Iowa News items of interest summed for busy readers
Many Iowa notes recount local obituaries births and business. John Brockman and wife paid 312 an acre for 100 acres near Muscatine. Burgess and others report judge wins in Chicago elections and deaths including Jay Adair Glidden mayor and Marvin Crew opening an Marion undertaking. Citations cover farm deals criminal cases highway issues and a collision at Kelly.
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John Brockman
Scott County
Muscatine
Chicago
Thompson
Oxcar M. Torrenson
Decorah
Marvin Crew
Marion
Cloyce K. Huston
Crawfordsville
Maurice van Meter
Waterloo
Dally Iowan
State University
Burr Whitter
Faraquez
Charles Cy
Lamour
Frederick M. Smith
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Europe
Africa
Sioux City
Jay Adair
Glidden
Near McGregor
Northern Iowa Produce Company
McGregor
Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery Association
Cedar County
State Highway Commission
Mechanicsville
Tipton
Council Bluffs
Bayliss Park
George McSorney
Ralph Davis
van Sweeney
D. Arnold
Insurance Service Bureau
Des Moines
Dubuque
Done Roman
Boone
Roman
Madrid
Harold Ruth
Douglas Olson
Charles Olson
Northwestern
Beaver Crossing
Farley
W. B. Wilson
Davenport
Creston
Wilson
Arnolds Park
Iro
Washington Busy Week in National Readouts
President Harding acts on army surplus harness contract, nominates Cyrus E. Wood for ambassador to Spain, and endorses a broad set of policy moves. Other items include ship and labor actions, naval discipline, and calls for training camps as political and international maneuvering continues in Washington.
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Washington
United States Harness Company
Harding
Spain
Cyrus E. Wood
Pennsylvania
Knox
Valuable Roman Coin Found by World War II Veteran
George D. Foster a former corporal in the Fourth Engineers Fourth Division and a Cottage Grove Oregon American Legion member found a gilt coin case in a ruined house near Sergy France. A college professor valued the artifact at more than its weight in gold dating to 803 AD with inscriptions suggesting Trier minted origin and imperial links.
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Eiffel Tower
Sedan
George D. Foster
Fourth Engineers
Sergy
France
Foster
American Legion
Cottage Grove
Ore
Magnus
Constantine
Vedes
Bentas
Trier
Germany
Legion Men Bury Comrades in Military Funeral
The American Legion honors fallen soldiers returned to the homeland with reinterment ceremonies. Carl Anderson Post in Cloquet Minnesota held a military funeral for John Defoe the first American Indian from the state killed in action.
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Carl Anderson
The
Legion
Cloquet
Minnesota
John Defoe
Ex-Service Men Hired First at New Chicago Plant
President Paul J Healy of Chicago Grain Products Stockford NL ordered that only ex-service men be employed in the new distillery construction. Healy vows veterans will receive payroll preference when the plant opens and aims to build an organization of former soldiers. He served as a private and sergeant in World War I and was gassed on the Albert front. He is active with Brophy Post American Legion in Chicago.
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Hampton
A. Phelps , Son
Knoxville
East Fourth Street
CG. J. Osborn
Sam Campbell
E. &. Lyman
Meridan
Lyman
J. W. Miller
Hartwick
Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern Railroad
Kelly
Ames
Austin Ansenson
Thomas Honge
Slater
Interurban Company
Wall McNutt
Yorktown
Marion
Louis Annan
Alexander McNutt
Will McNutt
Cascade
Albert O'Brien
Camp Lewis
Wash
James Clancy
John McLaughlin
Henry
Mowry
Lowdon
Lawden
Legion
Mr. Mowry
Tinton
M. B. Healy
Washington
Iowa
Vaue
Lown
Charles Hunley
Paul 7. Tréaly
France
Paul J. Healy
Chicago Grain Products Company
Stockford
Healy
Dlatillery
Brophy Post
American Legion
Chicago
American Legion Views and Activities Across Nation
The American Legion lauds its members' loyalty amid wartime stories, from Zimmer and Wouldst's arrest to veterans’ benefits and recruitment drives. Reports include St Louis donors aiding disabled ex servicemen, Minnesota posts debating oldest member, and immigration notes benefiting veterans’ entry rights.
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Hughes
Japan
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Eee
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Denby
William S. Sims
Jackass
Roy A. Haynes
Senate
Senate Inter-Oceanic Canals ‘Committee
Panama Canal
Ralston Holmes
Davis
Porter
House
Lomestead
Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railway
Percy A. Rockefeller
James A. Stilliam
New York
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Anne A
John G. ‘Emery
Grand Rapids, Mich
Indianapolis
Federated Farm
Bucredu
S1. Louis
American Rice Growers” Association
Mme
Marie Curie
Northwestern University
Chigagi, al
Independent Steel Companies
Thutsburgh
Youngstown
Sheridan Guernsey Farm
Newe Fond du Lac
Wis
American Federation’, of Labor
Denver, Colo
Shoup
Bailey
Pittsburgh
South
Penn Oil Company
West Virginia
Brooklyn Rapid Transit’ Company
Brooklyn
Slope County State Bank
Amidon State Bank
Amidon
C. B. Loftus
State Bank
Bismarck
N. D
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Imperial Council
City Grain Exchange
Nebraska
Sherman ‘Anderson
Mir
Albert Anderson
Webster City
H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Syracuse University
Syracuse, N. x
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Rockefeller General Educational Board
Carnegie Corporation
Parker
Baton Rouge
Louis M. Kofeckt
Order of Camels
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Dorothy Barrows Hill
Los Angeles
Cal
James J. Hill
Millionaire Railroad Muh
Empire Builder
Asis
Virgil Decker
Warsaw
Ind
Leroy Lovett
William A. Blount
American Bar Association
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Murphy J. Foster
Louisianng
Franklin, la
Jose M. Gomez
Cuba
Elotel Plaza
Berlin
Willam H. Johnston
International Association of Machiniate
Riga
Crawford C. McCullough
Fort William
Ont
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Edinburgh
Amery
Admiralty
London
Rear Admiral Sims
Athens
Asia Minor
Rathenau
Loucheuront
Wiesbaden
Garmin
American Legion News. Service
Regon
Trench
Zimmer
Sergeant
Grover Cleveland Bergdof
Blacker
Navy
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
American
Legion Weekly
St Louis City
Newton L. G. Wilson
Redwood Falls
Dr. Gibson
Fort Benjamin Garrison
Kimball
Adam Brower
Joe Mason
Congress
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Marine Corps
St. Paul
Minn
Industrial Workers of the World
Theodore Roosevelt
K M. Lendis
Battling Nelson
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
New Orleans
New Orleans Railway and Light Company
Kansas City
Kan
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Ale Mont
Summit Post
Akron
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