Margaret Wilson wins Harper prize for best novel
Margaret Wilson of Chicago, born in Traer Iowa, won a $2000 prize from Harper Brothers for The Able McLaughlins chosen as the best manuscript among 700 submissions. Judges unanimously favored her story of a Scottish Iowa family in early state history.
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Iowa
Harpers Bros
Margaret Wilson
Chicago
Traer
Able McLaughlins
Miss Wilson
Herbert Quick
Vandemark
United States
Towan
Commonwealth
No Half Way Course for League
Portl and Oregonian comments on Italy’s murder of officers in Greek territory and the League of Nations. The piece argues Italy’s hasty action harms Greece and tests the League’s effectiveness, urging a clear stance rather than half measures.
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League
Portland
Oregonian
Italy
Greece
League of Nations
Habit of Peace Noted in Hughes Canadian Address
In addressing the Canadian Bar Association, Mr. Hughes celebrated a growing habit of peace between Canada and the United States while noting a long history of convulsion and near-war episodes. He urged continued arbitration and proposed a permanent joint commission to report on cross border interests to avoid unnecessary harm, stressing negotiation over conflict. The speech tracks treaties, boundary rulings, and evolving diplomatic norms shaping bilateral relations.
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New York Times
Canadian Bar Association
Hughes
Canada
United States
Caroline
McLeod
Great Britain
Benton
Maine
Webster-Ashburton
Ottawa
Washington
Upper Iowa annual conference to open in Marion
The Upper Iowa annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will open in Marion on October 3 with Bishop Homer G. Stuntz presiding. The host and official board push hard to ensure a successful meeting. World Program by Bishop W F Oldham and Evangelism by Dr. Dean lead a strong speaker lineup. Delegates to next May’s Springfield general conference will be elected by ministerial and lay sessions. Cedar Rapids merchant S G Armstrong is talked of as a lay delegate. About 600 people are expected in Marion for the event.
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Upper Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marion
Homer GC. Stuntz
Rey
Earle A. Baker
W. F. Oldham
Dean
Philadelphia
Boyard
Chicago
Coolidge urges patient rebuilding of economy with trust
The Cedar Rapids Gazette editorializes that President Coolidge advocates moving slowly to stabilize conditions and rebuild confidence. It notes that swift normalization after the war bred greed and unrest and praises a neighborly, prudent approach as essential to reliable reconstruction and lasting prosperity.
Iowa Red Cross relief drive nears close this week
Judge Hubert Utterback Iowa Red Cross chairman says the state should finish fund raising by week end. Des Moines leads with 14,000 over goal? actual figures show 4,000 over 10,000. Sioux City 4,000 toward 7,500. Cedar Rapids 6,000 of 6,000. Council Bluffs 5,000 of 5,000. Central division totals 871,000, 71,000 over original request. Iowa quota 80,000 likely to exceed by 20,000. Utterback notes increased need and proposes raising Iowa’s quota to 100,000 to match emergency needs. American Red Cross has shipped 10,000 carloads of food and other supplies to Japan and Pacific regions.
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Iowa
Hubert Utterback
Red Cross
Des Moines
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
The
Towa
American Red Cross
Pacific
Philippine Islands
Japan
Utterback
Cedar Rapids Emerges as A Promising Mid-Sized City
The Cedar Rapids Gazette argues smaller cities of fifty to one hundred thousand residents offer greater chances of success and happiness than very large cities. Cedar Rapids competes with Chicago St Louis and Kansas City by providing business opportunities and a strong community life.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Midwest
Center Point Independent on Senator Brookhart’s promises
The Center Point Independent mocks Senator Brookhart for misalignment between his words and deeds. Readers doubt his professed goals, while noting he may try to spin the recent rise in hog prices to his credit.
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Center Point Independent
Brookhart
Tin roof tale from Kansas store sent to Henry Ford
The Manufacturer Joe Haas reports a Kansas store roof torn off and rolled into a compact bundle by a cyclone. The owner, joking, wrapped bits of bailer wire around the ruin and mailed it to Henry Ford. A reply came declaring the repair cost would be 48 dollars 50 cents and asking what hit the store.
