Two Brothers Civil War Hero and Deserter In Limestone Hollow
In Green Hollow near Thurman Iowa a widow Margaret Study recalls two sons from Fremont County. Marion Francis Study earned the Distinguished Service Cross from Gen. Pershing for heroism near Molain France October 17 1918, while Ezra Clifton Study deserted from Camp Dodge and was sought as a deserter. Clifton was captured after a sheriff’s detour, Marion’s actions helped clear the family name.
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Shenandoah
Green Hollow Hills
Bluffs
Bartlett
Fremont County
Margaret E. Study
Gen. Pershing
Camp Dodge
Marion Francis Study
One Hundred Seventeenth Infantry
Pershing
Molain
France
Thurmar
Greenhallow Hills
Clifton
Page County
Emerson
Sindy
Liberty Pease
Warragut
FT. W. W
Marion
Greenhollow
I. Wlw. Orga
Serhrist
Mia
Study
Ofte
Sechrist
Marian
Webster City to vote on Blue Law Sunday theater ban
Webster City will hold a referendum today on a city ordinance extending a Sunday ban to motion pictures theatres circuses billiards and pool halls and other amusements. The measure was adopted after church leaders petitioned for a license free Sunday. The billiards operators pledge Sunday closure regardless of the vote. Lectures and musical entertainments are exempt.
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Webster City
Record Wheat Yield Report From Cass County Ranch
Atlantic Ta July 28 Winter wheat on the Hopley ranch near Cass County averaged 34 bushels per acre with part of the acreage showing this yield The ranch overall ran 25 to 26 bushels per acre Wheat weighs about 60 pounds per bushel Oat yield on the same ranch is expected near 60 bushels per acre with one field named at 100 bushels per acre by ranch manager Harry Hopley.
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Atlantic
Big Hopley Ranch
Cass County
Harry Hopley
Murder of Iowa Falls Man Still a Mystery
Town Falls Ta All efforts to locate the man or men who murdered A. J. Robinson of this city have proved unavailing. Mr. Robinson was found on the streets of Sioux City dead. Marks on the body indicate he was murdered and the motive was evidently robbery. He had $175 when he left this city and only a small sum was found on his person. He was a former resident of Wondbury county and retained interests there to look after which he made the trip to the western part of the state.
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Town Falls
A. J. Robinson
Robinson
Sioux City
Wondbury County
Elopement Sparks Split in Red Oak Baptist Church
Eight years after a church elopement at Red Oak Lula Bass wed Toomas Ses against her parents wishes. The Bass and Sedam families cut ties, church membership waned, and the congregation divided over the feud. Rev W G Jones notes the dispute spreading to the Southwestern Baptist association as a court ruling looms. The couple met at Highland Park college and the husband prospered in farming.
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Lula
Bass
Red Oak
Bidaughi
Toomas
Sedam
Baptist Church
Spo
W.G. Jones
Southwestern Baptist Association
Wighland Park College
Grundy Center Man Reports New Car Stolen
Grundy Center resident Al Chaita reported his new car stolen after traveling from Grundy Center to Des Moines on the first of the month. The incident prompted a city police response and ongoing investigation. Additional details were not available from the report.
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Grundy Center Man
Grundy
Tadio
al Chaite
Des Moines
Man's Ford sedan goes missing after brief downtown stop
A man parked a Ford sedan on a busy street for a few minutes and returned to find it gone, forcing him to return home by train. A fire at Statt Brose lamther yard burned fence posts, stopped by the fire department as a total loss. Teicher resigns. Martha Dewhaw resigns as domestic science teacher at the school.
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Statt Brose Lamther
Teicher
Martha Dewhaw
Nervous Prostration Recovered With Pinkham’s Compound
West Philadelphia woman describes long battle with nervous prostration and health decline. After using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, she regained vigor and can perform housework. She urges other women with similar symptoms to try the remedy and seeks counsel from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Farang Frrzcenato
Dist St
Tobacco habit danger warned by Dr Connor ad
Dr Connor of Johns Hopkins warns tobacco habit harms health and urges quitting. An article promises a safe, speedy cure with Nicotel tablets sold by a drug store, claiming dramatic results and noting an upcoming fuller notice for reader education.
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Doctor Connor
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Habi Wooten
Connor
Grave stone crushes Iowa girl at Union Cemetery play
July 28 Miss Lackey of this city suffered a serious accident at Union Cemetery while playing with companions. A monument fell on her, crushing her hip and causing internal injuries. She was taken to a surgeon for treatment.
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Fallata
Lackey
Union Cemetery
Havner Knocks Auto Contests at Adams County Fair
Corning Iowa July 28 The Adams county fair auto contest was deemed a lottery by Attorney General Havner but the fair succeeded. Managers planned to number admission tickets and select a winner. State law bans such games of chance and Adams county could have lost state aid. Eating concessions suffered due to traffic, over 190 lane horses entered, three owners denied due to space, and a racing revival highlighted the fair.
