West Liberty Fair Leaders Named and Roles Detailed
The West Liberty fair organization names its key officers and leaders. Halstead, a farmer and dairyman north of West Liberty, heads the Union District Agricultural Society and directs a Creamery payout of 5000 dollars weekly to farmers. Anderson, a southresident breeder of Poland China hogs, serves as vice president. Light, a West Liberty insurance figure, is secretary handling much of the fair’s detail work. Mosher, treasurer and assistant cashier at the Iowa State Bank of West Liberty, completes the leadership lineup.
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Mr. Halstead
West Liberty
West Liberty Creamery
Union District Agricultural Society
Light
Mosher
Iowa State Bank of
West Liberty Expects Record Breakers at 1925 Exposition
The West Liberty display plans for the 1925 exposition to set new marks across all departments. The piece notes high hopes for record performances and strong local participation.
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West Liberty
West Liberty fair set Aug 22 to 26 with new Sunday program
West Liberty Iowa prepares its sixty third annual Union District Agricultural Society fair from August 22 to 26. The event emphasizes premiums paid in full, farmer leadership, and a unique all-staff season-ticket purchase policy. The grounds boast shade and multiple bands and concerts featuring Muscatine orchestra, West Branch and Wilton bands, plus a first Sunday dancing program with strong family appeal.
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West Liberty
Union District Agricultural Society
Iowa
Middle West
Fta
Waterboys
Towa
Muscatine
Grove
West Branch
Wilton
Death ends Victor Lawson era at Chicago Daily News
Victor F. Lawson publisher and editor of the Chicago Daily News died suddenly in Chicago after a three day illness. Funeral set for 11 a.m. Monday. Lawson helped found the Associated Press and built a penny paper empire in the West. Survived by relatives in Ridgefield Connecticut and San Diego California. His wife died in 1914 and they had no children. He led cooperative news gathering and served as AP president from 1894 to 1900 and remained on its board of directors thereafter.
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Chicago
Ill
Victor F. Lawson
Chicago Daily News
A. F
Associated Press
Clark M. Tavenee
Iver
San Diego
Calif
William Harrison Bradley
Ridgefield
Conn
Lawson
Illinois
Enemies Murder Des Moines Cop
Des Moines police believe Patrolman Ollie Thomas a former Ottumwa officer was slain in a frame up by Des Moines underworld habitues. Detectives scour the area, with a bloody cap and old burglary tools noted at the scene as clues. A man with a bloody shirt was seen boarding a freight train bound for Chariton as authorities pursue leads.
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Des Moines
Ollie Thomas
Ottumwa
Habil Tues
Goggs
James Cavender
Thomas
Marion
Rock Island Railroad
Chariton
Lucas County
Ft. Dodge
John Pp. Lochray
Release Two in Carlisle Case
Des Moines authorities released Russell Vogel and Oliver Dawson while continuing the inquiry into the Carlisle straw pile murder. New clues emerged from a Waterloo resident and investigators found bloodstained car cushions, a hat with initials JBB, clothing, and a notebook near the burned car site, four days after the suspected murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Carlisle
Russell
Jimmie” Vogel
Waterloo
Findley
Oliver Dawson
Red Cross
John T. Lien
Crookston
Minn
Jose Lien
Jeanette Miller
Crist
Jeanette
R. C. Campbell
Roy McNealy
A. P
Steck Gains Narrow Lead in Iowa Senate Recount
Washington Aug 20 a further net gain of 31 votes for Daniel F Steck Democrat was shown today in the official senate recount of Page Palo Alto and Plymouth counties bringing his net gain to date to 938. The gain came from correction of clerical errors and counting votes not counted in the state. The figures exclude several thousand votes challenged by the supervisors for Steck and for Senator Brookhart. Brookhart began with a 1385 vote lead. Sixty one counties using paper ballots have been tabulated with more than 20 counties completed and machine ballots remain to be counted.
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Washington, D. C
Daniel F. Steck
Senate
Page
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Iowa
Steck
Brookhart
Los Angeles Tourist Camps Open Across City Streets
Los Angeles operates 52 model motor tourist camps offering full sanitary facilities. Last year 750,000 travelers registered at these camps, reflecting strong demand for roadside lodging in the area.
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Los Angeles
Arctic Broadcast Enchants Chicago Suburb Audience
In Arlington Heights Illinois an audience of 23 heard a concert of Eskimo songs and curios from Utah and Greenland broadcast 3700 miles away via Zenith Radio through 9 XNI. The show featured voice and instrumental performances from the Peary expedition and Etah, with phonograph selections preferred for clarity.
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Arlington Heights
Ill
Associated Press
Utah
Greenland
Jardine Forces Change At Agricultural Bureau
Washington August 20 Dr Henry C Taylor chief of the bureau of agricultural economics resigned at the request of Secretary Jardine The appointment of Thomas P Cooper dean at the University of Kentucky replaces him Taylor had served since 1919 and only quit after Jardine insisted while ill at Walter Reed hospital the order was sent from a sick bed leading to a clash over removal powers.
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Washington, D.C
Henry C. Taylor
Bureau of Agricultural Economic
Agriculture Department
Jardine
Thomas P. Cooper
Agricultural College
University of Kentucky
Taylor
Walter Reed Hospital
Coolidge Heads Back From Vermont Vacation
President Coolidge wrapped up a week at Plymouth Vermont and planned a stop in Northampton Massachusetts before returning to the summer White House tomorrow afternoon. He stayed at the home of Mrs. Elmira Goodhue, mother of Mrs. Coolidge, during the visit.
