Troop D Inspection Planned By Iowa Cavalry Unit
The Iowa cavalry Troop D, recently organized, will undergo a preliminary federal inspection next Wednesday evening at the armory led by a regular army officer. Col. R. P. Howell and Major F. E. Lambert will attend, with all enlisted members required. Enlistment efforts continue as Capt. Limerman and Philip J. Crail invite new recruits. Miss Luelia Kyle visits her brother Dr. W. S. Kyle in Shannon City and friends in Creston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Cavalry Regiment
Regular Army
R. P. Howell
Town City
FE. BK. Lambert
Adjutant General's Office
Lambert
Earl Limerman
Iowa City
Capt
Limerman
Philip J. Crail
Luelia Kyle
Dr. W.S. Kyle
Shannon City
Creston
W. O. Downs Hurt in Okla Train Wreck
W. O. Downs returned home to recover from injuries from a McAlester Oklahoma train wreck last Sunday night. He was with a carnival company when their train was struck by a freight train. eight people died and twelve were seriously hurt. Downs was unconscious at first but neither his ribs nor other injuries appear serious. He expects to join Brundage Shows as Wainmaster once fit to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Downs
McAlester
Oklahoma
Mr. Downs
Carnival
Brundage
Wainmaster
Movement change proposed to ease car shortage
Washington July 10 new emergency orders to relieve car shortage were proposed to the Interstate Commerce Commission by glass manufacturers industrial sand producers building and highway contractors and others. They sought to substitute the commission order requiring preference for coal mines east of the Mississippi in open top car allocation with a system distributing cars by industry shipping ability. They called for higher demurrage charges, a complete embargo on export coal or movement only on permit, and prohibition of car shipments on open order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Mississippi
Howard family sails to England with 15 pound sugar sack
Iowa City July 10 Dr and Mrs C P Howard depart for the east and will sail next week for England where Mrs Howard’s kin include Lord Strathcona. The University savant carries 15 pounds of sugar amid rationing that makes the luxury scarce in the British Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
C. P. Howard
East
England
Falls Four Stories Injured Nail Catches Yancey
NEWTON July 10 J L Yancey 30 fell sixty feet from the fourth story of the Maytag factory while throwing cageing out of the building a nail in a board caught in his clothing and he dropped to the ground below He was rushed to the city hospital given medical and surgical care with a broken right arm and two ribs The extent of his injuries is not yet known He spent a fair night after ten o clock Tuesday His wife and four are visiting in Kentucky at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yancey
J. L. Yancey
Maytag Company
Mr. Yancey
Kentucky
Socials and musical recitals brighten city evenings
A string of gatherings unfolded with charm and music. Mr and Mrs Leigh Wallace hosted a refined party for friends with bridge, luncheon, Vietrola and dancing. Mrs Parkinson and Mrs Wilson entertained longtime friends at a pleasant afternoon gathering. A pupil recital at Miss Carolyn Hamilton studio showcased beginner and advanced singers with brief remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Parkinson
San Jose
California
Leigh Wallace
Wallace
Bridge
Rural Women's Club Meeting Highlights and Socials
The Rural Women's Club gathering at Mrs. Charles Rhodebeck's home featured Mrs. Wade Gardner speaking on Young Women Here and There while Miss Geneva Hunter and others performed readings and songs. A two course luncheon followed with guests and children attending. members urged to pay annual dues of 25 cents to the W. L. L. in Central Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Foreign Missionary Societies of
Lexington and
Pleasant Plain
Dill
West Washington Street
Wade Gardner
Gertrude Beatty
Lexington
Bessie Arthaud
Ain
Rural Women's Club
Charles Rhodebeck
L. Bauer
Geneva Hunter
Ruth Vincent
Eliza Butler
Burlington
Lloyd Humston
James Wooley
Claude Rhodebeck
William Marie Junior
Willis Ray Schwartz
Frank Beatty
James Phillips
Mary Alberta Briley
John Wooley
Cecile Wooley
Union Meeting Report Highlights Mrs Alexander and Miss Parker
The WwW co T U notes a pleasant gathering with Mrs Alexander present and an unexpected attendance by Miss Parker. The group expresses happiness that Parker could attend and reports enjoying the meeting despite lower turnout than hoped.
