Submarine S-61 Heroic Deaths and Park Notes
Readers recall the S-61 submarine tragedy with Lieut Foster found at the control lever and twenty five sailors unaccounted for. The piece also highlights Iowa’s Anamosa state park urging picnics, prison labor roadwork, and local pride alongside remarks on jazz impact and a judge’s DUI fine in Cresco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Weel
York
Foster
Lieut. Foster
Norfolk
Virginia
National Cemetery
Ungton
Health Talk by Miss Farmer at Presbyterian Woman’s Meeting
Miss Farmer, a health nurse, spoke to the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society at Mrs. Edwin Wilcox's home on health problems. She urged adherence to food and posture commandments, promoting a diversified diet including milk, fruit, vegetables, and cereals, and warned against heavy protein diets.
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Katherine
Presbyterian’ Women's Missionary Society
Edwin. Wilcox
Farmer
America
Boston
Martin Edwards
Edwards
Monticello Band Plans July 22 Concert Commemorating WWI Start
The Monticello Municipal Band led by Frank A. Royden schedules a patriotic concert on Thursday July 22 marking the eighth anniversary of the first American offensive in World War I. The program includes marches overtures vocal solos and encores with an American Legion post dedication and an auxiliary ice cream social at the city park.
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Monticello
Frank A. Royden
Arthur P. O'Rourke
American Legion
Spirit of America
Intermiasion
O. B. Crane
Stars and Stripes Forever
Boys of the Old Brigade
American Legion Auxiliary
Local Items from Des Moines and Nearby Areas
Heavy rains flooded Catfish creek washing out part of a side rail track. Olin nine lost 16 to 5 after facing reformatory nine in Anamosa. Eldo Stingley and Miss Clarice Carter married in Des Moines with Rev. Dillavou officiating. Town considers new Chippewa deep well pump costing about 1500 dollars to replace the old waterworks pump to ensure steady water flow.
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Catfish Creek
Olin
Anamosa
Reformatory Nine
Reformatory
Eldo ‘Stingley
Clarice Carter
Des Moines
C. C. Dillavou
Cecil Glick
Nellie Mac Sealls
Wizard chess and checkers mind reader stuns LA Times
A Los Angeles Times report describes a man who recently played ten games of chess and twenty-eight of checkers simultaneously. He claims to keep all moves in memory and even mail letters in his head, showcasing an extraordinary memory and cognitive feat.
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South America
William M. McGovern
Los Angeles Times
Parisian Life and Leisure Through an American Visitor
A 1926 account chronicles Paris as alluring and libertine, naming landmarks like the Louvre Notre Dame and Place de Concorde, and detailing theater districts, Grand Prix racing at Longchamp, fashion, wages, and the franc’s devaluing impact. It notes English newspapers, tourist habits, and a cautious view of Americans abroad returning home aboard the President Roosevelt.
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Paris
Perse
France
America
Louvre
Champs Elysees
Arc de Triomphs
Bois de Boulogne
Notre Dame Cathedral
the Madeleine
Place de Concorde
Louis XVI
Marie -Antoinette
Robespierre
Madam Bolang
Place
X Itr
Napoleon
Palais de Justice
Charles 11
Supreme Tribunal
Pantheon
Pere Lachaise
de l'Opera
Opera
Odeon
Comedie, Francaise
Opera-Comique
Sarah Bernhardt
Cabaret du Neant
Sidventurous
Latin Quarter
sZell
Longchamps
Volain's
Bob Ingersoll
Prince Albert
England
Spain
Paris Sports
Jack Jennings
Jack
the Express
New ‘York Herald
Chicago Tribune
Paris Times
London
United States
Cherbourg
Europe
Roosevelt
U. S. Line
Fried
J. W. Doxshe
Among the Churches Sunday Services and School Schedule
St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church lists Sunday School at 9 30 a m and English service at 10 30 a m under Pastor Ide. Reformed Church with Pastor R P Kuentzel notes Sunday school at 10 a m and German service at 11 a m followed by English service at 7 45 p m.
