Iowa News Highlights From Eldora to Fort Madison
A scattered Iowa page reports a five foot vein of good coal near Eldora to ease a coal shortage, local court actions severing land in Story County, a Weatherwax family obituary in Charles City, and various court cases in towns including Fairfield and Ottumwa. Separate notes cover agriculture, fruit spray methods, Sudan grass as emergency feed, and a lawsuit over a tractor company stock scheme with damages awarded to a claimant in Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanwood
Eldora
Story City
Corporation
Story County
A. T. Weatherwax
Weather Wax Quartet
Charles City
Henry Reter
Germany
Clarence D. Douthet
United States
Missouri
Sioux
Sioux City
Belle Plaine
Otto Roger
Oto
Sfany
George K. Runkel
Fairfield
Fred Moore
Ottumwa
Olga Rains
Fairseid
Taudge Moffit
August Kleinmeyer
Williamsburg
Iowa
Ida Ahrens
Douds
van Bureau
Forest City
Better Hutter
Tn Iowa
Henry Staley
Pisgah
Sea Hay
Tarness
Milny Farm
John Miller
Miles
Miller
Mr. Miller
Grace Troffman
Towa City
West Branch
Towa
Blanch Miller
Waterloo
Carl F. Miller
Blanche Christenson
Iowa State College
Maquoketa
Sudan
Minnie Cook
R. W. Butterfield
Irvington Trom
Peoria
Des Moines
Butterfeld
National Bank of Henry, 1
Algona
Mia
Butterfield
Feuria Concern
Vincent Jurr Lenbeci
Easton, By & Jney
Henry Lembeck
Pantte Tentiary
Fort Maison
Milwaukee
Mort Madison
World and national events brief from Washington and beyond
Concise report notes actions in Congress approving soldier bonuses, tariff debates, and immigration law extensions. Harding golfed at Chevy Chase as Prohibition enforcement and grand jury indictments surfaced. U S relations, war finance grants, flood and storm disasters, and a theater robbery are summarized with multiple locations and figures.
Death and public notices weave through late 1920s headlines
Police link Grace Hoffman death to self harm motive amid Rockford investigations. A schooner bound Nassau to St Pierre Dodga seized near New York Narrows. Navy radio use for commercial services backed by President Harding on June 30 1925. Mancy Kelly executes suicide before hanging related to Grey and Duquean murders at Richton. Lady Astor sails to New York to meet League of Women Voters. Col Ezra L Fuller to retire July 1 at Fort Leavenworth. Largest ever rattan shipment moves toward Grand Rapids after arriving San Francisco. Mine suspensions affect anthracite workers. Several incidents include arrests and thefts in Ohio and Cleveland areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F B. Dodge
Nassau
St. Pierre
Miquelon
New York
Fire at Washington Heights apartment claims mother and two children
Reports say Mrs. Laurence Helms and her two small children were burned to death in a fire at a newly built Washington Heights apartment house. The article also notes other international and political events in brief, including deaths, political arrests, and treaty news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Helms
Washington Heights
New Yor City
Minnesota Woman Plans Memorial Newspaper Building
Mrs. Maude A. Donohue, editor and publisher of a weekly at Cokato, Minnesota, vows to erect a memorial newspaper building in Cokato for her husband killed in action in France. She recalls enlisting day and her late husband’s grave visit at Romange as 22,000 lie buried in Argonne wood. She praises the American Legion and vows to write a book on his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude A. Donohue
San Francisco Examiner
Cokato
Mina
France
Fream
Romange
Argonna Wood
Goldier
American Legion
MacNider Declines Legion of Honor Award for All Legionnaires
Hanford MacNider refused the personal Legion of Honor from France and redirected the award to the American Legion's 5 000 000 service men and women. He noted the medal would honor every Legionnaire and pledged continued loyalty to France. MacNider had previously been made a chevalier on the battlefield in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanford MacNider
Legion of Honor
MacNier
Legon
Marshal Foch
American Legion
French Republic
France
Mr. MacNider
1918
Aerial Polo Debuts At Miami Legion Event
The American Legion in Miami staged an aerial polo spectacle using ponies, mallets, and balloons. Riders performed twists as a motorboat released colored balloons and Pegasus figures launched into the air. The winner is the rider who captures the most balloons before landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Miami
Fla
Bengars
Legion
Postpone Victory Memorial Dome Stars Plan Report
The Proposed Victory Memorial building in Washington would feature a dome resembling a vast service flag. Five million stars would be engraved to honor the dead and serving, with blue stars for veterans. The American Legion urges delaying the memorial until veterans on the streets decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Memorial
Washington
Vieitora
American Legion
Bloodless Bullfighting Draws Legion Return Tour
Arena battles feature Legioy Famous Castillian Matador and MOUS Castilian fighter staging bloodless conflict for American Legion benefit. Matador uses footwork with red cloth, wears $2000 red velvet costume, avoids swords. Legion promotes "bloodless" style after Jersey City stock yards encounter with a fence picket.
