$50,000 Offered for Australia Flight Attempt
Venice California June 6 Thomas H Ince motion picture producer announced a $50,000 prize for aviators attempting the flight from here to Australia. $35,000 to the first to land on Australian soil. $10,000 to the first attempting the flight who reaches the Hawaiian Islands. $5,000 to the best showing if none reach Hawaii. He sent the check to the city treasurer to be paid as announced.
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Venice
Cal
Thomas H. Ince
Australia
Ince
Woman Gave Alarm As Burglar Pack Escaped In Bluffs
A woman passerby saw burglars at a store safe, rushed to the central police station two blocks away to alert authorities. Ten officers surrounded the building, but the burglars fled by leaping rooftops across a three story structure and nearby buildings, leaving a fine overcoat near the safe.
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Council Bluffs
Mayor of Pittsburgh Not Well Known by Foreign Letter
A letter from Nancy France to Pittsburgh Mayor Babcock resurfaced after eight months. An embassy recovered and remailed the message dated October 8, 1918, praising Pittsburgh for presenting two flags during Bastille Day in July. The envelope had failed to locate the mayor in the directory, and the letter was returned before embassy staff intervened.
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Associated Prass
Pittsburgh
V. Babcock
Nancy
France
Monsieur le Maire
Etats Unis de’ Amerique
Paris
Government Returns All the Wire Lines
Postmaster General Burleson issues order returning telephone and telegraph systems to private ownership effective immediately. Rates remain in effect and bans on firing workers for union ties also stay. Ford parts noted as an advertisement placeholder.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
Baseball Scores and Schedule From Western League and Leagues
Yesterday's results show Joplin 4 Wichita 1 Omaha 6 St. Joe 0 Oklahoma 2 Tulsa 1 Sioux City at Des Moines rain. Today games include Joplin at Wichita Soo City at Des Moines Omaha at St. Joe and New York at Pittsburgh among others with several American League matchups and American Association games on the slate.
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WL. Pet
Des Moines
Omaha
Oklahoma
Soo Cit
Tolaawee TG
Joplin Ee
Wichita
St. Joe
Joplin
Tulsa
Sioux City
Wet Grounds
Soo City
Tristar Okiahoniy
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
W.L. Pet
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Weshiveton
American Association W. I., Pet
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Louisville
Columbus
Milwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Et. Paul
Minneapolis
W. L. Pet
EBA
Kinnati
Pittsbur Genuine Au
If You Come Once Youll Come Again Store Ad
A vintage grocery ad invites customers to visit a store with friendly service and no ice to break. It touts RYZON Baking Powder as pure, uniform, economical, and a solid home baking choice with a full pound for 40 cents.
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Standard Chemical
Day of violence shocks Rock Island residents
Rock Island records a deadly spread from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning including a murder, a suicide, a fatal car crash and a fatal runaway accident as investigators sort through the mysterious sequence of events in the city.
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Rock Island
Rock Island, II
Rock Iland
Remove Freckles With Othine Double Strength
Freckles can be faded with Othine double strength bought from any druggist. Apply nightly and morning to see freckles fade or vanish, with a guarantee of money back if it fails to remove them. Frequent use may require only an ounce for clear skin.
New Yorker Given French Citation for Heroic War Service
Ferdinand Capdevielle of New York receives a French Official Journal citation as a second lieutenant in the 170th Regiment and Foreign Legion veteran who led his head platoon under heavy fire on October 3, 1918, and fell gloriously in battle. He was of French origin and rose from sergeant to commissioned officer.
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Presgsve
Paris
Ferdinand Capdevielle
New York
Foreign Legion
Champagne
Capdevielle
Legion
Masons Iowa opening sessions and parade in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts Masons from across Iowa for opening sessions of the island lodge of Iowa with a school of instruction. A parade on June 10 and drill club contests are planned. The following night Masonic veterans will hold a goat ceremony for those in the order fifty years or more. Election of officers concludes the gathering.
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United Press
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Igland Lodge
Masonic Veterans
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
Letters from women across the country laud Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments during menopause and other life stages. Testimonies claim restored health after doctors failed, noting the formula's roots and herbs as curative.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Spokane
Wash
Martha Connor
Mansfield Avenue
Abilong
Texas
Lydia
Pinkham
E. Ewowens
Mary
Chamberlain St
Ouirland
Cal
Lydia FE
Marys
Ashley
Dower Street
Lydia E. Pickham
Mrs Campbell Leaves for Idaho Falls to Visit Father Ill
Mrs. R. S. Campbell departs Tuesday morning for Idaho Falls to visit her father, John Gentle, who is ill. Miss Eleanor Finkbine returns home Tuesday from Berkeley, California, where she has been attending school.
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R. S. Campbell
Idaho Falls
John Gentle
Eleanor Finkbine
Berkeley
Cal
Britain risks South American trade with United States rivals
Gordon Ross, former Buenos Aires Standard editor, warned in London that Britain faces competition from the United States for South American markets despite wartime gains. He said some South American publics fear U S influence and that the Monroe Doctrine was seen as America for North Americans. He urged British advertising in local languages and pricing in local currency. Cane and millet seed and Sudan listed by Tone Seed Co.
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Associated Press
London
Joen
Great Britain
South America
Askiyix
United States
Gordon Ross
Buenos Aires Standard
Rose
South American
America
Ross
Time Card Schedule for Rock Island Rail Lines
Rail schedule lists westbound Rock Island trains with numbers 13 6 7 10 and 8 88 plus local freight 87 and 6 Flyer. Services between Council Bluffs Stuart Elk Horn Kimballton and Atlantic with times and daily except Sunday notes. Also includes local connecting branch times Audubon Griswold and Barnstead area notes and various ads for doctors lawyers and funeral services.
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Dows
Lee
Council Bluffs
Stuart
Audubon
Griswold
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Wm. Menefee
New Yorker
Iowa News
Dubuque
Towa
Dubuqque
American Red Cross
Mississippi River
Newton
Jasper County
X-Musical Association
Clinton
Coan
W. F. M. Coan
F. M. Alexander
Scott & Bowne
Scott's
Sudan
Tone Seed Co
Loresl
Qarries
Passeng Sare
Gand Saliony
Arriva
Harrisdale
U. S. Mullins
Mutual Benefit Building
Lovett Co
Greenleaf
Fulton
Green
C. L. Campbell
Gillespie Building
Res
Black
Law Room
Oransky Bidg
Atlantic, Towa
T. B. Swan HH
Swan Co
Clovis Swan, Clovis & Swan Attorneys At Law
H. M. Boorman
Foss H
Charles A. Grubb
Law Office
W. A. Schrader
J. A. Giffen Furniture
Night
D. O. Herbert
East Fifth Street
W. Floyd Smith
Chestnut Street
A.M. Mikkelsen
West Fifth St-Atlantic
Atlantic Beauty Shop
Walnut Street
King Apartments
Peacock & Baxter
J. L. Winne
Arthur Young
D. M. Manning
Osborne-Tomlinson& CO
Chestnut St
J. Burner Wholesale and
West 6Th ‘St. Atlantis
Butler
Lang
Allastrom Walnut Street
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