Notable Iowa News Roundup From Independence to Ottumwa
W Geiser of Independence earns a Johns Hopkins biology fellowship. Mrs Dliza Westbrook of Murray wills 1000 to Des Moines Home for Sightless Women. Clear Lake buys a wayside park for auto tourists. Bruce Ashby of Des Moines elected editor of Grinnell College paper Scarlet and Black. Ruth Hannelly tops Creston High graduating class as third in family lineage. Esther Rasmussen found with Chester Smith in Minnesota. Waterloo police report. Keokuk judge fines speeding motorists record sums. Albert Buck of Clemons charged with statutory assault on a 14 year old. Cedar Rapids builds an amusement park costing 100000 on Lincoln Highway. Nemaha Methodist church dedication proclaimed by Frank Mossman. Claude and Andy Newson of Scranton file bankruptcy. Waters of Atlantic buys Creston farm via Union County Rubber deal. Laura Melthert of Bloomfield dies. Eastern Star and G A R widow. Inter-Urban Express building fire at Sioux City damages 50000. dispatcher notes. Marshalltown man arrested in MacDonald case. Krough confesses to forgery in multiple towns. Waterloo alcohol cargo case reaches federal and district courts. distribution ordered to hospitals. Ottumwa switch engine collision kills three, injures four. victims named. Fred Burns, Joseph Posner, Ed Schneerma connected to alcohol cases. Fred Duray dies. tenant rent policy noted. William Bell, 18, named first tubist in Sousa band for 1921 season.
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W. Geiser
Independence
Johns Hopkins University
Dliza Westbrook
Murray
Des Moines
Park Board
Clear Lake
Bruce Ashby
Grinnell College
Scarlet and Black
Ruth Hannelly
Creston
Esther Rasmussen
Stockton
Minn
Waterloo
Chester M. Smith
Hopkins
W. L. McNamara
Keokuk
Roy Rein
Albert ‘Buck of
Clemons
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Highway
Nemaha
Frank E. Mossman
Morningside College
Claude
Andy Newson
Scranton
Iowa
Clyde
Andy
Union County Rubber Company
Waters
Atlantic
Laura Melthert
C. C. Melthert
Bloomfield
Town
Inter-Urban Motor Express Company
Sioux City
Ross J. Jeffries
Raymond Krough
Marshalltown
Daniel MacDonald
Albion
Krough
MacDonald
Emmetsburg
Goledlfid
Fred Burns
Joseph Posner
Ed Schneerma
H. T. Wagner
Henry T. Reed
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Ottumwa
Edwin Kelly
C. B. & Q. Railroad Company
Williams
Pauline Johnson
Brush
Colo
Floyd
Stella Shelton
Roxie Downing
Fred Duray
Delaware County
William Bell
N. Bell
Sousa
Bell
Mr. Bell
D. Brockman
Trade Promotion in Near East Seen via Levant Chamber
The American chamber of commerce for the Levant, led by Lucien Irving Thomas of Standard Oil, aims to boost U.S. trade from Egypt to Russia via Constantinople. Thomas predicts Constantinople will become the “Chicago of Europe” as Europe and Asia meet at the Bosphorus with vast market potential, citing opportunities in housing, ports, railways, and American machinery. The group plans to recruit firms like DuPont, General Motors, U S Rubber, and U S Steel, with offices in New York and temporary base at 200 West Fifty-sixth Street.
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New York
Constantinople
Chicago
Europe
Lucien Irving Thomas
Standard Oil Company of
Asia
Balkan States
Thomas
London
American Chamber of Commerce For
The
Levant
Mr. Thomas
America
Egypt
Russia
Persia
Italy
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
Bosphorus
United States
Black Sea
Roumania
Bulgaria
Jugo-Slavia
Serbia
Adriatic
Danube
Balkan
Greece
Turkey
Near East
Young Turk Party
Abdul Hamid
the Levant
J. M. Dixon
Tobacco Products Corporation
J. F. Linéey
Lucey Manufacturing Company
Donald Wrothingham
American Express Company
E. E. Pratt
Gained and Lost Fortunes at Almack's Gambling Club
The piece recalls Almack's as a famed London gambling venue in the late eighteenth century with nightly losses exceeding 100000 dollars. Young players dressed ceremoniously wearing straw hats and masks, carried tea and cakes at small tables, and some courtiers mocked as ladylike while drawing swords at the table, risking death in duels.
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Almack's
London
Supreme Court rules increased asset value must be counted in profits tax
The unanimous ruling holds that the increased value of a capital asset must be considered in a corporation profits tax. The La Belle Iron Works case involved ore lands bought for 190000 in 1904 and reported as 10000000 in 2017, with tax due on the gain. The decision affirms that investment cost governs realized profits for federal taxes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
la Belle Iron Works
Treasury
Justice McReynolds
Pitney
Iron Company
Steel Foundries
J. Harsen Purdy
New York
Purdy
Submarine R-14 Returns to Hilo with Jury Rig Sails
The R-14 arrived at Hilo after exhausting oil while searching for the missing tug Conestoga. Sailors rigged hammocks and mattresses as sails on steel bunk rod masts to reach port. Oil gauge showed empty after 150 miles west of Hilo and Pearl Harbor supplies had run out. A wireless call to the R-12 accompanied the emergency.
