Poppy Sale For Disabled Vets Set For May 29
A May 29 poppy sale by the American Legion Auxiliary will be led by Mrs. ai Treganza as general chairwoman. Stations at terminals list workers including Mrs. Thomas McCarthy and Mrs. Wi. T. McComb, and several others across local venues. Proceeds aid disabled veterans and their families with 25 percent sent to state and national headquarters for broader activities, 75 percent used locally in Waterloo and Black Hawk County. Poppies are now made by wounded veterans in government hospitals across multiple states, with earnings supporting families and reducing housing strain.
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Crom
American Legion Auxiliary
Ai Treganza
Thomas McCarthy
Wi. T. McComb
Clack's
W. Parterflesa
Als
Rohlf
J. Ia Decker
Bishop’s
N. Soppeson
Charles T
Glockner
Edelgon's
le. B. Roberts
Bertha Marson
Val Davis
Helen fHlarterare
Joe Wilimek
NARS
West
C.J. Dowling
A. Ie Conry
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Arkansas
California
Idaho
Kentucky
Missouri
Oregon
Virginia
Hollis Unable to Campaign in Republican Primary
Representative C A Hollis of Blackhawk county in Iowa’s Portieth and Forty first general assembly is convalescing at his Cedar Falls home from influenza and pneumonia. His illness has kept him from campaigning for renomination, though he expects to attend to visit friends in the county when able.
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C. A. Hollis
Blacklawk
Vinton Boy Dies in Cedar Rapids Mastoid Trouble
Vinton Iowa May 24 Special John L 1 year old son of Mrs Faith Gow died Saturday evening in a Cedar Rapids hospital from meningitis that followed an operation to relieve mastoid infection The boy contracted mastoid trouble while recovering from diphtheria He is survived by his mother an Iowa College for the Blind instructor and a brother James a junior at the State University of Iowa The father died years ago and the child will be buried beside him in a Greenfield cemetery.
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Vinton
John
Faith Gow
Cedar Rapids
Hoy
Iowa College For the Blind
James
State University of Iown
Greenfield
New 000 Meter Record Set by Parvo Nurme at Berlin Stadium
Berlin May 24 AP Parvo Peormi Wingish track star ran 000 meters over six lap cinder track at the Berlin stadium, breaking his own outdoor world record with a time of 28.10 seconds. The event was held today with Peormi achieving the mark on a six lap course.
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Berlin
Parve Peormi
Tolley Upset Fires Up Amateur Golf Championship
In Muirfield Scotland on May 24 Cyril Tolley former champion was upset 4 and 4 by ASA Hall-Caine captain of the 1924 Oxford golf team ASA Hall-Caine defeats Tolley in opening day of the British amateur golf championship. Fire destroys washhouse on Dias Ellis farm near Here with Will Tamsett’s farm four miles northeast of here.
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Muirfield
Scotland
Cyril Tolley
Asa. Hall-Caine
Oxford
Wasuhoushe Burns
Greene
Dias Ellis
Will Tamsett
Fire Department
Charles City to Build Municipal Pool with Legion Aid
Municipal swimming pool plans advance as Charles City Legion supports a pool opposite Main Street near Saint Marys Bridge. A committee will seek city council help and interview all city groups. The project aims for summer use and bold steps are taken despite local debate.
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Charles City Legion
Charles City
St. Mary's
Sacrifice 15 Basis of National Life at Gedar Falls
Dr Re O Behlin delivered the memorial sermon at the First Dry Lerian church in Gedar Falls noting the nation’s worth over a decade is tied to the service of veterans who wore the blue. He cited Caiaphas’ paradox and linked sacrifice to abolition, highlighting the Civil War death toll and Grand Army of the Republic members who built freedom and opened doors for immigrants, salvaging the nation’s unity and progress.
