Iowa News Roundup from State Pages
Helen Scott and Clara Greenwaldt of Maquoketa arrive in Denver while Mrs. Laura McCrea of Greenfield is elected vice president of the state department of the ladies GA. The James M. Pierce estate sells Bedford Times-Republican stake to J. J. Clarke. Sandstormers plan a Clear Lake reunion in September amid broader state events including bank reorganizations and a fatal accident near Gilman.
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Helen Scott
Clara Greenwaldt
Maquoketa
California
Denver
Laura McCrea
Greenfield
State Department
GA. Az
James M. Pierce
Bedford Times-Republican
J. J. Clarke
Sandstormers
Clear Lake
Elliott
George H. Betts
Mount Vernon
Department of Religious Education
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Kimballton
Henry Lexauer
Polk City
Joseph “Bud” Hawkins
Waterloo
Henry Behm
Phillip Adler
Adler
Mason City
Alvin Sorensen
Extra
Raymond
Duncombe
Fort Dodge
George H. Phelps
Kingsley Bank
Kingsley
Northwestern Town
Mr. Phelps
Hampton
W. G Rhutassel
Penny Creek
Post Office
Iowa
Iowa State Fair Management
Agricultural Department
Frank T. Launder
Garwin
State Board of Health
W. L
E. Eschbach
Albia
Geo. T. Barcklow
Des Moines
J. B. Heefner
Heefner
State Board of Podiatry
H. Eschbach
Albin
Geo. F. Severs
Centerville
Wm. Gerard
Cedar Rapids
S. J. Olson
State Board of Embalmers
C. S. Grant
Iowa City
Hopkins
Lake City
Jesse West
Esebba 2H
Amy Beers
Anna Drake
Blanche Dixon
Cedar Falls
A. A. Burger
State Agricultural College
At. Brookings
D. Orville Shipley
Orville Shipley
Gilman
Grinnell
Washington Says Disarmament Ties Far East Question
Secretary Hughes sent a note to Japan accepting President Harding’s invitation to the disarmament and Far East conference and proposing a preliminary Washington meeting after all invited powers agree. Britain appears reconciled to a London preliminary, with Lloyd George watching dominion premiers’ views as the imperial conference closes.
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Washington
Harding
Japan
State Hughes
Hughess
Great
Lloyd George
America
Hughes
Australia
Kato urges evacuation from Siberia to Washington
Tokyo reports Count Tsunetada Kato, former high commissioner in Siberia, calls for leaving Siberia quickly and moving to Washington with clean hands. He says Russia will be discussed at the Washington conference and warns against bolshevism, urging rapprochement with the Soviet.
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Tokyo
Washington
Siberia
Tsunetada Kato
Sibera
Russia
Prohibition Hearing Looks at Alcoholic Insanity
Dr. Perry Lichtenstein, Tombs resident physician, testifies to a commission on alcoholic insanity. He asserts current drinkable alcohol contains poisonous by-products and often causes convulsions.
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New York
Perry Lichtenstein
the Tombs
Hoover proposes broadened war finance powers
Washington on July 27 Hoover suggests legislation to widen the war finance corporation powers to tackle railroad, farm credit, and export financing issues.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Hoover
New Wonder Gun Demonstrated in Woolworth Building
Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson, former Edison chief engineer, tests a compact gun by firing a three inch long projectile through a steel plate in a Woolworth tower office. The device uses one third the powder of typical rifles and aims to confine gas expansion to reduce noise.
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Edison
New York
Miller Reese Hutchinson
Thomas A. Edison
John Temple
Doctor Hutchinson
Woolworth
New York Navy Yard
Hutchinson
Unknown Soldier's Mother Seeks Burial Proof
Mrs. Mary Johnson asked that the coffin be opened at St. Paul as the body of her son, George L. Johnson, a disabled veteran killed while en route to a position through the American Legion, lay unclaimed in the morgue and was lowered into the grave.
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St. Paul
Minn
Mary + Johnson
George L. Johnson
American Legion
Order of Loyal Dads Formed in Fort Myers
Fort Myers forms the Order of Loyal Dads a new patriotic society with founder Sheldon Foote. Eligibility extends to fathers of current or former U S service members from any era. The group seeks ties with patriotic bodies, esp American Legion, and honors constitutional adherence and the use of armed force to sustain peace.
Dog Hangs Itself After Sheep Killing Guilty Finding
In Pittsfield Massachusetts a dog owned by Burt Rhodes of South Williamstown, impounded after being found guilty of sheep killing by county commissioners, committed suicide by hanging in its master's barn. The dog leaped over a partition and strangled itself as the rope tautened.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Burt Rhodes
South Williamstown
US Census Shows Male Population Dominant Since Early Years
The 1920 census reports 53,900,876 males and 51,810,244 females in the United States totaling 105,710,620. Males greatly outnumber females across the nation and in most states with notable exceptions. the District of Columbia shows the sharpest female excess at 87 to 100. Western states record the highest male to female ratios, Nevada leading at 148.4 to 100.
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Washington
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
United States
Emmertors
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
District of Columbia
Mississippi River
Michigan
Mississippi
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Oregon
California
Mystery Over Effigy in Cuba Draws Fear and Curiosity
In Havana near the Malecon a group of locals gathers as an effigy with coconut head and unravelled hair is placed before an aristocratic residence. Negroes and mulattoes fear voodoo and the evil eye. by dawn the figure vanishes and crowds disperse amid whispered dread.
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Havana
Malecon
Bay-Shore Drive
Soviet appoints Trotzky dictator to fight famine in Russia
Washington dispatch reports the far Russian central executive committee names Leon Trotzky as dictator with fullest power to combat famine. The dispatch mentions abandoned Army camps including Camp Devens and references officials and locations such as Sherman Ohley Grant Timoll in Maryland and Bragg in North.
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Washington
Central Executive Committee of Communists
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Reval
Devens
Mangachusetts
Sherian
Ohley Grant
Timoll 5
Pike
Ary Meader
Maryland
Juckson
Bragg
North
King's Hearing Is Good in Danish German Exchange
In a northern Danish town King Christian met a German woman who mocked him with a quip about his appetite. The monarch replied in German that the king’s hearing is excellent, turning the moment into a quiet linguistic exchange.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Schieswig
Harding asks Congress to extend War Finance powers for railroad funding
President Harding proposes broadening the War Finance Corporation to buy up to 500 million dollars in railroad securities now held by the Railroad Administration. He says no new government expense or tax is needed and the move would hasten funding and settlements with railways while aiding agricultural exports.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
War Finance Corporation
Railroad Administration
Ward
Railway Administration
War -Finance’ Corporation
Director General ’ of Railroads
Michigan judge Edward Kinne dies after long illness
Judge Edward Kinne of Washtenaw County dies in Ann Arbor at seventy eight after a long illness. He had presided over the Washtenaw court for more than thirty years. A meeting is set for August 4.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Mer
Edward ‘Kinne
Washtenaw. Otreuit
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Hawkeye
State News
Pseriments
Secretary Hoover
Broad
Trinity Place
United States of America
Dog
Census Bureau
U. S
Cuba
Trotzky
Alec
Inferelligg
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