Des Moines Hosts First Iowa American Legion Meeting
More than 31,000 World War I veterans gather in Des Moines for the inaugural Iowa American Legion state meeting. Lieut. Col Roosevelt is slated to speak at the Coliseum as leaders urge citizen participation and government reform. Delegates wear civilian clothes, discussing reintegration, job prospects, and civic duties.
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American Legion
Col
Roosevelt
Coliseum
Matthew A. Tinley
Council Bluffs
Iowa
The
Legion
Ameren
France
Elyll
Ife
Judge bars divorce after one day of marriage in Des Moines
Judge Thomas Guthrie refused Martha Shiter’s divorce from Clifford Sitter after they wed Sept 6 1918 and lived together one day. The judge said one day of wedded life could not show cruel treatment. In another item from Mason City an aviator died from injuries after a 700 foot nose dive June 15 near Manly Iowa.
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Fies Moines
Thomas Guthrie
Martha Shiter
Clifford
Martha
Mother McMichael
Mason City
Josy Johann
Manly
Johann
Chicago
Martha Vanek
Carriers of Hardin Co to Meet in Eldora in 1920
At the annual meetings of the Hardin County marsh carriers in Eldora, officers for 1920 were chosen. President J. D. Herron, first vice president W. T. Stewart Haynards, second vice president John Rebt Ackley, secretary-treasurer J. B. Fox Alden, delegate W. A. Mitchell Towa Falls, and alternate Robert McFarland Eldora. Resolutions urged Congress for 400 dollars yearly for upkeep and salary increases for rural route substitutes. addresses by postmasters. welcoming address by Postmaster B. T. Retledge. response by James Peoples Radcliffe. Most county postmasters attended.
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Hardin County
J. D. Herron
Union
W. T. Stewart Hay
James Peoples
Radcliffe
Jr. A Peoples
W. A. Wilson
Town Falls
James Stage. Hutchard
Singer
A. T. Lavejor
McFarland
Eldora
J.ackler
Returned Soldier Charged With Grave Offense In Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Iowa Sept 3 returned soldier Robert L Wright aged 27 was arrested on a charge of raping Miss Freda Beecher 22 after taking her in his car following a Labor Day dance. A hearing awaits Miss Beecher's condition improving and is held in the county jail.
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Fort Dodge
Robert L. Wright
Freda Beechper
Wright
Ann Arbor
Miss Beecher
Fort Dodge juvenile reform aims to curb delinquency
Judge BR M Wright of Fort Dodge says 500 boys at the Elm Eldora facility reveal none from rural farms. Superintendent Kuser provided data showing city upbringing drives juvenile crime. Wright, who runs a weekly juvenile court, has sent a judge to Eldora since year start and pushed two probation officers to curb delinquency.
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Sant
BR. M. Wright
Fort Dodie
Kuser
Wright
Woldora
Royal Arch record broken in Ottumwa Iowa
Advertising is always NEWS, ROYAL ARCH RECORD BROKEN Ottumwa Iowa Sept 6 The reer jerd for the Royal Arch degree of Masonry was broken by Clinton chapter No 9 of this city when it initiated 6 candidates In a ceremony lasting more than 23 hours Last April the chapter took in a class of 48 attracting attention nationwide and it decided to break the record at this session Work began at 1 a m and continued until midnight The ladies of the Eastern Star served a banquet and several speakers including Wills Epps Findlay and Howell contributed remarks
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Royal Arch
Ottumwa
I Masonry
Clinton
Iw. W. Epps
Peter Findlay
T. Pence
BH. A. Howell
Woman recovers using Lydia E. Pinkham remedy
A farmer's wife from Emmitsburg Maryland recounts twelve years of misery from backache and nervous disorder. After trying doctors with little relief she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and reports significant improvement and continued use, endorsing it to friends. She invites publication to help others and notes correspondence to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Emmitsburg
Lydia E
Pinkham
Lydia EH
Finkham
Erne Wanney
Railroad Man Gives Good Advise
A man recalls years of medical treatment and weight loss before praising a remedy named May Wonderful Remedy. He claims it cleared stomach and intestinal ailments, including a pendicitis, and says he gained weight after using the product. The ad promises a money refund and lists Hansen & Hansen as distributors.
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Wangler Fies Hansen & Hansen
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