McAdoo withdraws from Democratic presidential race
St Louis June 18 William G McAdoo a leading Democratic candidate announced he would not permit his name to go before the San Francisco convention. He cited duty and the need to restore his private affairs as reasons and referenced his 1918 resignation as treasury secretary and railroad director general. He cited mounting campaign expenses he cannot bear.
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St. Louis
Wm. G. McAdoo
San Francisco
Jouett Shouse
Kansas
McAdoo
Treasury
Hempstead County to Have Best Roads Before Convoy
Report from R C McDaniel and L E Tennyson during a Hope visit notes that Hempstead County will surface the Hempstead county route in A 1 condition for the government convoy July 24. Carloads of gravel have been unloaded at Hope for surfacing and concrete culverts are in place between Hope and Prescott. Hope boosters say grading is complete and readiness is near.
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Hope
Bankhead
Arkadelphia
Messrs
R. C. McDaniel
L. E. Tennyson
Hempstead County
Hempstead
Clark County
Ed. Herald
Prescott
Hope Evening Herald
Two Livings For One Sayings Take Scraps
An old Albany Journal remark notes the saying that two can live as cheaply as one has fallen out of favor and drifted into the scrap heap of maxims.
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Albany Journal
Candidates take Hastings on county tour in Arkansas
Paragould Arkansas June 16 The county candidates have begun a joint speaking tour to cover the county The tour will conclude in Paragould on August 9 John C G Honey former county treasurer announced his candidacy for county judge He faces opposition from Jeff Bratton
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Paragould
Ark
John CG. Honey
Jeff Bratton
Navy summer school at Great Lakes for Arkansas youths
The Navy Department will open a six week summer school at Great Lakes Illinois starting July 15 for boys aged 16 to 20. Arkansas has a quota of 28 pupils with pay of 33 dollars a month and free transport home. No Navy obligation after the course though temporary Naval Reserve enrollment occurs. Applicants must pass physical and mental exams at the Little Rock recruiting station.
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Navy Department
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Lake Michigan
Arkansas
Navy
Naval Reserve Force
Capitol Avenue
Main Street
Little Rock
Sam
Arkansas Democrat
Baltwly
Democrat
Villa Charged With Murder by Bandit Villa
Mexico City reports three hundred camp followers of government forces were killed by orders of Francisco Villa. Jacinto Trueba, a Chihuahua merchant, quoted in El Democrata, says Villa captured the women near Parral and Jiminez and had them lined up for review to expose soldiers masquerading. One woman fired twice but missed. Villa then ordered all women herded and shot.
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Mexico City
Mex
Francisco Villa
EL Democrata
Jacinto Trueba
Jiminez
Chihuahua
Excelsior
Trueba
Villa
Parral
Prohibition Prosecution Faces Funding Gap After June 30
Washington reports that the Department of Justice cannot supply special attorneys to press Prohibition violations after June 30 due to Congress withholding funds. District attorneys warn they cannot enforce the Volstead Act without help, forcing possible reassignment of staff or leaving DA offices without aid amid rising case loads across districts.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Justice
Lipton Tale and Moving Notice
A Boston Transcript quote recalls a Scottish man's astonishment at a horse race twelve to one. A separate notice announces a transfer business offering careful moving of household goods, with contact numbers 396 and 179.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Boston Transcript
M. A. Hart
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Kaw
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Gladys Bunt
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Nelson's
Diamonds
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