Captured Zeppelin L-49 Wows Allied Officers in France
Several hundred American troops learn airplane construction at a French camp near General Bullard's aviation school after inspecting the downed Zeppelin L-49 near Bourbonne-les-Bains. The craft, 600 feet long with a 60 foot envelope, housed 19-cylinder engines and machine guns in its gondolas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerin Army
France
Bourbonne-les-Bains
the Invalides Palace
Paris
Here
England
Armericans
General Bullard
Mother of Frank Leffler Killed in Railroad Accident
Mrs. Catherine Leffler of Haskins was struck by a freight train near Gladwin and killed. Funeral held at Salem Church in Salem. Survived by seven children including Frank Leffler of Fairfield and George Leffler of Oakville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leffler
East Lowe Street
Haskins
Catherine Leffler
Chuch of God
Salem
The
Washington Journal
Milwaukee
Gladwin
Lefler
Germany
America
Fred Leffler
U Boat Encounters a Shipboard Menagerie
A naturalist reports a bizarre wartime tale aboard a steamship carrying elephants parrots monkeys leopards and antelopes. A U-boat torpedo attack failed to sink the vessel but a gun on board fired causing the animals to go wild amid frightful pandemonium until the U-boat vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Personal notes from the city on travelers and visitors
J. M. Finney of Washington was in the city on business. Mrs Frank Stingley of Des Moines visits her mother Mrs Belle Green. Miss Helen Myers of Oskaloosa visits Miss Marie Anderon. Mr and Mrs Harold Hartman head to Dewey Oklahoma to settle. Mr and Mrs John Mohler return to New London after visiting T B Allender. Mrs Ray Loehr and daughter of Memphis Missouri spend the week with her parents C L McGaw. Mr Loehr will spend New Year's in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Finney
Washington
Frank Stingley
Des Moines
Belle Green
Helen Myers
Oskaloosa
Marie Anderon
John Mohler
New London
T. B. Allender
Ray Loehr
Memphis, Mo
C. L. McGaw
Loehr
City
Major Brookhart Assigned to Camp Dodge as Inspector
Des Moines dispatch reports Major Smith W Brookhart former Iowa National Guard officer arrives at Camp Dodge to lead small arms instruction. He recently returned from Washington DC after special training on the new American Enfield rifle. Also noted are local marriage licenses and brief family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sith W. Brookhart
Washington
Iowa National Guard
Camp Dodge
Washington, D. C
Brookhart
Pershing
United States
Tax Return Help In Iowa County With 46 Officers
Collector Louis Murphy announces forty six internal revenue officers will start January 1st and 2nd to cover the county and assist residents with the new income tax returns. They will meet the public at Murphy headquarters and help prepare forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Internal Revenue
Louis Murphy
Walking the Channel in Neolithic Ireland to Europe
The article notes ancient foot travel from Dublin to Paris during Neolithic times when Ireland, Britain, and Europe were land connected. It observes today’s sea depression along the channel coasts is again moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel
Dublin
Paris
Ireland
Britain
Europe
Ladies’' Home Journal
Southern Role for Gail Kane in a New Picture
Miss Gail Kane stars in the American Mutual production Southern Pride as Lucile de Montrond. Her character hails from a Creole family facing peril as her brother schemes, a money lender presses fraud, and a fatal struggle leads to a final, hopeful resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Kane
Charles Frohman
Miss Kane
Lucile de Montrond
Francois
Gaspar Laroche
Lucile
Laroche
To Climb a Fence
A wooden stairway on both sides of a fence eases farmer work by preventing fence damage and injuries from climbing while preserving the fence as a barrier to stock.
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ZEP
Wondercraft
Harold Hartman
Dewey, Okla
Smith W. Brookhart
CC. D. Leggett
Jefferson County Hospital
Geo. M. Ball
Lewis McCleary
Batavia
Mary Tweedy
Fairfield
Harold Pence
State University
Iowa City
Mrs
W. H. Pence
Charles H. Meer
Julius Tappert
Davenport
Mrs. Meer
George Leggett
Aviation Corps
Columbus
Ohio
Judge
C. D. Legget
People
South B Street
W. Harrison
L. Peasley
Leader Store
Lowe and
C Streets
W. B. Holcomb
C. G. Taylor
North Main Street
Charles Lewis
Journal Office
Rhode Island
South Court Street
A _ Jersey-Guernsey
Levi Prasley
West Harrison
Third
Red Cross
J. M. McKain
Iowa
South Third Street
West Broadway
Orpheum
Orpheum Orchestra
Paramount Picture Corp
Vivian
Martin
Gladys Stockwell
Fairfield Theatre
New Orleans
Charlie Chaplin
Floorwalker
Edith
Tarantula
Pepe Peg
el Paso
Golden State Limited
Kansas City
Deming, N. M
Camp Cody
California
P. F. McNew
Horlick
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