Washington Daugherty inquiry reveals graft and intrigue
Gaston Means testified before the Daugherty Investigating committee naming Harding Mellon Hughes Daugherty and others in a sprawling tale of boodle. The senate and house advanced measures on bonuses and one term proposals while Slemp and Fink faced graft questions.
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Boodle
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Washington
Gaston B. Means
Government
Secret Service
Harding
Treasury
Mellon
Hughes
Edward B. McLean
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Committee
Mr. Daugherty
C. Bascom Slemp
Elkins
Senator Curtis
Oil Investigating Committee
Sinclair Stock
Brookhart Committee
Roxie Stinson
Jesse Smith
A. L. Fink
Roxie
Cattle Co op and Prohibition Debates Highlight News
Dom estic B B Denman of Farmington Mo urges co operation as the only way to save the Texas cattle business at a Houston meeting of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers association. Dr Samuel L Hamilton accuses the New York Anti Saloon league of diverting funds from salaries. Fire losses in 1922 reach 506 541 001 with careless smoking as main cause per the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Elihu Root is to receive a Roosevelt distinguished service medal along with other awards. The Gould estate home in Lakewood N J sells to Mount St Mary's College. 167 bodies recovered from mine No 2 Utah Fuel Castle Gate Utah. five remain. Brooks plant workers accept 10 percent wage cut to aid orders for locomotives.
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B. B. Denman
Farmington, Mo
Producers' Live Stock Commission Association
Southwestern Cattle Raidsers' Association
Houston
Tex
Texas
Samuel L. Hamilton
New York
Anti-Saloon League
William H. Anderson
League
United States
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Bergdoll to face U.S. trial after return plan
Reports from Berlin say Grover C. Bergdoll, an American draft evader, intends to return to the United States to face trial in hopes of reclaiming his fortune. Other items note King Victor Emmanuel’s reception in Fiume ahead of the city’s formal annexation delayed until his arrival and various international unrest developments.
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Berlin
Grover C. Bergdoll
United States
Victor Emmanuel
Fiume
Pennsylvania Railroad Conductor Wage Increase Authorized
Wage raise of 6.2 percent approved for conductors brakemen baggagemen and switch tenders on the Pennsylvania railroad system announced in Philadelphia. The first leg of the army aviators world flight reached Sacramento after 400 miles from Santa Monica.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Sacramento
Cal
Santa Monica
Noted Military Leader General Cappell Passes Away
Gen De Rosey Carrell Cappell former commander of the US Southern Division with HQ in San Antonio Texas died in San Diego California. Dr W O Stiman longtime head of the American Humane Association died in Albany New York. Gen C J Pelle Joffre's chief of staff died in Paris. Judge Francis E Baker aged 64 of the US Circuit Court of Appeals died of endocarditis at his Chicago home.
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de Rosey Carrell Cappell
Southern Division
United States Army
San Antonio
Tex
San Diego
Cal
W. O. Stiman
American Humane Association
Albany, N.Y
C. J. Pelle
Joffre
Paris
Francis E. Baker
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Iowa Farm and Road Plans Highlight State News
Near Sheldon H W Curtis sold the 80 acre farm for 300 dollars an acre. An eight hundred thousand dollar road bond will be voted on April 8 across Emmet county. Fred L McMillin traded a drug store for five years at Penn college. Twenty priests dedicated a new Catholic church at Imogene St Patrick's day. Iowa farm land moves at fair prices. Guthrie county teachers face Cupid marked times. Grundy Center’s Diehl praises prayer. County agents warn seed corn shortages. Oskaloosa manufacturers push for hard surfacing Iowa highways. Iowa Railway and Light plans forty thousand dollars in Marshalltown plant upgrades. Cornell College Girls Glee Club touring eleven northern Iowa towns. Nevada to pave streets on March 28. Judge Wilbur, ex Denbys secretary, born 1867 in Boonesboro. Iowa coffee price up twenty percent blamed on Brazil. Humboldt teachers long service noted. Des Moines architects plan model house for expo March 24 29. Ames Milk Producers start plant excavation. Midland packing plant at Sioux City reopened by Swift Co. Plant capacity listed. Iowa climate cited by Waterloo Courier. Ben Harken farm rented at 410 per acre highest in years.
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Sheldon
W. H. Curtis
Emmet County
Fred L. McMillin
Arnold Park
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Imogene St. Patrick's Day
Iowa
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Cornell College
Nevada
Wilbur
Denby
Old Boonesboro
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Humboldt
Des Moines
Coliseum
L. C. Perkins
Ames Milk Producers Association
Midland
Swift & Co
Midland Company
Waterloo
Waterloo Courier
Long Beach
Ben Harken
Ackley
Butler County
R. Boelmann
Harken
Joys of Motherhood Promoted by Lydia E Pinkham Ads
Brooklyn and Auburn women report relief from cramps weakness and pregnancy related troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonials claim improved health and multiple births with long running ad campaign praising the product's benefits and fifty year history.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Brooklyn
N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Edward Werbeck
Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y
Auburn
Maine
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Charles W.W. Eliot
Harvard University
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
Lakewood
N. J
George Jay Gould
Mount St. Mary's College of
Plainfield
Utah Fuel Company
Castle Gate
Utah
Brooks
American Locomotive Company
Dunkirk
N. Y
Srecorzes
Mazoey 'E
Johannesburg
South Africa
Schenectady
London
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Ufe
Eitel Friedrich
Potsdam
London Daily Mall
Tehitcherin
Moscow
Poincare
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Romania
Persia
Saghalien Island
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Kovno
Lithuania
Olin R. Miner
Charles D. Porter
Pensacola
Fla
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Howard Ross
Arthur Tomby
Herbert Gilbert
Willow Creek
Mason City
Evangeline Booth
The
Salvation Army
Osage Oil
Pawhuska
Okla
Prairie Oll Company
Burbank
Hawkeye
State News
Druggista Everywhere
Smith Brothers
Menthol
Carter
Northwestern Yeest Co
Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL
du Pont
E.I. Dupont DE Nemours & Co., Inc
Sporting Powder
Wilmington
Del
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