Prizes and Medals Up For State Vigilantes Shoot
Cash prizes and National Rifle Association medals will honor top scorers at the state Vigilantes shoot July 29 30 at Fort Des Moines Sheriff H T Wagner urged Black Hawk county bankers clerks and vigilantes to attend next Monday to select four representatives for the state contest The fifth annual event is sponsored by the Iowa Bankers Association and directed by Col J H Lindsey at the fort Rifles to be used are Springfieldfield or Krag arms may be personal if qualifying targets include 45 calibre revolvers barred sights with glass barred peep sights allowable minimum trigger pulls set The event features pistol shooting Friday rifle shooting Saturday and two target types including rectangular bullseye and kneeling silhouette sessions The readied text notes emphasis on specific weapon rules and NRA medal categories for scores.
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Fort Des Moines
H. T. Wagner
Black Hawk County
Iowa Bankers’ Association
J. H. Lindsey
Fort
Army Post
Fifield
Krag
National Rifle: Association
Rifle Course Targets Set For 200 300 Yards
The event will use identical targets at 200 and 300 yards with rifle stages in prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing. Captains Voorhes and Norton will supervise alongside Fort Des Moines scorers. The county shoot starts Monday at 12:30 p m at the national guard range near East City Straits.
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Lindsey
Marion I. Voorhes
A. H. Norton
Fort Worth
Fort Des Moines
National Guard
East City Straits
Weires Requiem to Be Saturday in Allison Church
Requiem mass for Mrs. Michael Wieres will be held at 9 30 a m Saturday in Immaculate Conception church Allison following a ten week illness after a stroke paralysis She died Thursday night at St Francis hospital Waterloo Interment in Allison cemetery Surviving: husband and children J D Fred Frank A Edward Paul A Eva Nelle Harriet Megan Joseph M and 16 grandchildren and a brother Edward Marlow California
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Courier
Allison
Immaculate Conception Church
Michael Wieres
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
S. J. Mauer
Parkersburg
Allison Cemetery
William
Ann Marlow
Movato
Butler County
Ilinois
Wieres
Setlement
Ister
Esides
J. D
Fred
Frank A. Waverly
Anna Booton
Edward
Paul A. Boone
M. Eva
Nelle
Harriett Megan
Eldora
Joseph M
Glendive
Mont
Edward Marlow
California
Barber's Razor Balks Clothes Pole Tragedy
In New York May 22 Vincent Messino aged 70 climbed a tall clothes pole outside Alinza Luga's barber shop at 417 Broadway Astoria. The barber watched as Messino tied one end of a rope to the pole and stood ready to act, leading to a fatal action.
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New York
Alinza Luga
Broadway
Astoria
Luga
Vincent Messino
Messino
Frat Poultry Show Held in America Noted
The text recalls a 1849 incident involving Messina, who attempted suicide by rope after seizing a razor and climbing a pole. He collapsed but survived with minor injuries. he was taken to Kings County Hospital for observation. Neighbors described him acting queerly before authorities intervened.
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Luga
Messina
Kings County
America
Woman Finds Relief After Long Illness in Middle Want
In a small town a discouraged woman named Mrs. Daugherty endured four months of poor health. A booklet from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound inspired her to start treatment, and after three bottles she reports relief and feels like a different person. She plans to answer letters from others asking about the remedy.
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Danceerry
Orchard Ave
Muscatine
Iowa
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