Glenn Young and wife shot in attempted ambush
Glenn Young, Ku Klux Klan leader, and his wife Maude were wounded when gunmen fired about twenty shots from a sedan on the Atlantic-Pacific highway near Okawville IL. Mrs Young was hit in the face, Young in the leg, both non fatal. They were hospitalized in St Elizabeth's. Four men fled after the assault as Young recalled the incident and described following a sedan.
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Automobille
Atlantic-Pacific
Young
Okaw River
Okawrille
Tibois
Okan River
Walsh Pushes Cash Bonus Plan for Soldiers
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts launches a measure offering a cash option to soldiers eligible under the new endowment insurance bonus certificates law. The bill would let recipients choose to take the full amount in cash or keep the insurance benefit.
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Walsh
Washington
Massachusetts
Senate
Senate Clears Wheeler of Montana Charges in Renomination Vote
Senate adopts broad renotation by 50 to Bb margin, exonerating Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana on charges of pressing before the Interior department. The action follows indictments linking Wheeler to the Daugherty case, though the report from a special committee finds no fault.
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Senate
Wheeler
Washington
Borad
Special Committee of Investigation
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Interior Department
Daugherty
British Liners Load With Booze for U S Trip
British liners prepare to carry liquor to the United States under treaty privileges. The Pittsburgh and Berengaria have ordered full liquor refreshments aboard for their forthcoming round trip.
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U. S
Southampton
Pittsburgh
Berengaria
Scarlet Fever Serum Cures 25 Of 26 Cases In Yale Hospital
Experimental use of an anti scarlatina serum at New Haven hospital, part of Yale medical school, shows complete cure in twenty five of twenty six scarlet fever cases. Announcement notes initial results and ongoing trials.
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New Haven
Conn
New Haven’ Hospital
Yale -Echiol
Newspaper objects to American Bonus bill analysis
The Journal attacks the bold new bonus bill, arguing it will obstruct Dawes reparations plan. It contends Americans will urge payment to veterans and allies instead of Germans, noting Coolidge knew America cannot collect from debtors like 80 billion francs.
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Journal
Dawes
Coolidge
America
Ppnua
Mexico City Contributes One Million Pesos to Treasury
Mexico City council appropriated a million pesos to the treasury to aid the government. Officials stated the funds would support relief and recovery efforts amid current fiscal needs.
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Mexico
City Council of
New Loan Board Aids Washington Senate Formed
A new loan board assists the Washington Senate in shaping policy as Ohio and Pennsylvania figures referenced include L. Cordy and Ne. B.A Totes, signaling regional fiscal actions and political alignment.
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Board
Lngtaphs Senate
Ohio
Pebieylvania
Ford Supporters Setback in Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington Henry Ford's allies in the Senate Agriculture Committee suffered a setback as an 11 to 6 vote rejected reporting out the Ford plan for Muscle Shoals. The panel also voted down reporting Norris's bill for government control of the power site, planning to continue hearings Monday and then decide on a report.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Senate Agriculture Committee
Pat Harrison
Miss
Ford
Senate
Norris
Ralston
Ind
Harrison
Gettin
Dem
Caraway
Ark
Smyth
Lade
N. D
Neb
McNary
Ore
Capper
Kan
Gooding
Idaho
Norbeck
Burrelg
Okla
McKinley
Ill
Ransdell
Kendrick
Wye
Magnus Johnson
Farmer-Labor
Minn
Keyes
N. H
Malaria and Ills Spread in Russia Report Warns
A report to the epidemiological congress cites alarming spread of malaria and other diseases across Russia with severe drug shortages. It notes over 6,000,000 malaria cases and hundreds of thousands of spotted typhus, recurrent typhus, and scurvy cases last year.
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Russia
Leningrad
Rusia
Epidemiological Congress
Mellon Urges President to Veto Tax Bill
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon went to the White House to urge President Coolidge to veto the tax bill when it reaches him next week. He calls the measure unfortunate, saying administration revenue reforms proposals were disregarded.
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Mellon
Washington
Secretary of the
Treasury
White House
Coolidge
Reprieve Lets Slayer Complete Serial Yarns
Lincoln Neb Gov G W Bryan grants an 18 day reprieve to Walter Ray Simmons awaiting execution for the Bimmers murder of Frank Puhl in spring 1922 in Boyd County Simmons says the reprieve may let him finish a few continued stories he is reading
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Lincoln
Neb
G. W. Bryan
Walter
Ray Simmons
Bimmers
Frank Puhl
Boyd County
Nebraska
Simmons
Senate approves agricultural bill in record 15 minutes
In a record fifteen minute session the Senate passed the annual agricultural appropriation bill. The bill carried a total of a large sum and restored several items that had been cut below the budget estimates by the House.
