Theosophists and a Hindu Prophet Stir Debate in Chicago
A young Hindu called Jiddu Krishnamurti, backed by Annie Besant, attracts followers as a new savior in theosophy. Reports note his mystic pose and the crowd of impressionable women touching his garments. The piece contrasts religious mysticism with local weather, farm prospects, and Brookhart's attacks on Iowa bankers amid a backward spring.
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India
Annie Besant
Haeglish
Hddu
Krishnamurti
Earth
Illinoia
Iowa
Swirl of 1920s Politics and Picnic Talk
The column derides Democratic and Republican figures from California to Texas. It notes Mrs. Ferguson stepping into governorship amid controversy, Claude Porter’s repeated campaigns, and a Waterloo picnic for auto enthusiasts. It also mentions Shortridge, Johnson, McAdoo, Mrs. Clemington Corgan’s Channel swim, and concerns about parole in crime cases.
Clemenceau Blow Deepens France Confidence Crisis
Des Moines Capital argues Clemenceau harmed France more than the United States with a costly settlement aside from the long period ahead. The piece notes France needs credit and confidence, while U S payments pale beside the wider aim. It cites New York State farm land abandonment recent rate doubling past levels with a century of neglect.
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Des Moines
Clemenceau
America
France
United States
New York State
Uphold the Constitution Opposes Prohibition Change
Dearborn Independent reader asserts the paper must back the constitutional amendment on prohibition. It argues nullifying the constitution is cowardly unlike revolution and cites Senator Borah on using constitutional processes to revoke the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dearborn Independent
Dearborn’ Independent
The
Borah
Primary results spark limited anti prohibition optimism
Sioux City Journal notes the wet drive shows limited gains as most southern and western states, except Illinois Ohio Missouri, lag on the dry issue. Brennan seen as wet hope in the west, but a loss could deflate momentum while drys hold steady, suggesting Congress remains dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
South
United States Senate
Ohio
Illinois
Brennan
United States
West
Washington
Kansas City Star
Congress
Deposed European Royals Take Up Work in Modern Times
A Lincoln Journal sketch contrasts splintered European aristocracy entering labor life with American norms where most people work. The piece suggests sympathy for the unworking as a social shift, noting cultural tension between old world prestige and new world practicality.
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Lincoln Journal
America
Land of eee among privileged resisting revolutionary threat
A fragment describes a region seen as privileged facing bombs and bullets in a revolutionary context, highlighting class tension and the danger of political upheaval.
New York Referendum Attacks Federal Narcotics Policy
The piece argues that the American public should set rules for narcotic drugs and cites involvement in a world opium control effort. It criticizes New York state and a referendum on recognizing the eighteenth amendment as an affront to good government and calls for clear presidential stance against it.
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Des Moines Register
World Organization
Europe
New York State
Iowa
New York
Coolidge
Population Strain Sparks Conservation Push in Scientific American
The article cites the American Statistical Association predicting New York's 2000 population at 11.8 million and argues for strict resource conservation. Dr C E Baker suggests agricultural development could feed 240 million, with intensive German and Danish methods potentially supporting over 400 million.
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Scientific American
American Statistical Association
New York
C. E. Baker
Germany
Denmark
Critique of Senate elections and primary system
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues that removing indirect selection of senators was a vast mistake. It contends bribery accusations indict the people and questions how voters could choose honest leaders when mistakes were made at the county level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
United States Senate
Senate
Governor Allen Defends Farm Help Against Brookhart Attacks
Governor Henry J. Allen responds to Brookhart’s claim of treachery toward farmers, arguing the accusations amount to hot air. The Chicago Tribune notes many in the Midwest may reward Allen for exposing Brookhart’s endless tirades as a public figure. The piece questions Brookhart’s fitness for the Senate and Iowa’s political choices.
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Chiergo
Towa
Iowa
Washington
Three-Year Members Drive Lin n County Butterfat Gains
A Linn County association study shows 13 members with three years in the group increased herd butterfat per cow from 310.4 to 364.4 pounds. Only one herd outside the 13 failed to reach 300 pounds. The top three herds posted net profit gains of 58, 26, and 24 dollars per cow, reflecting selective culling and better dairy practices.
