Iowa News Items From Boone to Des Moines
A jumble of late 1921 Iowa happenings reports fire losses at Radcliffe, bank consolidations at Mount Pleasant, a Des Moines bigamy case, hospital funds in Storm Lake, and a string of local incidents. Also noted are public notices, farm bureau movements, a water works issue, and a damper on a dance hall owner's Sunday events.
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Boone
Alfred Mueller
Davenport
Margaret Starkwa Twain
Lowa
St. Ansgar
George Sampson
Radclife
Johnson
Waterloo
Henry County Farm Bureau
Chester D. Paardekooper
Yale
Guthrieco
Astete
John Lehman
Nevada
Mania Webbe
Episcopal Diocese of
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Des Moines West
N. J. Gordon
Marshalltown
Y. M
Sheeley & Son General Store
Tingiey Lumber Company
Farmers’ Elevator Company
Tinsler
Charles Ribbing
Hiteman
O. W. Acton
Cedar Rapids
L. J. Kock
Shelby
Acton
Ada
Ella Barackman
Kansas City
Sioux City
Washington
Sam Snikered
A. H. Pickford
Cerro Gordo County
Story County Farm Bureau
Joan Buchanan
Buchanan
Beech and Cummer Crossing
W. E. Goutermont
First National Bank
Iowa State Bank
Mount Pleasant
War Department
Camp Dodge
Iowa National Guard
Weeks
National Guard
Gifford
Alden
Northwestern
Hambure
Colorado
Washington debates tax and policy amid wartime recalls
Walker D. Hines denounces claims that railroads were broken from government control. Senator Simmons signals a bye way soldiers bonus bill as an amendment to the foreign debt funding measure. Mellon warns the bonus would spike taxes by 850 million pounds over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker D. Hines
Washington
Simmons
Dern
North Carolina
Senate
Mellon
Notable World and Sports Briefs From Various Cities
Sporting Everett McGowan, St Paul pro, won a series of three skating heats from Norval Baptie at St Paul. Karelian troops reconquered Kimasjervi. Nikisch, ex Boston conductor, died in Leipzig. Delegates from five Asian regions attend Moscow congress. Greece says normal relations cannot resume until Constantine retires. Pope Benedict XVI died in Rome. Cardinal Gasparri present. White forces captured Blagoviechtchensk. typhus spreads in Moscow. Pope Benedict left wealth to nephew in Liguria. U S destroyer arrived at Navorossiyek with recovery workers aboard. Vatican vault held 760,000 lire. Prince of Wales greeted in Mysore. Lord Bryce dies. Elen Anderson, Swedish aviator, killed at Askers.
Young WWI Soldier Becomes Legion Post Sergeant-at-Arms
Stephen Tilman of Washington D C served as a private in World War I at age fourteen after forging age documents. He marched with Company B Third Battalion C infantry to the Mexican border and later guarded at Conduct Ford Washington before enlistment. Now he holds the post’s sergeant at arms for George Washington Post No 1 American Legion. His father is a retired cavalry officer.
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Stephen
Tilman
Washington, D. C
Tillman
Third
B.C. Infantry
United States
Ford
Washington
George Washington Post No
American Legion
First Legion
Traylor Family Contributes to War Effort in Uniform
The Traylor family of Trenton Missouri answered the call in World War I. Father W S Traylor served as a private in the Quartermaster Corps while mother, four sons, a sister, and two daughters all wore uniforms or served with the Red Cross. Charles fought with the Eighty-ninth Division and was wounded, Frank served as an aviator, Orvile in the adjutant general's department, and Roy with the Thirty-Sixth Railway Engineers.
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Traylor
Trenton
Mather
Red Cross
Charles
Frank
Orvile
Adjutant General's Department
Roy
Jumping beans aid veterans in New Mexico letter drive
Five thousand World War I veterans in New Mexico hospitals assist a bean exchange led by Herman Q. Baca of the American Legion. Genuine Mexican jumping beans, animated by a worm inside, will be sent to girls who write letters to ill or lonely soldiers, with thousands awaiting gidle.
