Busy Readers Mn D istrict Meeting in Oelwein
Newspaper notes items from the fifth law district including a conference in Oelwein on October 15 and local incidents such as a Fairfield man J W Liggett age 47 who killed himself, bankrupcy filings in Boone and Manchester, a coroner inquest into a teen killed by a truck in Dubuque, and various local civic and crime items with named individuals and places.
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Fifth Law District
Oelwein
J. W. Liggett
Fairfield
Clarence Hofman
Boone County
Marie Latz
Dubuque
Myrle Daugherty
Farmer Bear
Oakland
Dik Wezon
Cincinnati
Civic Improvement Club of
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Ilinois Central
Cherokee
Onawa
Terris
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P. J. Detuhery
Manchester
Delaware
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Fayette
Sig Germundson
W. Drais
Osawa
Council Bus
Drais
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Fred Skroh
Diagonal
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Bailey
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Tony
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Baya
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Skunk
Colfax
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Father Jackson
Culler
Indian Creek
Government Hospital
Leonard Kirk
Bessie Knudson
Rockwell City Reformatory
Harlan
Frank Clark
Gilman
Washington unemployment losses top six and a half billion dollars
The national conference on unemployment in Washington reports that workers nationwide suffered earnings losses totaling over 6.5 billion dollars in the last fiscal year due to voluntary idleness. Invitations go to Belgium Holland and Portugal to join the Far Eastern conference. President Harding urges mobilization to create jobs and avert widespread distress. The report also notes shrinking U.S. family size and other economic indicators.
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National Conference On
Washington
Belgium
Holland
Portugal
State Department
Legion Man as Life Saver Piazza Receives Distinguished Service Cross
John L. Piazza 4944 of the New York Police Force, longtime Bronx patrolman and Army veteran, earned the Distinguished Service Cross for rescuing a wounded officer under heavy fire in the Argonne. He later saved an invalid woman from a burning building and halted a runaway horse to shield civilians. At twenty nine, he is married with a son and active in the American Legion.
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Ives
New York
Three Hundred and Twelfth Infantry
General Lafayette
American Legion
New York City
Piazza
John L
Grand Pre
Hig
Bronx
Veteran of War Enlists at Sixty-Two in Worthington
H. Lamb of Worthington Minnesota enlisted at age sixty two after telling recruiting officers his age. He served in Siberia nine months then returned to farm life and became active in American Legion events. He attended conventions with his wife and was named vice commander of the state department planning for the national gathering in Kansas City.
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Lamb
Worthington
Minn
Siberia
America
Army
American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Winona
Legion
State Department
Kansas City
Women seek jobs for men to ease wartime need
Mrs. W A Elvers of Portland Oregon a re elected state president of the Oregon department of the Women’s Auxiliary American Legion says a move to place men back to work is growing She notes wives with husbands able to work should not bar needy men from employment and asserts women will work for less if needed citing wartime and postwar needs.
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Oregon
Women's Auxiliary
W. A. Elvers
Portland
Ore
Oregod
Ars. Evers
Rattlesnake Bite Sparks Unlikely Whisky Trade
An Arizona scene shows a rattler bite prompting a pained man to beg for cheap liquor, while a stubborn bootlegger refuses to sell the cheaper liquor to the petitioner, insisting on higher priced stock during a tense exchange reported in the Amarioga Legion Weekly.
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Pardner
Amarioga Legion Weekly
Radium Promise Reveals New Relief Device for Many Ailments
A bold advertisement touts a Deguen Radio-Active Sofa and pad offering relief for constipation rheumatic and nerve conditions plus heart stomach and lung issues. It claims continuous radio active rays restore circulation and nerves, with a risk free trial from Radium Appliance Co. in Los Angeles.
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Deguen
Radium Appliance Co
Bradbury Bldg
Los Angeles
Bayer Tablets of Aspirin Introduced in 1900
An advertisement touts Bayer as the prescriber’s choice for aspirin noting the Bayer name is stamped on every tablet and package for protection against imitators. It claims aspirin has been prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years and urges readers to ask for Bayer Tablets of Aspirin.
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Esk-Shebr
Athens
Bayer
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