Iowa People and Events Highlights 1922
Jarnag surveys Des Moines coal prices, Hereford cattle gains, new boat trip plan on Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, notable careers like Merrill Meigs in Chicago, Waverly bulb hobbyist, Apple harvest records, veterans at Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, and local curiosities including a 160 year old baptism dress and a meteoric stone find in George Heston’s farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H
Burleigh
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
Iowa
Texas
America
Chicago
Oscar Cain
Frank Smith
G. B. Hughes
Bagley
Guthrie County
G. F. Gleason
Ida Grove
Herman J. Buck
Westside
Crawford County
Des Moines
Mississipi
Southland
Raccoon
Ottumwa
Grand Army of New York
Kendall
General Grant
New York City
New York Veterans
World Wide Prohibition in Modern Gospel Tone
International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham argues prohibition as integral to Christ's gospel, citing Isaiah 61 and Proverbs 14 34. It traces alcohols harm through history and today, urges gospel rooted change, notes Ohio shifts on prohibition, and warns against tobacco as a related vice, urging better conduct and moral reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Isaiah
Jehovah
Hosea
Israel
August Century
Palestine
Dr. Wells
America
United States
Are You a Suffering Woman Health Is Most Important
Mrs. Martha Strayer of Lincoln Nebraska shares how Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription relieved her lifelong weakness and saved her from surgery. After a first bottle she felt markedly better, took four more, and remained healthy through later life events. She later used it again during the turn of life and stayed strong and well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Nebr
Dr. Pierce
Martha Strayer
Ames Family Traveler Plans Across The United States
Ames, now a physician in Los Angeles, journeys with his wife and daughter in an automobile described as spacious and well equipped. They left Los Angeles five weeks ago visiting Boone and Ames, aim for New York, then Florida, then return home via the southern and southwestern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Los Angeles
Iowa
Boone
New York
Florida
Central Defeats Graceland College in Home Opener
Central college beat Graceland 25 0 in a home opener highlighted by Fikkema s accurate passing. Key plays included Van Hou tinga De Haan Lautenbach and Vander Ploeg scoring with De Haan adding the extra point. Graceland showed offense with limited completed passes and standout linemen McGeorge Eheling and De Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Collegians
Graceland
Flikkema
van Doorninck
Lautenbach
van H Tinga
Ing
de Haan
Fiikkema
Fliikkema
Ander Ploeg
McGeorge
Eheling
de Long
Harper Cole Anderson
Anway
Curtis ‘van Roekel
Briggs Fikkema
van Doorninel
Vander Ploeg
Silsbe van Hettinga
Ebeling
Dykstra
van Diest
Sessler
Hubbeling
Dirks
van der Myde
van der Waal
Klaaren
Bauer
Van
Just a Punkin Story in Town and at a Des Moines Show
In a long running local custom pumpkins are grown and trained for an annual punkin show by a Des Moines retail clothing firm awarding large prizes. This year the first prize pumpkin weighed 197 pounds and second prize 174 pounds, drawing astonished comments on the growing size of the pie contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Peter
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L. F. van Zelm
Jestarn Newspaper Union
Felix
Tve
J. W. Jarnag
Knoxville
Pittsburg
Hawkeye
Bevington
Indiana
Merrill Meigs
Malcom
Poweshick County
Hearst Publications
J. F. Grawe
Waverly
W. G. Drewelow
New Hampton
Holland
Drewelow
Towa
Clarinda
C. M. Ruggles
Menlo
Winterset
Marshallstown
W. B. Ward
Algona
Ward
Second
U. S. Cavalry
B.C. Whitehill
Shuford Meyers
Clemens
Reley Brant
Germany
Albert W. Parmeter
Burlington
Mr. Parmeter
Mississippi River
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Marion County
Idaho
Wyoming
Nevada
Utah
Montana
Guy Campbell
Cedar Falls
Howard B. Thomp
Danbury
Methodist Episcopal Church
Eugene Allen
Thompson
Eleanor Spencer Madden
Sefton
Hart of Sefton
Croxtoth Hall
Sussex County
England
Lady Sefton
John Robert Thompson
Merle Hay
Camp Dodge
Lst
Henry Wallace
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles F. Curtins
Agriculture Division
Iowa State College
P. G. Holden
John M. Evward
Iowa Agricultural Experts Meat Station
Frank M. Abbott
Osceola
Clarke County
George Heston
van Hood
Mr. Hood
Heston Place
Board of Health
Wisconsin
J. W. Fitzgerald
van Buren County
Wm. McCauley
Hangman's Hollow
Keosauqua
McCauley
Don Ferdinand Coffman
Washington County
Fitzgerald
Stewart Hutchinson
J. A. Lapham
Saleeby
Matthew Woods
Chronicle
Graceland College
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