Iowa Banks Plan Wide Vigilance To Curb Robberies
Iowa bankers outline a state wide plan including county vigilance committees led by sheriffs, armed citizen posses in small towns, alert networks with telephone firms, and rewards to spotters like Mike Martin to deter bank robberies and trap organized gangs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Nygard
L. A. Andrew
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Iowa
State Bankers’ Association
Burns Detective Agency
Wapello County
Des Moines
Harding
Wabhpello County Vigilance Committee
Wagello County
Giltner
Mike Martin
Middle-West
Martin
Mike Brush
Gettysburg
St. Louis
Mickey
Montezuma Cavalry Troop Receives Official Approval
Col Cornell from the federal department of inspection visited Montezuma and signed off on the newly formed cavalry troop. The state will pay $2100 annually for barn and drill room rentals until permanent quarters are arranged, with $375 monthly for troop caretakers. Temporary indoor drill will use Harden garage and 32 government horses will be housed at the Mrs Owen Miller farm. The unit may grow to 77 men, bringing steady local expenditures for rents and horse care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
Cornell
Federal Department of Inspection
Harden
Obituary of Martha Ware of Lebanon Illinois
Martha Ware, born April 15, 1853 in Jackson County Ohio, lived in Illinois and Lebanon Missouri. She married Mickle Thomas Lowry in 1872, had nine children, 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, and remained Baptist. She died October 9 after a stroke, with funeral at her daughter Leeper's home led by Rev. M R Regan, burial in Sandy Hook cemetery.
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Martha Ware
Anderson
Nancy Ann Jenkins Ware
Jackson County
Ohio
Illinois
Lebanon
Missouri
Mickle Thomas Lowry
Ruth Keller
Cordelia Leeper Thomas
Cornelius Lowry
Brighton
Nancy Garner
David Lowry
Washington
Retta Stouts
Amberg
Wis
Kiva Farrier
Jesse Calloway
Heter Land
Baptist Church
Great Beyond
Leeper
M. R. Regan
Sandy Hook
Corn Picker Wages Hit Six to Seven Cents a Bushel
Iowa reports show corn pickers paid six cents per bushel where elevators are used and seven cents otherwise. Yields range from forty to seventy bushels per acre. Harvest begins in Pocahontas and Calhoun counties with 35 workers this week and ample labor expected statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Pocahontas
Calhoun
E. G. Albert
A Present for Wambsganss Remembered by Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids on October 13 reports Bunny Booster club members subscribed $100 to buy Bill Wambsganss a set of gold diamond studded cuff links for his unassisted triple play against Brooklyn Sunday. Dutch as he is called here, formerly played on the local team. Neal Ball who made the same play in 1913 also was a Bunny member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bunny Booster Club
Bill Wambsganss
Brooklyn
Dutch
Neal Ball
Cleveland
The
Bunnies
May Allison Stars in Held in Trust at Fox Theatre
May Allison displays emotional range in the drama Held in Trust shown at the Fox Theatre this afternoon. The film adapts Mary Manchester’s plot of impersonating a dead heiress to save millions from unscrupulous bankers, with John Ince directing Sarah Y Mason scripting and William Edmond handling photography.
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Fox Theatre
Allison
Mary Manchester
George Kibble
Sarah Y. Mason
William Edmond
Damage Case at Ottumwa Ends in $3,000 Award
In Ottumwa on October 13 a jury sided with W. J. Bayliss as administrator of Carrie Rector estate, awarding $3,000 damages against Kemble Floral Company and two others for a February delivery car collision that killed Mrs. Rector. The total suit sought $11,300. Roy Kemble was exonerated. The jury also assessed $5,000 against Kemble Floral Company, W. E. Kemple, and Roy Crandall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemble Floral Company
Ottumwa
W. J. Bayliss
Kemble Floral Company Et al
Roy Kemble
Milk spill floods Bowery gutters after bottle truck crash
In New York on October 13 a truck carrying 240 or 4 320 milk bottles overturned at Broome Street. Wheels jammed in a car track and every bottle was smashed. Madison and Third Avenue surface lines were blocked for over an hour. Advertisements are news. Read them.
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New York
Bowery
Broome Street
Madison Avenue
Third Avenue
Caddock on Way East for Matches
Earl Caddock former heavyweight wrestling champion passes Des Moines on route to Boston Rochester and Syracuse for upcoming bouts. Manager Gene Melady of Omaha accompanies him and has arranged several matches before Caddock returns home.
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Des Moines
Earl Caddock
Gene Melady
Omaha
Caddock
Boston
Rochester
Syracuse
Grinnell College enrollment rises to 815 students
Grinnell College reports an enrollment of 815, up about 25 from last year. The breakdown lists 303 freshmen, 194 sophomores, 102 juniors, 96 seniors, with 241 in the music school and 121 of those also in collegiate work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Grinnell College
School of Music
Quieting Title Suit for East Washington Property
In Washington County Iowa a district court case files by A N Bower seeks to quiet title to a described real estate in East Washington Iowa. The petition claims Bower owns the fee simple and that recorded titles contain errors admitting adverse claims by many defendants and unknown claimants. Defendants must appear by noon of the second day of the next term starting November 1 1920 else default and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Washington County
A. N. Bower
Jessee Ashby
Fanny Ashby
Jesse Ashby
Nathan Baker
Thomas Baker
Sarah Baker
John H. Bacon
Mary A. Bacon
May A. Bacon
Jonathan C. Conger
J. Cc. Conger
Jane Conger
Samuel M. Cox
S. M. Cox
James Dawson
Janette Dawson
Nancy L. Dickerson
J. C. Fields
Susie Fields
Eva Frechin
Frank Frechin
William H. Jenkins
Wm. H. Jenkins
Margaret Jenkins
Jacob
St. Cox's
East Washington
Washington
District Court
City of
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Waterloo
Davenport
Clear Lake
Spirit Lake
Montezuma Troop
S O. K
WAMBY
Central Association
May Allison
Postum Cereal Co. Inc
Battle Creek,Mich
Marsh W. Bailey
Wallace Reid
Balzac
CM. & F. Clothing
Washington, Town
U.S
United States Rubber Company
Sumatra
United States
Falk Motor Co
J. F. Duffy
Edward & Epling
West Chester
Rubio Motor Company
Rubio
J. A. Marsh
Ainsworth
Red Ball
Crawfordsville
East End
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