Incidents and memorials across Iowa and beyond
Readable fragments report wartime service and honors for officers and civilians including Lieut. Richard H. Cook and Capt. B. EB, Broup, with Croix de Guerre awards for actions near Fismes in August 1918. Other items note fires destroying Turner Brothers elevator and a Herman Meier barn, a naval academy admission for Arnold E. Moss, and county vote results in Johnson County. Also mentioned are road and education campaigns, farm tenancy surveys in Carroll County, and plans for an Ankeny world celebration chautauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milfray
Backe
Humboldt
State Board
New
State College
Asto Club of
Iowa
Haa
Fismes
B. EB
Thirteenth Engineers, Railway
Perabing
France
Turner Brothers
Burlington Railroad
Ted Oak
Arnold E. Moss
Charles City
Annapolis
Maryland
United States Naval Academy
Herman Meier
Toronto
Timothy
United States
Jobhn
Fergo i
Mike Ferguson
le Mara
Young Ferguson
Camp Devens
Rath- Woo
Carrall County
County Farm Bureau
Richland
Knlest
Fair Ground
John W. Coverdale
Ames
Federation of Far Bureaus
Wellcome
Nor Et
Fayette County
Tha
West Union
Abe
World War I treaty and Mexico policy debate rages in U.S.
Edward W. Pickard surveys the tension over the League of Nations, Shantung, and policy toward Mexico as Congress, and President Wilson, weigh reservations, inter vention, and the future of peacetime diplomacy. The piece notes Senate reactions, the Shantung dispute, daylight saving repeal, and looming domestic issues from inflation to strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Senate
Edward W. Pickard
Germany
Europe
Robert Tansing
United States
Jate
America
United States Senate
Will H. Mays
Republican National Committee
Congress
Foreign Relations
Swanson
Virginia
MelCormick
Tinois
Wilson
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Johnson
California
Bente
Senator Lodge
Pregidant ‘Wilgon
Japan
Vnlkado
Itg
Lodge
Shantung Peninsula
Tapau
Altchevelk
Nebraska
Wiliams
Mississippi
Jforeign
Williams
Shantung
Borah
Idaho
Republcan
League
Sherman
Ropul- Vean
Lilinois
Great Britain
Paris
Foreign Rélations Committee
House
Rich Girl Now Scrubs Floors in Chicago Tale
A rich young woman named Margaret Lamb from South Dakota, living on her father’s funds, frittered away money on fashion and luxuries in Chicago. After traveling loops, signing generous checks, she claimed to be twenty three but may be seventeen, and was taken to the Chicago Home for Girls for confinement until she matures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monihia
Enall
Margaret ‘Lamb
South Dakota
Amare
Ohtoigs
Vieli
Phe “Grean
Margaret
Hogan
Anod
Star
Margret
Chicago
Oak Park
Cooper Carlton
la Baile
Sure
Hyde Park
Uhele
North Dakota
Edgewater Beach
Anna L. Davern
Juvenile Court
Mr. Hogan
Fred Becker
Mrs.Davern
Dean
Rod
SLACK
Notary Public
Ang Stora
Foster-Milburn
Buffalo
Boy His Own Detective in Chester Pa Case
Chester Rhoades Heald, 15, of 1103 Price Place, earned local fame as a juvenile detective after his bicycle vanished from a barber shop and he tracked down two boys who had torn apart his wheel. The culprits admitted theft and agreed to pay $15 instead of arrest, with police citing age and reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Rhoades Heald
Price Place
Jad Fla
Heald
Young Heald
All Nicely Arranged in a Frugal Plan
Dialog reveals a couple debating money management. Jack struggles with income and asks his partner to economize for him. She concedes and agrees the arrangement is splendid despite the strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Ehum
Esha
Farmers Use Allen's Foot To Base for Comfort
Farmers are working harder and using Allen's TooteBase antiseptic powder in shoes and foot baths to reduce friction, prevent tired aching feet, and boost efficiency. Women widely use Allen's Foot Kam to keep feet from getting sore. sold by dealers everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Dealera
Double Capacity
A cryptic line from the Baltimore American uses wordplay to mock an unreliable figure, joking that old man Bobbitts is in a benign yet mischievous predicament and that the knitting incident is a roguing twin screw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
A Spinster Angs A Stolen Kiss For Better Than None
A fragment notes a spinster prefers a stolen kiss to none and a barking dog occasionally bites the dust in a short, wry observation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Turtelaly
Baulves
Shantung “Award
Chines Province
Mexico
White House
McCumber
Colt
Nurong Bi
Washington
Cone
John W. Correll
National Association For the Protection of American Rights
Americana
Spain
Holland
Britain
Ty 'Hhart
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Pan
Thea
Pennsylvania
Mt. Holly
Farris
Old Kentucky
Mig. Oo,Inc
Paducah
Enicaco
Jackson Boulevard
Post Omoe
Bteren
Slater
Bend
Indlane
Lincolnighway
A. G. Voigt
Bonstadiana
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