Convict Decorated With Five Bar Victory Medal
Alfred King known as number 11 693 at the Iowa State Penitentiary received a Victory medal with five bars for AEF service in major World War I actions Champagne Marne St Mihiel Meuse Argonne and the defensive sector. King served with Company C 168th Infantry Rainbow Division, was gassed and wounded at Chateau Thierry, then faced hardship leading to crime and a ten year sentence.
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Ted Sloat
Chas. Sloat
Mr. Sloat
Ft. Madison
T. P. Hollowell
France
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
168Th Infantry
Rainbow Division
Chateau Thierry
Clinton
King
United States
Camp Dodge
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Iowa electors to meet January 10 1921 in Des Moines
Iowa's thirteen presidential electors will convene at the state capitol on January 10 1921 to cast votes for the president. The electors, pledged to Warren G Harding, will file certificates with government officials and regard the meeting as a formal step in the presidential process.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Warren G. Harding
Washington, D. C
United States Senate
State House
Guy& Brewer
Polk County
Roy W. Snell
Sioux County
Tracy Garrett
Des Moines County
A. B. Bowen
Jackson County
Lore Alford
Black Hawk County
E. J. Curt
Move for Wider Sleds Bills to Be Introduced
Cedar Falls Iowa January 1 A campaign to pass a Minnesota style law requiring standard width draft sleighs on public highways gains support from farmers medical associations mail carriers and farm bureaus The aim is uniform tread to improve roads and reduce vehicle accidents while allowing manufacturers and sleigh owners time to adjust
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Cedar Falls
Minnesota
Iowa
Wets pay much to U S Town and Dakotas total
Minnesota led in prohibitions enforcement with 1 786 violators. The article totals $2 019 433 41 in taxes and penalties across Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska from April 1 to December 1. It notes 2 067 violators, 700 stills seized and 129 442 gallons of mash seized.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Minneapolis
Northwest
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Paul D. Keller
Keller
Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Unsung Heroes Spotlight Trainers In Sport Roles
In a tribute column the writer profiles the loyal unseen work of sport trainers across baseball football and track. They shape teams from behind the scenes, keeping athletes ready and performances sharp while the stars receive most of the credit.
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New York
Bob Sled Line Blocks Passage on Narrow Ridge
Winter action creates a narrow ridge under sleds causing passage blockage. The note calls for cooperation of southern Iowa members to move the bob sled out or line up, highlighting difficulty for standard width vehicles.
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Iowa
Iowa High School Enrollment Surges Across State
Des Moines reports total high school enrollment at 63,217 with 17,821 nonresident students. Tuition rules vary by attendance reason. 961 students pay their own tuition. Last year 2,71 graduates. 60 percent graduation rate, 12,716 school equipment assets worth 3,376,925 dollars and libraries valued at 1,507,327.
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Des Moines
Iowa
McClennahan
Superintendent of Public Instruction
First Ivory Giant Came to Europe in 807 Caliph Gift
The elephant reached western Europe when Haroun al Raschid sent one to Charlemagne in 807. It was not until 1254 that the animal first arrived in England, a sagacious and well known creature of the era.
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Louis Feuster
Samuel C. Riddle
Riddle
Feustel
New York
Saratoga
Western
Europe
Charevagne
Englands
Credit Mainstay of Business in Large Cities
In major cities it is estimated that more than percent of commercial business is conducted by checks and drafts, with less than ten percent paid in cash.
Ptarmigan Valley and Ptarmigan Mountain in Canada
In the Canadian Rockies a valley named Ptarmigan Valley shelters the bird’s breeding grounds beneath Ptarmigan Mountain. This wild area is noted for its beauty and hosts numerous natural spots in the region.
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Canadian Rocky Mountains
Man with amnesia seeks identity in Dubuque case
A French Canadian ex soldier with memory loss, disoriented after a Halifax to Toronto voyage in July 1919, recalls landing in Halifax and a wreck en route to Amherst. Doctors suggest amnesia from nerve strain or finances. He recalls Captain Waring, a Du buque priest now in the US Army, and mentions time in Chicago and New York.
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Duptour
Oering
A. M. Pond
Canada
Toronto
Halifax
Ambhers
Nova Scotia
Amherst
King's Rifles
Olympic
Germany
King’s Own Rifles
Permanent Forces of Canada
Cap'ain Waring
Dubuque
Iowa
Father Waring
United States Army
Chicago
New York Central Railroad
New York
Mystery linked to ill health and missing Major Waring
The case selles that mental condition arose from ill health and that clues will lead to a solution. Toronto is cited as the discharge location from the army and Major Waring is hoped to shed light on the matter. Meanwhile the patient is in fine health and enjoys conversation.
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Toronto
Canada
Waring
Secret Service to Probe Jail Escape in Des Moines
Iowa state secret services agents will aid an investigation into the Christmas escape from Fort Madison penitentiary of Harry Smith James O Keefe W Cullen and James Lane. The inquiry focuses on a interrupted telephone call to Emma K Blaise secretary to Governor Harding from Sioux City or Omaha and subsequent reports of a Le Mars gang escape rumor.
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Des Moines
State Secret Services
Fort Madison
Harry Smith
James O'Keefe
W. Cullen
James Lane
Emma K. Blaise
Harding
Sioux City
Omaha
le Mars
Carlyle Quote on Focus and Power
The quote notes that concentration of effort on one task enables achievement, while distributing effort across many tasks may lead to failure. It contrasts the effectiveness of singular focus with widespread attention.
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Carlyle
Universal Duty Inspires Local Improvement
A compact quotation from Dean Stanley urges residents to improve their small circle for the wider good, urging personal responsibility to spread happiness and benefit beyond individual lives.
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Dean Stantey
Atticulit Climbing Down the Ladder of Fame
A fragment from the Dallas News notes fame has limits as people sometimes step back from success. The piece hints at humility and the need to disconnect briefly, with a casual remark about paying someone on Tuesday.
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Dallas Newa
Names in Iowa university roll call reveal diverse families
The article lists surnames and counts among students at the University of Iowa and nearby institutions. It notes Smith leads with many entries, Johnsons second, and Petersons Nelsons Largone Olsonas Millers Browns Whites among top clans. It mentions variations like Thomaseon Thomson and Williams 18, Evans Hoffman Wilson 13, Walker 12, and a Welsh home presence.
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Murphys
Iowa
Thoma
Thomas Thomaseon
Thomson
Tomsons
Williams
Davie
Anderson
Evans
Hoffman
Wilson
Wricht
Walker
The Irish of it. O'Brien and the hearing echo
The fragment shows dialectal dialogue with O'Brien noting a missed hearing and urging repetition, reflecting a Boston Transcript style of reporting or transcription of speech without clear context.
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O'Brien
Boston Transcript
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim and Cure Statement
A vintage advertisement offers a $100 reward for proof of Hall's Catarrh Medicine curing catarrh. The copy asserts the medicine strengthens the entire system, destroys the disease foundation, and aids recovery for catarrh when constitutional factors are involved, warning that other remedies may fail.
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Hall
Ueney & Co
Toledo
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Feuster
Fenster
U.S
Secret Service
Smith
Carter
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Eedyen
OFM
Carters
Washington, Iowa
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