Iowa soldiers seek Washington help to reform 168th Infantry
Des Moines reports a conference of former Iowa National Guard officers with Governor Harding and the adjutant general agreed to send a committee to Washington to press the War Department for a legal path to reorganize the One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Infantry. Disputes over interregiment politics and the candidates’ war records shape the discussion.
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Des Moines
Towa National Guard
Capitol
Washington
War Department
Harding
National Guard
Iowa
Col
Bennett
Baccarat
Matt Tinley
Tinley
Rain General Over Northern Iowa Says Railroad Reports
Rain spread across northern Iowa on Wednesday night with general coverage in the Milwaukee and Northwestern divisions. Telegraph wires near Mason City were down on the M and St. L. line. Mason City recorded a rainfall of about a quarter inch.
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Masonity
Milwaukee Railroad
Towa and Dakota
Northwestern
Mason City
Fat Increase or We Quit Postal Employes Demand Relief
Sioux City postoffice workers and mail handlers request a $500 salary rise from Postmaster General Burleson. The resolution, signed by all local employees, notes current pay at $1,100 yearly with a $1,000 minimum and threatens strike if relief is denied. Local clerks may join the action.
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Sioux City
Sioux
Burleson
State Document Editor Expands to Manage Increased Printing
William Ee Hess today appointed assistant to the state document editor amid a workload surge. The legislature increased duties shifted from state printer and hindering to the editor, prompting hiring of Vileness to oversee printing binding lithographing and similar tasks for state officials.
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William Ee Hess
Williams
General Assembly
Vileness
Department of Printing and Publication
O'Bien
Labor Stat
Jackson
Drake
Lyon County approves paving plan and bond
Lyon County voters backed a paving proposal and a $1,125,000 bond issue. The road proposal carried by about 100 votes while the bond issue margin was around 60 in Binoux City Indiana on August 1.
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Lyon County
Binoux City
Novel method to clear patriotic records in Webster County
Fort Dodge Iowa August 1 Four thousand Webster county residents failed to complete payments to the Patriots fund. Records of delinquents will be kept as part of county history. The Patriots fund seeks to clear these records without collecting pennies, contingent on new facts provided during this week’s afternoon and evening sessions.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County
Patriots’ Fond Association
Independent church faction forms, seeks new organization
A businessmen committee forms a faction backing the association's office and the Fireto English language project. An independent church committee calls delinquents to come forward, present facts, and establish a new name. A site in town has been bought and a church will be built. Services continue at Northwestern Academy chapel. A Sunday school is organized and a minister will be called.
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National Bank
Com J
Semittee
Northwestern Academy
Language quarrel ends in split church in Orange City
In the First Reformed church of Orange City a clash over sermon language splits factions. One side argues for worship in native tongues for immigrant members while the other insists sermons be delivered in English at least partly, a dispute tied to wartime language policies. About 60 members are involved.
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Orange City
Orange Gd Ja
First Reformed Church
Govarding
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