Des Moines guardsmen encamp at Camp Dodge Aug 21
National Guardsmen across Iowa prepare for the annual Camp Dodge encampment starting August 21. The camp will include a new mass hall headquarters building, upgraded latrines and showers, and a closed pool for the duration of the encampment. Adj. Gen. Lasher plans daily programs with rifle range work chemical warfare instruction and social events. Gen. Duncan will inspect with governor Kendall present on governor's days.
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Des. Moines
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Adj
Lasher
Duncan
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Kendall
Threshing set to start Monday near Cedar Falls
Threshing begins Monday in the Cedar Falls area with Behrens brothers George Call Grant Olesen OlS Johnson Hans Schmidt Synnergaard families Warmers Utility and others having routing and scheduling completed. Oats yields are estimated 35 to 45 bushels per acre with some fields reaching 50. Quality is noted as very good though the stand is shorter than ideal.
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Cedar Falls
Behrens Brothers
George Call
Grant Olesen
Ols Johnson
Hans, Schmidt
Synnergaard Brothers
Warmers Utility Company
Fire Marshal A. Tracy Targets Lightning Losses
Des Moines July 20 J A Tracy state fire marshal compiles figures on lightning fire losses and finds farms barns suffer most with little protection in country. He backs lightning rods and serves on a national committee to set uniform rod standards for efficiency and safety.
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Des Moines
J. A. Tracy
Marshal Tracy
Women of Three Generations Use Pinkham’s Compound
Three generations, a daughter, a mother, and a grandmother, attest to Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a strengthening tonic for women’s ills. First made in 1873 by Lydia B. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts, its fame spread widely as a standard remedy. It is claimed to benefit 98 of every 100 women who try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia BH. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Henry Smith Sentenced to Life in Crime Against Girl
Henry Smith, 32, arrested after an attack on Miss Edna Eckler of Felix township, admitted guilt. He declined marriage to avert a life term. Judge Boles imposed a life sentence for a crime against a girl under 16. Smith claimed Chicago as home and had worked near the Eckler residence.
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Grundy Center
Henry Smith
Edna Wekler
Felix Township
Boles
Smith
Chicago
Ilia
Eckler
Parole Board Considers Reducing Prison Sentence
The board of parole may shorten the sentence if circumstances justify it. Sheriff Bockes with D H Dieken and Ben Bimith escorted the prisoner to Anamosa Tuesday to begin serving time.
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Board of Parole
Sherrif Bockes
2D. H. Dieken
Ben Bimith
Anamosa
Presbyterians Prepare $2,000,900 Endowment Drive
Des Moines reports ministers and laymen from Iowa presbyteries gathered to plan a statewide endowment campaign totaling 2 million dollars. The educational board will deploy trained staff and base at Des Moines to fund Parsons College Coe College Buena Vista College and Presbyterian centers at state institutions.
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Des Moines
Educational Board
Iowa
Parsons, Coe
Buena Vista
Presbyterian
O. W. Buschgen
General Board of Education of
The
Church
Charles City A L Post Plans Labor Day Event
Charles City Iowa reports the Americano Legion post will hold legion day on Labor Day September 2. Committees are formed to stage a baseball game band concert free attractions a carnival dance and other entertainment for the observance.
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Charles City A. L. Post
Charles City
Americano Legion
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