Marshalltown Teacher Attacked and Robbed Near Pleasant Hill
Mrs. Daniel MacDonald a 28 year old teacher at Pleasant Hill school was assaulted along Asher creek returning from work. Raymond Krough 18 to 20, a laborer, is sought for robbery of her handbag containing a small sum. Police worded the case as an armed robbery. Local farmers chased the suspect but he evaded capture before nightfall.
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Marshalltown
Daniel MacDonald
Krough
MacDonald
Frank Mentor
George Mentor
Local Show Troupe Starts 1921 Season
Sumner Iowa May 6 The Cass Parker Rachford company opened its 1921 season in Summer Monday evening to a capacity audience. The company boasts high class talent and is regarded as among the best road shows this summer. It will move from Sumner to Marshall town.
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Sumner
Cass- Parker-~Rachford Company
Marshallcowd
Miss Fabel Turner Joins Town State Teachers College
Miss Fabel Turner, longtime mathematics teacher and adviser at Marshalltown High School, has accepted a position as critic teacher and mathematics instructor at Town State Teachers College Cedar Falls. The move offers a greatly increased salary beyond her Marshalltown pay.
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Marshalltown
Fabel Turner
Gachers College
Cedar Falls
Miss Turner
Editor in Quarantine Plays Checkers by Phone
Editor E. E. Brown of Fertile is quarantined but kept playing checkers by phone with friend J. Ouverson. A physician interrupted to order the board thrown out, noting the mental strain. The game reportedly resumed quietly the next afternoon, Brown slightly ahead.
Professor Raps Quija Devotees In Lecture On Spiritualism
Sioux City Iowa May 6 Professor B Laurence OConnell of Trinity College spoke to the Zions club at the Martin hotel on modern spiritualism. He argued the ease of contacting spirits shows near insanity for Ouija board users and claimed spirits teach no true morality while being diabolical in character.
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Sioux City
Laurence O’connell
Trinity College
Zions Club
Martin Hotel
O'Connell
Piles Remedy Claim Ad Costs $1.00 A Box
A Columbus reader testifies after using Peterson's Ointment for piles itching and soreness. The letter praises the product, noting relief within days and urging others to try it. The advertisement lists Peterson's Ointment for piles and eczema at 60 cents a large box, with mail orders via Peterson Ointment Co Inc, Buffalo NY.
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Peterson
Nerth
Columbus
Ohio
Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Buffalo
N. Y
Iowa Congressmen Seek War Relics for Home Folks
Washington May 6 Anticipating action by the house and senate on war trophies the war department plans to distribute seized German field pieces as gifts to Iowa towns under a bill likely to be adopted. Senator Wadsworth leads the proposal allocating relics by state based on fighting strength with 40 percent of a 2 million dollar appropriation for loading and transport. Most devices go to states territories and the national capital with a few exhibits retained for the National Museum and Arlington Cemetery.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
War Department
Iowa
Wadsworth
New York
Army
Newark
N. J
National Museum
Arlington National Cemetery
France
Flanders
Congress
Boeding in Fort Madison Faces Grand Jury After Jail Break Attempt
In Fort Madison Iowa on May 6 Louis Boeding a local farmer attacked the jail with bolt cutters to free William Goebel a barber serving 20 days for intoxication Goebel refused to escape and remained jailed Boeding was bound over to the grand jury following a pursuit and fight with Town Marshal Budke
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Fort Madison
Ola
Louis Boeding
Boeding
Budke
Goebel
Grand Dury
County Offices to Close Saturday Afternoons
County offices in the county building will close Saturday afternoons starting tomorrow with no announced end date. Last summer similar closures occurred with no reported public inconvenience as wholesale and jobbing establishments also shut on Saturdays.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Safety and Uses
A vintage Bayer advertisement warns that aspirin sold under the Bayer name is genuine when used as directed and prescribed by physicians for ailments such as colds headache neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain. It notes Bayer tablets come in tin boxes of 12 and bottles of 24 or 100 and identifies aspirin as the Bayer trade mark.
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Bayer
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Raps Quija Devotees
Beecham
Leo
Scott & Bowme
Scott
Ideal Laboratories Co
Chicago
B. W. Schuneman
Capes
Pe. Adelberg Ople
East Fourth Street
Wess Aus
Eczema
Moos
Gaive
King Worm
Tetter
OU Wanxier Bros. Co
Leath
Simmons
Simmons Company
Gene Uine
Gimmon
Teath
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