Iowa News Items of Interest Highlight Local Events
Mitchellville free camping draws automobile tourists while Fairfield hosts a major aviation meet with a 10904 foot parachute drop by Glenn Messer. Miss Mebel Resor sails from New York aboard the Imperator bound for Java to join a large missionary hospital effort.
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Mitchellville
Fairfield Aviation
Glenn Messer
Mebel Resor
Charles City
New York
Imperator
Java
M. KO Livingstone
Nexton
Rock Island
Rockwell
Mason City
Trafic
Leo Zaruba
Yele
United States District Court
Anamosa
Mississippi
George Schultz
Schultz
Muscatine
Airs
Gillam Gerber
Cedar County
Fay Monroe
Wankon
State Reformatory
D. E. Maguire
William Hudson
Steve Deck
George Steffanos
Sherif Kennedy
Dubuque Co
Toby Parker
Illinois
Clinton
Parker
Ed Warren
Burlington
Swan
Homer Jennings
Frank Hammers
Clarece Best
George B. Coons
Esh
Justice of the Peace
Ed Anderson
Hartford
C. W. Judking
Clarke County
Judkins
Osage City
Osage
Stacy Johnson
Bay of Keokuk
Lake Keokuk
Government Lock
Gald
John B. Classen
Senator Classen
Marshall County
Marshalltown
R. F. Perry
Britt
Garner
Earl Carl
Global news roundup reports conflicts and policy shifts
A sweeping world summary notes violent clashes in Manchuria leaving Japanese dead and Chinese police injured, famine signs in Russia with millions under hunger rations, political shifts in Europe including Silesia talks, plus assorted incidents from the Americas and Canada. Prominent figures mentioned include Benedict, Briand, Lloyd George, Lenin, and Harding observers.
Washington Aims at Reducing Government Expenditures in Conference
Washington leaders including President Harding and Mellon met House and Senate Republicans to cut expenditures by nearly 600 million and to avoid new taxes while reorganizing aid to World War veterans. Senate panel cleared Capper- Tracher grain futures bill and meat packing regulation advance moves gather pace.
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Harding
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committees
Washington
Congress
Senate
Fraternity Camps Highlight Indian Girls Camp Friendship
A piece from the Philadelphia Public Ledger notes ten little Indian girls from Oklahoma schools at a Tulsa GAS camp forming friendships with white sisters. Il Ja Jones lights the friendship fire signaling cross‑race harmony as 500 Indian girls belong to the W G A and run activities across ten Indian schools. Edith Dabb directs YW G A work for Indian girls and is a trusted reservation figure.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Il- Ja Jones
W. G
New Mexico
Americas
Edith Dabb
YT. W.G.A
Embarrassing Moment on Ladder During School Play Prep
A sergeant of decorum recounts a near fall while preparing for a school hall production. Surrounded by forty spectators critiquing every move he stood on a shaky ladder and toppled to the floor with a hammer in one hand and a flag in the other.
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Lincoln Highway
State Center
Levi Jones
Mason City
Albert Lea
Minn
Geneva
Pani Suba
Guadalupe B. Ballin
Fred
Silba
Ballin
G. A. Carney
Greene
Evansville
Persia
Carney
Merchants National Bank
Corey
Alt
Farm Bureau and Implement
Thirty-ninth
General Assembly
Iowa
R. C. Johnson
Executive Council
Co-Operative Livestock Shippine Associations
Koote Espe
Iowa Federation of Livestock Shippers
Co-Operative Shippers’ Associations of
Federation of Livestock Shippers
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Livestock Federation
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
Raymond Ritter
Scott County
Memorial Plaque Adorns Fourth Dragoon Guards
The London Telegraph reports a new memorial form by the Fourth Dragoon Guards. A portable plaque will accompany the regiment, engraved with the names of the fallen and mounted with full military honors daily by the guard.
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London Telegraph
Glycerine Salvaged From Army Waste Fat in England
Glycerine weighing 2 180 tons was recovered from the waste fat of army food in England during the years 1916 to 1918. The salvage effort recovered considerable quantities of the substance in that period.
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England
Brilliant Toy Tops In Numbers Lesson Quip
An Indianapolis schoolteacher discovers a novel eight inch top that spins to reveal value in numbers. The clerk says it is a diversion used financially. The teacher notes its potential as a teaching aid for arithmetic. The line ends with a casual remark about combinations in numbers.
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Mexico City
Indianapolis
Sha
Indianapolis News
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Ad Claims Kidney Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a proven remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It asserts wide public approval and offers sample bottles by parcel post with a ten cent request and notes bottles available at drug stores.
Patience Praised by Creditors in Boston Transcript
In a Boston transcript excerpt, patience is praised as a virtue and especially admired in creditors, highlighting restrained lending and prudent collection approaches cited by the era's observers.
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Boston. Transcript
Cadger Relates Hard Luck Tale Prefaced by Praise
Mr. Goodsole introduces Cadger's pitiful hardship story as Afr. Postunge acknowledges the touching nature of the tale.
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Mr. Goodsole
Cadger
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