Iowa Recipients Honored by Navy for War Service
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels awarded citations to four Iowa men for bravery in the late war. Nielson of Thornton R Kaga of Washington Edmund Groh of Belmond and H H College of Adel are named though College is deceased. A June Lincoln Highway inspection tour with 50 white autos is planned from New York to San Francisco over six weeks led by WD Goodell Beard and others. A separate local incident recalls a Lake City rendering plant report. public sale in Decatur County served a deadly warning about meat cooking in copper kettles and railway delays Weans of cattle died amid winter shortages and a cautionary tale about humane shipping efforts.
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Spr
Wae Air Station
Fromentino
College
Lincoln Highway
New York
San Francisco
Highway Organization
WD. E. Goodell
Tama City
Iowa
E. L. Beard
F. M. Ingham
H. T. Sherry
Lake City
Calhoun County
Farnhamville
Plains
Decatur
Marriage Notice of Hawarden Woman's Sister to Mexican Official
Mret Leon Harlan of Hawarden announces the marriage of her sister Mrs May r to Senor Gustavo Bazan assistant secretary of war under President Carranza in Mexico City. Bazan and the Red Cross nurse had known each other during the 1917 flu epidemic when she aided Hawarden. She spent about fifteen years in Mexico serving as a Red Cross nurse through several uprisings and traveled the country on horseback with Mexican troops.
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Mret Leon Harlan
Hawarden
Sioux County
Mayr
Gustavo Bazan
Carranza
Mexico City
Red Cross
Mexico
Indian Missionary Bid From Grace Methodist Des Moines
Fred Bender a full blood Chippewa and brother of Frank Bender traveled from Wichita Kansas to join Grace Methodist church Des Moines to be sent as a missionary to his people. Dr Higley the pastor has spent months with Indians in the southwest and northwest and oversees Indian exhibits at the centenary observance of the Methodist church in Columbus Ohio last summer.
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Fred Bender
Camp Dodge
Frank Bender
Wichita
Kansas
Grace Methodist Church
Des Moines
Higley
Methodist Church
Columbus
Ohio
Death of H W Robert Former Council Bluffs Deaf School Superintendent
Hon H W Robert longtime superintendent of the school for the deaf at Council Bluffs has died at age 80. He resigned last fall due to age burdens. He served two terms in the state senate from Lee County and was governor of Wyoming in territorial days.
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H. W. Robert
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
State Senate
Lee County
Wyoming
Fort Madison Faces Mexican Laborers in Iowa City
Fort Madison, Iowa, has seen strain over a Mexican labor colony of about six hundred men placed there by Santa Fe management during wartime. Residents say the workers have not integrated well, with contracts requiring departure by February 11 and new federal limits on contract labor and reentry with a government immigration due.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Santa Fe Railway Management
United States
Russia
Germany
America
Mason City Launches Under Bethlehem Shipyards Guidance
The Wilmington Delaware ship Mason City built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding was launched with sponsor Miss Elizabeth Mus e daughter of Mr and Mrs Will F Muse of Mason City. She previously taught in Porto Rico under government auspices. C H McNider earned the honor for Liberty Loan campaign work and chose four Iowa cities Davenport Council Bluffs Sioux City to name ships including Mason City.
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Wilmington
Delaware
U. S. S. Mason City
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Elizabeth Muse
Will F. Muse
Mason City
Mr. McNider
Davienport
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Seven Teachers Strike for Higher Wages in Jasper County
Seven school teachers in Mound Prairie township Jasper county strike for higher pay. They earn the state minimum of 50 to 80 dollars a month while demanding 99 to 100 dollars. The school board lacks authority to grant more and funds for the year cannot cover the increase. The teachers are under contract for the school year and risk penalties if the contract is violated.
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Mound Prairie Township
Jasper County
Fostered hog fence inventor dies in Canada
Calvin Merrill of Dubuque county built a woven wire fence 50 years ago and started the woven wire industry. He died recently at a son's home in Canada. The text notes his simple device and farmers who benefited from his work.
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Calvin Merrill
Dubuque County
Mr. Merrill
Canada
Lakota Vote Sought to Restore Germania Name in Iowa
After wartime agitation the town formerly Germania in Kossuth county Iowa renamed Lakota. A local election will decide whether to restore the old name. Mayor C. F. Specht and Clerk J. Gus Thaves govern the town.
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Germania
Kossuth
Lakota
C. F. Specht
J. Gus Thaves
Atlantic winter visitors face hotel profiteering scandal
fe. G. Eustis of Atlantic reports California visitors are blocked by hotels as profiteering rages. Rent soar 100 to 360 percent and apartments rise from 40 75 dollars monthly to 125 225 dollars. The piece also notes political appointments for Iowa figures Kenyon and Towner amid broader U S island governance moves and local anecdotes about Austrian born Ludwig Blatchske and horseshoe tournament entrants from Des Moines and Marshalltown.
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G. Eustis
Atlantic
Cass County
California
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Sunset State
Eustis
Aparments
Des Moines
G. W. Wensel
Marshalltown
St. Petersburg
Florida
Quoits
Hmn
C. A. Rankin
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Law
Labor Against Bolshevism in American Public Debates
A critical examination of Bolshevik propaganda in the United States. The piece argues liberal journals and writers push a cautious stance while concealing harsh truths about Soviet rule. It cites that true knowledge already exists and denounces withholding judgment as favorable to the regime.
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America
Journals of
Opinion
the Nation
the Dial
The
New Republic
Russia
Karl Radek
Berlin
New York Globe
United States
Methodist Minister Takes Armour Welfare Post at Sioux City Plant
Rev H W L Mahood, a respected Methodist leader from northwestern Iowa, is engaged by Armour Packing Company to head welfare and first aid efforts at the Sioux City plant and to edit Armour Oval. He will supervise employee welfare and family welfare with a salary far above that of the average minister.
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H. W. L. Mahood
Iowa
Armour Packing Company
Sioux City
Armour Oval
Washington Progt The Kidney Pill Advertisement
A Washington citizen testifies about a kidney remedy, describing relief from a severe backache and weakness after using Dean Kidney Pills. The testimonial mentions Dean's Kidney Pills distributed by Foster-Milburn Co. from Buffalo NY and urges readers to ask for the same product.
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Washington
Henry Straus
Dean
Spur on the Creek
A Timber farm tale follows Spur and Chum along the creek as they fix traps and plan for tomorrow. Spur notes tasks left undone today and ends with Spur driving Sister Mary through rural scenes.
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Spur
Chum
Yessiree
Sister Mary
Cleaning Aluminum for Brightness and Restoration
Aluminum items are difficult to clean and often appear dull especially matted or frosted ware. Soak the pieces in hot water slightly rammed with sulfuric acid to restore a bright appearance.
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J. F. Duffy
George Broderick
Villisea
Detroit
Broderick
Kenyon
Towner
Virgin Islands
Denmark
Phillippines
Porto Rico
Congress
Senate
House
Edge
New Jersey
Gay
Louisiana
Representatives Towner
Campbell
Garrett
Tennessee
Ludwig Blatchske
Plymouth County
Austria
Kingsley
le Mars
A. L. Plummer
LABOR
Pan-Russian Congress
Harry A. Work
Elesvator
Sis
Mary
Bablem Oy
Portland
Sfeyakawa
Idren
Econ
Cee Colete
Ala Eote Ny
Ind
Mead
Ting
Aed
Honest John
Thas Awe
Chan Eige, li
Sonu, Ie
Stewart
White Way
Washington, Iowa
Wen
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