Iowa News and Comments Highlights Crime and Farming News
Des Moines reports Walter Zahn and Benjamin Schultz of Clayton county faced federal charges after hunting migratory fowls in violation of a Canada treaty. The piece notes Father Burns’s lecturing tour and a Black Hawk county farm sale reaching $465 per acre. It also covers Easter candy efforts by Vinton’s Women’s Auxiliary for Knoxville’s government hospital, aiding 260 wounded soldiers.
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Des Moines
Walter Zahn
Benjamin Schultz
Enta
Clayton County
Canada
Dubuque
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
George M. Saul
J. W. Flemming
Edward E
Elia E. Stokes
Frank Peterson
Mr. Fleming
Government Hospital
Knoxville
Vinton
Iowa World News Highlights End of War and Migration Trends
Articles discuss regiments trained at Camp Dodge returning home and many Iowa men still abroad the 14th Cavalry planning a horseback trip to Fort Riley Kansas with band and baseball shows. Also reports on the 50th annual National Education Association meeting in Des Moines, a personal damages suit involving Dr W R Whiteis, a wood chopper turned distiller case, and Iowa emigration studies showing over 809000 natives living elsewhere per 1910 census plus significant inflow from 1900 to 1915 and rising emigration in 1920.
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Iowa
Camp Dodge
14Th Cavalry
Fort Des Macines
Fort Riley
Kansas
R. A. Brown
American Legion
National Educational Association
Des Moines
America
United States
W. R. Whiteis
The
State University
Iowa City
Adaline Rozek
University of Iowa
Hornell Hart
Ottumwa
Hazah Shrine
Otumwa
Shriners
Za Ga Zig Temple
Pullman
Hazah Club
Southern Town
Ita
James C. Taylor
Frank Racine
Longtime Mississippi River Steamboat Expert Capt Critchfield Dies
Capt Samuel Critchfield died recently in a Burlington hospital. For 65 years he worked as an engineer on steamboats on the Mississippi Ohio and Missouri rivers and later ran the Canton Missouri ferry. He began on the river in boyhood and was a respected authority on steamboat traffic. Government experts sought his advice on river improvements and he personally knew many famed river captains and pilots.
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Samuel Critchfield
Burlington
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Canton
Great River
Former Iowa Senator Greene to wed in Havana Church
Hon William Greene a former Clinton County state senator and later parole officer travels to Havana Cuba to marry Emma Dillon of Itabo. Greene previously worked as a brakeman for the C N W rail line and rose through labor circles to hold two terms in the Iowa House and two in the Senate. A reunion of the 88th division at Camp Dodge is planned for September with high level military attendance expected.
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William Greene
State Senate
Clinton County
Emma Dillon
Des Moines
Clinton
Greene
Havana
Cuba
Dillon
Itabo
Church of Columbus
New World
Senate
Camp Dodge
Harding
Pershing
Wood
Weeks
Newton D. Baker
Plummer
Weigles
Beach
Getty
Crown of England described with gems for sale
The imperial state crown of England is described as containing one great ruby and four small rubies, a large sapphire and 16 smaller sapphires. It lists many diamonds including 1363 brilliant, 1273 rose, 147 table, and 277 pear diamonds. A Brooklyn Eagle want ad states it will be sold.
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England
Brooklyn Eagle
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Aimed at Cure
Patent medicine advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local treatment and must be taken internally. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood purifying tonic that acts on mucous surfaces through the bloodstream. The note lists ingredients as potent tonics and purifiers and offers testimonials and free trials from P S Chaney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
P'S Chaney @ Co
Toledo
Minnehaha Headlines Comedy Screen Hit at Graham Theatre
Minnehaha stars in Up In Mary's Attic a Fine Arts Pictures comedy at the Graham Theatre Wednesday and Thursday The veteran Indian actress delivers a warm nurse and mother role in a plot about Mary and her artist husband protecting their baby The film praised for humor and sentiment and Minnehaha’s standout performance in a new Metro released photo drama.
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Minnehaha
Fine Arts Pictures, Inc
Graham Theatre
Photoplaya
Mary
Nine-Hour Fight Sweeps Nine Hours to Film Screen Clash
Filming of Love, Honor and Obey at the Fox Theatre required nine hours of on set effort for a brief screen fight. Kenneth Harlan and George Cowell performed the climactic combat at Miramonte Court, Spiegelberg estate, Briarcliffe New York, with Wilda Bennett and Claire Whitney in key roles. The wedding scene was shot that afternoon, and the production moved under Metro supervision after three months of work.
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Fox Theatre
Eugene Walter
Charles Neville Buck
Miramonte Court
Isaac N. Spiegelbers
Briarcliffe
N. Y
Stuart Emmet
Kenneth Harlan
Eben Tollman
George Cow
Williane
Wilda Bennett
Leander de Cordova
Tama Boy Wins at Declamatory Meet
The Southern Iowa Declamatory contest at Centerville featured three classes. Harold Ennis of Tama won the oratorical class with The Unknown Speaker, John Brints of Monticello second on Our Responsibilities as a Nation. Lucille Kepford of Toledo won the dramatic class with The Sign of the Cross, while Vivian Harden of North English took humorous top honors with Teddy Tries Match Making.
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Centerville
Lucille Kepford
Toledo
Grace Schmalz
Muscatine
Bobbie
Aaron
Reforestation Efforts Grow in Korea Through Mission Work
Trees for Korea began with seeds planted by a Methodist missionary at Chenulpo about two decades ago. The American Forestry Magazine notes missionaries continued the work, providing shade trees for mission stations and transforming barren Korean hills into groves around these sites.
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Korea
Chenulpo
American Forestry Magazine
Iowa Farm Trends Show Ten-Year Shifts in Ownership and Value
Preliminary census figures for Iowa from 1910 to 1920 show farm numbers fell 1.7 percent while total acreage declined 1.3 percent and improved land dropped 3 percent. Tenancy rose from 37.8 to 41.7 percent, land values surged 141 percent, and average land per acre rose to 199.53 dollars.
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Chicago
Iowa
Bureau of the Census
French Prices High But Decline Noted
Paris reports show French householders still pay higher prices but signs of decline emerge in April as consumer costs ease slightly from recent peaks. Economists caution the easing may be temporary, with energy and food sectors driving most of the pressure.
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France
United States
Brad Street
Great Britain
Inventorying a Remarkable Exchange in The American Legion Weekly
A dialogue features a professor mockingly dismissing a student’s intellect while Mia Nooriteh orders prompt actions to secure Archie’s education, vowing to pursue the matter and bill the requester. The exchange showcases a dramatic clash over educational stakes and accountability.
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Mia Nooriteh
Archie
The
American Legion Weekly
They're Off A Ten Thousand Mile Tour
A ten thousand mile tour of Washington county and surrounding areas has begun, featuring a traveling group visiting key sites and communities to showcase local efforts and achievements.
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Washington County
W. C. Harding
Pennsylvania
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Herbert Lubin
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Honor
Obey
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Statistics of
Iowa Farms
Paris
Pictorial Review
Hl. Lott Mormiles
Fuller Mormiles
Lotta
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Lott Mormiles
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Iowa Gas & Electric Co
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Washinseter
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