Campaign fund raised to build new court house amid high prices
Anamosa residents face a campaign to raise a fund for a new county court house. The drive asks property owners to subscribe, warning taxpayers not to let leaders bear all costs. Critics blame waste in government and warn of rising building costs, while wartime financing remains under scrutiny. The piece notes Seattle harbor ships unused after government programs and discusses reactions to Wilson League ideas and Poland Russia battles.
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Anamona
Dave White
Harvey Owen
Anamosa
Dave
Harvey
Wilson
Seattle
Suffrage Pundits Face Party Alignment Debate
The piece notes women active in picketing wish a separate party but Catt urges alignment with existing parties. It also mocks Mark Sullivan on Idaho politics and Reed Smoot, and claims Cox talks too much while facing libel suits. The tone is opinionated and reflective of era political chatter.
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Catt
Theational Suffrage Association
Mark Sullivan
Idaho
Reed Smoot
Cascade Pioneer
Utah
Mark
Voters Learn How to Effect Change Through Ballot Box
Those who seek change know the method lies in using the ballot box. The statement emphasizes civic participation and the power of votes to decide public issues and leadership.
Calder Attacks Charleston Dry Dock Budget Waste
Senator Calder writes Secretary Daniels arguing the Charleston Navy Yard dry dock project remains unwanted and overcostly, predicting a total cost near twenty million dollars for a project no naval board recommends. He cites wartime waste and cites Representative Good on postwar duplications and misused funds. The piece frames ongoing government spending as crime and urges public scrutiny before November elections.
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Harvey's Weekly
Calder
Daniels
Charleston Navy Yard
Sie
Charleston
Naval Board
Naval
Representative Good
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
America
Treasury Department
Good
Wilson
Norfolk Ferries
United States
Warweariness in the League of Nations debate
Kansas City Times questions why the league has acted to end wars while awaiting US military and financial support. The piece argues the league lacks sovereignty attributes and policing power, noting calls for men and money and skepticism over member nations supplying force.
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Warsaw
Russia
Poland
League of Nations
Europe
Kansas City Times
League
United States
Gov. Cox
League of ‘Nations
Anamosa notices move and local life events span Iowa
Neighborhood news covers Sam May moving a laundry to Cedar Rapids, local graduations, anniversaries for Mrs. Kirkwood and Kucheman and Son, potential Moorehead caves park, and a Bellevue auto accident. It notes farm housing plans near Oxford Junction and a series of minor legal and civic items in Dubuque county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Sam May
Pearl Giddings Cruise
Olin
State University
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Iowa
Iowa City
Gerald Wood
Hale
Alma Mott
Oxford Junction
Moorehead
Maquoketa
John Bilott
Oxford Mills
Cascade Pioneer Describes Grinnell Construction Camp Arrival
Cascade Pioneer reports Grinnell Construction Company from Dennison Iowa arrived last Saturday with tents grading machinery wagons and a fifty man crew. They establish a camp on Phil Devine farm two and a half miles from Cascade to shift the road across Leytem and Devine land totaling six thousand four hundred dollars for seven acres with Leytem receiving the largest share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Pioneer
Grinnell Construction Company
Dennison
Iowa
Monticello
BE. J. Wilson
Phil Devine
Cascade
J. F. Leytem
Francis Clancy
Devine
Leytem
Reiter
Conlin
The Comforter Life and a Widow’s Quiet Consent
In eerie moonlight a frail widow consents to a proposal from a convincing stranger. He argues for the two dependent babes and a future for them. The lone man, a dealer in bogus oil stock, leaves buoyant and sure of the outcome.
County Fair Sets Revenue High in 1920 Jones County
The 1920 Jones County Fair posted a gross of $13,209.90, surpassing 1919’s $11,474.17. Improvements included a women’s restroom, expanded hog pavilion, and new cattle tent, with plans for a sales pavilion and cattle barn next year.
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The
Fair Association
the Fair Association
Nevey
Tom Shhaefer
G. P. Rockstad
H. M. Carlsen
Oxford Junction Defeats Wyoming 8 to 2 at Fair
Oxford Junction overwhelmed Wyoming with eight runs to two as they pulled away in the sixth and seventh innings. Wyoming opened scoring in the third but failed to score again until the fifth, while Oxford added seven runs in the final frames, clinching the win.
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Monticello
Worthington
Baum
Red Lucas
Tobin
Barnts
Bachler
Kohn
Snyder
Wolfe
Miller
Lucas
Qelke
Miner
Hauss
Honey
Alevy
Levsen
Crab
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Oxford
Cascade Drops Game to Manchester in Low-Scoring Bout
Cascade lost 9 to 7 to Manchester as Manchester pitcher McCauley scattered singles and a home run while Cascade struggled to connect with Stevenson's spitters. Cascade rallied late but Manchester maintained a two run edge.
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Cascade
Manchester
Stevenson
McCauley
Races at the Fair Highlight Wednesday Card
The program lists 2:80 trot with purse 500 featuring Peter Medium and Della Custer among entrants. 2:21 pace shows Nellie Canewood and Nancy V. G. with Dale Axtell in the field. times range 2:15 to 2:27 as horses compete in a busy midweek meet at the fairgrounds.
