Stock Salesmen Held for Trial in Nebras ka Case
Four men Charles S Wohlbere Jacob Masse William A McWhorter and William Chipley are charged in an indictment with conspiring to use the mails to defraud in a stock scheme involving 460000 worth of Neste assets of the William Berg Company of Omaha The case centers on taking assets from the Nebr potash company to fund a Merriman plant Hastings Neb May 20 Special Frederick J Nubower freed on motion after a 1920 statutory charge Nebower had been sentenced to four years in penitentiary but the Supreme Court reversed and remanded his case due to lack of residents involved in the prosecution The discharge follows new evidence showing complainant Oru Smith and parents are no longer residents and Nabower has been jailed since Feb 19 1920
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
United States District
Frank A. Peterson
Cas
Charles S. Wohlbere
Jacob Masse
William A. McWhorter
Wiliam ©. Chipley
Ascete
William Berg Company
Commny
Merriman
Peterson
Hastings
Frederick J. Nubower
Dilworth
Suipreme
Nabower
Oru Smith
Prosver
Pender High School Graduates Six This Evening
In Pender Nebraska on May 20 the high school will graduate a class of six. Rev Townsend of Omaha delivers the address.
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Pender High School
Pender, Neb
Mr. Townsend
Omaha
Petitions Placed for Referendum on 1921 Nebraska Laws
Lincoln Nebraska May 18 Special Petition campaigns under the People’s Independent League circulated statewide for referendum on four 1921 measures. Targeted universal registration, bank limits, criminalizing industrial picketing, and partial return to old nomination systems. Circulation began in Lincoln Wednesday night and gathered many signatures.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
People’s Independent League
Auditor balks at paying Lincoln code expert Jacobs
Lincoln Nebraska May 1 Special despite legislatures approving 1473 to pay J L Jacobs who organized the code departments and filed the bill auditor Marsh refuses the claim citing constitutional limits on warrants He says the supreme court long ago upheld his power to reject warrants and that a legal remedy lies in an appeal, delaying payment pending the suit outcome.
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Lincoln
Neb
Chicago
J. L. Jacobs
Marsh
Code
Jacobs
Supreme Court
Neary
Must Pay Insurance On Life Of Laurel Man
Lincoln Nebraska May 18 Special Mrs Myrtle H Sackett of Cedar county has won in supreme court her suit to recover 2000 on a policy held by her husband in the Masonic Protective association Sackett was a member of a posse pursuing burglars that invaded Laurel and was killed in a gun duel The association claimed the policy barred self exposure to unnecessary danger The lower court held the association liable The supreme court says it is a jury question whether the exposure was unnecessary as he was summoned to help the sheriff in running down criminals.
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Laurel
Lincoln
Neb
Myrtle H. Backett
Cedar County
Supreme Court
Hercuit
Masonic Protective Association
Sackett
Man shot by sheriff in Nebraska City dies
Nebraska City May 8 Special William Heasley who was shot here Sunday by Sheriff Fischer while attempting to escape arrest died in a hospital Wednesday night. The coroner's jury exonerated the sheriff. Heasley had been accused of breaking jail in Rockport Missouri. Also noted is a New York labor bureau minimum firing wage level for a family of five set at 2333 dollars.
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Nebraska City
Nob
William Heasley
Beriff Fischer
Beasley
Rockport
New York Labor Bureau
Arlington Man Heads Group of Bankers
A. A. Boyhl of Arlington was elected president of group five South Dakota Bankers Association in session here Huron May 19 Special P Willama of Desmet was re elected secretary IF 8 Brown of Doland retiring president was elected executive member of group five Ten vice presidents were chosen The Washington investigating committee is trying to flat physicians of regulation who will admit ever having prescribed beer as a medicine.
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Huron
A. A. Boyhl
Arlington
South da Ol4
Bankers Association
P. Willama
Desmet
Brown
Doland
Ten View
Washington
Perfecting Plans to Control Bank in Omaha
Plans to purchase and operate a local bank are being prepared to be controlled by the city’s labor unions with assistance from the state farmers union, according to John M. Gibb secretary of the Omaha building trades council.