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Corning
Adams County
Havner
Kivingtan Automobile
Gneral Havener
Spesam
Banua
Girl Ren Over By Auto in Dubuque
Annaj Dolan a 10 year old girl is in Mercy hospital with both legs broken and an injured hip after being struck by an auto driven by Dr J J Heisey on a Saturday evening. Heisey said he was following the street car track when the child ran from the sidewalk and did not see the car.
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Auto Dubuque
Annaj Dolan
Joseph Dolan
Mercy Hospital
J. J. Heisey
Women Invited to Attend Republican State Meeting
Des Moines July 28 Republican leaders expect the state central committee to convene with strong female representation. Charles Rawson may resign as chair allowing a Seventh district successor to lead. Possible appointee discussed includes Charles W. Lyon formerly assistant attorney general.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Charles Rawson
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Rawson
Sepublian
Charles W. Lyon
Dex Moines
State Central Committee
Mason City to Build New High School Stadium Fence
Mason City school board received bids for a brick fence around the Roosevelt school athletic field. Plans include a half mile track and shower house, bleachers, and quarter mile circular track. Completion hoped by fall for football games, with work continuing on later bids and facilities.
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Mason City
Froosevelt
Araiang
Ath Jin
Sioux City Couple Wedded 71 Years
Sioux City on July 28 reports Mr. and Mrs. John F. Richmond of Long Beach Washington marked their seventy first wedding anniversary at home. They lived in Sioux City over 40 years before moving to their daughter’s home. He was a carpenter and Civil War veteran. she is 89. They have four children and were wed in Bloomington Illinois in 1848.
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Sioux City
John F. Richmond
Long Beach
Wash
Resie’dents
Richmond
Claude Hart
Washington
Jtichmond
Richhmond
Warried
Bloomington
G. A. WR. Post
West
Eighteenth Street
Death of Dubuque Centenarian Nicholas Laute at 103
Nicholas Laute, 103, longtime farmer near Finley’s Landing, Dubuque Ia, died Saturday. Born in Germany he immigrated as a youth and spent four score years in farming. He is survived by his widow and son Frank. Funeral services were held at St Peter and Paul’s church Sheriff’s Mound with interment in the local cemetery. Sixty five percent of Cuban women can wear only stout dresses.
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Dubuque
Middle West
Nicholas Laute
Finley's Landing
Laute
Germany
Frank
St. Peter and Paul’s
Sheriff’s Mound
Oijaining
S S S Elixir Claim for Skin Diseases Advertisement
An old advertisement claims all skin eruptions are caused by impure blood and promotes S S S as a purely vegetable remedy obtainable from a druggist. It asserts fifty years of use, promises relief from pimples and severe eruptions, and urges readers to seek medical advice if needed, listing an Atlanta address for the Medical Director.
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S. S&s
Aladverti
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Public Utilities Valuations Same as for Year 1918
Des Moines July 28. No increase in the revenue from taxing railroad, telegraph, and telephone lines. State executive council fixed utility valuations at the same figures as last year. Valuations for two minor railroad lines, the Tabor & Northern and the Muscatine & Oneida, were reduced.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Tabor & Northern
Muscatine & Oneida
Home Made Root Beer Could Contain Alcohol
Philadelphia July 28. Professor Charles H La Wall of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy warns that homemade root beer can contain alcohol. He cites a sample testing near 1.77 percent alcohol and notes the danger of mislabeling and unknowingly consuming alcohol in such beverages.
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Philadelphia
Charles H.la Wall
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Root beer surprisingly high in alcohol content
Prof La Wal analyzed homemade root beer after noting a friend’s coughing post drinking. Results showed alcohol levels rising with time: .53% after five days, 1.36% after ten, and about 1.77% a day or so later, indicating natural fermentation as the source.
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la Wal
Iowa National Guard's Future to Be Determined
Des Moines, July 28. The future of Iowa's national guard may be decided at a July 31 meeting in Gov. Harding's office. Adj. Gen. Lasher sent letters to 28 former guard officers from all guard groups and war veterans. The decision hinges on whether to abandon the proposed reorganization of the One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry if the war department refuses to change Iowa's guard allotment this year or to organize the regiment as state troops without federal recognition.
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Des Moines
National Guard
Iowa
Gov. Harding
Adj
L. G. Lasher
One Hundred Sixty- Eighth Infantry
War Department
Town Falls Mayor Resigns to Join Hampton Law Firm
Town Falls Iowa July 28 Mayor Gerald Leming resigns to take effect Sept 1 to practice law in Hampton. City council will elect a successor at the Sept 4 regular meeting. C C Buck, former two term mayor, is seen as likely successor. Leming has lived in the city 10 years and taught at Ellsworth College before practicing law here. His residence in Master Addition will be vacated with H F Kellogs taking possession Sept 1.
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Jowa Falls
Gerald Leming
Hampton
Leming
C. C. Buck
Buck
Ellsworth College
H. F. Kellogs
Iowa Falls Electric Co
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Green Hollow
Thurman, Ja
Iowa Falls
Lydia Eam
Biltmore
Hansen & Hiansen
East Pourth ST
Falle
Ama Ept
Iowa National Guard
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Michigan Ave
Chicago, Ill
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