Hawkeye State News Roundup of Crises and Commerce
A farmer near Oskaloosa was killed by a Northwestern train at a grade crossing. James Rohret of Guthrie Center yielded 980 bushels of oats from 11 acres. J R Howard forms a 17 man co operative to market grain in Chicago. A Sioux City shooting follows a quarrel over a farmer's wife. Iowa's Farmer Labor party fields a new state ticket. Spencer trader Colter sells Allan ranch for 514720 after buying it for 900000. 99 year old Patrick Morgan dies in Charles City. Highway markers switch from River-to-River to Detroit Lincoln Denver route. A barn fire near Ames destroys contents valued at 1000. Reinstatement denied for Rock Island arsenal workers. Waukon park excavation for civil war monument base begins. ship from Barre Vermont. Menefee sues for alienation of affections. wife sues for divorce. Albion boys escape after car wreck on Indian bridge road. Minister Thomas Smith arrested for disturbing the peace on a $25 bond. Miss Carrie Schantz returns home from Washington with a promotion in internal revenue. Charles Schiele, a 45 year old farmer, dies by suicide near North Liberty. Cole towns form a farmers shipping association with 71 car loads of livestock last year. The group anticipates a sharp rise in business this year.
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Atlantic
R. C. Towns
Oskaloosa
Northwestern
James Rohret
Guthrie Center
Oata
J. R. Howard
Farm Bureau Federation
Spencer
Allan Ranch
Hospers
Patrick Morgan
Charles City
Floyd County
F. B. Monahan
Milesville
Morgan
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa
W. J. Creed
Ames
Archie Huffman
A Cook
E. J. Aspengreen
Rock Island Arsenal
Newton D. Baker
Waukon
Barre
Charles Menefee
John Haldor
Loren Bivens
Louis Jay
Albion
Indian Bridge
Willard Hauser Farm
Thomas Smith
Waverly
Elizabeth Keough
Smith
Carrie Schantz
Wayland
Washington
Honolulu
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Capital
Internal Revenue Department
San Francisco
Charles Schiele
North Liberty
Cole
Farmers’ Shipping Association
Express Rates Up in Nebraska
Nebraska railroad regulators raise rates for American Railway Express Co by 12 percent on intrastate shipments to align with interstate increases. The order, effective immediately, also requires each employee to receipt for packages to curb losses, with Omaha needing about 75 to 100 additional clerks to trace handling and losses in transit.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Railway Commission
American Railway Express Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Nebraska
Railway Express
Omaha
Connecticut ratifies woman suffrage amendment in special session
The Connecticut legislature acts concurrently to ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment making the state the 87th to do so. Governor Holcomb warns the session lacks power beyond the election law change to enable women voters this fall.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Marcus H. Holcomb
Employment Agencies Now Busy in Chicago After War
Chicago agencies, once nearly closed as laborers freely chose jobs, report a flood of applications while demand remains weak. Skilled and unskilled labor supply now far exceeds demand as the public cuts luxuries and aims for lower prices amid readjustment expectations.
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Chicago
Ill
No Barnstorming for Harding
Will Hays national chairman says there will be no barn storming for Senator Harding in connection with speaking trips. He notes no change in plans announced a month ago and doubts Harding will go farther west than Omaha.
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New York
Harding
Will Hays
Marion
Hays
Omaha
Coast Air Mail Launched Across Nation
Chicago and New York report the start of an extensive coast to coast air mail service on September 14. Daily departures include five city routes with one plane from each city to San Francisco and from Chicago to New York, excluding Sundays.
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Chicago, I
New York
San Francisco
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Officials Shot Down In Ireland in Tullow
Armed masked attackers struck four constables in Tullow County Carlow Ireland. Two constables were killed and another seriously wounded in the assault with shots reported at the scene.
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Ireland
Tullow
County Carlow
Esch Defeat Pleases Railroad Labor Officials
Officials of the railroad labor organizations political campaign committee praised the defeat of Representative John J. Esch of Wisconsin in the Republican primary, signaling a boost for their candidates and campaign efforts in Washington.
