Iowa News Items of Interest from Across the State
A roundup of Iowa notes covers Sioux City film Where the Paving Ends, Armistice Day in Des Moines, streetcar fares in Iowa City rising to seven cents, Red Cross aid in Council Bluffs after floods, and Straw berry Point creamery handling 13 million pounds of milk annually. It reports pavement progress on Lincoln Highway at Wheatland, Des Moines building permits record, 1923 24 25 federal funds for Iowa, farm sales improving, and plans for the Iowa Good Roads association. Also noted are railroad water plant at Iowa Falls, Navy Day set by Coolidge, and upcoming events with John Philip Sousa in Des Moines, plus college library cornerstone, St ate education, corn grower drives, and public sales promising better times for farmers.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa City
Council Bluffs
Red Cross
Strawberry Point
United States
Harry McCabe
Mount Pleasant
Keokuk
Warsaw
Ill
Snyder
Wheatland
Clinton County
Atlantic Coast
State Highway Compission
Lang
Iowa Good Roads Association
National League of Women Voters
Jinois Central Railroad
Iowa Falls
John Hamwill
Newton Rotary Club
Jasper County
Granges
Royal Halbrook
Ames Extension Department
Iown
Ames
Towa
Powers
John Philip Sousa
Coliseum
Mystic Shrine
Buena Vista College
Lews Presbyterians
Iown Synod of the Church
Vinton
P. G. White
Rome
Towa State Board of Education
Iowa State College
Moffit, Brothers
Tipton
Maine
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Upper Iowa
The
Methodist Church
Marion
Penick & Ford Company
Cellar Rapids
A. W. H. Lenders
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Mason City
First National Bank
Security Nation Bank
North
Tama
New York University
Ferber
Robert Falconer
University of Toronto
Canada
William I, de Courcy Wheeler
Dublin
Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
Arthur E. Webb-Johnson
Middlesex Hospital Medical School
London
England
Tri-State Medical Association
F. E. Dawson
Bedford
Farm Bureau
Taylor County
Public Welfare Bureau
Farma
Iowa State Policemen’s Association
Yelowatone Park
Auto
Rafi
Washington Prohibition Conference Backs Strict Enforcement
The Washington citizenship conference closed with a resolution urging President Coolidge to enforce Prohibition rigorously. Coolidge has joined only the Washington Hunt and Riding club in two months. War department orders trucks for the Post Office Christmas rush. Postal savings deposits rose $800,000 in August from July. 250,000 barrels of whisky moved from private warehouses to new designated storage without theft. Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania told church leaders federal enforcement has failed and accused agents of graft.
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Washington
Coolidge
Washington Hunt and Riding Club
Army Corps
War Department
Post Office Department
Internal Revenue Commissioner
S Sf
Pincher
Pennsylvania
Prohibition Conference of
West Virginia Governor Fleming Dies at Fairmont Home
Personal A. Brook Fleming former West Virginia governor 1890 to 1898 died at his Fairmont home. The retired Brig. Gen Evan M Johnson who served with the Seventy seventh division in France also died in Paris. Edward Stanwood eighty two historian and former editor and correspondent died at his Brookline Massachusetts home.
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A. Brook Fleming
West Virginia
Fairmont
W. Va
Evan M. Johnson
France
Paris
Edward Stanwood
Brookline
Mass
Yankees Crown World Series Champion After Sweep
The New York Yankees defeated the Giants four times in six games to win the world title. Attendance reached 801,430 with receipts of $1,063,815. Players' shares totaled $362,788 each club $267,730 and the commission earned $165,572.
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Giants
New York Yankees
International and Local News Roundup in Brief
Richard Washburn Child ready to resume duties in Rome after a short visit to New York. Sistine Choir of Rome with 54 singers arrives in New York for a ten week US tour. King George and Queen Elizabeth to visit the United States incognito next year. Five Birch Mich lumber workers die in a forest fire near Marquette. Representative Lunas urges Philippine Islands government like Canada. Oklahoma City rejects expelling all Klansmen from Congress. Brownstown Loan and Trust accuses Governor McCray of forging a $2500 note. Train collision near Fairland Ind kills nine, injures one. Kentland bank closes after ousting McCray. Irvington N J mayor dies. fortune goes to blackmailers. Philadelphia Council approves mayor salary hike to 18000. City of Everett tanker abandoned after sinking. Robberies, standoffs and post office loot noted in various towns. Moonshine deaths in Pana Ill. widespread fires near Montague Eagle Rock Glendale Cal. Le Boutillier named LI railroad president. Detroit river drownings near Ecorse. Oklahoma floods submerge Woodward. Ford profit from war contracts reported. profits to be returned after audit. Rothschild conviction in Baltimore for fraud. tips on horse racing charged. Ford to return war profits. two lake-traffic deaths from fires. Klansmen banished in Albany. Doolittle murder in Redwood. Gasoline price at seven to eleven cents in Texas. Gompers re-elected AFL president in Portland with top officers.
