Flood Devastates Valley as Roosevelt Dam Spillways Overrun
Torrential rains flood the Salt River Valley near Phoenix Arizona forcing shutdown of Roosevelt Dam power house and overrunning spillways. Water rises seven inches per hour and inundates an amusement park as reclamation crews and county officials work to clear debris. Two stranded Japanese farmers on a Salt River island are rescued. two men refuse evacuation.
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Ariz
Rooeevelt
Hood
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Agua Fria
South Central avenue
United States
Verde
Tonto
Salt river
Roosevelt
Roosevelt dam
First Census Figures Public Washington 1920 Census Announce
The Census Bureau released preliminary 1920 population figures. Cincinnati shows 401,158 with a 10.2 percent rise. Washington D C at 437,414 up 82.1 percent from 1910. Final tallies await certification by Congress and may be revised.
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Rogers
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Martial Law Ends After Kentucky Riots and Lynching Attempt
In Lexington Kentucky martial law will end after rioting on February 9 that left six dead and many wounded during a mob effort to seize and lynch William Lockett. Lockett, convicted in the murder of 12 year old Geneleve Hardman, awaits execution at Louisville prison. A special grand jury was impaneled and began probing events surrounding the riot.
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Lexington
William Lockett
megro
Lockett
Geneleve Hardman
Louieville
Call Sultan a Menace in Voices to Stop Ottoman Return
London newspapers publish adverts calling menace to world peace urging protest to MPs to block return of Constantinople to Turkish rule. Protests to be echoed in Protestant and Catholic pulpits across the kingdom. In Chicago Olives case Federal inspectors across eight states seize ripe olives after deadly bacteria found. Kalispell case first reported in Montana. Federal chemists race to confiscate contaminated bottles.
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house of commons
Constantinople
Trace Parson Olives
Chicago
Kalispell
Mont
Washington Reports Plan New Peace Conference
World news notes a planned peace conference among allied governments with President Wilson already notified. Lloyd George declines Washington ambassadorship, Admiral Benson to head the U S shipping board, and naval inland wireless control ends February 20. Frank Polk interim head of State. Senate urged to defer German ship bids. tax return deadlines confirmed. various international notes and incidents follow.
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Wilson
W.S. Benson
U.S. N
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United States shipping board
John Barton Payne
Naval
Secretary of Navy
Daniels
Robert Lansing
shipping board
senate
Iowa State News Highlights 1920 Farm Budget Plans
Iowa reports 203 highway deaths in 1914 with 2,809 accidents and 2,708 injuries, a decline from 1918. Crawford County pursues a purebred pig club. Jolley votes 604 for consolidation, 20 against. Mount Pleasant to remodel Ley Seeley building into high school at about $90,000. Atlantic rafles 86 purebred Herefords for $590 average. top cow sale at $2,908. Winnebago County gears up for Des Moines fair exhibit. Pioneer Cow herd butterfat leaders named. Marshall County home accounting prizes spark household budgeting. American Farm Bureau calls Chicago meeting March 3. Iowa Farm Bureau budgets $20,000 for research. Iowa Primary Road plan advances. Durkee sale tops hay and crops with significant prices.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Crawford county
J. §. Quist
Jolley, Inc
Jolley
Mount Pleasant
Minneapolis
Seeley
Cass county
Atlantic
William Waters
John J. Cahill & Son
Fairfax
Winnebago county
Des Moines
Pioneer Cow, testing association
Black Hawk county
A. R. Cornelius
G. R. Russell
John D. Lichty
Mary Gregs
Marshall county
Marshalltown Swine and Corn Congress
Marshalltown
J. W. Coverdale
American Park Bureau federation
American Farm Bureau federation
Chicago
Iowa Farm Bureau federation
Ames
timotty hay
James Durke
Caryon
Lha
Battle Field With Crows and Broken Graves
West Flanders scene describes a barren field scarred by war. Ghost trees plead to Heaven while crows circle the desolate landscape and a lonely cross marks fallen soldiers. Rusted weapons and torn cloth dot a shell-piled wasteland as death birds wheel above.
Belgium Sketches The Pike of the Times
A lyrical vignette evolves from a Brabant town, shifting from peaceful twilight with church bells to wartime ruin. It recalls childhood scenes, family hearths, and a moonlit village, then shifts to German invasion bringing smoke, fire, and a shattered remains. The ending laments the chimes silenced in death and destruction.
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Belgian Refugees Home Sees Large Return During War
The ministry of health estimates that fewer than 20,000 of about 250,000 Belgian refugees who fled to England remain, with the rest having returned to Belgium or France. England has spent £9,500,000 on their care, funded by private and government support.
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England
ministry of health
France
Those Women Dread Middle Life By Dr Pierce’s Favor
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a temperance herbal tonic for women with backache nervousness and bearing-down sensations. It claims relief during expectancy and lists tablet ingredients with a mail order option from Dr. Pierce at the Buffalo hotel.
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Atobinon
Pierce
Amneco
HINES
Mound
Piersa
valida’ Hotel
Buffalo
N.Y
I Have Taken Dr Fierce's Favorite Prescription Many Times
Mrs A Gehriger of 1402 Wood Ave Testifies that Favorite Prescription relieved woman’s weakness and nervous exhaustion. She reports it restored health and strength and notes she has recommended it to others who benefited. Sam, a nurse, confirms many women’s lives saved by the remedy.
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Kansas City
Kane
Dr. Fierce
Sam
A. GEHRIGER
Wood Ava
Freckles Septet and Advertisements Demand Laughable Goods
An assortment of quirky era lines appears including a menu joke about prices, a drugstore ad for Cutleara products and Cuticara Soap, and a laundry bluing pitch. The ad copy mocks press agents and bankruptcy while urging self-reliance and happiness.
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