Veterans urge national guard self government and better support
Spanish American veterans at Cedar Rapids encampment praise the 168th and other Iowa units for valor in France. They urge Congress to place the national guard under a war department bureau led by guards officers and president and secretary of war, with better pay, equipment, and treatment.
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Des Moines
168Th
Iowa
National Guard
Cedar Rapids
United States
France
St. Louis
National Euard
War Department
National Guard Corps
Army of the United States
National Guard Bureau
Department of Iowa
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Iown
Congress
Grand Army Takes Stand in Cedar Rapids Parade
Cedar Rapids reports a terse note amid the crowd announcing a stance by the Grand Army of the Republic. The brief mentions one country, one flax, and one language as part of the display and rhetoric.
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Grand Army
Cedar Rapids
Eyes of the World Film Presents Cliff Fight Masterpiece
The Eyes of the World is billed as a thrilling climax with a cliff fight of Rutledge King. A symphonic score cued to every mood accompanies the tale. Harold Bell Wright helped adapt and act in the production at Oracle Arizona. A motion picture view shows Wright at his ranch workshop before the story.
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King of
Harold Bell Wright
Oracle
Arizona
Pierce Delegates Quiet Ahead of Des Moines Visit
Des Moines efforts to compel Iowa soldiers to reveal their plans for meeting J. M. Pierce at Des Moines next Wednesday failed. A Rainbow Post meeting showed strong willingness to travel as all would-be delegates stood, though a few will be disappointed.
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Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Iowa
J. M. Pierce
Pierce
Rainbow Post
Armory
Tuberculosis Is Being Controlled in Des Moines
The Iowa department on tuberculosis reports dramatic progress in hospital care for TB patients. There are 350 beds statewide with new facilities planned to add at least 100 more, and several sanitoria in Oakdale Davenport Ottumwa and Ft. Dodge offer treatment. Public education and hospital care are credited as key to ending the disease.
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Des Moines
Department On Tuberculosis
State Board of Control
Oakdale
Pine Knoll
Davenport
Sunny Slope
Ottumwa
Boulder Lodge
Ft. Dodge
Return of Regulars From Europe Resumes Homeward Move
Washington June 9 The War Department announced the return of regular divisions from France and the start of homeward movements for the Sixth Fourth and Fifth divisions. May saw 333 303 officers and men embarked while demobilization to civil life reached 2 391 639. Europe force levels fell below 700 000 by June 3 as demobilization centers ramp up precautions against record misprocessing.
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Washington, D. C
National Guard
National Army
France
War Department
Department
Europe
Clarke Candidate for U. S. Senator
Des Moines Iowa June 9 The announcement that former Governor George W Clarke will run for the United States senate in 1920 at the Republican primaries adds little excitement among Republicans. Clarke of Adell is said to have a strong statewide following, though it is uncertain if he can unseat the current holder. Governor candidates appear to pursue a quiet campaign.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Matt Tinley
George W. Clarke
United States Senate
Clarke
Adell
Bettendorf Firemen Extend Brundage Carnival Engagement
Bettendorf officials and the fire department extended the Brundage shows for another week after rain spoiled last week’s carnival. The troupe will return tonight through the week as patrons stay away due to weather.
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Davenport
J. Pluvius
Bettendorf
Pluvius
S. W. Brundage
Brundage
Bandits Escape With 26009 From Leeds Bank Robbery
Three men robbed the Leeds bank in Sioux City's suburb at noon. They took 26009 in cash and Liberty bonds, leaving 12600 in bonds. They forced cashier M R Bliss and customer J A Pope into the vault, then fled in an awaiting automobile.
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Sioux City
Leeds
M. R. Bliss
J. A. Pope
Bliss
Pope
Famous Race Horse Sells for 220000 in Lexington
In Lexington Kentucky news reports the top price ever paid for a horse was $220000 for Botafogo a five year old chestnut. Buyer Martinez De Hos of Buenos Aires bought the horse from D Alvear. The deal marks a record sum for any horse breed.
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Lexington
Martinez de Hos
Buenos Aires
D. Alvear
Relief From Itching Eczema Sought Through Blood Purifier
A reader describes severe eczema with unbearable itching and burning skin and notes that topical salves fail to provide lasting relief. The Advise column promotes S. S. S. as a blood purifier claimed to reach the disease source and offer a bottle today from a Medical Director in Atlanta Georgia.
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Swifttlanta, Ga
Old Man Foal Born From Korea Dam bred in England
Korea bred in England, sent to Lexington as Maj. Thomas J. Carson's Dixiana property. Carson took Korea to Argentina with a Dixiana shipment and sold her to P. Luro & Sons. They mated Korea with Old Man, producing the racer foal sold to bidders.
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Old Man
Orbit
Ben D'Or
Korea
Raeburn
England
Lexington
Maj. Thomas J. Carson
Dixiana Farm
Carson
Argentina
Dixiana
P. Luro & Sons
Fish Bone Incident Affects Fort Dodge Woman in Minneapolis
Mrs. E R Campbell wife of a Fort Dodge banker and three others were dining in a Minneapolis hotel when she avoiding fish chose chicken. A chicken bone is lodged in her throat nine physicians cannot remove it and she must wait for it to dissolve with only liquid food.
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Fort Dodge
E. R. Campbell
Minneapolis
Mrs. Campbell
Untreated Suffering Described After Difficult Ordeal
The text notes that the sufferer will endure serious effects despite the nervous strain and pain of the ordeal being very great, highlighting lasting impact beyond the immediate experience and emphasizing enduring hardship.
Farmer Killed in Belt Accident Near Dayton Farm
C M Eklund a farmer living southwest of Dayton was fatally injured when his foot was caught in the belt of a gasoline engine feeding a grinder in a barn. He died about fifteen minutes later after being freed and revived briefly. He was thirty five and left a widow and three children.
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Fort Dodge
C. M. Eklund
Dayton
Eklund
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