Iowa notes mix of bank, schools, and weather
The Shenandoah National bank has taken over Farmers National bank and will pay depositors in full. Cedar Falls loses a major industry as the flouring mills close after 68 years. Davenport buys Fort Nodge bonds for street work. Cedar Falls, Oskaloosa, and Grinnell report various educational and religious initiatives. A plan for a Samuel J. Kirkwood statue at Iowa University advances, and a coal mine near Colfax is expected to begin operation. Des Moines eyes a new Northwestern Bell skyscraper and tariff-driven corn policy discussions continue.
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Shenandoah National Bank
Farmers National Bank
Men’s Association of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fairfield
Tama
Fort Nodge
Davenport
L'Eachere College
Cedar Falls
Samuel J. Kirkwood
University of Iowa
Ralph Henderson
Oskaloosa Stockman
Monroe
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kangag
O. K
Colfax
Mary Pfeiffer
Council Bluffs
Glen Avenue
Bill Diatriét
Grinnell
Capitol
Grand Avenue
State Capitol
Rock Island
Keokuk
United States
United States Civil Service
Missouri Synod Lutherans
Williamsburg
Des Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Tariff Commission
Iowa Corn Growers Association
Miss Forker Official Soloist at Legion Convention in St Paul
Miss Forker, veteran of the Chemical Service and descendant of notable families, was named official soloist for the American Legion convention in St Paul Minnesota September 15 to 19. National Commander John R Quinn selected her from forty applicants to perform for an estimated sixty thousand veterans, with a background as a church and concert singer in California and New York.
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Chemical Service
United States
Morgana of Americas Revolutionary Fame
Lees
Virginia
The
American Legion
St. Paul
Minn
John R. Quinn
California
Gang Bird
France
Chemical Warfara
Uncle Sama Army
Miss Forker
Miss Parker
New York City
Inter
Alta Forker
Bakerffeld
Neta Ray
California vocalist returns home after city engagements
A singer who studied in New York cultivated her natural voice and filled engagements around the metropolis. Upon returning to California she taught voice and continued concert performances statewide. She heads the Bakersfield Legion Auxiliary and is past president of the Bakersfield unit.
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New York
Metropolis
California
Gulist
Frank 8. Reynolda
Legion
Bakersfield
Sha
Wall of the Legion Auxiliary
Big Time Planned for Members of 40 and 8
The 25 000 members of Im Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux plan a vivid program for the national American Legion convention in St Paul September 15 to 21. Forty and Eighters will parade to the depot and state fair grounds and 300 will be Initiated at the grand event. Sessions run at Junior Pioneer hall while clubs and organizations extend open hours and hospitality across the city.
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Im Societe Des Quarante Hommes Et Hult Chevaux
American Legion
St. Paul
Legion
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Gommes-Chevaux Banita
Jtagrade
Fair Grounds
Shriners
Minnesota
Elke Club
White Bear Yacht Club
Auto Club
1925 American Legion Convention Invitations Sent
Invitations were extended to the 1925 American Legion convention with support from the state department. Lewisville Kentucky seeks the event, Newark New Jersey pledges aid, and San Francisco California offers the Exposition Auditorium for the gathering.
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American Legion
Lewisville
State Department
Newark
N. J
Legionnaires
San Francisco
Cal
N&e
Fall Asleep on Floor Near Father's Cell
Tears and sympathy filled Sing Sing death house as the three and five year old daughters of Frank Minnick, a Buffalo prisoner, slept on the corridor floor outside their father's cell. Guards bled pillows and blankets for the children while the separated parents spoke for the last time.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
Men in Hard Fight to Beat Off Shark near Newport Beach
Richard Gunther and 14 year old Donald Cavanaugh escaped a 20 foot shark that attacked their open boat off Newport Beach. Gunther fought the creature with a spear, the shark tore a hole in the boat, and two nearby men returned to help, driving the assailant away as it swam off mortally wounded.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Richard Gunther
Donald Cavanough
Gunther
Cavanaugh
Ashley
Newport Beach
Tragic Final Exam Fear Ends Student's Life
Ina Sarah Lutz, twenty one, a State Teachers college student in San Jose, died after failing an exam and believing she had failed again. She had risen at 3 AM to study for her final test, and a letter arriving with news she had passed arrived in the postman's bag as she died from a self inflicted shot, her books and notes beside her.
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San Jose
Cal
Ina Sarah Lutz
Coteps
Fiers
David Lutz
Tesia
Liquor Tested on Rats Lands Couple in Jail
In Omaha Nebraska a man and his wife were convicted in federal court on liquor selling charges after government agents used a rat poisoning test. A chemist fed the liquor to thirteen rats, noting their intoxication signs, and this evidence was admitted despite defense objections.
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Omaha, Neb
Achemist
Omaha
Atund
Too Happy to Live Rich Youth Kills Self
A wealthy unidentified young man is found dead by suicide near Saint Jean de Beauce close to the Maine border after a note claims he killed himself because wealth made him “too happy.” The coat bore the line Do not mind me. My seme would be useless to you. The note expresses a longing for another life and states his parents are millionaires. A bullet wound is reported at the head.
Weekly Menu Suggestions and Dishes for Home Cooking
A scanned recipe page offers a weekly menu with breakfast lunch and supper ideas, plus several detailed dishes. It lists meals for Sunday through Saturday, then provides recipes for Pear Soup Blueberry Muffins Fruit Cup Ginger Syrup Pineapple Sherbet and Bird's Nest Meat with Vegetable, Roast Pig, and Fish Scallop served with cream sauce and mashed potatoes.
Painters at China's Mercy Taining and brush supply
A fragmented report notes the reliance on Chinese bristles for painter brushes. It says the wartime disruption severely affected outline drawing supplies, but the situation has stabilized since.
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China
Cate Fa
Swamp Root Kidney Ailment Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as the leading remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims quick mild relief, promotes its vegetable formula, and offers samples by mailing ten cents to Kilmer Co. Binghamton New York with newspaper mention.
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Kilmer
Atanda
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Painful Occasion in Summer Hotel Echoes
Fragmentary dialogue hints at discomfort during a dental visit and a bored response, while a distant reference ties to a heavenly host and a summer hotel scene. The readable text suggests a literary or conversation fragment rather than a full event.
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Kowia
All Healed Offers Healing Ointment Praise
A Buffalo reader praises Peterson's Ointment describing relief from a running sore and ulcers after using nine dollars worth of salve. The letter says the 9 by 8 inch cherry wound fully healed, allowing walking again, and urges others to try the remedy. Mall orders are filled by Paterson Ointment Co. in Buffalo New York.
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Peterson
Buffalo
Sire
Mia
Albert Southcott
Lyndonville, N
Paterson Ointment Co., Inc
Buffalo, N. Y
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Ind
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