Iowa City and statewide items collected in Logan news
Local brief items include the Catholic Church in Logan buying land for a new building, Iowa City wage boosts for railroad workers worth 3000 dollars monthly, farmers' potato earnings near Hancock, a copper corner attempt by Henry Mohlenoff, and a librarian change at Iowa City public library. Other notes cover legal actions, political conventions, aviation mishaps, a bridge sale, a health bill, and miscellaneous incidents across Iowa.
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Logan
Iowa City
Tony van Beck
Hancock
Henry Mohlenoff
Maquoketa
Ethel Tiffy
Whelen McRaith
Iowa
Nebraska
American Legion
Roland
Ladies’ Auxiliary
the Legion
Johnson County
Board of Supervisors
Hamburg
Thorebred Hampshire
Iowa University
Rock Island
Waterlon
Burton B. Sweet
F. R. Winegar
Fayette
George Manning
Henry Manning
Charles City
Charles R. Moberly
W. H. Loyall Auto Co
Kellogg
T. Sullivan
Waterloo
Frisco
Cox
A. C. Trowbridge
New York
Northwestern
Dow City
Toscane Galiana
San Francisco
Mississippi River
Canton
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Albany Railroad Bridge Co
8. D. van Wegen
Rockwell City
General Assembly
Benjamin Nievel
China
Ray King
C. Bothell
Bothell
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Elmer Rinehart
Council Biuffe
Des Moines
National League of Postmaster
Harry B. Case
Oneida
Laura M. Smith
Montour
Lynd Blairsburg
National Assembly
Minneapolis
Wdagle Grove
Donald Lyons
Pleasanton Savings Bank
Yeggs
Ker
Government reports annual surplus and debt reduction
Secretary Houston reports the U S government ran a surplus of 291 22 million for the year ended June 30 1920 and reduced gross debt by 2 29788 billion from its August 1919 peak While total receipts exceeded expenditures by about 291 22 million the key change was cutting gross debt and floating debt with further reductions anticipated in the current fiscal year The June 30 1920 gross debt stood at 24 298 321 407 and the floating debt at 2 485 552 500 along with planned treasury certificate issues to meet maturities and transportation act burdens
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Washington
Houston
Treasury
Nttlon
War Finance Corporation
United States
Ruth Hits 35th Home Run to Break World Record
Babe Ruth of the Yankees belted his thirty-fifth home run of the 1920 season in New York on July 27, establishing a new world record and surpassing previous marks.
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Ruth
New York
Babe" Ruth
Yankees
Indiana Mines Shut by Unauthorized Strikes Near Terre Haute
Indiana's coal field around Terre Haute stalls as day laborers and drivers walk out, halting about fifty mines. In St Louis a woman fatally shoots neighbor Frank Smroka during a fight with Ida Shea and her husband amid a neighborhood quarrel.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Idiana
St. Louis
Frank Smroka
Ida Shea
Murder Trunk Girl Identified in Detroit Case
The New York trunk victim is identified as Katherine Jackson of Starkville Mississippi, believed to be wife or companion of Eugene Leroy alias Fernandez alias Wood Leroy, sought as the slayer. Allen A. Tatum reports visiting Mrs Leroy in Detroit June 5 and tracing trunks shipped June 10 from Wa De Na apartments.
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Detroit
Mich
Leroy
Katherine Jackson
Starkville
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Allen A. Tatum
Eugene Leroy
Coal Operators Appeal to President Over Miner Strike
Representatives of the Coal Operators' Association of Illinois urged President Wilson to use good offices to stop a potential strike in the central competitive field. The delegation led by F. Searles, association president, met Secretary Tumulty and reportedly left a memorandum for the president.
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Washington
Coal Operators’ Association of Tinois
Wilson
F. ©. Searles
Tumulty
Soldiers May Aid Harvest in French Fields
Paris reports the minister of war weighing a plan to deploy troops to agricultural districts to assist in gathering the harvest. Frances harvest is expected to be good, yet farm labor shortages loom.
