Harris knives show high carbon steel craft and war effort links
The Harris shop on the Southwest side hand crafts high carbon steel blades with edge holding and velvet grain heat treating. Knives are forged culled and polished with walnut handles riveted on. Dozens of daggers were made for soldiers and a veteran traced a dagger he once owned. The piece notes a large Irish population in New York City.
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Harris
Pretty Ladies
Ringling Brothers Circus
Harris Company
Delegation to Attend Reunion of Company H Veterans
Twelve of the original members of Company H 53rd Iowa National Guard plan to attend Saturdays thirty second anniversary dinner marking the calling of Company D First Iowa Infantry into federal service in 1917. About 40 Company D members expected. Major Harry Utley of Manchester to be guest of honor at the VFW club MacArthur room 6 30 p.m. A memorial toast will honor about 40 deceased members. Company H formed April 1914 by Col. C. B. Robbins Cedar Rapids and became Company D in 1915.
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53Rd Regiment
Iowa National Guard
First
Iowa Infantry
MacArthur
V.F W. Club
Harry Utley
Manchester
C. B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Train Fatality in Thatcham After Express Strikes Pedestrian
In Thatcham England an express train struck and killed a person after routine trackside movements. The piece notes local farms near the tracks and a man who knew train times by heart, reflecting the era's daily rail life.
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New York City
Dublin
Camembert
Bismuth
Jopen
138Rd U. S. Infantry
R. A. Preston
H. B. Donovan
B.F. Goodrich
Silvertowns
B.F. Ch
B.f.goodrich
2Nd Ave
Dial
Harmony House
Armstrong
Armstrong and
Dornwall
Org
Third Avenue
TOR
Mear
Surance Companies
WEEN
Roddy Kilowatt
Iowa
Methodist Church
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa Electric
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