Civil War-Era Flag Pole Monument Dedication
In Patterson Madison county local citizens raised a flag pole to honor young men who enlisted for World War I. Russell Salisbury and Joseph Downs wrote their names and “killed in France” in cement, later protected. A monument eight by eight feet was unveiled Oct 7 with 2000 attendees. Anderson of Council Bluffs received the French Legion of Honor at Ft Omaha for bravery. General Dumont knighted him with a kiss on both cheeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Patter‘son
Madison
Russell Salisbury
Joseph Downs
France
Patterson
George A. L. Dumont
Washington
Eldon Anderson
Council Bluffs
Germany
Anderson
Ft. Omaha
Neb
Dumont
Legion of Honor
Robbery at Arion Post Office Triggers Wide Hunt
On June 20, 1921 the Arion post office was robbed prompting a 100 mile alert. Cass county marshal A D Dean led a posse guarding the White Pole road as a taxi driver and a passenger were pursued. The incident ended in a civil suit, later compromised with Gould receiving funds and costs covered. The article also notes related past shootings and regional events including a Cedar Falls minister, Sioux City cattle sales, Mesquakie Pow Wow disputes, and tribal fund distributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arion
Crawford County
Anita
Cass County
A. D. Dean
Lake
Atlantic
Earl Alexander
Goold
Alexander
Wheeler
Supreme Court
Gould
Charles City
Old Iowa clock mirrors Columbus era in State Society care
In Professor Horack’s office at the University of Iowa a wooden clock, a close copy of the 15th century timepiece, sits as a heirloom of M W Davis. Metal parts are limited to weights and a shaft while a carved Columbus bust marks its age. The piece was presented to the State Historical Society of America over a decade ago. Meanwhile Red Ball Transportation pays two hundred dollars monthly in taxes for its Mason City fleet under a law taxing bus lines per ten miles and weight, with distributions by county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
America
Frank E. Horack
University of Iowa
State Historical Society of America
M. W. Davis
Iowa City
Society
Red Ball Transportation Company
Mason City
Cerro Gordo County
Floyd
Chickasaw
Bremer, Black Hawk, Franklin, Hardin, Story, Polk, Worth, Hancock
Kossuth Counties
Rural Masonic lodge and town radio leadership noted
A rural Iowa Masonic lodge near Oakland and Council Bluffs seats dinners and events drawing many members. Casey in Guthrie and Adair counties operates 42 radio outfits enabling wide information access. Ed Shields first to hear Harding death in Cass County phone news to Atlantic. An Urbandale conference sermon by Rev Brown was heard 150 miles away. A rattlesnake nest found in a hollow tie between Waverly and Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. X. Miller
Cedar Falls
Delaware County
Iowa
Marion
White Pole Highway
Pottawattamie County
Oakland
Council Bluffs
Masonic Fraternity
Casey
Guthrie
Adair
Cass County
Harding
Ed Shields
Atlantic
Urbandale Federated Church
Des Moines
R. R. Brown
Radio Stations
Omaha
Western
Christian Missionary Alliance
Urbandale
Chicago Great Western
Waverly
Sumner
New Shipping Record By Barry Manufacturing Co
Barry Manufacturing Co of Muscatine set a new freight shipment record by water to San Francisco. A barge carried factory products down the Mississippi to New Orleans, then by ocean liner through the Panama Canal to the Pacific coast, with an estimated 20 percent freight saving. River passenger traffic was poor this summer, as low water stranded the Washington on a sand bar near Guttenberg for 28 hours and disrupted several excursions including Prairie du Chien to Lansing. The Henry G Dress was stuck below Lynxville for 24 hours until a government boat freed it. About 100 passengers were aboard Dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Manufacturing Company
Muscatine
San Francisco
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Big River
E. F. Medary
Waukon
Washington
Guttenberg
Prairie du Chien
Lansing
Henry G. Dress
Lynxville
Sapiro to address Iowa teachers at Des Moines Coliseum
Chas F Pye announces Aaron Sapiro of New York will speak at the Iowa State Teachers Association convention in Des Moines Coliseum Friday morning Nov 2. Sapiro, a major promoter of farmers cooperatives, has organized 65 such groups nationwide with a yearly business turnover of 400 million dollars. Also noted is A L Godard of Fort Atkinson who pioneered Silver King corn and lives on his farm since 1853. his log house and pioneer relics are showcased at Goddard Park with open access for visitors.