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Senate
Washington
House
Poultry Farmer Sentenced to Life Term in Indictment Case
Raymond Gy Emiels, a poultry farmer, was found guilty in the Olrcutt court in February 1922 of the murder of his grandmother. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in Plymouth Indiana, according to court records.
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R. B. Smith
Plymouth
Ind
Raymond Gy‘ ‘Emiels
Hia Grandmothe
Auitae
Olrcutt
Horg
Realians Fire on Jugo-Slavs Sparks Engagement
A dispatch from Zura reports Italian forces opened fire on Jugo-Slav units with no casualties. The clash involved Rome Italian carbiners and Jugo-Slav customs guards during the engagement.
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Realians
Rome
L.dgenty
Ing Brlak
Italiana
Zura
Kidnapers Slay Rich Chicagoan In Gruesome Death
A 14-year-old heir to a multimillion-dollar estate was found dead along an Indiana railroad culvert. Police investigate a ransom letter signed George Johnson and an attempted money pickup seven hours after the body was found, signaling a puzzling homicide with amateurish methods.
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Marsh
Indiana
Robert Franks
Jacob Franks
Milonalrne
Kills Avenue
George Johnson
Franks
Ind
Frans
Bees Sting Him to Calm Nerves at Mount Vernon
Bees used as a remedy for nervous trouble reportedly worked for Alva N. Turner of Inn nine miles away. Turner captured 20 ordinary honey bees and stung his bare back with all twenty in a single treatment, claiming it gave him more pep than in some time.
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Mount Vernon
Alva N. Turner
Inn
Here
Turner
American Flyers Arrive Over Kasumigaura Naval Base
Daylight freworiks echo as 1,006 officers and sailors greet U S round the world flyers. Sever hundred school children join the cheers while American flags flutter. The flotilla rests on the lake near Japan’s main naval air base in a grand greeting.
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U. S
Kasumigaura
Japan
Naval Air Base
Revolt in North Mexico Reports Slayings and Rail Attacks
Reports from Nogales indicate 50 Chinese killed in a clash at Canmea Sonora while Mexican officials note rumors of revolts in northern Sonora. Simultaneous reports mention the burning of three railroad bridges between Nogales Sonora and Cavanen amid the unrest.
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Mexico
Nogales
Sonora
Canmea
Cavanen
U S to Serve Reindeer Meat on Alaska Trains
The government plans to purchase 60 000 to 70 000 pounds of reindeer meat for dining cars on the Alaska railroad. Seattle Chamber of Commerce sources say this marks a large new market for reindeer meat within Alaska.
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U.S
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Coolidge Set for New Naval Arms Parley This Fall
President Coolidge plans a second conference on naval armament limitation this fall if the Dawes reparations report is adopted and Congress passes the manual constipation bill. Congressional leaders say he is committed to another parley.
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Coolidge
Washington
Dawes
Congress
Cincinnati Tailor to Give Stock to Employees
Arthur Nosh, president of Nash Tailoring Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced a plan to distribute all stock among employees. He said the 100 percent dividend will return stock to workers, though he harshly warned against personal gain.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Arthur Nosh
Nash Tailoring Company
Nash
Navy panel study ranks U S second in fighting strength
Secretary Wilbur presents to the House Naval Committee a yard report assessing global naval power. The study places the United States second behind Britain and ahead of Japan in overall strength, highlighting shifts in maritime balance and defense posture.
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U.S. Navy
Washington
Gyent
Britain
Japan
Inglyard
House Naval Committee
Wilbur
Tennessee Delegates Back McAdoo at State Convention
Tennessee Democrats constrained twenty four delegates to back W. G. McAdoo at the national convention. The vote tally was 1,800 to 748 in favor of McAdoo at the state gathering in Nashville.
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Tennessee
McAdoo
Nashville
J$ion
Gots
W. G. McAdoo
Iowa News Briefs Highlight 80th Birthdays and Local Projects
Iowa reports celebrate Weenies Ya Oskaloosa turning eighty while Marathon rushes a $30,000 project. Sioux Rapids budgets $126,000 for a sewer, Sioux City bans overnight parking after a fatal crash, and wildlife topics surface in Audubon. Memorials, school anniversaries, and bank openings also appear among varied state notices.
