Manitoba voters approve moderation league bill overturning prohibition
Winnipeg residents vote by a sweeping margin to end seven years of prohibition under the Manitoba temperance act. A three member commission will oversee liquor sales to residences and deliveries from breweries and government stores. Legislature to enact the measure in July with a second referendum set for July 11 on allowing beer and wine in hotel dining rooms with meals.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Moderation League
Prohibition
Hotel Men’s Association
Strike Ties Up Chicago Building Worth Over 100 Million
About 300 caisson workers and builders laborers were halted in an alleged unauthorized strike delaying construction in Chicago. The workers, part of a union branch recently organized by Harry Egan an ex I W W organizer from Seattle, demanded higher wages. Union officials ordered a return to work and those who refused are being replaced.
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Chicago
Caisson
International Hod Carriers and Builders Laborers’ Union
Harry Egan
Seattle
Washington
Wd Or
Lloyd George condemns liquor sales in ten years
William E. Johnson claims Lloyd George predicted a ban on liquor sales within a decade to a friend. Johnson sails for London with plans to stay three weeks, then visit South Africa at the temperance alliance’s invitation. He will travel overland from Capetown to Egypt to Palestine and beyond.
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New York
England
Lloyd George
William E. “Pussyfoot
Johnson
London
South Africa
South African Temperance Alliance
Capetown
Egypt
Palestine
Turkey
Lake Shipping Shows Increase In May Tonnage
Great Lakes shipping in Duluth Minnesota shows a surge after a late navigation start. May coal receipts reached about 1 600 000 tons signaling higher activity than last year and one of the largest monthly totals on record according to marine men.
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Duluth
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Great Lakes
Leviathan Breaks Speed Record at 28.04 Knots
A wireless message from Albert D. Lasker to President Harding announces that the steamship Leviathan set new world records for sustained speed. It reached 28.04 knots an hour and sustained 28 knots for six hours.
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New York
Albert D. Lasker
Shipping Board
Harding
Leviathan
Famous French Flier Killed In France Crash
Jean Casale, a noted French aviator, was killed when his plane collapsed over Bois De Ville near Damaratourt. His mechanic Boulet was injured as they were returning from Berck with a party of passengers.
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Damaratourt
France
Jean Casale
Boulet
Bois de Ville
Here
Berck
Pineapple Cannery Prices Boost Hawaii Revenue
Price hikes planned by Hawaii pineapple canners are expected to raise gross revenue from the crop this year from 19 million dollars in 1922 to about 24.255 million dollars, an estimate cited in Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Hindu rancher wed white woman beyond three mile limit
Sader Din of Sutter county and Miss Bertlla M. Nutter were married at sea beyond the three mile limit after being denied a California marriage license in Martines. A launch captain officiated the ceremony aboard the vessel.
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San Francisco
Martines
Sader Din
Sutter County
Bertlla M. Nutter
Harding Heads West on Two Month Tour From Washington
President Harding began a two month tour of the West Middle West and Alaska departing from Washington. The session in Washington announced a billion dollar saving in federal revenues for the current year ending June 30 and a surplus of receipts over expenditures.
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Middle West
Alaska
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Business Organization of the Government
Notable Labor Leader Dies in Indianapolis Wake
John McParland president of the International Typographical Union and a renowned figure in English-speaking union circles died in Indianapolis Indiana from heart trouble. Maurice Hewlett the novelist died of pneumonia in London. Walter I Flanders a prominent Detroit figure in the automobile industry died in Newport News Virginia hospital from injuries in a car accident.
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John McParland
International Typographical Union
Indianapolis, Ind
Maurice Hewlett
Novelfist
London
Walter I. Flanders
Detroit
Newport News
Michigan sweeps national meet in Chicago with 31 points
Michigan dominates the national collegiate meet in Chicago finishing with 31 points. Brook-Ins of Iowa set a world record in the low hurdles as six meet marks were broken.
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Michigan
Chicago
Brook- Ins
Iowa
Porto Rico Republicans pledge two votes to Harding
In San Juan a special Republican convention pledged Puerto Rico’s two votes at the next national convention to Warren G Harding. Other items note a Philadelphia radiologist planning 800000 volt X ray cancer treatment, a boy’s suicide in Barberton, a Kentucky automobile crash death, and a Illinois girl’s bee sting death.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Harding
William Weber
Philadelphia
Global turmoil and crises reported in a single dispatch
The report catalogs executions in Tsingtao China and widespread violence including kidnap and torture in Hankow area. It notes diplomatic notes between Britain and Soviet, weather in London, rising postcard use, and various war era shocks and political notes across Europe and Asia.
Iowa News Breezes Through Heavy Rain and New Ventures
Heavy rain delays paving on 80 blocks at Holstein. Farmers in Early Chapel complete a 750 seat church in one day. Iowa plans include a $50,000 Economy Advertising plant in Iowa City and a $31 million road program. Admission to the state fair remains 50 cents. The Iowa Railway & Light Company invests in Boone division. Des Moines street car wages rise two cents. August Weida settles for $700 after suit over a fracas. Twelve counties host farm bureau picnics as dairy interests expand.
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Early Chapel
Harsham
Polk County Farmers Association
Greater Des Moines
H. G. Durham
Council Bluffs
State Fair Board
Iowa City
Economy Adertising
Iowa
Shenandoah
Illinois
Farm Bureau
A. E. Huntsman
Red Oak
Wilma Haynes
Haynes
Queen Marie
Romania
United States Biological Bureau
Fairport
Seth Dean
Glenwood
L. M Martin
Atlantic
State Board of Engineering
Kendall
Des Moines
Newton
New Presbyterian Church
F. G. Mathers
Fort Des Moines
Grand View Park
State Executive Council
Rock Island and Great Western Railroad
Frank H. Davis
Mills County
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Iowa Railway & Light Company
August Weida
Waukon
Caledonia
Department of Finance
Northwest
J. W. Wheeler
Capital Trust and Savings Bank of
St. Paul
Iowa Farm Mortgage Association
Iowa Title Men
Change of Life Labeled as Life-Changing for Greenville Woman
Mrs. John Myers of 65 Union St Greenville Pa reports dramatic weight gain improved sleep and reduced nervous symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The letter claims the remedy made her feel younger and able to perform housework for a seven member family Authors of similar letters offer to answer inquiries about their experiences, citing gratitude and aid to others.
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Greenville
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Myers
Union St
Fydia E. Pinkham
Question of Taste at Missionary Society Meeting
A visitor recalls a church missionary society in a small town collecting and preparing clothing for ministers and families in the Northwest. She fixes hats while others mend and renovate garments, learns the hat she criticizes is the speaker's own. Nineteenth century humor and reflections on prudence and sympathy follow.
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Chicago Tribune
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