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Omaha
Farmers Union
John M. Gibb
Omaha Building Trades Council
Four men held for extradition to Canada for liquor running
John Riley Howard of Sidney Iowa is among four men detained in Omaha for extradition. They face charges of liquor running forging $60,000 in drafts and robbing liquor stores from Canadian exporters at Gainesborough Sask. United States Commissioner Fid ward Boehler ordered extradition, awaiting official order from Secretary of State Hughes in Washington.
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Omaha
Neb
John Riley Howard
Sidney
Canada
Gainesborough
Sask
United States
Fidward
Boehler
Hughes
Washington
Public welfare team probes local health concerns in Nebraska City
May 18 reports say Mlse M. FE. Taylor of the Lincoln headquartered bureau of health led an inquiry with Chief Will Gunn. They arrested two women living together, and a local physician was fined ten dollars for failure to report a venereal cure. The couples were held by the sheriff pending bonds.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Mlse
M. FE
Taylor
Department of Public Welfare
Bureau of Health
Lincoln
Will Gunn
Costa
Notable Omaha Telegraph Pioneer Dies at 90
Omaha obituary notes Louis H. Korty aged 90 or 91, a former Union Pacific telegraph superintendent and influential organizer of Omaha’s first telephone system. He led the American District Telegraph Company of Omaha and Lincoln and was among the city’s wealthiest citizens.
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Omaha, Neb
Louis H. Korty
Union Pacific Railroad
Senate and House Panels Pursue Key Hearings
Senate finance panel prepares tax hearings and acts on the nomination of D H Blair as internal revenue commissioner. Interstate commerce rail hearings continue, military affairs reports army bill, and emergency bill conferences resume. Senate debates naval bill while House committees stay in session with various investigations and appropriations, judiciary Volstead hearings, agriculture Slack filled package bill, naval carrier construction bill, and private naturalization bill under immigration review.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Ues
D. H. Blair
Internal Revenue
Finance
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Bergdoll Committee
Appropriations
Judiciary Committee
Agriculture
Naval
Immigration Committee
Legion News highlights and veteran drives across states
The American Legion activities span Nebraska Indiana and New York with posts rallying for welfare work for unemployed soldiers. News covers drive support in St Paul Iowa City memorial plans Oakdale Neh and nationwide efforts to honor fallen service members. Details include Gold Star tribute proposals and the erection of memorials and educational programs.
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Minneworm
Pole
St. Paul
American Legion
Lafayette Post
The
Oakdale
Neh
Carpentier Favored In Dempsey Fight Says Curley
United Press opinion from May 17 cites Jack Curley predicting Carpentier will win the championship. He argues Carpentier's speed and skill offset Dempsey's weight and strength, noting Carpentier has as much punch and more accuracy. The forecast suggests a shorter bout with longer rounds aiding Carpentier.
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United Press
New York
Jack Curley
Carpentier
Dempsey
Penny for Development in Nation's Business Analysis
The Nation's Business cites Edward B. Rosa of the U S Bureau of Standards showing that over 90 percent of each tax dollar finances wars and debt, with only about a penny in research, education, and development. Rosa breaks down a $53.50 per person tax burden for 1920 into allocations for war, current needs, and core government functions.
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Edward B. Rosa
United States Bureau of Standards
France seeks new loan after paying off debts in US
New York reports France is negotiating for another loan in the United States with terms pending. DL W Morrow of J P Morgan & Co says French treasury bills outstanding here are under 10 million dollars, down from about 75 million in October 1920. France paid over 21 million dollars in the last six months, including its share of the Anglo French loan.
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New York
France
Treasury
DL. W. Morrow
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morrow
United States
Inland Daily Press group backs zone postage move
Chicago May 18. Two hundred sixty three newspaper publishers of the central west represented by the Inland Daily Press association at a semi annual meeting Tuesday adopted a regulation endorsing the zone postage rate which four years ago they opposed. Opposition to the forty four hour weekly schedule for the printing trades as affects the publisher also was voiced.
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Chicago
Central West
Inland Daily Press Association
Dempsey Carpentier bout preview from Pittsburgh papers
The May 18 Pittsburgh opinion column predicts a quick Dempsey victory over Carpentier. It argues Dempsey should win within six rounds in a 16 foot ring and favors American middleweights who could back the French challenger.
