Wildlife school draws five thousand visitors to McGregor
McGregor Iowa August 13 five hundred people from across the country gather for the fourth annual wildlife school. Professors from the universities of Iowa and Wisconsin lead classes in botany geology and ornithology amid a landscape that remained largely in its natural state after the last glacier. Winnebago families camp on the heights with views of Iowa and Wisconsin, seeking settlement of a treaty land claim dating to 1832.
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MrGregor
Iowa
Wisconsin
Middlewest
Switzerland
Whippoorwill
Wild Life
Towa
Winnebago School In Session With Noted Instructors
The Winnebago camp near Deco ral town hosts a school directed by Dr. Harry C. Oberholser of the national museum. Instructors include Dr. George F. Kay, Dr. L. H. Pommel, and Dr. S. W. Stookey. The program, focusing on botany and beaded crafts, runs through the week as residents pursue ginseng and weaving.
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Henry Holt
Decoral
Harry C. Oberholser
National Museum At
Washington
George F. Kay
Java State University
L. H. Pommel
Ames College
West
Hey
8. W. Stookey
Cedar Rapids
Lemon Beauty Cream Promises Soft Skin and White Complexion
A vintage advertisement touts mixing lemon juice with Orchard White to create a quarter-pint skin cream. It claims to soften skin, whiten the face, neck, arms, and hands, reduce freckles sunburn and tan without irritation and is pitched as used by famous stage beauties.
Robbing Praises Harding's Regime
C. B. Robbins, department commander of the American Legion, praised President Harding as a fearless, kindly executive who provided firmness and stability during a trying era. Robbins recalled Harding’s focus on disabled veterans and said he was a true friend to the service man, even when conscience limited him.
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Des Moines
C. B. Robbins
American Legion
Harding
Robbins
Altho
Paris in 1925 slogan eyed by Iowa Legionnaire
The Iowa Legionnaire backs a Minnesota suggestion to hold the tenth annual convention in Paris and hopes the phrase Paris in 1925 becomes a national slogan. The piece notes service men and veterans, including Hanford McNider, and cites the San Francisco convention as a forum for the proposal.
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Hanford McNider
Iowa
J Ue
Washington
Paris
Iowa Legionnaire
Minnesota
Paria
San Francisco
Rupture Expert Seeley to Demonstrate Spermatic Shield
F H Seeley, renowned truss expert from Chicago and Philadelphia, will be at the Russell Lamson hotel Waterloo only on Wednesday August 15. He claims the Spermatic Shield fails to retain ruptures but closes openings in about 160 days, outperforming former methods with immediate and lasting results. Seeley says the device works without surgery or drugs and warns against elastic trusses with understraps. He has U.S. government documents for inspection and offers demonstrations free of charge.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Russell Lamson Hotel
Waterloo
Seeley
England
Spain
United States
Washington, D. C
Home Office
N. Dearborn S&t
Veterans Return and Convention Plans Highlight Turbulent Year
The annual adjutant James J. Barton report shows a year end balance of 36,27.70 with receipts totaling 103,260.16 and disbursements 96,422.82 as the department runs on a budget system for better service. Mason City hosts convention events with 600 automobiles and 10 more at headquarters, plus 34 boxing bouts led by Archie Amons and Buddie McDonald. a gavel from the old battleship Tawa is presented by Congressman C. C. Dowell as the Argonne post transports delegates.
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Paris
France
James J. Barton
Mason City
Transportation Committee
Archie Amons
Buddie McDonald
Jimmy Bovalrd
Jack Nrazier
Des Moines
Cc. M. Hayden
C. C. Dowell
Lo Argonne Post
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