Surgical feat in Vienna cuts heads to swap beetle genders
Foreign science news reports an experiment in Vienna turning female beetles male by head transplants and vice versa, claiming to alter gender characteristics. The bizarre note sits among a jumble of international updates from Constantinople to Berlin.
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Vienna
Veterans Bureau reforms praised by American Legion chairman
Joseph Sparks credits the Veterans Bureau under Director Frank T. Hines with major improvements for disabled veterans. He highlights permanent partial ratings, reduced medical exams, and fewer travel needs, plus a 67 percent placement rate for vocational trainees. Administrative cuts close 85 subdistrict offices and centralize supplies, with a new budget system and planned inspections.
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United States Veterans’ Bureau
Frank T. Hines
American Legion
Joseph Sparks
National Rehabilitation Committee of
The
Bureau
Legion
Hines
Veteran Saved From Asylum By Legion Auxiliary Action
Carl Huff of Alex Oklahoma a World War II veteran was spared confinement in an asylum after American Legion auxiliary members arranged transfer to a hospital for observation instead of incarceration Huff who served 16 months overseas returned in poor health and morbidly anxious Had Brown Freeman officials and county aid assisted in directing him to treatment while the Legion pursues compensation through the veterans bureau
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Carl Huff
Alex
Okla
American Legion Auxiliary
Huff
Hoe
Chickasha
Norman
Blanche Freeman
Freeman
Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
Legion Help Totals Former Soldier in Settlement
A Wichita man owed $100 to Clarence English, a disabled veteran, and the debt was repaid after a Legion post commander and a delegation intervened. English, wounded in action, thanked the Legion as letters from Clearwater, Kansas described how comrades aided him through cooperation of the American Legion.
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American Legion
Mereaulty
Mann
Clearwater
Kaneas
Clarence Ngugh
Legion
Local Pride and Homegrown Gowns
In a conversation about fashion, residents defend making dresses locally saying they can imitate store-bought looks and cost less, highlighting Pride in their own town and craftsmanship.
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Parla
Iss
California Fig Syrup Advertisement for Children
An old styled ad promotes genuine California Fig Syrup as a laxative for infants and children. It claims safe relief from constipation and stomach upset without narcotics, urging readers to ask for the genuine product to avoid counterfeits.
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California
Faith and Works. Golfer-Where's Mr McDougal
Bystander notes a cryptic exchange on a golf course with banter about a missing Mr McDougal and a caddie. The scene implies a lighthearted moment amid play with a stray remark about a “mashle” and a bunker. The tone is casual and observational.
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Faith and Works
Mr. McDougal
Aya
Bystander
London
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Richard Washburn Child
Italy
New York
Sistine Choir of
White Horse
Dawson
Alaska
George
Greece
Elizabeth
Birch
Mich
Marquette
Lake Independence Lumber Company
Juan Lunas
Maoila
Philippine Islands
Ky Klux Klan
House of Representatives
Oklahoma City
Judiciary Committee
Brownstown Loan and Trust Company
McCray
Indianapolis
Fairland
Ind
Cincinnati
Chicago
Kentland
Ind.) Bank
Ite
Irvington
N. J
Jean Valjean
Mdiadelphia City
Beard
City of
Everett
Sexe
Key West
Fie
Green Valley
Illy
Clarence EB. Reed
Raritan Valley
Somerville
Pana, Ny
Montrage
Eagle Hock
Glendale
Cal
George le Boutillier
Ralph Petera
Wil
Peters
Long Island Railroad
le Boutillier
Detroit River
Ecorse
Woodward
North Canadian
Henry Ford
B. G.liebold
James Couzeng
Detroit, Mich
Ford Motor Company
Murat A. de Rothschild
Baltimore
Ernest G. Liebold
Ford
Detroit
St. Paul
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Kamelia
Supreme Justice
Rosche
Albany
N. Y
Redwood
James Moore
Doolittle
San Antonio
Tex
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Portland
Ore
Hig Old Executive Council
M. Scheinmann
Site Bank of the Union of Soviet Republics
Purla
Moscow
Constantinople
Col
E. Clayton Kennedy
Samson-Sivuy
Charles Augustine Robinson
Elzabeth
Brussels
Antilles
Koenigsberg
Assis
East Prussia
Berlin
Rlote
Germany
Stresemann
Tokyo
Ambassador Woods
Japan
Muanitu
Work OF Veterans’ Bureau
Asylum
Spiffingtop
Spington
American Legion Weekly
Win Ata, Drone
Fee
Yaanel Suficient
FI Cliety Clifty Chemical Con
Madison, Ind
Berry Smith
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