Federal Highway Aid to Create Jobs Across States
The federal highway bill pending in conference would provide 75 million dollars in aid to road construction to employ 300 000 to 350 000 men for six months. States must match federal funds and maintain roads. several large states plan immediate use as unemployment rises.
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Wasbuington
D. C
Posicie
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
State Highway Department
Department
Congress
Avon in the Dark
Stratford on Avon electric plant is neglected and at risk of failing, threatening blackout in the town famed for Shakespeare. Authorities have delayed repairs. tourists and residents fear prolonged darkness in a literary center.
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Stratford On Avon
Shakespeare
Quiet Order Sparks Return to Business in Paris Illustration
In a playful Paris Illustration caption a husband urges silence to follow the doctor’s orders while his wife quips about resuming work, signaling a humorous domestic moment set against a quiet household.
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Paris
Obituary of John L. Riley of Columbus City Iowa
John L. Riley born July 20 1842 near New Athens Ohio died October 12 1921 at his Columbus City Iowa home. He served four years in the Eleventh Iowa Infantry and survived the Civil War without a scratch. He married Elizabeth Lemon in 1865 and had eight children ten total with two infant deaths. Surviving children are James S Thomas H William E Stella Zook Jessie C Robert H and two daughters Eunice Marion Ida Sebrecht. He remarried Maggie Beauchamp in 1893 with two daughters and Maggie died in 1919. He married Catharine Knott recently and she survives. Funeral was October 13 at United Brethren Church Columbus City with interment Beauchamp Cemetery.
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John L. Wiley
Harrison Riley
New Athens
Harrison County
Ohio
Columbus City
Iowa
Washington County
Crawfordsville
Riley
Eleventh
Iowa Infantry
Have
Elizabeth Lemon
James S
Oskaloosa
Thomas H
William E
Stella Zook
Jessie C
Washington
Robert H
Muscatine
Maggie Beauchamp
Eunice Marion
Ida Sebrecht
Cedar Rapids
Catharine Knott
Methodist Church of
United Brethren Church of
Beauchamp Cemetery
Trusted convicts escape from Anamosa reformatory
Des Moines reports two trusted convicts Lester Cullum and William Hanlin escaped late Sunday from the State Reformatory at Anamosa in a tour car. Cullum, from Eagle Grove, had seven months left on a five year term for grand larceny. Hanlin, from Sioux City, had eight years for manslaughter and had served one year. A statewide search was underway.
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Des Moines
Lester Callum
William Hanlin
Anamosa
J. N. Baumel
Cullum
Eagle Grove
Hanlin
Hantin
Sioux City
What the U S Public Health Service Is Doing for Soldiers
Surgeon General H C Cumming outlines past and current authority guiding the Public Health Service in caring for sick and disabled soldiers. The service began with 20 Marine hospitals for about 1,500 patients and expanded to provide immediate hospital and sanatorium care, oversee eligibility, and recruit supervisors to locate and assist eligible ex soldiers.
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H. C. Cumming
U. S. Publi Health Service
Marine” Hospitala
Merchant Marine
Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Mrvices
War Risk Bureau
Congress
Publics Health Service
Army and Navy
Warwick Insurance Bureau
Washington
W Ho
Public
Secretary of the Treasury
Green Arrow Soap Promises Softer Hands and Stronger Clean
A homemaker credits Green Arrow pure olive oil and naphtha soap with preventing chapping and roughness, noting it costs less per end use than cheaper fillers. She describes smoother hands, quicker cleaning, and woodwork glow from the all soap formula, urging wider adoption.
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Green Arrow
Mia J
Tereby
Palmolive Company
Iowa Woman Indicted for First Degree Murder in Death
In West Union Iowa Rosie Ashbaugh a Fayette county farmer is exhumed to reveal arsenic poisoning chemists confirm. The case ties alleged intimacy between Mrs Ashbaugh and her hired hand Arthur Cahoe increasing suspicion. Both are indicted for first degree murder and held without bond in West Union jail.
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West Union
Rosie Ashbaugh
Fayette County
Secret investigation into Ashbaugh case probes arsenic
County Attorney J. J. Cooney and State Agent J. E. Risden conducted a hidden inquiry into the July illness and death of Ashbaugh. Records show a doctor’s diagnosis, his July 16 death, and a September exhumation revealing arsenic. Cahoe, long-time hired man, returned to work shortly before the death and lived on the farm during the inquiry.
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J. J. Cooney
J. E. Risden
Ashbaugh
Iowa City
Cahoe
Ireland's Many Names Across Classical and Celtic Lore
The fragment lists diverse historic names for Ireland found in ancient authors. Diodorus calls it Iris or Irisi, Orpheus references Irinus, Strabo notes Irene, Caesar Tacitus and Pliny mention Hibernia, Mela uses Juverna, while Celtic names include Ir Er Erin. Other mentions include Scotia and Ogygia.
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Ireland
Scotia
Diodorus
Juverna
Erin
Platereh
Ogygia
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Avon
U. S. Public Health Service
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Green
Nye
A. E. Putnam CO
Furs
T. Richter & Sons
Davenport
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