Iowa News Items of Interest Highlight Local Events
A roundup of Iowa topics notes Waterloo Jersey wins eleven firsts at two North Dakota shows, rising Humboldt county pheasants, new Ames apple varieties, and various local incidents. It cites public works, banking changes, disappearances, farm topics, barn fires, and community actions across the state with multiple named towns and organizations.
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Waterloo
North Dakota
Humboldt County
Dez Moines
State Experiment Station
Ames
Lansing
Iowa
Valley League
Board of Supervisors
Sac County
W. J. Maloney
Luxemburg Savings Bank
Warren, Ill
First National Bank
Cortes Porter
Earl Porter
Bedford
Decatur County
State Executive Council
Des Moines
Ben Hickman
Conn
Sherrif Borland
Herman Sewing
West Burlington
War Eagle Corporation
Sioux City
F. E. Rogers
Shenandoah
Crestan
Fred L. Kimball Company
Dairy Farmer
E. T. Meredith
Thos. J. Bell
Lamont
Cedar Falls
Jear Brothers
Cedar Rapids
Batley Brothers
Harold Nelson
Barclay Township
Lyon County
Iowa City
Anton Linder
Johnson County
Iowy City
Linder
Colu
Prussia
Carl
Washington conference dovetails with railway strike talks
At a Washington conference with President Harding railway unions plan another gathering with executives to seek an independent settlement of the shop strike. The latest loading of coal cars was reported to the central coal distribution committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Voll
Sth
Central Coal Distribution Comittee
Railroad Labor Board
British Steamers Seized and Arrests in Batoum Conflict
Reports say three British steamers were seized and three Britons arrested at Batoum in retaliation for British solidarity with allied nations at the Bagde conference against the Bolsheviks. Arthur Griffith dies in Dublin from influenza amid Irish unsettled politics.
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Bague
Batoum
Arthur Griffith
Dall Eireann
Dublin
Disabled World War I Veteran Makes Filmmaking Comeback
Roger Sullivan, a World War I veteran wounded in France, trained in photography and motion picture work after the war. With James H. Pelkey, he is producing "Another Chance" showing a disabled veteran’s path from hospital to vocational rehabilitation. The film ends with President Harding’s image, shot by Pelkey, as the pair work in the Washington Heights American Legion post rooms.
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Roger Sullivan
Sullivan
United Naval Forces
France
U. S. Veterans' Paureau
New York
James H. Pelkey
Harding
Pelkey
Washington Heights
The
American Legion
New York City
Best Cookie Recipe Sought By American Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion auxiliary seeks the best cookie recipe for hospital welfare work. Mrs W H Cudworth of Milwaukee chairs the plan to supply fresh cakes in veterans hospitals judged by a renowned baker at national headquarters in Indianapolis.
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America
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
W. H. Cudworth
Milwaukee
German Crook Dupes Yank Troops In Rhine Area
A Brusgela newspaper cites a fake German hoodlum who duped American troops near Coblenz. A German POW allegedly forged Belgian general credentials to visit Major General Allon and Colonel Atlen. He supposedly attached Belgium’s military medal to Allon and stole large sums before fleeing toward Paris.
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Brusgela
Rhine
Coblens
Otlo Deveny
Coblenz
Medaille Militire
Belgium
Allons Breast
Atlen'y Etat
Parla
Fort Worth Hero Gentry Dies Saving Flood Victims
Texas World War veteran Gentry perished during the Fort Worth flood rescue in April 1922. He swam toward the levee to save six people before entanglement with a barbed wire fence led to his death. B R Cockrell urged citizens to erect a memorial in his honor.
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Gentry
Texas
Infantry
Navy
Fort Worth
Tex
American Legion
Young Gentry
Legion
Anxfety
Alt B. R. Cockrell
Four-Hour-Old Honor Marks Auxiliary Birthright
Worthington Minnesota sees baby Nosalle Carol Larson admitted to American Legion Auxiliary membership at four hours old. Her father Warner Larson served with the Twenty-ninth Division and her mother earned a nursing diploma after Red Cross service.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Minnesota
Auxiliary
Little Nosalle Carol Larson
Worthington
Minn
Rosalie
Warner Larson
American Red Cross
Flowers of the Legion Clarify Daisy and Poppy Roles
Discussion clarifies that the American Legion accepts the daisy as its official flower while the American Legion Auxiliary uses the poppy as its memorial flower. The shift followed a Kansas City convention decision linking the poppy to artificial use. Massachusetts auxiliary raised funds from artificial poppy sales to aid veterans.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
France
Kansas City
Flanders
Legion Auxiliary
Massachusetts Legion
Carrying On With the American Legion Honors Veterans and memorials
A report notes Pennsylvania veterans received substantial government claims and memorial efforts by the American Legion. It mentions a new bridge to honor Charles Myer and Massachusetts dead, plus Angamas day services and public gatherings statewide. A bizarre fraud case in Constantinople drew attention to the American Legion activities.
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Pennsylvia
Pennsylvania Avenue Legion
Pate Dabo
Americ
Constantinople
Turkey
Vol
American Legion
Made
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Emory
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New Market
Edward Corrin
Hamilton County
G. T. McCauliff
Webster City
Lydia Anderson
Williams
Rose Grove Township
Dubuque County
Bernard
John Bender
Oakland
Bender
P. C. Cornell
Greenfield
H. Kurtz
Warren County
Nicholas B. Stickel
Nick
Able
M. E
Lee Fread
Homestead
Fla
A. V. Proudfoot
Indianola
Davenport
Matilda Greene
Manning
Germany
Department of Commerce
Senate
Lenroot
John G. Woolley
Madison
Wia
Prohibition
United States
Granada
Spain
Viscount Northcliffe
London, Sess
Levy Mayer
Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt
Chicago
Charles 4. Babcock
Ol City
Cleveland, O
Marina
Tone
St. Pierre-Miquelon
Havana
Block Island
Hahn
Peliham A. Barrows
Nebraska
McKelvie
Algo 18
Lincoln
Neb
Murphy
Terrence Lyons
Chiefs of Engineers
John Leeven
Rock Island
Sith
New York Central
Cleveland
Eizabeth Selater
Pana
Diggve
Progman
Big Four Brotherhood
Union Pacific
Whd
San Bernarding
Cal
Knnute Nelson
Knute Nelson
Norwegian Lutheran Church At
Alexandria, Minn
A. T. Tjormialm
Moriarity
Stonebreaker
Wile Hur Wright
William Gibernon
Lakehurst
N. J
Sok Om
Bud) Felker
Mc Curtain County
Isabel
Okla
Brandon Lake
Lamar
Cojo
Chicago, Aurora & Elginine
Europe
Paris
London
Portal
Moosejaw
Sask
Georgia
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Atlanta
California
Daugherty
Indiana
State Board of Pardons
Indianapolis
Louisville & Nashville Engineers
Henderson-St. Louis
Evansville
Ind
San Diego
Edward W. Schille
Leroy Keller
Naperville
Evan Burrows Fontaine
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Sonny) Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Alsace- Lorraine
Strasburg
Alsace-Lorraine
Cloumel
Ireland
Free State
Swatow
Hongkong
Peking
M. Demuyter
Belgie
Geneva
Foreign Office
Indie
Canada
South Africa
Helsingfors
Dundulle
Bengheda
Uorg
Dican Legion
His Camera
Crook Dupes
Yanks
Mian Rosalie Carol Laraon
Wordington, Minn
the Flowers OF the Legion
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Charles Myer
Bouton Gull
Ichusetts
Australia
Commonwealth
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