Iowa Exposition Commission Chief Details Funds Use
Wilbur T. W. Marsh of Waterloo, ex head of Iowa's 1913 Panama Pacific exposition commission, testifies to the legislature committee on the guarantee fund and how state money was used to reimburse exhibitors and guarantors. He explains the commission's going‑concern status, seven Iowa trips to the San Francisco fair, and entertainment of judges, noting only one paid state expenditure.
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Des Moines
Wilbur T W. Marsh
Waterloo
Iowa Commission
Laws
Pierce
Iowa
Marsh
San Francisco
Wateroo
Loyo
G. W. Clarke
Legislative Committee
Henry Brady
Boone County
Grant Caswell
Crawford County
Clum
Omaha
Dean Curtis
Ames
South America
Curtis
Iown
32 Divorces in a Day in Polk County Des Moines
Des Moines reports 32 divorce decrees issued by the Polk county district court from noon Tuesday to noon yesterday marking a record pace. Lawyers say decrees are hard to obtain locally while judges admit heavy workloads as they rely on pencils and patience to process cases.
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Des Moines
Reno
Nev
Polk County District Court
Sioux City's First Bride From Overseas a Pretty French Girl
Sioux City honors its first overseas bride Mrs. Vernon H. Taylor, formerly Germaine Jambeau of Brest, now wife of Vernon Taylor, a former U S sailor. Their daughter Lisette is a baby born Christmas time. The family moved from France to Sioux City in April and Taylor works as a railway conductor. Lisette, seven months old, is a bright American child awaiting visits from France and represents a bridge between two cultures.
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Sioux City
Overseas
Vernon ‘Taylor
Mile
Germaine Jambeau
Brest
U.S
Winsome
Babe
Vernon H. Taylor
Twenty-third Street
Taylor
Uttle Germaine Jambea
Jacques Jambeau
America
Vernon Taylor
Emeline
United States
Lisette
Lisette Taylor
Germaine
Verne
Ligette
Jambeau
Hinton and
Merrill
Sse
Middle Iowa College
Daring aerial feats and wheat blight tales from 1919 notes
A fragmentary report blends a daring aviator scene with a French girl in a foreign land and a 1919 Iowa wheat outlook. It cites Locklear stunt imagery, Moean guesses, and Amertes ties amid lonely times, then shifts to Charles Reed of the government crop service noting hot dry weather damaging both spring and winter wheat in Iowa with signs of potential shortages and ad hoc remedies.
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Amertes
United States
Reed
Dex Moines
Iowa
Charles “4 Reed
P Horsford
Lieut Locklear Depends On Iowan For Midair Plane Swap
Fort Dodge Iowa July 10 Lieut Shirley Short of Fort Dodge performs a daring aviation stunt with Lieut Locklear leaping between planes at 1000 feet while both craft fly about 80 mph. Short born in the community enlisted in the army aviation soon after war began.
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Fort Dodge
Shirley Short
Short
Locklear
Lieut
Bhort
George Elliott
Aviation
Army
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Polk County
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St. Wi
A. C. Stewart Auto Tire Co
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J. O'Connor & Sons
Raymond
Miller Motor Car Co
Cramer Motor Car Co
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Firestone
Firestone Tires
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