West Union to pave three miles of streets for 150000
A busy list of Iowa notices reports West Union to pave three miles of streets at a cost of 150000. Other items note Spirit Lake Commercial club buying a 200 lung motor, a Sterling woman’s death from a gasoline stove explosion, and a statewide search for Albert Stanton near Oska loosa.
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West Union
Commercial Club
Spirit Lake
W. E. Rose
Sterling
Albert Stanton
Oskaloosa
Sioux City
P. J. Collins
Standard Oil
Okoboji
Denison
Fred H. Stearns
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Louis Schiel
Waterloo
Carl Knudson
Osage
Cedar Falls
Cedar River
Iowa City
State Highway Commission
Emily Hawkins Dell
Boone
Moses Dell
Eastern Star
Des Moines
Soldiers Home
Cyril Louise Miller
Minneapolis
L. H. Keep Will
F. P. Chappell
Clearfield
Will Turpin
Jefferson
Irvin Lynch
Near Schaler
George
John McCauley
William
Mississippi River
Bellevue
Collins Island
John
Fred Potter
Perry
Potter
Railroads and government clash over rates and reforms
Washington reports reveal a push from railroad executives to cooperate with the interstate commerce commission while President Harding urges freight rate reductions. The house passed rivers and harbors bills funding 26 projects. Alabama Power offers 2.6 million for Gorgas plant and transmission to Muscle Shoals. Senate debates include Daugherty and Morse pardon ties. Christened naval constructor John D Beuret nominated. Prohibition forces seize over a million in liquor. spring lamb shortage signals wool impact. Steel leaders pledge shorter workdays. fuel administration restored in part after talks with Hoover. Haynes to study Wisconsin liquor conditions next week.
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Gorgas
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Weeks
Washington
Alabama Power Company
Mass of varied incidents in midwestern and national news
Multiple reports describe a Missouri Kansas Texas No. 8 wreck near Winson, a guard confession in White Plains, Detroit taking over trolley lines, and 40,000 American war dead to be honored in Paris. Other items note a wild-bee death in Connecticut, a high profile arrest release in New York, a major fire in Webster City, and assorted crimes and civic notes across the nation.
Sporting Longshot Wins at Churchill Downs in Big Payout
Bettors celebrated a huge payoff at Louisville as De Bowery owned by A. Board won his race by two lengths at Churchill Downs, returning $164.60 to win on a $1 ticket, a monumental upset for the longshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
de Bowery
A. Board
Churchill Downs
Amnesties for Wrangel troops reported. Adriatic ports pact
Constantinople dispatch notes Ukraine proclaims amnesty for Wrangel soldiers with many returning to Russia. Tribuna Rome cites Italy and Yugoslavia fixing Adriatic Zara and Fiume status. Fire devastates Santo Spirito hospital in Rome, twenty bodies recovered. English women may become high court judges after bar admission. Aberdeen estates near Huntly 60000 acres in London dispatch. Genoa conference drafts eight month nonaggression pact. Lords committee denies Lady Rhondda seat. Polish diet enacts two week paid annual holiday for industrial workers. Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera sign Ireland peace accord in Dublin dispatch.
Named for the Commander Legionnaires’ baby names trend
The piece notes babies named after national Legion commanders since war times. It cites Hanford Morris of Atlanta born after Hanford MacNider was elected national commander, with Morris as a Legion member. It also mentions a Chicago veteran who won court permission to drop an unpronounceable middle name to accompany his Legion name.
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America
George Washington
Robert BH
Lee
A. 8
Grant
John J. Pershing Smiths
Joneses
Deweys
Teddy Roosevelts
American Legion
Legion
Hanford Morris
Atlanta
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Snn
Albert R. Morris
Chicago
Legion Post Stages Model Movie For Tourists
The Hollywood California post of the American Legion runs a weekly model movie showing to curb nerves of Movieland visitors. Real reel directors cameras and stars appear in the exhibits while Legion members handle the production work for tourists to view how films are made.
