Iowa News Roundup Highlights Local Events Across State
Web ster City to hold watermelon day as part of Hamilton county exposition. Des Moines papers note camps for Citizen's Military Training, hog price talks, typhoid rates, and farm life features. Iowa fairs plan dog show, dairy records set, and state leaders discuss public health, education, and war prevention campaigns.
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Des Moines
Eighth
Pleasant Streets
War Department
Seventh Corps
Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Webster City
Ann Sattler
Home Economics
Iowa Samte College
Henry Wemp
Lujlish Beach
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Wesley Johnson
Webster County
Conference On
Chicago
Iowa Fleece Wool Growers ‘Association
Story County
Iowa State College Farm
Experiment Station
Association
Fort Des Moines
Fort ‘Snetting
Fort Leavenworth
Fort
Board of Health
Fannie Gannon
Woodbury County
Raleigh
Torono
Sherman Nursery Company
Charles City
Pearly’s
St. Lambert
W. J. Dames
McCoy
Oregon
Iowa State College
Hoss Smith
Kendall
Gibson
National Conference of Catholic Charities
E. Mae Sweany
Council
Glenn Frank
The
Century Magazine
University of Iowa
Public Health Department of
State
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
State Fair Management
Multiple deaths and legal actions dominate Prescott to Port Washington scene
Injunction halts Diamond Creek power project in Prescott. Tex and Herman Trammell shot by tenant Homer Smith near Tex Ga. John G Price elected grand exalted ruler of Elks in Boston. Detroit’s Henry re elected AAAs president. Pa Supreme Court strikes down soldier bonus bill. Norwegian Lutherans push church state separation. Wilcoxen murders wife and kills himself in Michigan City. Ind. Sioux Falls indictments quashed denied. Clampitt, a girl forger, killed fleeing jail. Denver edu head Newton named NAS president. Brothers drown saving brother on Rock Lake. Debates over Rock Island and Tennessee issues note. Rockefeller marks 85th birthday. Georgia to oppose child labor amendment. Lamme dies in East Liberty. Calvin Coolidge Jr dies in D C hospital. Cassady found dead. Rear Admiral Stanton dies. Adee dies. Nastings dies.
Global unrest and elections spark varied shocks across nations
The text reports on many 1920s era events: Vázquez elected president of a republic. Velázquez as vice president. Bravilian troops kill 250 rebels at Sao Paulo barracks. Moroccan siege with heavy garrison losses. Adolph Hitler imprisoned and resigning amid revolts. Greece seeking credits with Venizelos and a Ford loan to Detroit. a bomb thwarted in Lemburg. Jay resigning from Bucharest. Romania’s debt stance and Standard Oil conflict. Irene Thomas sets a new world speed record in France. Pedro Aguirre Cerda to form Chile cabinet. Tokyo navy air force expansion. power project in Free State. church union bill in Canada. British traders strike threat. round-the-world fliers visiting Persia. Honduras elections orderly with Nationalists prevailing. Ambassador Warren to return to the U.S. and Dawson to succeed.
Pearl Owner Risks It All on Imitation Pearl
An international buyer known as Mr. Z traveled from Paris with a celebrated black pearl. A famed jeweler in New York proposed cracking the gem to prove authenticity, offering replacement if fake. The plank result: the pearl proved imitation.
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Paris
Mr. Z
Seeing Wonders In The World We Miss Often
A brief reflection on the richness of everyday sights and sounds that common minds overlook. The author notes the power of focused attention to sharpen perception and recalls a vivid line about Indians and dogs as metaphors for heightened senses.
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David Grayson
What Are We Coming To
A satirical reflection on domestic roles notes columnist views from a New York Evening Post piece. It imagines readers from a city where a temperate opera singer’s wife and a man’s cozy home routines illustrate shifting marital dynamics and gender expectations.
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New York Iivening Post
Something to Think About by F. 4. WALKER
A reflection on how seemingly ordinary friends rise steadily to success. They endure, plan, and pursue quietly, studying great pioneers like Washington Lincoln and Milton. The piece urges persistence against doubters, praising grit over flashy talent.
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F. 4
Walker
Elephants at Work in Burma Log Rolling Mills
A report describes elephants used in Burmese lumber mills to move logs into position. Two elephants push logs up inclined skids while a third acts as boss, wielding anchor chain as a whip if needed. At whistle time they stop and eat, and the log often crashes even when close to the platform.
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Burma
Mount Athos Monastery Chilandari Destroyed by Fire
The famed Chilandari monastery on Mount Athos was destroyed by fire. Chilandari housed a renowned gold-letter Gospel manuscript on vellum and a chest of Serbian ecclesiastical art. In 1910 Bulgarian monks raided Chilandari from Zographon, reflecting a history of tension on the Holy Mountain.
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Chilandari
Mount Athos
Greece
Andronicus Comnenag
Chilandart
Zographon
Monkey Heist in London Jeweler’s Shop
In 1910 a well dressed man in a heavy overcoat visited a London jeweler and asked to see valuable rings. While the attendant fetched another tray the man’s mirror showed a long arm emerging from his pocket to steal rings, and both man and monkey fled. Police later found the rooms packed with stolen items, all traced to the clever simian thief.
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London
Monkey
Mail Box of Concrete Combines Utility with Beauty
A concrete rural mailbox designed by the post office department promises weather and rust resistance with ample space for three postal matters. It features an overhanging roof to keep rain out and a securely fastened metal door. Also included are unrelated notes on bird flight speeds and DIY tips such as improving rough interior door handles and a method to remove a bullet from a rifle barrel.
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Trong
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