Mexican President Obregon to head national car show
Goodrich Mexico hosts a national automotive show from April 20 to May 5 with General Obregon accepting the presidency of the event. He backs the Mexican good roads movement as Mexico remains resilient amid business gloom. A Boston inventor, C. H. Martin, is developing a 150 pound three wheeler that fits through a doorway, reaches 30 mph, and travels 75 miles per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
General Obregon
Mexican Republic
C.H. Martin
Boston
Roads and auto show drive a booming 1919 outlook
The piece outlines a national push for better roads with plans to build between Ah 000 and $0,000 miles of new hard surfaced highways, backed by over $1.9 billion in federal and state funds. It notes labor and materials are favorable, and highlights Texas style auto show preparations in Dallas with a $40,000 pavilion, six days of events, and a revival theater addition. It also surveys fire department truck versus horse use in La Crosse, the cost of feeding and horseshoeing, and the long life of automobiles averaging about five to six years in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia
Dallas
Texas
Billy
la Crosse
Wis
Driving at Night Dimming Lights Warned in Alleyways
Spotlights and headlights blind oncoming drivers and raise accident risk at night. Road hog behavior grows when drivers refuse to dim. The piece also warns against ordinary cylinder oil as a hinge lubricant and recommends linseed oil with graphite for a non running, effective lubricant.
Another Estherville Case Proves Doan’s Kidney Pills Work
Estherville resident S. B. Cole recounts kidney trouble with backache after exposure to weather and heavy lifting. He reports quick relief after using Doan’s Kidney Pills from Rexall Drug Store. Priced 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
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Estherville
Doan
S. B. Cole
Washington St
Rexall
St John Dies at Hemet and Waverly Sugar Factory Closure
James P. St John, who moved from Van Buren County to Hutchinson Kansas, died recently in Hemet California after a life starting near Philadelphia now Kilbourne on the Des Moines river. The Waverly sugar factory in Bremer County will not operate next season due to a weak sugar market, though it previously produced over four million pounds of sugar and employed 300 workers plus beet growers.
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James P. St John
Hemet
Cal
van Buren County
Iowa
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Kilbourne
Hutchinson
Kansas
Waverly
Bremer County
St. Paul
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hogs and Taxes Highlight Iowa News From 1920
A Cedar Falls collector of internal revenue notes 1920 tax totals with 159 700 residents filing returns, plus 10 871 187 in income tax. A deflated hog market leaves a large assignee indebtedness despite 80 hogs sold. Wild rice history and Iowa livestock values are also examined alongside Benton residents.
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Tara E. Bladine
Cedar Falls
Towa
National Treasury
Suit Over Oil Field Investment in Marion County
County plaintiffs sue C A Young and Loren Hite to recover 5000 each claiming misrepresentation in a Kansas oil field deal. They allege Young touted ownership of 40 acres in Marion County with promised oil and gas rights sold to Benton and Vinton county men. Promises included nine wells and $30000 in a year, with undivided one eighth interests for the notes. In Iowa, progress on rural schools shows 8308 one teacher schools closed, 9745 operating, and 6543 districts voting to consolidate as building costs ease.
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C. A. Young
Loren
Hite
Kansas
Young
Marion County
Vinton and
Benton County
Wintois
Plantiffs
Iowa
Supreme Court Reverses Drost Libel Conviction Sentence
Rock Island publisher Dan Drost must pay a $1000 fine and serve one year in jail for publishing libelous material about three Davenport residents. Convicted by Scott county District Court in 1918, he was extradited after appeal delays. The state supreme court's full bench upheld the lower court, ordering him to serve the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Dan Drost
Dewnpaper
Rock Island
Meat
Davenport
Plantiffs
Drost
Scott County District Court
Mlinoig
Iowa
Salinger
Mengrel
Supreme Court
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Travel
Goodrich
United States
Office Over Laws Savings Bank
Palmer
A. Kelly
D. C
Rhode
Lincoln
WM. S. Johnston
Eatherville
Callaetiona
E. W. Bachman
Beeabury
Kilcore
North Seventh St
R. D
State News
J. W. Jarnagin
Masons City
Harry Uttenbogaard
Sheldon
O’brien
Poland
Uttenbogaard
L. H. Pammel
Ames
Cyrenus Cole
Cedar Rapids
Nothern
Father Maronette
Fox
Tolich
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Ef, E. Heil
John H. Newton
W. C. Heinman
Benton
Eiden’s
Eiden
Owa
Seace Bea
Near East
Constantinople
Bagdad
Port Said
Baku
Persia
Near Haat
Armenia
Bird
Bird & Son, Inc
East Walpole
Mass
Northern Lumber, Company Distributors
Estherville, Iowa
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