US business heads toward recovery amid wartime shifts
Officials in Washington foresee improving business conditions as merchants shift from short term stocking to longer term purchases. The article notes government efforts under Lasker and Norris Bill debates, along with a push to expand air power, and mentions a record air voyage by the Santa Maria.
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Washington
United States
Lasker
Shipping Board
Dawes
Europe
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Speculation on Disarmament Conference and League Fate
Washington weighs the coming disarmament talks and ponders whether they could sound the death knell for the League of Nations amid renewed international tension.
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Kansas City Times
Washington
League of Nations
London Notes From A Visitor's Summer Journey
The writer recounts a London visit with church attendance at Westminster Abbey and a view of pageantry around the Lord Mayor. They describe Westminster and St Pauls, Tower of London, crowds at a royal ceremony, taxi and bus frustrations, social conditions in the East End, and reflections on Prohibition. They note coal strikes, unemployment lines in York, and weather effects on crops and water supply. London July 3 1921.
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London
British Museum
Wesminster Abbey
England
Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Scots Guards
Horse Guards
Red Cross
Prince Henry
Mary
Prince of Wales
Robert Hawle
John of Gaunt
Dick Whittington
Ludgate Hill
Whittington
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's Cathedral
Christopher Wren
Paul
Peli
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St. Paul's
Tower of London
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Earl of Dudley
Dudley
Harvey
Mulberry Street
New York
Halstead and
Maxwell Streets
Chicago
Pussyfoot” Johnson
Hwastman Kodak
Monticello
New Oxford
Tom Shover
Tom
York
Lincoln
Belgium
United States
J. W. Coxies
Fires Burn Haystacks and Barns Across Iowa Farms
Reports describe a thirty ton hay stack fire on the J. P. Duggan farm near Ryan with partial insurance coverage. A large 80 by 70 foot barn on the Dennis Daly farm near Farley burned, hay stacked inside.
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J. P. Duggan
Ryan
Dennis Daly
Farley
Ben J. Gibson
Iowa
Fayette
James Croley
Dubuque County
Roland J. Weber
Cascade
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Saraphina Supple
John Supple
Temple Thu
William VP. Featherston
Cascada
Dubuane
Diedrich Rabo
Jackson County
Germany
J. A. May
Sylvester Toney
Manchester
May
Delaware County
John O'Connor
Temple Hil
Fort Dodge
Mr. O'Connor
Jones County
Independence
Monticello
Milton Welbes
A. W H. Bloekinger
Winley Hospital
Dubuque
Lamont
Charles H. Smith
Smith
Maquoketa
Fred Merkle
Edgewood
Merkle
George Povender
Solon
Serbia
Albert Snyder
Bert Snyder
Tipton
Iowa State College
Ames
State College
The
University
Times Square
42Nd Street
Broadway
New York City
Lincoln Park
Golden Gate
San Francisco
War Demands Consume Capital Not Just Wages
The piece argues that war drains capital wealth, not only by battlefield costs but by funding excess wages and production. It claims wage highs during war depleted nations’ capital funds, reducing future enterprise and prosperity. It warns that postwar prosperity would require peace-time levies on capital, now largely exhausted in Europe.
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Minneapolis Journal
Europe
Reason to Be Cheerful in Yankton Press and Dukoltun
Opinion piece argues mood has improved after a long downturn. It claims optimism returns as business declines have ceased and prosperity lies ahead, urging collective effort to move forward.
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Yankton Press
Dukoltun
Joole
Unrest Cited as Factor in Chicago Marriage Decline
The Kansas City Times notes that general unrest appears to contribute to a June slump in Chicago marriages. The piece observes a long-term trend: fewer people marry under the belief that matrimony brings rest. The dialogue humorously ends with a critic asking for compensation for a song.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Land for Sale in Southwest Louisiana High Lands
Fifty thousand acres of land in the high lands of southwest Louisiana offered for sale at 20 to 35 dollars per acre. Land promises rich yields when cleared and farmed comparable to Jones county land with abundant rainfall. Grows figs oranges and grape fruit and supports fresh garden produce daily. Interest buyers may reply to 8 J. Rice Scotch Grove representing Long-Bell Co. June 1.
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Louisiana
Jones County
J. Rice
Scotch Grove
Long-Bell Co
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