Iowa News Highlights From Fairfield To Cedar Falls
A sprawling Iowa roundup notes Hiram Heaton leaving Fairfield with a 26 acre birdland park. W W Gist of Cedar Falls nominated for Iowa commander. G A R Dick J Short a notable Creston jeweler faces bankruptcy. Harold B G Miller of Waterloo drowned after a University of Iowa year. Wind and crime mix as Webster City dentists’ offices looted. Murray bandits injure a man, and a druggist from Mason City shoots himself.
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Hiram Heaton
Fairfield
W. W. Gist
Cedar
Lowa
G. A. R. Dick J. Short
Creston
Peth Don
Harold BG. Miller
Waterloo
Iowa University
Vinton
Webster City
R. W. Fuller
Osceola
Murray
G. W. Blair
Lamont
Elmer Perrigo
Cedar Rapids
Beverly
Stanley Shaeffer
South English
Wred H. Cotton
Mason City
Harry Wheatley
Ida Grove
W. C. Bell
World News Roundup From Washington and Beyond
The dispatch reports President Harding calling a special session for ship subsidy and hopes for tariff passage before adjournment. It notes Senate opposition to the McCumber soldier bonus, liquor sales aboard ships, and recognition moves for Lithuania and Greece. It also covers a series of accidents, deaths, and awards including Edison’s honorary degree and Hoover era relief honors.
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Harding
Congress
Washington
Harditg
White House
McCumber
Senate
Ladd
North Dakota
Herbert Hoover
Belgium
Navy
Interior Departments
Cantigny Departures and Global Crises Highlighted in Dispatches
Military and civilian movements unfold as 481 enlisted men sail from Antwerp on the Cantigny. Reports detail dignitaries deaths, construction at Chicago Union Station, bandit clashes, typhoon damage, Turkish massacres, and political upheavals across Mexico, Belfast, Yucatan, and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cantigny
Antwerp
Cake Entertainer Recipe Hint Ties to Foch Tour
Alton T. Roberts of Marquette Michigan chairs the American Legion committee to welcome distinguished guests. He had pastry cooks in North and South Carolina shadowed for two months to obtain a specific angel food cake recipe linked to the Marshal Foch train. Roberts, anticipating the New Orleans Legion convention in October, plans to serve the cake to eminent guests.
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Marshal Foch
America
Alton T. Roberts
Marquette
Mich
American Legion Committee
North
South Carolina
Foch
Roberts
Marshal Joffre
the Legion
New Orleans
Flag rescue and apology over inverted banner at hotel square
A St Augustine hotelman hoisted and saluted the U S flag in public then apologized to the American Legion post for flying it upside down during a carnival tent dispute. In Littleton two Legion steeplejacks climbed the court house dome and recovered a weathered flag as officials offered to replace it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine
Fla
American Legion
Carnival Company
Littleton
Colo
Legion
Tanlac credited for relief from indigestion and rheumatism
Mrs. Archer of Potsburg Virginia reports long months of indigestion misery and rheumatic pain ended after taking Tanlac. She says headaches dizziness and back pain disappeared and she can work again. The testimonial appears in the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Archer
Shepard St. Potsburg
Freedom From Laxatives Ad Emphasizes Nujol Benefits
An advertisement argues that laxatives cause harm and promotes Nujol as a gentle non medicinal lubricant that mimics nature. It claims Nujol does not gripe, is harmless like water, and should be obtained from a druggist.
Dearest and the School of Dramatic Art
A light exchange between lovers recounts a changed smile as the speaker proudly reveals studying at a school of dramatic art. The Florida Times-Union frames the moment with a touch of romance and theatrical flourish.
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Jack
Dramatic Art
Florida Times-Union
Retired soldier becomes Broadway performer after war service
David Gardiner of the One Hundred Fifteenth Infantry rose from matinee darling to vaudeville star and doughboy. Wounded and gassed in battles at Chateau Thierry Mihiel and the Argonne, he spent 16 months in hospital and later joined the American Legion before resuming theater work in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Hospital
Broadway
David Gardiner
Chateau Thierry
Mihiel
Argonne
Gardiner
American Legion
New York
Postmasters Commissioned From Ex Soldiers Reach 600
Since President Harding ordered in May 1921, over 600 ex soldiers have been made United States postmasters. Montana education board votes to erect World War memorials costing 15000 each. Merchants display service flags to show how many ex service men they employ. Commander Hanford MacNider received 700 invitations for Memorial day across the country and accepts one from BE Paul Mina.
