American Legion formation urged for Iowa soldiers
T L Brookhart urges med soldiers in southeast Iowa to form a local American Legion post by June. Delegates from the First Iowa district plan an active campaign, with Burlington and Des Moines named as key centers, outlining state and national organization steps, eligibility, and fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Brookhart
Iowa
American Legion
Brookhart
John Seerley
Burlington
Seerley
Chicago
Germany
of the American Legion
Minneapolis
Minnesota
American Legion of Iowa
St. Louis
Matthew Tinley
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Regiment
Guy Brewer
Third Talion
One Hundred Sixty-eightheter
John MacVicar
Des Moines
Thompson L. Brookhart
Washington
John J. Seerley, Jr
United States
Keota Chautauqua Opens Next Sunday 1919
Keota hosts a nine day Chautauqua starting Sunday with Althea Players musical program at 2:30 pm and vesper services at 4.00 pm Admission 40 to 50 cents. Highlights include lectures by Dr. Charles S. Medbury and Detective Harry J. Loose, performances by Boston Opera Company and Chicago Saxophone Sextette, Gov. George A. Carlson, and Maj. R. C. Bridgman.
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KEOTA
Althea Players
Althea’s
Charless
Medbury
Chautauqua
Boston Opera Company
Harry J. Loose
Chicago Police Force
Donizetti
Chicago Saxophone
Kryl
Jean Bateese
Wallace Bruce Armsburg
George A. Carlson
Colorado
Roosevelt
Dunbar
Hussar
Robert Gibson Dies Yesterday in Chicago
Robert Gibson aged 25, nephew of Miss Gertrude Kendall, died yesterday in Chicago after two years of tuberculosis. He leaves a widow and one child. His funeral is planned for tomorrow. Miss Kendall travels to attend. Gibson had visited Washington several times and had many friends there. His mother is Miss Kendall and a former resident of Washington.
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Robert Gibson
Gertrude Kendall
Centennial School
Chicago
Col Tinley Praises Jim Pierce For 168th Valor
Colonel Tinley says Jim Pierce showed luck and grit as the 168th men reflect on Des Moines and the losses after Chateau Thierry. He recalls 1400 fallen from the regiment and the wartime memory shortly after the battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Tinley
Jim Pierce
Homestead remarks spark veteran session on war methods
Colonel Matt Tinley, former commander of the 168th, spoke to Council Bluffs veterans at Rainbow Post about the Homestead special edition. He warned that night destruction would have left little standing in Homestead and the publisher would be torn beyond burial.
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Matt Tinley
168Th
Council Bluffs
Rainbow Post
Amusements at Fox Theatre Feature Santschi and Tom Mix
Thomas Santschi of the William Fox forces is highlighted as a valuable screen talent. He will star with Madlaine Traverse in The Love That Cares at the Fox Theatre Friday showing both matinee and evening performances. Also on the program is Tom Mix in A Soft Tenderfoot, a two part western comedy.
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Thomas Santschi
William Fox
Mr. Santschi
Mr. Fox
Madlaine Traverse
FOX Theatre
Tom Mix
Fox
Funeral of auto racer Louis Lecocq held in Pella Iowa
Louis Lecocq born in Pella and former Star Auto mechanic and Ralph Mulford’s helper. He raced in Indianapolis where he was killed. The funeral was held at the home of A W DeBruyn with Dr F F Carpenter P N Kuyper and H P Van Gorp in charge. Lecocq served in the aviation corps and hoped to win major races before leaving the sport.
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Pella
Louis Lecocq
Indianapolis
A. W. DeBruyn
Lecocq
Star Auto Company
F. F. Carpenter
P. N. Kuyper
H. P. van Gorp
Louis
Aviation Corps
Ralph Mulford
Races Held in Los Angeles. Brother and Sister Survive
A notice notes frequent Los Angeles races producing strong records. It mentions a brother and a sister surviving, with Ted Lecocq, a brother, living in Des Moines and working for Morrison Taxi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ted Lecocq
Des Moines
Morrison Taxi Company
Odell Pays $5,000 Fine for Espionage Act Conviction
Ury J. Odell once of Davis county now in Louisa county paid the $5,000 fine imposed by Judge Wade in the federal espionage act case. He was tried at Ottumwa and sentenced at Keokuk with a 30 day period to pay or buy Victory bonds. extended to 45 days. Arrested for nonpayment while valued at about $50,000, he faces life imprisonment until the fine is settled. Odell had retarded the draft.
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Keokuk
Ury J. Odell
Davis County
Louisa County
Wade
Odell
Ottumwa
Victory
Needle Pierces Back In Peculiar Accident In Harlan
Miss Petrea Hansen daughter of Deputy Treasurer Hansen suffers after a long darning needle embedded in her back just below the shoulder. It entered the flesh its full length and struck a rib before becoming deeply embedded and hard to remove. A physician had to cut the skin to grasp the needle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Petrea Hansen
Hansen
Lightning Strikes Field Killing Driver Injures Tibbetts
A young man named Tibbetts living five miles north of town was struck by lightning while in a team vehicle in a field. He was unconscious more than a day but expected to recover though there is fear he may lose sight in one or both eyes.
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Tibbetts
Marine Medal Recovered From German Battlefind
Marine Corps HQ reports a sharpshooter’s medal lost by Private Arthur R Baier of St Albans West Virginia and found on a German soldier during the St Mihiel engagement. A Camp Lee based machine gunner who killed the German now holds the medal and will return it to Baier.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Bth
France
309Th Infantry
Camp Lee
St. Mihiel Salient
Arthur R. Baier
St. Albans
W. Va
5Th Regiment
Army of Occupation
Marine Corps Headquarters
Idaho Approves Plan to Improve Worst Highway Link
Boise Idaho June 5 Plans to complete the worst link in the north and south highway will form communications between regions long cut off from each other. The proposed project aims to better connect Idaho's vulnerable routes and enhance traffic flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Highway link between Grangesville and Whitebird described
A proposed road link between Grangesville and Whitebird spans about thirty seven miles. A 2 mill tax levy would raise about $1,850,000 for highways in the biennium, with roughly $38,000,000 more in government appropriations added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grangesville
Whitebird
Booze Not a Cure Ad From Ames Intelligencer
An Ames Iowa Intelligencer advertisement warns against using whiskey for colic and stomach pain. It urges seeking a doctor or using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and promotes Lemmon's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Iowa Intelligencer
Chamberlain
Lemmon
Advt
Hungarians Stop Czech Forces North of Theiss Front
Budapest dispatch reports Hungarian Soviet troops defeated Romanian forces north of the Theiss river severing communications between Romanian and Czech fronts. Hungarians are said to be advancing along the line as the Czechs retreat from positions north of the Theiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roumaniane
Theiss River
Copenhagen
Budapest
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Promi
Sir John Foster Fraser
Great Britain
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Roderick Dundonald
Frank Dixon
America
Milo H. Miller
Banda Roma
Luigi Guaglia
R. C. Bridgman
22Nd Aero Squadron
Mesopotamia
Raphael Emmanuel
Magic Piper
Red Cross
Mary K. Nelson
Chateau- Thierry
Ralph Bingham
Bing
Chateau-Thierry
Maclaine Traverse
LA Cuavuhtemoc
Mexico
la Cuauhtemoc
W. P. Littlefield
Washington, Lowa
HMS
Commercial Savings Bank
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