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Linn County Association
Linn
Cummins Will Reveals Estate To Daughter After Bequests In 1920 Document
Probate filing shows Senator Cummins leaving an estate valued between 50000 and 70000 dollars largely to his daughter Mrs Hollis A Rawson. Bonds securities and 320 acres in Minnesota plus Des Moines real estate comprise most of the estate with 4000 volumes of his library bequeathed to Mrs Rawson. Executors named are Mr and Mrs Rawson. portions go to sisters Margaret R Cummins Anne B Cummins and Louisa McHenry and to grandsons Albert Cummins Rawson and Thomas Scott Rawson. The will was drafted in 1920.
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Cummins
Cumming
Des Moines
Hollis A. Rawson
Minnesota
Rawson
Senator Cummins
Margaret R
Anne B. Cummins
Louisa McHenry
Albert Cummins Rawson
Thomas Scott Rawson
Mrs. Rawson
Nebraska banker warns against deposit guaranty law
A Nebraska banker writes to Frank C. Welch of Cedar Rapids arguing against a state deposit guaranty, stating the fund is insolvent and would require five years of assessments. He criticizes the commission operated banks as solvent only by law and predicts political interference will bring banks into the limelight. He notes the bank will contribute more to the fund next year than its capital stock.
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Nebraska
Frank C. Welch
Cedar Rapids
Commission
Enaranty Fund Commission
Iowa voters to decide on women’s eligibility for general assembly
Iowa men and women will vote in the general election on a constitutional amendment that would allow women to be elected to the general assembly. The measure passed two legislative sessions and now awaits final electorate approval under state constitutional requirements.
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Sioux City
The Middle-Aged Resident Skepticism and Loss
The Balthmore Sun portrays middle aged adults as cautious and critical, shaped by hard experience. It argues they demand much from themselves and others, feel lifelong grief at a friend's death, and misallocate energy to trivial pursuits, causing lived poverty.
Iroquois Chief Urges Frugal Living to Meet Debts
The Iroquois Chief warns that living beyond means forces reliance on relief and debt relief. He stresses practicing old fashioned economy and paying debts, and criticizes the rush to luxury while refusing to settle obligations.
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S. D
Porters Endorsement Signals Support for Porter in Iowa Senate Contest
The Toledo Chronicle declares no party lines in the race and urges voters to back Claude R. Porter as the best qualified candidate to serve Iowa in Washington. The paper emphasizes Porter’s fitness and duty to the state.
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Porter
Toledo Chronicle
Chronicle
Claude R. Porter
Iowa
Washington
Western paper seeks identity of John W Davis
A Boston Transcript note asks who John W Davis was referenced by a Western newspaper as a Democratic presidential candidate. The quip implies the name is obscure or forgotten in that context.
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Boston Transcript
John W. Davis
Monticello Youth Headed to Colleges This Month
A Monticello list details local youths and nearby residents leaving in the month for colleges across Iowa and the nation. Names span Ames, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Iowa City, Ann Arbor, South Bend, and more, with attendances at Drake, Coe, Cornell, Notre Dame, Michigan, and others.
