Graduation of 14 at Mitchellville State School for Girls
Des Moines Aug 15 1923 14 girls graduated from the domestic science department at Mitchellville State Industrial School for Girls as part of exercises on campus. Board of Control members attended with J H Strief presiding. George Cosson and J W Jarnagin spoke. 179 girls remain, 28 colored, under Miss Ray M Hanchett.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mitchellville
Board of Control
J. H. Strief
George Cosson
J. W. Jarnagin
Ray M. Hanchett
Local Cordova News Dense With Travel and Weather
Cordova residents report visits to Knoxville Des Moines and Woodburn Iowa. Families like Mikesells Gerrits Hart and Kruzes motor to relatives. A severe wind storm cashed tree damage and corn loss while local showers delay threshing. Ruby Richard to teach Red Rock school and a new baseball team forms in Fifield. Core family reunion held at Knoxville Fair Grounds.
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Cherokee County
W. I. Endicott
Cherokee
Pilot Rock
Iowa
H. C. Dewar
Jess Mikesell
John Gerrit
Missouri
Stewart
Des Moines
R. M. Hart
Knoxville
Will Richard
Grover
Dave Bumgarden
Rollie Mikesell
Red Rock River
H. C. Williamson
Grace Ballard
Louilla
Emma Shilling
Cordova
Dunreath
Lloyd Shillings
Harold Effenor
A. Johnson
Bussey
John Ret
Harding
Wm. Richard
Roy Shilling
Lewis Stewart
Fifield
Roy Karr
Clarence Bricker
W. R. Karr
Mrs. Kruze
Carroll, Iowa
Rose Hill
Wriexelaar
Croser & Steveson
Ruby Richard
Chariton
Pacific Junction
Omaha
Council, Bluffs
Red Rock
Woodburn
War Debt and Moral Decline, Burlington Post Editor Says
John W. Murphy of the Burlington Post argues that wars leave a lasting debt and warn that more damaging than financial losses is the erosion of moral character in American life. He condemns perpetual war costs and the hollowing of national virtue.
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John Feehan
Ottumwa
Mr. Feehan
Kilkinny
Ireland
United States
Mable H. Kenea
Clarinda
Henry Webb
G. W. Burns
John T. Morgan
Morgan
Webb
McCook
Burns
Co. K
Corning
Emerson C. Peakrs
Philippine Islands
Tennessee
John W. Murphy
Burlington Post
Prize Ring Reawakens In Peaceful Era
Before the war the prize ring faded to inside pages but with peace it flourishes again. Writers note brutal demand from wartime physical culture and lament a return to gentler ages yet acknowledge renewed universal interest. The text recalls famous era figures and questions if the sport will rise above its harsher instincts.
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Grant McPherrin
War Finance Corporation
Chicago
Eugene Meyer, Jr
McPherrin
Meyer
Iowa
Heenen
Sayers
John L. Sullivan
Johnson
Untitled note with unclear message and quotes
A fragmented note praises everyone and mentions a man who held something, with garbled phrases about stones and peaks and a signature F H Turner.
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F. H. Turner
Kodak prints needed by 25 000 publishers
The notice promotes the Washamore Institute in Lafayette and Philadelphia based outreach teaching publishers where to sell and how vacations can pay. It suggests training on selling methods and locations for publishers in Philadelphia and Lafayette.
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Walter H. Beall
West Union
Fayette County
George P. Schatz
Turkey River
Henry Lauer
Mr. Schatz
Kodak
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J. W. Jarag
Iowa County
Santa Fe Trail
General Custer
Wesley
Kossuth
E. A. Wescott
Hamburg
Luther Hudson
Ames
Fort Des Moines
Nebraska
Camp Dodge
Iowa National Guard
Lloyd D. Ross
Guy S. Brewer
Ralph P. Howell
John W. Ball
George Maresh
Jack J. Hinman
Iowa City
Merle Hay
Glidden
Merle Hay Road
Swaey Aviation Field
War Department
Odebolt
Sac County
Sac
Ida Counties
Boyer River
Crawford County
Ed. Watte
Mississippi
Southland
W. G. Ray
Grinnell
Charles Manly
C. A
I. C. Fulmer
Cedar Rapids
Association
State Movement
Camp Foster
Camp Wapsie
Leaders of Pioneers
Woodcraft League
Red Cross
W. M. Calladay
Motor Vehicle Department
America
U. S
State College
Washamore Institute Lafayette
Philadelphia, Pa
Montrose
Oppenheimer-Alsop Co
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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