Iowa News Items From the 1920s Turbulent Updates
Iowa reports show butter at a high price, large county farm bureau picnics, and record income taxes. Notable deaths include Andrew J. Dimond and Cedar Rapids pastor E R Burkhalter. Other items note road paving, college enrollment, and a 5 million dollar city building loan.
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County Farm Bureau
Sibney
Iowa
Early Chapel
Earlham
Andrew J. Dimond
Keokuk
Marietta Walker
Lamont
Graceland
Farm Bureau
Shenandoah
Des Moines University
Marshall County
Mid-West
Morris Banks
Des Moines
John A. Coleman
Farragut
Simpson College
Charles Carney
Pierson
Sioux City
Burlington
Verle Swant
Greene
Reese Farm
Herbert 4. Huff
Eldora
Bruce W. Flick
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Iowa Masons
Cedar Rapids
United States Veterans Bureau
Waterloo
Presbyterians of Iowa
Perry
Boone
Northwestern Bellelephone Company
Vernita
Mir
H. &. Alexander
Griswold
Mason City
National Electric Light Association
Iowa Electric Railway Association
Kendall
State Board of Conservation
Clifford L. Niles
Anamosa
Lnowa
State Fair Ground
William Jennings , Bryan
Ira D. Landrith Will
Washington May Production Hits Record For Autos And Trucks
Washington reports show May 1922 production totals of 262 431 passenger cars and 23 788 trucks. Immigration Chief announces 15 automoblies seized from bootlegging immigrants at the Canadian line. Government agencies discuss expenses and labor shortages as duties shift across federal agencies. Illinois fiscal year cost per person listed at 7 83 dollars. Navy asks for eight cruisers three cruiser submarines and four river gun boats. June 15 tax payments reach 350 000 000 dollars.
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Automobile Industries
Washington Dispatch
Husband
Washington
State of
Illinois
Census Bureau
Denby
Navy Department
Harding Opposes Coal Industry Nationalization
President Harding used a Cheyenne address to oppose nationalizing coal. he predicted a coal commission would define a fuel solution. In other notes, a Brooklyn elevated train disaster killed eight and injured over eighty, and Secretary Mellon planned a European trip including France before returning to the United States.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Harding
The
Coal Commission
Brooklyn “L
Mellon
New York
England
France
United States
Denver
Bear Creek Canyon
Colo
Monson Legion Essay Proposes Town Improvements
Monson Maine seventh and eighth graders submit essays on how the American Legion can improve their town The winning miss Anna Zimmerman suggests a soldiers monument clean streets a public playground a band stand a gymnasium and swimming area plus a town hall and quarry jobs to boost Americanism through patriotic events and example.
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American Legion
Monson
Maine
Anna Zimmerman
Legion National
Legion
Hig
Halle
Legion Extends Glad Hand Across Borders
A Canadian veteran praises the American Legion for friendship and aid. T. T. Watson recalls how the Legion helped him find work and housing after returning from the war. He credits the U S Legion with placing him in a federal job within 24 hours and stresses the motto Every returned man a son.
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American Legion
T. T. Watson
Great War Veterans’ Association of Canada
T. G. Lapp
Veteran
National
Adjt
Lennie Bolles
United States
Canada
Watson
Okangan
U. S
Tacoma
Legion
Soldier Refuses Horse Ride. Sergeant Starts Rookie Pair
A reluctant conscript told a sergeant he never rode a horse. The sergeant replied that they would start together, noting the unit already had untrained horses. The exchange highlights a light moment in military training.
Juvenila Scalper Sells Seat To Tommy Smith
A brief item from the American Legion Weekly notes a juvenile scalper admits selling a seat to Tommy Smith after an order to sit next to Mary Jones. The anecdote highlights cheeky student behavior in a school setting.
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Juvenila
Mary Jones
Wille Wikeaere
Tommy Smith
American Legion Weekly
Change of Life Loses Terrors in Greenville Advertisement
A damaged notice from Greenville Pennsylvania promotes Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women post menopause. The lettered testimony speaks of relief and gratitude from customers who credit the remedy with improving health and easing symptoms.
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Greenville
Cine
Pinkham
Jock
Mra F
Enos
Anonymous letter to judge asks harsh sentence in drunkenness case
Delbert D. Wilmeth, city court judge, received an anonymous note urging a severe punishment for a man jailed on drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges. The letter calls the man a terror of his street, alleging thefts, drunkenness, and threats, describing his arrest as a street-wide menace.
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Delbert D. Wilmeth
Jaya
Amud
Indianapolis News
One Use for Mole in Flapper Fashion
Blushelle has a large mole on her left shoulder and tosses off comments about fashion. A flapper friend teases removing it with modern tools, but Bluebelle explains the mole helps support her shoulder strap in the era of tricky gowns.
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Blushelle
Bluebelle
Lucky
Jeanne
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Iowa News
Penn College
Colfax Hotel
James T. Donahue
Marshalltown
Kunz-Benson-Ochs Land Company
la Verne
Smith
Lincoln Highway Association
Clinton County
James Birney Harsh
Republic
Drike
G. A. BR
Creston
Towa
University of Towa
Iowa State College
State Fish and Game Department
Starm Lake
Bes Moines Co-operative Society
Keosauqua
van Buren County
McCarl
Congress
Federal Employees’ Compensation Commission
Treasury Department
Treasury
Youngstown
John H. Clarke
United States Supreme Court
Muau
Retania
Kansas City
Alaska
Herbert 8. Hadley
Missouri
University of Colorado
Washington University
St. Louis
Frederic A. Hall
Emperor Wiliam J. Stumens
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Judge Humphries
Atlanta
Knights of Kamelia
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay, N
Solvo Solonen
Herman
Baraga County
Neger Lapulnen
Woughton
Mich
H. Gorman
Kentucky
Lesington
Hellinger
Tveder
N. J
Tormitado
Aberdeen
Findlay
Texas
Ohio
Ethel Barrymore Haa
Providence
R. J
Russell G. Colt
Samuel Colt
Millonaire
United States Rubber Company
Northwest
St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota
Madison
Wis
Olga Vanvyleet
Twentythree
Sauk County
Fred
Grand Army of the Republic
Petersburg
World Court
League of Nations
B. C. Cave
Ontario
Toronto
Drury
James A. Beck
Supreme Court
Gray's Inn
London
American Relief Administration
Moscow
Russia
Bis- Jegen
Prussian Saxony
Walter Rathenau
L'Action Francaise
Paris
Trent
Italy
Alps
San Candido
Bolzano
Prince of Wales
World
Robert Smillie
Scottish Miners' Federation
Morpeth
Major Foote
Royal Air Service
Kilo Grande de Sul
Elegrete
Buenos Aires
Rhelma
Vienna
Wtion
Pan-Gerwyn Uveernment
Suger
Aut Brlengan
Olfstein
Prankentad
International Institute of Agriculture At
Tome
Europe
Mogscow
M. Zemmenskky
Russianate Heat
Gevived
Bokhara
Russlia
American Legion News Service
Lydia E. Pinkham
U.S
Strest Des Motass
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