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Hilo
T. H
Here
Pearl Harbor
British buy coal in U S to ease miner strike gap
Washington reports the British government is financing coal purchases in America to relieve a severe shortage caused by the English miners strike. Commercial Attache Dennis cabled the Commerce Department. Coal is bought through normal trade channels for essential industries like public utilities and bakeries.
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Washington
America
Dennis
Department of Commerce
Four Killed in Ballylern Ambush near Galway
Four people died when gunmen ambushed the party near Ballylern in County Galway. Victims include District Inspector Blake and his wife, Captain Cornwall and Lieutenant McCreery. Armed confrontation reported by Dublin dispatches.
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Dublin
Ballylern
Gort
County Galway
Blake
Cornwalg
McCreery
Rail wage cut proposed by U S Railway Labor Board
The U S Railway Labor Board recommends material wage and salary reductions for about 2000 railroad employees by July 1, with hints of a 12 percent cut and potential savings of 400 million dollars. The plan covers cases on June 1 and June 6 for different railroads, with broader mileage reductions to follow and possible rate cuts on freight and passenger services by mid July as Washington presses for lower costs.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Harding
R. M. Barton
Labor Board
E. E. Clark
Commerce Commission
M. B. Jewell
Shopmen’s Union
Washington
Lloyd George blasts Upper Silesia crisis in Commons
Prime Minister Lloyd George denounces Polish insurrection as a defiance of the Versailles treaty in a dramatic Commons speech. He outlines two options: have Allied troops restore order or force Germany to respect the treaty, warning of grave consequences if confidence is not restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Upper Silesia
Fines in Building Materials Trust Case Hit 18 Firms
In New York on May 17 the Supreme court fined 18 corporations in the Association of Centers in Masons' Building Materials between $2 000 and $7 500 each for violating state antitrust laws by pleading guilty May 8 6 to conspiracy to restrain competition Nineteen individuals were fined $500 each. The case stems from a legislative inquiry into building combines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Association of Centers In Masons
After-Dinner Speech Tripped by a Guest Snoring
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip recalls an after-dinner speech poorly received when a guest snored through it. The host paused to wake the sleeper as other guests demanded the source of his humor.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
Helpful Hinta and Jones Seek Big Clean Dream
Helpful Hinta proclaims a lifetime goal to undertake a major, meaningful project before death. Jones echoes the plan, aiming to accomplish a significant, lasting act of cleaning or restoration that leaves a tangible legacy.
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Hinta
Jones
Prussian Officers Go to Upper Silesia Front
About 1000 Prussian officers and World War veterans left Berlin for the Upper Silesia frontier Tuesday night to form a shock section of home guards to fight the Poles.
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Berlin
Upper Silesia
Mexican expulsions of four foreigners reported
In Mexico City on May 19 Frank Sea man an alleged American agitator and another unnamed American along with two Spaniards were ordered expelled from the country according to a despacho from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Reda
Mexico City
Frank Seaman
Americnan
Mex Ney
Ex Gov Cox's Daughter Dies in Oakwood Home
Mrs Helen Cox Mahoney twenty five daughter of former Gov James M Cox Democratic candidate for president dies suddenly at her Oakwood home Dayton Ohio May 18. Local officials report no cause given and the family names extended.
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Cox
Dayton
Helen Cox Mahoney
James M. Cox
Install
Oakwood
Miners’ Leader Sued Over Starvation Claim in Oklahoma
John Willingson, president of district 21 UMWA, denies and is sued after stating that miners in Oklahoma are actually starving. The remarks were reported from Muskogee Oklahoma on May 18.
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Muskogee
Okla
John Willingson
District 21
United Mine Workers of America
Oklahoma
Woman Recounts Relief After Taniac Cure
Mrs. Cora M. Jackson of Terre Haute Indiana faced nervous collapse and rheumatic pain until she tried Taniac. She reports being able to leave the house, sleep better, and regain steadiness and strength with no rheumatic pains. Tanine is sold by leading druggists.
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Taniac
Cora M. Jackson
Mulberry St
Terre Haute
Ind
Wisconsin Tops U.S. in Dairy Production Output
Wisconsin leads the United States in dairy products, highlighting its prominent role in milk cheese butter and other dairy goods across the national market. The state’s dairy industry sustains numerous farms cooperatives and processing plants.
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Wisconsin
United States
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns on Genuine Product
An advertisement warns consumers to look for the Bayer name on aspirin packages or tablets to ensure genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians. It touts uses for colds headach neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain, notes affordable tin boxes of twelve and larger packages from druggists, and identifies aspirin as the Bayer trademark. It mentions Eskimos of Alaska as a population concern.
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Bayer
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Advertisements claim Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root can aid kidney trouble. Quoted life insurer notes many applicants are rejected due to undiagnosed kidney issues. Sample bottles offered for ten cents with paper mention.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N.Y
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Hawkeye
State News
American Chamber of Commerce
U. S
England
Galway
Bares Big Menace
Commons
Building
New York Supreme Court
Indiana
Eskimos
Alaska
Hall
B. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Allen's
Hastl
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