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Esch
Washington, D. C
Railroad ‘Labor Organizations
John J. Esch
Wisconsin
Paris Death of Olive Thomas Sparks Moral Outcry
Authorities say Olive Thomas did not intend to kill herself. Police note the tragedy followed a lively night in Paris Latin Quarter and a party atmosphere that affected her nerves and mind. News of her death prompts calls for tighter controls on Paris nightlife and moral campaigns.
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Paris
Olive
Thomas
Jack. Pickford
Montmarte
Beckman
Parte
New York
Olive’ Thomas
Babylon
Nailly
Washington
Emma
Goldman
Miss Thomas
Pickford
Latin Quarter
Wheat growers urged to hold wheat for $2.75 at elevators
Kansas City area officers report a wheat growers conference endorsing a nationwide move by winter wheat groups to hold grain until markets pay $2.75 a bushel. Representatives from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Nebraska approved resolutions supporting cost plus a small profit target.
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Kansas City
Northwest
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Record Crop Forecast Shows U.S. Wheat and Corn Peaks
Washington forecast a corn crop of 8.131 billion bushels the largest in history. Spring wheat yields reach 287 million bushels and total wheat 770 million, down 171 million from 1919. In Rome a major earthquake leaves about 1,500 dead and 10,000 injured. A new volcano forms on Monte Pizzo d’Ucello.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Rome
Pizzo d’Ucello
Pilots Die in Airplane Fire Near Toledo
Walter Stevens and Russell Thomas both from Cleveland lost their lives when their Aly Mall Pilot aircraft caught fire at 500 feet altitude near Pemberton Ohio, fifteen miles south of Toledo.
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Flyera
Cleveland
Aly Mall
Walter Stevens
Russell Thomas
Pemberton, O
Toledo
Three Vets Found Murdered Near Arcola On UP Tracks
In Salina Kansas the mutilated bodies of three young men wearing American Legion buttons and circus employment cards were found along Union Pacific tracks near Arcola. Authorities work to identify suspects and determine motive in the early investigation.
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Salina
Kas
American Legion
Cireus
Union Pacific
Arcolla
Harding Comments on Maine Vote
Senator Harding issued a statement on the Maine election victory praising Republicans for restoring representative government under the Constitution. He says Maine leads by affirming an America unmortgaged to the old world yet ready to serve humanitarian ideals through the party.
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Harding
Maine
Marlon
Repubicans
Republican Party
America
National Reading Circle Grows Across States
The home educational division of the Department of the Interior expanded Uncle Sam’s reading circle to 18,000 members, with courses reaching readers in India, China, the Philippines, Porto Rico, France, and Canada. States like Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, and others cooperate. enrollment is free by sending name, address, age, and education statement.
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Ashington
Department of the Interior
Sam
Bureau of Education
United States
India
China
Philippine Islands
Porto
Rico
France
Canada
Washington
Bureau- of -Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Extension Division of State Universities
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
North Carolina
Arizona
Wis
Consin
North
South Dakota
Home Education Division
Department of Education
Times Change We Change With Them
Champ Clark recalls seeking revenge on a Kentucky farmer who beat him as a child. After a decade apart the farmer is sick and poor and Clark chooses not to enforce the long awaited thrashing. The story frames Clark’s growth from boy to future speaker of the house.
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Hamp Clark
Kentucky
Champ
Champ Clark
Own Your Own Half-After-Six Clothes
Former representative Albert Johnson, once a Washington reporter, bought a co operative dress suit with roommate Smith. At a Nevada senator's mansion the antiskid shoes failed on a vase crash, ruining the outfit and a palm filled room. Johnson recalls the disaster but keeps the motto today.
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Albert Johnson
Washington
Congress
Johnson
D. C
Smith
Stewart
Nevada
Stewart Mansion
Legal Right to Remain in Ignorance Over Child Labor Education
A federal bulletin reports that thousands of children receive working certificates despite weak schooling. Only 4 percent attended or completed the eighth grade, with lax attendance laws and exemptions plaguing five states. Some states permit work for sixteen year olds and lack continuation schools to address gaps in education.
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Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
Bureau
Bulletin
Cleveland
United States
District of ‘Columbia
United
England
Nearly Every House Has One Golf Bug in Burma Oil Figure
A quirky line notes a bug in the house and mentions Burma’s petroleum output. The average annual production is stated as nearly 800,000,000 gallons, with no further context or analysis provided.
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Burma
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