Iowa News Briefs From Des Moines To Oskaloosa
A fire in Jolley caused about 70000 damage and threatened the town. A. Davis, long absent, visits Lamont relatives after staying in Wyoming. Des Moines resident William H. M. Smith dies. he was a Civil War veteran. Frank Mooshamer returned from Kansas amid a complaint linked to Karl Frick’s daughter in Onawa. J. J. Johnson dies from ladder fall injuries near Decorah. Henry County reports 107 head of purebred cattle for sale. Calhoun war board wins $8 per bushel for wartime corn commandeering. Samuel Murphy dies from injuries after a truck collision with a passenger train at Waterloo. Earl Brock, 9, found dead in a swing at Oskaloosa. cause unknown. Isabelle Boyle becomes McGregor’s first female head of a second-class post office. E T Hauptman pleads not guilty to forgery and false statements. grand jury returns indictment. Lena Brundage found dead in a gas-filled Cedar Rapids room. despondency suspected. Anna Brown, 70, of Center Point seeks repayment from Phillips for swindle and promised glasses. Bob Edwards, Adair taxi driver, bound and robbed by two men later identified as Leason and H Horn. Five counties to be soil-surveyed in 1922 by Iowa State College. state to be over half surveyed. High school agriculture judging grows. 90 boys from 30 schools compete in state contest at Ames with strong Smith-Hughes showing. George Husman, 60, Colfax Electric Light manager, electrocuted trying to measure a line. rescue efforts fail after two hours.
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Jolley
A. Davis
Lamont
Wyoming
William H. M. Smith
Des Moines
Mr. Smith
Frank Mooshamer
Kansas
Karl Frick
Onawa
J. J. Johnson
Decorah
Henry County
Calhoun County War Board
M. E. Hoyt
Carroll County
Samuel Murphy
Waterloo
E. T. Hauptman
Corwith
Lena Brundage
Cedar Rapids
Burly Pratt
Anna Brown
Center Point
Phillips
Germany
Bob Edwards
Adair
Guthrie Center
Elkhorn
George Leason
H. Horn
Iowa
Soils Department
Iowa State College
Delaware
Floyd
Jefferson
Winneshiek
Worth
Ames
Smith-Hughes
George H. Husman
Colfax Electric Light Company
Prairie City
Mr. Husman
Chilean Attache in Paris Ends Life Over Peggy Joyce Affair
Guillermo Errazuriz, attache at the Chilean legation in Brussels and brother of the Westbury tragedy’s former wife, shot himself after proposing marriage to Peggy Joyce. Joyce says he urged divorce and marriage soon, then died from a self-inflicted head wound. The case is linked to Joyce’s prior entanglements and past suicides tied to her.
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Brussels
Paris
Guillermo Errazuriz
Jack de Saulles
Westbury
L. L
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
the Herald
Miss Joyce
Errazuriz
Rome
Peggy Joyce
J. Stanley Joyce
Chicago
Alexander McClintock
United States Army
Coast Guard
New York
Peggy
Murray Hill
Solon Charges Navy Oil Lease Deal Sparks Senate Probe
Senator La Follette accuses Secretary Fall and Secretary Denby of steering naval oil reserves to private interests and withholding information. He calls for a Senate Public Lands Committee inquiry into the Sinclair oil deal and the Teapot Dome leasing.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Wyoming Naval Oil Reserve
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate
Senate Public Lands Committee
Wyoming Teapot Dome
California
Wyoming
Fall and
Denby
Bonus Bill Like House Measure
Senate Finance Committee Republicans plan to ask President Harding to approve a soldiers' bill that differs from the house measure only in minor essentials.
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House
Washington
Harding
Senate Finance Committee
India Revolt Threat Looms Cited by Aga Khan
London reports a simmering revolt in India with a great outbreak threatened, via a Paris dispatch to the Daily Express. Aga Khan, noted Indian nationalist leader, arrived there from India and comments on the situation.
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India
London
Paris
Daily Express
Aga Khan
Battle in Ireland Shocks Belfast as Fighting Spreads
Reports from Thames describe the first major clash between Free State troops and Republicans in Belfast. Street fighting caused panic while Protestant residents fled the town.
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Belfast
Thames
U S to Face Debtors on 11.5 Billion War Debt
Washington government forms a commission led by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Theodore Burton with Secretary Mellon, Secretary Hughes, and Secretary Hoover to negotiate funding of 11.5 billion dollars in principal and interest. Britain is the first debtor engaged, with other nations to follow through regular diplomatic channels.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Reed Smoot
Utah
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Russians Accept Allies Terms on War Debts and Private Property
Genoa May 3 The Russians have accepted all ally terms including unconditional recognition of war debts and a definition of private property approved by the conference with Belgium the sole objector The Russians indicate they are pursuing separate peace and seek reconciliation with France in a letter to Barthou asserting desire for world peace and an end to hostilities.
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Genoa
Russia
Supreme Council
Barthou
Belgium
France
WIFE WOULD SAVE BIGAMIST
Mrs Florence G Orton, first wife of William G Orton, confessed bigamy and hinted she may adopt the second Mrs Orton’s children to save her husband from prison after he pleaded guilty in Municipal court. He was granted a $2,000 bond pending probation department review. She said she would stay as long as there is a chance he can be brought home.
