Brief News Notes From A Busy Week In Washington
Secretary Hrgan reports eight nations have accepted his peace plan Italy Great Britain France Brazil Sweden Norway Peru and Russia. Senator Sherman spoke at Decoration Day services urging peace but foresaw no universal end to war. Joy riding cases led to prison terms for Seymour Anderson and Charles Jefferson. Major Sylvester faced scrutiny over parade disorder. DC police implicated. Public Health Service recommended ending investigation into Dr Peter Duket’s treatment findings. Wilson withdrew Davies nomination for commissioner of corporations. Supreme Court ruled patent holders may not set retail prices by notice to dealers. Wilson also blasted the lobby against Underwood tariff measures. Dr Theodore Kharag granted stay of sentence in a mail fraud case.
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Italy
Great Britain
France
Brazil
Sweden
Norway
Peru
Russia
Varied 1900s News Snippets From New York and Beyond
Shreds of George Washington belt sold in New York for 4.80, collector unnamed. Joseph R. Wilson, brother of the president, may take a high post with a New York bonding firm. Detective Robert J. Foster cleared in assault case in Indianapolis. Long Beach coroner reports girder collapse caused pier wreck. Ex-senator Billwell exonerated and later sentenced. France defeats America in Indianapolis speedway race with Goux winning 25000 prize. Norfolk tornado sinks boats. vast property damage in Hampton Roads. New York City moves to supply cheap ice with 60000 for municipal plants. St Louis grand jury indictments critique police and breweries. Auerbach granted new Chicago murder trial. Roosevelt libel suit ruling bars certain evidence on drinking rumors. Grasshopper swarm effects in northeastern New Mexico. Mrs Rolla H Peck and three children killed in Strasburg oil explosion. St Louis Union Trust and Frisco appoint joint receivers. Willie Hoppe defends billiard title at Astor House in New York.
Notable 1920s Dignitaries in Distressing Incidents
A westbound Baltimore and Ohio locomotive killed real estate dealer Edwin A. Wilson of Springfield Illinois. Reuben N. Stephenson and Miss Mildred Harth announced from Chicago their marriage in Milwaukee. A coroners jury cleared fighter Arthur Pelkey in the death of Luther McCarty in Calgary. Samuel Gompers is hospitalized in Atlantic City for a breakdown. Opera manager Daniel G. Arthur identified a drowned man as Robert Campbell in Nyack. The wife of former Secretary Knox was hurled from a car near Atlantic City and treated for injuries.
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Edwin A. Wilson
Springfield
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Baltimore & Ohio
Daniel G. Arthur
de- Koven Opera Company
Hudson River
Nyack
N. J
Robert ©. Campbell
Ringling
American Bill Posting Company
Chicago
Atlantic City
English Creek
Foreign Eighty Arrested in Curacao Plot to Kill Venezuelan President
Ninety statements detail a Curacao crackdown on eighty suspects tied to a plan against President Juan Vicente Gomez. Authorities allege a target at the Parligo horse races and note cross-border tensions amid regional upheavals. The report blends diplomatic flashes with fragmented wartime notes and political unrest.
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Wijemstad
Curacao
Juan Vicente Gomez
Venezuela
Parligo
1909 horse thefts and farm news from Iowa
Stolen four horses case linked to A W Youse of Marble Rock. G Kobbe of Tama confesses to stealing mares and foals from the Youse farm near Lamoille. Two 4 year old colts and mares found with Kobbe's uncle near Wesley. Lee Blossom and Baby E trotters hurt in a C G W train yard accident near Des Moines. Longwell resigns as Highland Park College president. Magill to become president. Various local incidents include fatal horse accident west of Albia, large state teachers college commencements, huge Waterloo verdicts, and multiple community notices across Iowa towns.
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A. W. Youse
Lamoille
Marble Rock
Clarion
Youse
G. Kobbe
Tama
Kobbe
Wesley
Kossuth
Lee Blossom
Baby E
J. T. Clark
Mason City
Chicago & Great Western
Des Moines
Clark
Phoenix
Arizona
O. H. Longwell
Highland Park College
Dr. Longwell
George P. Magill
William Lint
Albia
Young Lint
Staceyville
Lint
State Teachers’ College
Iowa Falls
Waterloo
American Ball Bearing Company
Maytag
Mason Motor Company
Motor Company
Edward Warnken
Davenport
Turner
Chicago & Northwestern
Jones
Council Blutts
Frank Smith
Jefferson
Strawberry Point
David Catlow
Albion
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oneida
D. F. Reppert
Stuart
Hawkeye State Wins Federal Aid for 50 Mile Road Stretch
Iowa is seventh to secure a federal grant to improve fifty miles of Transcontinental Highway through Boone and Story counties this summer. The project totals 25 000 dollars in Story county with 12 000 local matches and 6 000 state funds plus 7 000 state support for the road past Iowa State College. Boone county will act to participate.