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Joe Haas
Kansas
Henry Ford
The Course of Cheap Money: Sloan’s Europe View
Former congressman Sloan returns from Europe convinced that the European experience ends the case for cheap money. He argues the dollar’s value falls to about 30,000,000 to 1 and that governments printing money creates inflation until parity with the sky.
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Lincoln Journal
Sloan
Europe
Murders Fall in Iowa After Hangings Declined
In a Freeman-Journal take, a view contrasts Iowa murder rates with executions, noting decreases since hangings were reduced. The Omaha Bee counters that talk has cured few great ills, implying crime persists despite rhetoric.
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Webster City
Omaha Bee
Keagy Anniversary and Local Notes From Manchester
Mr and Mrs C W Keagy of Manchester celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on September 11. Mrs Henrietta Murphy of Dubuque was fined 3300 and costs for operating a still at home, her second offense. Three prisoners escaped Johnson County jail by sawing bars to the windows in Iowa City last Tuesday. Wyoming public schools enroll 198 pupils with 60 in high school. Cain Nye of Mount Vernon died at Mercy hospital Anamosa last week. Helen Carr and Clarence A Brown of Manchester were married at the Carr home on the 19th inst. A gymnasium and auditorium will be built at Manchester High School for 20000. Rev Daniel Jenkins Williams resigns to pastor in Columbus Ohio. Lucille Denniston and Palmer Vaughn wed at Rock Island parsonage last Thursday. Cedar Rapids Mayor C B Huston fractured his right leg after a fall from a slow-moving car. D F Young, Manchester implement dealer for 28 years, died in Independence. Tipton Canning boiler explosion injures engineer Cyril Reed. Mrs Iver Hagan of Decorah celebrated her 100th birthday last Saturday. A large barn fire on John Simon farm near Farley caused 5000 loss from a lightning strike. Harry Roberts, 35, killed his foster mother at Tipton and then shot himself. Jury summons issued for U S district court in Cedar Rapids set for October 2 with petit jurors named and grand jurors listed. A raid near Manchester found two stills on John Wesley farm with rye mash and other mash. Wesley claimed ignorance. Iowa frost damage to corn ranges up to 30 percent across northeastern counties with varying regional impact. silos saved some, worst in Mitchell, Cerro Gordo, Dubuque, Madison, Clinton, Henry counties.
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C. W. Keagy
Manchester
Henrietta Murphy
Dubuque
Johnson County
Iowa City
Wyoming Public Schools
Cain Nye
Mount Vernon
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Pennsylvania
Helen Carr
Hubert Carr
Clarence A. Brown
Daniel Jenkins Williams
Westminister Church
Cedar Rapids
Columbus
Ohio
Lucille Denniston
A.F. Denniston
Oxford Junction
Palmer Vaughn
Wyoming
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Rock Island
Cyril Reed
Iver Hagan
Decorah
Norway
Iowa
John Simon
Farley
Harry Roberts
Tipton
Roberts
United States District’ Court
W. B. ‘Brock
Martelle
Don Glick
Olin
Roy Joselin
John Paul
Henry Kruse
Hale
W. H. Morse
Thomas Shover
Monticello
D. O. Sinclair
Scotch Grove
W. G. Alden
Frank Porter
John Wesley
Delaware County
Wesley
Des Moines
Mitchell
Cerro Gordo
Mississippi River
Emmett
Iowa County
Dubuque County
Madison
Clinton
Henry
Regular Meeting Of School Board Adopts Fees And Bills
September 3 1923 regular meeting of the board of education at 7 30 pm with Hoag Stimson and Cropp present and Lovell and Lazell absent. Minutes approved. Bills paid include surveying supplies repairs and salaries totaling modest amounts. Adjournment followed by secretary A H Koop.
