Bigamy charge for printer from Garner faces Iowa case
Iowa news notes include B E L Spear returning from Oklahoma to Garner on bigamy charges, John F. Boynson’s sudden death in Waterloo, teens accused near Moulton for alleged car theft, and a host of local items from Independence to Dubuque. The report covers bonds for a Des Moines high school, university psychiatry plans, Camp Dodge housing sales, and regional projects in Mingo, Tipton, Spencer, Harlan, Winneshiek, and more.
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BE. L. Spear
Garner
Oklahoma
Waterloo
Iowa
John F. Boynson
Greenfield
Moulton
Charles City
Independence
C. M. Vanhorn
Sioux City
Boone
Bedford
Harold Lowe
Frank Copper
Dubuque
General Hospital
University of Iowa
Samuel T. Orton
Psychopathic Hospital
Des Moines
Baker
Camp Dodge
Fort Dodge
Mingo
Colfax
Tipton
Spencer
Danish Evangelical Lutheran College
Dana Theological Seminary
Blair
Nebraska
Harlan
Winneshiek County
Agricultural Engineers of
Alberts
Emmet
Cumberland
Baxter
Food budget hits record as May prices rise across 22 items
The May food budget for the average American family rose to a new high, up 8 percent from April and 7 percent from January. Sugar flour and potatoes drive the increase, with Springfield ranking 22 percent higher year over year. wholesale prices also climbed, led by coal and coke.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Iabor
Springfield
Butte
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Onaha
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Denver
Turks Must Come to Time In Boulogne Talks
The Allied council at Boulogne agreed to wage war on Turkish nationalists and enforce the Versailles treaty. Greece will act first but cannot cross a public line near Constantinople. in exchange Greece may gain a mandate or annexation of Smyrna. France’s Premier Millerand resisted fixing the German indemnity amount. the sum is stated as 120,000,000,000 gold marks about $25 billion.
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Boulogne
Allied Council
Constantinople
Smyrna
Preffner Millerand
Skinner Companies Face Court Action in Nebraska
In Lincoln a second Skinner case seeks to dissolve Skinner Packing Co of Omaha. A temporary injunction bars officers from handling company affairs or altering records. The suit aims to declare forfeiture of corporate rights, dissolve the company, sell its property, and remove the corporation from Nebraska.
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Lincoln, Neb
Skinner Companies
Supreme Court
Skinner Packing Co
Omaha
Skloner Packing Co
Chicago school board held in contempt by judge
Tl Nine members of the Chicago school board and their attorney were found guilty of contempt of court by Judge Kickham Scanlan. Seven received short jail terms and all were fined from 250 to 150. All defendants appealed. The case stemmed from the removal of former Superintendent Charles B. Chadsey who was dismissed, appealed, reinstated, then authority delegated to Assistant Superintendent Mortenson before Chadsey resigned.
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Chicago
Chicago School Board
Kickhbam Scanlan
Nebraska Beauty Wins Divorce Amid Lincoln Custody
Mrs Margery Watkins Wester 88 once called Nebraska’s sun flower beauty was granted a divorce from Amos L Foster Cincinnati attorney. Custody of their 9 year old son awarded. She will return to her former home in Lincoln after the ruling.
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Cincinnati, O
Margery Watkins Wester
Nebraska
Amos LP
Foster
Cincinnati Atorney
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Gompers Plans Swing Against Harding in Campaign
Samuel Gompers, re-elected AFL president, intends to oppose Senator Harding in the national campaign. Harding is said to be on Labor's blacklist, and Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts is viewed unfavorably by labor due to the Boston police strike.
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Montreal
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Harding
Inbor
Goolidge
Massachusetts
Boston
Aged Couple Killed by Cow Near Treynor Iowa
Mr and Mrs Andrew Liddell both about eighty years old die after a cow with a calf gore them on their Treynor farm in Pottawattamite county. They were noted as pioneer farmers and leaders in the community.
Wheat Cost Findings Show 1919 Grower Losses At A Glance
The 1919 American wheat crop averaged 2.15 dollars per bushel to grower according to a Department of Agriculture survey. It covered 14 wheat belt districts including nine winter wheat areas and five spring wheat regions. To earn a profit on 80 percent of surveyed wheat, prices would need to be about 2.60 dollars, with winter costs at 1.87 and spring at 2.65. Dollar wheat would have paid costs on only two of 481 farms surveyed.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Earthquake Damages Buildings Across Los Angeles Area
A June 21 quake partly destroyed eight Inglewood business buildings and damaged many homes. The disturbance centered near Englewood with effects extending through Los Angeles county including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Venice and Santa Monica reporting minor structural damage.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Inglewood
Los Angeles County
Englewood
Long Beach
Trednondo Beach
San Pedro
Venice
Santa Monica
Nebraska Prison Overcrowding Strains State Penitentiary
Prohibition emptied county and city jails leaving the Nebraska penitentiary crowded with over 400 inmates in a facility designed for about 850. Warden Nren ton already must double up two men in some cells, raising concerns for prison reform and inmate welfare.