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Monticello
Iowa
the Express
Town State College
Ames
Blanche McLaughlin
Margaret Maurice
Wanda Beery
Mildred Deischer
Clara Boss
Pauline Newton
George Schweitzer
Stuart Lang
Lloyd Hutton
Carlton Anderson
William Jacobs
Louis Helken
Walter Wilcox
Ethelwyn Wilcox
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Raymond Jacobs
Leyland Shelley
Ted Koop
Merle Deischer
Raymond Denk- Bore
Ralph Redmond
Chauncey Hookestra
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Clarence Rhatigan
Imogené Shelley
LaVetta Perrine
Coe
Winona
Minnesota
Catherine McAleer
Campion Academy
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
James Redmond
Wartburg College
Waverly
Freda Biden
Library School
Chicago
Inez Young
Nettleton Business College
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Ruth Lux
Des Moines University
Des Moines
Dewey Rhatigan
Peace Institute
Raleigh
North Carolina
Nella Davis
Nurses Training School
Rochester
Alma Balsiger
Helena Schneider
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Kathryn Morse
University of Iowa Hospital
Gladys Alcorn
Carmene Bancroft
Lutheran Hospital
Hampton
Selma Heeren
Liberty Hospital
St. Louis
Laura Petersen
Shooting of Police Dog Leads to Trial in Madison Township
The case from a shooting on the Batchelder farm near here, involving Frank Preston’s police dog killed by L. J. Luedeman, unfolds amid reports the dog had been killing chickens and the incident drew a large Madison Township Farm Bureau picnic audience. John Kiburz dies after a rural automobile crash in Richland township, believed to involve a vehicle with “Foxy” Fitzsimmons. Kiburz aged 39 is survived by his mother, three sisters, and one brother. funeral held at Congregational church with burial at Oakwood. Summer classes restart for Monticello public schools next Monday with 26 high school faculty and Mary I. Jarman leading as principal.
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Wyoming
George Starry
Frank Preston
L. J. Luedeman
Batchelder Farm
Here
Ralph Story Place
Farm Bureau of
Madison Township
Oakrove
Cyrenus Cole
Cole
John Kiburz
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Foxy
Fitzsimmons
Richland Township
Kiburz
Mitzsimmons
Nick Kleitsch
Kleitsch
John
Mary Kiburz
Richland Presbyterian Church
Clem Liddy
Monticello
Herman Schneider
Dubuque
Gottlieb Schneider
Morristown
Minnesota
Joseph Kiburz
Strawberry Point
Congregational Church
George W. McNary
Oakwood Cemetery
Mary I. Jarman
Fred L. Mahannah
Board of Education
Hattie Specht
Specht
Local Court Fines Man Over Registration Card
Suedeman pled guilty to lacking a car registration card and was fined $2.60 with costs of $65.35. Miss Claretta Starry, a University of Iowa student, visited the Starry home and will become junior high principal in Postville. Ernest Prehm, new school superintendent, arrived to arrange his home for the coming year.
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Suedeman
Claretta Starry
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
J. J. Starry
Miss Starry
Postville
Sheas
Ernest Prehm
Prehm
Dubuque
Scout Troop Holds Nonregular Meeting And Campfire
Friday morning at eight the troop resumes hikes with an earlier start. Sixteen scouts registered Monday night and traveled by Ford to Lubben's Hill for a campfire and a chin fest. During the peaceful gathering machine gun fire threatened, yet the enemy warned before firing. Registrations are urged to secure old patrol positions and avoid delays.
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Lubben's Hill
Among the Churches St. Matthew's Ey Lutheran Church
St. Matthew's Ey Lutheran Church notes a Sunday school at 9 30 a m on September 5 with no services. The Luther League will hold a meeting at 7 45 p m led by Pastor S M Ide.
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St. Matthew’s Ey. Lutheran Church
S. M. Ide
Luther League
Sunday Services Resume Including Communion
Church announces a restart of activities on Sunday September 5 with Sunday school at 10 a m for all ages and morning worship with holy communion at 11 a m. The public is cordially invited to attend these services.
Reformed Church Weekly Service Schedule
R P Kuentzel pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. German service at 11 a.m. English service at 7 45 p.m. on September 5.
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R. P. Kuentzel
Sunday Services Schedule With Sermon Topics
The notice lists September 5 services: Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Sermon title is Returning to Our Work. Evening worship at 7:30 p.m. with sermon Carrying Christ's Cross.
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Christ
Township Event Highlights Farm Talk and Local Sports
A Madison township gathering featured a speech by Mr. Cole praising agricultural progress and a reading by Esther Brodersen. The program also included sport events with winners in boys and girls races, a tug of war won by a local team, a three legged race, and a base ball game, plus a twelve piece band led by Frank Preston.
