10 Sep 1926
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1926
Page
1
After childbirth a woman felt run-down and bedridden but recovered quickly after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Maryn Lyxen of McKee's Rocks Pa and Hope L. Smith of Floyd Va report relief from long-standing fatigue and side pain respectively, endorsing the remedy.
An advertisement promotes Cutletra everyday toilet preparations including Soap Ointment and Taleuni for cleansing purifying soothing healing and fragrancing. It ends with a moral line advising readers to think twice as much as they study to gain proper proportions.
Mexico City report notes President Calles and the Catholic episcopate clash over the religious clauses of the 1917 constitution. Calles cites church resistance and vows firm enforcement after closing dozens of churches and centers, while the episcopate appeals for constitutional relief and hints at the danger of a religious war. Discussion includes labor reform and a potential amendment to permit Gen. Obregon’s return to the presidency in 1928.
Postmaster General New announced the Seattle Portand San Francisco Los Angeles air mail service would begin on September 15. Two armored trucks began service between the bureau of engraving and printing and the treasury to deter robberies carrying about ten thousand dollars daily. Tax receipts for July were 104,369,095, down 21,497,594 from July 1925, while the Agriculture Department index showed farm prices at a near two year low though dairy rose one point and grains fruits vegetables cotton and cottonseed fell.
In Levallois France grave diggers hide delayed work by five men who were joined by a sixth after backlogs grew. The team faced further embarrassment as the five used their shifts to rifle graves for jewels crucifixes and valuables.
Maj. Gen. John L. Hines told new army officers at the War College that a standing peace-time army of 150,000 is essential. He blamed economy for weakening military strength and warned that reduced forces could lower morale and hinder training of reserves and ROTC programs.
A Birch bark scroll found in Marshfield Massachusetts within a sealed bottle revives memories of the naval collier Cyclops missing since 1915. The message notes sinking and crew losses with decipherable coordinates and partial signatures, rekindling local interest in the vanished ship.
Night firing practice in Buungo channel ends without a hit as two scrapped cruisers Hatsu Yara and Yayoi withstand two hours of bombardment by battleships Nagato and Yamashiro at 10 000 meters and then 7000 meters.
A head-on crash on the Detroit Monroe Toledo interurban line left eight dead and many injured. Officials fear the casualty list may rise beyond the current twenty hospital admissions as rescuers continue work at the scene.
Revised plans for the University of Pittsburgh building raise its height from 52 to 83 stories. The vertical campus landmark remains set in Pittsburgh as university officials announce the updated cathedral of learning project details.
A mail train to Valencia derailed in Barcelona killing sixty people including twenty four passengers and the entire train crew and leaving about fifty injured.
Moscow reports a formal offer to negotiate the Kerensky debt to the United States. Soviet Russia says it is ready to present the offer if not rejected and would discuss both governmental and private American claims without recognizing the regime.
More than 200 passengers aboard the steamer Burevestnik perished when it floundered after a collision with a freight steamer near the Kronstadt ship canal. Initial estimates placed the death toll at 100, with reports noting the disaster recently.
Thadoelph Valentino the film star will be buried in Hollywood California. His brother and sister consented to burial in this country. A special car conveyed the cortege to the burial site.
A humorous column notes the idea of marrying opposites as Clara questions her fiance while an Eastern reader notes gun prohibition near Yellowstone Park boundaries. The piece cites officials who say most visitors carrying guns come from the sedate East.
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