Booster Trip Report and Wartime Flight of Iowa Doctors
A booster trip to advertise the Labor Day Picnic faced morning rain but finished successfully with thirty-five carloads of supporters, ending in Graettinger and Ringsted. Separately, Iowa doctors Kurg Joynt and Elmer Weik fled Europe during wartime, enduring peril from bombs and military guards, traveling through Berlin and London to reach America, then returning home via Quebec after a harrowing journey.
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Boosters
Terril
Ringsted
Graettinger
Auto racer Wishart killed in Elgin road race crash
Spencer Wishart, veteran auto racer, led the 801 mile Elgin national road race before his car overturned Saturday afternoon. Mechanician John Jenter badly hurt. Wishart suffered multiple injuries and both were rushed to hospital unconscious. Mrs Wishart cheered as he passed. accident blamed on furious pace. Wishart had averaged nearly 78 mph for most of the race, about 5 mph faster than the former record.
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Spencer Wishart
Sioux City
John Jenter
Wishart
Stamps To Issue Two And Five Cent Peace Seals
Postmaster General Burleson announces a new postage stamp issue to mark the centenary of peace between the United States and Great Britain. The two cent stamp portrays a hemisphere with an American female figure and Britannia clasping hands across it, while the five cent stamp features a winged figure with the dove of peace. Both carry the word Peace and the dates 1814 1914.
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Burleson
United States
Great Britain
Gr over Man Fatally Stabbed After Refused Quarrel
Two incidents are reported. Gruver resident Griese died from stab wounds sustained during a dispute while near Gruver. Ryan, the alleged assailant, surrendered in Minnesota after a countrywide search, with a sheriff’s inquiry ongoing at Estherville. Pope Pius X died in Rome after pneumonia, amid wartime grief. born 1835, priest 1858, bishop 1884, cardinal 1898, pope since 1908.
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Pope Pius X
Rome
Auto Turns Turtle Dr Waite in Michigan auto crash near Ringsted
A powerful Michigan auto driven by Dr Waite and with Mr Stehle from Fenton overturned twice two miles south of Ringsted Sunday evening. Stehle was thrown clear. Waite pinned beneath the car as gasoline leaked and a fire started. Witnesses helped, doctors arrived, Waite to N H Nelson home, Stehle to his Fenton residence. Waite suffered rib and lung injuries, hand cut, while Stehle had a badly broken collar bone. Both men likely to recover after a near fatal crash caused by drinking and disorderly conduct at a ball game earlier. They also dragged a buggy at the livery barn before leaving town.
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Dr. Waite
Michigan Auto
Ringsted
Stehle
Fenton
Luke Schmidt
Waite
N. H. Nelson
Steele
Main Street
Tuberculosis is Preventable Special from Des Moines urges open air living
Evidence mounts that open air living reduces tuberculosis and other diseases. Des Moines notes that sleeping outdoors, even in winter, boosts resistance, with many residents visiting Oakdale Sanatorium for treatment and retraining. Emphasis on staying long enough per physician guidance to avoid relapse. Injured by Auto Tire Titanka teen seriously hurt when tire ring struck temple. skull bone removed. condition precarious.
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Des Moines
Great Stairs
Oakdale
Royal Highway
der. Scarborough
Towa
Herbert Callies
Titanka
Tie
Wedded Yesterday At H N Osher Home
A pretty wedding was held Wednesday August 25 at the Osher home in this city for Lydia Ingeborg Englund and Fritz William Englund. Rev Cuthbert officiated in a yellow and white parlor ceremony followed by a dinner repast and plans for a Minneapolis honeymoon. The bride, educated at Estherville and Iowa City University, taught math last year in Audubon. the groom, a rising dentist from Muscatine, will start married life with bright prospects.
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H. N. Osher
Lydia Ingeborg
Fritz William Englund
Cuthbert
M. E. Church
Mable
Oscar i Englund
Minneapolis
Muscatine
Estherville High School
Iowa City University
Audubon High School
Inglund
War correspondence trials in occupied Belgium
A private letter from a Twelish correspondent with Belgian forces describes wartime travel hurdles. Despite a pass from the war office and a signed general seal, locals refuse recognition. Peasants and youths patrol villages, detaining travelers outside Brussels and demanding papers during police searches.
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Belgium
Brussels
Judge Quarton Gains Favor in Algona Campaign Visit
The progressive candidate for Congress, Judge Quarton of Algona, engaged voters in the vicinity Saturday night. He delivered a strong street corner address but could not be present for the later office function due to duties there. He left with many friends in Titonka and area.
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Judge Quarton
Algona
Congress
Haing
Jad
Titon
Swea City Farmer Lands 400 Acre Muskeg Farm Near Little Falls
Knutson, a Swea City farmer, bought a 400 acre estate two miles from Little Falls Minnesota for 70 dollars per acre. The property features a 20 room mansion with eight granite fireplaces oak and bird's eye maple woodwork, 200 rods from the Mississippi, two furnaces electric lights a sensing system and modern improvements. An 80 acre surrounding park and 200 acres cleared with the rest timber complete the holding once owned by Major Moral a Minnesota political figure and millionaire. The seller urged rapid closing after Major Moral’s death, resulting in the unusually low price.
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Chas, Knutson
Swea
Little Falls
Minn
Knutson
Major Moral
Minnesota
Accidental Arm Injury From Threshing Machine
Dan Hickey suffered a severe arm injury while operating a threshing machine. While reaching for a dropped oil can near the separator, he neared the knives and sustained deep slashes to the arm muscle, requiring many stitches. Dr. Cresmeyer treated the wounds. recovery was gradual.
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Dan Hickey
Cresmeyer
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Kurg
S. U. S. College
Iowa City
Elmer Weik
America
Europe
Weich
West Liberty
Dr. Joynt
Emmetsburg
Berlin
Vienna
Koenigsberg
Holland
Joynt
Iowa
London
Greenland
Quebec
Albert Joynt
Emmets
Weih
Gruver
Clause Griese
Dolliver
Butler
Estherville
Ryan
Griese
Sherburne
Ceylon
Fene
Dispatch
Namur
London Times
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