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Nebraska Penitentiary
Nebraska
Nrenton
Volstead Defeated for renomination in Minnesota primary
Congressman A. J. Volstead Republican author of the prohibition enforcement act lost renomination to Rev. O. J. Kvale of Benson Nonpartisan League in St Paul Minnesota. Kvale a 52 year old pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran church won the race.
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St.aal
Minn
A. J. Volstead
Minnesota
Iev
O. J. Kvale
Benson
Nonpartisan League
Ixvale
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Charges Against Dempsey Dismissed in Draft Conspiracy Case
In San Francisco an indictment against world heavyweight champion William Tlarvison Dempsey and manager Jack Kearns for conspiracy to evade the selective draft act was dismissed in federal court.
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Dempsey
San Francisco
Cal
William Tlarvison
Ack
Jack Kearns
Yellow fever feared in Vera Cruz amid plague cases
Mexico City reports dispatches noting suspected yellow fever outbreak in Vera Cruz with numerous bubonic plague cases recently recorded, raising public health concerns.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Lincoln Paint Plant Destroyed in Large Lincoln Blaze
Fire destroyed the Lincoln plant of the Western Glass and Paint company in Lincoln Nebraska. The blaze caused an estimated loss over 250000 dollars and is believed to be fully covered by insurance.
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Lincoln
Anthrax Outbreak Hits Beatrice Area Livestock
Anthrax has appeared on the Frank Grabowski farm five miles southwest of Beatrice Nebraska and has wiped out about $2,000 worth of stock over the past week. The disease, likely the first in 80 years for the area, killed 70 hogs and then affected his horses cattle and chickens.
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Beatrice, Neb
Frank Grabowski
Beatrice
Grabowski
Labor Federation Backs League of Nations in Stormy Montreal Session
In Montreal the American Federation of Labor adjourned after endorsing the League of Nations amid fierce debate. President Samuel Gompers struggled to control proceedings as Irish sympathizers pressed for a recorded “no” vote. The convention approved a labor program including treaty ratification, public ownership of railroads, price controls, and stronger collective bargaining. Gompers was re elected for the thirty ninth time.
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Montreal
American Federation of Labor
League of Nations
League
Samuel Gompers
Jin
Gompers
Executive Council
Committee On International Relations
Dan McKillip
Seattle
Washington
Canal Squadron to Base in Canal Zone for Latin America
The navy department announced a special service squadron of cruisers and gun boats will base in the Canal Zone and be ready for duty in Mexico Central America and adjacent ports, organized about October 1.
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Central America
Washington
Canal Zone
Mexico
Navy Department
Detroit Ranks Fourth in U S Population
Washington reports Detroit now fourth in national population with 903,780 residents, up 527,087 since last count. In Burlington and Ia, C B Q switchmen walkout demanding higher wages, seeking $1 per hour for foremen and 60 cents for helpers.
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Washington
Detroit
Barracks to be Sold in Mexico City Auction
All barracks in Mexico City will be sold at auction and soldiers will be quartered in cantonments in the suburbs to secure more healthful living conditions.
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Mexico City
Davenport student crafts gavel for national convention
A Davenport high school student creates a wooden gavel used to open the Democratic national convention in San Francisco. Homer Cummings, national chairman, will wield the gavel at the event next week.
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Iowa
Davenport
Homer
Cummings
San Francisco
Congress Would Settle Racial Question in United States
Senator Spencer of Missouri urged a bill creating a nine member Racial Question Commission to study conditions of colored Americans and racial friction. The panel would include three whites from each region and three blacks, appointed by the president with Senate consent, for staggered one to three year terms and power to investigate and suggest remedies.
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Ashington
Spencer
Missouri
United States
United States of America
Senate
Tercentenary of Pilgrims marked largely in 1921
The 1920 international celebration of the Pilgrims tercentenary is shifted to 1921 due to war delays. Local events will occur in 1920. An address read into the Congressional Record links Jamestown and Mayflower origins to self government and religious freedom, urging a national celebration of free institutions.
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Sulgrave Institution
Fess
Ohio
Jamestown
Virginia
Legislative Assembly
American
Holland
Britain
America
New World
Cavalier
Pilgrim
Deadlock Over Free Seeds in Congress Debated
The agricultural appropriations bill stalls over a 239 416 seed distribution item. Sen Gronna notes mail costs exceed one cent per seed, while Rep Langley mocks opposition and Sen King calls the aid disgraceful. Sen Thomas predicts Senate yield amid seed abuses. Sen Kenyon cites ridicule and contempt. Sen Smith defends the long dispute.
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Senate
House
Gronna
North Dakota
Langley
Kentucky
King
Utah
Thomas
Colorado
Kenyon
Iowa
American Congress
Smith
Georgia
West Point’s Role in Shaping Duty and Character
The piece argues West Point builds character through duty honor and country rather than new political ideologies. It notes 118 years of service roles in chief wartime decisions and lists famed graduates such as Grant Lee Sherman and Pershing as evidence of its influential education.
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Academy
Grant
Lee
Sherman
Sheridan
Albert Sydney Johns Ston
Stonewall Jackson
Joe Johnston
George Thomas
George R. Meclellan
Goethalg
Bullard
Uiggett
Pershing
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