Two Airmen Die In Sioux City Plane Crash
In Union County near North Riverside two men died when their airplane dropped 209 feet. Harry E. Simon 26, instructor, died later at St Vincent's hospital from concussion. Arthur L. Peterson 22, student flyer from Viborg SD, died instantly. The crash's cause remains unknown with witnesses citing loss of nerve and balance near ground.
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Sioux City
North Riverside
Union County, & C
Harry E.simon
Riverside Avenue
Arthur L. Peterson
Viborg
Peterson
Simon
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sioux City Street Car Workers Seek 60 Percent Pay Increase
Sioux City street car workers union asks for about a 60 percent wage hike effective March 1. The strike deadline tension looms as H T Woodward notes the current contract expires in May. General manager EB Kirk is recovering from surgery and expects about ten days to decide. The proposal raises minimum from 38 to 60 cents and maximum from 43 to 65 cents with overtime, snowplow, and one man car duties added.
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Sioux City
Ten
H. T. Woodward
Joneso
EB. L. Kirk
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kirk
Stork
Wealthy Tama Farmer Killed By Autoist
John F. Whalen, a wealthy Tama farmer, was struck and killed Monday near the high school by a speeding car driven by Phillip J. Enright who fled the scene. Enright was arrested, jailed, and later bound over to the grand jury on a manslaughter charge with a $30,000 bond. Whalen, retired farmer, had moved to Tama city with his widow and two married daughters surviving.
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Tama
John F. Whalen
Whalen
Phillip J. Enright
Altho
Enright
Suit for 318000 for death of young man heard
At Manchester the suit seeks 318000 for Herman Young's death after contact with a high tension line of Electrics Service near Ryden in June. Plaintiff alleges negligent extension work by Delaware County Power to connect a farm home, with Herman aged about 20 employed by the Delaware County company. Jurors returned a verdict against the defendant.
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Lester
Electrics Service
Delaware Distr
Herman Young
Defend Company
Ryen
Delaware County 7Pany
al Rissler
Cteagd
Outa
Fort Binton
Tom
Steadman
Rizer
Toeck
Engelti
Defensiant
Hapaintan
Busizese
Are You Happy with Homiberian’s Tablets
An advertisement claims happiness depends on health and urges readers troubled by constipation and indigestion to take Homiberian’s Tablets. The copy emphasizes prompt relief, ease of use, and pleasant taste as benefits.
Fatal boil on chin claims life of young bookkeeper
In Osage Ja April 1 Miss Clara Odden 22 a book keeper at Farmers National Bank died after a boil on her chin led to blood poisoning. She left work Wednesday after a minor eruption appeared, with friends noting illness for a day or two before complications set in.
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Osage
Clara Odden
Farmers National
Miss Odden
M Carl Odden
Cedar Township
New Clover Seed Sparks Wide Demand Across States
Ames reports twenty thousand requests for the new white sweet clover seed. Iowa State College farm crops department mailed samples and H T D Hughes offers seed to anyone sending a stamped self addressed envelope. Trials show slow initial growth followed by rapid growth after two months and six acres are sown for seed production.
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Ames.ia
Farm Crops Department
Towa State College
D. Hughes
United States
Fort Dodge Plans New Well as Water Shortage Persists
Fort Dodge moves to drill a new 17 inch well beside No 2 near Lizard Creek after a closed council meeting. Water superintendent John Pray and all council members attended as work will begin once casing and rigging are available. The city currently meets demand but warm weather raises consumption.
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Port Dodge
Lizard
A. O. Scott
C. H. Smith
John Pray
Webster County Medical Society
Ways and Means Committee
Scott
Married Seventy Years In Iowa City Community
Iowa City April 1 Mr and Mrs Ezra Thompson of this city celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary at home. Married at Harrisonville in 1850 they had seven children four died in infancy the surviving trio Garver W Thompson Mrs A J Yourikin and Miss Tacie Thompson live here. The couple moved from Ohio after Civil War service with Company F 170th Ohio regularly to settle in Johnson county.
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Iowa City
Ezra Thompson
Harrisonville
Garver W. Thompson
A. J. Yourikin
Tacie
Thompson
Ohio
Mr. Thompson
Johnson County
Pyramid Piles Treatment Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Treatment as a proven remedy for hemorrhoids. It claims repeated sales establish recognition and offers a free trial by mail in a plain wrapper. The copy emphasizes fast relief and a single box often being sufficient in one night.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Marshall, Mich
Rivdiy
Why Measles May Be Dangerous
Measles often leave the air passages inflamed even after the eruption and fever subside. This lingering inflammation can weaken lungs and raise pneumonia risk. nightly Vicks VapoRub helps by local action and inhaled vapors. External application is safe for children, with use not affecting digestion. samples offered by Vick Chemical Company, Greensboro, NC.
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Vick Chemical Company
Broad Street
Greensboro
N.C
Foley’s Honey and Tar cough syrup and kidney pills ad
An old advertisement fragment promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and lung issues, Foley Kidney Pills for pain in sides and back, rheumatism, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing constipation and bowels. It urges mailing the order to Foley & Co in Chicago.
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Foley & Ca
Foley
Lenine and Europe's Power Foretold by Burlington Writer
A Burlington man receives a letter from George D. Merrop now in Geneva arguing Lenine is Europe’s brain and the key to gold power. The writer claims Clemenceau is inferior, discusses Bolshevik influence over Europe, and alleges France and Britain secretly negotiate with Lenine while the United States is kept in the dark.
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Burlington
Lenine
Europe
America
George D. Merrop
Inow
Geneva
Switzerland
John ‘A. Fleming
Isome
Clemenceau
France
Assim
United
Battes
Germany
iNor
Lening
Europs
Lone
Clemencau
Carrie
Russia
London
England
Al‘ready
Lenning
Tey
United States
Snnoff
Hussia
Czar Nisnolas
Rueieia
Romanoft
Proclamation Promoting Vinol with Full Guarantee
A Waterloo proclamation promotes Vinol as a reliable cod liver oil and iron remedy with a money back guarantee if it does not help. Wan gler Bros and G J Miller urge neighbors to try the tonic for toning the body and boosting health, with bottles available at leading drug stores in the state.
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Vinci
Wangler Bros
G. J. Miller
Waterloo
Predictions of upheaval and finance fuel European crisis
The text argues that a looming disaster will strike Europe as moneylenders and financiers manipulate nations. It claims Lenine and Western financers shape events, with warnings of hardship for millions and a looming last years of history. It also mentions Malta and match manufacture as a key industry.
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Ing
Lenine
Great Britain
Lund
Froisky
Udrepenk
Hfstory
Bolshe
America
Lumber firm changes hands in Shell Rock transfer
Local lumber business changes ownership as P Bement’s interest is sold to J H Carter who assumes immediate control. The firm will operate as Wilt Lumber Co with Carter as president of the Shell Rock Banking Co.
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Shell Rock
Lewa
P. Bement
J. H. Carter
Wilt
LumberCo
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Woodbury
Canada
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Karo
Vis Vapo KS
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