Iowa Civil War Vets Reunite Across America
Harlan Carnahan of Oskaloosa and Albert Loughridge enlisted in 1861 with the Fourth Iowa cavalry. They served four years together and returned in 1865. Loughridge, now in Salem Oregon, was a noted Iowa educator. Carnahan moved from capturing Confederate leaders to literary success in Virginia, with fiction inspired by Grundy and Hardin counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Carnahan
Oskaloosa
Fourth
Iowa Cavalry
Albert Loughridge
Keokuk
Rendevous
Salem
Ore
Iowa
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Carnahan
Oregon
Sherman
Alexander H. Stephens
Robt. Toombs
Stephens
Toombs
America
Country Gentleman
Virginia
Grundy
Hardin
Inside Fort Madison Prison Chairs and Meat Profits Revealed
Waukon observer O S Bailey reports on Fort Madison penitentiary noting 218 convicts work in a chair factory that earned a $100 net state profit last year and produced $40,000 worth of chairs last month. The prison also runs a tailor shop, kitchen, and 1100 acre farms yielding $19,000 in net profits. the facility operates self sufficiently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. S. Bailey
Waukon
Earl Thrust
Fort Madison
Iowa
Howell
Des Moines Officer Returns After Snake and Human Bites
Lieut Harry Ogilvie of the Des Moines police was bitten on the wrist by a prisoner over a month ago. He endured five weeks of medical care and was kept from full duty. Though recovering he is now on light work and warns Mayhem is a serious crime when one person bites another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ogilvie
Des Moines
Linn Grove School Organizes Pupils Into Regiment
Linn Grove consolidated school in Buena Vista county forms pupils into a regiment for the modern hearth crusade with captains and lieutenants. Miss Edith Countryman oversees the state work. Daily classroom inspections ensure cleanliness and a special awards ceremony honors top students. County nurse Anna M. Rosell ordered 1,300 knight bannerett pins for the pupils with highest health contest honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Grove Consolidated School
Buena Vista County
Edith Countryman
Anna M. Rosell
Delegates Merge Iowa Sunday School Groups in Des Moines
Thirty Iowa delegates met in Des Moines at the Iowa State Sunday School association offices to merge with the state de nominational bodies. The resulting body will be the Iowa State Sunday School Council of Religious Education led by speakers E. H. Stranahan of Oskaloosa and John L. Alexander of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Points
Iowa State Sunday School Association
Des Moines
Iowa State Sunday School Council of Religious Education
E. H. Stranahan
Oskaloosa
John L. Alexander
Chicago
Prenup Promises Not Binding in Probate Case
Mary Latcham widow of A F Latcham sued the Poweshiek County estate on a promissory note for 2000 dollars given weeks before death to be paid after settlement. Executors claimed it was a gift with no consideration. Trial court ruled for the estate. The Supreme Court affirmed Judge Dewey, upholding the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poweshick County
Mary Latcham
A. F. Latcham
Photo shows Herbert Quick as pirate in local production
A Mason City schoolteacher Herbert Quick is pictured in pirate garb from Pirates of Penzance. The show, produced by Philharmonic Sa Saari Suick, toured from Clear Lake to Mason City after a trial run. Quick, a long time Steamboat in Grundy County, later studied law and began a legal career in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Herbert Quick
Samy
Zit
Sioux
Jailer Finds Cash and Odds in March Pocket Searches
In Des Moines the jailer searched 100 prisoners in March revealing $2,468 in cash. Forty four had some money, ranging from 14 cents to $40.04, while 56 were broke. Twelve weeks? No. The list included 34 pocket items, three razors, nineteen watches, one man with two timepieces, three finger rings, eleven glasses, sixteen keys, and various papers. Bottles were dumped into the sewer and trash pile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Population decline shows aging coal towns in Iowa
In 1885 What Cheer Iowa had 3524 residents in a coal mining era. Now 1626 people remain as mining faded. Buxton Monroe County once near 6000 residents, mostly colored, was the nation’s largest non incorporated town and now dwindles toward disappearance as mining declines.
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What Cheer
Keokuk County
Buxton
Monroe County
United States
State to issue 22 million soldiers bonus bonds Iowa
State Treasurer of Iowa invites bids for 22 million dollars in Soldiers Bonus Bonds dated December 1 1922 with 4 percent interest. Bonds mature in twenty equal installments starting December 1 1928 and ending December 1 1942. Bids due April 16 1923 at Des Moines office.
