World News Briefs From Washington to Across the Globe
A roundup of fast moving events: Senator Lodge warns the four power Pacific treaty could reopen Anglo Japanese alliances and spark war clouds. President Darting begins a Florida vacation after filing his income tax return. The U.S. rejects Genoa conference invitation while Secretary Hughes lifts the arms export embargo to Mexico. Congress passes a large appropriations bill to cover departmental deficits. A Kansas City rooming house fire kills one and injures four. coal miners in West Frankfort vote to strike. thousands of U.S. autos cross into Canada with substantial tourist spending. Des Moines hosts the 1922 G A B encampment in late September. An explosion at a Kansas City railway car barn kills four and injures nine. Spokane bootleggers form price boosters despite Prohibition. Municipal elections shift in several towns. Strong storms and floods hit Georgia and the Carolinas. a series of robberies and crimes ripple across the nation. Weather and business updates include shipper strikes, bank robberies, and rail wage cuts. Chief figures include Hoarding, Lodge, Hughes, and local officials.
Iowa News Highlights From State Letters and Courts
Coal found in quantity for profitable mining at St Anthony. Murphy company shipped 59000 powdered milk to Vienna relief in Austria. Iowa ranks high in membership groups. Several lawsuits and murder trials unfold across counties. Public schools receive state funds and fund totals rise. Golden wedding claimants, a smallpox death, and a large fire in Spencer are noted. A rat killing contest line up and a cow testing association planning across four counties conclude the update.
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St. Anthony
Murphy Company
Wankow
Vienna
Austria
Iowa
United States
Grath Growers, Inc
J. A. Healy
Crawford County
Herman Rust
W. R. Smith
Jefferson County
Hic Bory
W. & Harrell
Burlington
Maynard
Grand Junction
N. H. Kendall
A. Ray Maxwell
Corydon
Third Judicial District
P. €. Winter
Creston
William Fentleman
W. C. Jones
Murray
Osceola
George Morris
State Penitentiary
Pearl Turner
Red Oak
Trenton
Neb
Shenandoah
Witt Hamilton
Peoples State Bank of Guthrie Center
Wilder Small
Gilmore City
Hauenieble
Witants
Eaat Spencer
Council Bluffs
Walter Baldwin
Leon
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Stephen Bargo
Frank
B. F. Kneenkern
Near Decorah
Charles von Brooklin
Matt Dorseth
Alfred
Revenue Department
State Auditor's Office
State Auditor’s Office
Paul D. Lamson
Rochester
Minn
R. W. Lamson
Fairfield
Postville
Allumakee
Fayette
Clayton
Winneahiek
Legion Man Hiker Traverses 2300 Miles Toward Danville
H. H. Rufus, a forty four year old ex soldier from Danville Alabama, hiked from Washington DC to Danville alabama covering about 2300 miles. He crossed Kentucky mountains, rail trestles and hunger before reaching Clarksburg West Virginia where he met a local woman who aided his journey. He began last November bearing four sealed messages for the Danville chamber of commerce to deliver to the President and plans to visit American Legion posts during his trip. He started with one cent and a 14 pound pack including a cigar for Uncle Joe Cannon.
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H. H. Rufus
Harding
Danville
Washington,d. C
Kentucky
Clarksburg
W. Va
Rufus
Notes from Alaska by Tong A Ketchikan historian
A Tong historian from Ketchikan notes Alaska weather and life details in reply to sympathy letters from the States. He describes cold temps never dropping below five below, light snow several winters, overcoats sometimes useless in January and February, and frequent raincoats and umbrellas. He mentions the difficulty of crossing with dog sleds and mocks a gold miner in the Coat.
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Tong
Ketchikan
American Legion
Alaska
Long Lost Boy Reunited With War-Veteran Father in Flint
In Flint Michigan the American Legion helps reunite B Q Morrison with his son George, a Navy veteran who was separated from his mother after infancy. After years apart and George serving overseas, a chance East Coast meeting led to the discovery he lay ill in a Washington hospital. The father and son have since started a business together in Flint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Flint
Mich
B. Q. Morrison
George
New London
Conn
Morrison
Navy
Mr. Morrison, Jr
East
Washington, D. C
Carrying On With the American Legion Action and Finances
The Minnesota post of the American Legion reports 43,269 good deeds for 1921 and a $25,000 surplus from the Kanton City convention may fund a headquarters building. About 300 ex soldiers enrolled as vocational students at Pittsburgh, Kansas, faced loan issues and fell short on a financing plan.
