Iowa News Items of Interest Highlights From 1924 Era
A digest of Iowa items notes Audubon firemen armed for robberies, Penn college farm sale near Oskaloosa, and the Riceville high school opening plans. Projects include Dubuque street improvements, Stratford electric bonds, Webster City history, and Cedar Rapids road maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
Alice Swearingen
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Riceville
Dubuque
Stratford
Webster City
Charles Aldrich
State Historical Department
Indianala City Council
Sphalt
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Hudson Road
Burlington
J. H. Wolf
Iowa
Primghar Bell
Palo Alto County
Webb
Ames
Woodbury County Farm Bureau
Polk County
Sioux City
Fis
Iowa City Board of Health
Florida
California
Knoxville Express
Des Moines
Coliseum
Boards of Education
Public Welfare Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
General Assembly
Electors cast votes for Coolidge Dawes in 1924
Electors met in states and cast electoral votes for Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes. The votes will be certified and opened at a joint session in Washington on February 18. Secretary Hughes resigns March 4 and will be replaced by Frank Kellogg of Minnesota as ambassador to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Republican ‘National Committee
Indianola
Simpson College
Calvin Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Senate
House
Wallington
Hughes
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Great Britain
White House
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Navy
Wilbur
House Naval Committee
Mexico
Mexico City
Campaign Endowment Aids War Veterans Orphans Welfare
The American Legion launches a 5.9 million endowment drive for rehabilitation and child welfare. President Coolidge and Vice President elect Dawes lead an honorary committee including prominent officials and public figures. The AFL endorsed the campaign at its annual El Paso convention. The first gift came from World War veteran Dr. C S White. Proceeds fund disabled veterans care and orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
American Legion
Charles @. Dawes
Calvin Coolidge
Mra
Coolidge Lewonten
Beereticles Hughes
Mellon
Hoover
Work
Gore
Davis
Weeks
Wilbur
Stone
New
B. W. Bierte
John J. Pershing
John A. Lejeune
J. L. Hines
Frances Cleveland Preston
Grover Cleveland
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Misa Ethel Barrymore
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Legion
American Federation of Labor
Sta
el Paso
Texas
James A. Crain
The
National
C. 8. White
Rosedale
Ind
Anan Raymond Chosen Commander of Omaha Legion Post
Anan Raymond lawyer was elected commander of the Omaha post of the American Legion for 1925. The election, lasting more than two days, succeeds Lee B. Bozell who helped grow the post and promote bringing the national convention to Omaha in 1925. Bozell leaves a substantial treasury balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Post
Legionnaires of
Omaha
Neb
Anan Raymond
Omaha Post
Raymond
Lee B. Bozell
Beatdee
National Convention of the Legion
Bovell
Prevent Fraudulent Solicitors Across Legion Posts
National American Legion headquarters urges all posts to issue officially signed credentials for solicitation in Legion interests. This move protects posts and the Legion from fraudulent individuals using the organization to fund nefarious schemes or mislead contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion
Legion Posta
Legion
Posta
Friends of the Legion
Just a Sociable Game in Scarlet Gulch Poker Room
A stranger from the East arrives at Red Peters' Scarlet Gulch poker room with a thousand dollars, asking to join a sociable game. Yukon Jake grants entry, the dealer cues a white card, and the scene unfolds as local feds and townsmen observe the wager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Peters
Scarlet Gulch
Yukon Jake
American Legion Weekly
Veterans of All Wars Ameworia Building Planned in Milwaukee
Mil waukee county council of the American Legion plans a Veterans of All Wars Ameworia building at the Olvio center to house trophies and exhibits from the Spanish American War and World War I belonging to Milwaukee County. A meeting is planned for veteran organizations to join the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vetorgan
Olvio Center
Milwaukee
Wis
County Council of the American Legion
Milwaukee County
Plana
Educational Changes in History and Language Study
The passage discusses shifting views on education, noting the value of classical and modern languages and mathematics. It contrasts an industrious, informed man with a history and literature focus against a century magazine view of education being destroyed by modern knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century
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Iowa News
Maccabees
Cedar Rapids
Helen Keller
Jlaliver
Hayt Sherman Place
Merchinia’ National Bank of
Des Mones
Anna Drake
Public Health Nursing Bureau
State Board of Health
State Farm Burreau
Iowa State University
Iowa State College
EB. L. ‘Hogue
Iowa Good Roads Association
Connecticut
Alabama
State Library Commission
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Iowa Federation of Labor
Canada
United States
Prohibition
Haynes
Kansas City Journal-Post
Supreme Court
Ilinois
McCormick
Missouri
Washington, Ou
Washington Dispatch
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Los Angeles
Northern
Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
Charlotte Norris
Cook County
Chicago
Charlotte Maguire
St. Vloula College
St. Louis
Charlotte
Kid McCoy
Cal
Theresa W. Mors
Sat Quentin
Ave Houre
Hoops
India
Len Sinai
Assembly
Leo Koretz
Chicke
State Penitentiary
JoHet
William Gavaifer
Pottsville
Eee
State Health Department
Springfield
Jonathan Davis
Kunenste
Kansas City
Journal-Post
Russell G. Davis
Topeka
John J. Kiely
New York
Edward M. Morgan
Charles E. Hughes
Atlanta
American Bar Association
Woodrow Wilson
Bethlehem Chapel
Davis Mills
Fall River
Mays
Rill
Oklahoma
Tulsa
George W. Bellows
America
Post- Graduate Hospital
Irvin J. Martin
Douglas Fairbanks
Hollywood
Tony Tinesa
Gene Stratton Porter
Jeanette Porter Mehan
James A. Patten
Bvanston, Lil
Presbyterian Hospital
Ebert
Germany
Ber- UN Montag
Reichstag
Berlin
Adolf von Struempell
University of Leipsie
Pieter Lenin
Bosnia
Leipskc
LaPointe
San Juan
Purla
Paris
Érican Legion News Service
Alia Golgent
Informatio Figaro
R.F.D
Duath Atter Tunbupy
Mole
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