Iowa News Bits Highlight Farm, Court, and Community News
Van Buren county votes to build a $22,000 county home. Ames hosts 900 college women taking athletics as part of their course. Drowned Ray White, 35, while rescuing a duck at Os kalooga. Ottumwa’s Lafayette Dailey given a very old copper one half cent piece. Maxwell farmer Martin H Troup continues picking strawberries. Poison tablets killed the 2 year old of Hamburg’s Ellsworth James. Diagonal’s Francis Wahl reports 117 bushels per acre from 4.5 acres.
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Francis Wahl
Diagonal
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Henry Eggers, Spencer
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le Mars
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Imogene West
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Henry Mowry
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World News Briefs Highlight Prominent Deaths and Events
Bellamy Storer former ambassador to Austria Hungary dies in Paris and gains fame from Roosevelt era letters. Frank McKee longtime partner of Charles Hoyt dies in New York after months of illness. Rudyard Kipling elected rector of St Andrews University at Dundee with votes amid contest. Hornea Worth Vaughan ex federal judge found dead in Honolulu with a bullet wound. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan sued for receivership in Atlanta. Bandits flee a payroll hold up near Cokedale as officers pursue them. Newton D. Baker reelected president of the National Consumers League in Washington. Fire destroys a Pennsylvania RR grain elevator in Chicago with losses over 1 million. A sandspur incident claims ten year old Alice Sue Sampler in Pace Florida. Leon Kroll wins Altman Prize for Sleep painting in New York. Engagement announced in London between Gwendolyn Field and Charles Edmonstone.
Italian King Grants Mussolini Power by Royal Decree
Rome reports the Italian king has empowered Premier Mussolini to enact broad reforms through royal decree without parliamentary consent. The move concentrates authority as Italy faces political upheaval and constitutional questions.
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Supreme court upholds vaccination requirement for public schools
Washington officials report a Supreme Court decision upholding a law compelling vaccination for entrance to public schools. The brief item notes other international and domestic actions including disarmament talks, rail plans linking Central America, and wartime commemorations.
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Washington
Tennessee
Freighter sinks in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee
A domestic freighter went down in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee. The crew of twenty reached shore in small boats. Other items note pilots planning nonstop flights from San Diego to New York and unrest in Europe as political tensions rise with strikes and protests.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Texas Hospital Plan Drives Legion Unit Giving
Ada May Maddor heads Texas Department batiling hospital work as a shared responsibility for 291 Legion posts. Since May 1921 a state hospital fund has gathered about 6500 with help from Wichita Falls and Santa Anna units. Mrs Edward Murray praises the plan to adopt patients, visit wards, and provide gifts, while Mrs J Ward McKee chairs state efforts and Mrs David M Dulier aids Houston units.
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Edward ¢. Murray
Santa Anna
Wichita Falls
Ma Burdick
Legion
State Hospital Committee
David M. Dulier
Houston
J. Ward McKee
Murray
Texas
Edward Clinton Murray
Department of Texas
Alo
American Legion Auxiliary
San Antonio
Texan
National Hospital
Ind
Legion Seeks News on Disappearance in Mississippi
Thomas Stuart Bloodworth, 23, 6 feet 2 inches, fair complexioned with dark hair and black eyes, disappeared from Natches Mississippi on September 13. Members of Gerbert J. Remonder Post No 4 fear foul play and ask for any information directed to Commander W A Gelsenberger.
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Natches, Miss
American Legion Post
Gerbert J. Remondet Post No
Bloodworth
Thomas
O.D. Army
W. A. Gelsenberger
Herbert J. ‘Remonder Poy
American Legion Hotel Opens in London for WWI Veterans
The Legion Hotel in London welcomes World War I veterans, operated by the American Legion post with 128 members. The hotel provides a homelike stay and features lounges, dancing, entertainment, and social space as a meeting place for patrons.
Kilmer's Kidney Remedy Promoted for Women
Advertises Kilmer’s Brant Root as a doctor prescribed remedy for kidney and bladder trouble in women. Claims back pain, headaches, and nervousness signal kidney issues and urges immediate treatment. Offers sample bottle via mail and requests mention of the newspaper in inquiries.
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Kitmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Embarrassing Ordeal at Landlady’s Home Scare
The narrator left the house but returned at 2 am to find the landlady's three visiting nieces in the room during a county fair. The ensuing screams alerted the police department.
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Toy Room
Chicago Tribune
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Color for Fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple for any woman to use on coats, skirts, curtains, and more. It claims Raymond Dyes won’t streak or fade and suits wool silk linen cotton or blends, with per package directions for choosing the right material.
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Misplaced Stool Leads to Odd After School Moment
A high school freshman attempted to impress a teacher after class. He sat on a low stool but slid back and tipped over, ending with the janitor pulling him from a wastebasket mistaken for the seat.
Cole’s Carbolic Aid Advertises Healing Burns
Stop the pain message touts Cole's Carbolic for quick burn and cut relief. Claims include healing without scars and a 60-cent price with mail order from J. W. Cole, Rockford, Illinois.
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J. W. Cole
Rockford
Ice Boats Hall Twenty Passengers On Frozen Seas
On frozen waterways in Pin land a patent sea boat carries twenty passengers at a time. The vessel is enclosed and drawn by an aerial propeller, enabling travel over ice when waters are solid.
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Ice Boats
Pinland
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