Iowa county notes and farm events across counties
A rundown of agricultural developments and local news includes thresher separators unloaded in Blookcan, beef market readiness in Cedar County, weed control in Guthrie County, and a $106000 charity bequest by Mrs. Jennie Parrish. incidents range from a fatal kerosene fire to a Waterloo safe-busting thwarted by misdirected powder, plus county experiments in dairy, crops, and hay harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blookcan
Baby Beef Club
Cedar County
Guthrie
Jennie W. Parrish
Clarinda
Emmett Safely
Dedford
Waterloo
Leis Clark
Clinton
Calcutta
India
Clark
General Electric Company
Dein Hammill
Britt
Center Junction
S. Faaborg
William Frubais
Clarence
J.A. Bliss
Rinegal County
Iowa
James Gifford
Liscomb
Hubbard
Decatur
J.E. Mackin
Independence
Shenandoah
Ralph Gardner
Départment of
State University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
George Herschel Whitcomb
Northwood
George E. Whitcomb
Burslington
Edward Coy
Farragut
Leo Anchita
Iowa City
State Reformatory
W. L. Morris
Council Bluffs
Ivan Davis
Thichard Davis
State Center
W. E. Zach
F. m. Waugh
C. Fazio
Joseph Fazio
Creston
E.R. Arbaugh
Hirmingham
B. KE. Muger
Reitberk
Ward Innes
Roinbeck
George Innes
Davenport
Foreign Privates Die In German Truck Crash In World News
Reported fatalities include Harry Long of Logansport Indiana and Fitzhugh Langston of North Carolina when their machine gun truck skidded into a telephone pole and overturned near Erhenbreit stein Germany. Other items note debt talks in Berlin, Greek assurances on Constantinople, a Jungfrau crevasse death, a Bulgarian moratorium request, Sun Yat sen reinforcements, and a US recognition of Baltic and Albanian governments with a Cuban kidnapping and fascist socialist clashes in Italy. An airplane crash near Guadix Morocco killed many aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Long
Logansport
Ind
Fitzhugh Langston
Attburn
N.C
Erhenbreitstein
Germany
New York Man Rescues Boy From River in Syracuse
Charles Crozier of Syracuse New York saved seven year old Coy after spotting the child in the river from a bridge. He jumped in and pulled the boy to safety as an ambulance arrived. His American Legion comrades push for a Carnegie Life Saving Medal for his heroism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Crozier
New York
Coy
Olaries J. Crozier
Tully Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Crozier
Demvent
William John Hanley, Jr
American Legion
Four month old joins North Dakota Legion auxiliary
Bonnie Jean Kelly of Tin Running post at Devil's Lake was the youngest member present at the organization of the North Dakota state department of the American Legion auxiliary. The infant was adopted by the auxiliary’s state directors as she joined beside her father M. P. Kelly, a former first lieutenant in the Ning third pursuit squadron of the First my.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Jean Kelly
North Dakota State Department
North Dakota State Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Lassie
Devil's Lake
Yee
State Department
Ili Ya
Bonnie Jean
M. P. Kelly
sePed Ap
Ning
Omaha Man Receives Gold Star Medal for War Dead Casket Honor
J M Buck of Omaha received a Gold Star 4 medal for pioneering the practice of placing gold stars on the caskets of all war dead. The idea, supported by governors and civil and military leaders, spread nationwide via the American Legion after Mr Buck suggested Omaha be the tribute’s distribution point. Buck supervised placing stars on caskets and accompanied Legion delegations at train arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Buck
Omaha American Legion
Legion
United States
Omaha Wags
American Legion
Buck
Legionnaires
Three Myths and a Ragged Weekly Confusion
The fragmentary item mentions a man whose car broke down and crowds offering no help. It also recalls a miner entombed for days in a cavern and a soldier receiving orders. The text is garbled, with several names and actions unclear, reflecting partial OCR from a weekly page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dita Hale
hingelf—Aainorjogn Lap Weekly
Photographer Captain Jackson chronicled World War scenes widely