Death of Matthias Bohrofen After 49 Years on Local Farm
Matthias Bohrofen of Clear Creek township near Keota dies at 76 in his home. Born in Germany May 18 1844 he came to America in 1868 and married Theresa Conrad in 1871. Survived by widow and several children, 32 grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Funeral 9:30 Tuesday at St Peter and St Pauls Church in Clear Creek. interment in Clear Creek cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthias Bohrofen
Clear Creek Township
Keota
Germany
America
Theresa Conrad
Bohrofen
Keola
Peter Greiner
Talleyrand
George Greiner
Canada
L. W. Bohrofen
Nick Heisdorffer
Richland
Will Buch
Antone
Clara
Henry
St. Peter and St. Paul's Catholic Church
Keokuk County
Father Sendbuehler
Clear Creek Cemetery
Sisters Convene to Elect Officers at County Convention
The group urges sisters to attend the next meeting to elect new officers and delegate candidates. The county convention meets in Brighton next Thursday. 14 delegates aside from officers are available, and attendance decides who will represent. A tent at chautauqua is planned for fall rest space, and the second Thursday in August marks the last meeting of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Notice of Street Improvement in Washington Iowa
The City Council of Washington Iowa declares Clara Barton Street must be graded curbed guttered and paved with reinforced concrete and financed by assessments on abutting property within 300 feet. A hearing on July 9 1920 7 30 pm at City Hall invites objections and possible amendments to the resolution of necessity for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Barton
City of Washington
Iowa
City of
Washington
Iowa Avenue
South Third Avenue
Washington County Hospital
William Perry Wells Park
Sidney Coon
W. B. Davis
J. BE. Booth
Washington County
Iowa Democrats Set for Faction Fight at Cedar Rapids
An upcoming Iowa Democratic state convention in Cedar Rapids July 29 faces a rift between Meredith Porter Herring supporters and their rivals. Wilbur Marsh Nick Reed and Dec Reynolds lead the drive to elect a central committee favorable to their wing, risking a split that could eject Herring as governor candidate and Porter as U.S. senator hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Central Committee
Meredith-Porter-Herring
Wilbur Marsh
Waterloo
Nick” Reed
Ottumwa
Dec” Reynolds
Creston
State Central Committee
Herring
Porter
United States
Meredith
Harding
William Jennings Bryan
Middle West
George Huffman
Bryan
Steve” Hill
Hill
American Lithographic Company of
Iowa
Despondent man dies by carbolic acid in Cedar Rapids
McKinley Craemer, 22, of 214 Fifth avenue, killed himself after domestic troubles and suspected wife separation. He worked at a packing house and lived with his wife's sister. Coroner says act appeared unpremeditated. no note or remarks. Parents in Clinton notified. body taken to Beatty Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
McKinley Craemer
Fifth Avenue
Craemer
Young bandit gets twenty year term
William Day, 21, confessed burglar, was sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison. He was captured May 26 in the home of Professor Mossman, president of Morningside College, by Mrs Mossman who was unarmed. His mother lives in Columbia, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoux City
Wiliam Day
Fort Madison
Professor Mossman
Morningside College
Mossman
Coluimbia, Mo
Formation of Asbestos In Rock Fissures
Asbestos is found in fissures of rock and is believed that when the rock formed and still hot, water penetrated the fissures widened them and dissolved some of the rare earths and magnesias. On drying these crystallized as a hydrated silicate of magnesium forming threadlike crystals building up from opposite walls of the fissure and meeting in the middle.
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Okla
Owen Wilson
W. W. Wilson
Anna Henderson
Parkinson
Wilson
Carolyn Hamilton
Helen Harvey
Doris Chalmers
Sccseseae
Sealy
MeManus Doris Chalmers
Er Ware
Evelyn Eldridge
Wood Tressa Phillips
Strickland
Vanderpool Gwendolen
Carl Phillips
DeCosta
Forster
A, Rey
Ina McDowell
Ronald Ma
Bobby
Ciutsam
Twilla McGinnis
Helen Paul
Dear
Taylor
Oneita Palmer
Damascus Shrine
Harvey S. Young
Homer Stephen
A. R. Dewey
Tom Berdo
McCleery Shack
Central Park
Www. Co. T. U
J. Kellogg
J. BE. Bovee
Democrats
Cedar
Cox
Mgeht
Mr. Farmer
Washington National
United States Bonds
State of Iowa
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank
Haskins
Total
W. EK. Davis
W. E. Davis
D. C. Birney
Wm. R. McCreedy
Congress Hotel
Chavy
New Peas
Cotter Motor Co
Forest
M. Duncan
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