Indianola city wall contract and other Iowa items
The town of Indianola awarded a contract for a city wall at 8700 dollars. Two youths of Webster City escaped to Eldora training school. Cornell College offers prizes for English themes. Eight men arrested at Council Bluffs for a 3000 dollar theft confess. Neatened notes on a 350000 bond issue for an electric plant and a 50000 bond for a new Mitchell school. Ames Canning expands to 1,000,000 cans. Jury women in Vinton picnic after editor remark. Corn markets and hay production noted. A Kansas psychic claims a Waterloo man was killed in a crap game. Cherokee County doctors to perform county work for 3600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Clark Huff
Ft. Madigan
John Huff
Leo Edson
Webster City
Eldora
Cornell College
Iowa
Council Blufa
Persia
William Bently
Oelwein
Muacazine
Mitchell
Ames Canning Company
Vinton
Cherokee County
Uniq ual in Iowa fires hit several townships
A series of notes report a Sigourney garage burned destroying 21 cars and two trucks with estimated losses near 25 000 dollars. A nearby farm home near Come Bulfe valued at 10 000 dollars burned with most contents. Mrs Brown escaped. Also public notices include arrests for a Minneapolis robbery and extradition issues, a 10 000 bond for a municipal power plant in New Virginia, and the death of Iowa Civil War veteran Adam Robinson in Valeria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
J. M. Downey
Sigourney
Poh Brown
Come Bulfe
Minneapola
Sioux City
Onawa
New Virginia
Adam Robinson
Valeria
Co. D. Fortlath
Iowa Infantry
Robison
Masonic, Qold Fellows and
Elks
John W. Thompson
Boone County
Boots
Boone County Messenger
Ogden
Old Manngovia
Zobel Bros
Tipton
Poland
Louis Spratter
Flaberman
Missinsippi
Spratter
Kellogg
Howard Hill
Hill
Kellore
Bettendorf Car Works
Davenport
Burlington Road
M. A. Sawyer
Bedford
Virgil Kinnigan
Bam Stewart
Easily Won the Nomination Dr W J McGregor Wilkinsburg Pa
Dr W J McGregor of Wilkinsburg Pa won the county Coroner nomination by a solid majority. A first lieutenant in the medical corps, he served overseas with British forces in 1917 18 in Manchester England and France where a shell near him in the Albert incident caused injuries. He is a member of the Wilkinsburg Edgewood post of the Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. McGregor
Wilkinsburg
Me@tegor
Manchester
England
France
Alberta Mirch
McGregor
Wilkinsburo-Edgewood
Legion
Heroic veteran overcomes wounds to excel in landscape arch
Frank H. Schrepfer of Chicago, blind in one eye and with use of only one arm, survived heavy shellfire in the Argonne forest and won first prize in Harvard's graduate landscape architecture class. Despite attempted barriers by the Veterans' bureau, he pursued education with grit and established a record of achievement.
Bill Aims to Aid Cold War Veterans With Clothing
War veterans in government hospitals suffer exposure as surplus army clothing sits idle. The military affairs committee backs a bill authorizing the secretary of war to work with the surgeon general to supply adequate clothing and equipment. House leaders seek expedited action and compare needs to a $20 million aid measure for Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of War
Congress
Cold Service
Carrying On With the American Legion
American army officers rose one to two ranks higher postwar under the army organization. Chauncey M. Depew seeks his war medal while the Legion notes him as after dinner speaker of fame. Pvt Edward A Canoose in Coblenz sent 633 letters and took a week’s leave as French authorities order 20 000 more of A E T motor trucks. American Legion reps met the Cantigny transport in New York discovering 502 occupation army men 83 German wives 12 French wives 36 babies and 806 American bodies from the battlefields. Harvard sent 21 398 men into World War I of whom 1 014 received decorations and 817 were cited in orders. Two graduates Whittlesey and McMurty Jr. received the Congressional Medal of Honor while 82 earned the Distinguished Service Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Canoose
Coblenz
American Legion Representaives
Cantigny
New York
Army of Occupation
Harvard University
Whittlesey
George G. McMurty, Jr
Best Medicine Promise Exposed By Swamp Root Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney, liver and bladder ailments claiming universal testimonial success. It urges readers to request a sample with ten cents and to purchase full bottles at drug stores while praising a chain-free system of medicine promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulfil
Kilmer
Kilmere
Patedle
Man Wanders Into Parlor At Night Contemplates Wireless Wiring
A man wandered into the parlor at night and, when confronted by his wife on the stairs, calmly stated he was considering having the house wired for wireless. The moment captures a quirky, domestic misinterpretation of early communication technology.
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Fabrics
An old advertisement claims Diamond Dyes let any woman dye or tint worn garments and draperies at home. It promises no spotting, fading, streaking, or running and instructs buyers to tell the druggist the fabric type such as wool silk linen cotton or blends.
Abominable Himalayan Monkeys Stir Debate on Manhood
The Petit Parisien reports a Himalayan discovery calling the so called abominable men the claws a non human race. A langur exhibit in a museum is cited as living proof despite being stuffed, with origins in the Himalayas and large troop populations. New York Tribune notes reforming views on Tibet’s monkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himalaya
Saya
Petit Parisien
Himalayas
Goodwin- Avastin
la Nature
Tibet
New York Tribune
Birthright Dispute Echoes in Family Quarrel
A father boasts of his fine baby and resemblance, while joking with his wife about disinheriting a son through legal action. The exchange hints at tension over lineage and inheritance within a family.
Druggist Questioned About Alcohol for Horse Use
A man asks a druggist for alcohol to rub a horse. The exchange prompts a response to seek counsel from a law clerk. The incident reflects a curious interaction between a lay request and legal guidance.
Islanders Should Be Happy With Lundy Gift Offer
The ecclesiastical commissioners offer clergyman £60 a year for spiritual charge of Lundy Island, a three and a half by one mile community of about two hundred. No rates or taxes, no poor, and no police. Lundy has changed hands to foreigners twice, once to Turkish pirates and once to French privateers in William I’s era. Large artificial lakes in Sardinia will aid irrigation and hydroelectric power, boosting local mining from zinc and other materials to potential home manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lundy Island
Tandy
Lundy
London
Sardinia
Stona
Italy
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Sunday Golf Debate Sparks Old Timer’s Mirth
In a curt skit style exchange, the Dub asks if it is proper to play golf on Sunday. The Old-Timer replies maybe it is but warns the action isn’t true golf. The exchange closes with a note that anticipation brings joy as reason stays quiet.
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Tanlac
Contracto
South Honore St
Kago
Secluss
Meaneittst Re
Foote Hall & Ruckel
Boston Transcript
TB Bellans Y Indigestion
Delicine. Products CO
Wwenawood Avenus
NLU
Chigago
Hawkeye
State News
Wilkinsburg, Pa
Hal
Frank Schrepfer
School of Landscape, Architecture
Harvard
American Legion
Chauncey M. Depew
A. BE. T
India
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SAYER
ASD
iAn Warning
Say
Bayer
Hendy
SPOHN
SPOMN
Spohn Medical Company
Gray
Eraonk
Cascal Company
Loc
Battle Creek
Michigan
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