Auto crush tragedy and gas tank blast in Elkader
In Elkader a Minot resident’s car fatally injures eight year old Roger Bakeman near the police station after a chase game. Two incidents follow: a massive air tank explosion at Allen Bros. garage causes extensive damage but no injuries. The accident and blast prompt official inquiries and concern in the community.
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Allen Bros. Garage
Jack Allen
Alen Bros
Elkader Register and
Argus
Onion Crop Reaches Record Commercial Peak in Iowa Territory
The fringe along the Mississippi from Fulton to Davenport yields a world class onion crop valued at about 450000 dollars. Pleasant Valley station has shipped over 160 carloads with 100 more expected. Bettendorf 50, East Davenport 75, Rock Island 25, and Hampton Fulton 25 carloads. Most of the produce goes south and east to the Atlantic seaboard.
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Mississippi River
Fulton
Davenport
Pleasant Valley
Clinton-Davenport
Bettendorf
East Davenport
Rock Island
Hampton and Fulton
Atlantic Seaboard
Camp Dodge Near Des Moines Opens To Large Armies
Our new Cantonment Camp Dodge lies about 12 miles northeast of Des Moines, destined to house around 48 000 soldiers with a major aviation field. When finished it will span 22 square miles, divided into divisions each with a regiment comprised of twelve infantry companies and a machine gun company. Barracks measure 40 by 140 feet and the division includes officers quarters hospital and Y M C A. About 7 000 to 8 000 workers toil under military law with some carpenters laid off due to lumber shortages. Approximately 3 000 soldiers guard the camp. seven Pleasant Valley boys who joined Capp Dodge are listed along with Walter E Kiple slated to join them.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Pleasant Valley
Capp Dodge
Harry Stolle
Clarence Becker
Nelson Conner
Charles Hader
Swen Blockhus
Walter Vinton
Melvin Boyer
Walter E. Kiple
Red Cross Band Concert Raises Funds in Pleasant Valley
The Mlgin band performed on the street while boy scouts drilled and Red Cross ladies served coffee and doughnuts in the town hall. Proceeds about $32 for the treasury, plus a display of sewing and knitting for troops. List of items forwarded includes bandages towels shirts and socks. Nurse Ella Lehman to teach bandage making to local ladies.
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Mlgin
Boy Scouts
Ladies of the Red Cross
Higin
Red Cross
Pleasant Valley
America
Ella Lehman
Earn White Letter From Camp Cody Describes Life There
Earn White of Elgin writes from Camp Cody New Mexico to say tents are not yet issued so men sleep in houses three marked with X on a camp photo. He notes cot bunkers, a hike to nearby foothills about thirty five miles away, and plans to send more pictures. He recalls pay, bought Mexican jumping beans for his father, and mentions working in the kitchen while staying upbeat with hometown news.
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Earn White
Elgin
Battery D
Camp Cody
Dening
New Mexico
Berg & Kohler
Parc
Dad
Mr. Hughes
Clermont Band Concert Promised With Third Try Thursday
The Clermont Band will perform on Thursday evening, September 27, in an open air concert. Previous attempts were marred by mud and road conditions, causing cancellations. Miss Verle Kniel visited West Union today.
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Clermont
Egin
Our Town
Verle Knlel
West Union
Fight of Fayette Ninety Two Men Leave For Camp Dodge
West Union witnesses a historic mobilization as ninety two Fayette county men depart by train for Camp Dodge Des Moines amid rain and a bright cheer. The list of volunteers includes Harold Gitchell Joyce Kallias Rhea Driscoll Shook Russel Marmaduke Timm Buhlmann McGee Frautschy Struckman Glascock Robb Dorland Grimes Otto Pagels Boies Grimes etc. The scene embodies regional pride with names across Oelwein Hawkeye West Union Sumner and surrounding towns.
