Happenings of the World Tersely Told
President Coolidge endorses Gold en Rule Sunday third observance in a Near East Relief message. Alaska dispute against Secretary Hoover over salmon fishing dismissed for want of prosecution. Coolidge's ship sale recommendation to Palmer of the Emergency Fleet Corp approved by the shipping board after an all day session. Veterans warned against using bonus certificates as loan security. Sargent authorizes appeal in International Harvester case. National Woman's Party launches a drive for an equal rights amendment. J Butler Wright to handle White House social affairs after Miss Laura Harlan retires. Europe to pay World War I debts. France and Czechoslovakia to begin funding talks late summer or fall.
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President Coolidge
President Palmer
The
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Washington
J. Butler Wright
White House
Laura Harlan
Europe
United States
France
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Fires destroy Barnes Manufacturing plant in Jersey City
Five people were injured and property valued at $600000 burned in a fire at Barnes Manufacturing in Jersey City New Jersey. The report notes multiple other national incidents including a rail wreck toll rising to 45 and various political and social developments across the United States.
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Barnes Manufacturing Company
Jersey City
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Sheep Thrive in Red River Valley and North Dakota
The United States Department of Agriculture reports sheep farming in North Dakota and western Minnesota is profitable in the Red River valley and beyond. Since 1922 wool and lamb prices rose, boosting flock income. Larger flocks boosted profits, labor needs varied by season, and sweet clover pastures aided grazing though with bloat risk.
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Washington
North Dakota
Minnesota
United States Department of Agriculture
Red River Valley
North Dakota Agricultural College
United States
Walks Across Country Searching for Parents
Billy Hunter, now eighteen, travels the country seeking his mother Agnes McHugh and father Andrew Hunter. He last stopped in Newark with his fox terrier Teddy after being in St Michael's asylum in Jersey City and fourteen other homes from age two. He recalls his parents’ names and has wandered ever since.
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Newark
N. J
Billy Hunter
Billy
Teddy
St. Michael's
Jersey City
Agnes McHugh
Andrew Hunter
Latin puzzle found in Arizona crosses and inscriptions
The University of Arizona reported Latin inscriptions dated 790 and 900 on lead crosses near Tucson. Professor Beeson of the University of Chicago explained inscriptions referencing Jacob and Israel, noting potential Spanish priest authorship or later European loss. The discoveries were presented to the Midway Graduate Classical Club as philologists study the artifacts.
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Chicago
Arizona
University of Arizona
Charles H. Beeson
University of Chicago
Carthage
Midway Graduate Classical Club
Beeson
Frank Fowler
Tucson
Jacob
Israel
Theodorus
Fowler
Professor Beeson
Europe
Iowa Board Disapproves 102 Claims in Bonus Program
Iowa bonus board disapproved 102 claims at a recent meeting. Iowa dealers will furnish most coal for state institutions under board supervision. Linn county population is 79 792 per county auditor G A Seninger. Marion bought the courthouse for 12000. Cerro Gordo county population rose 2364 to 137 039 in five years. Iowa State Fair entries are coming in earlier and in greater numbers. The Deaf school convention will meet at Council Bluffs June 29 to July 4. Central Presbyterian church contract let to Des Moines firm for 25158. total cost about 45000. Old age pensions to end county farms sought by Eagles in Des Moines. Paving on the west Lincoln Highway resumed after rains. Des Moines and Sacramento added to transcontinental airmail route July 1. Corn in good condition statewide. rain and sun improving crops. Rock phosphate and limestone demo shown to Black Hawk county farmers near Hudson. Mihara, a JapaneseAmerican, passed the state bar exam at Iowa City and seeks U S consular service.
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Iowa Bonus Board
Iowa
Board of Control
Linn County
Des Moines
G. A. Seninger
Marion
Cerro Gordo County
Nevada
Order of Eagles
Anderson & Empie Construction Company
Sacramento
Cal
Black Hawk County
W. D. Straye
Hudson
Gabriel M
Ten Ways to Honor the Flag in Public Display
Ten guidelines describe proper flag etiquette including display orientation, lighting, handling, and placement in flags on staffs, across streets, in crowds, and during half mast. It emphasizes respect, avoiding uses as costume or rag, and urges personal development as an American ideal defender.
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America
Iowa awards coal supplies to eleven operators
The board of control awarded contracts to eleven Iowa operators and dealers for supplying coal to fifteen state institutions. The contracts total $367,787 for 2,835 tons of coal during the year starting July 1. Buena Vista county plans to gravel township roads, with $10,000 budgeted. A bed of red poppies gathered on Flander's field near Center attracts growing interest.
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Iowa
Board of Control
Buena Vista County
Flande&s
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