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Cole
Wyoming
Mr. Cole
Esther Brodersen
Harry Cole
Velma Dusanek
Hans Mohr
George Dusanek
Loren Lorenzen
Carl Sehagen
Charles Leggett
Herman Brodersen
R. L. Davis
John Jensen
Frank Preston
Madison Township
Beloved performer Bessie May Irvin dies after illness
Bessie May Irvin, a member of the Jones County fair musical revue, died at John McDonald Memorial Hospital after suffering cellulitis that led to endocarditis and pericarditis. She was deficit born August 19 1895 in Columbus Mississippi. Her husband S W Irvin accompanied the body to Topeka Kansas for burial.
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Bessie May Irvin
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
S. W. Irvin
Irvin
Nee Anderson
Columbus
Mississippi
James Anderson
Thomas S. Gore
Oklahoma
Topoka
Kansas
School Staff Assignments for Junior High and Graded Classes
The list names junior high and graded school teachers by subject and location, including Harriet Perley at Little Sioux in home economics and general science, Chloe Carson in mathematics from Toledo, and Emma Grote as junior high principal at Van Horne. Special teachers Marjorie Diederich and Gladys Emmons are noted, with Mabel Nimtz and Johanna Ahrens among others in the junior high.
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Janesville
Harriet Perley
Little Sioux
Chloe
Carson
Toledo
Carlton Isley
Cedar Falls
John Finlay
Stuart
Marjorie Diederich
Dows
Gladys Emmons
Walnut
Emma Grote
van Horne
Mabel Nimtz
Sigourney
Johanna Ahrens
Conroy
Mary Sheets
Hampton
Helen Brandien
Dayton
June Meyer
Breda
Alice Cook
Marshalltown
Edith Bunker
Gray
Mildred Warden
Melbourne
Marion Mangold
Ryan
Enez
Beach
West Liberty
Helen Rehorst
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Ida Wilcox
Monticello
Monticello Country Club Announces Golf Tournaments
The Monticello Country Club schedules two Sunday golf events. On Sept 5 the 50 players form two teams competing over 18 holes with lowest combined gross score winning. On Sept 12 four flights decide the club championship with eliminations based on Sept 6 scores. Prizes will be awarded. details on the bulletin board.
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Monticello
Country Club
Comnittee
Farm Bureau Picnic set for September 16 at Monticello fairgrounds
Jones County Farm Bureau hosts a September 16 picnic at Monticello fair grounds with speaker 8S H Thompson president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Monticello Band provides music and a market pig club show as part of a full day with committees named for grounds and parking program music sports and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Jones County Farm Bureau
Monticello Fair Grounds
H. Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Monticello
Market
Reuben Dress
J. W. Hutton
G. P. Rockstad
Paul Smith
E. F. Burr
Harlan Russell
J. LeRoy Farmer
Harry Halcomb
L. EB. Black
S. &. Benadom
J. H. Ballou
M. F. Wogan
G. J. van Buren
Clarence Grafft
Lee Byerly
Otto
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Waterloo
Shortridge
California
Hiram Johnson
President Coolidge
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McAdoo
Clemington Corgan
Crimea
Bank
Senator
M. H. Burns
Guaranty
Blane
OLIN
Madison Twp
Alden
Edith
R. H
Scotch Grove
Brestman
Carl
Center Junction
Broderson
Thos
Buresh
Marie
Oxford Junction
Burke
Leo Cascade
Carmichael
Florence Monticello
Cavanaugh
James Anamosa Garbett
Howard Monticello
Courtney
G. H. Olin
Daily
John Aeeces
Stone City
Dearborn
W. N
Dixon
James Cascade
Dusanek
Fairbanks
Mary Anamosa Field
Chas
Folketts
Anamosa Franks
Fannie
BOY Scout Notes
Herman H. Monroe
Riverside
Califonia
Monroe
Express
Lydia Austin
Pythian Sisters
National Grand Lodge
Hemet News
Chadwick
Monticello State Bank
Monticello, Iowa
Lovell
Toney Zanks
Pel
Coats
Palmer
Beery’s Dry Goods Store
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