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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1926

Page

2

Wolf of Wall Street Is Back in New York

The notorious financier David Lamar known as the Wolf of Wall Street was served with a subpoena in Manhattan to testify about alleged stock manipulations in Consolidated Distributors Inc. He had previously served a wartime sentence for attempting munitions strikes, forfeited a 25000 bond, fled to Mexico, and returned. He is 57. his wife Edna Eck, stage name Edna French, is 21.

New York Wolf of Wall Street David Lamar Consolidated Distributors, Inc New York Stock Exchange Lamar Ayers Wright Exchange State Attorney General R. W. Wright Wolf Jersey Mexico Edna Eck Edna French

United States Calls for Real Armament Limits at Geneva

Secretary Kellogg addresses Geneva talks stressing need for concrete results in land and naval arms control. He argues the United States supports limited naval agreements and opposes globalizing arms limits or external supervision, insisting on treaty-based, verifiable reductions and continuing participation to pursue practical disarmament goals.

Kellogg Geneva United States

Among Us Girls by Kathryn Kenney excerpted

A long humorous critique of love, marriage, and gender roles features a chorus of wry maxims about romance, fidelity, and social expectations. The piece uses satirical lines to question whether love, courtship, and marriage meet idealized standards.

Kathryn Kenney

Notable Visits and Weather Warnings in North Prairie

Chry stal Beringdale of Ottumwa visited her sister Mrs. C. C. Erb. Ed Moore Sr and son Donald recent visitors to Mercy hospital Iowa City. Addison Schooley and daughter Erma from Orange Calif visit Harry Hartley and Walter Pownall homes. Grace Bailey of Detroit visits niece Mrs. Roy Kelch. Fred Tharp family on a week vacation from Centerdale store. Lightning damaged electric light and telephone poles in recent storms. Towney Brown and family of Conesville were guests of James Stafford.

L. S. Myers Frank Spaethe Davenport Dale Nichols Mediapolis Norma Lewis Joe H. Jones Des Moines United Spanish War Veterans E. W. Kelley H. P. Osborne Max Siegel Iowa City Siegel University Hospital J. O. Browning Wapello Jake Goldsborough Brownstown Ill Mary Grandfield Altamont Clifford Reeves Wellman J. F. McQueen Rock Island Isaac Stone Oakdale Columbus Junction Anna Duncan Alliance Neb A. R. Acheson Eli Frizzell John Frizzell Garden Grove Jacob Smith John Russell W. W. Moore Emma Hazen Ainsworth George Townsend Robert Singleton Muscatine E. C. Brooks Dorothy Knoxville Chautauqua Park Doris Mohlie T. A. Wrykert Marguerite Votroubek Solon R. J. Reaney Louise Chicago Pittsburgh Washington, D. C Philadelphia New York City Montreal Niagara Falls Morris Lloyd Prior Carthage G. H. Thorley Ethel Bailey Hazel Bailey Mary Dill Martha Grace Butler Clara Isett North Prairie Chrystal Beringdale Ottumwa C. C. Erb Ed Moore Donald Roy Kelch Fred Tharp Marion Centerdale Towney Brown Conesville James Stafford

Columbus Chautauqua Opens With Variety Programs

Columbus Junction Iowa August 18 The Columbus chautauqua opened Tuesday with two programs by the College Singing Girls and Wherehike Rowei South Sea Islanders. The College Singing Girls led with lively songs described as pep not equaled in many entertainments. Rawei appeared in a tropical stage setting with his lecture Uncle Sam's Samoan Islanders attracting attention.

Columbus Junction Columbus Chautauqua Wherehike Rowei Rawei Uncle Sam

WILL ARRAIGN MEXICAN REBEL IN REVOLT PLOT

A Paris London flight crashes in Romney Marsh Kent killing one and injuring ten including the pilot and mechanic. Reports say Gen Cesar Lopez De Lara, long linked to De la Huerta, is alive in San Antonio after earlier rumors of his execution. Authorities note revolts and religious elements tied to Mexican unrest and border activity.

London Romney Marshes Kent Mexico United States Adolfo de la Huerta California Enrique Estrada San Diego Huerta Lopez de Lara Tamaulipas de la Huerta San Antonio Tez War Department Texas New Mexico Arizona Amara Durango Chihuahua City Lara Tex Cesar Lopez de Lara

Dynamite Used When Modern Carpentry Fails

In Downey Iowa on August 18 a dynamite blast destroyed an old barn on the S. W. Mercer farm near Downey after modern carpentry failed. The barn, built many years ago with heavy timbers and hickory pegs, was part of the Mercer purchase from Will Conklin of Iowa City.

Downey S. W. Mercer Mr. Mercer Iowa City Will Conklin

British envoy hails US as leader to new era at Dare birthplace ceremony

Sir Esme Howard, the English ambassador, told Roanoke Island crowds that the United States is guiding the world toward a better life. He spoke at the Virginia Dare birth monument event, praising America's human policy and the gospel of high wages while noting the colony's early fate and the vanished Roanoke settlers.

United States Roanoke Island Esme Howard Virginia Dare Dare County Manteo Esme Sir Esme America Manchester School Karl Marx Sir Walter Raleigh Continent Virginia Gov John White Colony White England

Chautauqua Opens Soon at Gladwin

The Gladwin chautauqua will be held Aug. 20 through 24 with events each day. Activities include Junior Town and Happy Harmony by DeVille Concertiers, an Art ist Concert by Mixer Concert company, Dr. Frank Elwood Gordon presenting Six Cylinder Living, No Yong Park speaking on The Mark Twain of the Orient, Ferguson Light Opera singers, Lutile Elmore company concerts, J Franklin Babb lecturing The Way Out, a playground festival by juniors, Misner Players presenting How Actors Act and New Brooms.

Columbus Junction Gladwin Chautauqua Junior Town Happy Harmony DeVille Concertiers Mixer Concert Company Six Cylinder Living Frank Elwood Gordon No Yong Park Ferguson Light Opera Singers Lutile Elmore Company J. Franklin Babb

Yellow Cab pays record $300000 semiannual bonus

Chicago August 18 The Yellow Cab company began distributing a record 300000 in profit sharing to its employees as part of what was described as the largest semiannual bonus ever paid by a transportation firm.

Chicago, Ill Yellow Cab Company

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Wolf OF Wall Street Specta Cular Financier Washington Pitchforth Storage Battery Co East Front St South Pacific J. Fred Huff G. W. Weber E. W. McWilliams Other Junction News Columbus General Estrada Mascarro Senora Josefina Novoa Senora Luz F. de Perchese San Angel Mexico City Mascorro Republic Carlos Ariza League For Defense of Religious Liberty Morelos Calles Special Claims Commission Detthof Hardware Co St. Mary’s Iowa East Second Street West’s On Madras Havana Lisle Phoenix Hose Headquarters Gladwin
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