Senate hears German relief bill and military retirements
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen testifying for a $10 million German relief bill. The War department lists three generals retiring that year. Senate passes the Bursum pension bill. Samuel Gompers urges beer and criticizes the Volstead act before a house committee.
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Henry T. Allen
Rhine
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Samuel Gompers
House
Notable Deaths From Across Regions Reported
Personal F Will Weber of Wilmette Illinois ex aminer in the bureau of naturalization U S Department of Labor died at Davenport Iowa of pernicious anemia. Edgar Taylor Wheelock seventy a uthor publicist and former Wisconsin newspaper editor died at Chicago. Mme Eleonora Duse famous Italian tragedienne died at a hotel in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania of influenza. Marie Corelli English novelist died from heart trouble at her home Stratford on Avon England. Charlies S Burdick fifty three prominent in Masonic circles and credited with singing Illinois died at Peoria Illinois. Brig Gen Horatio Gates Gibson ninety seven oldest graduate of West Point and last surviving Mexican war officer died at Washington.
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F. Will Weber
Wilmette, Ill
Bureau of Naturalization
U. S. Department of Labor
Davenport
Edgar Taylor Wheelock
Wisconsin
Chicago
Oo Agg Me
Mme. Eleonora Duse
Pittsburgh
Marie Corelli
Stratford-on-Avon
England
Charlies S. Burdick
Illinois
Peoria
Horatio Gates Gibson
West Point
Washington
Murder uprisings lead to imprisonments in Manila
More than 200 Colorums convicted of murder and sedition in Suriago province are brought to Manila by a special steamer and sent to Bilibid prison. Mrs. Sebastiana Marroquin gives birth to her twenty fourth child in San Francisco, aged forty four. She was married twice since fourteen. Fourteen of the children survive. Eighteen wealthy refugees from Yucatan arrive in Norfolk Virginia aboard the British steamship Munerlc. Seven firemen and one civilian die when a burning building collapses in Chicago.
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Suriago
Manila
Bilibid
Sebastiana Marroquin
San Francisco
Labor leaders back Lalollette for presidency in Cleveland
Warren S. Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers said four major rail labor groups will back Senator Lalollette for the presidency. Gov Lipith in Albany has many invitations to speak since his Democratic nomination bid. Cordell Hull seeks re election as Democratic national committee chair. Butler in Washington says Coolidge has 563 delegates, eight above the majority.
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Warrens. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
Senator Lalollette
Alfred E. Lipith
Albany, N. Y
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Carthage
Tenn
William M. Butler
Coolidge
Washington
Federal troops seize Progreso port in Yucatán
General Eugenio Martinez commands federal forces occupying Progreso port, the main harbor for Merida, capital of Yucatán. Dispatch from Moscow notes Soviet plans to plant a red flag at the North Pole. Mexican government says it has restored authority across the south after occupying the southeastern states.
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Eugenio Martinez
Progreso
Mex
Merida
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Peary
Strines
North Pole
Mexico City
Budget bill clears Iowa House amid swift debate and near certainty of Senate approval
The compromise budget bill passed the Iowa House 63 to 35 after a three and a half hour session with few dissenters on budget sections. The conference report was not amendable, signaling likely Senate approval and a new state code structure including a director of the budget and local budgeting. The session shapes the code revision process and foresees a forthcoming code distribution and delayed adjournment.
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House
Berry
Monroe
Rassler
Pocahontas
Criswell
Boone
Senate
Forty-First Assembly
Board of Appeal
Iowa
Conference Committee
Code Commission
Ontjes
Grundy County
South Dakota
Executive Council
Kendall
Iowa Senate
Commission
James L.brookhart
Washington County
Brookhart
Code Commissioners
State Printing Board
Quoting the Governor on New Budget Reform
The governor praises the General Assembly for enacting a budget law that reorganizes public money expenditure. He notes the Senate approved measure mirrors his biennial message and highlights two fiscal achievements: board of agriculture consolidation and creation of a budget director.
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General Assembly
Senate
Board of Agriculture
Bright Baby Girl News Sparks Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praise
Mrs Rupert Price of Scootac Pennsylvania credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving long standing women's troubles that kept her bedridden for days. She reports improved health during pregnancy and after birth and says the medicine helped make her home happier. A canvass shows 98 out of 100 purchasers reported benefit.
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Scootac, Pa
E. Pinkham
Rupert Price
Scootac
Lockhaven
Lydia J
Pinkham
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Landon Beach
Benjamin Alvord
Willard Holbrook
United States Bureau of Mines
United States
Canada
Washington Dispatch
House Committee
LaFollette
Hughes
S. A. Frederick
R. H. McCaully
San Antonio
Kelly Field
Tex
Dresden
J. L. Holbrook
New York
Fort Wayne
Ind
Butan Island
San Dionisio
General Wood
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
South Bend
South Shore Interurban
John W. Benton
Cebu
Philippines
John C. Coolidge
President Coolidge
Dick Brown
Plymouth
Harry K. Thaw
Philadelphia
Pendleton Times
Ifranklin
Pendleton County
W. Va
Herrin
Danville
Richmond
Albert J. Ochsner
American Surgical Association
Baltimore
George W. Crile
Yucatan
Norfolk, Va
Munerlc
Boschee
Kentucky
Bayer
Doan
Nebraska
Katherin Sullivan
Geneva
Neb
Foster-Milburn Co
Mix. Chem
Buffalo
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