Warm Weather and Political Turmoil Hit Washington
Alfred J. Pearson of Drake University was named minister to Poland. Coolidge plans summer at the White House. Paymaster Ervine Brown missing from the destroyer Somers with a $120,000 shortage found. Harry F. Sinclair pleads not guilty to contempt. bond $5,000. Hale cites British livestock embargo changes over foot and mouth disease. Senate finance committee approves 5 percent income tax cut. Daugherty petitions to recover $8,000,000 from A. Bentley & Sons. 1600 acres in San Juan county Utah withdrawn from entry. Oklahoma Indians land fraud alleged by a state lawyer. Conrad W. Dykeman visits White House. Dakota cold. Norfolk 6 below, Pierre 8 below, Sioux City 8 above. Railway unions get 6 percent wage increase from Lehigh Valley. Two brothers die in Milwaukee after funeral in Minneapolis.
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Audubon National Guard Company
Brown
New United Presbyterian Church
Clarinda
Muscatine
Laurens
J. L. Waite
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa
Jackson School
Atlantic
C. E. Hurst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Iowa Farmer
American Railway Association
Des Moines
Marshalltown
E H. T. Meredith
Pey Moines
Jenny Fer
Marion
Atill
Decorah
Commercial Club
Mem- Ae
Towa Railway
Towa Allway Commission
Indianola High
Maquoketa Valley
Izaak Walton League
Donald R. Porter
Iowa State College
Ames
State Department of Health
Department
Multiple incidents show crime, weather, and finance in early 20th century reports
A scrambled digest reports a Cigar company raid in Tam-Fia with a $24000 weekly take, a university crackdown on pacifism at Evans tom, and a brutal circus accident in Los Angeles. It notes a Buffalo to Mitchel Field flight of 818 miles in 2 hours 21 minutes, coal wage ties in central Pennsylvania, Baltimore's record April snowfall, a Cicero gunman killing, the Woolworth building sale for 11.6 million, and a deal to back Daca development in Southern California.
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Hlol
Hmm Nott
Homer B. Chandler
Buffalo
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Ofd Lockhart
Tulsace
California
Los Angeles
First three winners in American Bowling Congress tourney
In Chicago the tournament revealed the top finishers across events. Fiveman Herb's Indians Cleveland won 8044 and 1000 dollars, Mineralites Chicago 3041 and 50 dollars, Poll P. B. Carura Buffalo 2009 and 900 dollars. other winners included C. and H. Thoma Chicago 1880 500 dollars, Vantine Buck Tarentum 490, Lange Schwoegler Madison 480, Singlee H. Smyers Pittsburgh 749 300 dollars, A Ludvigson Chicago 789 287 dollars, F Kair Chicago 782 275 dollars.
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Chicago
Herb's
Coolidge Campaign HQ to Stay in Chicago Says Butler
William M. Butler reiterates that the Coolidge for president campaign will keep its headquarters in Chicago amid rumors of a Cleveland move. Arrangements set for 087 press seats at the Democratic national convention in New York, the largest for any similar gathering. The Republican convention press section in Cleveland allocates 550 seats. Porto Rico's six Democratic delegates were nominated in San Juan but received no instruction.
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Coolidge
Chicago
William M. Butler
Cleveland
City
New York
Porto Rico
San Juan
Notable Deaths Across Arts and Organizations
Pierre de Bacourt longtime Columbia romance languages professor and French literature author died in New York. Glen MacDonough librettist of Babes In Toyland died at a Stamford bar in Connecticut at age 57. Dr P A Baker longtime general superintendent of the National Anti Samoon League died at his Westerville home. Dr Anna Louise Brown director of education and research at the national YWCA division died in Toronto. J W Boyle past imperial potentate of the Mystic Shrine died of a heart attack in San Diego after a legal career in Saugerties.
