SUCCESS OF HUGE BELGIAN HORSE SHOW OPENS
By A W Brown president Dairy Cattle Congress announces the large annual event in Waterloo Iowa featuring Belgian horses and dairy cattle. Growth since 1920 includes nine buildings two tents and a 33 acre site with a $150,000 property value and over $1,506,000 in exhibits. The show emphasizes fair play public access and community support with a new dining hall and a 6000 seat hippodrome for diverse events.
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A W. Brown
Dairy Cattle Congress
Relfth Dairy Cattle Congress
Cedar River Park
Congress
Waterloo
Oth
Hippodrome
Aren't They the Dearest Little Mites Town Woman Opens Maternity Hospital
Mrs Lola Maxwell opened a maternity hospital in Olympia 18 months ago. Born Lola Cassidy in Bindhford Iowa she is a registered nurse. Her daughter Vivian Plaskett helps care for up to seven babies daily and reports more than 1000 births in the facility.
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Olympia
Wask
Daily Standard
Lola Maxwell
Finchford
Olympia, Wash
Eulogy On The Cow In Iowa State Of Praise
A prose tribute extols the cow as mankind’s greatest benefactor and universal companion. It lauds her role from ancient sacred reverence to modern daily sustenance, drought a beacon of democracy, and highlights Iowa’s status as a leading agricultural state with vast milk and cattle production.
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Iowa
Union
United States
Republic
Waterloo to Host Bright Cattle Show Week Festivities
Waterloo gears up for the twelfth Dairy Cattle Congress and International Belgian Horse Show with a full agenda. The exposition runs 8:30 a.m. to late night from Monday, ending Sunday, Oct. 2, while Waterloo Day on Tuesday, Sept. 27 features a 1:30 p.m. concert, a 2:30 p.m. recital, and a 3:30 p.m. horse show in the hippodrome, plus a 5 p.m. pageant. Merchants pledge cooperation, extra streetcar service will move crowds, and Waterloo banks will close at noon Tuesday to encourage attendance.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Retail Merchants Association
Frisbig
Hippodrome
Greater
Greater Waterloo
Triangle Five
Buckner
Jubilee
Congress
Dairy Cattle Congress
L. E. Knowles
F. A. Richardson
Knowles
Poetess Fails To Oust Husband In Squatter Case Atter Poughkeepsie
Emma Victoria Pitkin Marshall, a poetess of spiritualism, sought removal of her husband Culver Marshall from their home claiming he is a squatter under section 2232. County Judge C W H Arnold dismissed the petition after neither party appeared, noting a near precedent in Cip perly vs. Cipperly and allowing the court to decide the issue.
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Poughkeepsie
Emma Victoria Pitkin Marshall
Culver
Marshall
Arnold
Cipperly
Rensselaer County
Hide Park
Elijah T. Russell
Belgian Horses’ Rich Pedigree Traced to Caesar’s Era
The Belgian horse originated in Belgium and has a storied history praised by Caesar. Ardenne and Frisonus strains formed the Brabancon, now the Belgian. Today major showcases occur in Brabant, Hainaut, Namur, and Liege with government support and prizes. Belgium’s first American introductions date to 1866.
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Belgium
Caesar
Ardenne
Meuse
America
Brabant
Hainaut
Namur
Liege
A. G
van Hoorebeke
3Fonmouth
Chicago
Waterloo
Vimy Pact Three Soldiers Meet In Winnipeg Return
Three World War I veterans Yeomans Crilly and Sealy kept a vow made after Vimy Ridge to reunite on Sept 1921 in Winnipeg. Wounded in the weeks after, Yeomans spent 14 months in a German prison camp but all three later appeared for a baseball game and theatre party, dining courtesy of Crilly who had agreed to bear the bills if the war did not end within a year.
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Winnipeg
Can
Vimy Ridge
J. Yeomans
Belleville
Ont
J. J. Crilly
Saskatoon
G. H. Sealy
British Columbia
Yeomans
Winnispeg
Crilly
Longest Active Illinois Central Employee Passes 66 Years
R C Pease of Waterloo is the system's oldest active worker with 66 years and one month of service. Quinlan brothers and Fred H Spher also noted as veteran employees in Minnesota Iowa division, totaling 254 years across five men. Pease began as a bridge carpenter in 1866, later supervised iron bridge work and water department pumping, now watchman at Waterloo shops. William Adrian of Waterloo marks 52 years as a boilermaker with Illinois Central, first hired as a Waterloo apprentice. he never missed a day except one late arrival docked half an hour, and endured a brick arch injury but recovered to continue work.
