Hawkeye State News Roundup From Iowa Communities
A long roll of Iowa incidents includes Wilton homecoming attendance, land sales at $340 and $500 per acre, court actions over a daughter's conduct, cattle shipments, and a chautauqua address by former VP Marshall. Fatalities include farmer George Weimar, a worker on a silo scaffold, and others beside sunstroke and railway accidents.
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Wilton
Iowa
S. G. Chase of
Corning
R. D. Scott
Herman Diercks
Traer
George F. Conant
Dessie Brown
Cedar Rapids
Roy Stolberg
Lamont
Clarinda
Marshall
Germany
George W. Weimar
Anita Territory
B. F. Kneeskern
Castalia
Irene van Brocklin
Louis Proschaw
Ann Arbor
Mich
Clinton
Albert Helvig
Roland
Harding U K Citizens Troops: President Praises Citizen Soldiers
President Harding, addressing 100000 civilian volunteers from Camp Meade, Md, declares support for annual civilian military training to maintain peace. He highlights 28000 trained this summer versus 11000 last year and commends DC Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania youths in the Camp Meade contingent.
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Washington
Harding
Camp Meade
White House Grounds
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
All America
America
Washington Rejects Draft Authority in Peace Time
Col. J. A. Hull acting judge advocate general says the current strike does not create a wartime emergency and the government has no authority to draft in peacetime. Weeks receives the decision outlining limits on army recruiting to full war strength.
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Washington
Weeks
J. A. Hull
Troops Moved Into Budapest to Quell Uprising
London reports serious labor turmoil in Budapest with the government massing troops to suppress an uprising. Advices from Vienna confirm the deployment as authorities try to restore order in Hungary’s capital.
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London
Budapest
Vienna
Indian government loan soars to record annual borrowings
More than 130 000 000 pounds 184 325 000 dollars has been subscribed in the new Indian government loan, a record for state borrowing in India for a single year, according to a Calcutta dispatch.
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London
India
Calcutta
Girl Jumped Into River to Please Sweetheart
Bertha Lloberda and Michael Bondeviega of Chicago, sweethearts, stood on a bridge at midnight. He claimed she did not love him, she jumped in to prove it, he dived after and pulled her ashore. Bertha was arrested for attempted suicide, released by Judge Trude, and Bondeviega left town vowing never to marry a dumbbell.
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Michael Bondeviega
Bertha Lloberda
Chicago
Mike
Bertha
Trude
Lincoln merchant sued over 2000 mile breach of promise
Miss Gertrude Henoch of Brooklyn sued Isaac Stine, a Lincoln merchant, for breach of promise after he lured her 2000 miles with marriage talk and a $1500 ring. She won $8000 as damages claiming he stole the ring and clothes and used a cripple defense. He admitted answering her matrimonial ad and said she refused after learning he was an invalid.
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Lincoln
Neb
Isaac Stine
Gertrude Henoch
Brooklyn
N. Y
Superior Court of
Miss Henoch
Mr. Stine
Nebraska
New York
al Henoch
Family of Six Killed in Train Crash Near Abshon N J
A car carrying Mr and Mrs John M Stratton and their four children was struck by a Pennsylvania express train near Abshon New Jersey killing all six occupants. Two children died the day after the crash. State police investigate reports that passing motorists refused to aid the victims.
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Abshon
N. J
John M. Stratton
Here
Stae
Senate Wool Probe Sparks Rumpus Over Tariff Interests
Senator Caraway of Arkansas tried to push a resolution for a Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry into financial ties of senators with industries tied to the tariff debate. Western senators Gooding Bursum Stanfield admitted wool interests while Smoot Oddie Jones denied current sheep ownership.
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Ashington
Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Gooding
Idaho
Bursum
N. M
Stanfield
Ore
Smoot
Utah
Oddie
Nev
Jones
Wadsworth
N. Y
Warren
Wyoming
Dolliver
Iowa
Abraham
New Mexico
Army Board Opens Historic Officers Purge Under Dickman
The army's general officers board led by Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman begins the largest purge in regulars, aiming to cut about 2,000 officers. Preliminary talks focus on morale impacts as many officers face separation, with estimates of over 1,700 to be discharged, while officials stress the action reflects on service history rather than character.
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Joseph T. Dickman
Pershing
Congress
Army
War Department
National Leper Home at Carville To Get Funding
A Senate debate reported 800 to 1,200 lepers nationwide and a bill authorizing the Treasury to fund additions to the National Leper Home at Carville Louisiana for up to 650000 was approved for possible future appropriation next December. Senator Fernald noted the measure requires future appropriations.
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United States
Senate
Fernald
Maine
Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
Secretary of the Treasury
Carville
Committee On Appropriations
Louisiana
Public Health Service
Washington Aims To Keep The Convention City Title
The article notes Washington may earn the label Convention City as national organizations set up year by year in the capital. Spring brings large convention followings, attracted by viewing government action amid cherry blossoms and touring government buildings with a blend of expositions and fairs available to visitors.
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Washington
National Capital
White House
New York
Chicago
Denver
Canada Opens Door Wider to Settlers After War
The Canadian government relaxed wartime immigration restrictions showing faith in the Dominion's future. The changes favor agriculturists from Britain America and Europe including Serbians Poles Swiss Roumanians Dutch Yugoslavs French Danes Norwegians Swedes Finns and Lithuanians. The move aims to spur settlement taming postwar depression and boosting western prairie development.
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Canada
Dominion
New England
Great Plains
West
Bobbed Hair Hurts Leominster Hairpin Industry
Leominster Massachusetts a key center for comb and hairpin production suffers as the bobbed hair fad declines demand. The article notes impact on local workers and factories in the wake of changing fashions.
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Leominster
Mass
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rash Remedies
Advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing itchy rashes with hot baths using Cuticura Soap, followed by Cuticura Ointment and a dusting of Cuticura Talcum. claims purity and fragrance. Prices listed as 25 cents each.
Swat Em Now Pair of Flies Averts Plague Risk
A brief note urges early action to zap a pair of flies to prevent a potential outbreak. The claim frames a large future threat and promotes simple control as a safeguard.
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Hawkeye
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John Hansen
Estherville
Frank Landt
Charles Novotny
Carroll Township
Novotny
Adair
Legion
Smith Brookhart
Bremer County Fair
Waverly
H. B. Bryan
Bismarck
N. D
D. E. Hanawalt
Monticello Electric Company
Rosie Orr
Charles Orr
Eagle Grove
Oskaloosa
Goldie Walker
Calvin Walker
New Market
B. C. Mason
John W. Lawson
Ottumwa
Albert Klink
Dale Township
Primghar
Blackhawk County Veterans’ Association
Cedar Falls
W. W. Gist
State Teachers College
Rock Island
Iowa City
Bedford
Ray Horning
Weaver Kelly
Keokuk
Hamilton
Harding U. K
Judge Advocate
Hull
Secretary of War
Ay. National
L of
Army Board
National Leper
Carville, la
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