Diverse Iowa News From Clinton Camps To Pardon Protests
Camping grounds for tourists along Clinton roads. Arthur Simmerman’s body returned to Shenandoah. Knoxville’s J R Morris owns twins from two cows. Hampton to build brick and tile plant. Webster City man loans hydrogen power for Des Moines trip. Three hurt in Dubuque freight accident. Des Moines auditor notes 1920 spending drop. Perkins burglary nets 4000 in clothing tobacco. Nevada man injured in road ditch crash. Hampton store sale to Frank Luckensmeyer. postmaster bid. Burlington murder tied to auto wreck. Albert Held’s body to be buried in Waukon. Bulgarian William George loses cash in New York. Shenandoah teens killed and injured in crash. Theodore Hughes loses foot from railcar fall. Iowa City child dies removing lung bean. Des Moines asks search for missing Carl Brooks. Burlington woman asphyxiated with tied limbs. West Union rattlesnakes thicker this year. Grandview farm bureau meeting draws 600+. Soil rotation talk notes conservation. Cedar Rapids Democratic convention noms for state offices. Iowa City to register 5500 University of Iowa students. Protests in Hardin county against Winter’s pardon.
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Clinton
Arthur Simmerman
Shenandoah
J. R. Morris
Knoxville
Hampton
Hampton Brick and Tile Co. A
Bundy
Webster City
Des Moines
Great Western
Dubuque
Dubuque County
S. van Boekel
Perkins
Peter Cooke
Nevada
Frank H. Luckensmeyer
Coonley’s
Johannes
Dows City
Elmer LI. Spears
Mason City
Omaha
Albert Held
France
New York
Waukon
William ‘George
Waterloo
Merrill Simpson
Davis Miller
Theodore Hughes
Burlington
Afton
Illinois
Mildred’ Louise Engelking
H. D. Engelking
Iowa City
Carl Brooks
Laura Brooks
Alfred Miller
West Union
Will Morse
James William
Blairsburg
Edward McLain
Williams
McLain
Township
Chas. E. Cameron
Alta
Ruth Sumner
Adel
Sec'y
John KE. Rude
Marshalltown
C. E. Walters
Toledo
J. O. Boyd
Keokuk
Claude R. Porter
Centerville
U. S
Towa City
University of Iowa
Rail Rates Effective Soon Across Nation
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved new passenger and freight tariffs to raise about 1.58 billion dollars, with railroads planning 80 000 freight cars 20 000 refrigerator cars 4 000 passenger cars and 2 000 locomotives at a cost of 610 million dollars. Rates rise about 85 percent on freight and 20 percent on passenger fares and Pullman charges. The higher charges span coastwise inland steamship and electric lines and run until March 1 1922 with filings in August and supplemental wage adjustments to follow.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thom
The
Association of Railway Executives
Pullman
Railroad Labor Board
Atfair
Trailroads
State Commissions
Noted Aviator Killed in California Crash
Los Angeles reports Lieut. Omer Locklear and Lieut. Mitton Elliott were killed when their plane fell from 1000 feet during a stunt for a moving picture company. A searchlight battery and plane fireworks accompanied the flight as Elliott used fireworks. Locklear, famed for leaping between aircraft in flight, died at the scene.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Omer Locklear
Mitton Eliott
Locklear
Mhiott
Elliott
Spending Decline Signals End of Wild Mall-Order Boom
Evidence mounts that the spending orgy is over and normal conditions return. Sales by a major mail order house show February as the peak, with a sharp drop by April to about one sixth of February’s volume.
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Chicago
Rail Raise to Boost Prices in Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission approves higher railroad freight rates that will raise shipping costs across industries. Illinois Manufacturers' Association secretary John M. Glenn notes the impact on goods moved by rail and the broader effect on prices.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
John M. Glenn
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Bald
Explorer Roald Amundsen sails toward pole from Nome
Captain Roald Amundsen's schooner The Maude arrived in Nome Alaska after two weeks riding out a storm at Sledge Island. The voyage aims to push toward the North Pole with Intrepid expedition plans.
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Nome
Alaska
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Sledge Island
Omaha Newspapers Raise Daily and Sunday Rates
Omaha's News Bee and World Herald boosted prices on August 1 with weekday editions rising from 2 to 3 cents and Sunday editions from 6 to 10 cents, reflecting a regional press price increase.
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Omaha
Price
Neb
The
News, Bee and World- Herald
President appeals to striking miners in Illinois and Indiana
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson urging United Mine Workers to return to work to avoid winter coal shortages. He warns against undermining industrial relations and says a joint scale committee will be convened to address wage inequalities once miners resume work. Indianapolis confirms no mandatory orders issued following Wilson’s telegram.
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Washington, D. C
Wdon
United Mine -Workers of America
Illinois
Indiana
States
Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers of American
United Mine Workers of America
Big Drop in Flour Prices Across Three States
Flour prices fell at Texas mills by one dollar per barrel while Minnesota and Oregon mills also reported declines. In Port Worth bakers increased bread by two cents a loaf, then recalled after a U.S. attorney warned of prosecutions. Minneapolis saw a further fifty cent drop, with ninety eight pound sacks quoted from 12 35 to 12 75. Portland mills cut eighty cents per barrel as lower wheat markets drive the drop.