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Frank Neeley
Vilisca
Ed Carmichael
Villisca
Neeley
M. B. Hoyt
Catrall
Buena Vista
Calhoun County War Board
Supreme Court
Hoyt
War Board
Marehy
Lawa
P. B. Wolfe
Clinton
Clinton County
Iowa State Senate
Iowa
William White
Webster City
L. H. Wood
Sharon
R. H
Blackhawk County
H. W. Warner
Extension Service
Knoxville
Ecect
Board of Control
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
E. J. Breen
Estherville
Emmet County Bank
CG. W. Gadd
Breen
Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Breens
Distriet Court
Espeseta
Jawa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
Henry Hemke
Hawkeye
Towa
Hemke
Harding
United States
Montana
Hanford MacNider
The
Legion
Not Battered Enough I Scultor Amusing Exchange
A cartoonish dialogue shows Sculptor seeking a model aged and ugly while insisting the young woman is too pretty for the statue. Movel asks what will be sculpted and the answer is a statue of pen aea.
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Penea
le Journal Amusgant
Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad Says Treat Skin Daily
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as daily toilet preparations for clean skin. The copy touts cleansing purifying soothing healing and fragrant powder as essential on every toilet table. The fragment mentions Serlbson leaving the mountain country after seeking atmosphere for a story.
Diploma Reflections Twenty Years On
Twenty years after graduation one views his diploma with a funny mixed feeling of peasantly amusement and kindness. The remark about people who can do everything in a pinch suggests a critical view of self confident fixers.
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Webber Grammar
Grammar
Ilinela River
Baylis
Fragmentary civic note on constitution section proposal
Incomplete text notes a section proposal to the convention and mentions children. The readable fragment references a Senator and a constitutional matter but lacks clear actions, dates, or named places.
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Iowa News
Iowa City
Tipton
Iva Weisman
Ben Weisman
Marble Rock
Marble Roth
FP. X. Miller
Methodist Church
Cedar Falls
Kernale
Three Mile
Lasker
Merchant Marine
Wadsworth-McKenzie
Army
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Greece
Lithuanian Information Bureau
Chicago
Thomas A. Edison
Rutgers College
New Brunswick
N. J A
Fred Roberts
Big Fred
Kansas Ualty, Me
Murer
Laura
Louisa
Lilian Bulsset
Joseph Buisset
Punssutawney (Pa.) High School
Chesterton
Indee
William Foster Mackay
Los Angeles
Cal
Cora Belle Ridge- Jey
Flat Springs
Ark
Assumption, Tl
Harold Bernice Miller
Grant Miller
Town State University
Cedar River
Herman Tubholske
St. Louis, Mo
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Walter Allen
Prairie Grove
Camp Pike
George EK. Fisher
St. Louis
St. Louis County
Provan
Marjorie Hulbird
Hulbird
Vermont
Arthur Mercer
Bethel
H. D. Loveland
Sa Francisco
Clinton and
Adams Streets
Southern Pacific de Mexico
Rosares
Mex
Stockton
Town
Dardanelles
Athens
Pok
Ers
Branson Millikin
Willkins McGhee
Millikin
Hamlet
N.C
York Street
Belfast
Parker-Webb Packing
Detroit
Londonderry
Glasgow
Devereaux
Bud
Boringuela
Yucatan
Carrillo
Vera Cruz
George Elmer Monroe
Camden
N. J
Ida’ Kramer
Woodbury
Trenton
Chang Tso-lin
Wu Pui-tu
Tientsin
George Johnson
Jolson
Des Moines
Manila
Nationalists Party
Haa
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnat
Buckeye
Jake
Vo Sumer
Newick
Darlingue Star
Li Yuin Hung
China
Chang Hmin
Peking
London
Prince of Wales
Cairo
Egypt
Crowh
Chodopolis
Asia Minor
Alton Roberts
Chiman
Leplon
Landa Church
Petersburg
Saya She
Heinrich
Hans Hans
Meg
Mely Brudder
Boston
Montha
Fletcher
Serlbson
Ant
Carey
Joh
Y. Ar
Ole Cha Eun
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