Hawkeye State News Roundup of Local Incidents
Laure Reeves of Waverly keeps perfect attendance for ten years. Black Hawk county road contract awarded at 2.80 per yard totaling 497145. Des Moines moves American Legion paper rep. Fire destroys Urhansids farm barn. six horses and three calves perish. Mason City embezzlement claim of 3000. Granville theft of 1000 in cash and goods. Drowning of six year old near Waterloo. failed rescue. Sioux City man seeks 10000 heart balm and divorce from Frances Harriet Thoreson. Keokuk deaths and crashes. Danville area hail and crop damage reported. ISU guidance on Canada thistle control. Sudan grass tips. Bee swarm concerns and hive management notes. Visitation Sisters celebrate fiftieth anniversary at Dubuque school. Keokuk collision death near Donnellson. others injured.
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Laure Reeves
Waverly
Black Hawk County
Fano. F. Dalton, Jr
Lagionaire
Des Moines
American Legion
Urhansids
Waterloo
Stall
Ty McKinney
Gus Sneeden
Grundy Center
Sneeden
John Kerchill
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
R. L. James
Iowa State College
Lees
F. B. Paddock
Iowatate College
Sisters of Visitation
Dubuque
Thomas Kite
Keokuk
Chester Rhodes
Donnellson
Crogs
Wage Slashes Hit 820000 Rail Workers in Major Cut
The Railroad Labor Board announced a $20 million wage reduction affecting clerical and station staff, signal workers, and boiler room crews, taking effect July 1. The move is the third cut in a string totaling nearly $125 million, with telegraphers awaiting action.
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Chicago
WOO Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
Signal Department
Ratiny
Cincinnati
Marine Culinary Workers’ Association of California
Lesision
Railway Employees’ Department
Drunks Arrests Rise in New York in 1821 Report
The magistrates' courts annual report shows more intoxication arrests in New York in 1821 than in the previous two years. It lists 724 offenders for 1821, compared with 8840 in 1820 and 507 in 1819, highlighting a sharp rise in drunken cases.
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New York
Magistrates’ Courts
Mrs Mallory Repeats Title in Kent Championship Semi
Mrs Molla Bjurstell Mallory, the Aanurtean dawnt tenis champion, was defeated in the semifinals of the Kent tournament’s singles at Beckunhuin by Mise MesSaue, ending her bid for the title.
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Mallory
Molla Bjurstell Mallory
Beckunhuin
Mise MesSaue
Accused Man Ends Life at Open Grave in Kentucky
In Morgintown Kentucky Clark Galleway died by suicide after being charged with attacking women and his life hinged on a bond set under one thousand dollars. His death occurred shortly before his infant child died and the body was laid to rest in the child's grave.
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Morgintown
Dane
Fife
Clark Galleway
Constitution for Erin Sets Ireland's Relation to Britain on Par with Dominions
London reports the draft Irish constitution, published before elections, pledges allegiance to the crown, enshrines Anglo-Irish treaty supremacy, and places Ireland in the British commonwealth. It adopts 73 articles, grants female suffrage, referendum, and proportional representation, and empowers the people to initiate legislation while preserving supreme court powers and war controls.
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London
Ireland
Empire
Canada
Free State
Great Britain and Ireland
British Commonwealth of Nations
Senta
House of Comoons
House of Lords
Tish Supreme Court
Supreme Court
One Big Union Plan Fails at AFL Convention
Cincinnati June 17 The one big union plan appears to be only a dream of idealists. Its insertion into the AFL convention proceedings, anticipated to spark a floor battle, fails to ignite as resolutions for a solidarity of unions in kindred industries are turned down by the resolutions committee without objection.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Committee
Soldiers' Bonus Delayed by Senate Standstill
Washington on June 1 reports a further delay to the soldiers' bonus as Senate leaders diverge over a cutoff demand. Chairman McCumber agreed to defer pressing his insistence on rapid disposal of the bonus bill, extending the stalemate.
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Washington
Ghatemnan McCumbur
Wisconsin Storm Claims Six Dead in Swift Wisconsin Weather
Six people are confirmed dead and twelve more injured as a destructive storm swept across four counties in Wisconsin on Thursday. Rescue crews and local authorities evacuated damaged areas while emergency management urges residents to stay indoors and heed warnings.
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Wisconsin
Prastic Parm
Wis
Lasker Urges Liquor On U K Ships To Build Merchant Marine
Washington reports the Shipping Board insists alcohol on American ships abroad is legal and needed to sustain the merchant marine. Chairman Lasker cites foreign-flag entry and cites a Chicago Tribune editorial as vindication. Busch replies with sharp criticism and a protest letter to the President. A Busch bootlegging accusation is also circulated aboard ship.