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Lee Sremnaeny
Baster
Pittsburgh
Jim Jub
Dempsey
Carpentier
America
Tax Exemption Plea Aims Federal Relief for Foundations
Washington May 17 The Senate finance committee heard a plea from James A H Turfield of Cleveland to exempt incomes of scientific charitable religious and educational trust funds from federal taxation and to grant bequests to such foundations freedom from privacy rules.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
James AH. Turfield
Cleveland
Tule Lakes
Oxford and Cambridge Fly in Inter Varsity Air Race
The Christian Science Monitor notes a new aviation contest between Oxford and Cambridge at Hendon aerodrome. Three events promise keen competition as both universities boast skilled aviators. Also mentioned are Japanese women protesting peer rejection of rights to attend political meetings and form associations.
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Christian Science Monitor
Oxford
Cambridge
Hendon
House of Peers
Nippon
Masked men bind family in Nebraska robbery
In Franklin Nebraska on May 1 special report masked robbers armed with shotguns bound Rufus Hundt his wife and daughter at their home north of Riverton and escaped with 100 dollars in cash.
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Franklin
Neb
Rufus Hundt
Riverton
Farmer killed by his own shotgun accident near Greenfield
Greenfield Iowa May 17 special Clyde Martin 34 a farmer was found dead on his farm after attempting to crawl through a fence with a shotgun that discharged, the blast striking him in the head. He leaves a widow and three small children.
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Greenfield
Clyde Martin
Martin
Japanese strikers clash with police in Osaka battle
Nine hundred striking electrical workers confront twenty Japanese police in Osaka in a pitched clash reported by a Tokio dispatch to the Nippu Jiji. Twenty strikers and one police officer are injured in the melee as the workers press a wage and condition negotiations demand.
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Honolulu
T. Hy
Osaka
Japan
Tokio
Nippu Jiji
Dispatch
Harding to Sign Immigration Restriction Bill
President Harding will sign the immigration restriction bill sent by Congress, says Representative Albert Johnson after a White House call. The measure caps immigration over the next 14 months at 3 percent of each foreign country’s nationals in the United States in 1910.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Albert Johnson
White House
United States
Dividend Declared By Repabile Iron & Steel Co
New YorkMay 18 The Repabile Iron & Steel Co today passed its quarterly dividend on common stock due at this time The regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent on preferred stock however was declared payable July through the board and is to be paid in July
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New York
Repabile Iron & Steel Co
Retail price level measures set for standard goods
Arrangements for the commerce department to publish at regular intervals the retail price level of standard commodities were made at Conference Friday between Secretary Hoover and representatives of retailers in various parts of the country.
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Commerce Department
Hoover
Beck named Solicitor General by Daugherty
The report states James M. Beck of New York was appointed Solicitor General by Attorney General Daugherty. It also mentions unrelated items about Eleanor Marx ashes seized in a London police raid and various museum and archaeology notes, including Peru pottery figures and a curator's theory on ancient dances.
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Washington
James M. Beck
New York
Daugherty
Eleanor Marx
Karl Marx
London
Scotland Yard
Anya & Cable
Peru
Museum of Natural History
Hawaiian job ban urged for aliens on military projects
A legislative commission traveling to Washington requests stopping the employment of aliens ineligible to citizenship on U S military or naval construction jobs in the Hawaiian Islands.
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Ravenders
Legislative
Washington
Hawai
Steamer Panhandle State Sunk After Fire
The United States mail steamship Panhandle State, engulfed in flames in her aft compartments, was towed to Communicaw flats and sunk in 30 feet of water off Liberty Inland. Striking crew and oil gas fears prompted sinking to prevent explosion. The Panhandle State, recently returned from London and Boulogne, was one of America's newer luxury liners.
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New York
United States Mail
Panhandle
Liberty
Martin
London
Boulogne
Hurop
Too Much Waste Among Packers Wallaces Call
Washington May 20 Secretary Wallace urged tighter government regulation of the meat packing industry saying current rules hinder expansion and that waste in dressing and marketing should be eliminated He argued regulation would remove the need to ban packers from retail ventures and allow growth under oversight.
