Eight hundred youths trained at Camp Zachary Taylor
AP reports 800 young men from nine states gathered at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville for six weeks of ROTC infantry training. Participants include high school and college students from Alabama Kentucky Mississippi Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Louisiana and Texas.
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Louisville
Camp Zachary Taylor
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Infantry School
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Dredging Advances Galveston Harbor Project
Galveston will start dredging the channel to 35 feet depth under Col Spencer Crosby in charge. The six mile channel will allow 35 foot draft vessels at high tide. 32 to 33 foot drafts safe at all times. Harbor resumes busy prewar pace with ships loading and unloading, wheat exports rising, Argentine corn imports, and plans for new services to Mexico, South America, and West Coast via Panama.
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Galveston Harbor
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United States Army
Ureiper
England
Goon
South America
Panama Canal
National educators gather at Milwaukee convention
The fifty seventh annual National Education Association meeting opens with a round table session led by William B. Owen of Norman College. The National Council of Education and the Commission on National Emergency in Education discuss the Treasury Department plan to convert fifteen million hand grenades into penny savings banks for public school children. An unrelated advertisement for a sensational relief remedy appears in the text.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
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National Education Association
National Council of Education
Commission On National Emergency In Education
William’ B. ‘Owen
Chicago
Norman College
Treasury Department
Washington
Germans’ Music Still Attracts Italians In Rome
In Rome on June 28 Italians continued to attend German music concerts after months of boycott. A recent program featured Beethoven’s fifth, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and Wagner’s Tannhauser, drawing audiences to the city’s music halls.
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Wagner
Bethoven
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Europe’s greatest water plant planned in Bavaria
A water power plant project in Bavaria aims to become Europe’s largest. Five major German electric companies back the scheme, with completion targeted for 1921. Plans emphasize substantial output and regional energy impact, signaling a major step in continental infrastructure.
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Europe
Bavaria
Germany
Weather Forecast from I Foster's Weekly News
Washington D C June 28 forecast outlines warm waves crossing continent July 3 to 7 with rising highs late July while storms follow, bringing heavy rainfall in cotton states and across the plains and Rockies. Temperatures to fluctuate, with a general fair crop outlook and a note on storm centers near Iowa. Advice ends with a medicine promotion for rheumatism relief.
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Ohio
Tennessee
Newfoundland
Rockies Crest
Canada
Iowa
Millions of Acres of Land to Mexicans in Mexico City
June 28 report outlines planned distribution of about 244 acres valued at 22,000,000 pesos to Mexican citizens. Concessions canceled under the Carranza regime will be reallocated on condition of cultivation. A commission of federal engineers visits states to study development methods. NOTICE: Wheatley & Co dissolves by mutual consent. debtors must settle now at the store or with bankable notes as the firm winds down.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Carranza
Federal
B. O. Wheatley & Co
Marge. Savings Bank
Big Fight Arena To Cost 150000 In Toledo
The Bay View Park arena in Toledo near completion for the Willard Dempsey heavyweight title bout on July 1. Promoter Tex Rickard supervised safety measures and ticket gating with soldiers and bank clerks. The four corner entrances and barbed wire barriers aim to prevent gate rushing while the structure, built by James McLaughlin, seats up to 60 000 with final cost around 160 000.
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Associated Press
Toledo O
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Bay View Park
Prom Hility
Tex Rickard
Maumee Bay
Maumee River
Jack Johnson
Jim Jeffries
Reno
Nev
Rickard
Teggfieen Jpishen
Aly
Serene Reed
James MccLaughlin
San Francisco
McLaughlin
Bay View Park Arena
Too Fat Free Gift Promise Weight Loss Scheme
A promotional pitch touts a guaranteed method to reduce weight safely and pleasantly. It claims a small box of oil of kerein from the druggist aids slimming without starvation or strenuous exercise, promising clearer mind, improved figure, buoyant step, happiness, and lasting results.
Willard and Dempsey Clash Not Worth Our Time
A poem by George Matthew Adams argues against valorizing boxing legends Willard and Dempsey. It mocks wartime waste, praises constructive pursuits, and praises education and honest labor over violent sport. The piece reflects pacifist sentiment and calls for nobler paths.
Chamberlain's Tablets Help Indigestion Relief
Good for indigestion. If you are troubled with indigestion take a few doses of Chamberlain's Tablets. They strengthen the stomach and enable it to perform its functions naturally. They also cause a gentle movement of the bowels. Obtainable everywhere Ady.
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