County Championship Tilt Shifts to Montezuma Tactics
Des Moines reports on a county championship game between Grinnell and Montezuma with Montezuma recruiting eight players from Omaha. Marty O’Toole, once a top pitcher, was among the visitors as Montezuma wins 5 to 4 after a nine inning battle. The piece also notes dance hall regulations in Des Moines and a Methodist conference dispute over aviation ministry.
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Des Moines
lIa
Grinnell
Montezuma
Omaha
Marty O'Toole
United States
Pittsburg
Mason City
Marshalltown
Man Walks to Arizona as Doctor Advises Dry Climate
H. A. Cronin a Terre Haute glass blower trudges toward Arizona on foot after a physician prescribes a higher and drier climate. A Decatur county farmer J. W. Hurst ferries him to Leon where locals including Mrs. Hurst Mrs. Caroline Young Smith and Jas. F. Harvey collect funds to pay his railroad fare onward. Cronin expresses gratitude for Leon's kindness.
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H. A. Cronin
Terre Haute
Ind
Arizona
Decatur County
J. W. Hurst
Leon
Hurst
Knoxville faces loss of state institution for the blind
The article recalls a historical Tennessee effort to fund an industrial school for the blind in Knoxville that later evolved into an asylum for drunks and drug addicts. With prohibition, dwindling inmates, and a dismantled heating plant moved to Toledo, the city risks losing the remaining state facility and had opposed converting it into a home for epileptics while failing to establish a normal school.
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Knoxville
Toledo
Storm Lake May Host State Park If Plan Advances
Curator Harlan of the state historical department reviews Storm Lake for a possible state park. Storm Lake commercial club pushes to build a 15 mile lakeside driveway around thehore.
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Harlan
State Historical Department
Storm Lake
Commercial Club
City of
Long-lived Alden resident Levi Shepherd dies at 102
Levi Shepherd, age 102, died at his daughter Mrs Valentine's home in Alden Hardin County. Born in 1818 in Pennsylvania he moved to Hardin in 1865 and witnessed major U.S. events from Monroe's era to Iowa statehood. He voted first for Martin Van Buren and saw presidents from Washington to Monroe. He recalled hearing of America's first railroad at age 15.
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Valentine
Alden
Hardin County
Pennsylvania
James Monroe
United States
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Iowa
Martin van Buren
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
America
Bridge Collapse Delivers Fourteen Foot Drop Near Waukon
A steam threshing outfit crossing a new Paint Creek bridge near Waukon plunged four ten feet into the creek. The engineer was trapped but uninjured as the engine self-rescued, emerging under its own power.
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Paint Creek
Waukon
Cosgrove Forged Warrant Impersonation Leads to Jail
James Cosgrove of Council Bluffs forged a search warrant, searched a farmer’s home, and took several bottles of refreshments. He impersonated an officer and forged documents. Judge Woodruff sentenced him to three years at Anamosa with parole after serving and barred him from Iowa or Nebraska.
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James Cosgrove
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Cosgrove
Woodruff
Anamosa
Iowa
Nebraska
Beggar of Mineola Uses Names A. J. Anderson and Moore
Mills County reports a professional beggar who travels to nearby towns. He uses multiple names including A. J. Anderson and A. J. Moore and sometimes other aliases. He appears ill to justify his begging and claims funds are for a lung illness and a sanitarium. He moves frequently and does not return to the same community.
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Mills County
Mineola
A. J. Anderson
A. J. Moore
Engineer Hugh L Cooper and Keokuk Dam Project
The engineer Hugh L Cooper planned and built the Keokuk Dam across the Mississippi forming a lake forty miles long and up to three miles wide. Dam-related damages were settled and plans emerged for pleasure boats, cottages, and boating season traffic on the new lake, historically named Lake Keokuk. Cooper later proposed a vast dam across the St Lawrence River.
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Hugh L. Cooper
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Cooper Lake
Lake Keokuk
Cooper
St. Lawrence River
Iowa war workers honored by Catholic council
Mire Frances Welsh of Boone has been commissioned by the national Catholic war council to go to Italy with sixteen other young women to perform community work. Welsh, a Laurel University graduate, prepared by lecturing at the service school in Washington, D C, during the summer.
