Iowa News Briefs Forward in Hawkeye State
A summary of scattered Iowa items reports Efferson of Pomeroy killed by a freight train and Sanford Beadle of Oskaloosa dying after a runaway incident. A franchise election at Emerson, Ringling Bros. deal for Earlham horse, Ney-Snyder elevator fire at Arion, and several court actions including J. W. Conroy and Thomas Irish sentences. Census figures show 59,669 state residents over ten work for a living. Butter production up to an expected 112 million pounds. Receivership for Consumer's Mercantile with Cedar Rapids offices. Edson bill training aid for disabled civilians, and mine rescue station talks. Medical, educational, and hospital notes end with Drake University and University of Iowa Children’s Hospital Christmas plans.
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DB. Efferson
Pomeroy
Sanford Beadle
Oskaloosa
Sam
Peter Munciner
Monticello
Emerson
Farmer's Mutual Telephone Company
Thirtysix
E. M. Thomas
Earlham
Ringling Bros
Ney-Snyder
Arion
Louis Zubick
St. Anthony Hospital
Carroll
Zubick
Templeton
Milwaukee Railroad
Washington
W. B. Barney
Iowa
Mt. Ayr
Fort Madison
H. A. Fuller
Thomas A. Irish
Thomas A. Harris
Charles E. Byrnes
Cedar Rapids
Consumer's Mercantile Company
South Dakota
United States
Henry T. Reed
Board of Vocational Education
Edson
M H Bender
George H. Allen
Iowa Sales Company
John Morris
Lee Stankee
Bureau of Mines
Ramseyer
United Mine Workers
H. Foster Bain
Bureau At Mines
Bureau
Arthur Holmes
Drake University
Lincoln and
Zearing
Children’s Hospital
University of Iowa
State of Iowa
Harding Proclaims American Education Week 1921
President Harding issued a proclamation designating December 4 to 10, 1921 as American Education Week. He urges governors and citizens to increase focus on free schools, address literacy and educational shortcomings, and mobilize churches, presses, schools, and public gatherings to support public education nationwide.
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Washington
Harding
America
Warren G. Harding
United States
Cincinnati Bribery Case Leads to Prison and Fines
Dee J Louis Cohen president of Tunnel Trading Company New York was sentenced by Judge Peck in the United States District Court to one year and a day in Leavenworth and a $4000 fine for attempting to bribe federal prohibition officer Robert E Flora. In two related indictments for liquor sales Cohen also received three months in jail at Dayton and a $750 fine.
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Cincinnati
Dee
Louis Cohen
Tunnel Trading Company
New York
Robert E. Flora
Prohibition
Peck
United States District Court
Leavenworth
Wegal
Cohen
Dayton
No Women Eligible for Missouri Jury Service
Missouri attorney general's office says women are not eligible for jury service under the August constitutional amendment permitting women to hold office. The ruling underscores the single standard for juror qualification while women may serve in other civic roles.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Attorney General's Department
Morse ship deals to be presented to grand jury
Washington reports the government will present the findings of its probe into transactions between Charles W Morse and the Shipping Board to a federal grand jury on December 8. Berlin notes the Imperial Bank of Germany reports a further 1,277,772,000 marks added to note circulation, bringing total to 96,468,805,000 marks.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
Shipping Board
Berlin
Imperial Bank of Germany
Quiz Ready on Rates Washington Ded
The readable text is fragmented and unclear but appears to reference rates or a quiz related to Washington and a deadline. No coherent event, names, or dates are extractable for a reliable summary.
Arbuckle on Stand Describes Ice Used on Actress
Roscoe Arbuckle testified in his manslaughter trial over Virginia Rappe’s death. He said he arrived from Los Angeles on September 38 and that Miss Rappe appeared in his hotel suite aided by Mrs. Delmont who placed ice on her head. He recounted guests, a room arrangement, and his own actions to help Rappe, denying prior talks about the key incident.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Los Angeles
St. Francis Hotel
Mary B. Taube
Taube
Miss Prégon
Mrs. Delmont
Miss Rappe
al Semnacher
Peter Narganard
Nargaard
Culver City
Bliss Rappe
Robbers raid Cincinnati home loot over $100,000
Four armed robbers forced three women into the cellar at William Cooper Procter’s Glendale residence and ransacked the house, escaping with jewelry valued at more than $100,000. Police say the swift, carefully planned operation indicates meticulous preparation.
