Iowa News Highlights From Des Moines And Grinnell
A Des Moines report outlines long memories of bank salutes in Grinnell and describes a house fire revealing a gold cache. Bellevue’s piano factory plans expansion to 6000 units yearly, employing 175 people. The Iowa Humane Society lists 4255 animals and 1632 people aided, with cruelty prosecutions and juvenile referrals. Game Warden Albert notes record license revenue and carp and buffalo sales totaling $16,000. Spirit Lake and other hatcheries produced millions of fish and thousands of waterfowl, with rescue efforts preserving young stocks. Abbie Gardner Sharpe, 77, survivor of the 1857 Spirit Lake massacre, dies. her cabin museum and memorial stand near Arnold's Park. A northern border brigade pension list of 1917 is noted with names and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Humane Society
Des Moines
Public Welfare Bureau
Police Department
W. FB. Albert
Spirit Lake
Abbie Gardner Sharpe
Colfax
Arnold's Park
Pillsbury Point
West Okoboji
Sharpe
Lake Settlement
Inkpaduta
Abbie Sharpe
Abbie
Dakotas
Fort Dodge
Major Williams
Regular Army
Northern Border Brigade
17Th General Assembly
Jasper N. Bell
Startford
Robert Bell
Dow City
Sandlandes Bell
Andrew 8. Bonn
Local names listed across multiple states and towns
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with initials and surnames, followed by towns across Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Montana California Oregon and beyond. The scattered names include Emmettsbore C W Jarvis Algona Sioux City Estherville Webster City and others, with many noncontinuous entries and no clear event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmettsbore
C. W. Jarvis
Avenport
Wash
Andrew I. Jones
Algona
Cornelius Kelley
Sioux City
Clark B. Kinney
Burkeye
Mathew Landres
Baker
Ore
William P. Landreth
Emanuel Lowe
Dayton
Henry M. Lucas
Woonsocket
Francis M. McCurdy
Kelliher
Minn
Blythe McGuire
Elk Point
S. D
Robert Musgrove
Boone
Martin Naess
Stratford
Leroy J. Nott
Webster City
Franklin Osborn
Randolph
Neb
Amos A. Pingrey
Estherville
Andrew L. Purcell
Richland
Leonard Sells
Independence
Milen BK. Sharp
Bradgate
James D Sketchley
Lowell Smith
George Taylor
Sintelle
Cal
Harrison I
Thom
Windom Minn
Ella Washburn
James Young
Terry
Mont
Parker
Condit
Omaha
David Allison
Napa
Walter Powers
Fort Dodge
Strongman Antonius Johnson to Lift Twenty Men at Graham Theater
Antonius Johnson the strongest man in the world arrives from Europe and performs feats at the Graham theater in Iowa next Wednesday night. He can tear decks of cards bend steel bars straighten horseshoes lift two men by the little finger and pull Manila rope three thousand pounds apart. Johnson offers ten thousand dollars to anyone who can match his strength and will throw two wrestlers in an hour if unstopped. Manager Young scouts for the heaviest men to test Johnson's claim of lifting twenty at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonius Johnson
Graham Theater
Johnson
Europe
Iowa
Des Moines ‘Coliseum
Manilla
Young
Graham Theatre
Woman Held for Slashing Boy Near Keokuk
Ella Mae Cannon, believed by local officials to have slashed her 11 year old son’s throat, was taken to the state hospital at Mt. Pleasant today. Her mind is blank about the Tuesday incident and she recalls nothing since Sunday. The boy was buried today near Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Jan
Ella Mae Cannon
Mt. Pleasant
Women Read Ads Highlight Trust in Local Stores
Mason City Ad Club session reports 81 percent of 200 women read local newspaper advertising and 45 percent read it regularly. Three sample ads are judged, with one branded as massive and unreliable and another seen as worth looking into. The meeting also covers credit bureaus and window-decor contest impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Ad Club
Chamber of Commerce
H. M. Knudson
Associated Ad Clubs of
Iowa
J. van Wert
Algona Credit Association
A. W. Purch
Waterloo Retail Association
Knudson
Credit Bureau
Shipper Sues Government
A terse note from Eldora reports a shipper filing a lawsuit against the government. Details on parties, court, and claims are sparse in the fragment. The action centers on regulatory or contractual disputes affecting freight or shipping operations.
Love, Honor and Behave at Fox Theatre This Week
Five reel comedy from Mack Sennett tradition features Charlie Murray as a grave Supreme Court judge in Love Honor and Behave at the Fox Theatre. Marie Prevost and Geo O Hara play a romance tested by an official court scene with a legal tale in many episodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Fox Theatre
Charlie Murray
Supreme Court
Marie Prevost
Geo. O'Hara
Murray
Also Mentioned on This Page
Des. Moines
Grinnell
William Mortley
America
Bellevue
Mississippi River
Jackson County
United States
Lansing
Sabula
Clear
Lamont
Lahsing
Mississippi
Lowa
Clive
New York
Wilson & Chalmers
Sischke
Providence
John Barton Payne
Government Railway
Payne
Chicago
Northwestern Railway
Northwestern Railway Company
Eldora, J
L. BE. Kai
Arkans Naw
Thomas Cat
E. J. Kallaus
Washington
Emerson
John Deere
Sattley
R. J. Kallaus
Lloyd Shalla
Chas. Brown
Fred Skola
Crawfordsville
Tanchon Grounds
Joe W. Rich
H. Brinner
First Savings Bank
Havre
C.C. Jones
D. F. Macon
Autre MO
Curtis & Lovelett
Studebaker Garage
Studebaker
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