Methodists End Loyalty Crusade Clean Up Debt
Last Sunday marked the conclusion of the Loyalty Crusade conducted by the First Methodist Episcopal Church of this city in connection with their campaign to raise 865,000 in cash and pledges to extinguish the indebtedness on the church property. Under Dr. A. C. Hageman, the drive was sponsored by the national board of missions of the Presbyterian church, U S A. Total cash on hand at service was 32,600 with new pledges old pledges revised and unpaid balances. The church expects to realize the 35,600 goal and relieve the debt soon.
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Presbytterian Church
Nine Prisoners Escape From Fresno County Jail
Fresno Cal June 17 nine inmates escaped from Fresno county jail early today using a master key they obtained last night. Led by Charles Isbell who was to be transferred to San Quentin tomorrow, the group fled the jail in the early hours. News- Telegraph reporting.
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Fresno
Cal
Charles Isbell
San Quentin Penitentiary
Fresno County
Casey's Lone Surviving Civil War Veteran First Settler There
Casey, Tennessee, June 17. Hiram Johnson, born in 1846, is Casey’s first settler and its sole Civil War veteran. He recalls crossing Iowa with his father in 1862 to Guthrie County, witnessing the town’s rise after 1868, and accompanying the era’s vast changes from ox teams to railroads and airplanes. He and his wife of 65 years live on land never mortgaged, still tended by the Johnson family.
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Casey
Hiram Johnson
George Washington
Thompson
Guthrie County
Hiram . Johnson
Iowa
Ohio
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Hiram
Polk County
Des Moines
Des' Moines
Johnson
Father
Bluffs
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Redfield
Iowa City
Jesse James
Adair
Franklin Pierce
United States
Thompson Township
Ying
Omaha
Boy Scout Camp to Open July 12
Akawa official Waubonsie Boy Scout area seven miles from Council Bluffs on Lincoln highway will open July 12 for the first week of camps with three ensuing two week sessions. Concrete work for a new swimming pool is underway as leaders plan hikes, nature study, bridge building, archery and outdoor activities. Visitors welcome. Sunday and Thursday set as regular days with visitors’ nights on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday at 5 p.m.
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Waubonsie-Boyer Boy Scout
Council Bluffs
Lincoln Highway
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News-Telegraph
Council Fire of & P. m
Farm Loans at 6 and 8 Percent by Savery & Company
Savery & Company of Atlantic Latf offers farm loans at two fixed rates, 8 percent or 6 percent, aiming to assist farmers with affordable financing options. The notice emphasizes available terms and direct lender contact.
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Savery & Company
Atlantic
Highway official Darting Injured In Auto Crash
H A Darting of Glenwood a member of the state highway commission was in an automobile crash near Corning when his Hupmobile left the road and crashed into a ditch. He suffered chest injuries several teeth lost head bruises but is recovering at home and not believed to be seriously hurt. The mishap followed striking a rat in the road.
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H.A. Darting
Glenwood
State Highway Commission
Darting
Corning
Skeleton of Saurian Found in Alaska
Anchorage June 17 Discovery of a complete skull with forty ivory teeth and a sixty foot vertebra was made on the frozen shores of Chitina bay by Russell Annabel an aide for Herman Burkhard. Annabel said the skeleton may be a prehistoric Saurian frozen in ice for eighteen million years and that it appeared to have flesh and skin still present though bears had torn at it.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Chitina Bay
Russell Annabel
Herman Burkhard
Los Angeles
Annabel
May Require Special Session On Iowa Tax Matters
Des Moines reports indicate another tax committee session will be needed to complete a report to Governor Hammill. Members continued discussions on reviving taxation statutes and framing laws for a county assessor system and a state income tax. They also considered recommending a special session of the general assembly this year to act on tax law revisions.
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Des Moines
Iowa Legislative Tax Committee
Fravernor Hammill
Explosion at St Anthonys day cannon kills boy
In Denver on St Anthonys day a premature small cannon exploded during a crowd scene. Francis Naracci, 12, was killed and Harold Debus, 15, is not expected to survive with other bystanders injured. Angelo Paglia, 53, who fired the weapon, faces murder and manslaughter charges.
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Denver, Juny
N. S
Francis Naracci
Harold Debus
Angelo’ Paglia
Ian Slaughter
Sunnyside Park Band Concert Moves to Sunday
The Band Committee announces Sunnyside park will hold the band concert Sunday afternoon instead of the usual Thursday night slot.
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Sunnyside ‘Park
Id Band Committee
Death notice of Mrs Henry Crow corrected
The item in The News Telegraph mis-stated Mrs Henry Crow’s birth date and marriage details. Correct records show she was born September 26, 1871 in Alençon Lorraine France and married on June 2, 1890.
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News-Telegraph
Henry Crow
Alence-Lorraise
France
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Knights of Columbus Special Meeting Notice
Knights of Columbus calls a special meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday June 9 to discuss important matters and problems for consideration. Attendees urged, J J Curry and G K referenced.
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Knights OF Columbus
J.J. Curry
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