Iowa suit seeks care costs for long term Mt Pleasant patient
The state of Iowa sues Nashville Trust Company for 18318.18 claiming the cost of keeping Louis Leightenberger in Mt Pleasant State Hospital since 1882. He was a missing heir later found in a Nashville private sanitarium and the estate is said to be able to cover the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Nashville Trust Company
Nashville
Tenn
Louis Leightenberger
Mt. Pleasant
Leightenberger
Scott County
Trust Company
Poynter
Dog Takes Unplanned Road Trip During War Separation
Lieut. McGuire of Marshalltown went to a southern army camp and his wife followed. Hoover the shepherd dog was sent to Postville to live with the McGuire parents but returned home muddy and pleased after a brief, unintended miles apart from his owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. McGuire
Marshalltown
Postville
Veterinary Surgeon Dies After Anthrax Accident
Dr. Ferdinando A. Reichman of Geddes South Dakota died in a Sioux City hospital after being scratched by a needle while vaccinating cattle for anthrax. The infection followed quickly, an unusual occurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geddes, S. D
Sioux City
Reichman
Greene county drains Goose Lake to curb crop losses from birds
After years of effort, Greene county completes drainage of Goose Lake to remove a black bird nuisance feared to ruin crops by 25 to 30 percent. State action followed a legislative act by the 58th general assembly allowing drainage with highway commission support. Nearby McGregor quarry work uncovered a crevice housing rattlesnakes and ancient reptiles, exciting local lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Goose Lake
Board of Supervisors
Des Moines
State Highway Commission
58Th General Assembly
Fifty Years Since Clayton County Homesteaders Lodge Claims
Fifty years after fifteen young married men with ox-teams left Clayton county to seek prairie homesteads in Cherokee county they filed claims at Sioux City and built crude shacks then returned for families. John Potter with his wife was the sole woman in the group. The anniversary of the little colonists, called open prairie, is marked by surviving remnants Mr and Mrs John Frevt and C A Stiles as others have passed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton County
Cherokee County
John Potter
Sioux City
John Frevt
C. A. Stiles
Mary Greeley
Woodworth Manufacturing Company
Mary
Truesdale
Mr. Robey
Van-Dyke
Kand
Robey
Bangs
Boston
Banga
Miss Greeley
Dooling
McClure News Bape Syndicate
Federal traffic survey reports Dickinson county car counts
A government traffic representative surveyed Dickinson county roads. Milford line averages about 900 cars per day with 6,100 seen in seven days. Spirit Lake to Arnolds Park averages 1,200 daily, recording 6,350 by Wednesday noon. The highest recorded daily average across lines is 225.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson County
Milford
Spirit Lake
Arnolds Park
Milford Road
Gravel roads draw praise and criticism in Iowa travel
The writer recalls a trip with Harry Keister of Waterloo from Independence to Waterloo along the Hawkeye highway. He notes graveled roads improve mud seasons but roughen travel in dry weather and drivers avoid them. Road patrolmen attempt to smooth rough spots, but are not always on duty despite laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Keister
Waterloo
Independence
Hawkeye Highway
Kiester
Iéwa
Maniy
Ugh
Wheat yields boost Madison county economy in 1919
Madison county wheat yields range from 0 to 35 bushels per acre as Winterset farmers flood markets with trucked loads. Dale Hylton of Winterset credited with saving the first car load for the Chicago market this season. With 2405 acres sown and a possible twenty bushel yield, immediate circulation in Madison county tops many farm balances, signaling Iowa’s 1919 crop value to surpass previous records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Dale Hylton
Winterset
Chicago
F. M. Smith
Iowa
Paroled girls at Mitchellville face combined fines total
Party-fine girls released from Mitchellville girls training school are paroled with a collective fine totaling 2100 dollars. The case outlines disciplinary measures and community supervision pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Training School
Mitchellville
Savings account report from Des Moines banks
A report to the office of the board of control at the capitol covers savings accounts held in Des Moines banks. It outlines figures and practices audited or reviewed by state authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Board of Control
Capitol
Baby's cry sparks wonder in new father
Robert, seeing his first real newborn, gazed with wonder at the infant. The baby began to cry loudly and he smiled and remarked that the child has plenty of pep in his cry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Mary Greeley and the Bookkeeper’s Bold Proposal
In a Wood Worth Manufacturing office Mary Greeley, a longtime typist, overhears plans around the payroll and her colleagues discuss love and loneliness. Mr. Robey, a bachelor engineer, unexpectedly declares his love and asks for marriage, which Mary accepts with a kiss.
Koreans Described As Advanced In Culture And Morals
A Chicago Daily News opinion calls Koreans superior to Japanese and Chinese in culture and mentality. It asserts Koreans are progressive economically on par with America and balanced spiritually with both genders eager for ethical knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chicago Daily News
Study in Strength Through Life's Lifts and Sizes
The passage notes muscle strength peaks and declines with age. A seventeen year old lifts 280 pounds, at twenty reaches 820, at thirty 365, by forty drops eight, and at fifty climbs to 830 pounds.