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Oskaloosa
Marathon
Church of the Friunda
Sioux Rapids
Sioux City
Soren Ctke
Pricon
Public Utilities
Lows City
Oscar Harding
Manuicg
Des Moines
Ghower
Audubon
Riverton
Uncle Sam
Dow Maines
Corning
Neweton Streets
Lamont
Congregational Church of
Decorah
State Teachers College
Cedar Parts
First National Bank
Pocahontas
F. L. Maytag
Industrice of of
Taland Railroad
Mascatine, Burlington & Southern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grundy County
American Peony Society
Aimnic W. Goodrich
Iowa City
Minnesota
Iowa
Davenport
Lowana
Herrick
Lows Horticultural Society
Dow Moines
Lewis Barratt
The
Playground and Recreation Association
Glenn Frank
Century Magazine
Publiac Schools of
Iowa State
Fair Management
Government Hospital
Knoxvlilk
Boone
Boonsboro
Council Blute
Government Market Quotations May Week Fruits and Grains
The report lists prices for fruits vegetables and grains across Chicago Cincinnati Minneapolis St Louis and other markets for the week ending May 21 with figures for potatoes cabbage strawberries boranda onions and Klondike varieties along with live stock dairy products hay grain and corn price ranges and market notes across multiple states. Strong entities include Florida Alabama Tennessee Arkansas Wisconsin and Chicago markets with price points and standard crates per center.
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Washington
Chicago
Florida
Alabama
Biles
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Arkaonsas
Chicako
Cheate
Wisconsin
Cincinnmat
St Louis
Prairie
Be Louisa
Minneapolis
Nab Remus' Wife as Queen of Bootlegging in Cincinnati
Mrs Imogene Remus wife of George Remus the king of bootleggers faces new federal charges in St Louis a sealed indictment accuses her of conspiring with 38 others to violate the Volstead act by plotting the Jack Daniel distillery warehouse theft and the withdrawal of 40000 gallons of whisky between mid 1928 and early 1929.
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Nab Remus
Cincinnati
Ohio
Imogene Remus
George Remus
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Jack Daniel
Wnrehouse
St. Louis
Fearful volcanic tidal wave threat in Hawaiian Islands
Reports from volcanologist Roy Winch indicate Kilauea activity is rising with lava and earthquakes in Kaw district. Conditions suggest a possible tidal wave in the region, prompting warnings for Honolulu and surrounding areas.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
KE Tauea
Roy Winch
Kaw District
Kilauea Erupts Casting Rocks Two Miles Distance
A new outbreak at Kilauea sends rocks two miles from the crater after a sharp earthquake. Private Hineman, among others, reported missing since last Sunday's explosion near the volcano's summit and surrounding rocks.
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Kilauea
Rocka
New Outbreak
T. H
Howe, Duat
Hineman
Summons
Ruhr Police Battle in Ruby District Wounds Many
In Gebsenkirchen and the Ruby district a strike intensified with Belgian troops and German police intervention. Many were wounded as police charged and the Belgian force occupied mines, with both sides facing heavy disruption. Women were among those injured as events escalated.
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Ruhr
Rivtera
Berlin
Gebsenkirchen
Ruby
Erawde
Senator Receives 7500 Dollar Bonus for Injury Incident
A report from Washington notes a $7500 appropriation approved to defray expenses related to injuries of Senator Green of Vermont. The incident involved a shooting during a bout, details remain limited.
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Washington
Senator Green
Rap, Vt
Injured Woman Reports Fractured Shoulder in Virginia Visit
Mrs Wilton injured Washington Mrs Woodrow Wilson and fractured a light bone shoulder during a quarrel visit to friends in the country in Virginia.
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Wilton
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Tha Rowntry
Virginia
Woman’s Marvelous Recovery from Female Troubles
A Truman Minnesota woman describes relief from pains and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports regaining ability to work at home in the garden and field, crediting the remedy for aiding recovery before and after childbirth. The ad urges other women to try the product, claiming fifty years of relief and nationwide druggist availability.
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Truman
Minn
Jai
Pinkham
Wiener- Hor
R. No
Box
Lydia Z
Lydia
No Problem at All Instructing class on roadside repairs
An automobile school instructor demonstrates rapid roadside repairs. He targets the dullest student and poses a scenario of a flying bus with 20 passengers and baskets, asking what to do when the engine fails ten miles from the plane grounds. The student answers that they would have the plane there.
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Hlachias
Plene
Jotn
Tit for Tat in Cramped Home Question
Mrs Crawford asks if she secured an extra allowance and Mrs Crabshaw replies her husband will provide a home if she reveals how he plans to raise the money. The exchange reflects domestic tensions and practical constraints in a Chicago journal item.
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Crawford
No task too hard for a lazy Mina Nob attempt
A compact note proclaims confidence in tackling any assignment with a relaxed attitude. It frames the speaker as Mina Nob and signals readiness to take on challenges without delay. The tone blends casual bravado with a hint of humor about effort and speed.
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Glenn Young and Wife
Southern Illinois Klan
George Sherman
Daele
George Slerian
Goxpinsville
South
Georgia
New Orleans
Richmond
Mempis
Lady Gladstone
Glatstone
England
Gladstone
Workington
Y. WL Gal
Iowa State News
Lydia E. Pinkham
Aspirit
Spirin
Bayer
Supe
Aspizio
Winslow
Taonta
N. U
Des Moines, NO
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