Iowa Gov Urges Immediate Action on Woman Suffrage
Des Moines July 2 Gov Hard ing calls extra session of Iowa's Thirty-eighth General Assembly to ratify the federal constitution extending suffrage to women. He argues the issue is vital after World War and urges swift approval to join sister states and remove the sex test from voting rights.
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Des Moines
Govr. Harding
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Iowa
General Assembly
United States
Congress
Towa
Davenport to reclaim 110 acres river bed for industrial sites
Davenport levee improvement commission approved reclaiming over 110 acres from the river bed from the Boat club to Crescent bridge. A $100,900 city bond issue will fund the project, with $50,000 in 1920 and $50,000 in 1921 to be repaid from land revenues over 10 to 15 years. The plan foresees long term industrial development with revenue from the land to cover costs.
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Davenport
Boat Club
Crescent Bridge
Davenport Levee Improvement Commission
Scott County Savings Bank
Middlewest
Youngest and oldest veterans from World War tied to Fayette County
Arlington Illinois July 2 Arlington can boast of the youngest and oldest soldiers of the world’s war in Fayette county Verne Antwaln as the oldest at 52 served in the Rainbow division and eo Satchell who just returned to the states and is at Camp Mins enlisted at 15 in the Eighty-fifth field artillery battery now 17 after two years in service
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Arlington
Fayette County
Verne Antwaln
Eo Satchell
States
Camp
Mins
Eighty-fifth Field Artillery
JowAn Murder Mystery In Minnesota Train Tragedy
Joseph Esser and his son John were attacked near New Ulm on the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway tracks by two men, leaving the elder dead from a skull fracture and the son critically wounded. They were robbed, bound, and left on the tracks overnight, with a Mexican and a soldier-like stranger seen prior to the assault.
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Emmetaburg
Joseph Esser
Cylinder
John
Minnesota
Minneapolis & St. Louis
New Ulm
Mr. Wasser
Hadley
Slayton
St. James
Heron Lake
Butterfield
Mr. Esser
Robbers Beat and Rob Two Victims Beside the Track
The victims were beaten into insensibility and robbed of 90 in cash watches and clothing. Their hands and feet were bound with belts and suspenders and they were left apart on the track. They were found by a passerby the next morning and officers were alerted.
Farm sales in Grundy County and a death in Clarksville
In Grundy County reports show multiple farm sales with prices per acre ranging from 245 to 1000 dollars for various parcels near Clarksville. A Clarksville woman, Margaret Lundt, was found dead in her bed with funeral services held at the German Evangelical church. She was born Sept 8 1863 and survived by six daughters, one son, a brother and a sister.
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Grundy Center
Riehard Bovkeshik
Fair Grounds
Henry LuiGjeus
Harry Fink
Marole
Toss
Slacre
T. W. Hujsinag
Purdy
J. Stumberg
Clerkaville
Mars
Margaret Lundt
jCar
Hmeldbridle
Pleasant Valley Church
Henry Juundt
Margaret Brockmnon Lundt
Clayton County
Gottlieb Wedeking
Fred Poppe
Julius Buchholz
Dick Wedeking
Carl Priepke
Clarkaville
Wm. Buchholz
Minnesota
Wm. Lundt
Nashua
Frank Trockman
Cedar Valle
Mra Bushing
Waverly
Lund
Grundy County Weddings in Grundy Center
Three marriage licenses issued at the Grundy County courthouse this week. Arthur Loeno and Miss Mildred Reinbeck. Reinbeck residents G. D. and Mildred Rel. Herman Gruss and Miss Jennie Kniper of Aplington tied with Wellsburg and Wellsburg residents.
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Grundy County
Grundy Center
Arthur Loeno
Revinia
G. D
Mildred Rel
Reinbeck
Red Getting
Sarah Diekman
Wellsourg
Iferman Gruss
Jennie Kniper
Aplington
Building Boom Sets Sioux City Record June Permits
Sioux City July 2 building permits for June totaled 820 475 with 118 permits averaging 6953 each. One 150000 permit added two stories to Martin hotel another 100000 permit funded two new stories for Howard Hotel company. Great Patterson Shows start Monday July 7 at Cedar River park.
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Sioux City
Midland Packing Plant
Martin
Howard Hotel Company
Great Patterson
Bolo Club
Cedar River Park
Early Marriage Laws Spark Global Debate
The article discusses English law allowing girls under a certain age to marry with parental or guardian consent, highlighting growing concerns over child marriage. It notes that in China and other places the practice has reached large scale, drawing international attention to age and consent rules.
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China
Freckle and Tan Lotion From Lemon Juice
A vintage cosmetic ad advises squeezing juice from two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and produce a clear rosy white complexion at low cost.
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Lemons Ana Art
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Department of State
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Grundy CO
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Ney
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Swift
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards
Chicago, Il
Gardite
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Nikne
Wangler Drug Company
Schuneman Drug Company
Eason Bros. Slour and Ford
Henderson Drug Company
Bonner Tea Company
S. BK. Sawinhardt
Gardite Guards Gardens
The
Cre-Sol Chemical Co
Guthrie Center
Des Moines and Guthrie Center
Frank Clutte
Jepson
WM. Hott
Nershberzer Bros
Lane
L. L. Dickman & Company
Chas. Berteh
H. H. Koanoke
Wen C. Brown
Dunham & Sotner
Goonred Brothers
C. W. Liinehart
Malern Grocery
J. Ackerman
Hansen & Hansen
Moore & Moore
Col. Miller
Landgrant & Company
Galloway Brothers & Loomis
A. Berger & Son
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