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Cincinnati
William Cooper Procter
Glendale
Dynamite Damages River Bridge Near Market Tre Ark
Dynamite damaged a steel and concrete bridge over the Saint Francis River near Market Tre Ark after midnight. Information from Frisco system railroad officials confirms the act and location.
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Memphis
Saint Francis River
Market Tre. Ark
Frisco System Railroad
Weather notes signal sleet snow and rain in East Boston
Fragmentary weather dispatch reports sleet snow and rain affecting the East Boston area with references to New England conditions and local transport impacts. The garbled text mentions blue skies weather and craneportatiog and wires.
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Boston
New England
Naval experts uphold 5-5-3 plan at arms talks
American specialists report no change to tonnage estimates for the three powers and say calculations on Japanese strength are accurate. They expect the reduction issue to return to the conference soon as Japan seeks Tokyo approval before abandoning foreign post offices by January 1, 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Technical Commission of the
Hughes
Conference
Japan
China
Tokyo
War Hero Dies at Sea on Havana Voyage
Col. Charles W. Whittlesey, famed leader of the Lost Battalion and pallbearer at Arlington for America's Unknown Soldier, perished at sea aboard United Fruit's Inner Tolon while en route from New York to Havana. A wireless dispatch confirmed his death and quoted his defiant message to German lines.
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New York
America
Arlington
Charles W. Whittlesey
Havana
United Fruit Company
Whittlesey
United Frult Company
Internal Revenue shows tax collections drop from 1920 to 1921
The yearly report from Internal Revenue Commissioner David H Blair shows total tax collections for the year ending June 30 1921 at 4 595 000 765 74 a decline from 5 407 580 251 81 in 1920 Miscellaneous taxes including war excise taxes were the only branch to rise while all other sources fell
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Washington
Internal” Revenue
David H.blair
Commodity rates pressured by interstate orders
Texas to Boston and Duluth were cited as higher than other routes. officials ordered a reduction in rates. The fragmented report notes Mohair and wool shipments and neighboring states’ pricing actions affecting northern and eastern freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Boston
Duluth
Minn
Comprehensive North Atlantic power grid plan proposed
Secretary Fall submitted to President Harding a Geological Survey report on a nationwide electric transmission system. It envisions 970 miles of 220000 volt lines and five times that in 110000 volt lines from Boston to Washington, with 1200 miles of 88000 volt distribution lines. The plan requires about 104 million dollars by 1930 and total investment exceeding 1.1 billion dollars, aiming to lower costs and boost industrial output across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
North Atlantic Coast Region
Boston
Congress
Recommendations to Expand Veterans Bureau Efficiency
A Senate special committee report urges broadening the Veterans Bureau’s scope, transferring hospitals to the bureau, creating a chaplain corps, providing cemeteries at hospitals, standardizing training, and extending insurance to 10 000 per policyholder. It calls for ending unsuitable hospital contracts and increasing vocational centers, noting low rehabilitation rates amid high spending.
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Veterans'bureau
Special
Senate Committee
Army
Navy
Bureau
Chaplain Corps
Spey
Farmers Co operative TSIGURNS Grow Big Business
Department of Agriculture reports show farmers co operative organizations earned 375 114 660 in the last year up from about 60 million in 1919. County agents note rising co operation and marketing systems as key to farm success.
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural’ Department
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Hhrough
Elms Planted at Lincoln Memorial by Foresters
The American Forestry Association planted two elms at the Lincoln Memorial grounds in tribute to the allied armies and navies. Charles Lathrop Pack of Lakewood led the ceremony with a brief address, followed by Mrs. Warren G. Harding presenting a tree.
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American Forestry .‘Association
Lincoln Memorial
Charles. Lathrop
Pack
Lakewood
Neda
The
Association
Warren G. 1. Harding
Fone International Governments
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United States Court
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Mary ‘Eliott’ Flanery
House of” Representatives
Frankfort
Kentucky General Assembly
Boyd
Rob Procter
Americana
U. S. Plan
Col
Charlies W. Whittlesey
Internal Revenue
Taba
I. Peller
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