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Paris
Frances
Bodies of 881 Heroes Home in New York
Bodies of 881 American soldiers who died overseas arrived in New York from Dansig and Antwerp. Among the first cabin passengers were twenty five war brides of French and German nativity. There is also a note of a drowning incident involving Russell Sternsdorf a 17 year old student who helped craft the gavel used to open the Democratic national convention. In Rockford Wisconsin two killed eleven injured when a speeding car overturned at Rural and Prospect. The deceased were Jack Marelli and Marie Beandratt.
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New York
Dansig
Antwerp
Davenport
Iowa
Russell Sternsdorff
Rock River
Sternsdorf
Cummings
Rockford
Jack Marelli
Jecks Marelli
Marie Beandratt
Payne Leads Alaska Resource Development Push
Secretary of the Interior John Barton Payne travels to Alaska with Dr. Alfred H. Brooks to advance resource development. The interdepartmental advisory group urges lower ocean rates, coordinated federal control, a development board, road and rail planning, a $1 million road-funding appropriation, copper ore smelting feasibility, and a boom in pulp wood, timber and water power surveys.
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Ashington
Secretary of the Interior
John Barton Payne
Peninsula
Alfred H. Brooks
The
Geological Survey
Payne
Alaska
Navy
Daniels
Visory
Dr. Brooks
H. Y. Saint
Shipping Board
Otto Praeger
BD. A. Sherman
Department of Agriculture
Joint Committee on Reorganization Proposed to Restructure Government
A THD joint committee on reorganization is created with three senators and three representatives to survey administrative services, identify overlap, and propose coordinated, economical departmental regrouping. It must report to both chambers and submit final plans by December 1922.
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Joint Committee On
Senate
House of Representatives
Joint Committee
Farmers Resent Being Classified as Books
A congressman voiced sharp critique of farmers priced by others, saying farmers are not mere books or menial labor but vital producers. Representative Layton of Delaware argued pricing power lies with merchants, manufacturers, and commissions, threatening national life if farmers are degraded.
Tomatoes' circuit shows why H. C. L. matters
In Congress a Summers tale exposes a White Salmon tomato scheme. A bright lad learns a tomato crate travels from White Salmon fields to Portland warehouses and back, marked up and sold at high prices, prompting a wary family reaction to local produce practices.
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Summers
Washington
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Tove
Farmers do well will get above 40 cents over fixed price
Canadian wheat farmers on the prairies will receive at least 40 cents a bushel more than the fixed 2.15 for No 1 wheat last season. About 40 million dollars may be distributed to farmers in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba as certificates paid on sold wheat. Dr Magill forecast world prices 3 to 5 a bushel amid export restrictions and open markets.
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Canada
Prairies
Canadian Grain Board
Wheat Board
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Robert Magill
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Magill
Russia
Roumania
India
Australia
Europe
North America
United States
Keep Up Fighting Spirit Quote by Francis de Sales
A Francis de Sales message urges patience with others and self discipline. It advises remaining calm about personal flaws and to rise bravely after any fall, emphasizing perseverance and inner resilience.
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Francis de Sales
Hearing Restored by A O Leonard Ear Drum Invention
An advertisement describes an invisible ear drum by A O Leonard of New York City that acts as a miniature megaphone inside the ear. It claims to restore hearing for deafness caused by catarrh perforated or destroyed drums and notes prompt information on request.
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A. O. Leonard
New York City
Mr. Leonard
Fifth Avenue
Se Says Tradition Flowers Daisies In Conversation
A cryptic exchange centers on flowers as a symbol of sentiment. The speaker insists on daisies while noting the allure of flowers to convey meaning that words cannot.
End of Eight Years Misery Newark Woman Finds Relief
Theresa Coventry of 76 Burnett Street Newark recovers from an organic illness after using Bedford's Brinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports she can do house chores again and recommends the remedy to others while inviting free advice.
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Newark
N. T
Theresa Coventry
Burnett St
Newark, N. J
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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