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Washington
Wallace
Korfanty Calls Halt Urges Silesia Surrender
London reports that Adalbert Korfanty urged Upper Silesia residents to surrender their arms and resume work to avoid conflict with Germany. The Polish consul general at Beuthen notified five inter allied plebiscite commissions of the call and stated about 1,000 men have been demobilized.
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Upper Silesia
Beutehn
Adalbert Korfanty
Unclear text. Anna Irene Hopkins case noted in Jerome trial
Fragmentary report from Prenvott Arizona May 20 cites Anna Irene Hopkins declared sane amid trial notes. It mentions alleged fiery incident at Mins bar near Jerome and testimony by De Win Wyile of Phoenix. Text is garbled with multiple errors and unclear dates and names.
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Ariz
Anna Irene Hopkins
Thaiwe
Mins
Gallagher
Jerome
de Win Wyile
Phoenix
Mel Hopking
Earthly Paradise in a New York Sun tale
A fragmentary item notes a man contemplating a move for health and family growth. A real estate agent promotes a property as ideal, while a doctor is praised as pure, and an undertaker tries to run a jitney to balance ends meet. The piece blends satire with local color and economic concerns.
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New York Sun
Alas She Has Changed
Fragmentary text narrates a past marriage and a memory of Miss Mook. The lines hint at a quiet, shrinking personality and a prank, with altered social perceptions and remembrances continuing in a ruined OCR snippet. The incomplete excerpt preserves names and a fragile personal moment.
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Mook
Levy Case Probes High Court Over Tax Limits in Nebraska
In Lincoln Nebraska the state supreme court heard Wa otye county notice challenging the legality of a two year old levy law and whether it allowed excess tax spending. The Bridan & Construction Co of Wahoo seeks bankruptcy protection as commissioners may deny its claims. Former Rep John Schmidt, linked to Saunders county wartime incidents, appears amid claims of ulterior motives and party tensions. Attorney Charles H Slama argues Schmidt aims to ruin the company with loyalty questions and county league opposition.
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Lincoln
Neh
Jidsem
Suimiera
Theelttral Bridan & Construction Company
John OO. Schmidt
Hyures
Saunders County
Oh Flonpartisaan Leaguer
Charles H. Slama
Supreme Court
Schmidt
Salama
Nonparttain League
Slama
Miss Ada Stidworthy Crowned May Queen at Ivy Day
Ada Stidworthy of Homer is crowned May Queen at the state university Ivy Day observance in Lincoln. She wears a white gown with net, a wreath of white flowers is placed, and a daisy chain line forms as students escort her to the platform. Separate notices report a divorce suit in district court, county highway surfacing plans, and ongoing road work between Page and Nell.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ada Stidworthy
Homer
The
State University
Stidworthy
Heatrick
Alonzo
Markarer
Dee Moines
Missouri
Phalintiff
O'Neal
Holt
Hoyd
Norfolk Y Neals
Page
Nell
Litvinovs Foreign Commissioner For Reds
Maxim Litvinov has been appointed deputy commissary of foreign affairs according to Moscow dispatch. The fourth All-Manian congress of trades unions was convened May 5 but did not start, and the May 17 clash with 2,600 delegates was decisive. On May 15 the congress of the All-Party council on economy by the people began, aligning work with the trades unions.
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Rigs
Maxim Litwinott Hing
Ab Moscow
All Manaian Congress of Trades Unions
Mos 5
Ald
All-dtassist Council On Economy
Tug Seizure Drive Seeks Missing Vessel Conestoga
San Diem California May reports crews seek the tug Mucho feet after orders to med at dawn. Conestoga, once rumored near Aquinel, was 500 miles from Honolulu on April 8 as crews from the Wesseln boats were summoned from leave amid broadcasts and theater notices.
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San Diem
Cal
Telegraph Companies Must Boost Liability
Washington May 20 The Commerce Commission ordered telegraph firms to set liability rules for transmission delays or non delivery. Liability per message at the repeated rate ranged from $5,000 to $600, with the rate determined by the commission.
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Washington
Tatersaty Commerce Commission
Daly 08
Meteo
Born Minus Ears Science Steps In
An Omaha surgeon performed a second operation on the three month old son of Mr and Mrs C Brown at a hospital to build ears for the child born without a peak. The first operation three weeks ago placed a right side ear. It used cartilage from other body parts to form the foundation for ear construction and grafting flesh and skin to shape the new ear.