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Gidle
United States
Herman Q. Baca
Santa Fe
N. M
American Legion
New Mexico
Mr. Bace
Presidents as Military Men and Their Ranks
The American Legion Weekly notes that more than half of US presidents held military rank. Of 28 presidents, 16 were military men. post Civil War leaders include Grant Hovey Garfield Arthur and Harrison as generals, Roosevelt as colonel, and McKinley as a president with uniform service.
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United States
American Legion Weekly
Hovey
Garfield
Arthur
Harrison
Roosevelt
McKinley
Fragmentary wartime tale hints at a judge and a legion
The readable portions show dialogue about choosing pallbearers and friends, with a judge questioning and a reference to the American Legion Weekly. The text is incomplete and lacks a clear event or outcome.
Cuticura Promotion Ad and Humorous Judge Quote
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse then Cuticura Talcum for fragrance priced at 25 cents. The clipping ends with a brief courtroom joke between Mr Laphead and Miss Kutting.
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Iowa News
M. J. Gorman
Mt. Arr
Gorman
Yayland
Crocker
Des
Wayland
Educational Department
Storm Lake
J. A. Swalum
Lake Front
E. E. Smith
J. H. O'Donoghue
H. E. Farnsworth
A. G. Gran
E. D. Banghart
Parish
E. C. Capper
Ruth Hopkins
Velma Conis
Brandon
Casper
Capper
John Birka
Riverde
Fort Des Moines
Dryer
Brokaw
Consolidated School
Chapin
George A. Brown
H.F. Henderson
District Court
Mason City
J. Julien
Mike Grace Roche
Cascade
Julsen
State Highway Commission
William Collinson
Chariton
J. W. Holden
Scranton
Republican
Dean Marston
Ames
Frank Kneeskern
Dear Decorah
Grand
Charles van Brocklin
Conover
Fred Lothringer
la Verne
Russia
House
Wirs and Means Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Harding
St. Lawrence Waterway
General Pershing
Treasury
Sam Beaman
Itnce
Prohibition
Republican National Committee
Warren G. Harding
Chicago
Fred W. Copham
The
Baptist Church
Columbia
John Parsons
Maswood
Lake Superior
Alfred Weterson
Knife River
Minn
Port Wing
Wis
Ligwite
Raneus City
Christ Stathes
Ninéiwen
Elishart
Ind
Hazleton
Abattanooks Teun
Tennessee River Hood
Glasstone Mhater
Gladstee
Mich
Lawrence Dwyer
International Board
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley
W. Va
Cnpias
Logan County
William Berman
Brooklyn
N.Y
Berman
Indiana University
Bigonlinden
Henry W. Ballantine
State Committee of the Anthracite Mine Workers
E Jon
Shamokin
Robert Hooker
Chienso
Hooker
Congress
Fargo
N. C
New York
J. D. Sugarman & Co
Consolidated Stock Exchange
James A. Stillman
Curritinek Sound
Europe
John Kendrick Bangs
Atlantic City Hospital
Atlante City
WN. J
T. J. Phillips
Ottumwa
Everett McGowan
St. Paul
Norval Baptie
Bathgate
X.D
Kimasjervi
Arthur Nikisch
Leipzig
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Japan
China
Korea
Mongolia
Far
Republic of
Siberia
Moscow
India
Athens
Constantine
Greece
Pope Benedict
Rome
Cardinal Gasparri
Pope
Blagovieshtchensk
Asiatic
Riga
Latvia
Plest
Liguria
Marquesse
Giuseppe Della Chiesa
Navorossiyek
Black Eea
Reset Administration
Vatican
Benedict XV
Prince of Wales
Mysore
Bryce
Sidmouth
London
Elen Anderson
Askers
Merican Legion News Service
Stephen $. Tillman
George Washington Post
Thia
Evs
Hughes
Greenville
Delo
Lysia E. Pinkham
Delaware
Nate Ersandot
Holland
Coa
Nujol
Boston Transcript
Mr. Laphead
Miss Kutting
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