Des Moines Event Highlights Veterans Parade and Notable Figures
Dr. Fuller, a Murray Clark county veterinarian, joins Sheriff West in pursuing bandits who plundered stores in Columbia and Attica. He is paralyzed after being shot. four bandits were disposed of, with Eddie Adams killed by a Wichita police officer. The report also covers a Des Moines grand veterans pageant with national officers and many dignitaries, plus a debate over naming the Delicious apple after Uncle Jesse Hiatt and calls to protest grafting the Hiatt name.
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Dr. Fuller
Murray
Clark County
Sheriff West
Columbia
Attica
Marion County
National
Travelers’ Benefit Association
Des Moines
Eddie Adams
Kansas
Wichita
Osceola
Fort Madison
Ous Grand Army
Land
Agnes H. Parker
Boston
Mass
Louise B. Benson
The
Daughters of Veterans
Oakland
Margaret Stevens
Auxiliary of the Sons of Veterans
Washington, D. C
Anna M. Michiner
Philadelphia
Penn
Marie L. Basham
Ruby J. Eckerson
Ada Wood
Des Moines Corps
Lola Elliott
Nathan E. Kendall
Carl M. Garver
Frank Armstrong
S. H. Tomlinson
Hiatt
Jesse Hiatt
Missouri
Sioux City
Kansas City
Arkansas
Iowa
Game Wardens Crack Down On Illegal Fishers
High water in eastern Iowa streams left fish stranded in ponds inviting theft. People with pitchforks captured many fish, mostly carp and buffalo, but trouble arose when game fish were taken. Fines ran into hundreds of dollars as wardens arrested several suspects using bare hands, while only hook and line with bait remains legal for game fish.
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Iowa
Gold washing yields modest yields in Iowa
Reports from Graettinger Palo Alto county say Farmer Herke bought a machine to wash gold from gravel on his farm and recovered ten dollars from eight tons in ten hours. J J Kelly also reports two dollars per ton from his gravel.
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Iowa
Graettinger
Palo Alto
Herke
J. J. Kelly
Wapello Girl To Receive Pasteur Treatment For Mad Dog Bite
Little Betty Westbrook of Wapello will be given pasteur treatment at the university hospital after germs were found in the brain of a mad dog by university chemists. The bite also affected the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Fry and she will receive treatment.
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Betty Westbrook
Wapello
Pasteur
University Hospital
Frank Fry
Breeder Fred Nabb Sells Shorthorns to Mexico Officials
Fred Nabb of near Elma in Howard County, a long time breeder of the milking Shorthorns with Bates ancestry, recently sold six of his best animals to representatives of the Mexican government. Mexico bought sixteen Shorthorns of the dairy strain in total at Towa, and Nabb supplied six. Mexican officials visited the farm and chose the animals in person.
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Fred Nabb
Elma
Howard County
Bates
México City
Mexico
Towa
Nabb
Iowa Bible Conference to be Held in Cedar Falls
The state of Iowa will host a non denominational Bible conference August 6 to 13 in Cedar Falls led by Dr Parley E Zartmann director of conferences Drawing visitors from Nebraska Missouri Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and South Dakota Speakers include Dr G Campbell Morgan London W E Biederwolf Bishop Homer C Stuntz W H Holderby E O Sellers A K Harper and Dr Kimmel Homer Rodeheaver will lead singing The board of directors includes members from Baptist Brethren Congregational Danish Baptist Danish Lutheran Disciples Episcopal Evangelical Lutheran Methodist Presbyterian and United Presbyterian Ben jamin Boardman of Cedar Falls Iowa is secretary of the board
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Iowa
Cedar Falls
Parley E. Zart’mann
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
G. Campbell Morgan
London
W. E. Biederwolf
Homer C. Stuntz
W. H
Tai wife of Tom Wah jailed for narcotics offense
A Los Angeles dispatch reports Tai, wife of Tom Wah the so called king of Chinatown, sentenced to 18 months in a Rockwell City Iowa reformatory and fined 6000 dollars for narcotics law violation. The government lacks female prison provisions and places convicted women in states with suitable facilities.