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R. C. Pease
Waterloo
Illinois Central
Im Reuben
Pease
Ankeny Istreet
Iitnois
Central
UlHnois Central
William Adrian
Fremont Street
Ilinois Central
Ilinois Central Magazine
Smpleyes
Minnesota-Iowa
Sve
Quinlan Brothers
J. H. Quinlan
Dubuque
T. J. Quinlan
Nlinois
Sycamore
Magnolia
Winona
E! Pase
Toledo, Peoria & Western
Illinois Central Railroad
Counci Hill
Galena
Peasa
Water Department
Iowa
Scales Mound
Ill
Manchester
Watchiay
Altho
S. C
Adrian
Hessen
France
America
Naperville
Ilinois Central Hospital
Chicago
Iowa Dairy Output 1919 Valued at 53 Million Dollars
Census figures show Iowa dairy products produced in 1919 valued at 53.4 million dollars, with state gains since 1909 and Iowa ranking among leading dairy states. National totals reached over 1.49 billion dollars, with a decade increase of 148.4 percent as butterfat sales surged.
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Iowa
Bureau of the Census
Hawkeye State
Wisconsin
New York State
Minnesota
Black Hawk County
Bremer
Bremer County
Buchanan County
Butler County
Buchanan
Butler
Aristocratic New York Cat Demands Musk Melon Each Morning
A 14 month old cat named New York-ike is described as finicky and aristocratic in taste. He insists on whole wheat bread and fresh milk daily, and meows for musk melon each morning. If denied bread he sulks for the day and taps the bread box at will. The owner, Joan J. O'Doran Jr., notes the cat’s habit and a claim of royal Russian lineage.
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Gow
Iowa
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Alps
Guernsey
Jersey
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
New York
Ike
Joan J. O'Doran, Jr
Port Richmond
Health Pageants by City Schools at Dairy Congress Grounds
West and East grade school children perform health pageants at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds during the show days from Sept 26 to Oct 1. West pageant led by Edna Lick with Bertha Stiles overseeing entertainment. 6 pm daily in the enclosure. Cast features Bert Lumry, Myrlea Carson, Paul Ehrig, David Dewey, Lester Gilbert, Ruth Wild and parade children from local schools.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Edna Lick
West
Mien
Bertha Stiles
Exhibition Hall
Weet
Johnny
Bert Lumry
Myrlea Carson
Paul Ehrig
David Dewey
Lee
Ruth Wild
Washington-Irving
Lowell
Central
Edison
Kingsley
Whittier
Apparent miracle in Washington Square park scene
In New York Washington Square Park a mass memorial for Ninth Coast Defense Command members ended with a miracle seen as the ultrareligious. Six thousand people knelt, then left the greensward undisturbed with no grass uprooted or litter left. park keeper Wittit reports the meadow restored to normal with no repair cost.
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New York
Washington Square
Ninth Coast Defense Command
George Wittit
Mr. Wittit
Ring Swallowed? Hartford Jewel Theft Thriller
Hartford police chase through Main and Pratt streets ends with Patrick Larock of Rochester in custody after allegedly stealing a $600 diamond ring from Lux Bond Lux. An X-ray and stomach pump failed to locate the ring, and Larock refused to speak. He faces theft charges as detectives pursue leads.
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Hartford
Conn
Patrick Larock
Rochester
Larock
Lux, Bond & Lux
George Lux
Main Street
Pratt Street
Griffin
Alix
Lux
Snally
Century old almanacs bring fortunes to girl
Miss Edith Russell of West Chester discovered discarded almanacs from 1731 1754 1756 and 1758 in her attic. A Philadelphia bookseller bought the four Poor Richard almanacs for 1400 dollars, with 750 paid for the 1731 edition and 650 for the others. The find came after she considered burning the papers, but recalled a recent sale of almanacs and contacted the dealer.
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West Chester
Edith Russell
John M. Gheen
Chester
Richard
Philadelphia
Miss Russell
London Britain
Sunshine Lady and the Bright Room of Hope
Agnes G. Bryan crafts a tale of Lily a country girl who finds warmth in the Sunshine Lady a mysterious cheerful resident whose sunlit room brightens lives in a crowded city amidst poverty and loneliness. The story follows friendship gratitude and a promise to keep the little refuge open for others.
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Lily
Sunshine Lady
Sun Room
Golden Room
Miss. Tabor
Millicent Tabor
Miss Tabor
Lili
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Dairy Congress
Pres. Brown
Sioux City
J. L. Townsend
John H. Burns
Burns
Hart
Neton
Neb
Laurel
Townsend
Salisbury
Melissa J. Wood i
Burton E. Sweet
Merchants
the Courier
Weat
Enat
Agnes G. Bryan
Harding
Washington, D. C
White House
President’s House
Secret Service
Berlin
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