Strike Ties Up Ore Boats in Ashland Harbor
In Ashland Wisconsin on August 23 the strike by dock workers led to the pay off of the ore carrier Frank Billings crew except for three engineers, cook, captain and two mates. Other vessels are expected to follow as thirteen ore boats remain in harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Frank Billings
Cook
Miss Clara D Noyes Receives Patriotic Service Medal
Miss Clara D Noyes president of the American Nurses Association and acting director of nursing at the American Red Cross is awarded the patriotic service medal by the American Social Science Association and the Council of the National Institute of Social Science. She led 20 000 nurses as head of Red Cross field nursing service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara D. Noyes
American Nurses’ Association
Department of Nursing
American Red Cross
American Social Science Association
Council of the
National Institute of Social Science
Miss Neyes
Red Cross Fteld
Abbe Ernest Dimnet Visiting United States for Lectures
Abbe Ernest Dimnet, a French author and English literature professor at College Stanishis Paris, is in the United States ahead of his Harvard Lowell lectures in October. He aims to interest Americans in the crowded and impoverished hospital conditions around Lille where Catholic University Lille hospitals are attached. He writes fluently in French and English.
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Abbe Ernest Dimnet
United States
Lowell
Harvard University
Lille
Abbe Dimnet
College Stanishis
Paria
Catholi University of Lille
Tle
Queer Names on Army Records Highlight War Service
Washington Aug 25 Paris Green helped win the war and so did a Littie Kittie Karr and a Dinner Bell. Bureau of War Risk Insurance files list these personnel with varied origins from Huntington West Virginia to Norfolk Virginia and Urick Missouri.
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Washington
Paris Green
Littie Kittie Karr
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Green
Huntington
W. Va
Little Kittie Karr
Norfolk
Urick
Bureau
Wilson
van Hook
N. C
Milt Gosh
Chicago
Green Horn
Statesboro
Velvet
Brinkley
Ark
Will Swindle
Center
Texas
Slaughter Bugg
Oscar Tarbin
E. Pluribus Brown
Perry, Ga
Chocolate Candy Clark
Owen Money
Willie Darling
Britton Turner
Wiley Fox Hunter
Green Berry Anderson
Aoustus Horrible River
George Sleeps
Pleasant Ayre
Jackson
Grimes
Eugene Grant
Isaac
Salmon
Idaho
Harry Adolph Thomas
Richard Eugene Bullock
Mr. Bullock
Aloysius
Ignat
Johnsons
Smiths
Williamses
Jose Rodriguezs
Abraham Lincolns
George Washingtons
Robert E. Lees
William Jenningses
Napoleon Monaparte
United States
Grant
Wellington
Orange Cobb
Nolina
Lemon Cobb
Optimist Thought: We Overrely On Systems And Men
The note reflects on placing excessive faith in systems and people, warning that such trust can delay prudent action and fray judgment, urging caution in future decisions.
Major General Bethell Arrives as Military Attache
Major General H. K. Bethell arrives as the new military attache at the British embassy in Wellington. He is accompanied by four military aides, strengthening the embassy staff and defense liaison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon
Dathell
Embaeey Te Wavellington Ie
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound for Dark Hair
An ad touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use preparation to darken gray hair. It claims the product provides natural looking, even coloring without medical use and enhances hair gloss, with a cautioned note it is a cosmetic and not a medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Moonshining Outfit Found In Hardin County
A rugged 50 gallon moonshine still was found hidden in a remote Iowa ravine near Eldora Hardin County. W T Poynter a North Carolina moonshiner was jailed on $5000 bond awaiting federal action. A German housekeeper wife struck him then aided officials in locating the still and the raid extended to nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldoral
Hardin County
Sherlock Holmes
W. T. Poynter
North Carolina
Poynter
Hardin
Marshall
Marshal County
Women Senators of Old Rome Conference on Etiquette
The text notes an early Roman woman senate around 218 A D that confined debate to matters of et quette and dress with Elagabalus' approval. It states cruelty extravagance and vice marked Elagabalus reign and justifies such conferences as a corrective measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Elagabalus
Quirinal
Maryland Patent Transferred After Lord Baltimore
On June 20, 1632, after George Calvert's death, Cecilius Calvert received the Maryland patent with King Charles signing the grant naming Maryland for Queen Henrietta Maria. Lord Baltimore had paid two Indian arrows yearly to England for the grant, artifacts still shown at Windsor Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
George Calvert
Lord Baltimore
Cecilius Calvert
Charles
Henrietta Maria
Crown of
Happy and Rare Reflections on Renouncing Burdens
A reflective line asserts that happiness comes to those who renounce anything that could weigh on the conscience. The aphorism emphasizes moral restraint as the path to contentment. It presents a single eloquent thought rather than a narrative.
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Hazel White
Bremer County
Arizona
Keon Cate Sells
Vinton
Commissioner of Indies Fairs
Smooth
Burlington
Dizzy Heights
James Deffers
Gladbrook
Tama County
Wright Wilson
J. H. Nauerth
Traer
State University
McGregor
Couny
Josiah Cleveland
Ottemwe
MR. Dooling
Elizabeth Smith
Wisconsin
Ernest Dimnet
Army Records
H. K. Bethell
Hardin Co
Eldora
William B. Colver
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Washington, Iowa
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