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Minnesota
American Legion
Kanton City
The
Pittsburg
Kan
Important to all Women Readers of this Paper
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble not realizing it. Kidney disease can cause back pain headaches loss of ambition and poor health. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claims to restore kidney health and offers a sample bottle for ten cents plus mail to Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. Purchase sizes available at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sony Ons
Fragmentary Court Dialog Shows Attorneys Questioning Chauffeur
An incomplete transcript reveals a Los Angeles attorney questioning a chauffeur about qualifications and marital status. A terse exchange follows between the lawyer and a Black man, with the man replying simply that he makes his own living. The judge presides over the scene.
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Los Angeles
George
Bayer Aspirin Directions for Safe Use
An advertisement urges taking aspirin only as directed by Bayer. It highlights the Bayer Cross as a mark of genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and claims the product has been prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years. The copy emphasizes safe, proper directions and package integrity.
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Bayer
Must Have Been Look Me In The Face Sir
London Tit-Bits presents a spiky exchange where a man demands truth about marriage for money. The other party falters before asserting the motive was money, highlighting a comical social moment.
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London
Marriage Plans Sparked by Senior Comic Monster
A fragmentary diary style note mentions surprise at plans to marry a girl described as the same age as the author’s first wife. The speaker recalls past experiences with women and money, hinting at difficult relationships and financial strains. The text is fragmented and difficult to interpret fully.
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Washington
Lodge
Senate
Darting
White House
Florida
Marlon, O
Hoarding Tg
Hughes
Mexico
Kansas City
West Frankfort
Niagara
Canada
St Catharies
Providence
R. 1
Was
Kansas City Railway Company
Spokane
Wash
Lewinton
Watervle
Rockland
Augusta
Georgia
South Carolina
Ams Kaukonen
Fairport, C
Tampico
la Prenza
San Antonio
Tex
Mineapolis (Minn) Esty
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Saya
Chicago
Max Witkofski
Michel Iiserberg
Newark
N. J
Mia
Gunder Midbee
George Wesland
Beaver Creeks
Wine, Mi
Pn CJ
Gravois Bank
St. Louis County
Missouri
Theodora Fladlay
Grand Rapids
Joseph Wolff
Siquor
St. Paul
Aquor
Burkitteville, Md
Fond du Lac
Wis
Butler Company
Hazleton
Howard Spellman
H Grinnell College
Northwestern
Ames, In
Grinnell
Indiana
F. A. Penna
Indiana Betuminous Coal Operators’ Association
Terre Haute
Ind
Mack
New York
John Whalden
Wahsayn Ogenbayanquet
Saint Ste. Marie
Mitch
Northwestern University
John D. Rockefeller General Education Fund
Ethel
Bedford
Claire C. Edwards
Lake County
Waukegan
Small
William Reynolds
Nebraska
Central City
Angie ©. Brown
William Alfred White
Denver
Colo
John Fleming Wilson
Venice, Cal
Burns
James Lambert
John W. Gates
Pasadens
Cal
Willine
Belgrade
Madrid
Antonio Maura
Limerick
Irish Republican Army
Cork
Tipperary
Clare
Committee of National Defense At Fame
Zanella
Constituent Assembly
Mustaphe Kemal Yasha
National Assembly
Angora
Klosting
Hinnover Street
Belfast
Jord
Managua
Nicaragua
Tintian Nationalista
Fintme
Hawkeye
State News
Legion
Ulinois
Boldier
Goldier
Washington Hospital
Physiciana
Kirk
Angus
Tim
aTies
Castoria
Fao Sinlic
Rafe Ee
Etree
Excello
Mastin
Martin
Pontain
Alt
Taminey, al
TAMON
Uae
Sie
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