Des Moines Plans G A R Reception and Encampment
Des Moines designers a citywide hospitality effort for the fifty sixth G A R encampment September 24 28 with Col C A Watrous as chairman. Local committees cover hotels housing autos health and entertainment for thousands of veterans and auxiliary groups with events including parades reunions and a fireworks display.
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Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
C. A. Watrous
Hune
Colonel Watrous
Harry H. Polk
Geof E. Hamilton
Edward O'Dea
R. L. Chase
Department of Iowa
W. C. Ramsay
Glenn C. Haynes
John W. Cox
Marie Basham
W. R.C
Lilian C. Cary
Dubuque
Ladjes
J. B. Reeve
Sons of Veterans
Belle Smith
Daughters of Veterans
Grace Stuart
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Colonel Watters
Walter St. John
Dean Holmes Cowper
Bert L. Zuver
Oliver O
George Hamilton
Hotels and Housing Committee
Hamilton
Ralph E. Sawyer
Committee On Badges
National Association of Army Nurses of the
Ladies of the
Daughters of Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
National Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War
National Association of Naval Veterans
Miss Oral Middleton Leads New Iowa State Fair Relay
Portage Wisconsin rider Miss Oral Middleton holds the world record for the women's three mile relay and lines up for the new women's relay races at the Iowa State Fair from August 23 to September 1. Novelty events include Roman races a race between a horse and an automobile and other speed attractions at the daily program.
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Oral Middleton
Portage
Wis
Municipal Band Makes Great Hit in New Hampton
New Hampton’s forty piece municipal band under C. A. Hewet shows progress with uniformed members and high grade instruments. The group performs classics and popular numbers at Wednesday concerts at the courthouse square drawing growing crowds and earning engagement fees in Lime Springs Riceville Wacoma Alta Vista and Clear Lake.
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New Hampton
C. A. Hewet
Court House Squere
Des Moines Stage Real Train Wreck At Iowa State Fair
A head on collision between two locomotives will end the State Fair program on Saturday August 26 in Des Moines. The stunt features two 60 mph trains meeting on a single track with crews escaping to safety. It runs once due to high cost and accompanies other fair attractions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
What This Country Needs Crescent
A compact satirical poem calling for practical changes over grand rhetoric. It contrasts old and new freedoms, urging improvements in jobs taxes and productivity with references to farming, efficiency, and traditional values.
Mines at What Cheer Operate Again Amid Threshing Coal Demand
Aug 7. In defiance of a committee of 200 striking miners from Buxton district, the mines around What Cheer have reopened to meet urgent threshing coal demand. No violence has been reported or threatened.
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Buxton
Bobbing Parties Headline Waterloo Flapper Fad
In Waterloo Iowa the latest craze among flappers is bobbing hair at a barber shop. A local barber explains ladies nights held two evenings weekly where short haired women gather, enjoy private shop use, and share gossip while getting trims.
State Fair Admission Cut to 50 Cents at Des Moines
The Iowa State Fair slashes general admission to 50 cents from 75 cents. Railroads offer a round trip fare at one and one third instead of one half. Officials expect higher attendance for the fair running from August 24 to September 1 in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Fowler Sued for Divorce in Des Moines Amid Alimony Claim
A petition for divorce filed in Des Moines names Walter H. Fowler a prominent Pella businessman and property owner. His wife Otho Fowler accuses him of a 1914 marriage of abuse, seeks $50,000 permanent alimony, $20 monthly child support for Virginia Ann, custody of the 4 year old, and a $75,000 attachment against his property to secure payments. Fowler owns the Fowler Telephone Co. at Pella.
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Des Moines
Walter H. Fowler
Pela
Otho Fowler
Fowler
Virginia Ann
Fowler Telephone Company
Pella
Zeppelin firm vows to produce the last word in airships
Facing memories of the R38 and Roma disasters German builders of the Zeppelin for commercial use in the United States prepare to exhaust every resource to stake their reputation. The company aims to deliver the ultimate airship.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Zeppelin Company
German Zeppelin contract for United States ships discussed
An American official involved in negotiations says the contract does not cause concern for builders who already produce larger ships. They can create a Zeppelin of 100,000 to 120,000 cubic meters, vs the 76,000 cubic meter vessel for America. Germans reportedly lead in design stresses and testing. An officer from the U S naval department will oversee the project and inspect the Zeppelin’s construction at Friedrichshafen.
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America
United States
England
Italy
Naval Department of the
Friedrichhafen
Vicksburg G A R Reunion Arranged At Des Moines
A reunion of G A R siege of Vicksburg survivors will be held during the national encampment. Comrades are invited to a preparatory meeting Saturday afternoon August 5 at 3 in the Soldiers Relief room of the courthouse. Iowa contributed 32 batteries and regiments to General Grant’s forces.
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Dagle
Iron Brigade
Frank Dagle
Vicksburg
Veterans of
Grand Army
Clyde L. Herring
State House
Des Moines
Court House
Iowa
Grant
The Primitive Lover at Fox Promises Native Comedy
Constance Talmadge and Chief Big Tree headline The Primitive Lover a First National comedy at Fox for two days starting Tuesday. The film features a redskin chief who explains courtship to a rival suitor in a farcical scene while Talmadge delivers a witty performance and the story, adapted by Frances Marion from Edgar Selwyn, draws steady laughs.
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Constance Talmadge
Redman
Chief Big Tree
Constance
Frances Marion
Edgar Selwyn
the Fox
Conductor Fred Washburn Dies After Rail Career End
Burlington August 7. Conductor Fred Washburn a Rock Island railroad veteran who made his last trip Friday and was placed on the pension roll at seventy drops dead. He had seemed in good health.
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Burlington
Fred Washburn
Rock Island Railroad
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George Jones
Hudson-Jones Company
Polk County
Jones
State House and Coliseum
Automobile Committee
Glenn C. Hughes
Wilbur
Municipal Band
Mississippi Valley
Davenport
Middle-West
Mississ Ippi Valley Fair
Lanardo
Johnny Quirk
Ed Geers
Pred Egan
Mystic China
Waterloo
Walter Fowler
U.S
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