Hard roads gain favor as highway commission earns respect
Governor Harding won a close race on mud roads but faces a shrinking margin due to growing support for hard roads. The Iowa state highway commission, once opposed, now earns county officials’ trust by enforcing durable, properly marked highways and rejecting graft and improvised repairs.
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Harding
Iowa State Highway Commission
County Boards of Supervisors
Highway Commission
Lown
Wilson the Party Leader Greeted in San Francisco
Readers note stark contrast between conventions. Chicago shows little enthusiasm while San Francisco exudes evident ardor for President Wilson who remains a party idol to rank and file. He embodies high virtues despite enmity from some leaders. The San Francisco reaction casts him as a unifying symbol.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Wilson
Scholarships for Ex service Men Funded in Iowa
The U S government uses unspent YMCA educational funds to support scholarships for ex service men in Iowa and Jefferson County with 398 allocated. Courses include correspondence study business college and short term mechanical and agricultural programs. A committee of Morris Carter and Ricksher will run the plan in Jefferson County with details to follow.
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U. S
France
Iowa
Jefferson County
A. R. Morris
Charles Carter
Red Cross
Charles Ricksher
American Legion
Packwood Man Attempts Suicide at Home
Charles Lisk of Packwood slashed his throat with a pocket knife in his barn after a schedule of troubling behavior. Neighbors and family intervened Sunday night but were unable to prevent the Tuesday evening act in his residence. The incident followed a recent return from a Kansas City business trip with mental distress observed by relatives.
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Packwood
Charles Lisk
Mr. Lisk
Virgil
Kansas City
Keosauqua Bride Union Ties Local Couple
Beulah Walters daughter of Mr and Mrs P M Walters of Fairfield married Gonah Shreckengost at the Christian parsonage in Fairfield. Rev R H Polly officiated the ceremony with the bride in blue crepe de chine. The groom a Keosauqua resident served in the navy in World War I and has eight ocean crossings. They will reside in Keosauqua.
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Keosauqua
Miss Beulah Walters
P .M. Walters
Fairfield
Gonah Shreckengost
Christian Parsonage
R. H. Polly
Miss Beulah
Birmingham
Navy
Birmingham Enterprise
Fairfield Ad Club Commends County Road Improvements
The Fairfield Advertising Club reports on extensive road work in Jefferson county after inspecting about 60 miles of routes. They praise drainage upgrades, new bridges, graded hills, and a long term plan aiming for August completion and state parity, urging motor patrols and more maintenance equipment.
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Fairfield Advertising Club
Fairfield
Burlington State Road
Labaugh Hill
Cit
Glasgow
Ball Farm
Libertyville
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Creek
Jefferson County
Fairfield Ad Club
It Pays to Tie to the Tribune
A local notice extols disciplined salesmanship and quality printing. Businessmen expect high standards reflecting their enterprise, and the Tribune emphasizes its tailored printing for them, asserting value in well-presented material.
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Tribune
Locust Invasion Surprises Missouri Near Iowa Line
Seventeen year locusts appear near the Missouri Iowa border. Boxed specimens reach F A Fenton of Iowa State College from Mason Missouri. Authorities are puzzled by the unexpected presence as forecasts expect New England emergence. No serious damage anticipated.
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Missouri
Iowa
Mason
F. A. Fenton
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
New England
Mississippi Valley
Country Faces Teacher Shortage Across High Schools
U S Bureau of Education estimate projects at least fifteen thousand college trained teachers needed in public high schools next September. Inquiry from 7,000 plus high schools shows 65,857 current teachers, 17,275 new teachers required for enrollment growth and attrition, total 25,978 vacancies expected before term begins.
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A. O. Neal
U. S. Bureau of Education
Bureau
Neal
Wayside Park Opens as Iowa Nature Spot for Picnics
E. R. Smith opens Wayside Park a ten acre beauty spot near Fairfield for public use with trails, diverse trees and wildflowers. The site features Cedar Creek views, wild animal haunts, and a plan to add a road access, picnic tables, and a wooden water well fashioned like colonial times.
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Wayside Park
Jefferson County
Iowa Park Commission
E. R. Smith
Iowa
Cedar Creek
Fairfield
George Duffield
Keosauqua
Marine in China Serves as Interpreter at American Legation
Private C. W. F. Childress, born to American parents in China, is the only U. S. marine who has never seen the United States. Enlisted at the legation, he speaks Chinese like a native and serves as an interpreter. He awaits the day he will visit America.
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Peking
China
U. S
United States
Legation
C. W. F. Childress
Marines
Enlsted
Chidress
I. O. O. F. to Demobilize Flag at Jefferson Lodge No 4
I O O F to demobilize its service flag Tuesday July 6 at 8 30 pm All Odd Fellows Rebekahs and friends invited J P Starr presiding Program includes Legion quartet music invocation Rev Frank Leeds legion quartet solo Leland Spalding address W G Ross lowering of flag refreshments served
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Jefferson Lodge No. 4
Legion Quartet
Fairfield Merchants Plan All Day Independence Day Closure
Fairfield merchants will close all stores Monday to observe Independence Day. All city banks will shut for the day with business largely suspended. The holiday will be broadly treated with minimal commerce and activity.
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Fairfield
Iowa Highway Marking Plan Aims to Guide Tourists
The Iowa highway commission will mark primary roads with bright yellow bands and black numerals, borrowing Wisconsin's system to aid travelers. Contracts awarded to Thoma & Son Inc for paint. four-map statewide tourist atlas to follow.
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Iowa
State Highway Commission
Thoma & Son ,Inc
Wsconsin
Wisconsin
Highway Commission
Commission
Commisson
County Engineers
Boards of County Supervisors
Thoma & Son, Inc
Wool prices to rise again says Davenport paper
The Davenport Democrat notes wool prices will likely rise as higher payments for wool push clothing costs up next year. Scott County ships its first wool car with 70 bales. prices cited from 70 to 75 cents per pound versus 55 to 60 cents previously. Local advice urges shipping finer grades while selling coarser at home.
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Davenport Democrat
Scott County
Davenport
Princeton
County Association
Wool Growers’ Association
Growers’ Association
Commercial Bulletin
M. H. Hoffman
Perkins Children Exhibit for State Fair
Sick and crippled children in the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital prepare an exhibit for the Des Moines state fair. Twenty five to thirty pupils, many first-time students, work in basketry raffia crochet knitting sewing yarn drawing and more while learning reading geometry and Cicero under Perkins law hospital classes.
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Children’s Hospital
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Atte
Cicero
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