Rye Bread Week Parade and War Garden News July 1918
The article notes the first prizes at a garden exhibit for July 1 1918 with winners Howard Trevillyan Jesse Winja Robert Godfrey Ted Duke Myrtle Buntenbach Jessie Lyon Mary Kerr and Earnest Bosth. It covers Red Cross work, village parades, military enlistments, and local wartime activities during Rye Bread Week from July 1 to 8 1918.
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Howard Trevillyan
Jesse Winja
Robert Godfrey
Ted Duke
Myrtle Buntenbach
Jessie Lyon
Mary Kerr
Earnest Bosth
United States Food Administration
Anna Olsen
Washington County
Henry Rankin
United Presbyterian Church
Egypt
Weetots
Mazie Stewart
Red Cross
John Swift
Agnes
San
France
Harry Swift
Francis Swift
James Palmer
June Weddings Dwindle as War Impacts Marriage Rates
The county clerk reports only six marriages in June 1918 while births reached thirty five in June. A large service flag shows five hundred soldiers, reflecting wartime effects on the community’s life events.
Iowa Clippings Report Various Regional Facts
Summary of scattered Iowa news items including academic awards at Coe College and University of Paris link, Ames summer session attendance, junior college projects in Manchester and Creston, a Hum boldt social work speech on sterilization, four army planes for Creston Fourth of July, navy planes at Iowa State College, a Creston restaurant robbery, faculty resignation at Iowa, Maytag company picnic, Iowa City painters strike end, large summer alumni return at Iowa, mad horse bite incident, Iowa health statistics claim, World War I veteran’s battlefield trip for Mrs. Hay, paving progress in Fayette, Toledo juvenile home graduation, Cedar Rapids chief investigator bid, Madrid marriage, supreme court session, Emerson Hough home marker, Oskaloosa store burglary, Davenport liquor raid consequences.
Children and Visitors Greet Tame Baby Coons at Iowa Event
Mr and Mrs Arthur Wisby of Sigourney display two baby coons captured on a road trip to Oskaloosa. The animals, once fighting, are now tame for visiting guests. The American Home Economics Association held its Des Moines meeting and toured Iowa State College in Ames. The Christian Endeavor union closed its state convention in Waterloo with mass meetings at two churches, drawing about 1200 attendees.
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Shaw
Don Patton
J. W. Patton
Keota
Boice & Thompson Carnivi Company
Washington
Red Cross
William Boice
Bob Thompson
United States Navy
Iowa State College
Ames
Arthur Wisby
Sigourney
Oskaloosa
American Home Economics Association
Des Moines
The
Christian Endeavor Union
Waterloo
Methodist
Grace
Chicago
Washington County
EF. &.Reenfield
Gypsies Arrested in Audubon Held Five Hours
Gypsies were detained for five hours at a tourist camp in Harrison county on suspicion of a $70 Dunlap robbery. The money was refunded and they paid total costs of $26.75 as a result.
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Audubon
Harrison Couty
Dunlap
Big Thirty-Three Pound Pickerel at Clear Lake
W A Taylor and Fred Boyd caught a thirty three pound pickerel at Clear Lake. The Fourth of July celebration plan includes a two and a half mile marathon swim fast outboard races band concerts dancing and baseball games.
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W. A. Taylor
Fred Boyd
Clear Lake
G Likeable Gorillas and Stars Dominate Local Screens
The piece previews The Gorilla a comedy with Charlie Murray and a big man eating gorilla, plus The Vanishing Pioneer starring Jack Holt and his son Tim. It notes Water! themes in the Zane Grey tale and upcoming Easy Come Easy Go with Richard Dix, as well as other week showings through Friday and Saturday.
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FOX
Charlie Murrary
Charlie Murray
Ralph Spence
Alice Day
Gaston Glass
Jack
Richard Dix
Dix
Robert Parker
Nancy Carroll
The
Jack Holt
The Philippine Insurrection Under Aguinaldo
The Great Insurrection led by Emilio Aguinaldo was the Philippine revolt against United States authority from 1898 to 1901.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
United States Authority
British engineered rail ties power Vera Cruz line
The Vera Cruz to Mexico City railway uses steel ties manufactured in England to resist tropical insects. Ten thousand British visitors are expected to tour French battlefields this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera, Cruz-México City
England
France
Democratic Convention Sparks Fire Over Tolerance and Reform
Reports from the Democratic convention highlight Joe Robinson urging religious tolerance amid a wild floor scene. Al Smith is nominated by Roosevelt with farm plank backing. Kellogg urges a fourteen-nation anti war pact. Nobile rescued and a French chamber dispute signals tense international politics.
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Joe Robinson
al Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Plane crash kills Roy Kauffman in Wayland
Roy Kauffman aged 21 the adopted son of Mr and Mrs Chris Kauffman Wayland died Thursday afternoon when the airplane he rode entered a tail spin and crashed Susie Edgington died early Thursday at the county hospital after six weeks there White Yard company sells lots to Wallace Lumber and Pauls Lumber abandoning reconstruction plans City crews with a dozen teams excavate sewage disposal plant southwest of town
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Virginia Wallace
Marjorie Hebner
Columbia
Margaret Dicken
Joan of Arc
Bill Tillotson
Harry Tillotson
R. G. Whitmer
Gas Defense Service
Wisconsin
James Fulton
Crawfordsville
Roy Kauffman
Chris Kauffman
Wayland
Susie Edgington
White Yard Company
Wallace Lumber Company
Pauls Lumber Company
Bun Shields Rise From Washington Roots to Rail Chief
A C Shields, long known as Bun Shields in Washington, becomes general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande railway. The son of Robert Shields, he started as a Rock Island surveyor and rose to oversee 2600 miles of track, balancing trains and dividends with quiet diligence.
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Washington County
Evening Journal
D. J. Palmer
Norman Hall
Charles KE. Brown
Clifford Thorne
W. Brookhart
North Second Avenue
Iowa Southern Utilities
Rock Island
Robert Shields
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Railway
A.C. Shields
The
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Bun' Shields
Ames
Denver & Rio Grande System
New York
Denver & Rio Grande
Shields
A. C. Shields
Washington
Denver
Salt Lake City
Bun” Shields
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Points West
Espinosa Wins Mid-American Open Golf Championship
Al Espinosa the Chicago born Cuban wins the mid American open golf title at Lakewood Kansas City with a 289 total over 72 holes six strokes ahead as top player in the field. The article notes other sports results and Olympic tryout plans from Iowa and national events.
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al Espinosa
Chicago
Lakewood
Kansas City
Sol Glick Leads Drake Hand Bal Victory in Kansas City
Sol Glick of Drake University traveled to Kansas City by invitation and defeated Missouri champion Frank Serrence in a high profile hand balancing contest.
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Sol Glick
Drake University
Kasas City
Missouri
Frank Serrence
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