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Gedar Falls
Snedtul
Behiin
Anmal G. A. Romers Norial
Caiaphas
Jesus
America
United States of America
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Earth
Iowa Farm Census Shows Population Decrease
Washington May 24 The department of commerce today released preliminary figures from the 1925 Iowa farm census showing a drop in farm population to 151 558 from 1910 709 in 1920. The survey covers farm population road types co operatives radio outfits tractors implements farm expenditures mortgage debt dairy products wool goats and eggs. Other notes mention figures for Indians and degrees to be awarded at Simpson College June 9.
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Washington, D. C
Department
Oc Com Moveo
Iowa
First Telegraph Message Notation Shown in Tape Illustrations
The historical artifact presents the first telegraphic message "What hath God wrought" transmitted from Washington to Baltimore on May 24, 1844. The accompanying illustrations display the tape with Marsecade characters and Samuel F. B. Morse's notation identifying the tape.
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Washington
Batlimore
Samuel FP. B. Morée
Black Sunlight and Arctic Adventure Roaming Coast to Coast
Earl Rossman, Oxford University press figure, writes of Arctic expeditions with Captain Wilkins. The book mixes motion picture ambitions with Eskimo life in Wainwright and Nome sketches, Amundsen anecdotes, dog derbies, reindeer hunts, and a vivid Christmas scene among Eskimos.
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Earl Rossman
Oxford University
Thirty-second Street West
New York NY
Arctic
Rossman
Detroit
George Hubert Wilkins
Wainwright
Maggie
Upiksoun
Santa Claus
Wossman
Chief Justice Praises Savings Over Booze
Iowa Supreme Court Justice Jas F. Faville told a union church gathering that Volstead act stands as humanitarian law. He warned against combining gasoline with alcohol, saying saloons near gas stations would be deadly. He argued workers benefit from cars and savings accounts over European poverty.
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Jas F. Faville
Iowa
America
Europe
Huge Des Moines Safety Week Parade Opens Campaign
Des Moines launches safety week with a monster parade sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. At 3 30 a m John Hammill and Mayor Wred Hunter lead through business districts as nine hands along the line provide risk. Floats show dangers of reckless and careless driving while thousands of shop children watch from Capital Hill.
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Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
John Hammill
Wred Hunter
Capital Hill
Guard U S Embassy From Bombing Plot
Havana embassies face heightened security as Special police guard the American embassy and consulate after an anarchist plot. Government orders kept, readers warned of possible danger.
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U.S
Havana
East High seniors stage final week events with commencement speakers
East High announces final week programs for the class of 19— with the senior play The Boomerang Friday night and Drake University’s Dr Charles Ledbury as commencement speaker June 3 in the East High auditorium. Baccalaureate address by Dr Harold Ronman next Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. Senior breakfast Monday at 7:30 am. cast list for The Boomerang includes Gerald Sumner Budd Woodbridge Emile George Heath Paul Whiteford and others.
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East High
F. J. Miller
Charles
Medbury
Drake University
Des Moines
J. J. Macartney
First Presbyterian Church
Ilra
Elgar
Eltia Gullaby
Christy Air
Yicts
Glen Club
Charles Ledburyy
Alliance of
Stars
Gerald Sumner
Budd Woodbridge
Preston Dewile
Stone
Emile
George Heath
Robert
Drake
Paul Whiteford
Clyde Artis Peewee Eesteee
Henry Will Hartley
Teassy- Claire
Helehel
Virginia
Netva
Dorothy Kline
Grace Tyler
Allriam Boysen
Alarian Sunisnenlha
Kenyon
Autos Crash at Greene and Boy Struck on Main Street
In Greene Indiana on May 24 a collision near the river bridge damaged W Pyle s auto and broke Lyle Shook s windshield while Miss Calista Thorp suffered slight injuries The same evening Roy Wisher a boy was struck by a car on Main Street but no serious injuries were reported
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Greene
W. Pyle
Lyle Shook
Calista Thorp
Roy Wisher
Main Street
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