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Chas. F. Pye
Iowa State Teachers 'Association
Aaron Sapiro
New York
United States
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Coliseum
Des Moines
Sapiro
E. C. Bailey
Decorah
Goddard
Minnesota
National Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Goddard Park
Birth Reports from Ringsted Estherville Wallingford
September births list several children with parent names and towns. Margaret Jeanette Chis tensen daughter of Oscar C and Catherine E Guest Christensen Ring sted. Earl Marinus Petersen son of Fred C and Carrie Nielsen Petersen Ringsted. Orville Paulson son of Henry and Emma M Peterson Paulson Estherville. Barbara Ann Peterson daughter of Paul Alfred and Edith Pearl Wall Peterson Wallingford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jeanette Chistensen
Oscar C
Catherine E. Guest Christensen
Ringsted
Earl Marinus Petersen
Fred C
Carrie Nielsen Petersen
Orville Paulson
Henry
Emma M. Peterson Paulson
Estherville
Barbara Ann Peterson
Paul Alfred
Edith Pearl Wall Peterson
Wallingford
Births in Estherville area list several September names
A readable fragment lists births in Estherville and Maple Hill areas with dates in September. Named children include Nellie Berge, Helen Marguerite Weissert, Kathleen Mae Deming, Mary Ellen Foren, Lester Fisher, Esther Fisher, Walter Eugene Mason, Herbert Lee Elis, Leland Emmett Anderson, and others. Parents include M. and F. Berge, Roy and Josie Clymer, Gilbert M. and Emma Fisher, F. X. and Margaret Foren, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandville
Allen Brownstherville
Mikoyna Jane ’ Burke
Perile E
Anna M. Christensen
Burke
Estherville
Nellie Marie ‘Berge
Martin ,M
Frida Schware Berge
William Emery Clymer
Roy
Josie Ellis Clymer
Helen
Marguerite Weissert
Louis
Berths Kuntz Weissert
Kathleen
Mae Deming
William Elliott
Emi Eliza
Nichols Deming
Margaret N. van de Walle
Philman
Gertrude Mino van de Walle
Maple Hille
Mary Ellen Foren
F. X
Margaret Howe Foren
Georgee B
Jessie B
Fritz Anderson
Unique Memorial to President Harding in Jerusalem Quarry
A notable memorial service for President Harding was held 150 feet underground in King Solomon's quarry, Jerusalem, by American Masons traveling in Palestine. Masons processed with lighted tapers, an address on Harding's life was given, and the group sang Blessed Be the Tie That Binds as taps sounded by a British soldier. Resolutions of sympathy were sent to Mrs. Harding, with attendees including Rev. Dr. Christopher P. Sparling, Charles Mervyn Young, and Fred M. Supplee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Harding
King Solomon’s Quarry
Jerusalem
Palestine
Harding
Christopher P. Sparling
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Prince of Peace
Charles Mervyn Young
Fred M. Supplee
Baltimore
Eye health tonic claim in early 1900s ad copy
Fragmentary OCR shows an advertising notice for an “one ’smu bottle” claimed to ease sore weak or strained eyes. Mentions aluminum cup and brand Jay Johnston & Co., Druggiste, with free offer implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Johnston & Co
Bankrupt Robert Carl Rogers Adjudicated in Emmet County
Notice to creditors of Robert Carl Rogers of Estherville Iowa that on October 16 1923 he was adjudicated bankrupt. First meeting of creditors will be held November 12 1928 at 1 00 pm at Emmet County Court House Estherville Iowa to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct other business. The bankrupt must be present. Algona Iowa October 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Carl Rogers
Carl ‘Rogers
Emmet
Estherville
P. O
Robert Carl Rogers
Iowa
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Isaac Wa-Na-Tee
Sam Slick
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John Bear
William Wa-Na- Tee
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Dr. Breid
Standard Oil
Algona, Iowa
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Life
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J. Hansen
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