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St. Matthew's Ev. Lutheran Church
Congregational and Presbyterian Union Service Notice
Sunday services planned with morning worship at 11 o clock led by Pastor George W McNary then a union evening service at 8 o clock at the Presbyterian church. St John s Evangelical Lutheran Church announces no services at St John s and Trinity next Sunday July 18. Public invited. Paul T Gutknecht pastor.
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Congregational Church
George W. McNary
the Presbyterian Church
St. John’s Ey. Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
St. John's
Trinity
Presbyterian Service Schedule for July 18
Leonard Duckett leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11. The Rev. George C. Long of Center Junction will preach at 7 16 p.m. in the Christian Endeavor service. Union evening service features the Rev. George W. McNary delivering the sermon.
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Presbyterian Church
Leonard Duckett
George C. Long
Presbyterian Church of
Center Junction
Christian Endeavor
Union
George W. McNary
Mussolinis Grim Jest and Curb on Italian Press
The Boston Transcript notes Mussolini proposes to remove merriment from Italian newspapers, a grim joke accusing him of aiming to make the country great by squeezing life from its people. The observation highlights sardonic humor about state control of culture.
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Boston Transcript
Mussolini
Middle West
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Notable Local Obituaries and Events Across Iowa Towns
A roundup of local notices lists Frank Carnegie dying in Maquoketa, and Glen Palmer’s suicide near Edgewood. It reports H W Priem elected superintendent at Greeley consolidated school and Ralph W Johnson chosen as Dubuque High principal from 66 candidates. Other items note open golf links at Dyersville, a $2 million Delhi dam, a Bangkok? no, Siamese chick at Fort Dodge, Miss Robbins wedding in Salonika with Esther Jamison as bridesmaid, and Edward McGranahan’s self-inflicted death near Newhall amid heat.
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Frank Carnegie
Maquoketa
H.W. Priem
Greeley
Hopkinton
Ralph W. Johnson
Hastings
Nebraska
Dubuque
Dyeraville
Stromburg
Fort Dodge
George L. Schulte
Dubuqne
Clement C. Williams
University of Illinois
College of Applied Science
University of Iowa
William G. Raymond
Ryan
Iowa
Delhi
Iowa Electric Company
Wilbert Anderson
Independence
Upper Iowa University
Friends of the College
Seventh Judicial District Bar Convention
Davenport
W. W. Scott
W. K. Maines
Scott County
J. W. Jackson
Muscatine
A. P. Barker
Clinton
C. L. Ely
Ely
Judge House
Mary Robbins
Grinnell College
Salonica
Greece
Maurice Bigelow
Esther Jamison
Monticello High School
Salonika College
McGranahan
Warning to Motorists in Monticello City
Mayor B. EB. warns motorists about child drivers under fifteen and children in roadways. Marshal enforcement will remove cars after a second offense. fast speeds and loud mufflers upset traffic. Police expansion planned to curb speed demons and cutouts at hospital approaches.
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Monticello
First Street
McDonald Hospital
A Lazy Man and the Value of Work
A terse reflection notes that laziness blinds many to the effort others invest in labor and progress, contrasting idleness with industry and endeavor.
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Jones County
Towa
Crésco
Jules Verne
Edward S. Byana
Linto
Wells
Globe
Lincoln
Lilinofa
Illinois
Brookhart
President Coolidge
White House
Adirondacks
Boone News-Republican
Mussolinis
Neighborhood News
Carroll Herald
Friends of
Ames Abe
Monticello State Bank
Monticello, Iowa
Hardin County
Lake Killarney
Arcadia Valley
Missouri
Marquis de Mores
Little Missouri
Dakota
Medora
Whitewater River
Whitewater State Park
Minnesota
Winona
Great Bend
Kansas
Arkansas River
Quivira
Coronado
Lookout Mountain
South Dakota
Seward’s Cave
Dutton
Lake Shore
St. Meinrad
Mont Cello
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