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St. Louis
Nation
Washington
Shipping Board
Lasker
Adolphus Busch
Auleuser- Busch, Inc
America
Busch
Chicago Tribune
United States Shipping Board
Mr. Lasker
Marina
Adolphus Buech
Kaiser
Germany
Tarine
Elmer Schtesinger
United States
August A. Busch
Anheuser Busch, Loc
Europe
George Woastingtay
Harding
Wag
Rail Men Vote Strike Likely by July 1 in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on June 1 an order to strike on July 1 will be issued to shop workers who vote in favor, with June 26 set as the deadline for voting. The move, under the Bensch-Cummies act, will require executives to show cause why an order forbidding the strike should not issue. The big four and key unions affiliated with the AFL will not be included in the strike order.
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American Federation of Labor
Ward Indicted for Murder in Westchester Trial
Ward, a millionaire and confessed slayer of Clarence Peters, was indicted for murder in the last degree and lodged in Westchester county jail to stand trial. The indictment names Justice Morsehunter as the presiding official.
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Ward
Waltur
Clarence Peters
Westchester County
Dall
Justles Morsehunser
Air Mail Chief Attacked in Cheyenne Petition Signed
Pilots in the Chicago Bay Springs Wyoming air mail division sign a petition calling for the removal of A. St. Dumphy, Omaha division superintendent, after an attack in Cheyenne on June 17.
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Air
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chicago- Bay Springs
Air Mail Service
A. St. Dumphy
Omaha
Delay in Washington Linked to Soldiers Bonus Debate
Fragmentary report notes June 17 remarks on President Warding’s stance amid opposition in the Senate. Tone suggests a reassertion against an immediate soldiers bonus, with political maneuvering shaping the outcome.
Wallace Stands Against Harding Bureau Transfers
Secretary Wallace and allies threaten cabinet resignation if Harding accepts any recommendations to move the bureau of roads and forestry to the Interior and the bureau of markets to Commerce. Agricultural groups say Wallace plans to quit to oppose the reorganization, while President Harding is believed to back the transfers.
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Harding
Congress
Government Reorganization Commission
Bureau of Roads
Bureau of Forestry
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Markets
Department of Commerce
Henry ©. Wallace
da Elare
Wallace
Department of Agreniture
Walmea
Thomas Named Special Assistant in War Fraud Prosecutions
Former Senator Charles Thomas of Colorado a Democrat is appointed by Attorney General Daugherty as a special assistant to aid in prosecuting war frauds. A new tribunal within the Justice Department will decide whether to proceed with or abandon suits, with Thomas and Hoover joining United States Attorney Peyton Gordon in DC to oversee cases across aviation camps foreign expenditures quartermaster ordnance and more.
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Charles §. Thomas
Colorado
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Thomas
Hoover
United States
Peyton Gordon
District of Columbia
Gordon
Senate
Quartermaster Corps
Bottomley Sentenced to Seven Years for Fraud
Horatio Bottomley, MP and publisher of John Bull, was found guilty at Old Bailey of fraudulent conversion totaling £150,000 and jailed for seven years. The jury reached its verdict quickly, and Bottomley will appeal. bail was denied and he was taken to Brixton Prison. He had run victory premium clubs after the armistice, selling certificates with high interest promises.
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Horatio Bottomley
Pariament
John Bull
Old Bailey
Hhouse of Commons
Bottomley
Brixton
Victory Premium
Johm Ball
America
Reed Maj. Reed May Sit in Knox Senate Seat in Pennsylvanian Race
Maj. David A. Reed, a World War veteran and Pennsylvan ia lawyer, is nominated by Republicans to fill the unexpired Knox Senate term. At 42, he would be a young senator, son of Judge James A. Reed, with service in France, Verdun, and the Argonne, plus roles on the Allied Economic Commission and Pennsylvania industrial aids committees. He is in the Ameri can Legion and a member of a Pittsburgh law firm.
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Maj
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate
Knox
Major Reed
France
James A. Reed
Princeton
Fiv
Pittsbarga
Reed
Three Hundred and Wieventh
Verdun
Argonne
Allied Economic Commission
Fils Congplesaus
Toner
Hin Chaiirman
Industrial Ageidesus Commission
Amerie Legion
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Labor Board
Sir Charles Higham
Chairles Higham
ASPB
King George
Lord Northcliffe
Associated Advertising Clubs
Sir Charles
Erin
Britain
Basle
Dominions
Lasker U. K
RUM Onus
Wnarding
Cc. S. Thomas
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