Robert Worthington Bingham. Watterson departs from active editing but will remain as adviser while the papers transition authorities.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisville Times
W. N. Haldeman
Henry Watterdon
Robert Worth Bingham
Louisville
Times
Henry
Watterson
Courigr. Journal
Boy Chose Heroic Means For Death By Own Action
London reports Master George Harris bound over for 12 months after attempting suicide. Since age 13 he led a eventful life including Antwerp escape, accompanying Serg. O Leary, addressing Hyde Park recruiting meetings, losing a job over theft suspicions, and facing pressure from friends and reputation. He drank a harmful mixture to kill himself, weighing on him after a feared disappointment.
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London
George Harris
Guildhall
Antwerp
Serg. O'Leary
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United States Court of Appeals
St. Louis
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Vinton
Sabine River
Beaumont
Timothy Hanley
G. J. Butler
Waukon
California
Vermont
Harry A. Petersen
Northwestern Railroad
Council Bluffs
Martin B. Hutchison
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank Board
Ottumwa
W. A. Richards
Sioux City
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Herbert A. Keck
Robert Smylle
Salix, Ia
Bennett Mitchell
W. T. McDonlad
Storm Lake
Thomas Nixon
Cedar Rapids
Western Union Teelgraph Company
E. M. Breniman
Ackley
Hardin County
W. A. Gill
Waterloo
Des Moines
Mrs. Watson
Meade
Talibon
News-Telegraph Office
Marie Henry
Uncle Sam
Henry Watterson
Washington
Lafayette
America
Jonathan
Jeanne D'Arc
Sam
Lisette
Paris
Place Vendome
Tuileries
Arch of Stars
Elysian Fields
Boulogne
Balzse
Daudet
Tov
Oyraria
News-Telegraph
United Press
Deering
Walter Hoegh
Beaconsfield, Iowa
Wyoming Coal
Centerville Coal
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