Dark Horse Element in Iowa Gubernatorial Fight
Democratic candidate Clyde Herring gains momentum as election nears with business support and a hoped for strong independent female and business voter bloc. Kendall leads party machinery while Herring promises to purge graft and reform state finances. Whitaker strengthens district race. Fulton may underperform for Republicans.
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Clyde Herring
League of Nations
Wilson
State House
Kendrall
Herring
Kendall
The
Tribune
Battles Over Iowa Politics Stir Voter Advice
Miss E. E. Sparks of Batavia urges Iowa women to vote for honesty and reform, criticizing Governor Harding and Republican leaders for alleged corruption. She argues Republicans have betrayed core principles and urges voters to elect only honest, worthy officials, including opposing the party ticket until leaders face consequences.
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EB. E. Sparks
Batavia
The
Tribune
State House
Iowa
Bill Harding
Towa
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Lee Brown
Bill Lorimer
Nate Kendall
Kendall
Harding
Lincoln
Grant
Cossen
Jefferson County
E. E. Sparks
Woman Sustains Burns in West Washington Heater Explosion
Mrs Arthur Louden suffered severe burns when a gas heater exploded at her home on West Washington street last Saturday. Initial fears for her sight prompted urgent care from a St Louis specialist, but reports now indicate her eyes will be saved and she is expected to recover fully.
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West Washington Street
Arthur Louden
St. Louis
Louden
New York
Wisconsin
Fairfield
Democratic Women to Meet in Library Hall Friday
A meeting of the democratic women of the county is called to be held in Library hall this Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Full attendance is strongly urged for this important gathering.
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Library Hall
It Pays to Tie to the Tribune
Farmers and business people learn that quality printing boosts sales for hogs potatoes and goods. The Tribune advertises its prints as a key to success, inviting readers to see how good printing pays.
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the Tribune
Tribune
Girl and farmer win Tribune prizes
Gladys McCabe, 806 South Seventh street, won first prize of 3 dollars for finding a missing sentence in the miniature Tribune contest. Farmer C. E. Buerkens of route seven won second prize of 2 dollars. Ten prizes worth 2 dollars each remain unclaimed in Fairfield with copies hidden about town.
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Gladys
J. C. McCabe
South Seventh Street
Miniature Tribune
C. E. Buerkens
Route Seven
Fairfield
Tribune
Health nurse reports September school visits and patients
County Health Nurse Miss Merle Wright documents September activity visiting Liberty Des Moines Walnut Linby Polk and Buchanan schools examining 216 pupils for vision hearing nasal obstruction tonsils and teeth. 61 referred to dentists 23 advised eye exams 90 to see physicians. Pleasant Plain high and middle grades screened 74 for physical culture. Three well babies weighed. two tuberculosis cases visited.
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Merle Wright
Liberty Township
Buchanan
Des Moines
Walnut
Linby School
Polk
Pleasant Plain High School
C. W. Bailey
Parsons Faculty Recital Opens Series At Barhydt Chapel
Professor Allan Bacon opens Parson College Conservatory’s fall recital series with a piano recital at Barhydt Chapel next Monday at 8 pm. The program features Mozart, Mendelssohn, Chopin with works including Fantasia in C minor and two Mendelssohn etudes. The series continues with four more piano recitals by Bacon and a final joint vocal recital by Miss Margaret White and Professor Mountain.
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Allan Bacon
Barhydt Chapel
Parson College Conservatory
Bacon
Margaret White
Mountain
Mozart
Mendelssohn
Chopin
Retired farmer attacked by bull near city
Frank P. McGohan 51 of five South Fifth street was seriously injured Wednesday when a bull gored him at his farm three and a half miles northeast of the city. He had recently recovered from pneumonia and was taken to the county hospital in critical condition with severe injuries.
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Frank P. McGohan
South Fifth Street
McGohar
Clinton McGohan
Henry Rider Seeks Iowa Over California for Work
Henry Rider returns to Tribune press rooms after leaving for California. He cites California’s high cost and many well to do residents as reasons he would not stay, preferring Iowa where wages are steadier. He notes Los Angeles booming and predicts peak tourist travel this winter.
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California
Henry Rider
Tribune
Golden Gate State
Henry
Los Angeles
Rider
Election Judges And Clerks Are Selected
The November election assigns judges and clerks across townships like Walnut, Penn, Blackhawk, Packwood, Abingdon, Batavia, Brookville, Center, Fairfield wards, Buchanan, Lockridge, Round Prairie, Cedar, Liberty and Des Moines townships with listed officials, showing no women named among the elect officials chosen by the board of supervisors.
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County Board of Supervisors
Llowing
Board of Supervisors
Walnut Township
Walter Kurtz
R. C. Messer
J. A. Linn
Cierks
Frank M. Peck
Wil! Craft
Penn Township
O. G. Gowey
Elmer Coffin
W. H. Lynn
Cerks
J. J. Kyle
A. la Coop
Blackhawk
E. B. Hannah
Dymond McCracken
R. B. Picken
J. M. Horn
I. R. Woolums
Packwood
H. Myers
Ju. K. Wallace
J C. Cowan
F. E. Stewart
J .C. Hill
Abingdon
C. O. Myers
P. J. Snyder
Fk. P. Mowery
R. R. Wilson
R. F. Collins
Auto business relocations reshuffle city firms
The Hannah Auto company moves from the Masonic building to the Orpheum on West Broadway, while J. E. Cohagan moves into Hannah’s former rooms. Cohagan plans Buick sales and service with extensive repair work, aided by D. D. Howell in basement vulcanizing and battery service. Hannah acquires a Briggs Street building fronting feed barn, expanding floor space.