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Los Angeles
Tai
Tom Wah
King
Chinatown
Rockwell City
Iowa
Iowa projects water power for Des Moines river dam plans
Oskaloosa votes to invest $750000 to build a dam across the Des Moines river near Harvey in Marion County to power Cedar Rapids and other regions. Cedar Rapids will lose two more dams across the Cedar river with three additional Des Moines river dams planned near Boone creating three large lakes. A Cedar Rapids hotel incident recalls an abandoned baby case. Major Geo. P. Hippe earns Italian knighthood for WWI action. Vermont alumni legend Rev George Gaby aged 103. Views on future citizens highlight Lincoln Washington Roosevelt roles and civic groups teaching duty.
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Iowa
Oskaloosa
Des Moines River
Harvey
Marion County
Cedar County
Iowa Railway and Light Co
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Des Moines
Boone
County records show shift to trained teachers in Chickasaw County
County Superintendent Alf Vaala reviewed twenty year old records and found two thirds of teachers held third grade certificates with no normal or high school training. Now most teachers have normal or high school training and first grade certificates. High school graduates rose from ten to sixty five, with forty pursuing normal training. Eighth grade students increased from twenty to about one hundred fifty, with one hundred twenty five aiming for high school.
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Alf
Good Citizenship and Its Demands for Youth
A dated civic exhortation urges fair dealing among all, votes held by responsible citizens, and strong law enforcement. It argues that voter integrity prevents bad leadership and that youthful lessons in citizenship lead to better laws, politics, and social harmony.
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Lre
United States
Fishing trip yields big catch at Spirit Lake
A. O. Peterson and Hal Wells fished at Spirit Lake last Thursday and brought in about 250 pounds of wall eyed pike and bass. Mrs. A. K. Ridley and Mrs. George Kinnard Sr. learned their father Thos Graham died May 18 at Lopez Island Washington. Graham was an early Emmet county settler with wide local ties. C. W. Hall and family plan to move back to Jackson for the present. M. O. Mead of the Burlington hotel left Tuesday for Nashua to visit friends and other points. The Epworth League plans a social at Miss Carrie McCulla’s home Friday. W. S. Jones departs for Minneapolis to attend the Calvinistic Methodist congress. Conductor Bert Miller owns a promising colt and Conductor Gaylord will move his family to Estherville this week from Watertown.
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A. O. Peterson
Hal Wells
Spirit Lake
A. K. Ridley
George Kinnard Sr
Thos. Graham
Lopez Island
Washington
Graham
Emmet
C. W. Hall
Jackson
M. O. Mead
Burlington
Nashua
Epworth League
Carrie McCulla
W. S. Jones
Minneapolis
Bert Miller
Gaylord
Estherville
Watertown
Lake Fremont News Highlights Include Hail Damage and Local Visits
Ben Johnson and family were at Armstrong Sunday. Dr Gardner treated Mrs Will Chambers during illness. A new hog house is being built on Commissioner Wollrath’s farm. Dr McMillan vaccinated hogs for several farmers including H W Woods and Ben Johnson. Will Emery and Theo Osberg hosted visitors, while Milo Brown visited Art Woods. A severe rain and hail storm damaged crops up to 75 percent between Lake Fremont and Jay. Chas Brandt and Elmer Chambers traveled to Fairmont. 200 baby chicks accompanied Charles Brandt. Campaigners Geo Schmidt and James Lampard toured western Lake Fremont. Frank Day urges Ed Emminghouse as superintendent of grounds at the county farm, and the motion passes.
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Ben Johnson
Armstrong
Gardner
Will Chambers
Commissioner Wollrath
Dr. McMillan
Estherville
H. W. Woods
P. M. Jackson
Guy’ Schutes
Bough Black
Silcox
Will Emery
Arnold’s Park
Theo Osberg
Milo Brown
Art Woods
Lake Fremont
Jay
Chas. Brandt
Elmer Chambers
Fairmont
Charles
Geo. Schmidt
James Lampard
L. F
Frank Day
Ed. Emminghouse
Investment offer at eight percent stock deal
An advertisement invites investing money in the Dahl Brothers Manufacturers Co. preferred stock at eight percent. The notice highlights a solid return and urges readers to act on this opportunity.
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Dahl Brothers Manufacturers Co
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Winterset
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