Iowa News and Comment by J W Jarnag 1923
Des Moines readers receive a sweeping wrap of Iowa life from Jan 3, 1923. It covers Fort Dodge merchants touring California, strike effects in Mount Pleasant and New London, railway shop disruptions, bird feeding tips, Wilson Foundation ties, inland water transport, Grinnell relief work, one room schools, library growth, court decisions, farm yields, county hospitals, university funding, and Iowa tax growth as personal and real estate assessments near the 100 million mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
James Russell
Fort Dodge
Audubon
California
Russell
Harry Arnold
C. C. Pugh
Fuet
Glee Hastings
Spencer
Clay County
Near East
Athens
Constantinople
Grinnell College
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Bosphorus
Elsie White
Grinnell
Vessel Carried Miles Inland by Tidal Wave
A nautical tale describes how a vessel was swept three miles inland and dropped at the foot of the Andes during a Chilean upheaval. The National Geographic bulletin compiles seismic data, noting belts of major activity and a lone U S quake in 1811, then discusses causes and uncertainties linking earthquakes and volcanic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chile
Andes
National Geographic Society
L. G. Billings
Bulletin
Compte de Ballere
Mediterranean
U. S
United States
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
New York
West Indies
Mississippi River
Kingston
Jamaica
Vast Cascades of Earthquakes Rival Great Erup tions Across Oceans
Eyewitness accounts describe a string of seismic events from January to May 1902, linking Mexico Guatemala and Alaska and noting colossal tsunamis. The Watreere captain recalls a 47 foot tidal wave off Arica, with ships stranded and the sea receding before the towering surge overwhelmed the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pelee
Mexico
Guatemala
San Francisco
Faming
Alaska
Bogoslof No. 8
Katmai
Mount Katmai
Admiral Billings
Arica
Peru
United States
Wateree
New Gold Strike in Alaska Near Valdez
Gold mining in Alaska is reviving after years of backsliding. A quartz lead on Mineral creek near Valdez has been reopened, with ore samples described as very rich by experts. An assayer estimates values from 500 to 1000 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessup
State University of
Iowa City
Children’s
Haskell-Klaus
Iowa State Board of Education
Rockefeller Foundations
Kendall
General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
General Assembly of Iowa
European Commission
Iowa College of Medicine
America
Charles Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Valdez
Alaska
Prince William Sound
Leave Safes Open in Bangor Maine Stores
Bangor merchants now leave safes open with a lit near by and post a printed appeal to burglars asking them not to blast, inviting them to explore the so called strong boxes. The policy follows a string of raids by a motor car traveling gang, after safes were wrecked and cash lost, as merchants try to save both cash and safes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Briton Visits Horror Isle
London based Prof. Macmillan Brown details Easter Island's barren, water scarce landscape with no vegetation or birds, winds eroding trees, hunger among 200 Polynesian residents, triangular 12 by 9 by 7 mile isle, famed carved stones, dating first settlers to 1600 A D and sighted by whites in 1686 with exploration in 1722.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Easter Island
South Pacific
Macmillan Brown
New Zealand
Waster Island
Professor Brown
Burglar Was Opossum Lynchburg
The Hill family heard a faint tapping on the veranda. A traveling salesman, F. M. Hill, flashed a light and found a large opossum in a pear tree, the limb creaking as the animal clung there before slipping away. The animal had been after pears.
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Lynchburg
F. M. Hill
Hill
Bill
Jessie 33 and Still Kicking in Walla Walla Report
A Washington state article notes Jessie, a 33 year old female mule nicknamed Jessie, remains spirited. Brought to the Walla Walla valley in 1808 by the federal government, she was part of a six mule team used to haul freight from Watha Walla to Tort Walla.
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Beis
Feliks
Roach
Linconscious
Wance
J. W. Jarnag
Mount Pleasant
New London
Henry County
West Burlington
Burlington
Woodrow Wilson
I. T. Jones
Jones
May Gerard
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Wilson
League of Nations
Hampton
Franklin County
Iowa Prairies
Hampton-Kelley Canning Company
San Diego
Calif
St. Louis
Panama Canal
Page County
Agnes Samuelson
State
Historical Department
Johnson Brigham
General Library
Law Library
Legislative Reference
Medical
Brigham
State Supreme Court
Taylor
Piper
Ogden
Boone County
Fred Folson
Supreme Court
Faville
Ross Lamb
Farmers’ Elevator Co
Farragut
Fremont County
Hendrix Hoekstra
Cedar Rapids
Holland
Leland Taylor
Jasper County
Armour & Co
Chicago
Jefferson
Washington County
Henry County Hospital
Mabel H. Konea
Clarinda
Children’s Aid Society of
New York City
Konea
Clara Comstock
Children’s Aid Society
Laura Hill
Kansas
Mary Reynolds
Jessie
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