The article profiles Captain Cane B. X. Jackson of the Signat corp who photographed America’s World War era images. His work covered Wilson’s France mission and postwar narratives. Now staff photographer for the New York Daily News, he remains active with the American Legion in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Hoboteyi
Cane B. X. Jackson
Signat Corp
Captain Jackson
Jacksson
United States
Jackson
New York Daily News
The
American Legion
Signal Post No
New York City
American Legion envoy H Nelson Jackson sends greetings to British Tommies
H Nelson Jackson of Burlington Iowa a national area commander of the American Legion represented the Legion at a British Legion meeting. He served in the Medical corps during World War I where he earned the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor. He urged renewed ties for lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
H. Nelson Jackson
Burington
American Legion
Legion
British Legion
Estes
Jackson
France
Leutenant
Leutenant Tolone
Beshalf
Hanford MacNder
New Zealand Vet Held in US Inmate Case
The New Zealand government probes veteran Robert Thompson of Christchurch who recently returned from war service. Acting on Canadian advice, authorities in America reviewed Thompson’s welfare after he arrived in the United States and faced poor food and indifferent care at a veterans bureau facility. A letter to a former college friend led to intervention and his release on condition to depart the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Graham
George Kopi
Maxwell
Mekting
D. H. Latham
Boone
Luatham
Iowa
Buena Vista County
Farm Bureau
John Mobes
Durac Jer- Kare
Scott Township
Tawa City
Hell
F. Wy Medlar
Spencer
Manhattan Beach
West Okoboji
Mediar
United States
Chicago
Sherif Oscar Hansen
Shelly County
John Schaefer
Frank Erdman
B. A. Erdman
St. Benedict
Lars Stangland
Jewell
Stangeland
Stangland
Greene County
Old Springer
Ripper
New England
Charles Theurer
Guthrie Center
N. W. Adams
Vrner
Rey
Frank Adams
Elgin
N. H. Adams
Michigan
A. D. Adams
Somers
Mont
Praire Springs
Maquoketa
Nemyelieves
New Zealand
Robert Thompson
Christchurch
Thompson
United Stat
America
Veterans’ Bureau
Thompaog
Bigin
Lf hayTum
Hig
Carrying On With the American Legion
A small town effort by the American Legion and local business leaders forms a steering group to assist 180 to 270 disabled former service members amid a regional push for support. A Red Cross and Legion canvass in Iowa and Wisconsin gathers delegates and highlights patriotic identity and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
American Red Cross
Auierl Ean Leplon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa News
Bennie Leonard
Lew Tendler
Jersey City
Leonard
Frank 8. Cossgill
Bartlett, Frazier& Co
Brickle Country Club
Glencoe
Marilyn Reynolds Carter
John ©. Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Angeles
Frank B. Wrbn
Indianapolis
Glacier Park
Washington
England
Wales
Shipping Board
Harding
Senate
Washiington
White House
Narding
Betiy Spencer
Tracey Lyons
Aviation
Jon A. 8
Augustus Altemeier, Jr
Port Jervis
Montana
Glendon
Minn
O. M. Olson
Clay County
Atlantic City
N. J
Gladys T. Kirkland
Percy
Ghivaga
Cherbourg
Henry Poole
Fanny
Moud Havard
Moule
Potlewuan Wiliam Conde
Lafayelle
Iria
Harry Doggett
Hedding
Cal
Tint
Mich
Portland
Pacilly
Allande
Willam Trope
Manchester
Wayne County
Cleveland
Fox River Valley
Appleton
Wis
Colwell
Floyd County
Sebine
Tex
Magna Petroleum Company
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Charles Stetwart
Newbraska
Omalay
J. H. Winchell & Co
Haverhill
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
United States Prohibition
Robert J. Levy
Ernest E. Haines
Weather Bureau
Harbor Springs
James Henry de Rothschild
Park
Baron Henry de Rothschild
Henry J. Reilly
One Hundred and Forty-ninth Feld Artillery
Legion of Hows
Berlin
Constantinople
House of Commons
London
Bern
Switzerland
Jungfrau
Sofia
Sun Yat. Sen
South China
Chen
Ching-Meng
Shiuchow
Tatvia
Psthoula
Albania
Hughes
John Tova
Saganaly Grande
Cub
Havenna
Ttaly
Rubat
Cuisa- Dianen
Morocco
Peer Guudix
Thia Department
American Legion News Service
GOLD
J. M. Buck
Cept. E. NW
Jackson Af
Tommies
MacNider
Elgin, Jil
Jesup
Strangera
Correg-ionville, In
Americal Legion Auxary
Cour Rapids
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