Discharged General Lincoln Ties to Iowa Military Row
Gen James Rush Lincoln was discharged at Camp Dodge after serving in three wars and held a major of infantry in the temporary U S army. Born 1845 in Maryland, he earlier served with the Confederate army, became Ames state college commandant, and sparked a bitter political battle over a former Confederate officer in Iowa. Also noted are broad WWI demobilization figures, the death of Davis Entrikin who invented the first mowing machine, rising divorce filings in Polk County, and local legal cases including the Des Moines dog case with Witthauer and McKowan.
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Des Moines
Iowa
James Rush Lincoln
Camp Dodge
United States
General Lincoln
Maryland
Boone
Lincoln
Iowa National Guard
Co.f
Third Iowa Regiment of Infantry
Fifty-first Volunteers
Phillipine
168Th Infantry
Towa
State Agricultural College
Ames
Grand Army
Col
Charles 8. Lincoln
88Th
State Board of Health
Fort Des Moines
State Health Office
William McKowan
John Brownson
Bessie Witthauer
Miss Witthauer
McKowan
Monuments and a Showman's Burial Draw Attention at Jefferson
A fire and scattered small articles reveal a cemetery monument to Fayette L. Robinson born 1818 died 1884 erected by Sells Bros and Ringling Bros. Yankee Robinson rests there after death near Jefferson amid a tradition of shows. Fred Buchanan’s Yankee Robinson show visited Jefferson and decorated the grave. Miss Anna E McGovern the Cedar Falls college educator has built a substantial knowledge base and a capsida lands investment yielded 33000.
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Jefferson
Albert Head
Bhut
Masonic Lodge
Capt. Head
Sells Brothers
Ringlings
Fred Buchanan
Davenport
Yankee Robinson
Anna E.mcgovern
State Tea College
Cedar Falls
Sta
Capsida
Indian delegation visits governor and Camp Dodge
Gov. W. L. Harding hosts Sac and Fox delegates at Des Moines, with interpreter George Youhr. they tour Camp Dodge Hospital and the state historical building, praising the trip while noting war injuries. A two mile long motor convoy begins Washington to San Francisco, led by Col. A Owen Seaman, using sixty trucks and full mobilized equipment.
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W. L. Harding
Sac and Fox
Tama
Young Bear
Pushetonenedpa
Sam Slick
Charlie Davenport
William Davenport
George Youhr” Bear
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Fort Des Moines
State Historical Building
Harlan
Camp Dodge Hospital
Washington
San Francisco
Iowa
Lincoln Highway
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Jefferson
Denison
Council Bluffs
A. Owen Seaman
Motor Transport Corps
Army
Prairie land and school tobacco issue in older Iowa notes
A fragment from a historic Iowa page mentions a former congressman who bought 2600 acres in northern Kossuth county, now valued higher, with much of the land undeveloped. It notes 50,000 acres of raw prairie in the county, and reports that 50 percent of junior and senior high boys are smokers, prompting a parental letter drive by Superintendent B E Weaver. It also recounts a Taylor county tax dispute over back taxes tied to a revival sermon-era restitution theme.
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Cader Haj
Newton
Kossuth County
B E Weaver
Taylor County
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By A. W. Jarnagin
Minnesota
Iown
Nebraska
Davis W. Entrikin
Kensett Square
Pennsylvania
Joseph B. Entrikin
Entrikin
Polk County
Mikea
Beth
Utterback
A. L. Kreger
Sigourney
Edward A. Kreger
France
Cuba
Enoch H. Crowder
Kreger
Keota
Cherokee
Gen. Crowder
Reinhold Bernhagen
Clay County
Spencer
A. Fisher
Estherville
the Cleaners
J. Hanson
Lidar Palle
Cedar Fallaacook
D. S. _ Wright
J. C. Gook
The
Milwaukee Railroad
Schumacher
Burt & Jones
Estherville State Bank
Estherville State Bank Thrift Club
Auto Supply Co
Satiérville Ia
Ryder
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