Patriot seeks airship motor aid for defense drive
A likely immigrant American asks Assistant Secretary Newton for a government aeroplane motor to build an airship for national defense. He describes poverty and intent to pilot a craft before anyone else to San Francisco, but the government has no motors to grant and no funds for such use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Tutt
Treasury
Bryen F
Newton
White House
Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania
Sein
Amul
San Francisco
Cal
Veterans of Spanish American War in Congress
A new company of veterans from the 1898 Spanish American War could muster in Congress. Many are former volunteers or National Guard, with battlefield or mobilization experience, though some are now out of shape. Notable Senators include Fall, Hardwick, Hughes, Lewis, Vardaman, Wadsworth, Weeks, Poindexter. Congressmen include Gardner, Crago, Dyer, Aiken, Anderson, Ellsworth, Greene, Hart, Haskell, Helvering, Howard, Huddleston, Hull, Humphreys, James, Loud, Neely, Oglesby, Oldfield, Sells, Stone, Tilson, Van Dyke, Langley, Austin, Key. Allies from National Guard circles would form a sizable body if war resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
National Guard
Fall
New Mexico
Hardwick
Georgia
Hughes
New Jersey
Lewis
Illinois
Vardaman
Mississippi
Wadsworth
New York
Weeks
Massachusetts
Poindexter
Oglesby
Oldfleks
Arkansas
Sells
Tennessee
Stone
Iness
Tilson
Connecticut
van Dye
Minnesota
Johnson
Washington
Langley
Kentucky
Austin
Key
Ohio
United Spanish War Veterans
Paraded Echoes of Washington Preparedness Day Parade
In Capitol grounds the day after a grand preparedness parade, squirrels and birds feasted amid peanut hulls and lunch bags while small children reenacted the spectacle. A boy on an umbrella handle led, with dignitaries and mock presidential figures nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Pullman
Marine Bow, Jr
United States
Evalked
Willa F. Gude
Hig
Rudolph Kauffmann
Aia 1
Wanrer
New Coin Designs Feature Liberty, Eagle and Pine Symbolism
New designs for halves quarters and dimes are announced with Liberty portrayed full length on the half dollar, eagle atop a mountain on the reverse, and a pine sapling symbolizing America. The quarter shows awakening protection with Liberty and olive branch, both coins bearing In God We Trust, while the dime displays Liberty with a winged cap and a battle bundle on the reverse symbolizing national strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nole Sam
McAdoo
America
Liberty
Iowa Farm and City Livestock Totals and County Roads Plan
Iowa farms report 1 241 383 horses this year down from 1 279 525 last year with average value 80 dollars per head and total 99 244 200 dollars. Cattle total 2 963 796, down from 3 093 821, average 31 dollars per head, value 93 766 796. Swine over six months 4 243 707, value 21 956 372, down from 26 225 740. Personal property value 447 020 288, down from 461 680 016. Norris proposes a state good roads fund paid from automobile revenue and federal aid, with annual appropriations rising 200 000 to 1 000 000 by 1920. He urges leveraging Bankhead funds to expand road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
D. W. Norris
Marshalltown
State Good Roads Commission
Mr. Norris
Wilson
Ilis
Norris
James
William
W. S. Kalsey
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Skunk River
Kelsey
Jerrett Venable
Venable
Elde
Gage
National Guard
United States
Charles A. Dudley
Fagan
Thomas Eagan
Patterson
Company A
Third Regiment
Clarinda Trust and Savings Bank
H. R. Spry
J. J. Amen
Tawa
Amen
Shaw
Mr. Amen
Clarinda
Spry
Clarke
Logan
Col
George Morgan
State Board of Health
Council Biuifs
Dodge Light Guards
Edward O. Righter
New Orleans
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Lloyd Maxwell
Baltimore
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
National Organization
Marshall County
le Grand
Grade Crossings Crisis Drives Iowa Plan
The Iowa railroad commission weighs subways or overhead crossings to end rising grade crossing accidents. Officials cite costs from twenty to twenty three thousand per crossing and note shifts in policy across California New Jersey and Iowa. Also covered are Iowa troops praised for fitness, tax stability for railroads, Des Moines streetcar work halted, stock shipment rules debated, and enforcement actions at the state level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Board of Railroad Eommissioners
Iowa
California Board of Railroad Commissioners
New Jersey
State Highway Commission
Boards of Supervisors
Ptate
Des Moines City Railway Company
Grand Avenue
A. H. Davison
Executive Council
Iowa Animal Health Commission
State House
J. J. Gibgon
WIFE NOTING WINDY MORNING TURNS TO COMPLIMENTS
A humorous letter to the New York Sun describes a beautiful morning, a breakfast scene with a loving wife, and a wife’s wary reply about the husband returning on his regular train. The piece ends with a digressive note on women and a separate fish tale from Verona Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CO. J. M
New York Sun
Exalted Company Tour Sparks Identity Reflections
A committee member on a penitentiary tour converses with a convict who laments being known by a number not a name. The visitor replies that owning automobiles also shifts perception. The exchange hints at vanity and the folly of rushing wealth, suggesting many have small excuses for feeling superior.
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Ane Y Uncle Sam
Veterans of
Des Moinea
Chiist
International Convention of the Disciples
American Christian Missionary Society
American Temperance Board
Board of Church Extension
Board of Education
Board of Ministerial Relief
Christian Woman's Board of
Harold Kingsbury
Blackhawk
Waterloo
D. F. Fairchild
Iowa Brigade
Camp Dodge
Iowa Guard
Winston
Towa Guard
Barry
Chicago
Funston
Canada
Tineis
Ford
Towa
G. Walter Barr
Highland Fark College
George P. Magill
Barr
Supreme Court of the State
Frey
Boone
Hampton
Iowa City
First Iowa Cavalry
F. L. Love
South Grant Consolidated
Story County
North Grant
State Railway Commission
Hunter
State Executive Council
Libby
Penne
Perec
Hubby
Stephen Decatur Bridges
Verona
New York World States
Bridges
Penobscot
East Orland
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