Iowa items of interest show deaths and deeds across towns
Iowa readers learn of Charles Warner Hamburg killed by pile driver. Frances Nicholson Waterloo dies at 16 months. A. Jacobson Le Mars jailed for alleged charge. many farming successes and accidents across Cedar Rapids Waterloo Des Moines Keokuk and more.
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Iown
Mason City
Charles Warner
Hamburg
Charles Houston
Cla Finda
Knights of Columbus
Knights of Pythas Y
Manchester
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
William Anderevg
West Bend
Frances Nicholson
A. E. Nicholson
Waterloo
A. Jacobson
le Mars
R. Wilkinson
Wilkinson Brothers
Mitchellville
Myrtle Gleason Cale
Davenport
the Agricultural College
Fargo
N. D
M.L. Crosby
Knoxville
Orvillege D
Merne Beadle
New Market
Henry Karenske
Iowa City
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Conference of the Methodist Church
Keokuk
J. Donda
Carrel Borgium
New Hampton
W. R. Wessels
Manson
Frank Purcell
Missouri Valley
Lake City
Edwin Horn
Grove Township
Greenfield
J. A. Osland
Stratford
OQ. M. Brown
Illinois Central
John Cordes
H. C. Wilbur
John Denein
Wellsburg
Donald Austro
Iowa Falla
Boselisa Mahlouse
Sioux City
World News Briefs from October 1922 Era
The 1922 World Series opens October 4 in New York after a Chicago meeting set the schedule and kept last year’s prices. Striking Southern railway workers end walkout with peace terms in Washington. Samuel Gompers announces a fall campaign tour for nonpartisan congressional candidates. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker wed in Greenwich, Conn. Actor Harold Otis Skinner dies in San Diego. A daughter is born to Mr and Mrs C Chase of El Paso, daughter of Interior Secretary Mall. The US rejects Soviet Russia talks on resuming relations. Military camps attendance rises as Weeks reports. Senate passes coal distribution and price bill. House battles over tariff and coal measures. A jail escape occurs in Oklahoma. drownings and wrecks reported in multiple states. Major weather and accident notes reported nationwide. International updates include Greece, Germany, Britain, and Turkey with various political and military developments.
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Lovell
Monticello
Truman Bunting
College Springs
Charles Webster
Waucoma
Lawler
Methodist Hospital
Sioux City
Northwestern Iowa
Garald
Charles ’. Conklin
Creston
Charles Jump
Highley Creamery and
Mason City
H. G. McMillan
Midland Packing Company
South Dakota
South
John W. McCool
Bayard
McColl
General Sherman
C. R. Bryan
Farmers Bank
Max Witte
State Insane Hospital
Clarinda
Mt. Pleasant
Alex Duncan
Page
Taylor County
Shenandoah
Nodaway River
Jowa
Given Chase
Chase Nash Motor Company
Des Moines
van Cleat Gwuck
Heutonsport
Union
Gov, Small
Gov
Kendali
Gas as Execution Method Condemned by UW Expert
Prof. J. H. Mathews of the University of Wisconsin, a former WWI major and gas warfare expert, denounces Nevada's gas execution method. He argues capital punishment should quietly remove criminals to protect society, not inflict agony, urging medically trained oversight if gas ever used.
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Nevada
Gan
J. H. Mathews
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Mathews
United States Army
American Legion News Service
Climber George Polly Scales Skyscrapers for Legion Posts
George Polly of Lynn Ma ex soldier in the Australian army is known for scaling tall buildings for Legion posts. He has climbed the Woolworth Building in New York the Custom House tower in Boston and other major structures over the past two years. He never uses safety devices and has never fallen.
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George Polly
Lynn
Mags
Tralian Army
Legion Posts
Woolworth
New York
Custom House
Boston
Legion Post Firemen Formed in New Orleans
The Legion post of city firemen organized in New Orleans plans to enter four teams in the Legion basketball meet in October, highlighting the firefighters association as a sports unit.
Return of Big Jim Hanbery Hero of the War
Lieutenant James W. Hanbery, hailed for his bravery at Chateau Thierry, survived a brutal campaign with wounds to the head thigh and arm. After his miraculous return home he became a newspaper reporter in Omaha and later received the Distinguished Service Cross at Fort Crook in a ceremony attended by Legion officials and Governor Henry Allen.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Bola
Tulsa
Okla
Big Dm
Jim
Big Jim
James W. Honbery
Omaha
Big Dim
Fort Crook
American Legion
Hanford Xno Nider
Chateau Thierry
Hoe
War Department
Enid
Hanbery
France
Belts
Whene
Pittebuts
Fifty-fnat Infantry
Legion Men as Police Volunteers in Portland Strike
Glenn H. Ticer former director of the Port of Portland American Legion post received a call from the city police commissioner requesting ex soldiers to aid as policemen during a waterfront lockout. Veterans wore war time uniforms and police badges, with some in full medals, as they helped patrol the area during the two month disruption led by longshoremen and port workers.
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Glenn H. Ticer
Port- Island
Ore
American If Legion
Portland
Yal
Pitty
A L. L. Robertson
Louisiana Legislature Names Reform Committee Members
The Louisiana House and Senate appointed a committee of reform-minded members to greet and host distinguished visitors. The plan includes a briefing for visitors and a formal schedule for welcoming guests from June 19 to 20 at the New Orleans venue.
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House of Kept
Louisiang
Penton
Legion
Orleans
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Iowa News
New York City
Chicago
Labor
Southern Railway
Overals
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
N. J
Congress
Edldie Rickenbacker
Ace
Sound Beach Presbyterian Church
Greenwich, Conn
Adelaide F. Durant
Harold Otis Skinner
Mecca
San Diego
Cal
el Paso
Tex
Chase
Mall of the Interior Department
United States
Soviet Russia
Secretary of War
Senate
Administration
Oliver
Aln
Dempsey
House
Harding
Trotter
Brooks Institute
Hartshorne
Pittsburg County
McAlester, Clase
Clayton Murdoch
Lake Koshkoning
Janesville
Wis
Natividad Meadii
Fone
Terlinga
George Keeling
Champaign
Run
Ford
Detroit
Mich
Kate Flynn
Miami
Mia
San Bernardino
Wilbur
Waterlon
Tndver
Roscoe Surles
Nausas City
AML
Jackson
Cah
William Z. Fosters
Trades Union Haducational League
Wes
St. Joseph
Rel
Armstrong Clark
Sadsburyville
Henry NM. Crocker
Abraham Lincoln
New Finaven
Conn
Vestel
Bernard Baruch
Senator Barach
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
George Peddy
Houston
United States Senate
Earl B. Mayfield
Madison
la Tollette
William A. Guattela
Met
Maine
Frederick Hale
Curtis
Senator la Follette
M GeRnaides
Atheny
Greece
Berlin
London
Lloyd George
Kemal
Near East
Constantinople
Nicolai Lenin
Leon Kemenoff
Russia
Moscow
German Red Cross
James M Cox
Ohio
London Times
Smyrna
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Thomas Glen-Coats
J. & P P. Coats, Ltd
Buenos Aires
Belfast
Tytittes
Ir le
ISG
Asia
American _Legion Raves Service
Jer's
Mass
Big Jane
Hanbery Honore
Legion Men
Oregon
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