Iowa News Bits Chronicle of Local Tragedies And Deals
Iowa items report Ada County land sale for 150000, Belmond sugar factory contract, Creston hotel under construction, Marcus fire marshal condemnation, drownings at Coppock and Sioux City, legal fights in Fort Madison, Ankeny murder insanity verdict, and various local incidents including accidents, arrests, and civic plans across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Bell
Ada County
Marcus
Sheriff Dearinger
Albia
Paul Wyse
Emory Wyse
Albert Graber
Skunk River
Coppock
Iowa Valley Sugar Company
Deet
Belmond
Creston
Mary Ditmore
Knoxville
Iowa
Belmond High School
Jessie Lester
Thorson
Salem Lutheran Church
Lake Mills
al Rish
Manchester
Black Hawk County
County Board of
Willis Brady
Richard Smith
Commercial Club
Lake View
Hugo Westerwan
Wall Lake
Fort Madison High School
Charles Walker
Lizzie Coppock
Ankeny
Wazil Kull
Sioux City
James C. Phelan
Fort Dodge
Ilinois Central
Dubuque
M. B. Parka
Redfield
Anti-Saloon League
Des Moines
Diquor
Helen Peterson
Theodore Peterson
China
Peter Christofferson
Kimbalston
Fort Des Moines Hospital
No Man's Land
W. H. Raymond
Iowa City
Comercial Club
Cedar Falls
F. McDougall
Butter County
Allison
Joseph Morrison
Clarinds
Morrison
United States
Albert B. Cummins
Library Report for May 1919
Leona Reavers, librarian, reports the library finances for May 1919, noting receipts and expenditures totaling seven dollars fifty eight cents and outlining fund allocations, book purchases, and service counts for the period.
New Books at Library Offer Wide Range of Reads
The library lists History of the World War in three volumes by Frank Simonds Riley’s Complete Works in ten volumes Henry's Complete Works in twelve volumes and the Young Peoples Book Shelf in ten volumes The Desert of Wheat Zane Grey Cheerful by Request Edna Ferber Fanny Herself Edna Ferber Cinderella Jane A Certain Rich Man Wm A White The Magnificent Ambersons Tarkington Lovers of Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Simonds Riley
Henry
Young Peoples Book Shelf
Zane Grey
Edna Ferber
Fanny
Cinderella Jane
Wm. A. White
Magnificent Ambersons
Tarkington
Lovers of
Louisiana
Nothing in a Name and a Soldier's Duty
Article recalls odd and humorous military names seen on payrolls in 1919. Highlights Fernie White Evangelist F Ash and others like Senator Smith Squire Bailey Sonny McDowell John Newfrock Roy Kneebone and James Booze who faced a court martial for going AWOL but remained committed to duty whether in the field or at camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Fernie White
Lily White
Republican Party
South
Fernie
Evangelist F. Ash
Senator Smith
Pennsylvania
Squire Bailey
Sonny McDowell
John Newfrock
Roy Kneebone
Pella
James Booze
Fragmentary wartime quotation about a Soviet battle scene
A cropped OCR fragment depicts a World War II style exchange with terms like Kamerad and enemy, describing a character’s satisfaction at an opponent surrendering. The garbled text references a labor battalion and Yank/Boc terms, but no clear event or names are identifiable.
Prevent Belching With Slow Eating Tablets Offer
To prevent belching make a habit of eating slowly masticate your food thoroughly and you may have no further trouble. If you should take one of Chamberlains Tablets immediately after supper. For sale by F. D. Stubenrauth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain’s
F. D
Stubenrauth
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Iowa News
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Leo P. Jennings
Lilian Leffert
Dorothy Pomeroy
W. F. Jenkinson
Algona
Kerl Hass
Grinnell College
France
Rock Island Main Lne
Newton
Paul Herdén
Corn Belt Packing Company
Mounders’ Union
Green Foundry and Furnace Company
State Banking Department
First Trust and Savings Bank of
Moville
J. C. Larkin
Charles W. Logan
Ruff Drug Company of
Cedar County
Grand Jury
Lowdon
Ury J. Odell
Louisa County
Wade
Washington School At
Waterloo
Washington News
Holly Hodges
Eighteenth Engineers
New York
Taft
Iowa Weather Crop Service
United States Weather Bureau
Amerengen Castle
Holland
A. Bos
Marion County
the Castle
Cook
Count Bentinck
Amerengen
Camp Dodge
Felix Adler
Ringling Brothers
Baraboo
Wisconsin
Felix
Feliz Adler
Ringlings
Anita
Kronze Grain Company
Wesley
Oakdale Banatorium
Atlantic
Methodist Episcopal Church
Leona Reavers
Loapane
Boc
United ”States
D. G. Gosselink
Selz Shoee
Pune
Furna
Eapon
Ita
Vandermeulen & Co
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