Fort Dodge social notes and local visits
Visitors and callers include Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strarns and daughter in Fort Dodge, Mrs. H V Holt from Seattle, Henry Gruver, Perry Gruver from Welcome Minnesota, and Harry Smith's Nicollette visit. Local trips to Chicago, Rolfe, Silver Lake, and Pocahontas cited along with several household calls and a road improvement remark by women’s groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Strarns
Fort Dodge
H. V. Holt
Seattle
Wash
Henry, Gruver
Eailer
Perry Gruver
Frame
Welcome
Minn
Harry Smith
Nicollette
Elmer Larson
Pocahontas
Nora Swanson
Chicago
Sol Cundy
O. Weaver
Floyd Kendall
Henry Grover
Rolfe
Elmer Landing
Alice Johnson
D. F. Reents
Silver Lake
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Tonic and Blood Purifier
Those in a run down condition notice catarrh worsens, showing it is local yet influenced by constitutional health. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is a tonic and blood purifier that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. All druggists carry it. circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Onlo
Deegan Leads Bronx County American Legion Up to 1919
William Deegan heads the Bronx County American Legion with a record of 950 bronze tree plaques, wartime memorials, and veteran relief efforts. He toured posts monthly, opposed office-holding by appointees, and ran a legal committee for veteran troubles. He served with Gen George Goethals, inspecting bases and depots, and left service as a major in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
New York City
Legion’s Welfare Committee
Deegan
Legionnaires
Legion
George W. Goethals
Atlantic
Legion man on long hike to promote training camps
Sergeant Harley Sylvester, an overseas veteran and American Legion member at Fort Benjamin Harrison, will hike 737 miles in 40 days across Indiana Ohio and Kentucky to promote citizen military training camps. The Legion plans to aid recruitment for the camps as the military policy committee endorses the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Harley
Sylvester
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
American Legion
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Legion
Ex-Service Men's Organization
Transfers Pay to Legion in Fairmount Minnesota
Cletus Lappin, a France veteran seriously wounded and now in a sanitarium, received a state bonus check while in hospital and endorsed it to Lee C. Prentice post of the American Legion in Fairmount. He said the Legion helped him when needed and he will support their campaign for clubrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee C. Prentice
American Legion
Fairmount
Minn
Cletus Lappin
France
Lappin
The
Legion
Aviation Thrill Seeker Ruth Law Brings Flying Circus to Iowa
Ruth Law, the nation’s only woman to perform repeated loops atop an airplane wing, showcases her stunt over Atlanta and heads to the Iowa State Fair this summer. Her show runs daily August 26 to September 2 with two other stunt artists.
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Ruth “Law
Atlanta
Iowa’ State
Fatr
Greek citizen from Pugh's Iowa balks at Greek army service
A young Iowa man who served in France becomes an American citizen but cannot return to Greece to manage property without military service. Greece calls all eligible men as it battles Turkey, risking confiscation of his property. He plans to stay in the U.S. to avoid conscription and loss of assets. The note also covers carnations prices in Des Moines and July temperatures at Santa Maria California. Ontario fishing boom and Iowa City State University warnings on home brewing wrap the column.
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France
Greece
Turkey
Vyet
Santa Maria
Cal
Daily Times
Ie Osia Atesteared
Iowa
State Fairboard announces record premium offerings
The State Fair board unveiled a nationwide lead in annual premiums totaling 142 500 across all departments. Major allocations include horses 29 010 cattle 40 975 swine 7 000 and agriculture 13 593 with additional funds for horticulture floriculture textile and youth clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fair Board
Auto Show at Iowa State Fair Announces Midseason Display
Local dealers announce the mid-season automobile and motor truck show to run August 24 to September 2 at the Iowa State Fair grounds. Two thirds of the mammoth machinery hall will house displays of 1921 models and several 1922 designs shipped from factories. Truck distributors plan a farmers focused display. Many automobile men from the region expect to attend for one or more days.
Girl Champion Marion Orchard Shines At State Fair
Iowa fairs this year elevate champion girl cake bakers alongside livestock prize winners. Marion Orchard of Council Bluffs is one state cake baking champion from last year who again competes at the State Fair. Nearly every county is represented as the boys and girls contests draw major attention from August 24 to September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Marion Orchard
Council Bluffs
Readings on Justice and Civic Duty in The Legion Weekly
The American Legion Weekly quips on ignorance and curiosity while noting sensational cases and the impact of jury duty. It hints at readers missing crucial details if they avoid participation or deeper reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Weekly
Brews Grow Popular in Iowa Farms and Court Crackdown
The article notes rising home brewing in Iowa with eight to ten people and up to twenty percent alcohol, backed by University researchers. It cites editorials praising better farm prices and improvements while Judge Bonner campaigns to end a past bond system, exposing a man bond-linked to A Levich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonner
A. Levich
East Side
Levich
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S—H—O
W. W. Beam
T. R. Campbell
DRS
E. L. Hollis
T. D. Jones
First National Bank
L. M. Graham Veterinarian
Nacke’s Pharmacy
Rolfe Iowa
Pocahontas Loan & Trust Company (Incorporated
State Savings Bank
Robt. Klein Sy
Robt. Klein Jr
Robert Klein & Son Real Estate and Insurance Office
Col
H. H. Grove
Plover, Iowa
Joseph Zimmerman
Gilmore City
York
Wittan
New York
Bronx County
Pugh
California
Des Moines
Ontario
Canada
State University At
Iowa City
Home Brewing
Towa
University
Y. T. Meredith
Meredith
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N.C
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