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Angele
Benor Chan Lot
Mofino
Mous
American Legion
Molino
Legion
Jersey City
Sketches Won the Recruits Hap Hadley Greenwich Village Artist
Alvan Hap Hadley a crayon artist and ex marine travels with a Greenwich Village troupe. His sketches allegedly recruit more marines than any other individual, drawing many into the corps and keeping others loyal to his show. He later sketches American Legion figures for newspaper publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvan
Hadley
Greenwich Village
American Legion
Maring Corps
Paris Island
Hap
Jobs for Ex-Service Men Drive Gains in Communities
Civil groups join the American Legion in a nationwide effort to place 700000 unemployed veterans. Initiatives include factory shifts, bridge repair, highway work, utilities projects, community gardens, and back-to-the-farm programs to provide daily work opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion
da & Day
Carrying On With the American Legion
The article notes mixed feelings as the American Legion contemplates change. It mentions taxi-cabs used by Gallieni’s army, a U S Navy sale of the New Mexico to a Long Beach farmer, and factions over cash payments for serving men. It cites Ewings London as Ardmore commander and discusses public sentiment about benefits and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Paris
Gallieni
Marne
United States
New Mexico
Long Beach
Cal
Navy
Betas
Oklahoma
Ewings
London
Ardmore
American Legion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa News
Harding
White House
Chevy Chase
Boris Bakhmeteff
Senate
Hughes
War Finance Corporation
Town
Wisconsin
Supreme Court of the United States of Washington
Haynes
House
Calvary Baptist Church
Frank Muller
Lin Oself
Pire
Denver
M Lass
Iinvis Mver
Barrdstown
Mssissippi Valley
Albany, N
State
Veterans’ Relief Commission
John Kemphen
Waterford
Wis
Portland
Ore
Quantico
Rockford (III
Grace Hoffman
Rockford College
Mancy Kelly
Lakeville
Grey
Duquean
Richton
Lady Astor
Southampton
White Star
Olympia
Baltimore
League of Women Voters
Ezra L. Fuller
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Iia
Grand Rapids
Mich
San Francisco
Singapore
Blovinkiggon
Hays
Ui Arbuckle
Elmer Thrill
Joby
Colbus
Texas
Max Wipe Jun Company
Jewelers
Inudowurtt Whaitee Bulsting
Claveland
Abreg Bundles
Adrian Constantine Anson
Chicago
Paul Henderson
Washington. I
Marrowbone
Belfast
Hazrat Mohani
All- India Moslem League
Cawnpore
Berlin
Talaut Pasha
Charlottenburg
Geremany
Miskrela
Morocco
Garison
Madrid
Sanisin
Black Bea
Asia Minor
Berbita
Rome
Nome
Russia
Rapallo
Clamus
Bandita
Ilegal Bank
Inversity, Back
Khara Singh
Punjab Congress Committee
Lahore
India
Gevaning
Adigpatus
Cairo
Dinascus
Assed Bey
Duterior
Honduras
Ulung Hee
Maude Donohue
Minnesota
Legion Entertainment
Florida
Arena Battles For
Legioy
Duman
Alvan Hadley
Medale
Caugh
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