Iowa News Highlights From 1920s Obscure Clipping
Multiple Iowa items report on deaths and accidents including J. Martin of Lamont dying from harnessing a fractious horse, 6 year old Charles Schatz Jr killed by a truck near Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Henrietta Hecker of Audubon dying at 70. Other notes cover road funding bids, highway projects, and local government actions in Independence, Dubuque, and Council Bluffs.
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Martin
Lamont
Council of Independence
Dubuque County
Charles Schatz, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
St. Paul
Marshalltown Savings and Loan Association
W. A. Carter
Humboldt
John Walker
Eagle Grove
George Atwood
J. P. Wested
Kimballton
J. W. Holden
State Highway Commission
Alfred Jones
E. F. Gause
Shenandoah
Henrietta Hecker
Audubon
Augusta Hecker
Ruth Huffman
Iowa City
Albert Zajucek
Solon
Lincoln Highway
White Pole
Blue Grass
Council Bluffs
Lucile Hansen
James B. Hansen
Atlantic
E. M. Earl
Rock Island
Duck Creek
Bettendorf
Clinton
Sioux City
John Brackney
Meckling
S. D
Brackney
Adair
Clyde Edwards
Evelyn Hollister
Evelyn
Chi ‘Cago Great Western Shops
Arelwe
Louella Batdorf
Hamburg
Frank Hains
Oakland
Rolan Smith
Garage Mn
Havis Jad
Columbia
D. W. May
Seebought & Harper
Moorhead & Carruthers
3. A. Meyer
Benton County
J. C. Pavey
Garrison
Dickerson Lamb
J. H. Ferguson
Lamb
Ferguson
George M. Rommel
Mount Pleasant
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
American International Publishers
Field Illustrated
el Campo International
New York
M. C. Brown
Calgary
Tom Laughlin
Munro Brown
Hearn Laughlin
Lineville
Clarence Eldridge
Waterloo
Charles C
Nettie H. Elliott
Eldridge
Mildred Elliott
Eldridges
Griswold
Pymosa Township
Harrison County
W. M. Calladay
State Motor Vehicle Department
Polk County
Calladay
Wful
County Board of Supervisors
Tave Mors
Osborn Ohio Is Moved To Save Corporate Existence
The village of Osborn Ohio must relocate to a new site due to flood control plans by the Miami Conservancy District. Lawyer Morris Rice crafted a novel interpretation of contiguity to extend Osborn’s corporate limits, allowing the town to move a mile and a half away while preserving its corporate rights. The Osborn Removal Company will relocate buildings to the new site, with occupants offered priority to repurchase.
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Dayton
Osborn
Miami
Miami Valley
Great Miami
Mad River
Stillwater River
Wolf Creek
Big Twin Creek
Ohio
Morris Rice
Rice
Qaborn Removall Company
Thia Aonany
Miami Conservancy
Conservancy
Few Cables Leave Russia From Riga to Moscow and Petrograd
Riga Latvia officials report few telegrams sent to Russia receive responses despite many prepaid messages arriving in Moscow and Petrograd. Telecommunication remains active with Moscow and Petrograd though outbound replies are scarce.
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Riga
Latvia
Russia
Reval
Moscow
Petrograd
America
Bison Upset All Traditions In Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone Park faces a growing buffalo herd that outstrips winter feed. Edward C. Finney, first assistant secretary of the Interior, has completed an inspection and brings the issue back to Washington for action.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Plains
Yellowstone
Park
Washington
Edward C. Finney
Interior
Finney
New York Tops Nation in White Potato Consumption
New York leads the United States as the greatest white potato consuming center, averaging 19,263 carloads unloaded annually over the past five years. Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Kansas City follow, with New Jersey and Maine supplying the remainder from upstate New York and Maine.
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New York
United States
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Kansas City
Upstate
Maine
New Jersey
Ivory hunt reaches North Seattle for Yukon mastodon tusks
In North Seattle, genuine ivory, prized in carved jewelry, remains scarce in markets. The summer scene shows about thirty local men outfitting to travel to the Yukon and Norton Sound tundras to seek mastodon remains and large tusks from extinct mammals.
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Seattle
Wash
Yukon
Norton Sound
Yukon River
New Sam Browne belt for officers approved
Washington reports a redesigned Sam Browne belt for army officers with two shoulder straps and multiple features. The War Department notes removable pistol slides first-aid pouch canteen double magazine pocket and saber attachment, distinguishing it from the older model. General Pershing approved the design from the quarter master general.
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Washington
Sam Browne
Quartermaster General
General Pershing
War Department
All Gold Hoarded in East
It is estimated that at least ten million dollars in gold is hoarded annually by native populations in India Africa and Persia where gold holds a strong fascination. Any gold received as wages or by other means is promptly hidden away.
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East
India
Africa
Persia
Woman Defends Child Fire Shot Ends Bear Attack
In Kalispell Montana Mrs Agnes Rainwater a homesteader saved her son from a charging black bear with a single rifle shot. The bear was slain and its hide will be used as a rug for the family home.
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Kalispedl
Mont
Agnes Rainwater
Pella Markets Report Grain and Produce Prices
Market notes from Pella Iowa show prices for produce and grain utilities, with figures ranging from five to six dollars per unit and assorted deductions. The fragment lists miscellaneous items and adjustments, indicating fluctuating commodity values in the local market.
Ten Dollar's a Stick Up Scale for Assistants
Detectives say New York City holdup men offer ten dollars a stick up as the pay for assistants or awabbers. The claim comes from a Denver, Colorado resident, Gerald Clair, who faces complicity charges in a cigar store robbery.
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New York City
Gerald Clair
Denver
Colo
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Iowa News
Ue Ata
Bears
Pry
City
Ivory
North
U.K
Pershing
Pella Markets
Higgs
Eret
Pella
Produce Co
Oaencentil
Sauiecsanld
Ste Pel
Vander Linden
W. C. Verploeg
Ames Graduate Veterinarian
Farmer’s Produce Building
Georgia. Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Main Street
C. I. Fox
Main and Liberty Sts
J. J. Sybenga
Puritan Drug Store
A. J. Visser
Franklin
Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
A. P. Fankhauser
T. G. Fultz
Vander Zyl Bros
F. F. Carpenter
W. F. Crew
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