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Peter Medium
Dale Axtell
B. G
Thursday Races and Paramount Week At Princess Theatre
Race notes include 2:20 trot purse 31250 with Iowa Tramp and Fontella pacing times 2:18 to 2:17, Shady Sue mare and Time 2:16% in other trots. Paramount week previews for Princess theatre fall opening begin Monday September 6 with Tila Lee in Puppy Love and Marguerite Clark in Three Men and a Girl through September 11.
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Iowa Tramp
Capt
Mosby
Fontella
Orline C
Timo
Pace
Shady Sue
Moll
Bond Br. A
Iss Wheeler B. F
John M. B
Celsco
Kolonel Kier
Bonnie Bingen
Billfle
Margaret Miller
Paramount
Princess Theatre
Tila Lee
Marguerite Clark
Wallace Reid
Crane Theater
Frank Keenan
Brownell family plans travel to New York birthplace
J S Brownell of Wyoming, recently recovering from an ankle injury, will depart next week with his wife for a trip east visiting relatives in Wisconsin and Michigan en route to Han over New York. The trip aims to reach the birthplace of Mr. Brownell in Chautauqua County.
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J. S. Brownell
Wyoming
Thes
Waois
Michigan
Brownell
Hanover
Chautauqua County
New York
Fred Horton
Merlin Haynes
Webster
Anamosa
Kate Maurice
Monticello
Jones County
Central Division
Chicago
Miss Margaret Greer Returns to Teach at Strawberry Point
Local notices report Miss Margaret Greer returning from Colorado to resume teaching in Strawberry Point. The paper also notes a marriage in Hazel Green, wartime family visits, and crime and wartime naval service updates among area residents.
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Margaret Greer
Colorado
Strawberry Point
Dorothy Dunlap
Glen Geary
Gordon
Nebraska
J. ©. Dunlap
Hazel Green
Percy Nickliss
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Smith
Hopkinton
R. A. Wallace
Philippines
Jake Maine
Jon Bayles
Anamosa
Morley
Maine
Bayless
State Reformatory
al Olmsted
Sand Spring
Alfred Larkins
Arthur T. Larkins
Dardanelles
Jutland
Tempest
Jury fate weighed by attire and deceit expert opinion
The Marshalltown Times-Rep. notes a prediction that a wife who killed her husband and who has long manipulated men will face tough jury scrutiny from women jurors. The Sioux City Journal adds a parallel thought that clothes define the wife yet harm the husband.
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Marshalltown
Sioux City Journal
For Sale Farm and Livestock Listings in Iowa and Minnesota
Several property and livestock notices list farms and stock for sale across Iowa and Minnesota. Listings include a 160 acre tiled Castle Grove farm near Monticello with electric lights and steam heat, a 360 acre Minnesota farm in Attentail county near town and school, and a herd of Duroc Jersey hogs with named bloodlines and registered Shorthorn cattle offered by A P Donahue at Model View Farm near Hopkinton Iowa.
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Castle Grove Township
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Monticello
Iowa
Minnesota
Attentail County
Hubert Schweitzer
C.be
Wethergill
Florida
Royal Orion Jr
A. P. Donahue
Model View Farm
Hopkinton
Jones
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Theodore Roosevelt
Cox
South and
Central America
Wilson League of Nations
Great Britain
Wise Fair
Hbel
Neighborhood News
Kucheman
Workman
Express Company
Frederick M. McGaw
Cornell College
Japan
Vancouver
Prof. McGaw
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Bellevue
Taylor
Dubuque
Board of Supervisors
Dubuque County
Ole Oleson
Waterloo
J. J. Leonard
J. O. Parsons
Havner
Ellison
J. H. Miller
Washington
Cedar County
Carl Kaufman
Cascade Dubuque Road
Ryan
Ryan Bunch
Thompson
Frank
Snide
Anamosa Eureka News
Hopkinton Leader
Resena
HYWS
L. G. Stabler
Hanken
Salm
Fourth Street
Edward Wirth
Dora Brucks
Sycamore Street
Fannie McLees
Salh
David Adams
Prac Regia Fered
Lovyson Bros
Wyoming Lawn
Loe
Timothy Seed
Mia
Balater
Scotch Grove
Towa
Dr. Geo
Albery
Maxwell
Henry H. Schoon
Tiron
Tom Shover
Coldar Street
H. Putnam
Chevrolet
Ani
sMonticello Bottling Works
Geo. Albery
Prescott
Chas. B, Fitch
Wisconsin
Sali
Gill Street
Lowell State Bank
George Dirks
J. A. Waddick
Monticello Motor Co
T. H. Dunn
Wayne Two
Jones Co
Cartano & Richardson
Chénter Junction
Murphy Motor Car Co
Bill Oaken
Henry Badberg
Arnold Gehret
Oaken
Badberg
Henry J. Buscher
Monticello State Bank
Federal Reserve Bank Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
Total
Burplaa Fund
State of Iowa
H. M. Carpenter
Wm. Stuhler
H. 8. Richardson
H. M. Garpontor
Wm. Stuhlor
BH. M. Carpentor
Wm. Stubler
Richardson
Fothdrgill
R. A. Cartano
J. W. Schweitzer
Jones County Trust and Davings Bank
A.M. Maurice
Lovell Block
Thoura
H. M. Remley
James Rimley
Remley
Anamogs
Ffloe
Main Street
A. P. Lambert
Charles Willis Bosley
Chiropractic
Monticello, TA
Patrick
West Maln Street
Rehalltown
Town
M. F. Hogan
F. A. Hoebper
Stickford Drug Store
Eclipse
Splin
Harry
Rodman
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