Bishop Manning Fights Easy Divorce To Preserve Marriage
New York city March 17 Episcopal Church head Bishop William T Manning urged changing church law to bar marriages for anyone with a living spouse or mate saying easy divorce threatens marriage and the family He noted the church now allows remarriage only after divorces for infidelity with bishop consent and diocesan approval He warned the nation is abandoning monogamy and the divorce rate is rising, risking moral collapse.
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New York
Wilam T. Manning
Manning
Episcopal Church
Fat hootch miner sticks Red Bird mine incident
Pomeroy Ohio March 17 report from Red Bird mine at Pity Me notes county mine closures due to miner shortages. Eighteen miners jailed on charges of making moonshine. alleged walled up section of abandoned mine used to manufacture Quoron. Officers cracked the site. first escapees trapped, sentry crew captured.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Red Bird
Berio
President's 1922 tax shows high income bill
Columbus March 15 The first full year income tax return by a U S president is filed in the local revenue office President Harding's 1922 amendment makes the president salary taxable. Revenue officials estimate Harding will owe about seventeen thousand dollars on his seventy five thousand dollar annual pay.
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Columbus
United States
Internal Revenue Office
Harding
Britain pays over four billion in war debt settlement
Washington March 16 The British government turned over to the Federal Reserve Bank in New York four million one hundred twenty eight thousand eighty five dollars seventy four cents representing the first payment under the new funding agreement upon a debt incurred during the war With the payment this amount brings Britain's total owed to exactly forty three billion six hundred million dollars The note references Swiss Army cost and mentions France in a fragmentary line
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Washington
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
United “States
German Peace Offer Backed by Industrialists in London
London March 15 A German plan for the final settlement of reparation questions may be offered if allied governments will consider it. The plan reportedly hinges on a 20 billion gold mark loan backed by German industrialists as the initial payment toward reparations, with disclosures delayed until German guarantees against rejection are assured.
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London
Germany
Daily Telegraph
Karl Bergman
Paris
Berlin
Detroit labeled one of the wettest spots in the nation
Detroit, March 15. Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes said Detroit is one of the wettest spots in the United States. He pledged to increase federal prohibition forces to whatever size is deemed necessary to meet the need, speaking to James R. Davis who runs the Detroit office.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Haynes
James R. Davis
Bootlegger Claims Alibi Over Prohibition Finds
Washington reports a bootlegger linked to an arrest defends himself by saying the list of prominent citizens and officials found among his possessions were not liquor customers but a batch of automobile sale prospects. The March 15 note clarifies the alibi amid ongoing investigations.
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Saga
Washington
Washngton
Army
Navy
State Department
Salt Water Ruins Oil Fields Claim
March 16. A D Bedford chairman of the board of directors of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey says salt water has invaded the Mexican oil fields. He estimates American oil companies face a collective loss of at least half their original 500 million dollar investment.
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New York
A. D. Bedford
Standard Ol Company
New Jersey
Steal Plants in One Year Case Hides Details
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a case involving theft of plants and a yearlong counting of losses. Limited readable text mentions a high claim and compliance references, but key names, locations, dates, and outcomes are missing from the surviving lines.
New Issue Brings Change to Denominational Count
A new issue proposes changes to the denomination tally, indicating 17 of 21 denominations will be affected. Details outline a fresh series of 3 couplets and 20 items in the update, with Apsued noted among the names referenced.
Prosperity Seen In 1923 Through Tax Returns
Treasury estimates show 1922 returns imply 1923 collections may reach 1.5 billion dollars. Back taxes settled from WWI era expected to net about 32 million monthly. Early reports from New York Chicago Boston and Philadelphia hint the gain may be larger, with broader prosperity and rising earning power across industry.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Department
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Germany’s Reparations Offer Carried to France via Switzerland
Berlin reports Germany’s new reparation offer to France was delivered in Switzerland to a French emissary. Uncertain if Swiss economist Leopold Dubois acted as intermediary. The proposal totals over 40,000,000,000 gold marks, well above Chancellor Cuno’s Paris plan.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Switzerland
Leopold Dubois
Cuno
Paris
Radio orchestrates $1.2 million Broadway office sale
In New York on March 15 a radio mediated deal completed a sale of a seven story office building at Broadway and Thirtieth Street to Amri Realty. B Clifford Potter, aboard a Mediterranean cruise on the Adriatic, participated by sat in on discussions from afar. The long distance wireless transaction sealed the sale for $1,200,000.
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New York
B. Clifford Potter
Mediterranean
Broadway
Thirtieth Street
Amri Realty Company
Turkish Flag Flown in Jerusalem Amid Arab Protest
Jerusalem on March 17 saw a procession celebrating an Arab boycott victory with the Turkish flag displayed. British troops dispersed the marchers after clashes left several Arabs and a few native policemen wounded.
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Jerusalem
Legislative Council
Senator Brookhart Read Out Of Republican Party
Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa was expelled from the Republican party by the National Republican, the semi official organ of the party committee, amid discussion of his economic views.
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Washington _ National Republican
Brookhart
Washington
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
National Republican
Republican’ National Committee
American collar exports reach 58 nations in 1922
Washington reports U S collar and cuff shipments to 58 countries in 1922 totaling 2,554,586 individual articles or 212,878 dozen units valued at 348,646 dollars. The supply chain underscores broad international trade, with the industry spanning multiple regions and reflecting postwar economic activity.