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Legion Post
Hollywood
Cal
American Legion
The
Legion
Star Flag Insult Sparks Legion Protest in San Francisco
The idea by the W. Oo, T. A., to place star flags in homes that do not consume Nquor is challenged by a San Francisco American Legion post made up of newspaper men. They call the Nquor star flag an atrocious plagiarism of the World War service flag and an insult to former service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Caranek
New Orleans
American Legion Auxiliary
Joseph
Louis
Caranel
Rainbow Division
Camp Beauregard
Caranek
America
Petravice
Czechoslovakia
Caranell
American Legion
San Francisco
Legion
Legion Warns Posts Against Paying For Publications
The American Legion national offices order its 11,000 posts not to sanction pay sales of periodicals until the Chamber of Commerce or a similar civic body first approves. The move aims to stop money raising schemes claimed to benefit sick and wounded ex service men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Elvic
Frst
No Labor Saved in Trade Quip
A humorous exchange notes the failure of a labor-saving device to catch on. The quip asks why the user stopped using it, answering that selling it proved harder than the labor it saved.
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp-Root
For years druggists note the remarkable record of Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root, a kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician s prescription and a strengthening medicine aiding the kidneys liver and bladder. It has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on merit. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer Co. for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Eggs cheaper than in years, hens respond
A brief exchange notes eggs are cheaper than in years. The hens reply in a rustic, humorous line about laying eggs, reflecting a farm setting and playful dialogue.
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes Ad Text Card
Advertisement for Cuticura products claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment ease itchy rashes on babies. Suggests using Cuticura Talcum for finish and notes 25 cents each. Brief line about a man going somewhere not stopping for a dusty face.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Kansas
United States Department of Agriculture
F. N. Hill
Clarion
Blairsburg
Webster City
Will Simmerman
Riverton
Simmerman
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Ames
Altho
T. G. Munger
Council Bluffs
Harry Jens
John ©. Ingwersen
Mount Pleasant
Daniel Willard
Norris
House At
Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
Caraway
Ark
Senate
Daugherty
Thomas B. Felder
Charles W. Morse
John D Beuret
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Department
Prohibition
Haynes
Department of Agriculture
Fuel Administration
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
James A. Stone
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Winson
Railway Division
Mustkogee
Okla
Walter S. Ward
George §. Ward
Baker
Werner
White Plains
Clarence Peters
Haverhill
Mass
Detroit
Mich
Wmits
Paris
John M. Bennett
Brooklyn
Conn
Gregory Semenoff
Appellate Court
New York
Justice Delehanty
National Retarder Company
Lawndale State Bank
James Hanley
Sinclair Oil Refining Company
Women’s Missionary Union
Southern Baptist Convention
Jacksonville
Charles Atkins
Elizabeth Kitchens
Davisboro
Bebe Daniels
Moving Picture Star
Daniels
Los Angeles
Caprice
C. G. Hays
First Presbyterian Church
Jamestown
Presbyterian Church In the
Frank Mayo
Henry B. Walthall
Ferguson
Newark
N. J
Cleveland (0.) Railway Company
Federal
Prohibition Enforcement
J. W. Moyd
Houston
Tex
Gustavus I. Swift
George W. Hughes
Big Four Train Association
Mil
Likre
Albert Lea, Minn
Jid
Constantinople
Ukraine
Baron Wrangel
Russia
Tribuna
Rome
Itale
Jugo- Slavia
Zara
Fiume
Santo Spirito
London
Duke of Richmond
Aberdeenshire
Huntly
Genoa
Committee On Privileges of the
House of Lords
Rhondda
Warsaw
Michael Collins
Eamon de Valera
Dreland
Dublin
American Legion News Service
New Son
Colgate
Cashmere
Coroate & Co
Dept. W
Fulton St
New York City
Mothers of the World
Lloyd Loom Mir Ae
Lloyd Mig. Menomines
Lloyd Mig. ‘Co
Cad Dent
Menominee
Mick
Mothers of World
Holland
Venient
Eng
Seeman
Harold Bomers
DeKalb Ave
N. Ye
Qur Farm
Bonnevyn Land Co
St. James, Minn
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