Local News Notes From Ainsworth and Washington Area
Correspondents report on community happenings around Ainsworth Route 2 with visits and family updates. Mrs Mat tie Foster cared for her mother near Wellman while Harm Rodemaker sold hay to Rollie Gardner. The L G club met at the Campbell home and postponed meetings after corn husking.
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Ainsworth
RT. 2
Mattie Foster
Wellman
Harm Rodemaker
Rollie Gardner
Chas. Palmer
Will Richards
W. A. Palmer
Washington
L. G. Club
M. G. Campbell
Ed Lins
Chas
Palmer
Loren Hazen
George Weigman
Minneapolis
Minn
Olive Moore
Will Moore
Topeka
Kansas
Hew Cole
Haskins
Chas. Davia
Jay Evans
Will Paul
Mark Campbell
Keosauqua
DeMille’s The Affairs of Anatol to Screen at Graham
Wallace Reid spurs chaos in a lavish Cecil B. DeMille production set shown at Graham Theatre for three days next week. The ultra luxury apartment scenes feature Gloria Swanson Elliott Dexter and others as Paul Iribe designed furniture valued at about 230000 dollars is smashed on cue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil BR. DeMille
Paramount
Anatol
Graham Theatre
Wallace Reid
Gloria Swanson
Elliott Dexter
Bebe Daniels
Wanda Hawley
Theodore Roberts
Howard Higgin
Cecil B. DeMille Productions
Paul Iribe
Reid
Midwest S' to War on Alleged Tax Discrimination
Iowa manufacturers and business interests unite with neighboring states to protest a new federal tax bill. They urge Congress to amend the net loss deduction clause to give the Midwest relief equal to other regions, arguing 1920 losses are unfairly excluded and would burden farmers and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest S
Des Moines Register
Iowa
Middlewest
Congress
Edward A. Kimball
State
Menufecturers’ Association
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Kendall
Senator Capper
Middle West
Manufacturers’ Association
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Pacific Coast
All Interests United
Ki Teball
Manufacturers’ Organizea
Iowa Experts Begin To Test Toledo Children
Psycho metric examinations and measurements of children at the Toledo state juvenile home are underway under University of Iowa psychiatry department direction. Dr L G Lowrey leads the effort with Dr John J B Morgan assisting. tests aim to gauge mental ability and spot deviations from normal. Seventy children were tested in the initial round and Superintendent A B Kepford supports expanding psychometric testing in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Toledo
University of Iowa
Department of Psychiatry
L. G. Lowrey
Psychopathic
John J. B. Morgan
Morgan
Supt
A. B. Kepford
Kendall Expects Early Rate Action at Conference
Des Moines reports Governor Kendall expects the Midwest governors to press for repeal of the guarantee clause in the Cummins Bech law and restoration of intrastate rate rights. He anticipates a substantial reduction ahead and notes the upcoming Charleston national meeting aims to unite states on their program. The piece also covers state institution overcrowding and projected needs for larger quarters and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kendall
Yeaterday
Washington
Charleston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Co-Operative Association
Iowa
Congress
Bus Driver F. E. Carlson Serves Rural School Pupils
F. E. Carlson drives a school bus for pupils traveling from the rural 67 eemedidsted school to classes each day, providing reliable transport service in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Carlson
Eemedidsted
Mad dogs Roam Allamakee County and Rabies Fear
Rabies spreads in Greenfield and Taylor county as dogs attack stock and people. Several deaths and muzzling orders follow. Fort Crawford’s remnants near McGregor recalled as early Iowa history linked to Taylor and Pike. A Des Moines rally on October 28 seeks tax relief by curbing armament, with Grinnell Chinese republic celebration noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ger
Greenfield
Adair County
Battin
Board of Supervisors
R. W. Samelson
L. Gies
Iowa City
Gravity
New Market
Taylor County
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
McGregor
Fort Crawford
Zachary Taylor
United States
Jefferson Davis
Taylor
Yellow River
Iowa
Little River
Allamakee County
Pikes’ Peak
Zebulun Pike
Marquette
Joliet
Washington
Internal Revenue Office
Dubuque
Congress
Farm land values and hunting licenses dominate state notes
State air reports farm land values in dispute with claims of 99.44 per acre by the attorney general and loans up to 100 per acre by insurers. The agrriculture department cites 220 per acre for plow lands in Iowa. Polk county leads hunting licenses with 3876 issued as midwest governors meet in Des Moines to discuss freight and employment, urging interstate rates cuts to revive farm commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Executive Council
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Polk County
Des Moines
Kendall
Interstate Commerce Commission
Solicitors Move to Aid Armenia Relief With Corn Shipments
Report from state headquarters indicates a generous response to aid Armenian relief. Much of the corn is sent to Cedar Rapids the cereal center of the world where it is transformed into condensed foods that avoid spoilage and harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armenia
Cedar Rapids
Armenian relief, teachers code and pelican tales from Iowa
The notice details Armenian relief shipments from To wa and Hoover fund transfers, with a 12 000 freight bill canceled. It reports the State Teachers Association meeting dates and a proposed ethics code. It also notes pelican migrations over Tabor Fremont County and historic mound sites near New Albia with preservation concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Hoover Fund
Middle West
New Orleans
California
Southern Pacific Railway
Indian burial grounds unearthed by local explorer
Co S Bailey of Wauken Allamahee county reports examining ancient Indian burial mounds in the area. He describes finding skeletons arrow heads pottery shards and beds scattered across the mounds though still discernible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. S. Bailey
Wauken
Allamahee County
State Highway Projects Keep 10,000 Men At Work
James W. Holden, Scranton, head of the State Highway Commission, says 10,000 men are employed on 154 highway projects across 94 counties. The government plans to spend 75,600,000 on highway work to provide jobs through winter, with many projects likely to extend into cold season unless severe weather halts progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Holden
Scranton
State Highway Commission
Veterans Bureau aids Iowa veterans with health disability records
Washington report shows the Veterans Bureau visiting Iowa cities to advise former service members to record health disabilities. Counts include Davenport 168 and Des Moines 291 among others, listing Iowa 2,179 in total and many county towns such as Iowa City Cedar Rapids Sioux City and Council Bluffs.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau
Iowa
Bureau
Davenport
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Mason City
Council Bluffs
Fort Madison
Dubuque
Sheldon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cecil Th. DeMille
State Board of Control
Glenwood
Wallace Reid, Elliott Dexter
Monte Blue
Bajo Koslof
Raymond Hatton
Cecil B.demille
Agnes Ayres
Polly Moran
Julia Faye
Allamakee
J. W. Jarnagin
Grinnell
Republic of China
Grinnell College
State Teachers Association
Committee On
Tabor
Fremont County
Missouri River
Ible
New Albia
Upper
Iowa River
J. A. Harwood & Son
South Side Square
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