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Pierre de Bacourt
Columbia University
New York
Glen MacDonough
P. A. Baker
National Anti-Samoon League
Westerville
Anna Louise Brown
National Board of the
Young Women's Christian Association
Toronto
Ont
J. W. Boyle
Imperial
Foreign and Diplomatic Notes From Montreal and Beyond
The record lists events across North America and Europe. Tallton of Toronto Santo elected president of division 4 of the railway employees department in Montreal, covering all Canadian railway shop crafts. United States ambassador Warren in Mexico City begins probe into American property seizures and citizen safety in Yucatan amid tax questions. Ford Motor Company arrangements with Berlin-Burger Iron Works for exclusive sale of Ford cars and tractors in Germany. Reports touch on foreign station issues, Ludendorff treason charges, and unrest in San Salvador with Honduran casualties amid revolutionary clashes.
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RJ. Tallton
Toronto
Santo
Railway Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Montreal
Canada
Paisignm
Charles B. Warren
United States
Mexico City
Yucatan
Meague
Beory Ford
Berlin-Burger Iron Works
Berlin
Ford Motor Cars
Tractorat
Germany
Morile
Mure
Iowa News items outline local 1924 projects and events
Iowa reads of May 7th Nevada district meet, Des Moines river bridge at Livermore, paving in Anamosa and Cedar Falls contracts, and notable visits by Sir Alfred Robbins in Des Moines. Also reported are Humane Week, hospital strain, bill raisers in Sioux City, creature of measles trends, and civic improvements in multiple counties.
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Council Bluffs
Nevada
Des Moines
Livermore
Anamosa
Dallas
Bryant Paving Company of
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Alfred
Lady Robbins
All Masons
England
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
Iowa City
Polk County
Bloomfield Coal Company
Jasper County
Iowa
Livestock Commission Company
Iowa City Council
Dubuque
Consolidated School
Liscomb
Secret Service
Sioux City
Pew
Tribune
Sheldahl
IoWa State Allied Printing Trades Council
Iowa Humane Society
Union
Inca Use Coca Leaves On Long Mountain Journeys
Describes Andean Inca practices from Ecuador to Chile including coca leaf use for endurance. Notes high altitude effects on lung power, runner relay systems, and Coca leaves with lime as a stimulant. Mentions 20 000 foot ranges and beliefs of doctors about cocaine’s effects.
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South Africa
Ecuador
Chile
Doctor Monzani
Revival of Hebrew Language Progress Aided by Ben Yehudah
The article notes Ben Yehudah's long campaign for Hebrew revival among Jews, citing his forty year effort to create a ten volume Hebrew lexicon and his role in educational and press propaganda. It states Hebrew is now spoken in the Holy Land while Aramaic was common in Judea during Christ’s era.
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Ben Yehudah
Judea
Holy Land
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L. F. van Zelm
Westen Newspaper Union
Washington
Alfred J. Pearson
Drake University
Poland
President Coolidge
Bank Creek
Mign
Coness
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White House
Wilbur
Ervine KR. Brown
Somers
Harry F. Sinclair
United States Senate
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Hale
Rep
Rocky Mountains
Senate Finance Committee
Daugherty
A. Bentley & Sons Company
Camp Sherman
San Juan County
Utah
Department of the Interior
Oklahoma
Senate Investigating Committee
Miller Brothers
Conrad W. Dykeman
Brooklyn
Mystic Shrine
Dakota
Norfolk
Neb
Pierre
Order of Stailway Conductors and Brotherhood of Railway
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Thomas Riley
Minneapolis
Matthew Riley
Milwaukee
Wis
Vac Dam
Hava-A-Tampa Cigar Company
Tam- Fia
Northwestern University
Evanstom
David Wallen
James W. Armstrong
Schubert Hellgrem
Cal
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cicero
Woolworth
Woolce Realty Company
Park Place Realty Corporation
Heling Company
Ankansas
Tennessee
Central South
Aggie
West Fort Street
Commonwealth Federal Savings Bank
Detroit
Mich
Atlantic City
N. J
Nebraska
Ludendorf
Mank
Relchatay
San Salvador
Gregorio Fergery
Globe-Post
Wunade
Iowa News
North America
Kansas City
Fed
Denmark Academy Achanya
Saya
C. L. Holmes
Department of Agricutural
Amen
Dea Moines
Assouiawod
Laurend
Iowa Telephone Association
Des Wsunes
Morningside
John M. Evward
Town State College
Palestine
Vicks
Lemars
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Fickey Motor CQ
LeMars, Iowa
Sora
Snoir
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