State News Review Lays Out Week's Happenings in Iowa
Kipfer, 28, four miles west of Gilmore City, died July 6 after stepping on a live wire during a crash that toppled a light pole. In Mount Pleasant a fire gutted King Hardware, with Mrs. Bessie King estimating losses at 20000. A Mason City man injured by a switch engine lies in Mercy Hospital with a severed hand and head wounds. A large crowd aids a Valley Junction picnic at Ashdown Park boosting funds for a new community house. Other reports include drownings, fires, accidents, and a 1920 Iowa export update, plus local crime and travel incidents.
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Solomon. Kipfer
Gilmore Hy
W. T. Shuck
Des Moines
John Warner
Mason City
Mercy Hospital
Northwestern
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Louis Pion
Wagner
Stage of Glory at Raham Theater Not a War Tale
Review notes the wartime theme on stage in Addie Dowling musical drama Stage of Glory with crowds and Betty Compson. It follows a star who enlists to France and returns to fight in a shell hole and later encounters the same German in New York after the war. Also mentions Whiteman, Boles, the Sisters, and a blue themed Rhapsody in Blue sequence. The piece includes a broader program listing Blaze of Glory and The King of Jazz with Joe Boles and Whiteman.
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Raham Theater
Addie Dowling
France
New York
Mr. Dowling
Betty Compson
Frankie and
Ferginand
John Boles
S.hage
Whiteman
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Washington 10 Years Ago July 7 1920 Recap
News notes from Washington County include changes in county government with Lace and Dump assuming secretary roles after a board meeting. Reports of an ice cream social, road funding under a new statute, church organ dedication delayed due to illness, a car crash with injuries, crop progress, poultry help from a county agent, a 1920 wedding, and local weather and farming updates. Also coverage of a recruiting drive for Troop D and a Farmers Union meeting, plus Legion activities and a baseball game plan.
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Frank R. Lace
Washington Loan and Trust Company
The
Couny
Leslie Dump
Heid
Washington Improvement League
Central Park
Washington County
First United Presbyterian Church
Allen Bacon
Parsons College
B. J. Davis
Lee Shaffer
Jessie White
Mary Ethel White
Davis
H. M. Feddersom
Anita Shebeck
Frank Shebeck
Frank A. Krotz
First
United Presbyterian Parsonage
J. M. Wishart
Washington
War Department
National Guard
Farmers Union
Woodma Hall
McGugin
American Legion
Rar Park
G. W. Hay
C. A. Balec
Rovee
Rapids death after Niagara plunge shocks news mixed with policy debate
A man identified as George Stathiakis died after attempting to navigate rapids above Niagara Falls and was found strapped to a mattress inside a barrel. Separately, the nation faces political and social tensions from Taft era enforcement debates, a fatal shooting spree in a white vs black feud, and federal veterans administration consolidation proposals. Mount Vesuvius erupts near Naples as Hoover signs a veterans affairs bill. Delayed flood control work, a collapsed dock pier in Delaware River, and New York City population figures are reported amid a broad range of incidents and policy issues. Marion, Ohio, recalls President Harding’s former home as minor earthquake activity is noted.
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George Stathiakis
Niagara Falls
Stathakis
Review of Local Events and Tragic Deaths in Washington
A survey recalls Saturday incidents from Washington area, including a child injuring a curb incident with a gaspipe repurposed for torpedoes, a fatality of Francis Swift at 63, and multiple local deaths and investigations. The week also covers road work, beefed up law enforcement probes into a double murder, community events, and local school enrollments.
Floradora Girl romance leads week’s show lineup
The week’s program features The Floradora Girl with Marion Davies and Lawrence Gray, a tale of romance among Floradora Sextette members, set against stage life and a wealthy uncle’s disapproval. Also billed is The Follies of 1900 style romance with Chester Morris Wallace Berry and Robert Montgomery, plus a Sunday school convention notice for Washington township.
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Craft
Wallace Berry
Forges
Crook
Chester Morris
Robert Montgomery
Hyams
Floradora
Floradora Sextette
Marion Davies
New York
Doy
Long Island
Leila Hyams
Robert Montgolay
Ana Thuusday
Lawrence Gray
Marjorie Whit Namee
Bidiam Cartier, Jr
Washington Township
P. Owen
D'S Iylet
Crawfords [Vine
West Chester
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Bert Morgan
C. Clardy
Commercial Club
Jasper Tiedtner
Marshall
Lawrence Powers
Newt LeGrand
Marshalltown
Towa
Burlington
Ed Mittchinson
Towa Southern Valleies Company
Jack Carlson
Hutchinson
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Henry Foxd
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Indianola
Ansut Fale
Frank D. Martin
Walter Korn
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Aol Winfield
Kenneth Bowman
Warren Lee
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William A. Licht
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Sioux City
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Dubuque
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Lyle Stacy
Elden
Otto Foster
Fort Dodge
C. E. Daubert
Town State College
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C.K. Daubertite
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Harlan
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Harlan Hospital
Freder McGrazor
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Iowa
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Leon Beatty
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Legion
Keota
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Raligeaase Merson
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Warren G. Harding
Jean Tutterson
Sautrdy Mentme
Tavclay Grocers
Francis Swift
Harry Swift
Clarence Wheelan
Cedar Rapids
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A. A. Wing
Washington-Riverside
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Emmett Pi
Fred Sweet
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Linn
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Ray Scott
George Struble
George F. Morrison
Des Maine
H.W. Helmick
Brighton
Trenton
Fran Swift
Tames Church
Joseph O'Donnell
Elm Grove Cemeery
Robert J. Armstrong
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Wilbur Miller
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Ft. Madison
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Sarah Armstrong
Fairfield
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W. B. Edwards
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Aaron Alley
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Chicago
Neal Kreymer
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Reyne
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Mr. Kraymer
Clements Funeral Home
Iowa City
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Leon Heatty Post
George Morrison
James E. Risden
State Bureau of Investigation
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John Augustine
University Hospital
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Keith Sweet
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Columbus City
Cambrian Cemetery
Mr. Treter
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