Iowa News Briefs Across Des Moines Shenandoah and More
Reports from Iowa describe Miss Annie M. Wells sailing from Vancouver to Western China as a missionary. Other items note a boy’s death in Elma after a truck incident, a Des Moines bankruptcy filing, and Dwight Davis taking a university post in Nagasaki. Additional items cover auto accidents, thefts, court fines, political delegates, rail and depot thefts, missing youths, and local civic notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Wells
Shenandoah
Vancouver
B. C
China
Gerald Whelan
Elma
Charles Osgood
Des Moines
Dwight Davis
San Francisco
Nagasaki
Japan
University of
Lamont
O. L. Schaffer
Altoona
W. B. Shreve
Harrison County
Wool Growers’ Pool
Logan
Northwestern Railroad
Sagevilla
Ancient Order of Hibernians and Indies Auxiliary
Julian Dubuque
Iowa
Henry Heeren
P. J. ‘Lavelle
Struble
Southern District Lutheran Synod of Iowa
Wartburg College
Clinton
G. A. Fandrey
Chicago
H.brueckner
Iowa City
W. Krebs
Rock Falls
Inl
G. L. Neumann
Aug. Decker
Streator
Ill
Board of Missions
W. W. Lynch
Benjamin Hudson
Sheridan Center
Mr. Lynch
Hudson
Lynch
Northwestern
Vail
Matilda
Helen Moore
Iowa Falls
Jefferson Highway
Dean Nagler
Bagley
Burns
A. W. Nagler
F. L. McIntyre
Marshalltown
Albion
Frank Payne
Gordon
Payne
Meekins
McIntyre
Frank Walters
Rocky Island
County Sanity Commission
James O'Brien
Walters
Rock Island
C. G Graham
O’brien
Young Walters
Walters Js
Richard Crosa
Charles
Chateau Thierry
France
F. M. Doyen
Eagle Grove
Ben Erickson
Holmes
Ireland moves toward separation amid Dublin session
Eamon de Valera reaffirms Ireland's bid for independence and names the Dail Eireann ministry as the only legitimate government. Berlin reports a failed US loan effort, a nationalist ambush in Belfast, and wartime tensions across Europe with multiple international incidents and notable casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dall-Eireann
Dublin
Ireland
Eamonn de Valera
Great Britain
Dail Eireann
David Lloyd George
Eamon de Valera
Sinn Fein
Washington Debates Prohibition and Disarmament Conference
Senate leaders discuss Home Brew protection and gear seizure limits under amendments before the disarmament conference. Reports note 5,735,000 unemployed and a request for $200,000 to fund conference expenses while tax and trade policy moves unfold in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National House of Representatives
Secretary of Labor
Davis
United States Senate
Senate
Harding
Congress
Monument Relieves Severity With Insignia On Shaft
The monument features insignia on each side of the shaft denoting army navy marine and aviation service. Sculptor’s four phases of military experience are shown. Semmes Walmsley, regional national committeeman, is deeply interested in the tribute to fallen comrades in New Orleans where he resides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Marine
Aviation
T. ‘Semmes Walmsley
Reégion
New Orleans
Legion. Men Do Not Forget Paul P Pinnel
Paul P Pinnel, a man associated with the United States Navy, suffered from tuberculosis for many months. He had been hospitalized at Seton Hospital in New York prior to his condition noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Benzel
Rockford
Mason City
Benzel
T. J. B. Robinson
Hampton
United States
International Ecumenical Conference of the Methodist Church
London
Iowa State Capitol
State Executive Council
Wabash
Malvern
Burlington
McMillan
Peoria
Council Bluffs
Fairfield
Ogear Olson
Olds
Mt. Pleasant
Olson
Summer Smith
Tom Murphy
Shenandoah
Plattsmouth
Leonard T. Benjamin
Algona
Benjamin
Mystic Workers of the World
Mary B. McDade
Paul C. Benjamin
Ralph Benjamin
J. L. Townsend
Sioux City
BUC
John H. Burns
Weed
Jr. Townsend
Wilfred Fields
Arthur Fields
Dubuque
Carl Sherman
Center Point
Cedar Valley
Gilcrast Closeing
Legion
Paul
P. Pinnel
Navy
Seton Hospital
New York
American Legion Honors Private Gresham in France Memorial
The article notes Private Gresham’s death from an infection after a scratch during World War I. It describes memorial services in his honor with the American Legion and mentions committee formation led by Victor J. Miller to assist veterans and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Relief Administration
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Famine Relief Committee
Riga
Walter Lyman Brown
National
Gotamander
Emery
The
Legion
Gresham
France
Gréshiam
Victor J. Miler
Ouls
Blo
Hani Post
American Legion
Ito
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Iowa News
Belfast
Cpl
G. R. Newman
Egypt
Cairo
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Paris
Berlin
Donogore
Berlin Vorwaerts
Suzanne Lenglen
Molla Bjorstedt Mallory
Forest Hills
N.Y
Mile
Lenglen
Wisconsin
W. Stanley Smith
Madison
B. Smith
Daily Democrat
Kankakee
Michigan
Lake” Zurich
Order of the Ku Klux Klan
Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Pueblo
Pointe
Colo
Puello
Fountain River
Flora State Bank
Flora
N.D
North’ Dakota
William H
Big’ Sul") Edwards
Internal Revenue
Conte
Maurice and
Walton
Supreme
Platt
Westchester County
Florence Walton
Weston
Baltimore
Ger
Edward D
Minn
Woodbridge N. Ferrin
Big Rapids
Mich
Mary
Ethel McCloud
Indianapolis
Washington
Henry Cabot
Lodge
American Commission
Senate Interstate’ Commerce Committee
Williiam A McAdoo
General of Railroads
House In
House Ways and Meats Committee
House
Federal, Reserve Board
America
Panama ‘Canal
Gu James
R.” David
Pansing
Minnesota
Siguard
Witmer
Vermont
Collins
Millard
Sof
Bennington
le Séti
California
Walter Hamilton
New England
Pollttels An
Hues Ojae
Tonal
Amdetona Leegion
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