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Plymouth
Coolidge
Swampscott
Northampton
Mass
White House
Elmira Goodhue
Former Monona County Treasurer Sentenced to Prison
Onawa Iowa August 20 Judge A O Wakefield sentenced A W Patrick former Monona county treasurer to 10 years hard labor at Fort Madison penitentiary after he pleaded guilty to embezzlement of public funds. Patrick had admitted defalcations of 15000 dollars, with later reports showing the shortage nearly doubled.
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Onawa
A. O. Wakefield
A. W. Patrick
Monona
Ft. Madison
O. P. Bennett
Patrick
Weather sketch for Iowa and Illinois forecast
Iowa fair tonight and Friday with cooler conditions. Illinois mainly fair in the north with isolated thunderstorms in the south tonight or Friday, cooler air moving into the extreme north portion.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mosaly
Hunt for Cause of Ship Blast
Newport August 20 Four investigations underway to determine responsibility for the boiler explosion on the excursion Steamer Mackinac in Newport harbor Tuesday evening. Thirty seven lives were claimed with a dozen others fighting for survival as four more are missing, believed to have jumped overboard. Hospital authorities report many scalded passengers and a possible death toll above fifty. state boiler inspectors found the boiler cracked and weakened.
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Newport, R. T
A. P
Mackinac
Newport Harbor
Des Moines Bid For National Pharmaceutical Headquarters
Des Moines will be one of four cities bidding for the site of a new national pharmaceutical headquarters building costing over 500000. The final selection will be announced August 27 at the convention. New York Chicago and Washington are the other bidders and more than two thousand delegates are expected.
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Des Moines
National Pharmaceutical Headquarters
American Pharmaceutical Association
New York City
Chicago
Washington
National Association
E.C. Kagy
Des Moines University
Brands Rival for Wife's Affections With Red Hot Wire
Walter Johnson aged 25 was branded with the initials V F on the cheek of Walter Johnson after Mrs. Rose Feleci was pursued. The attacker Victor Feleci allegedly tied the victim and affixed the letters with a wire heated over a gas flame. Police learned of the assault when Johnson, face seared, went to a station. Feleci fled.
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Chicago
Tll
Walter Johnson
Rose Feleci
Victor
V. F
Johnson
Feleci
Woman In Iowa Receives Greek Inheritance Valued At 20 000
Iowa Falls on August 20 reports Mrs Nick Pergzakis has learned she inherits an estate in Greece valued at a million drachmas. At current exchange this equates to about twenty thousand dollars.
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Iowa Falls
A. P.j
Nick Pergzakis
Greece
State banking chief urges payout from state fund
Des Moines Iowa August 30 A P State Superintendent L A Andrew urged to State Treasurer R Johnson that public funds in three closed banks be paid from the state fund. Amounts include Bank of Frederika Frederika 795.63 Frederika township 1407.44 Bremer county 2909.90 and school district 17117.73. Mason City Commercial Savings 105095.89. Osceola National Bank county funds 4746.34.
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Des Moines
A. P
L. A. Andrew
R. ©. Johnson
General Assembly
Bank of
Commercial Savings Bank of
Mason City
Osceola National Bank
Free Bridge Parade Draws Over Twenty Thousand In Council Bluffs
In Council Bluffs Iowa Aug 20 A P estimates put attendance at more than 20000 for the free bridge parade staged by federated clubs and civic societies. The procession featured over 100 floats and decorated cars with slogans like Where the east meets the west and Millions for a bridge but not one cent for toll. Nine bands supplied music while a Dodge Park picnic along the Missouri riverfront preceded a large fireworks show expected to attract about 4000.
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Council Bluffs
Federated Clubs and Civic Societies of
Dodge Park
Missouri River
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
Free Bridge Advocates
Darrow to Debate Evolution in Public Split
Dr John Roach Straton fundamentalist pastor says Clarence Darrow consented to a public debate on evolution. Straton, pastor of Calvary Baptist New York, wired Darrow in Griffith Colo to take the negative side on earth and man’s evolution, seeking an early fall Chicago date.
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Chicago
Ill
John Roach Straton
Clarence Darrow
Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
New York City
Darrow
Greeley
Colo
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Jury finds accident caused wire deaths in Iowa City
An Iowa City coroner's jury returned an open verdict of accidental death after investigating the electrocution of brothers John and Paul Miller and Joe Wall. Nearly a dozen witnesses testified, with no blame established.
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Iowa City
John
Paul Miller
Joe Wall
Artificial sun bath system on ocean liner pool
The article notes bathers in the ship's swimming pool use a special lamp designed to give an artificial tan. The description emphasizes the onboard tanning method as a feature for passengers seeking a sunless tan while at sea.
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W. C. Anderson
Walter Light
Irwin Mosher
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Shiek
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Hollywood
George Fellman
Valentino
United Artists
Entertainments On Top
Chicago News
Journalism
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Miller Girl
Vogel
Dawson
Arctic
Sion
Etah
Frederick H. Rawson
Kennett
Peary
Portland
Donald B Millan
Daniel W
Evening Express
Bowdoin
Kentucky Agricultural EX
Pert
Monona County
Poved Edit
Boller
U.S
Red Hot
Fortune
Iowan
Omaha
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