Clark Reinstates Leaders After Unrest Among Unemployed Group
At a packed First Street meeting, Clark and Patten ousted General Chatman Benn Clark and I. L. Patten from leadership while police stood by. Clark claimed agitators planned a riot and sought bread outside the group’s commissary, then urged votes to retain incumbents as supporters cheered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatman Benn Clark
I. L. Patten
Clark
Patten
First Street
Jesserae
Ark
Iowa News in Brief Shows Local Events and Accidents
A compilation from The Gazette covers local incidents and notices. Items include political tensions and expulsions within a movement, a vehicle crash near Mount Vernon, a death in Lindsay Ontario, air service field location for a local landing, a Leona Parks dance party, funeral services for Ernest Huxell in Stanwood, injuries from a power washer accident near Onslow, and obituaries for George Kenner with family survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Klingaman
Bert Herman
Klingaman
Mount Vernon
E. E. Sparling
Lindsay
Ontario
Chamber of Commerce
Air Service Section
War Department
Leona Parks
Local Notes and Social Updates From Seattle and Nearby
Miss Evelyn Woods leaves her new Seattle home as A F Olson of Minnesota accepts the son of a new MCA director. Mr and Mrs Joe Stark return from St Paul after attending the German Saengerfest. Dr and Mrs E P Childs come back from a month’s visit to Canadian points. H J Peggey fractures an arm in a Mid River Park picnic accident. Tom Wilder, Hubbard Milling sales manager, moves from Oshkosh to Cedar Rapids to establish his new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Olson
2 Minn
Eew
Joe Stark
St. Paul
E. P. Childs
H. J. Peggey
Mid- River Park
Tom Wilder
Hubbard Milling Company
Mankato, Minn
Cedar Rapids
Oshkosh, Wis
Local notices and social items from Iowa towns
Items include Roy Dale moving to Cedar Rapids for stage carpenter work, railway postal clerks attending conventions in Chicago with a delegte selected, Edith Sutliff and H B Long marrying in Boulder, librarians attending summer school in Iowa City, and various community notes. Also reports on Blairstown American Legion committees for Sports Day, Mount Vernon Gordon family reunion, Onslow injury to Newel Vassar, and West Union Boy Scouts earning a 21st merit badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Dale
Estherville
Cedar Rapids
Dale
Greene's Opera House
E. M. Martindale
George B. Lowe
Harry Hadsell
E. T. Carpenter
Chicago
National Association of Railway Postal Clerks
Carpenter
Edith Sutliff
H. B. Long
Boulder
George Mineke
Mount Vernon
Prank Gordon
Tipton
Leonard Gordon
Martelle
Ed Gordon
Marion
Otis McPike
Ada Rohr
Troy Mills
Gordon Buckley
Ida Gordon
Freda
Opal Gordon
Onslow
Newel Vassar
Mr. Vassar
Kinfolk from Iowa Visit Wilson Park for Family Day
A Toledo Ohio group led by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rice joined Seymour Iowa couples Mr. and Mrs. Co L Shanafelt and Mr. and Mrs. Carl L Shanafelt and others from Washington to spend a Sunday with cousins F. H. Glover and Kate B. Glover in Wilson Park.
Last Civil War Veteran At Shellsburg Celebrates 86th Birthday
Miles Strawn of Shellsburg, the area’s oldest man and sole Civil War veteran, turns 86. A dinner at his home marks the occasion. He and wife 64 years married, with a daughter, granddaughter, and a grandson, tracing lineage to 1710 Strahan surname. Enlisted in Company B Ninth Iowa Cavalry serving two and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwgod
Ernest Huxell
Mr. Huxell
Rosenhagen
Westphalen
Germany
Ernest
Elizabeth Meyer Huxell
Sophie Huelse
America
Lowden
Clarence
Sibley
Iowa
Stanwood
Carl Huxell
Henry von Behren
Shellsburg
Miles Strawn
Strawn
Strahan
Overland Trail
Jacksonville
John Strawn
Co. B
Ninth Iowa Cavalry
Cliff Robbins
Claire Robbins
Ed Dryson
Cedar Rapids
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa News
Leonard Kenner
Belle Plaine
W. P. Musel
Chelsea
Darleen Musel
Roy Crit
Lorne A. Milne
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Dime Mere
Lcene A. Milne
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Evelyn Woods
Seattle
Tenden
Beatrice
Neb
George Hall
Geona
Archie Walton
Marshalltown
James Pennell
Toledo
Loren Kenner
C. D. Kenner
Blairstown
American Legion
Sayers
West Union
Victor Daniels
Grant Daniels
Joe
Washington
BY Claude Callan
Pathfinders
Goodyear
Pathfinder
Allen Motor.co
Second Avenue and
Tenth Street East
Rude Auto CO
Second Avenue East
ST. SE
Woolworths
KOTEX
Lilly Liver
Dial
Dr. Scholl
Moone
Germania Tea
Marine
Squibb
Dr. Hinkle
Tuxedo
Bull Durham
Carnation
Everready
C.C. Jayne
ENO
Paris
Woodbury
Haley M-O
Burma
Mr. and
Mrs. Strawn
Cedar Rapids Dairy Equipment Co
Fourteenth Avenue SW
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