Town Clock Histories and Rumors Stir Washington
Captain William McCutcheon claims the town clock story centers on Isbell from Washington who managed the fund drive and had an office with McCutcheon. Charlies Hebner recalls the clock’s installation in the Academy cupola forty six years ago funded by citizens and city. Citizens paid about $1,200 via liquor licenses while the city covered the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McCutcheon
Isbell
Washington
McCutcheon
Court House
Charlies Hebner
Academy Cupola
Krotz
Donald Long
Satan and York Foresee Armistice Hint in Tennessee
The Minneapolis Journal notes a hard outlook for Satan with Sergeant York, the Tennessee war hero, aiming toward priestly vows while suggesting Satan may seek an armistice in the Tennessee mountains.
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York
Satan
Tennessee Mountains
Minneapolis Journal
Estimated beer dose linked to intoxication symptoms
A report claims tests indicate two quarts of 2.75 beer can produce intoxication symptoms. The statement underscores a perceived threshold for impairment and prompts discussion on beverage strength and public safety.
Roses of June Inspiring Nostalgia Across Ten Million Blossoms
A poetic meditation on the scent of June roses that evoke memories of gardens and childhood. The speaker cherishes the rose’s aroma from Triton to Takoma, laments not having forty noses to take in all the fragrance, and ties the scent to joyful past scenes.
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Triton
Takoma
Unclear Clinic Patient List Mentioned by Source
The fragment mentions a clinic with a name like Vinton EBagie and questions who the patients were, but the readable text provides no sufficient details on patient identities or the clinic's full context.
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Ment
Vinton Ebagie
Astonishing Shot By Same Administration Alarms Villa
A Marshalltown Times Republication note recalls the administration that eased an arms embargo to arm Villa’s bandits, now shooting at him, in a sharp political jab reflecting contemporary tensions and shifting loyalties.
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Villa
Marshalltown
Republican
Plan cuts highway cost for adjacent property owners
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a plan requiring abutting and adjacent property owners to cover one quarter of the highway improvement cost. The paper suggests only a conscienceless person would demand cheaper work.
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Cedar Rapids
Bos Family Farmers Near Pella Tie to Dutch Heritage
A Bos family of 120 acres near Pella are long settled in the region after ten years in the United States. They hail from Amorengen Castle in Holland where A Bos was once coachman and Mrs Bos a cook for Count Bentinck. The couple lived in Amerengen for three years before emigrating.
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Pella
Bos
Amorengen Castle
Holland
William Hohenzollern
A. Bos
Count Bentinck
Amerengen
Oskaloosa Herald
States Unite to Stop Auto Thefts
Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota form an interstate effort to combat car thefts. Attorney General Havner announces completion of the plan after a conference with State Agent Rock, Sioux City Public Safety Commissioner Mann, Nebraska state agents chief Hyer, and South Dakota’s state sheriff. Gangs allegedly lift cars in Iowa and fence them across lines, with fences and breaking up recovered cars as potential outcomes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
H. M. Havner
C. ©. Rock
J. B. Mann
Sioux City
Gus Hyer
Havner
Law Enforcement Collaboration Aids Gangs and Theft Return
Cars from South Dakota or Nebraska are brought into Iowa. Cooperation of state law enforcement leads Havner to predict rapid gang disruption and substantial return of stolen property to rightful owners.
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Havner
Iowa Women in Omaha Defeat Disorderly House Charge
Mrs Thomas Brown a church and club figure was acquitted in police court of keeping a disorderly house. Three Shenandoah Iowa women were fined 25 dollars each as inmates with one appealing. The case sparks a fight to oust officers behind the raid and tests public health actions run by Dr Palmer Findley.
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Omaha
Neb
Thomas Brown
Shenandoah
Brown
Wilma Reed
Palmer Findley
Atlantic
Omaha Public Health Service
Esther Applegate
Helen Baldwin
Mexico Today on Villa War Impact in Sonora and Chi huahua
W P Littlefield discusses Villa’s northern campaign and Carranza in Mexico during World War I era. He notes oil ops, Obregon actions, and U S border ammo moves, arguing a peaceful U S role protects lives and property while urging Carranza cooperation rather than intervention.
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la Cuauhtemoc
Villa
Sonora
Chihuahua
Mexico
la Cuauhtemoc Mings
Mexico City
Morelos
Zapata
Obregon
Carranza
Blanquet
United States
Juarez
Geta-It Corn Remover Ad Claims Fast Pain Free Peel
An advertisement touts Geta-It as a quick, painless corn remover that loosens the corn so it can be peeled away in one piece. It promises rapid relief with no fuss and a money back guarantee from Biloy Lawrence & Co. Chicago.
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Lawrence & Co
Chiceau
Corrected schedule fragment lists December 8 1918 date
Fragmentary OCR notes show a corrected December 8 1918 date with times around 1 03 am 9 10 am and 12 01 pm on a Thursday. The legible parts indicate a timetable entry for a public service or event with unspecified route or location.
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Evening Journal
City
Mutual
Amorengen
the Evening Journal
W. P. Littlefield
Germany
Europe
von Echardt
America
Rio Grande
Two
Sally
Nettie
A .G. Graham
N.B.C. Graham
National Biscuit Company
Bar- 1
France
N. B. OC
Graham Crackers
Abe
Abe Martin
Safe Bud
Emyenas
Eid
Prince Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
Cceasam
H. W. Russel
Aradie
Adu
Lo'west
J W. Calvert
Washington Lodge
A. F P
A. M
L. Laneworthy
W. M. Glenn KE. Mace
Cyrus
L. D. Langworthy
J. W. Morton Recorder
R H. Walker
W. M
Rose Reid
A. John Droz
Irvin
Huston
Southwest Corner Square
Lemley
Washington, IA
Office
H. Bateman Blair
Covenant Lodgh No. 101
Lo . F. Hall
N. Iowa Ave
Carl B. Schoelder
Keller
RE. E. Stutsman
F. & M. Bank
Red Mutual
Chiropractors
Che
M. H. Sartor Mra
M. H. Sartor Sartor & Sartor Chiropractors
Klein Klothing Ko
Reda
REAL
J. D. Dayton
West Chester, Iowa
Ashi County
Austin Sutherland
T. A. Michels
Temple Building
Black
J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
OFFIC
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Eicher
Livingston & Escher
Abstract Department
W. M. Keeley
W. UL
Butterfield
Crail’s
Seven Seas
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Aegean
Ionian
High Seas
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