Two Young Boys Drowned in Pond Near Dubuque
Nelvin Connolly seven and Wilfred Connolly age five disappeared from home near the Monastery and were found lifeless in a pasture slough after hours of search. The pond, swollen by rain, reached 15 feet deep. Dr. Shields attempted resuscitation but life was extinct. Surviving siblings and the parents grieved in Dubuque Iowa on July 21.
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Will Connolly
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Iowa Game Warden Lincoln Dies at 71
George A. Lincoln a Cedar Rapids resident for over 50 years and former mayor died at Spirit Lake after a day’s illness. A war veteran born in 1848 in Chicopee Massachusetts he served in the Union army. Lincoln was a long time republican leader and served as Cedar Rapids postmaster and state fish and game warden. He helped pass the hunters license law and aided civic organizations. Survived by his wife Fannie and daughter Tlerths Canniff.
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Community sings planned in Sioux City parks
Sioux City Iowa July 21 councilman Winfield C Gray head of parks announced plans to inaugurate community sings in municipal parks. He says the band attracts crowds with martial and patriotic tunes and that residents may join in if accompaniments are provided. A singer would lead the event per the Riverside suggestion from Mary A Gall.
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Mary A. Gall
Riverside
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Creamers and two others freed after drunken home dispute
Police arrested Mr and Mrs A L Creamer and two others on July 21 on a complaint of disorderly conduct. In court they were discharged after evidence showed their intoxication was only from home made beer, ending the case.
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A. L. Creamer
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Airplane Falls at Muscatine no injuries reported
Muscatine Ia July 21 Lieut HW Patton and Edwin Weskate city editor of the Muscatine Journal fell 4 feet Saturday afternoon in a Wesirplane they were to fly. The aircraft rose then crashed back demolishing the plane but no one was hurt. The machine rose when the wind died down suddenly.
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Edwin Weskate
Muscatine Journal
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Founder of English colony in Northwest Iowa dies at 87
Le Mars Iowa July 21 word reached of the death of Capt Reynolds Moreton at his home in Leicester England He was an early Le Mars leader and ranch founder who helped establish an English colony in northwestern Iowa in 1879 1880 He trained aristocratic youths from the British Isles at the ranch and his hounds and forty acre spread earned him fame He served in the English navy in the Crimean War and later lived in Canada before returning to England He was 87 and survived by two sons and two daughters.
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Reynolds Moreton
Leicester
England
Capt. Moreton
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British Isles
Farm land in Tama County increases rapidly in value
Tract Ja July 21 reports Tama county farmland shows steep gains as McElhinney 240 acres northwest of Dysart sells three times for 265 275 and 325 per acre with a final premium of 16400. Wiebenshen 160 acres west of Dinsdale sells at 285 then 425 and 455 per acre, adding 11200 in value. De Jaeger 120 acres north of Toledo moves from 278 to 430 per acre with 18240 profit. Twenty six Japanese merchantmen sunk by German submarines.
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Charles McElhinney
Dysart
Wiebenshen
Dinsdale
Peter de Jaeger
Toledo
One Cent Short Luxury Tax Fine Hits Davenport Merchant
Davenport on July 21 reports a local retailer paid 9.99 for one cent overdue luxury tax due to an error in returning the tax form. Officials note no attempt to cheat. the incident warns that penalties rise for willful tax evasion and motor boat taxes.
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Dubuque
Bruha
Schumann Appeals As Pastor Remains Free At Liberty
Fort Dodge Iowa July 21 Rev William Schumann pastor of the Pomeroy German evangelical church after a five year sentence for espionage act violation has appealed to the U S Supreme Court. He remains free until the court acts likely in September. He was sentenced by Judge Reed and has appealed through the circuits. Schumann continues to conduct services at Pomeroy and recently completed a new church.
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William Schumann
Pomeroy
Schumann
Dows resigns as manager of Iowa Railway and Light
Cedar Rapids July 21 Col W G Dows president and general manager of the Iowa Railway and Light company resigned as general manager at a board meeting He remains head of the company Southerland Dows his son and longtime utility associate was elected manager He had just returned from overseas where he served in heavy coastal artillery
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W. G. Dows
Iowa Railway & Light Company
Directory Board
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Dows
Cedar Rapids Halts Bridge Contract Turbulence
Cedar Rapids faced a restraining injunction from Judge Truman Stevens halting a 560000 bridge contract at First Avenue. The Iowa Supreme Court case stems from the riverfront project and delays after prior district court actions. The incident follows a separate Tama County sheriff miscue involving a prisoner on the move.
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Truman Stevens
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Supreme Court
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Page County
Anamosa
Fork Tine Punctured Spine Leaves 14-Year-Old Paralyzed
In Atlantic Indiana Theodore Goettsch aged 14 is paralyzed after a hay fork prong pierced his neck while he handled hay. Doctors say recovery possible. In Ottumwa Ottumwa Iowa Jeanette Ticharda aged four drowned after wading beyond her depth at a city pond during a picnic. divers recovered the body two hours later.
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Atlantic
Theodore Goettsch
Ottumwa
Jeanette Ticharda
Tama Oil Company Receives Optimistic Oklahoma Report
Tama Iowa based Hawkeye Producing & Refining firm operating in Oklahoma fields reports from the company president on the field that the new venture will be a great success. They struck oil in their first well at Cement Oklahoma with flattering prospects for rapid growth.
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Tama
Oklahoma
Cement
Okla
New Amphitheatre at Cattle Congress Finest in Midwest
Work on the new amphitheatre at the Dairy Cattle Congress show grounds advances, with completion aimed for the annual event. Features include a 20 foot elevated bandstand, reinforced concrete abutments, and wooden seating supports. Officials promise high class acts, light harness and saddle show horses, special premiums for amateurs, ladies riding classes, and expanded grand championship prizes in cattle and horse exhibits.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
B.S. Ketel
Red Cross Spends 5 Million in Siberia Relief
Washington D C report states the Red Cross has expended five million dollars for Siberian hospital relief and aid to the needy civilian population. The funds are aimed at medical support and humanitarian help for civilians in the region.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross Aids Liberia With Millions In Supplies
The American Red Cross has shipped more than 5,000,000 worth of drugs clothing and foodstuffs to Liberia in nine months. Lieut. Col. R Teusler reports on Red Cross work in Liberia after a year as director in Siberia. Every ten days a Vladivostok supply train of about 25 cars carries medicines foodstuffs and refugee garments to aid civilians.
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Biberia
Red Cross
Liberia
Teugler
Siberia
Teusler
Vladivostock
Saxolite and Witch Hazel Facial Lotion Ad Wonder
An advertisement claims dissolving an ounce of pure powdered Saxolite in a half pint of witch hazel creates a refreshing facial lotion. It promises relief from wrinkles furrows and enlarged pores, claims immediate improvements in skin tone and contour, and says ingredients are readily available at any drugstore.
Typhus Vaccines Aid Siberian Railway Hospitals
Red Cross trains supply nine hospitals along the Transsiberian route from Vladivostok to the Urals to treat typhus patients. Wounded Russian soldiers from Kolchak forces are cared for, with Typhus prevention stations, bathing and disinfection facilities set up at railway stations to curb the outbreak.
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Cating Loy
Kolchak
Tensler
Red Cross
Siberia
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