Iowa to Compile Complete War Dead History
Iowa war exhibit officials gather full life histories and photographs of every World War dead. Curator Edgar Harlan notes 4,000 Iowa soldiers died out of 110,000 enlistments. over 2,000 portraits and records are in the war museum. The project follows extensive cross-state correspondence and local newspaper sources to build detailed biographies.
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Bes Moines
Iowa
Ersons
France
United States
War Exhibit Department
State Historical Department of Iowa
Edgar R. Harlan
Harlan
War Museum
F. J. Gary
Marshalltown
Mattlew Watson
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Company
Gary
Frank
Jude Gary
Rifla.Colo
Town Historices Department
Iowa War History Effort Aims For Complete Record
A county has not sent in enough pictures, but efforts continue to build Iowa war history as complete as possible. The initiative seeks to preserve for future generations the valor and sacrifice of Iowa's soldier sons.
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Lowa
Federated Churches to Hold Annual Conference
The Town Association of Federated, Community, Union and undenominational churches will hold its second annual conference with the Urbandale Federated church in Des Moines October 25. About five hundred delegates from 149 Iowa churches are expected. The event aims to spur cooperative progress through state and national conferences.
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Town Association of Federated, Community, Union
Urbandale Federated Church
Des Moines
The
Urbandale Community Church
Iowa
R. Lee Kirkland
Michall
Jll
Canada
Prohibition Booms Iowa Business Says Manufacturers
Des Moines Aug 1 Prohibition has boomed business in Iowa, boosting earning capacity and home conditions and opening markets. Iowa Anti-Saloon League releases questionnaire results from manufacturers employing many families asking if earning capacity rose and by how much, and whether prohibition decreased certain costs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Anti- Saloon League
Prohibition Boosts Business and Home Life Claims
The text reports conflicting views on prohibition's impact, noting advocates claim increased earnings and home life improvement while opponents cite a drop in earning capacity for manufacturers. The Anti-Saloon League frames prohibition as boosting industry and worker efficiency, with figures suggesting around twenty percent gains in output and productivity.
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Inno Cage
Aunti-Saloon League
Dr John C Parrish Leaves Iowa City for California University
Dr John C Parrish departs Iowa City to join the southern branch of the University of California in Los Angeles as history professor. During three years at Iowa University he served as associate editor of the State Historical Society and editor of the Palimpsest. The California campus is a relatively new system with 5000 expected students this fall. Parrish and his family will travel west this week.
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Gary
West Side
Crawford County
Iowa
Town City
John] C. Parrish
Iowa City and Lows University
Southern
University of California
Iowa University
Parrish
The
State Historical Society
Palimpsest
Migeur Ce Ee
California University At
Los Angeles
United States
California
Iowa City
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Herschel E. Lynn
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Kutztown
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Ter Company
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University
Twin City
Barber College
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Minneapolis
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