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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
2
Ten railroad unions served formal notice to the railroad labor board of a planned strike if 1 225 000 workers face wage cuts on July 1. John L. Lewis pledged miners' aid to rail workers, while leaders consider joint action and reiterate no alternative but to strike.
Six inch rainfall floods Port Jervis New York and surrounding districts cutting power gas and isolating the city. Water released from three reservoirs under police direction to avert wall breach caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and spared greater loss of life.
Forest Service officials report over 300 men battling a fire in the Mogollon mountains of the Gila national forest near Albuquerque. Arrangements bring 120 Mogollon miners to assist, with about 500 workers expected on scene. Dozens have worked three days and then rested, but the blaze remains uncontrolled.
Fred Stone and Miss Wilma Fritts both 17 drowned in Schotte's creek seven miles from Sioux Falls while bathing. Authorities believe cramps caused them to slip into a deep hole. Stone was the son of Al Stone, superintendent of the county poor farm. Fritts was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Fritts of eastern Sioux Falls.
A telephone message reports the Southern Pacific railroad bridge and the international bridge over the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass washed out. The Rio Grande stood at 52 feet, a mile wide and rising, with fears for Piedras Negras residents on the Mexican side believed inundated.
Washington D C Republican leaders moved the soldiers bonus to await tariff passage triggering a sharp frank debate in the senate. The dispute shows growing patience exhaustion over backing, filling, procrastination and delay surrounding the bonus.
Four agents seizing a truckload of beer were mobbed and forced to take refuge behind the gates of the Corn Products company at Argo. Police reserves armed with riot guns were rushed from Chicago to restore order and aid the beleaguered officers.
President Harding calls Congress to a special session to push ship subsidy legislation and tariff bills before adjournment. Widespread world and domestic events include theft of wine in Chicago, Edison receives honorary doctorate, and multiple violent incidents and legal notices across the United States.
Washington announces a special Belgian medal for Herbert Hoover's wartime relief work in Belgium. Dr Herman Tuholske, prominent surgeon, dies in St Louis from kidney trouble after weeks of illness. A wheat shortage looms as commerce secretary Hoover reports expected impact by month’s end. Prairie Grove boy Walter Allen 11 killed by a shell from a former military range near Camp Pike. McCumber bonus bill seen as certain to pass after Senate canvass. St Louis investment firm vice president George K Fisher found dead with throat slit. President Harding approves Navy and Interior policy on naval oil reserves in a special senate message. Miss Marjorie Hulbird and Mrs Arthur Mercer die in Vermont auto crash near Bethel.
Cantigny sails June 20 from Antwerp carrying Domestic Light officers and 481 enlisted men back to the United States. Col. H D Loveland, dean in point of service of the US public utility commissioners, dies at his San Francisco home.
The principal building project for a new 60 million dollar union station in Chicago starts with foreign excavation at Clinton and Adams streets. Sixty thousand cubic yards of dirt must be removed.
Waverly resident Laura Reeves has a ten year record without absence or tardiness. A Black Hawk county road contract priced at 497145 dollars. Jno Dalton Jr leaves the Legionaire to join a western rep group. A barn fire near Waterloo kills six horses and three calves. Stanley Little faces embezzlement charges in Mason City. Robbery at Bachman store Granville nets 1000 dollars. A child drowns near Glendon while an older brother fails to save him. Divorce petition filed in Sioux City over a suspected affair. A 35 year old woman dies after heart medicine overdose. A Grundy Center man ends life after a dispute with a hired hand. Nearby Cedar Rapids child drowns. several drownings reported. South of Mason City hail damages crops and buildings. a dazed Mason City official hit by hail. Agricultural experts urge Canada thistle control with cultivation and smother crops. Sudan Grass advised as emergency forage. Bees swarming costs five dollars per incident. hive management and ventilation tips given.
Mrs Celesta Fell of Boston reports eight pound gain in two weeks on Tanlac. She says prior to taking Tanlac she suffered severe indigestion, weakness, nervous unrest, and insomnia, but now eats well, sleeps soundly, and feels stronger. Tanlac is sold by all druggists.
A light armored car is being tested by Britain capable of high speed and firing 4 800 rounds per minute as part of a military experiment.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root praised as a mild healing remedy for kidney trouble. An insurance examiner notes many declinations stem from unrecognized kidney issues. Available at drug stores in two sizes. sample bottle offered by sending ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder for foot comfort. It claims easing corns bunions and foot pain and suggests using the powder in shoes for friction reduction. The copy notes extensive wartime usage and urges dances and new shoes be treated with the product.
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