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Texas
Minnesota
Oregon
Port Worth
Tex
United States
Taylor
Minneapolis
Minn
Portland
Ore—Flouring
American scouts set trek cart world record at jamboree
A Miami Florida group of U S boys scouts at the international jamboree ran a two wheeled trek cart loaded with eight sandbags weighing 400 pounds for 500 yards over obstacles. They unloaded loaded and reform packed then crossed a water pool in two minutes while a Welsh team took over four minutes to complete the course.
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London
Miami
Fla
Americans to Leave Warsaw as Nego tiations Collapse
A wireless message from Washington says Americans in Warsaw should leave at their own risk if the Bolsheviks seize the capital. The breakdown of talks between Poles and Bolsheviks ends any armistice hopes, with few Americans likely to stay, though some naturalized citizens may wish to remain.
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Warsaw
Washington
Who Sails on Pan Pacific Junket With Congress
A congressional junket promoted by the Pan Pacific union sails from San Francisco aboard the army transport Great Northern on July 5 to study trade in trans Pacific countries. The invitation drew objections as wasteful. The 136 member party plans visits to Hawaii the Philippines China Japan and Korea with officials and families, amid elaborate banquets and receptions. Newspaper men later barred from the tour. Details of the congressmen remained secret aboard the voyage.
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Ashington
Pan-Pacific Union
Congress
Great Northern
San Francisco
Randall
California
Uncle Sam
Hawaii
Philip‘pines
China
Japan
Korea
Shanghai
Nanking
Peking
Mukden
Soldiers Bonus Bill Faces Senate Hurdle After Conventions
The article notes the high likelihood of the soldiers bonus bill failing to pass as conventions avoid endorsing cash or compensation schemes. The House version awaits action in the Senate Finance Committee, while the administration opposes bonus legislation. Both parties’ platforms avoid firm support, undermining pro bonus efforts.
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Congress
House
Senate Committee On Finance
American Legion
Senate
Wilsons
Administration
Secretary of the
Treasury Houston
Ways and Means
San Francisco
Chicago
You May Now Do Business With Russians
A historical notice states Americans may trade with Soviet Russia but at their own risk with no legal protection or mail correspondence to Russia. It notes no passport issuance, export restrictions on war goods, and suggests cooperation only through Soviet co operatives. It describes co operatives as the sole intact economic mechanism with 20 million members and contemplates future Soviet-American trade.
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TNCLE
Sam
Russia
United States
Moscow
Lenin and Trotzky
Uncle Sam's Insurance Program Reports Wartime Progress
A government statement outlines the Bureau of War Risk Insurance achievements including marine and seamen division premiums of 47.6 million and claims paid 29.1 million. Allotment division processed 2,090,808 claims totaling 889.3 million for allotments and 266.5 million for allowances. Medical division details 462,609 treated patients and 54,790 hospital admissions under government supervision.
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OW Uncle Sam
Bureau of War Tisk Insurance
Marine and Seamen’s Insurance Division
Wnder
Government Auer Vision
Personal crisis reports rise in New York in 1920
The Save-a-Life league reports an alarming rise in death by own action cases in the first half of 1920. Total reports reached 2,771 so far this year, up from 2,088 in the same period of 1919.
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New York
Save-a-Life League
League
Justice official warns of profiteering propaganda in clothing trade
Washington D C special assistant to the attorney general Figg accuses manufacturers and robe rs of wearing apparel of using carefully prepared propaganda to stampede retailers and the public into a renewed fictitious demand for clothing and push prices higher. The department of justice is fully aware of the planned campaign.
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Washington, D. C
Howard
Figg
Department ‘of Justice
Western Canada braces for vast harvests across provinces
Rains over the past week have spurred widespread grain growth from Manitoba to Alberta. Optimism grows as yields in 1915 seem poised to be surpassed in many areas. Manitoba seeks 10 000 harvest hands at 5 to 6 dollars daily, Saskatchewan 15 000, Alberta 5 000, with labor pools likely to shift north as central states harvests free up workers. Employment offices and government outlets offer low railroad rates to reach fields.
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Canada
Manb
Toba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitobas
Winnipeg
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Illiois
Central States
Boundary Points
Chicago
Ill
Detroit
Mich
Milwaukee
Wis
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Des Moines
Waterstown
S. D
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn, and Grand Yorks, N. D
Fruit Candy Patter Echoes Old Time Sweets
A playful New York Central Magazine line praises fruit covered with candy and jokes about choosing flavors. It evokes nostalgia for busy fruit stands and confectionery chatter with characters debating chocolate coated treats.
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Rustus
New York Central Magazine
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney trouble. It cites Life Insurance officials noting many applicants are rejected due to undiscovered kidney issues. The ad urges readers to buy bottles or send ten cents for a sample from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton NY.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Tender Spot Phrase Sparks Courtroom Jest In Verse
A witty exchange between Mr Benover-No and Miss Romantique unfolds as they tease about wounds and romantic misfires in a humorous courtroom style. The banter pivots on a pun about engagement versus battlefield injury and shifts to a financial jab about the bank roll.
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Mr. Benover
France
Nervous SpellsNear Heart Failure Eatonic Stopped It
Mr C B Loats of Lay Maryland reports suffering nervous spells and heart pressure. After trying four spectatiats he credits one box of eatonic with rapid relief within minutes. He claims eatonic removes poisons and gases, restoring health and offers a money back guarantee if not pleased.
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Eatonic
Relef
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State News
Iowa
Linn Trimble
William Winters
Union
Hardin County
Lloyd Trimbla
Winter
Aide
BOY Scouts
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