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Burbanks
State
State of Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa
Polk township farmers plan March annual live stock sale
Polk township Shelby county farmers have long held a March sale to dispose of excess live stock and farm equipment for the coming spring. This year’s sale took place at the Dedline store with four auctioneers leading a reunion, a farm bureau speaker addressing the crowd, and a free lunch served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Township
Shelby County
P. B. Brown
Harlan
Dedline
Farm Bureau
From Boston to Grinnell A tale of immigrant ascent
Charles K. Needham recalls George C. Froelich of Boston who landed in New York with 10 cents. He bought milk and crackers, found work after declaring he was the Norwegian boy wanted, and rose steadily to a fine position with a generous salary, affirming that America is the land of opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles K. Needham
Grinnell
George
America
Six winners named in state constitution essay contest
The state contest for essays on the constitution crowned six winners. Col. E. M. Went worth of Des Moines announced the results. Winners include Lucille Thompson Rock Rapids Vera Wood Otho Gerald Schroeder North Buena Vista Kathryne Maring Eldon Opal I Mann Braddyville and Catherine Soloman Tama. Judges were R. J. Cornell Lillian Burns and A. Welch of Des Moines. Medals do-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
E. M. Wentworth
Des Moines
Lucille Thompson
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Vera Wood
Otho
Gerald Schroeder
North Buena Vista
Kathryne Maring
Eldon
Opal I .Mann
Braddyville
Catherine Soloman
Tama
We Aierionte Auction
Society
R. J. Cornell
Lillian Burns
A. Welch
Fire destroy barn after oil spill incident
A kitchen fire started by D. J. Kelley's kerosene spillage scorched the house and ignited the barn. The cat fled under the barn as flames consumed the structures. the cat was not recovered. Separately, Arthur Goshorn of Winterset received a letter from Royce Fairchild detailing an immense duck migration along the Missouri river bottom with pin tails mallards brants and massive blackbird swarms observed across fields and river edges.
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Anita
D. J. Kelley
Tabby
Mr. Kelley
Arthur Goshorn
Winterset
Royce Fairchild
Blue Lake
Onawa
Monona County
Missouri
Mr. Fairchild
Government Encourages Thrift Through Savings System
A U S Savings System booklet promotes economy and thrift after wartime finance. It explains the reorganization from War Savings to Government Savings, aims to educate the public, prevent fraud, and offer safe investments affordable for all. Also notes postwar lemon trade: Italy exports about 4,000,000 boxes in 1920–21, UK imports 1,000,000 in 1921 with Germany and the Netherlands following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Postal
National Savings Movement
Italy
United States Department of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Germany
Netherlands
Local notes and events mix with Civil War plot note
Narrow column recalls residents visiting Estherville Marshalltown LeMars and Minneapolis with many names. A dog trail for hog thieves fails. births and travels noted. A wartime plot involving Beall is summarized, detailing capture attempts on Lake Erie, trial for violation of the law of war, conviction and execution at Fort Columbus on February 24, 1865.
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Ackens
Algona
Chas. Robinson
Marshalltown
Grace’ Nasser
LeMars
John
William Whitesell
Waterloo
Ed. Preston
T. L. ‘Thorson
Ed. Knowles
Estherville
Robinson
Wm. Stewart
Wilcox
Violet Bunt
John Blum
Carl Smith
Frank Stiener
John Thorson
Minneapolis
F. R. Hanifan
Sweat City
S. B. Knutson
Barney Duffy
Rochester
Minn
Jas. Spoor
Swea City
Florence Kenney
Bosworth
Miss Blanchard
Thruch
Britt
Miss Smith
Johanna Sorenson
J. A. Huff
Carlson
James
Mesdames Will Hirth
James Carrol
Josephine Blum
L. J. Clark
Henry Perkins
Lake City
Mabel Miner
Blairstown
Cedar Falls
T. W. Miner
Confedercy
Beall
Lake Erie
Sieze Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Fort Columbus
Confederate Spy in Cascade Iowa 1864 Unearthed Tale
In spring 1864 a man in civilian clothes waited in a Cascade stone house rear and called Mrs. Chew claiming to be John Beall wounded and seeking protection. The Chews, including a southern-born Mrs Chew, invited him inside seeking help.
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W. R
Cascade
Iowa
Thomas J. Chew
It Pays to Advertise and a Rooster on the Barn
A duck remarks that since the rooster began crowing his statue has been placed atop the barn. The scene underscores a quirky moment of promotion and notice in a rural setting with talking animals and a humorous tone.
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State News
Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Louis Bernard Schmidt Ames
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Teachers of Music
Music Clubs
Idison
V-i
Dr Kings
Rexall
Rexall Drug Store
J. A. Cummings
First National Bank
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