Coal storage and prize listing for 1922 Firemen Tournament
Railroads prepare for possible miners strike by piling coal at division points including Clinton and Cedar Rapids. Rock Island stores thousands of tons and plans to store at least two thousand at Cedar Rapids while others like Northwestern also stockpile fuels. Prize list for the State Firemens Tournament to be held in Clinton in June 1922 accompanies the report.
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Rock Island
Rock Iland
Simé
Gedar Rapits Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
State Firemen's tournament prize list at Clinton
Clinton Iowa February 14 The twenty eighth annual State Firemen's tournament prizes announced for Clinton June 19 20 21. Wednesday races hub race novelty hose race and open state paid department races with cash awards and trophies. Thursday features amateur hose race hook and ladder race and paid department races with caps silver belt and cash prizes. Friday includes multiple hose races and a fastest time race for winners plus a silver loving cup for chiefs.
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Clinton
Iowa
Fraud Attempt Threatens Insurance Payouts in Iowa Case
Sioux City police chase a possible $9,000 fraud tied to Woodmen Mutual Casualty and State Mutual insurers. A 1905 death note claimed by self to conceal staged crime leads to a cross state handwriting test. Investigators suspect Theodore E. P. Schoemperler of Litchfield Minnesota as the alleged mastermind.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Woodmen Mutual Casualty Company
Minneapolis
State Mutual Company
FE. M. Joyce
Floyd River
Theodore E. P. Schoemperler
Litchfield
Dineen
Schoemperler
Master Baker Meet Declines Tuesday Session At Kai Wood
A local event titled master Baker Meet faces a decline in its Tuesday afternoon agenda at Kai Wood. Observers note focus on legislative law reforms and education measures awaiting attention by the legislature.
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Bai
Kai Wood
Iowa Teachers Free to Wed Policy Vote
Des Moines report says the Iowa senate rejected a bill requiring all women teachers to give notice of marriage to school directors or lose certificates. The move upholds public policy that restrictions on marriage for teachers are unwarranted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Iowa City Man Jailed in Forgery Case Over Signed Note
James J. Harrington of Muscatine County lies in the Johnson County jail charged with forgery. He is accused of signing D. W. Teefy’s name to an 8650 note dated on a Sunday and presented to Teefy’s estate, with questions arising about the note’s date and the legality of a Sunday signature. The case, pending grand jury indictment and potential Supreme Court review, highlights whether a forged signature on a note dated on Sunday is valid for action or void.
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Iowa City
Iowa
James J. Harrington
Muscatine County
D. W. Teefy
Johnson County
Harrington
Teefy
Ole Grand Jury
Rowland
Nap
West Liberty
Eyington
Supreme Court
Teety
Sherman Blake Surprised on Street Over Cigar Shortage
Sherman Blake returns from a camping trip and explains Washington would not recognize him for a month. He explains he ran out of Wadsworth Bros. Chicos and had to travel ten miles to J. E. Lemmon for a new box. Lemmon promotes the Chico as a better than ten cent cigar at five cents.
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Sherman Blake
Washington
Wadsworth Bros
J. E. Lemmon
Washington Heights Midget Minstrels at Opera House
The Washington Heights Midget Minstrels perform this Saturday afternoon February 17 at 2 30 in the opera house. The second part features Mother Goose and fairy tableaux songs and more. Admission is 20 cents with children 12 and under at 10 cents.
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Washington Heights
Opera House
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages as a constitutional treatment. It states the medicine is taken internally, improves blood and mucous surfaces, and strengthens the patient. It offers $100 for any case it fails to cure and invites testimonials.
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Hall
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