Iowa State News Highlights From Across the State
Miss Ethel Lewis of Sac City breaks back when her car overturns after a dance in Storm Lake. W. W. Winnie of Clear Lake dies after weeks of illness at about eighty. Cracksmen steal 5000 in liberty bonds from Bennett Savings Bank and flee by car. Iowa to send delegation to National Educational association Salt Lake conference July 4 to Li lowa bid for 1921 N B A convention. Des Moines expected to host 1921 convention with about 6000 delegates. Prof H H Smith of Graceland College conducts wireless history classes from Lamoni via a wireless station manned by former army operators. Iowa State Fair entry deadlines set from Aug 2 to Aug 24 across departments. Floyd County farmers plan a 4th of July celebration at Marble Rock with President Pearson as speaker. Intrastate rate hearing postponed to July 27 while interstate rate action looms. Oats crop damage statewide from hot August weather. Web ster County worst. Iowa University athletics board reports best finances in history, eliminating 17900 debt. Rural pastors summer school planned at Iowa State College June 14 to July 3 to boost rural church work. Lee County strawberry crop threatened by lack of pickers. large harvest expected. Waukon will get a powdered milk factory, 105 by 85 feet, 40 feet high, tile bricks walls, concrete pillars.
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Ethel Lewis
Sac City
Storm Lake
W. W. Winnie
Clear Lake
Bennett Savings Bank
Bennett
Davenport
Iowa
National Educational Association
Salt Lake
Lilowa
Des Moines
H. H. Smith
Graceland College
Lamoni
Independence
Wireles
Lamon
Baby Health Department
Floyd County
Marble Rock
Pearson
Iowa State College
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Webster County
Fort Dodge
Clare
Iowa University
Lee Counnty
Waukon
Eleven Democrats Remain In Race For Presidency
William G. McAdoo withdraws from the San Francisco convention. Despite his exit the field stays at eleven with Palmer, Cox, Edwards, Hitchcock, Meredith, Owens, Gerard, Simmons, Davis, Cummins, and Carter Glass still contending.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
Ina
Jouett Shouse
Washington
San Francisco
McAdoo
Palmer
James M. Cox
Ohio
Edward I. Edwards
New Jersey
G. M. Hitchecock
Nebraska
Meredith
Agricultural Department
R. L. Owens
Oklahoma
James Gerard
Palmer orders crackdown on coal profiteers nationwide
Attorney General Palmer directs all federal district attorneys to pursue indictments where profiteering in bituminous coal is found. He notes mine prices from seven to eleven dollars per ton with potential further rises and cites January 1920 production costs averaging 2.32 dollars per ton, rising to 2.79 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Palmer
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Ihn
Plague Suspected in Texas Youth Death
Galveston Texas reports the death of a 17 year old youth after brief illness probably due to bubonic plague. Dr M F Boyd professor of bacteriology states diagnosis shared by federal state county and city health officers. Immediate rat and mouse extermination planned and Surgeon General Cummings asked to send health service experts.
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Texas
Galveston
M. F. Boyd
State Medical College
Cummings
Washington
Convicts to Harvest Wheat Crop in Topeka Kansas
State officials announce harvest parole plans for convicts to work directly for farmers. Employers must report daily, earnings go to dependents, and life term inmates are eligible only if behavior records are approved.
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Topeka
Kas
Probe Egging Non-Partisans in Topeka Kansas
Governor Allen ordered Attorney General Tropkins to probe charges by J. O. Stevis state manager of the Nonpartisan League and Walter Mills of North Dakota that they were denied protection two weeks ago in Klinwood Kansas, egged, insulted, and escorted from town by a crowd.
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Topeka
Kans
Henry J. Allen
Ry, Tropkins
J. O. Stevis
Reague
Walter MM. Mills
North Dakota
League
Klinwood
Kan
Farmers Strike Predicted by Potato King Figures in California Warning
J Fr Gaubb, famed as a potato king, predicts a strike by farmers that could astound the world. He consults California irrigation experts and is a noted breeder of blooded stock. The warning appears in a letter to ALCL and is circulated among Chicago Press Club members in Mromas.
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Chicago
J. Fr. Gaubb
Colorado
Stermmento Valley Irrigation Company
California
Alcl. Mromas
Memer
Chicago Press Club
Republicans 10 Start Early In Campaign Push
Republican leaders in Chicago plan a rapid start after the Democratic convention. Harding’s pre-convention chief Daugherty urges prompt energetic action to present Republican merits. Hays to name a largely female executive panel. a woman vice chair to be chosen. Senate campaign funds hearings set to resume July 7 in Chicago. Ratification efforts by the National Woman’s Party hinge on Harding pressuring GOP support for the 36th state.
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Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
National Committee
Will H. Hays
Executive Committee
Senate
Kenyon
National Woman's Party
Young Detroit youths sail frail boat toward Treasure Island
Four Toledo children aged 3 to 12 set out from Lakeside Mich in a frail rowboat to seek Lake Eries Treasure Island. After 25 hours adrift 30 miles off shore they were rescued by a passenger steamer. Merwin Da So 9 and Richard Da So 6 saved brothers from going overboard.