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Omaha
Nebraska Supreme Court Hands Down Decisions
Lincoln, May 19. Nebraska Supreme Court handed down opinions reversing and affirming in multiple cases. Notable actions include First National Bank of Lexington reversed. Woods Brothers Thresher Company reversed with instructions. Vacanti reversed. several appellants affirmed in Lancaster, Lincoln, Cass, Cedar, Buffalo, Douglas counties.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
First National Bank of
Lexington
Appellant
Anderson
Lincoln County
Vandenek Va
Olson
Lancaster County
Halgin
Commonwealth Life In Urancve Company
Buckley Vs
Advance Runnery Company
Taylor Va
Vans
Suckett
Masonic Protective Association
Cedar County
Hamer
Lincoln Light, Heat & Power Company
Morris
Mohler
Woods Brothers Thresher Company
Samson
Fraserve
College View
Quinn Va
Quinn
Cass County
Clark
Buffalo County
Canigna Va
Douglas County
Tribute to aviator Warren Kite in Grand Island
In Grand Island Nebraska on May 19 a tribute was paid to Warren Kite the aviator who died after a 1000 foot fall during a public exhibition. J F Moore of the Omaha Aero club arrived from Omaha at 2 pm and circled Kite's home three times before presenting a floral tribute and letter to Kite’s mourning family. The remains were to be transported to Kansas City that night escorted by American Legion members.
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Grand Island
Neb
Warren Kite
J. F. Moore
Omaha
Omaha Aero Club
Nebraska Aviation Interests
Air Mail Service
Kite
Kansan City
American Legion
Norfolk waitress drinks poison in quarrel case
Norfolk Nebraska May 19 special police report Ray McIntyre a motion picture operator broke into an adjoining room and found Opal McIntyre a pretty waitress who had attempted suicide with poison after a quarrel with her sweetheart A bottle of moonshine whisky was found in the rooming house and McIntyre forced the liquor down the girl’s throat Doctors at a Norfolk hospital say she will recover and she now says she regrets her act Police are investigating responsibility for the whisky’s presence
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Norfolk
Neb
Ray McIntrye
Opal McIntyre
McIntyre
Polsen
Wage reductions proposed by Union Pacific in Omaha
Omaha Nebraska May 1. A plan to cut wages for shop employees and telegraphers is proposed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The circular calls for a series of conferences beginning May 23 with representatives of other affected organizations to discuss the changes effective July 1.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Ratiro and Company
Dakota Embalmers Meet in Aberdeen
The State Funeral Directors convention opened in Aberdeen with about 100 delegates. Professor Worsham of the Western Training school Chicago would give embalming demonstrations. President Rus A. Clares called the meeting to order and Mayor Hall of Aberdeen delivered the welcome address.
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Aberdes OS
Worsham
We Training School
Chicago
Rus A. Clares
Hall
Spink Poland China Breeders to Organize Meeting
Redfield May 5 D. May 8 joins Spink County farmers in organizing Poland China breeders with a gathering May 11. A consignment sale will be held in the stock pavilion, featuring only pure bred sows for fall.
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SPINK
Poland
China
Redfield
Peouly Spink County
Poison Candy Fatal for Child in Suburb Incident
A child died and seven others were severely ill after consuming poison candy in Cleestorm suburb on May 18. Local authorities pursue investigation as details emerge about the shop and household connections. Named individuals include Margaret Penny and Diane, with ongoing inquiries into the supplier Alexander Carlson and Mirv Amivioal.
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Chinuae Euburb
Margaret Penny
Diane
Alexander Carlson
Mirv
Brocton Dolllittle
Carlson
Hearst Plans 25 Story News Offices in New York
Hearst buys property on West Fiftieth Street for a 25 story news offices complex in Manhattan. The project will house Hearst publications including the American and Journal and related magazines and companies, with construction to be completed within about four years.
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Hearst
New York
Willuam
Demdorph Hearst
Keown bee @iy
Weel Piftty-eighth Street
Lina
Javenal
Magasines Ene
Gary Jeds
Cocunansy
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United States District Court
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Iowa State College
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