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Washington
Million Fire Destroys Montreal Catholic Home
A fire in Montreal on March 17 caused about 1,000,000 in damage destroying the Catholic home for incurables. A woman inmate died of shock. The blaze marks the fourteenth Catholic institution destroyed this year. Kamchatka Ol Fleide-Reported, Vigdivostok, March 17. Oil fields of greater value than those of Baku are reported to have been discovered in Kametka. A government commission of experts has been dispatched to prepare a report.
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Montreal
Kamchatka Ol Fleide
Vigdivostok
Baku
Kamehytka
Exparta
US Market Report for Week Ending March 16 Grain and Live Stock Prices
Washington reports weekly market figures across grain hay dairy and fruits and vegetables with Chicago cash prices for No 2 red winter wheat No 2 hard winter wheat and mixed corn and yellow corn. farm prices for central Iowa Kansas North Dakota. hay prices in Cincinnati Chicago Minneapolis St Louis. feed prices including bran middlings gluten feed and linseed meal. dairy butter and cheese prices in Chicago and Wisconsin markets. potato onion cabbage and fruit prices. Florida celery and Texas spinach. and Chicago live stock prices for hogs beef cattle calves lambs and yearlings.
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Washington
Chicago
Iowa
Kansas
North Dakota
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Northern
B. Baldwin
Northwestern
Florida
Texas
Windstorm destroys Savage town in Mississippi cyclone
Crenshaw Mississippi reports a cyclone that ravaged Savage, killing and injuring many. One man is thought fatally hurt as the town was destroyed for the second time in two months, with more than a score injured and several believed dead.
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Savage
Miss
Crenshaw
Here
Sterilization Bill Signed by Governor Dixon
Helena Mont March 16 The sterilization bill providing for sterilizing congenital idiots and insane confined in institutions upon guardian and custodial officer consent passed the legislature and was signed by Governor Dixon.
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Helena
Mont
Dixon
Germany Ready for Peace Talks Acknowledged in Berlin
Berlin reports a clear mood among Germans favoring negotiations and peace, with citizens and leaders alike expressing readiness for talks. Authorities acknowledge the demand for rapid diplomacy to end hostilities, reflecting public appetite for settlement.
Wisconsin recall amendment clears Senate vote
Madison reports the Wisconsin Senate approves a constitutional amendment to allow recall of all elective officers including judges by 17 to 12. In Niagara Falls, a woman about 25 leaps into the river above the falls and drowns after being swept over the cataract. Berlin dispatches say a Moscow backed triumvirate of Ryko Kameneff and Krassin has assumed control of the Russian government.
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State Senate
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Niagara Falls
Niagara Walls
N. C
American Falls
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
Ryko, Kameneff
Krassin Hag
Iowa notes thefts fires and farming shifts across counties
A long item list reports butter stolen from four steamers at George and a $40,000 fire destroying half a dozen business houses at Columbus Junction. Paving of Lincoln Highway progresses across Clinton County while major figures push for state senate seats. The Long Brothers gate near Tipton brings $10,000. Farm sales, grain losses, and livestock shipments populate a broad agricultural update. News covers Drake University trustee Benjamin F. Prunt's death, an Ankeny farm auction at $235 per acre, and a Rock Island roundhouse rebuild costing $25,000. Poultry and cattle statistics, milk egg production, and soil acidity concerns are noted, along with chinch bug risks and optimistic crop forecasts for 1923. Weather predicts a bumper year with increased corn acreage to feed more cattle and hogs. Reports cite mild winters aiding crop potential and seed treatments for oats and lime rock plans in Butler County.
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Ne' Thisyan
George
Columbus Junction
Lincoln Highway
Clinton County
Long Brothers
Tipton
Major BE
Prince of
Benjamin F. Prunt
Drake University
Des Moines
Carson
Willam Allensworth
Harry Holst
CN. Higtiow
Adel
Iowa Christian Ministerial Association
Drake Bible College
May Bolt
Woodbine
Region Auxiliary
Council Bluffs
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Ankeny
Iowa
Iowa State College
Co-Operative Shipping Association
Anamosa
Kossuth County
Sven
R. H. Porter
Ames
Montgomery County
Farm Bureau
van Buren County
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Reed
Ames Baya
Butler County
Keuley
Greene
From 94 Pounds She Goes to 132
Mrs Mabel Gross of Minneapolis says Tanlac raised her weight from ninety four to one hundred thirty two pounds and restored her health after two years of weakness headaches dizziness and stomach trouble. She praises Tanlac as priceless and notes over 35 million bottles sold. Roosevelt quote ends ad.
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Taniae
Mabel Gross
Aldrich St
Minneapolis
Minn
Taniac
Tanlac
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp-Root
For years druggists note Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root great kidney liver bladder medicine. It is a physician s prescription strengthening medicine. It helps kidneys liver and bladder do nature s work. Swamp Root has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merit. Send ten cents for a sample bottle by writing Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mention this paper.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton N. Y
No expense but to do good to others or yourself
A Franklin quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin emphasizes practical virtue. The saying advocates thoughtful spending focused on benefiting others or personal well being, aligning thrift with moral action.
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Benjamin Franklin
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