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Detroit
Mich
Lakeside
Treasure Island
Lake Erie
Toledo
Merwin da So
Richard da So
Robert da So
Virginia Hilger
Merwin
Little Stobert
Wood Refutes Charges In Signed Statement
General Leonard Wood denounces Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler as making vicious falsehoods in accusing a composite of stock gamblers oil and mining promoters and others of backing his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Wood defends his campaign managers as men of extraordinary character and says the attack is infamous and an attempt to ingratiate himself with influential convention elements.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Wood
Butler
Dempsey Charges Dismissed and Third Party Union Proposed
In San Francisco an indictment charging William Clarrison Dempsey and Jack Kearns with conspiring to evade the selective draft act was dismissed in federal court. In Chicago the Amalgamation of the Committee of 48 labor party Non partisan league and Single tax league plans a convention July 10 to form a third party. Committee leaders will decide on a candidate with a questionnaire showing majority support for Senator Robert M. La Follette LakFollette.
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Dempsey
San Francisco
Cal
William Clarrison
Jack) Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Iis
Chicago
Committee of 48
Labor Party
Nonpartisan League
Shobert M. LakFollette
Cancer Toll 100,009 Yearly in the United States
Dr Frederick Dugale of Boston told the Allied Medical Association convention that cancer caused 100090 deaths in 1910 in the United States and that about 500000 Americans live with the disease. He proposed cancer arises from constitutional or blood conditions and that cure requires removing exciting causes and treating the basic blood condition.
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New York
United States
Frederick Dugale
Boston
Allied Medical Association of America
Dugale
Labor Endorsement of Government Ownership Stuns Gompers
At Montreal the American Federation of Labor endorsed government ownership of railroads, a defeat for Samuel Gompers. Vote stood 29,059 for and 1,340 against. The convention backed curbing profiteering, endorsed Gompers nonpartisan program, supported Ireland, and called for withdrawal of armed forces there. It condemned the recent railroad strike as secessionist. Gompers was re-elected president for the thirty-ninth time amid personal tragedy.
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Montreal
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Federation
Congress
Ireland
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Colorado
Nebraska
Need
Gomper
Mob Lynch Three In Duluth Circus Attack Case
In Duluth Minnesota a mob of about four thousand overpowered police, seized prisoners, and held a mock trial at the police station. Three men named Mechie Ellmer Jackson and Nate Green were found guilty. three others were acquitted and returned to police. National Guard units were sent from St Paul to restore order. The accused, roustabouts with a circus, were about 22 years old and denied the charges. The alleged assault occurred on circus grounds involving a 17-year-old white girl.
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Duluth
Minn
Sixth Infantry
Minnesota National Guards
St. Paul
Isaac Mechie
Ellmer Jackson
Nate Green
Nebraska Delegation Split Over Johnson Camp Damage
Lincoln reports Frank A. Harrison, manager of Johnson's Nebraska campaign, denounces the delegation break as treachery and desertion. He says the move fractured the Johnson ranks and heart of the Johnson movement in the state.
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Lincoln
Johnson
Nebraska
Frank A. Harrison
Harrison
Chicago
Harding Accepts Wilsons Challenge on Referendum
Senator Harding accepted President Wilsons challenge to submit the peace treaty to a referendum of the American people. He said the Republican party will gladly welcome the referendum on foreign policy and that the Republican attitude of preserved nationality will be overwhelmingly endorsed.
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Washington, I. C
Wilson
Harding
Eoam Sure
Fear of Severe Coal Shortage Foreseen by Fed Board
The Federal Reserve Board reports in May’s survey that a coal shortage looms next winter, threatening iron and steel production and other industries. Acute in several districts, coal output is being restrained mainly due to car shortages, with production across many lines down.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Prison sentence for church robbery in St Louis
Krefer was sentenced by a jury in circuit court to imprisonment for the theft of motion picture instruments from the King's Highway Presbyterian Church in St Louis Missouri.
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St. Louis
Wenzel 'S
Krefer
Ino
King's Highway Presbyterian Church
Three Aviators Killed In Midair Collision At Fort Bragg
Three aviators died when their plane collided with another at about 7000 feet over Fort Bragg California. The crash occurred during flight, instantly killing all three men aboard. Local authorities reported details at once and investigators began examining the scene.
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Fort Bragg
Cal
Samuel Lessons Review From Peloubet Guidance
Lesson plan outlines for June 27 on Samuel with broad adult and youth themes. It covers primary to senior topics, biographical focus on Samuel, and Peloubet notes on lessons from April to June including faith, leadership, obedience, and prophecy.
Supreme Beauty and Salvation Conformed to the Son
The passage speaks of salvation not as mere safety or forgiveness but as conformity to the Image of the Son. It emphasizes that the aim is the supreme beauty achievable by the “poor elements” through this transformation.
Seeing and Judging in the Realm of Others
Brief reflection on human nature noting people perceive and judge others more readily than themselves. The piece suggests self awareness is hindered by bias and calls for sharper inner criticism.
Misery of a Backache Ends with Pinkham’s Remedy
Muskegon Michigan resident Mrs G Schoonfield describes six years of back pain and weakness. She reports taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and regaining strength to resume all duties. She recommends the medicine to others and shares her success story from 240 Wood Ave.
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Muskegon
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Smmssanameae
Woman Health Advice and Pinkham Liver Remedy
A health column urges women to guard their health and suggests Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ailments common to women. Readers are invited to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice answered by women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Einkham
Scared Them Off t omorrow's ny birthday
A man in a trench coat boasts about rewards from his wife for offering cigars to friends who remember horror. His friend scoffs, noting the gifts bring him money yearly, while the others refuse when no cigar is offered.
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Lnter
Senator Blawhaw Denounces Merciless Profiteers
In a clipped exchange a reader questions what practical steps Senator Blawhaw has taken after professing relentless denunciations of profiteers. The senator retorts that he has already spoken loudly and repeatedly, defending his stance with renewed emphasis.
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Blawhaw
Ikansas City
Stuar
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