October in Iowa and the nation’s looming tasks
The piece laments Iowa October beauty and seasonal change while shifting to national concerns. It argues for renewed American leadership in world reconstruction, disarmament, and trade, citing Dr. Butler on aiding Europe and reviving employment and production at home. It ends urging resolve against isolationist mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Butler
Europe
Wilson
Movement For World Peace
Los Angeles Times
John Wesley Ward a busy Dexter washer promoter in Iowa
Portrait and career sketch of John Wesley Ward born in Fairfield. He rose from dry goods clerk to advertiser for the Dexter Washing Machine Company, selling to farmers and managing campaigns that kept machines on shelves. He rejects preacher life, champions cleanliness, and is described as a straight, reliable figure in the local business world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Ward
John Wesley
Fairfield
John
Thorne
John Wannamaker
Marshall Field
Kresges
Belleville
Ill
East St. Louis
Dexter Washing Machine Company
Dexter
Wesley
The Folly of Isolation Warns of Trade Decline
A semi annual report from the American Chamber of Commerce warns that US foreign trade has sharply fallen in six months with exports dropping from 4.16 billion to 2.47 billion and a shrinking surplus. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler argues isolation harms prosperity urging engagement with foreign markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Department
American Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Ontte
America
Return of an Old Swindle From Barcelona
The Des Moines Capital reports the familiar Barcelona swindle resurgent with John J. Killey receiving a plea to help free a prisoner in exchange for a share of a supposed 360000 windfall. The victim would supply 120000, with readers warned this is a classic scam revived amid other local payday schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Ford Dodge Messenger
John J. Killey
Arizona
Des Moines
Unfailing barometer of business warns on profits
The piece argues price levels for wheat, corn, cotton and copper foretell economic health. If November prices stay above set thresholds, relief and recovery are imminent. if they fall, warn of an economic cyclone and urge actions to aid the unemployed.
Knox and Borah contrasted in Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes Senator Knox did not seek prominence by drastic means and was not a Borah type in manner or approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Cedar Rapids
Official Bankruptcy Paper for County Remains in Use
The Wilson administration produced official bankruptcy papers for the county, a role that persisted into the Democratic administration. Despite the shift in office, the paper remains the official record in that work, and with the administration change, business in this area has increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney Review
Objectionable Styles and Foreign Affairs Spark City Satire
The item mocks new fashion, salesmen, and global politics with wry quips. It notes China and Japan warning words, Ireland seeking league entry, and Topeka's city announcements. It ends by contrasting a bad day of travel with domestic woes.
Murder editor slain in Arkansas. killer gets ninety nine years
A Golden Colorado transcription notes an editor murdered in Arkansas with a killer sentenced to 99 years in prison while another killer who murdered a lawyer receives seven years. The piece mocks graft tolerance and reflects on unemployment and a newspaper man’s heaven anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden
Colo
Transcript
Arkansas
Centerville student tops course at local field
Francis Drew of Centerville finished the course with one of the highest grades ever given by Curtiss Iowa Aircraft Co. He plans to buy a plane soon as a capable pilot. A Curtiss Standard plane with 160 hp motor landed for fuel. It was owned by J W Lambert of West Virginia and piloted by Mr Dooley. They had been in Montana and were bound for Oklahoma where Lambert has oil interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
St. Peter
Francis Drew
Centerville
Drew
Curtiss-Iowa Aircraft, Co
Hev
J. W. Lambert
West Virginia
Mr. Dooley
Lambert
Montana
Oklahoma
Local Flight Service Plans Weekly Trips At Fairfield
Ray Richardson of Ollie, a student, was called home on business and expects to return soon to resume his flying course. The local plane will remain in Fairfield on Thursdays for residents to take air trips. Come out and bring friends before the weather turns cold. Five dollars per trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Richardson
Ollie
Fairfield
Funeral flowers dropped at military service cause apology
The flowers fell on the grave during a Sunday funeral due to a time misunderstanding. The pilot expresses regret. Curtiss Iowa Aircraft earned 500 dollars from fares for transporting passengers to the Iowa Iowa Illinois football game, with two loads from Ft. Dodge in a six passenger plane and three loads in Orioles from Des Moines. A strong passenger business accompanied the Iowa City Notre Dame game transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss-Iowa Aircraft Corporation
Iowa City
Ft. Dodge
Des Moines
Flier Survives Snow Storms On Midwest Flight
Cloyce Hamilton and Earl Campbell flew from Monmouth Illinois to Fairfield Iowa amid three snow storms near Mt Pleasant. They could see nothing but continued until the bad storm was passed. Both work for Iowa Curtiss Aircraft and marketed mileage books for air travel during promotions. Prem Bory went to Des Moines from Fairfield and brought Yates the Register photographer to Iowa City for the Iowa Notre Dame game, then rushed back to Des Moines so photos could be printed in the Sunday edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloyce Hamilton
Mt. Pleasant
Monmouth
Ill
Fairfield
Iowa
Earl Campbell
Cloyce
Iowa-Curtiss Aircraft Corporation
Prem Bory
Des Moines
Yates
Register
Iowa City
Keota Eagle
Airplane Race For Hidden Canada Gold Mine
Rival Seattle mining syndicates race to stake a claim near Pitt Lake behind three peaks west of Vancouver. One party seizes a head start by boat. the other hires an airplane to locate the valley from the air and returns to land near New Westminster. The second group imitates, flies to Pitt Lake, and lands, discovering the rival claim was secured hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Canada
Seattle
Pitt Lake
New Westminister
Pits Lake
Papa
Cedar Rapids to hold special election on $500000 reservoir and incinerator bond
The Cedar Rapids city council authorized a special election in the next month or six weeks to approve a $500,000 bond issue for a new reservoir and an incinerator plant. If approved, digging will begin this winter and masonry work in spring to provide winter jobs for unemployed laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
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Dubuque County
Michigan City
Ind
Dispatch
Virgil W. Church
Here
Creston
Evans
Reid
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China
Japan
Ireland
League of Nations
Topeka
Somey
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