Influenza Toll and Public Aid in Iowa 1919
Iowa news notes the Spanish influenza impact with school closures prompting thousands of teacher payroll costs. It cites A M Deyoe on monthly Iowa teacher payroll of 1.25 million and six week closures. The piece also reports life insurance investigations into G B Knaak's death, lightning in Sidney killing a dog, and Senator Perkins championing free treatment for crippled children at Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Jarmagin
Deyoe
Towa
Sidney
Arthur Johnson
Miss Lola Yerkes Appointed to Follow Perkins Children
Miss Lola G Yerkes a home economics expert is named to oversee the Perkins children She trained at Bellevue hospital New York and resided at Godman Guild Columbus Ohio Her work begins August 1 Senator Newberry once bitten by a rattlesnake led to a bounty law Quigley successor in the Iowa general assembly helped pass it Northeastern Iowa is noted for snakes John Ladd of Lansing turned in 31 rattles on law and received 15 50 for a week of snake hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fli Perkins
Delhi
General Assembly
Iowa City
State University
Enator Perkins
Perkinns Hospital
Lola G. Yerkes
Perkins
Misa Yerkes
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Godman Guild
Columbus
Ohio
Byron C. Newberry
Strawberry Point
Quigley
Iowa
John Ladd
Lansing
Tragedy at Diagonal Soda Fountain Explosion
A 15 year old son of Professor Jessup was killed when a soda water tank exploded in his father's drug store at Diagonal. Miss Crystal Wright sustained injuries as the pressure in the recently charged fountain vessel caused the fatal blast.
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Diagonal
Pr. Jessup
Crystal Wright
Consolidation trend in Iowa towns and figures
The article notes the largest consolidated school in Jessup spanning Buchanan and Black Hawk counties with 30 080 acres across 47 sections. Spirit Lake houses the state’s largest consolidated enrollment and a top equipped building. About 247 consolidated schools exist with more communities planning to join. rural schools with five pupils or less face closure under a new law. Will S Fawcett, once a dry goods merchant’s son at Iowa Falls, is in California’s Imperial Valley growing and shipping fifteen cars of cantaloupes daily, amid a hot climate and Colorado River irrigation. Tabor College at Tabor in Fremont County is mentioned.
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Jessup
Buchanan
Blackhawk
Spirit Lake
Will S. Fawcett
Iowa Falls
Imperial Valley
California
United States
Colorado River
Reverend G G Rice to be 100 at Septembers end
Dr G G Rice of Council Bluffs has just received the Doctor of Divinity degree at a recent commencement. He would be 100 years old on September 10 if he lives that long. He began ministry in western Iowa when settlements were sparse and prairie. The article notes his long Iowa history and upcoming centenarian milestone.
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Ita
G. G. Rice
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Mississippi
Davenport
Muacatiné
Nichols
Webster
Thornburg
Montezuma
Lynnville
Monroe
Prairie City
Des Moines
van Meter
Menlo
Atlantic
Oakland
Council Bluff
Grinnell
Newton
Samuel Phelps Leland
Daytonia
Florida
People’s State Bank
Charles City
Hiram College
Ohio
James A. Garfield
United States
Leland
England
Queen Victoria
Bucklnngham Palace
King Edward
Prince of Wales
Niagara Falls
Woman Hurt as Family Horse Unseats Carriage Near Rockwell City
Mrs. Guy Carson of near Rockwell City was seriously injured recently when a family horse bolted, unseating the carriage she rode in. Rescue crews attended to her injuries as bystanders looked on.
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Guy‘ Carson
Rockwell City
Slater Memorial College donation and aviation incident
A Shelby county couple, Mr and Mrs Frank Slater, donate 40 000 to found Slater Memorial College in Bombay India as part of Methodist Centenary funds. Separately an aeroplane scare spooked horses on a drive home, while district news report high tension lines affecting rural phone service and a fatal incident near Missouri Valley when a boy was killed by a downed power line. Captain Pedersen faces murder charges after a shipboard drowning during a Cape of Good Hope voyage, with Walter Campbell as a key witness in New York Federal court.
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Slid
Frank Slater
Neay Kirkman
Shelby County
Gula
Bombay
India
Slater
Missouri Valley
Bruce Halladay
Walter Campbell
Maquoketa
Towa Prairies
New York
Puako
Adolph Pedersen
Adolph E. Pedersen
Africa
Cape
Good Hope
Hansen
Pedersen
Aviators Granted Civilian Flying Licenses in Iowa
Des Moines resident George L. Barnett received a civilian flying license per Captain Charles Glidden of the U S Army Aviation Service. Other Iowa licensees include Earl Kenneth Campbell of Strawberry Point and Charles Fred Taylor of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Barnett
Des Moines
Charles Glidden
United States Army Aviation Service
Iowa women knit into war effort for soldiers
The report credits Iowa women with 27,652 cootie garments for soldiers led by Mrs Charlotte Whitney Fastmorth. At armistice time the program had big lags and would have grown with continued war. Over 13,000 garments reached France and were worn with success. Remaining treated garments went to Red Cross at Fort Des Moines and Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Charlotte Whitney Fastmorth
West
Eastman
France
Rand
Red Cross
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Life Insurance
G. B. Knaak
a @Ank
Hartley
O'Brien County
Lake Ocheda
Worthington
Michigan
Naak
Tabor
Charles , Cleland
Bevington
Madison County
Cleland
May Hunt
Osceola Haseen
Swift Packing House People of
Omaha
J. W. Roberts
Fort Russell
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Cheyenne
Roosevelt
New Sharon
Mahaska County
Edwin Huibrergtse
DR. Hydenburk
Lawrence
Milo H. Miller
Kelly Field
Questioris
Chautauqua
Banda Roma
Signor Luigi Quaglia
Bohumir Kryl
Signor Quintano
San Soucia Park
Chicago
White City
Ralph “Bing” Bingham Jolly
Bing
Frank Dixon Creed
Althea
Harry. J. Loose
Saxaphone Sextette A Bohumir Kry] Company
Israel Zangwill
Huperb
Roal
Happingss
Iyi
Sir John Foster Fraser
Boston Opera Singers
Major Ray
Bridgman
Charles C. Medbury
George A. Carlson
Colorado
Hussars
Drum’ Corp
Tahles
Ymusicale Bt
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