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Board of Education
Hoag
Stimson
Cropp
Lovell
Lazell
A. B. Hanssen
Wilson Heating Co
Oncon- University Pub. Co
Frank Paxton Lumber Co
Educational Supply. Co
Dan Smith
Sewer Ketter
Hoag Duster’ Co
Canade Ink Co
Express
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Dick Co
American Seating Co
Baker Paper Co
W. F. Rohn
A. J. H. McNeill
Joe Chaloupka
A. H. Koop
Four hour workday 2023 eyed by Dr Steinmetz claim
Portland Oregonian remarks on a hypothetical four hour day in 2023 driven by electrical energy as Dr Steinmetz suggests. The piece alludes to possible electrical bugs replacing human labor and quotes a Thackeray definition of a snob as someone who pretends to be richer or more fashionable than they are.
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Portland
Oregonian
Steinmetz
Thackeray
New District Court Cases Open in Jones County
The September term of the Jones county district court convenes in Anamosa on September 4 with Judge Ather ton B. Clark presiding. The docket lists numerous civil actions including garnishments, attachments, and promissory notes involving entities such as Eureka Vacuum Cleaner, Hawkeye Oil Co., First National Bank of Olin, Citizens' Savings Bank, and Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co. plus multiple individuals. New equity cases include divorces, quieting title actions, injunctions, and foreclosures, reflecting a busy docket for the term.
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Jones County District Court
Anamosa
Atherton B. Clark
J. S. Parr
T. &. Harris
C. M
St. Pay. Co
Ralph Zimmerman
Garret Brokens
Guardian
Eureka Vacuum Cleaner
Edmund G. Little
J. B. Terry Co
Hawkeye Oil Co
Anamosa Produce Co
Jennie M. Rundle
W. A. Hogan
G. F. Faragher
Woodmanse Mfg. Co
Peter Prahm
Austin Wilcox
Citizens' Savings Bank
Olin
William Crawford
J. M. Zubrod
Mary Zubrod
First National Bank
Asa J. Bowman
William Watts, Jr
Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co
Ira
St. P. Ry. Co
Ons
William Fagan Va
H. M. Stiles
P.lamotte
William
Alferts
G._F arasher
Benigchek Va
H. S. Merritt
Bird & Son Inc
A. J. Rion
L. R. Watters
Elmergrord
Joseph T. Kula
Parridy Sampica
Charley Weaver
John P. van Patten
Leland A. Crim
Ralph P. Crim
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Patrick Sampica
Joseph T. Kula, Jr
New Equity
Sadie Bemrose
Tom Bemrose
D. S. Moss
Shem Ginsburg
Anna M. Kerr
Herman Kerr
Mathilda Bracha
Goutlib Bracha
Jason Main
Francis Lamb
Steward Main
Sulphen A. Sampica
Diana Sampica
Hugh L. James
Irah James
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Idaho
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Japan Relief Funds
Underwood
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Senate
London Saturday Review
Ethel
Algernon
Perchance
Tochia
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
Art Lyons
Amber
Joe Weiss
Onslow
Harry Miller
Duroe-Jersey
Hoag & Petersen
William G. Schoon
N. Cedar Street
Schoon & Gerdes
Call
C. L. van Meter
Cedar and
Third Streets
Monticello State Bank
W. J Cochrane
Acre
Lovell Township
Jones County
W. J. W. Hoult
Duroc Jersey Boars
Great Orion
J. N. Smith & Sons
Center Junction
Town
Thomas Stimpson
Hampshire
G. J. Heiken
A. V. Scott
Linn County
John Miller
George Miller
John J. Miller
A. Ehrisman
Andrew Kasper
Fred Zimmerman
Wayne Township
Henry M. Carlsen
Drednaut-Terry Sales Co
International
Norristown
Travelers Mutual Life Insurance Co
Bankers Trust Co
Indianapols
P.O. Box H
Frank Podhaski
Podhaski
Cedar Street
Polly Ehrisman
Delea
Delia
Della
Robert Burns
Calor
Harry Kemp
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Manly
Alcott
PVE
Rus
Jones County Trust Cusmings-Pank
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company Store
Eclipse
Voaume
Harry J. Rodman
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