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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
9
Authorities report a vast earthquake in northwest Persia causing over 6,000 dead and thousands injured. The Persian embassy in Moscow appeals for aid, noting a disaster area of about 1,000 square miles and a population likely reaching at least 250,000. The event echoes Messina in scope.
Washington reports the Treasury has received the first semi annual payments on US war loans from foreign governments. Great Britain sent $69,000,060 in Liberty bonds purchased on the open market and Finland paid $185,000 in cash.
Postoffice Inspectors in the southern District of Illinois pursue four thieves who kidnapped a mail messenger in Pocahontas and carried off a $4,000 payroll from a local coal company. They fled toward St Louis after throwing John Green age fifty from their car near Collingville.
Windsor Ontario reports officials could not curb liquor shipments into Michigan as prohibition laws permit cross border trade under jurisdictional rules. The briefing with agents named Yellowley noted limited authority to halt flow.
A tiny aircraft, 23 feet long with an 87 foot wingspan, stayed aloft for 1 hour 8 minutes and climbed to 2550 feet. It reached 52 miles per hour as fuel use ran at seven eighths of a full tank, in London.
Two thieves entered the downtown office of Max Light, a diamond merchant, stunned him and a patron with a blackjack, locked them in a closet, then opened safes with gems valued around 250000 dollars, according to police reports.
June 16 report states Alexander Stamboulisky, premier since 1918, was killed in the village of Velven near Slaviotin after a failed peasant rescue attempt. Lenin reports improved condition of Lenin, per Moscow dispatchs. Utah Power and Light plans $20 million hydro project. 1,000 jobs over three years in Baltake City.
Reports from Sofia Paris Heare and Parla on June 1 claim a Bulgarian revolutionary government mobilizes 60,900 farmers to starve the Zankoff government. Troops from Jugo Slavia Greece and Hungary move to the border. premier Stamboulisky reportedly captured near Petriteh and preparing to defend Sofia rather than storm the capital, risking bloodshed and damage. The volunteer army is said to be well armed and advancing on Sofia.
With the executive branch disorganized by the flight of President Li Yuan-Hung and cabinet resignations, five ministry representatives including justice finances navy and foreign affairs agree to carry on a provisional government for China at Peking June 15.
Tientsin June 14. L Yuan-Hmung, president of the Chinese republic, is being held a prisoner aboard his special train in the central railway station here after his flight from the capital Peking. The train is surrounded by troops under the orders of Wang Cheng Ping, governor of Chil province.
Britain paid about 70 million dollars in interest and amortization on its 4 hundred billion war debt to the United States, marking the first installment under the debt agreement.
New Orleans June 1 organization of the Volstead Vigilantes of Louisiana with 400 charter members was announced by QO. D. Jackson federal prohibition chief. The group operates secretly to enforce the dry law and carry out vigilante actions.
The British steamship Santa Theresa arriving from Havana reported five stowaways suffocated in a bunk and were buried at sea. Two others remain in serious condition, with quarantine officials noting the grim incident.
Chicago reports a bride of five weeks died in a wreck when a car plowed into wreckage and burned. A 27 year old automobile salesman named Nornam Bua perished. a bride, five weeks married, was injured. In Madison Wisconsin, June 10, the assembly passed a repeal bill for beverage prohibition enforcement by 88 to 85, sending the measure to the dry senate.
A Mary Beatrice two masted British sloop, found near New York with fifteen Chinese aboard, carried a tale of smuggling from Cuba. After the skipper absconded with money, a mutiny left five Chinese, two whites, and two blacks dead in a brutal onboard fight. Survivors describe a berserk crew clashing as booze ran low. The ship awaited deportation.
The Interior Department ordered more than 250000 acres of public land in six Western states opened for homestead entry by World War I veterans. Exact entry dates to be announced by land officers in the western states.
Four hundred twenty five students from eighteen colleges universities and military academies arrive at Camp Custer Michigan for six weeks of training under the War Department for advanced corps officers of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
President Harding told a June audience that Averlean citizens should honor the flag, sing it aloud, and avoid mumbling the words. He spoke at a Ping day meeting in Continental Hall hosted by the Americanization Commission of the American Lik Elon.
San Francisco reports convict Mooney leading a list of delegates named by the San Vaamelacoe Masters' union to attend the international convention to be held in Cleveland next September.
Delegates begin arriving in Baltimore for a three day Zionist Organization of America convention. Discussions will cover methods for rebuilding the Jewish homeland in Palestine and related plans.
Mrs Hewley Croter widow of Idehard Croker is named in a land or property related notice dated June 1 from Dublin. The fragmentary text mentions a grant or action possibly tied to an estate, with references to a community half or lever term and a long withheld sequence, though details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Washington reports world ending fund figures for staples with South Carolina cobbler potatoes and California cantaloupes fringe markets. Chicago and city markets show varied prices for watermelons, peaches, and other produce. Chicago hogs top at 7.06, cattle and dairy prices noted. grain and hay values listed with regional variations.
Chicago June 1 A wage drive aims to break records for railway labor with 160000 clerks and a similar employee classing on the United States railroad labor board docket. Demands for raises would add over 40 million dollars annually in railroad expenditures. Negotiations unfold between workers and management across seventeen principal American carriers.
Berlin June 14 Stocks rose as the exchange rate neared 100,000 marks per dollar in unofficial trade. Some shares jumped as much as 200 percent over prewar values amid a flood of 10,000,000 paper marks offered for shares with a nominal value of 1,000 marks. Analysts blamed Germanys cautious foreign posture for the new crash in marks.
Paris fashion noted that American women touring France hid their legs beneath long skirts to skirt the dress code. Jean Patou, famed Parisian dressmaker, described the trend amid Parisian chatter and American reactions in Varletan newspaper critiques.
London June 16 The measure to compel the carrying of square on all passenger ships entering Beulah ports passed its second reading in the commons by a vote of 11 to 81.
A local report asserts a household achievement by a woman named Jane W. tied to a band owned by W. B. FP Jotnaan. The claim suggests she set a world's record by producing a large number of pipes, twenty six, with ten more than a prior record.
Work has begun on a new Valley Junction Junior High in Colfax. The report lists multiple local projects and notices from Des Moines to Ottumwa, including land offers, park proposals, a $160000 bond sale, a new city hall building, and planned state park developments. It notes shifts in employment, schooling, and regional infrastructure across Iowa with several named towns and figures.
An old page features medical testimonials praising a tonic claim of improved energy and weight regain after illness, plus a late 19th century ad for Tanine Vegetable Capsules and a note on eyeglass frame repair. The fragmentary text mentions Sunlac and cautions about cautions in use. It also hints at glass lens manufacturing changes and cold exposure effects on crystal blocks.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for clear skin with a facial regimen. It claims Cuticura Ointment removes pimples and blackheads, Cuticura Soap and hot water wash in five minutes, and recommends Cuticura Talcum for daily toilet use to keep the skin clean.
A fragmented account describes Adela repeatedly asking neighbors for treats then a caretaker leaving her with a neighbor while the narrator visited a dentist. The dialogue mentions a neighbor reacting and an unclear phrase about wanting something to eat, ending with a confused note about a thread.
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