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Hannah Auto Company
Masonic
Orpheum
West Broadway
J. E. Cohagan
Hannah Company
Cohagan
Buick
Ben Stortz
Park
D. D. Howell
Hannah
Briggs Street
Curious Cheese Quest Declines and Delivers
A lighthearted local tale follows two young women asking for cheese across several shops. They seek a non aged, mild variety for odd uses like roof repairs and embroidery before finally finding a shop with cheese and securing their purchase.
Tuberculosis Clinic Planned at Jefferson County Hospital
A tuberculosis clinic will be held at Jefferson County hospital on October 14 under the County Medical Society and public health nursing service. Dr. John H. Peck of Des Moines leads the effort. Patients with TB or those recently exposed or with suspected examinations are urged to report for examination and guidance at no charge.
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John H. Peck
Des Moines
Jefferson County Hospital
County Medical Society
Public Health Nursing Service
Club Secretary Jones Resigns for Des Moines Post
R. S. Jones resigns as secretary of the Community club and the Retail Merchants association to take a job in Des Moines as membership secretary of the Commercial club there.
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Jones
R. S. Jones
Community Club
Retail Merchants Association
Des Moines
Commercial Club
Woman Sentenced to 25 Years for Murder of Constable
Mrs Turner Munson was sentenced to twenty five years at Rockwell City reformatory for the murder of Constable William Wallace. She had offered a guilty plea to a first degree murder charge and admitted killing the officer but pleaded justification. Parole possible after service.
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Wapello
Turner Munson
Woman’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
William Wallace
Farm sells for 525 an acre in Glidden Iowa
Marsh Bunting sold his quarter section farm on the Lincoln highway near Glidden for 525 dollars an acre, said to be the highest price ever paid for an Iowa farm. The tract lies on the former Marsh Creek marsh once famed as a duck hunter paradise.
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Sells
Glidden
Iowa
Marsh Bunting
Lincoln Highway
Ditch Drainage Costs Stir County Board Talk
County supervisors hear farmers claim damages exceeding half a million dollars for a Cedar Creek drainage ditch project to straighten overflowed bottom land. Bridges alone may cost $300,000, prompting debate on funding and a October 20 meeting to decide the proposal.
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Board of Supervisors
Cedar Creek
Court House
Hosette
Collins
Anna L
Dros
AOR
Keller
T. Sy
Asaereieeee
Frauiks
Gust
Jule
Maggie Sieaccseee
Erickson
Noah A
Whitmore
Chas
Carter
Harley
Bursy
Louis
Albert
McClain
Fred
Aronson
Nels
Sellars
Edgar
Crawford
John
Carsons
Jin Ae Eeneel Keller
Fred L
Speer
Andrew
DeWitte
B. F
Dailey
O. D
Seveesreccseee
McCleary
J. Teel i Moai
Cavin & Bruggenmeyer
Laird
G. W
Solionaint
Dustin
Parrott
P. M
Foreman
George
Ankrom
Robinson
W. G
Devore
A. Gb
Cade Tastabees Ails
Pattison
Old Soldiers Meet in Happy Reunion at Park
Jefferson county Civil War veterans gathered for a reunion with about sixty registrants and twenty five from outside the city. Spectators filled the park to hear speeches and songs, with an evening program at Library hall. At a business meeting James Gregg was elected president J Chester vice president and John M Loehr secretary and treasurer.
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Jefferson County
Hiram Heaton to Celebrate 75th Birthday
Old pupils and friends gather at Hiram Heaton’s home on October 16 to honor his seventy fifth birthday with a civic observance. Heaton, a longtime local resident, will be celebrated by community members and former students.
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Hiram Heaton
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L. E. Copeland
Ross L. Parrott
Brookville
D. J. Johnston
H. C. Gantz
F. K. Laughlin
Harry Bradfield
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Center Township
W. D. Hudgel
G. P. Nelson
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E. G. Carlson
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Harlan Gossick
J. M. Fry
J. A. West
Lon H. Israel
C. L. Parrott
Second Ward
L. J. Nelson
J. F. Deardorff
Jeff G. Pence
Chas. H -Gage
G. W. Gaumer
Third Ward
A A. D. Long
J. W. Price
W. V. Linden
Fourth Ward
G. A. Castile
J. E. Hickenbottom
F. P. Ball
W. S. Samuelson
E. M. Blough
Buchanan Township
J. M. Blair
Ed Ogden
H. W. Rider
G. C. Peterson
Guy Overhoser
Lockridge Township
Lewis Achenbach
T. P. Johnson
L. E. Zihlman
G. G. Hillman
A. B. Dieys
Lockridge City
A. F. Johnson
Albert Larson
C. J. Reeder
V. O. Sodergren
C. A. Rauscher
Round Prairie Township
Wm. Parson
Parvin Howell
Marshall Case
Jas. H. Blucher
A. L. Emerson
Cedar Township
C. N. Blough
Ed Pequignot
Omar Tracht
A. R. Fickel
H. C.fickel
H. C. Pattison
Carter Lawson
R.S. Johnston
T. M. Adkisson
B. Stephenson
J. A. Stewart
J. I. Glotfelty
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W. C. Miller
C. L. Taylor
Chas. F. Smith
J. E. Cohagen
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