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Iowa People and Events in Des Moines 1923 Highlights
A wide survey from Forest City to Mason City and Des Moines covers an overturned sedan near Clear Lake, a grand new Lutheran church near Cherokee, walnut and pecan discussions by S W Snyder at the horticultural meeting, a Bulgarian style wedding in Mason City, George M Christian’s hotel career, a push for an all Iowa educational exhibit at the state fair, a near dynamite accident on Primary Road 59, Iowa crop and weather summaries, and corn yields on John Eischen farm near Cherokee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
W. R. Prewitt
Forest City
Winnebago County
E. Hewitt
Clear Lake
Bulgaria
Mason City
Mary Rosanoff
Thomas Demitroff
Toledo
Powder’ Street
George M. Christian
Grinnell
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Mr. Christian
Abraham Lincoln
Colfax
Iowa Hotel Association
Burlington
United States
Allison
Lacey
Leslie Shaw
Postal Service
J. S. Clarkson
Old
Des Moines Register
Christian
Des Moines Hotel Association
Cyrus Harvey
Polk
County
Simpson College
Indianola
State Fair Management
Machinery Hall
State Fair Board
Department of Education
Fair
J. J. Hughes
Bishop Drumm
E. C. Lytton
Colleges of
Walter Hutton
F. A. Welch
State Teachers Association
E. N. Hopkins
W. H. Gemmill
State Board of Education
J. L. Scheurman
H. G
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
State Agricultural Society
Mr. Reed
Sac
Winnebago
Worth
Reed
Ledges State Park
Boone
Justin Barry
John Eischen
Eischen