Iowa State Newsitems Reveal Crimes and Local Woes
Iowa items report bonds stolen from Green Island resident M. E. Burna, a death by heart attack of James Ridgen, a gas exposure incident in Jewell, a boy killed in Atlantic, and other local misfortunes. Newton workers face wage cuts to save city funds. Clinton parishioner dies during midnight mass. several inmates escape Fort Madison during Christmas services. Osage pastor resigns to pursue film work. multiple minor crimes and legal cases unfold across towns like Parkersburg Mason City and Anita. A statewide tax plan proposes inheritance taxes on large estates.
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Liberty
M. E. Burna
Green Island
James Ridgen
Menlo
Arthur Stageland
Jewell
Grand Hotel
Des Moines
Robert Jacobs
Atelantic
Harding
Newton
St. Irenaeus Church
Clinton
William Curran
James Hamilton
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Andrew Jorgenson
Nevada
State Penitentiary
B. A. G. Willoughby
Congregational
Osage
Moving Picture
Jake Kissler
Lewis
Rissler
Ed Scoles
Parkersburg
Allison
Professor Penrod
Scoles
James O'Keefe
Harry Smith
W. Cullen
le Mars
James Lana
Edna B. Wilson
Pauline Crenn
Mason City
W. BE. Long
J. E. Wicham
Garner
Elizabeth McDermott
Atlantic
Samuel Petty
Anita
Hicks
Lewis Riggles
Riggles
Vida Smith
Boone
Harry Rich
John Dixon
Cedar Rapids
United States District Court
Nils John August Colson
Pilot Mound
War Finance Body Revived After Senate Override
Washington dispatch reports the war finance corporation revived by a house veto override and senate vote 53 to 5. The measure becomes law but actual loan making will await preparatory steps, possibly two months, with bonds and treasury certificates to fund operations.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
House
Wilson
Senate
Mondell
Treasury
Clark
Florida
House Agricultural Committee
Chicago Board of Trade
National Parks Face Power Permit Clash in Congress
Congress considers a bill to amend the 1920 act creating a federal power commission. Secretary Payne protests that park permits should require an act of Congress, while applications for power sites already surface in Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Sequoia. Women activists mobilize across states.
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Ashington
Congress
Federal Power Commission
Committee On Commerce
Jones
Washington
Payne
Interior Department
National Park Service
Power Commission
Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture
Grand Canon
Yosemite
Sequoia
Friends of the National Parks
Rhode Island
California
Marines Report Cannibal Attacks in Haiti
The naval board of Inquiry details claim that at least three American marines and numerous native children and girls were killed and eaten by cannibals in Haiti over the last fourteen months. It cites Private Clarence E F Morris, Sgt Lawrence Muth, and Private Harry Lawrence among the victims with gruesome specifics.
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Washington
Haiti
Naval Board of Inquiry
Clarence Ef, Morris
Marine Aviation’ Forces
Sergt
Lawrence Muth
Harry Lawrence
Catholic curate from Callan sentenced for sedition
Waterford Ireland January 6 a Catholic curate from Callan P H Delahunty was sentenced to two years hard labor by a court martial for possessing seditious literature and documents.
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Waterford
Ireland
Callan
P. H. Delahunty
D'Annunzian Fleet Disarms in Flume Blockade
Disarmament of warships under D'Annunzian control in Flume continues as submarine chasers depart and are seized by the Italian fleet enforcing the blockade.
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Trieste
D'Annunzian Legionnaires
Itallas
Milwaukee Whisky Robbery Stuns City Officials
Police investigated a $25,000 whisky theft at a wholesale square store. Burglars used a motor truck and a ladder in the break in, with details tying the crime to Milwaukee in January.
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Milwaukee
Jan
Senate Debates Over Reorganizing Executive Departments
Senator Knox proposes a 10 member special committee to study reorganizing the executive branches and creating public works and welfare departments. Senator Jones backs a joint House Senate committee to investigate all departments and push for consolidation to end duplications and boost efficiency, with reports due by December 1923.
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Knox
Pennsylvania
McCormick
Illinois
Europe
Senate
Department of Public Works
Department of Public Welfare
Jones
Washington
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Plac
House of Congress
Interior Department
National women groups form congressional committee for maternity bill
Representatives from eleven national women organizations unite in Washington to push passage of measures including the Sheppard-Towner bill for maternity and infancy protection. Highlights include leaders from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and the National League of Women Voters amid a surge of petitions to Congress.
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Washington
Sheppard-Towner
Ethel Smith
National Women’s Trade Union League
Kate Trenholme ‘Abrams
Lidd Hafford
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ellis Yost
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Louise Stanley
American Home Economics Association
Mary
Nette Rankin
National Consumers’ League
Lena M. Phillips
National Federation of Professional and Business Women’s Clubs
Arthur C. Watkins
National Congress of Mothers
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Congress
Fruit Hill Women's Club
New Providence
R. L. Ragazza Club
Rockford
Washington County
Woman's Club of
Dover
Rh. H
New London
N. H
Women’s City Club
Calais
P.E. O. Society
Dorcas Society
Monday Club
Dickinson
N. Dak
Economics Club
Ryder
A. McConnell
Crockett
Texas
County League of Women Voters
Dane County
Wis
League of Women Voters
Woman's Literary Union
Portland
Streator
Federation of Parent and Teachers' Clubs
Woman’s Club
York
Texas’ Federation of Women's Clubs
South Dakota Seeks Federal Aid to Reimburse Lake Andes landowners
A South Dakota House resolution asks Congress to reimburse landowners whose lands were flooded by federal artesian wells near Lake Andes. The measure urges funding to indemnify owners while opposing any action to drain or lower the lake.
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Outh Dakota
Uncle Sam
Sterling
South Dakota
Committee On Public Lands
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress of the
United States
Lake Andes
Charlies Mix
Congress
Congress of the United States
Crossed Words on Northern Signs and Southern Reactions
A sharp exchange contrasts Yankee versus Mississippi notions about cemeteries and autos. The dialogue hints that northern customs differ and that boasts about good deeds mask temperamental traits.
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Mississippi
Replace the Wear and Tear on the Human System
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as a blood tonic and system-builder that replenishes daily wear and tear in the body. It claims to strengthen the blood supply and renew vigor, urging readers to obtain free literature from Chief Medical Advisor, 162 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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S. S
Why the Celt Was Puzzled
A New York physician seeks ancestral roots in Scotland and Ireland but an old Irishman questions why the descendant looks for ancestors in a place they left two centuries ago prompting a humorous remark about heritage and migration.
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New York
Rainy day dog in pink boots amuses New York crowds
A limousine halts on Fifth Avenue as a matron and girl walk a dog wearing pink rubber boots and a rainproof blanket. The scene draws amused attention from pedestrians, reflecting a chaotic urban moment noted by the New York Times.
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Fifth Avenue
New York Times
Beasts Make Good on Films At London Zoological Society
The London Zoological Society reports success in creating and recording films of rare animals. Real beasts move on screen in natural, instructive ways, potentially surpassing human actors for artistic clarity since animals communicate without speech and cannot be trained to perform rehearsed gestures.
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London Zoological Society
Christian Science Monitor
How Fabrics May Be Tested By Thumb Method
The thumb test helps judge fabric strength and weaving quality. The fabric is clamped between forefingers and thumbs. when knuckles are pressed together a heavy strain occurs and the ease with which it tears shows its strength.
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