Iowa News and Notes On People And Places
A review of Iowa events includes aid to a Nashua man returning home from Deep River, a Tilton birthplace linked to Chas Ray film Crooked Straight, and the Oregon Editorial Association rejecting Governor Olcott’s conditional pardon for 72 year old Kautzman, former Herald editor. The piece also covers Kautzman’s insistence on staying in journalism despite a pardon and looming imprisonment.
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Belle Plaine
Chicago and Northwestern
Deep River
Lowa
Pal
Oregon Editorals Association
Olcott
Kautzman
Herald
Ol Sored
Jury Awards 1750 Dollars for Girl’s Lost Middle Finger
A district court jury assigned 1750 dollars in damages to 11 year old Nancy Ancel of Wapello for the loss of her middle finger while working at William Ragan’s farm. The injury occurred when she operated a gasoline engine on the Ragan property.
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Nancy Ancel
William Ragan
Wapello
Ragan
Ham Kautzman Linked to Greenback Party Editorials
In 1874 Ham Kautzman supported the Greenback Party and ran a Guthrie Center and later Winterset newspaper promoting its doctrine. Now from Oregon an editorial association draws interest and sympathy toward his case.
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Greenback Party
Ham Kautzman
Guthrie Center
Winterset
Oregon
Pershing to Visit Camp Dodge in Early January
General Pershing and staff plan to visit Camp Dodge within weeks with an expected arrival around January 7. He will spend January 5 in Lincoln with his sister and son War- Yren, then likely travel directly to Don Moines. A reception committee from the chamber of commerce includes Maj Hy Polk Gen Bennett C Walker Capt F W Hubbell and J N Darling. Iowa reports record smallpox vaccination this year with over 250 towns adopting compulsory school vaccination and few new cases statewide due to vaccine uptake.
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General Pershing
Camp Dodge
Lincoln
Neb
War- Yren
Don Moihen
Maj
Hy H Polk
Gel. Bennett
C. Walker
FW. Hubbell
J. N. Darling
James B. Weaver
Chamber of Commerce
Gen. Pershing
Fie
Iowa Department of Health
Des Moines
State Department of Health
Navy Triumph Over Army On Thanksgiving Day
Clyde W. King, a former Montezuma boy and Naval Academy cadet, starred as right tackle in the Army Navy game. The Navy won 6 to 0 with two field goals by King, as generals and officials watched from both sides before a 40,000 spectator crowd. King executed the decisive scores in the second and fourth quarters.
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Clyde W. King
Naval Academy At Annapolis
Army
Navy
Gen. Pershing
General Marsh
Baker
Danials
Roosevelt
Sims
Glennon
King
Clyde
Two Ceremonies mark Des Moines wedding of Meredith Rohen
Miss Mildred Meredith and Frederick Owen Rohen wed at Hotel Fort Des Moines in two services a Catholic ceremony in the afternoon and an Episcopal ceremony at eight. The bride wore a $3500 gown from New York, with attendants and guests in opulent attire. Miss Meredith is the daughter of B E Meredith publisher of Successful Farming and former Iowa gubernatorial candidate.
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Des Moines
Mildred Meredith
Frederick Owen Rohen
Hotel Fort Des Moines
New York City
BE. T. Meredith
Iowa
Tractor Availability Surges in Iowa Farms
Des Moines reports a dramatic rise in farm tractors in Iowa from under 1900 six years ago to over 9100 machines today. The state now has one tractor for every 22 farms, with postwar interest driving rapid purchases and a just over 100 percent gain from 1918 to 1919 as farmers embraced mechanization.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Profitable Well Tap Seeks Big Returns in Colombia
A Pennsylvania corporation exploring petroleum in Colombia reports tapping a well that yields profit after flowing through oil bearing sands. The company indicates profitable output and ongoing development plans in the region.
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Pennsylvania
Colombia
Tanlac credited for 24 pound weight gain by Algona official
J D Wilson secretary of Algona Brick & Tile Co Iowa says Tanlac relieved three year nervous indigestion and enabled a 24 pound gain from 118 to 142 pounds. He recounts improved digestion kidney health and pain relief and urges others to try Tanlac. Ad cites Sherman Bros Crawfordsville Stites Daeh Wikinson Rogers Sands as distributors.
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J. D. Wilson
Algona Brick & Tile Company
Algona
Iowa
McNerney's
Des Moines
Tanlac
Tansac
Washington
Sherman Bros
Crawfordsville
Samuel J. Stites
Brighton
G. W. Daeh
Riverside
M. J Wikinson
Kalona
O. L. Rogers
Ainsworth
A. E F. Sands
Advt
Agreement Halts Road Tearing Over 75 000 Purchase
The Attorney General's office reports Chicago buyers agreed not to tear up the road if they receive 75000 for their purchase. The AG believes financing in Des Moines could ensure operation, noting no other railroad serves the area.
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Havner
Chicago
Sertaa Sere Saare
Quest for a Tale Amid Ore-Text Warped Echoes
A Louisville Ogurier Journal fragment recalls a tour misadventure and a tense encounter with a sheriff trying to seize tax receipts, quoting Yorick and Hamm in a wary, wry tone. The piece hints at a stank town atmosphere and a tangled local aftermath.
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Angshaw
Louisville Ogurier-Journal
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Nashua
Jan Sit Bee Hayden
Connecticut
Lorber
Battay Batty
Wilson
Creston
H. M. Havner
Macksburg
Ralph H. Beaton
Sigmund Ornstein
Louis Greenburg
Nathan Harris
Steel Headre
Jotey
Norwalk
Chas. Hebner
Washington, Iowa
Plumly
C. E. Plumly
East Washington St
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