Surviving Iowa Troops Create 50 Year Reunion Invite
Hugo Hoffbauer invites comrades of Company A Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry to Davenport on September 25 for a 50th anniversary gathering. He requests word of attendance and addresses to Box 35 Buffalo Iowa or Michael McManus Adair Iowa.
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Buffalo
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Camp Herron
Daven
Davenport
Scott County
Iowa
Michael McManus
Adair
Davenport bridge accident sends machine into ditch
Two men escaped injury as a heavy machine owned by Mr. Walsh slid on a bridge and struck the railing before plunging into a ditch near Davenport. Both men returned home after the mishap, with no further harm reported.
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Davenport
Walsh
Iowa Better Iowa commission to report on school conditions
Des Moines reports from Iowa indicate committees have spent a year examining school conditions across the state. The Better Iowa commission will hear findings at the State House August 28 to 31. A $2,000 appropriation from the State Teachers' association funds the investigation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Better Iowa Commission
State House
State Teachers’ Association
Save Seed Corn in September Iowa campaign urged
Ames Iowa August 26 The Extension Department and Experiment Station of Iowa State College push a seed corn campaign urging farmers to select and save seed corn in September. Director W J Kennedy and Prof M L Mosher estimate selecting seed corn could raise Iowa yields by about 10 bushels per acre and add roughly 56 million dollars to the state's corn crop. The college will distribute seed corn literature and coordinate with newspapers, press associations and groups to promote the effort with rules for selection and storage stressing dry, ventilated locations away from livestock.
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Ames
Iowa
Towa Sate College
Gays
W. J. Kennedy
Extension Department
M. L. Mosher
Ite Institute
Wing Family of America Holds National Reunion in Chicago
The Wing family representatives gathered at the Auditorium for their annual reunion. The Wing Family of America, incorporated in Massachusetts, runs a Boston office and a family magazine with a president and seven directors. Col. George W. Wing of Kewanee, Wisconsin leads the clan, with more than 160000 descendants traced to Deborah Wing and her four sons who settled in 1632 at Saugus, Massachusetts. Sir Arthur Wing Pinero is among notable members expected to contribute a literary piece.
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Chicago
Wing
United States
Wing Family — of
America
Massachusetts
Boston
George W. Wing
Kewanee
Wis
Deborah Wing
Saugus
Mass
Arthur Wing Pinero
Holland's Flag and the Orange to Red Transition
The article notes Holland's flag as an emblem of liberty and questions how the orange field evolved into red through long centuries, inviting reflection on the flag's color history.
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Holland
Lances Restored in England After Knightly Tournament
London reports the lance is being restored to the war equipment of all lancer regiments in England. Germany and France have discarded the weapon as useless. The move follows a recent Knightly tournament at Earl's Court where notable society members used the lance for good will.
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London
England
Germany
France
Earl's Court
Bar Association debate over Negro member at annual meeting
Milwaukee Wis Aug 27 The thirty fifth annual American Bar Association opens amid controversy as attorney general Wickersham leads a fight for his colored assistant William H Lewis of Boston whom the executive committee revoked for being Negro. Supporters from the North and East back him while southern members plan to oppose. The convention runs to Thursday with Cincinnati favored for the next meeting.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Bar Association
Wickersham
William H., Lewis
Boston
Lewis
New England
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Harvard
Bar Association
Burtler R. Wilson
Massachusetts
William R. Morris
Minnesota
Cincinnati
Dodgers Open Ebbets Field With Battle of Long Island Anniversary
Brooklyn August 27 Ebbets field the Dodgers new home opens this afternoon weather permitting The Superbas and the Cubs will start the park by playing a windup series in Chicago originally scheduled to open there The field is described as one of the finest and most modern parks in the country with a capacity between 20 000 and 25 000
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Brooklyn
Ebbetsfield
Dodgers
Long Island
Superhbesa
Cubs
Chicago
Bew Pbbets
Burlington Boy Scouts Return From 1800 Mile Ride
Iowa Boy Scouts from Burlington completed an 1800 mile bicycle trek from Burlington to Washington D C. and back. They left June 10 and were welcomed home Saturday afternoon after riding by train to the first town east of Burlington and pedaling to the river crossing on the ferry.
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Burlington
Washington
PD. C
Cabbage Boom Drains Muscatine Island
Muscatine Island shouts cabbage as 2000 carloads flow from local growers. The area also hosts 5000 acres of watermelon 4000 acres of sweet potatoes and 2500 acres of tomatoes. One farmer reportedly earned 65000 from cabbage, surpassing corn and wheat in this year's bounty.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Island
University official to aid at Iowa state fair booth
Aug 27 Iowa City H M Harwood from the University publicity department left to represent Iowa and ten others at the Des Moines state fair educational booth. Catalogues badges buttons calendars and other circulars will be distributed among fairgoers.
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Iowa City
H. M. Harwood
The
University
Iowa
Des Moines
Ames
State Teachers’ College
Man Seeks Hunting License After Marriage Block
Des Moines Iowa August 27 Horace Hossmer of Saylor Iowa was denied a marriage license because the bride was 17. He quipped about spending the money on a vacation and asked directions to the hunting license department. The bride retorted that it would give him something to do until she turns eighteen in November.
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Des Moines
Horace Hossmer
Saylor
Iowa
Hossmer
Injured In Auto Crash Near Grinnell
Grinnell reports four men injured in an automobile crash four miles east of town Friday. Tom McCarthy of Davenport suffered internal injuries and was hospitalized. Pat McCarthy Tom Walsh and Reed Lane received bad bruises.
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Grinnell
Tom McCarthy
Davenport
Pat McCarthy
Tom Walsh
Reed Lane
Oth
Angora Goats Clear Up Brush in Corning Farm Work
C A Glougie shipped 500 Angora goats from Corning on Wednesday, sending half to Kansas City and half to Omaha. He has 700 more to market later after previously bringing 1200 from Texas to clear hazel brush. The animals cleared the brush without harming blue grass and are expected to yield about four dollars per head.
Des Moines Boy Wounded in Hold-Up Gone Wrong
Wallace Beertine, year old victim, lies seriously wounded in a Des Moines hospital after a game of Hold-up went wrong. Ralph Pyle allegedly commanded hold up and fired as Beertine dropped clutching his side, while the boy’s father is too weak to be told of the tragedy.
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Des Moines
Wallace Beertine
Rochester
Ralph
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Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlante, Ga
Reunion
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