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Detroit
Mich
Florence G. Orton
William G. Orton
Bigamist
Orton
Hulda Nicholas
British mate freed in Schooner murder case
Vernon Bracklehurst, mate of the British schooner Lewis Brothers, released by Nassau authorities on charges of murdering Capt. H. Chute, master, who resided in Mobile Alabama and was killed at sea while aboard the vessel.
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Miami
Fla
Vernon Bracklehurst
Lewis Brothers
H. Chute
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Chute
Mobile
Ala
Italy Signs Turk Treaty Bypassing Britain at Genoa
A Genoa dispatch says Italy signed a treaty with the Turkish nationalist government at Angora without consulting Great Britain, complicating the Near East situation at the Genoa conference.
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Italy
London
Angora
Great Britain
Near East
Genoa
Girl's Suit Dismissed Against Governor in Seduction Case
Frances Birchard's $100000 damage suit against Governor Russell was dismissed by Judge Holmes for lack of jurisdiction in Jackson Mississippi on May 4.
Mellon orders temporary shutdown of paper division
Part of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, reorganized under President Harding, was ordered closed by Secretary Mellon to inventory stock worth millions. The action targets divisions handling paper for bank notes, stamps, and government securities, aiming for quicker checks. About 1,500 of the 6,000 bureau employees would be affected.
Civil Service Reform Faces Shift in Employee Rules
Officials say about six hundred will stay on counters under new rules while others with annual leave will gain benefits. Secretary Mellon dismisses claims of large scale fraud in bonds and securities. The plan groups all $3 000 to $4 000 plus administrative posts outside civil service, leaving lower paid staff unchanged.
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Mellon
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
Harding
Blanton called a liar as Texas clash rattles House
In the House a Texas Democrat clash erupted when Garner labeled Blanton a liar during a speech about stationery and mileage allowances. Summers joined in with insults prompting the sergeant at arms and Blanton to retire. The dispute centers on Blanton’s graft accusations against member expenses.
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Homas Blanton
Texas
Garner
House
Representative Blanton
Blanton
Summers
Chamber
Philadelphia
Senate Authors Aeronautics School Plan in War Memo
A senate resolution urges rapid development of aeronautics to keep the United States from being outdistanced. It proposes a United States Academy for Aeronautics and possible use of midshipman and cadet facilities for separate aeronautics schools and a government aircraft plant at a navy yard or arsenal.
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Senate
United States
United States Military Academy
United States Naval Academy
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Aeronautics
United States Academy For Aeronautics
United States Air Service
United States Army
United States Navy
Reimport of US Liquor Promised Under Willis Campbell Act
Prohibition officials say Willis Campbell act will allow return to the United States of liquor shipped abroad just before January 16 1920 and now in foreign markets. John D Appleby notes substantial values in legitimate and bootleg channels may come back, with the commissioner to set rules. The measure, seen as a joker, could extend access to liquor for nonbeverage uses and provide a path to repatriation.
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United States
Congress
John D. Appleby
New York
New Jersey
Crops and profit prospects on low priced fertile lands
The article argues farmers should shift to cheap fertile lands to maximize crop output and profit. It notes economic pressures on marketing and financing, urges soil fertility and moisture management, and recommends considering Western Canada as a cheaper, productive option with guidance from Canadian government agents.
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Western
Canada
Propriety and a Piano Request in A Lively Note
A gay Lothario asks a careful girl to accompany him on the piano but she insists on a chaperone. The careful girl repeats her restraint with a playful emphasis, underscoring propriety in social conduct. The exchange appears in the American Legion Weekly.
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American Legion Weekly
Bayer Aspirin Introduced in 1900 Ad Claim
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the true world famous aspirin prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years. The Bayer name is stamped on each tablet and on each package for protection against imitations.
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Bayer
No Serenity for Ring Sights and a Stakeholder
A quirky exchange describes a prize fight setup with a purse of a quarter. A boy in a tree is watched by another boy below holding a club, identified as the stakeholder in the odd scene.
American Museum Acquisitions Add Wisent and Urus Skulls
The American museum adds two notable skulls from the Cambridge Museum of Zoology, an incomplete European bison wisent skull and a fine urus skull and jaws, likely ancestral to domestic cattle.
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Europe
Cambridge
England
Museum of Zoology
Scientific American
Distinctive Lady Promoted by Delicate Perfume Use
A Lady of Distinction gains appeal from a delicate perfume. A Cuticura Soap bath with hot water cleanses pores, followed by Cuticura Talcum powder for clear, sweet, healthy skin in this advertisement.
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Hawkeye
State News
Earl Brock
Oskaloosa
Isabelle Boyle
McGregor
Miss Boyle
MecGregor
Self
Pegay Joyce
A. G. Horsetian
America
SOLON
Ireland
U. 5. 1S
DUN
Smoot
Burton
Hughes, Melton
Hoover
Commission
Russ U. K
Wastiingeon
Sansos
Oses
Civil Service
Fletcher
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