World News Roundup Ajax: Langdon Sentry Case and More
Washington reports a court of inquiry into the Vladivostok shooting of Lieut. W. H. Langdon, while the Senate approves a 150,000 strong army and the House passes a large appropriation bill. Budget items include prohibition enforcement defeat and coal regulation proposals, with global notes on German occupation, Harding’s inauguration plans, and various U.S. and international political developments.
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United States
Washington
Japan
Lieut
W. H. Langdon
Vladivostok
Senate
Harding
Julius Kahn
House
Marion
Sea Hornet Sets Sail For Key West Winter Maneuvers
Capt. Harold Payne and Engineer Walter Johnson command the Sea Hornet, a 58 foot torpedo boat and crew departing New York to join torpedo boat fleet winter maneuvers near Key West. They aim to reach the scene in four days using 80 knot speed and low visibility to close on targets before torpedo launches.
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Harold Payne
Walter Johnson
Sea Hornet
New York
Key West
Shopping dog guards Mrs Muir’s packages in New York
Mrs Muir of New York relies on Bonnie Lassie a valued dog as her shopping assistant. The canine guards her parcels when she enters stores and warns off anyone attempting theft.
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Mrs. Muir
New York
Bonnie Lassie
Lincoln notes on Niagara Falls reflect wider park value
The fragment recounts Abraham Lincoln's July 1850 notes for a Niagara Falls lecture. It frames Niagara as more than a physical marvel, highlighting its power to provoke reflection and emotion while linking to debates over national parks irrigation and water power schemes.
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Lincoln
Niagara Falls
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Signe Point That Way Proposals Hinted in Dialogue
In a brief excerpt, a mother questions if a marriage proposal is near as the daughter notes the suitor has praised her highly. The exchange captures domestic anticipation and social expectations reflected in a succinct dialogue.
Iowa News Roundup of Checks, Crimes and Education
A flood of short items covers corn shipments, a Bonaparte man’s suicide, Iowa City sheriff election irregularities, a gas incident in Council Bluffs, and four New Hampton youths sentenced for burglary. Others note a Burlington yard fatality, a statewide history teachers conference, Osceola poultry show success, a Mason City bull loss, and a Salt Lake City air field dedication. Quarantine in Tama after two meningitis deaths. Iowa public schools total 27 660 teachers amid rising costs.
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William Hinze
Hamburg
Ed Pease
Bonaparte
Iowa
Evan Rowland
Iowa City
Cleo Fay
Council Bluffs
New Hampton
Anamosa
Ed Kunce
Pairfield
Burlington
University of Iowa
Department of History
The
State University
Clarke County Poultry Breeders’ Association
Osceola
Mason City
Deckers Packing Co
C. L. Bareward
Davenport
Socialist Party
Charles Gray
Indianola
Omaha
Walter Seger
Linn Grove
Chillicothe
Philadelphia
Baker Estate
J. C. McClune
W. A. Piersal
Oskaloosa
Adair County
L. A. Gipple
W. €. Bond
St. Joseph
Tama
Cecil Readis
Olga Readis
State Board of Control
A. M. McColl
Department of Public Instruction
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LOND
Congress
Canal Zone
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Albany
Windivostok
Navy Department
Germany
War Department
Capitol
Mattice
Ont
Stephen A. Farrell
Walter Hinton
Daniels
Grew He
Joseph F. Griffin
Chicago Board of ‘Trade
House Agricultural Committee
Ford
Senate Election Committee
Treasury
Continental Motor Corporation
Muskegon
Mich
Franklin County
Mount Vernon
Freezing
Okahoma
Clara Smith Haamon
Carter County
Oklahoma City
A. A. Spitzer
Sterling, Colo
Edwards
New Jersey
Trenton
Common Pleas Court
Henry J. Scott
Emma. Beredell
Erwin
Grover C. Sorgdoll
L. D H Eld
Milwaukee
Willows
Cal
Madera
Clearfield
Arbuckle Brothers
American Sugar Refining Company
National Sugar Refining Company of New York
New York County
Dorothy Brenner
Ove
Youngstown
Manufacturers’ Organization
Julian &. Myrick
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Hudson Bay
Bie Hag
Rockaway
N. Y
Mushing
Moose Factory
Mil
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
Salem
Mass
Matthew Linaugh
Madison City
Carl Jandorf
University of Wisconsin
Jefferson
Wis
Syria
Cairo
Central News
London
Tiflis
William McGrath
King’s Counsel
Dublin
Paris
Leon Bourgeois
Foy
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Congress of the Pan-American Federation of Labor
Mexico City
Lenden
Joseph Murray
Cork
Just Mite
France
Leon Dnaudet
Alexander Blane
Chamber of Deputies
India
Lord Reading
Trobizond
Constantinople
Ita
Vienna
Cornell University
Beech Lake
Sumatra
T. Shiro
Wii
Yuan
American College
Four Song
Yuan Shih Kai
Doris
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