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Des Moines
Boone
Story
Iowa
Iowa State College
Story County
Boone County
Keokuk Dam Finished Across Mississippi River
The Keokuk dam across the Mississippi River was completed on Saturday. The last bucket of concrete was placed as flags waved and whistles blew. The structure, four thousand six hundred twenty five feet long, fifty two feet high and forty two feet wide at the base, will generate electric power and create a water slack for sixty five miles and a lake from one to three miles wide enabling open navigation above Des Moines rapids.
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The
Brotherhood of S J. Andrew
Episcopal Diocese of
Iowa
Burlington
Brotherhood
John
Montrose
Des Moines
C. W. Dana
A. L. Holmes
Lyons
W. H. James
Mason City
John Marsh
Keokuk
Howard Pierce
Sioux City
C. J. Shutt
Luther League of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Paul H. Hisey
North Liberty
Paul B. Henderson
Iowa City
Carl Larson
Marshalltown
John L. Berger
J. ©. Mohl
Davenport
Harry Morgan
Clinton
Fort Dodge
Chas
F. Treband
Wright
Dayton
Phoebe A. Cole
Osage
Ida Johnson
Cedar Valley Seminary
Cedar Falls
Woodmaney
Congregational
Tabor
W. M. Short
Memorial Lutheran
Nevada
Memorial Lutheran Church
Jack Raycraft
Chicago
Dubuque
Raycraft
Rowland
Cromwell
Y. W. CG
Clear Lake
Mississippi River
Dexter P. Cooper
Hugh L. Cooper
Packing House Men Out Strikes Hit Sioux City Plant
About 800 of 1000 Cudahy Packing Company workers in Sioux City walk out in a wage increase demand led by the leading gang. As news spread other departments joined, and fear rises that Armour plant may also shut down.
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Sioux City
Cudahy Packing Company
Armour
Storm Lake Opens New $65,000 Public School Building
The city unveiled its new $65,000 public school building last week with local speakers and high school music groups participating. The modern structure includes domestic science and manual training laboratories, plus an immense basement gymnasium with a balcony track for athletics.
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Storm Lake
Fraud Charges Denied in Foreclosure Suit
Judge Wright swiftly dismissed the foreclosure suit filed by William Anderson and others against the Jewell Electric Company. Intervention by Ames Savings Bank Dr. W. S. Allen Jewell and others was rejected, with judgment awarded to the Anderson faction.
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Webster City
Wright
William Anderson
Jewell Electric Company
Ames’ Savings Bank
W. 8. Allen
Jewell
Anderson
Seek New Water System Vote in Winfield
A petition circulated by a committee urges the city council to call a special election to authorize bonds of 12500 dollars for a city waterworks system.
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Winfield
Horseman Dies From Kick Injury Near Cleghorn
Le Mars resident Lawrence Johns, 28, died from injuries after being kicked by a horse while farming near Cleghorn. He was transported to Le Mars for treatment following the accident.
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Kiek
le Mars
Lawrence Johns
Cleghorn
Ames-Associated Trustee Appoints State College Senior to College Board
A misread fragment reports that a town state college senior in agriculture from Ames has been appointed by the Pennsylvania state board of trustees to a leadership role in the agricultural department. Further details are unclear due to garbled text.
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Baeterd
Jowany , Ames
R.U. Blagingame
Agricultural
Enginger
How This Woman Found Health
Utica Ohio stories, letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. Mrs Bandewine and Mrs Herma Greenstreet claim long trials with doctors failed but the remedy restored strength and health. Also mentions other ads and a humor item about office shaking and a circus suit.
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Utica
Ohio
Bal Ag
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra
Banewine
R.F.D
Nebo
Ill
Herma Greenstreet
Nebo, Ilinois
A Heroine in the Suffragette Cause
A character is described as ardent for the suffragette cause. It is stated she would not choose a French poodle over the ballot, indicating firm commitment to voting rights and independence from traditional expectations.
Nurses Teach Infant Hygiene in Cleveland Schools
In Cleveland 17 trained nurses are lecturing 15 public schools on infant hygiene for girl students. The girls show strong interest and absorb lessons on proper baby care. The program, broader than reformist talk, aims to reduce the high infant death rate in America by educating young women.
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Cleveland
America
Memory improves after quitting coffee and using Postum
A Kansas woman near seventy describes lasting stomach and heart troubles linked to coffee. After stopping coffee and using Postum her condition improved. heart rhythms steadied, digestion better, and memory enhanced, with a neighbor’s suggestion leading to trial and noticeable gains.
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Kansas
Postum Co
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