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Iowa
Mire Frances Welsh
Matthew Welsh
Boone
National Catholic War Council
Italy
Miss Welsh
Laurel University
Chicago
Service School
Washington, D. C
Venus in the East Bride Themed Society Plot Photo Play
Buddy McNair, a rich carefree hero, pursues a romance with Mrs. Pat Davenot, a famed society divorcee, after seeing her photo in a New York paper. A New York insider explains that entry to Manhattan society is restricted, prompting plans to meet the elegant Venus in the East.
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Buddy McNair
Paramount
Bryant Washburn
Graham Theater
New York
Pat Davenot
Bronx
Priceless Persian Rugs and Hunting Scenes
A discussion on Oriental rugs valued for preservation and historical detail. Persian hunting rugs depict mounted hunters pursuing mythical and real creatures, including the phoenix, elephant, deer, and other beasts, reflecting ancient hunting traditions.
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Persia
Women Missionary Society meeting and social events
The Women's Home Missionary society met at Mrs. Frank L. Wilson's home with devotional exercises and a business session. Officers and delegates were chosen for the Newton Iowa convention and the Detroit national meeting. The program featured a Young People's Work topic, songs, and an enigma activity.
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Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Frank L. Wilson
Elizabeth Harwood
Lillian Kunath
Newton
Iowa
R. &. Brown
Detroit
Harry Dickerson
Julia Cavender
R. E. Brown
J. C. Wright
Vista Mauthe
Christine Brinning
Martha Hedges
Margaret Brookhart
Suffer for Sins of Others Quote by George Eliot
The excerpt cites George Eliot from Adam Bede on shared punishment and mutual impact. It emphasizes that individuals cannot bear guilt in isolation and that family and friends suffer or rejoice with the person, illustrating interdependence and collective consequences.
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George Eliot
Cloth From Bark of Tree Across World Garments
The inner bark of the piper mulberry yields tapa cloth in Polynesia, often brightened to white and as fine as muslin. In tropical Africa inner bark from a leguminous tree serves the same purpose. Lace bark trees in the West Indies provide a delicate tissue resembling lace used for feminine adornments.
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Polynesia
Africa
West Indies
Daily Thought on Worth and Character
A succinct moral aphorism declares that worth makes the man and lack of it makes the fellow. The reflection emphasizes virtue over mere status and urges personal integrity as the defining trait.
Wannamaker at 81 Celebrates Birthday Milestone
John Wannamaker, famed Philadelphia merchant prince, turns 81 and is celebrated for building a store empire from modest pushcart beginnings. The piece notes his enduring influence in retail and Philadelphia history.
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John Wannamaker
Prince
America
Philadelphia
Spasmodic Sermon Quote Sparks Reader Debate
A clipped Springfield Star item quotes a controversial remark about a woman who would slap a baby and someone who uses baby talk to a dog, highlighting public reaction to provocative language. The brief note reflects era sensibilities and editorial tone.
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Indianapolis Star
Emma Goldman Returns After Prison Term
Emma Goldman, agitator and anarchist, leaves Weterson City Missouri after 20 months and plans further activism including prison reform. She travels to Rochester to visit family before facing Ellis Island proceedings on October 3 to decide possible deportation to Russia as an undesirable alien.
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Chicago
Emma Goldman
Missouri State
Weterson City
Goshen Teacher Acquitted in Husband Murder Trial
Maude Hoovens Mahaffey of Goshen Indiana aged thirty five was acquitted in Ogallala Nebraska on a charge of murdering her husband Lawrence Mahaffey aged fifty. The jury deliberated twenty minutes. Maude Hoovens Mahaffey was a schoolteacher.
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Goshen
Ind
Maude Hoovens- Mahaffey
Ogallala
Neb
Lawrence Mahaffey
Miss Hoovens
British Government to Finish World’s Largest Airship
London reports the government will complete the RSO airship, 9 percent done, to become the world’s largest. Workmen to be recalled after initial economy measures.
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London
RSO
Swimmers: Women Float Easier Than Men
The article explains that swimming is easier for women because female bodies have lower specific gravity, more flesh, and less bone. As a result, women are lighter relative to their size and float more readily, giving them an advantage in swimming.
Tourist misses scenery in Scottish glen tale
A tourist rides through a Scottish glen as companions admire the wild features. He yawns at a striking spot and reads a newspaper, grumbling that the hills block his view of the scenery.
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Scotland
You Need Not Suffer From Catarrh
An advertisement touts S&S 5 as an effective blood-borne cure for catarrh. It claims the remedy targets germs in the blood and warns against superficial treatments. The ad invites readers to contact the Chief Medical Adviser at Swift Specie Co in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Specie Co
Atlanta, Ga
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