Multiple Iowa items dominate local news and politics
The report lists a string of events including suicides, political candidacies, legal cases, budget cuts, and farm bureau actions across Iowa. Notable items include Col. E. B. Piper’s independent bid for Congress, a Burlington police captain found guilty of liquor sales, mass tax meetings at Eldora, wage cuts in Cherokee County, and candidate announcements for House speakership.
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John Roeder
LeMars
Col
E. B. Piper
Corning
Congress
Horace M. Towner
John Lilteich
Burlington
Eldora
Cherokee County
J. C. McClune
Oskaloosa
Lemuel Hecox
Hawarden
Paradox
Zara A. Church
Jefferson
Henry County
J. A. Wright
Maquoketa
Sioux City
W. W. Merritt
Red Oak
Story County
Niagara
Columbia College of Dubuque
Farm Bureau
John Buchanan
Ringgold County
J. A. Bliss
Tom Roberts
American Legion
Dubuque
Decorah
County Farm Bureau
Linois
Clinton
J. C. Vant Hall
Iowa
Waterloo
Vetter
State Bankers Association
Iowa City
Jessup
Owasa Savings Bank
Hardin County Bankers Association
Jacob D. Kruse
Littlerock
Benjamin H. Morrison
Mapleton
Grace Gapinsky
Jake Meyers
Government Bridge
Davenport
Bertha Liennon
Disabled Yanks Urge U S Aid
Memorial from the Disabled American Veterans to President Harding denounces neglect of over 8,500 mentally disabled ex servicemen in state institutions. It cites overcrowded Ohio Longview asylum where 42 inmates sleep on the floor and notes lack of medical care, profits from maintenance fees, and calls for federal oversight and state veterans commissions.
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Memorial
Ohio Hospital
Washington
Harding
Ohio
Longview
Hamilton County
Veterans’ Bureau
France forms new cabinet under Premier Poincare
Paris reports Premier and minister of foreign affairs M. Poincare announces a definite cabinet after meeting British Prime Minister in Paris. The lineup includes Louis Barthou as justice and Alsace Lorraine minister and Andre Maginot as war and pensions minister, with Le Trocquer in public works and Sarraut in colonies.
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Paris
M. Poincare
M. Briand
Cannes
M. Barthou
Alsace- Lorraine
Louis Barthou
M. Maunoury
Charles de Lasteyrie
Andre Maginot
M. Ralberti
Adolph Cheron
Alexandre Berard
Leon Berard
Albert Sarraut
M. le Trocquer
Lucien Dior
W. Reibel
Hays to Insure Life for Two Million Dollars
The Postmaster General Will H. Hays will insure his life for 2 million dollars as he re signs his cabinet post to lead the national moving picture combination. The announcement came from New York on January 18.
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New York
Will H. Hays
National Moving Picture Combination
Arbuckle jury chosen in Fatty Arbuckle case
A jury to try Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle was completed shortly after five o clock in San Francisco. The panel consists of eleven men and one woman.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty
Rome Welcomes U S Troops in Medal of Honor Ceremony
Rome greets American troops arriving for the ceremonies honoring Italy's unknown soldier with the Congressional Medal of Honor. The city emphasizes hospitality as veterans join in the memorial event.
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Rome
U. S
Italy
Gas Engine Inventor George Baldwin Selden Dies
George Baldwin Selden, pioneer of the automobile industry and inventor of the first gasoline propelled vehicle, died at his Rochester home. He served as president of the Selden Motor Company.
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Rochester
N. Y
George Baldwin Selden
Selden Motor Company
Illinois Voters to Decide Beer and Wine Question in November
Illinois voters will decide two questions at the November election on beer and light wines. Alderman Anton Cermak leads the effort using the public policy act to place the issue on ballots with signatures from 10 percent of last election voters. About 80 000 signatures will come from Chicago and the rest from the state.
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Washington
Congress
Calder
New York
Rossdale
Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
General Assembly
Congress of the United States
Cermak
Anti-Prohibition League of
Government not derelict toward disabled World War veterans
White House spokesman for President Harding issues emphatic denial that the government neglects or exploits disabled World War I veterans. The administration asserts that everything possible is being done for the servicemen and expresses resentment at the charges.
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Washington
Jan
White House
Harding
Girl's Body Recovered From Ice in Kingston
After nine days of searching the body of Isabelle Keifer nine year old drowned a week earlier was found in the ice in Kingston Illinois. The body of her playmate Roger Brown six years old who went under the ice with her was recovered the previous Monday.
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Kingston, Ill
Isabelle Keifer
Roger Brown
Home Run Baker Weds Margaret Mitchell in Baltimore
John Franklin Baker nicknamed Home Run Baker marries Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell in Baltimore Maryland on January 19. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mitchell.
Ford Criticized by Weeks Over Muscle Shoals Delay
Washington January 19 Henry Ford was charged with unwarranted criticism by Secretary of War Weeks for saying his Muscle Shoals offer had been needlessly delayed by the War department.
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Ford
Weeks
Washington
Henry Ford
Secretary of War
War Department
Washington Emerges as World News Center
National capital reports position as the globe’s premier news hub with about 500000 words daily from Washington correspondents, press associations, leased wires, and mail. Estimated flow splits into 200000 words by wires and 100000 by magazines, shaping a metropolitan scale of publicity.
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Ashington
Washington
Europe
Washington Daily
Hoover May Head World Disarmament Commission
Secretary of Commerce Hoover may lead an international commission to disarm China. The plan envisions a 50 million dollar demobilization fund, demobilizing the vast Inchun forces, paying back wages, and sending soldiers to public works projects like highways and railroads.
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Erbert Hoover
China
Peking
Httle
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Bill to Prohibit Blocs in Congress
A proposed bill introduced by Republican Representative Ansorge would ban blocs or groupings in Congress based on pursuits or geography that seek to influence legislation. It would impose a 5000 dollar fine on members found to belong to a bloc and would not disrupt regular caucuses. The measure draws on the Sherman act analogy to curb combinations that threaten representative democracy. Senator Capper countered that farm blocs reflect the central role of farmers in the economy and national industry.
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Congress
Representative Ansorge
Ansorge
Mr. Ansorge
Capper
Senate
Romance of the Red Cross Building Opens in Memory
The piece recounts Lincoln calling for 75 000 volunteers in 1861 and the heroism of Francis Barrow and James A Scrymser in the Twelfth New York engineer corps. It highlights Mrs Barlows nursing at Antietam Gettysburg and in a Washington hospital. Her death in 1864 from typhus spurs a national tribute. Scrymser secures Loyal Legion endorsement and yields funds for the Red Cross home. Major donors include Capt James A Scrymser Mrs Russell Sage E H Harriman and Rockefeller Foundation with 400 000 from Congress and 800 000 in total donations.
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Lincoln
Francis Barrow
James A. Scrymser
Engineer Corps
Twelfth New York
Antietam
Barlow
Sanitary Commission
American Red Cross
Gettysburg
Washington
Captas Serymser
North
South
Serymser
New York
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Congress
Russell Sage
E. H. Harriman
Rockefeller Foundation
California Fig Syrup Advertisement for Children
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to relieve constipation in children. It promotes a fruity taste, promises gentle cleansing, and warns buyers to request genuine California Fig Syrup with printed directions for babies and children of all ages.
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California
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Romance of the Red Cross
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Walter Baker & Co.,ltd
Dorchester
Massachusetts
Holland
Derebet
Sereged
Pluck
Hecate E Book Marine Co
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