Iowa Briefs Highlight Local Incidents Across State
A long Iowa summary reports Otis Haven driving at Charles City, a tree in Shenandoah spared by lightning, plus injuries from a taxi crash in Clear Lake. It notes clergy decisions, air mail funding, gas and electric rate cuts, court actions, farm news, and multiple local incidents across towns from Sioux City to Muscatine.
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Otis Haven
Charles City
Shenandoah
John Barns
Clear Lake
Sioux City
Leo Terrell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Farnhamville
Iowa City
Cullison
Clarinda
Elmer Hamilton
Red Men
Iowa
Muscatine
Cherokee County
Justice Crossett
Nevada
Franklin Drain
Gus Denkman
Sioux Rapids
William Goettsch
T. A. Johnson
Guardian Life Insurance Company
M. Milner
Ann Haupberg
Tibet
Uncle Sam
A. J. Borts
Reno Street
Earl Ballard
Ruth Walters
Oxford
Bronx City
St. Paul
Nels Duit
Decorah
C. Albert Grunder
Wilton Junction
John A. Miles
Helga Petergon
Red Oak
C. H. Rowan
Webster City
Frank Lundin
New London
F. E. Jackson
Kellerton
Council Hinffs
Bengon Creamery Company
Cedar Falls
Howard McClain
Anantara
J. K. Norris
Oskalooga
Helfer Cat Club
West Pottawattamie County
Global and U S News Roundup From Washington to Panama
Washington reports show nearly 10 000 aliens naturalized in July. Panama cites 281 ships through the canal in August with tolls over 1 000 000. Census data note birth rates fall while deaths rise. House passes anti profiteering coal bill. Senate okays soldiers bonds. Harding hints at Detroit trip for Munson temple cornerstone. Internal revenue totals show a large drop. Ratification of Palestine mandate marked by mass Jewish rally in D C. ISC reports 60 percent of locomotives defective. Funds raised to begin Wilson dam work. Clarke resignation accepted. George H Sutherland named to replace.
Notable deaths and incidents across cities and states
Obituaries for Dr. Bunnemyer in Houston and Mrs Nellia Grant Jones in Chicago. A El Paso farmer shot by stray bullets during a prohibition raid. Robberies, accidents, and police confrontations reported from Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, and Minnesota. Labor strife and federal injunctions influence railway and union actions.
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Aviel Lerina
Rio Grande River
el Paso
Tex
Four Medals on His Breast Carl M Lange of Nebraska
Carl M Lange of Behrington Nebraska is hailed as the state’s most decorated World War I veteran. He wears four medals including two Medaille Militaire awards one pinned by Marshal Petain and another received after Armistice. Lange, chosen to represent Nebraska at Arlington for the Unknown Soldier burial, also bears the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre with palms along with harboring Merle Hay from the trenches.
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Carl M. Lange
Harington
Neb
France
Lange
Marshal Petain
Nebraska
American Legion
Arlington Cemetery
Pershing
Merle Hay
Hay
Iowa
Boehrer to Conduct National Legion Band Contest in New Orleans
Charles E Boehrer will conduct a prize contest at the American Legion national convention in New Orleans next October featuring 1000 bands and a drum corps event. Prizes total 1800 dollars with high marks for playing appearance marching and instrument count. Boehrer, a former New Orleans AFM president, led bands in the Spanish American and World Wars and served as senior band wa nter of the Thirty float division.
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Charles E. Boehler
Gram Corps
American Legion
New Orleans
Boehrer
American Federation of Municians
The Private’s Dilemma
Gleason Peaes, in American Legion Weekly, depicts a private torn between promotion and camaraderie. The speaker longs for rank but values friends over glory, noting extra pay and status temptations yet preferring fellowship with his squad.
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Gleason Peaes
American Legion Weekly
Hard Luck Tales From a War Buddy
In a wartime vignette from the American Legion Weekly a colonel consoles his cheerful colored orderly Sui after recent family disasters. The orderly denies misfortune, saying the misfortunes are not hard luck, just life’s tone. The exchange centers on a brother killed in a railroad wreck and a wife injured in a car accident, both described with dignified restraint.
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American Legion Weekly
Tanlac reliefs indiges tion and dyspepsia claim
Indigestion and dyspepsia sufferers praise Tanlac as the sole relief after other remedies failed. Mrs. W. H. Hocker of Clifton Forge Virginia reports dramatic improvement. The ad claims Tanlac aids digestion, purifies blood, and revitalizes the entire body, urging readers to buy at local druggists.
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Tanlac
Mra
W. H. Hocker
Rose Ave
Clifton Forge
All Good Druggista
Inligog
Ed Pom eMreniy
Word of Hope in a Street Car Accident
A railway lawyer recounts a maling erer who suffers a wreck and is rushed to hospital in an unconscious state. After surgery he awakes and learns he was badly injured in a street car accident. When asked about recovery he braces and asks how much.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Bright
Dean
Iowa
Finley
Jari
Viet
Je Js
Foster-Milburn
Buffalo
Long-Distance Courting Reveals Hidden Romance
A widowed scrub lady admits to courting while her mistress investigates, uncovering that the suitor has been fishing in Florida for six months. The exchange shows quiet romantic pursuit across distance and time.
Castoria Reminder and Town Charm Quip
A remark from a tavern landlord in a small town sparks a grumble about being called a hamlet. A spectacled guest links the line to Shakespeare while the Kansas City Star notes the exchange as a humorous aside.
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Bigyille
Thia Town
Kansas City
Missed Words in Sharp Copy Reveal Scott Passages
A high school student in Oregon copied Sir Walter Scott and altered the line about horses stepping into a stream. The teacher discovered the change when grading the assignment.
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Giddap
Oregon
Walter Scott
Moonshiners Flee After Wealthier Ventures
The farmer notes moonshiners have vanished from the area as those who stayed became rich and moved away, signaling a changing rural economy.
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Farmer Corn Toseel
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