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West Union
Our
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Winneshiel County
H& Measure
Fayette County
Charles Harold Gitchell
Arlington
Warren Edward Joyce
Wadena
Nicholas Zacharias Kallias
Oelwen
Bryan William Rhea
Sumner Dennis Driscoll
Oelwein
David Francis Shook
Russel Marmaduke
John Fred Timm
Hawkeye
Fred Johann Buhlmann
Willard David McGee
Aurora
Archie Boies Grimes
Delbert Lutherida Robb
Fayette
Clifford Dorland
Marines Jensen
William Ostin Gordon
Seven Blolchus
Swuner
Jos
Phillips Becker
Joe B. Hageman
St. Lucas- Arthur
Fred Bauer
Maynard Williai
Fred Griebenow
Hawkeye Conners
Louis Dickerman
George Alex Richardson
Alpha
Roy Frank Rhea
Sumer
Carleton Francis Evans
Henry Gerard Bodensteiner
W. A. Charles
Willie Schweintus
Castalia
Clifford Dye
Center Point
Frank Harvey Poor
Charles Leibundguth
Julius Paul Frederick
Henry Oscar Nelson
Clermont
Walter Talmage Vinton
Elgin
Jack Blasinsii
Rudy Warren Crandall
Otto Andrew Vasby
Joseph Gilman Griswold
Clarence Carl Becker
Edward Theodore Wagner
Lloyd Tupper
Ernest Henry Rhode
Sumner
Ernie Tripp
Earl Foss
Maynard John Brown
Gelwein
Oscar Frederick Reichel
Robert Schug
Ben Thomas
Maynard
William Francis Newton
John F. Krenzman
Jay Francis Brown
Melvin Austin Boyer
Artie Ray Conkey
Arthur Musser
James Bernard Crowley
Ray Fish
Arlington Forest
B. Claxton
Herman Frederick Fritz
Rudolph John Rueckert
Maynard Thomas H. Stevens
Oslwein
Leslie Levern Sturch
Henry Larson
Clermont Oakley Smith Davis
Lima
James Perry Medberry
Wadena Frank
Walter Schroder
Adolph Arthur Keelling
West
Elmer John Miehe
Franz Allan Appleman
George Hert Hall
Edwin George Pagel
Walter John Meyer
Harry A. Stolle
Carl Seihert
Sumner Lesila
Clare Gerken
Oelwola
Reed family Begin 800 mile Return to Oklahoma
John Reed and his relatives have started the return trip of about 800 miles to their Oklahoma home. The journey to and from was made in their car with other family and friends joining at the brother's home.
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John Reed
Oklahoma
Me Was No Slacker in War Service Shows Bold Templeton Youth
A Templeton youth, sole supporter of his blind widowed mother, chose to serve rather than seek exemption. After learning his army pay and allowances would support her, he declared he was ready to go. The account lauds him as a true American example.
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Templeton
Guilty Plea Fined in Liquor Case at Muscatine
A. E. Wisherd, head of the Wisherd Steamboat Line, pleaded guilty in district court before Judge A. J. House in Muscatine to selling liquor. He received a $50 fine and costs. The G. W. Hill, owned by Wisherd, was raided by Muscatine police earlier, liquor was seized, and the charge followed. In a separate incident, four Colwein men pulled off a dangerous stunt near Dyersville, losing their way, driving into the river bank, and plunging into the water after their auto slid down an embankment. They salvaged the car for $50 and returned home with the help of a liveryman.
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A. E. Wisherd
Wisherd Steamboat Line
A. J. House
Muscatine
G. W. Hill
Wisherd Line
Wisherd
Colwein
Helen Holmes
Illinois Oasis
Dyersville
Victoria Street
John Freymann
Keiser Plans Saturday Music Class For Mrs Fitzgeralds Family
Hans Keiser will organize a new music class Saturday for residents seeking instruction. Mrs. Fitzgerald and her son Harry have returned from a visit with the George Holzer family at Waukon.
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Hans Keiser
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