We and Our Neighbors Notice Across Iowa
A mosaic of local events from across Chickasaw, Floyd, and surrounding counties. Reports include Red Cross membership figures, a Dy ersville circus collapse, farm sales near West Union, hail damage near Kent, a farmhouse fire in Osage, a school cornerstone in Lanesboro, legal liquor injunctions at Town City, drownings and injuries, wartime shifts, and mining of dynamite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Circus
Dyersville
Chickasaw County
Red Cross
Adam Mark
Osage
Lanesboro
Kent
West Union
E. C. Grimes
Waukon Red Cross
Waterloo
Officers Shot At Near Hartwick Bridge After Chase
Sheriff Pentony and County Attorney Yoran fired upon from the road while pursuing Perry Littlefield and Jim Ritchey, two young Hartwick farmers suspected of stock shooting. The assailant refused to halt and escaped, stirring local farmers to anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Preas
Hartwick Bridge
Perry Littlefield
Jim” Ritchey
Pentony
Yoran
Hartwick
States Trade Fish Car Exchange at Lansing Station
The Minnesota fish and game department arranged a swap at Lansing last week trading 1,000,000 pike fry for 20,000 fingerlings at the local fish station. Two consignments were moved on Hawkeye No. 2 with the final lot for the exhibit at the whole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Fish and Game Department
Lansing
Life at Fort Russell Dispatches Cavalry Camp Life
Soldier writes from Fort Russell Wyoming on July 22 1917 about camp setup tents and gear drills and daily routines. He describes marching to Pine Bluffs five days of camp life water trenches shelter tents picket lines cooking and sanitation and mentions Frontier Days events and rumors of deployment to Georgia or California. He notes guard duty and serving as Commanding Officer's Orderly and mentions fellow soldiers like Glen Alexander and unit movements toward a larger drafted army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Russell
Wyo
Pine Bluffs
Fort Russell
Burns
Pineffs
Belgian Relief Committee
Frontier’s Park
Cheyenne
1St Cavalry
Europe
California
Georgia
Col. Foltz
C. 0
C. O
Commissary Department
Glen Alexander
Davenport
Narrow Escape at Cooney Farm Hay Fork Accident
Martin Cooney, working with his brother in law William King to manage a hay fork at the Cooney farm barn, was struck when the fork dropped from about thirty feet. He folded under the door, unconscious, suffering a ghastly head wound but surviving the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington News
Wm. King
Cooney
Martin Cooney
Martin
Hart-Parr Co Receives Extra Order for Submarine Destroyers
The Hart-Parr Co of Charles City received an additional order for steering engines for submarine destroyers under construction by the United States government. The order totals about $150,000 and marks strong endorsement of the new engine’s efficiency after government expert examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
West Coast ship building boom in Los Angeles region
A 1917 West Coast letter notes rapid shipyard growth around Long Beach and San Pedro, highlighting an LA venture by Baker Tron Works and Stoddard Jess that aims to launch a yard on about 100 acres. The piece covers contracts worth millions, riveted plate work, and the local citrus crop amid busy real estate and home life in a newly settled area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Republican
The
Long Beach
San Pedro
Baker Tron Works
L. Baker
Stoddard Jess
First National Bank
Oat
Peei Waying
Los Angeles Seing Oat Toy Dock Co
Blackstone
Eos
Diamond Tech Co
W . P. Morgan
France
England
Belgium
Gro
H. Baker
North Maraposa Ave
Boy Wanders Away After Aphasia Attack
A 15 year old boy Wim Wilharm wandered from his Benson home sixteen miles west of Waterloo during an aphasia episode. He was with his dog when bloodhounds followed him ten miles before losing the trail. The search continued all night and by noon the next day he reappeared in New Hartford, seemingly unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim, Wilharm
Benson
Waterloo
New Hartford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will Teasdale
Allamakee
Norman A. Anholt
Waverly
Nick Lauries
New Hampton
Cambridge Canning Company
Nevada
Clarence Sehmock
Thorpe
Delaware County
Hans Christopherson
Postville
Elizabeth Boulin
Mason City
Louis LaPlint
Mississippi
Waukon Junction
J. H. Crafton
Dows
Fayette
T. W. Potter
Waukon
W. L. Martinka
Bremer
J. M. Welch
Webster City
George Miller
Clermont
Jas. Elliott
Nashua
Iowa City
Kansas City
Guy Holdridge
Early
Sue County
Harvey Brotherton
Frank Rounds
Chauncey Pierce
Marble Rock
Chris Jacobson
Mabel
Irwin Edie
West Coast Ship Building
Boy
W. cc. Jones
Buford
N. D
Chamberlain
RA & Mee v
A. W. Morgan
Angela
Foley
Engbertson
New York
Tam
Joe Dingman
Iowa
Chicago
Ralph Mulford
Chicago Tribune
Mulford
Red Crown
Peter Johnson & Sone
G. BE. Hauges
Rudd Ros
Jack McCaul
Decorah Motor Ca
M, Noecker
Tingtem St
Water St
Malin St
Maton St
Malo St
Woldom Mach
Geo. Dernats
HM. J. Mutehiase
Logsdon & Hog Jens Ramsey
K. I. Hougen
L. Peterson
Be, Rosenthal, Hanson & Jenso
Standard Oil Company
Decorah
Indiana
J. P. Burns
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