Notable Obituaries Across Early 20th Century Figures
Frank C. Letts 63 director of Red Cross supplies in the war died of arteriosclerosis in Chicago. Dean C. Worcester Philippines interior secretary for 12 years died in Manila of heart disease. Edward Leach 58 past grand exalted ruler of the Elks died in New York. Mary Bolling Lee 78 widow of Gen. Lee and daughter of Gen. Lee died in Richmond. Frederick Mulkey 50 former U.S. senator died in Portland Oregon. Kate Claxton famous actress died in New York. Mrs Hubert Bland poet and novelist died in London, writing as L Nesbit.
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Frank C. Letts
Red Cross
Chicago
Dean C. Worcester
Interior
The
Philippines
Manila
Mr. Worcester
Edward Leach
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
New York
Mary Bolling Lee
Rooney) Lee
Robert E. Lee
Richmond
Iowa News Roundup Highlights Local Projects and Events
Decorah searches for a deer. Ames approves a campus laundry costing about 17000 dollars. Yale wires underground on Main street. Bremer county reports 80 percent corn plowed. Buck family’s Lamont farm sold after 68 years. Monticello Canning to process 650 acres in Jones county, up 200. Des Moines health center exams total 13508 in 1923. Lt Gov Lunn visits Des Moines after 38 years. Des Moines art exhibit funds dormitory for colored girls. April sets building permits record with 304 issued valued at 964000 dollars. Fageol safety coach trip planned. 12 couples go 2000 miles via Minnesota. Oakdale uses room wiring for bedside telephones. Des Moines rat-killing crusade nets 1883 in 1924. 1.5 million rats killed in Iowa. Disabled veterans sale of poppies in Des Moines for welfare and burial plots. Keokuk centennial observances mark Chief Keokuk’s birth. Gas association notes utilities turning to public ownership. Iowa state fair premium list total 137962.25 dollars, up 14847 over last year.
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Decorah
Iowa State College
Ames
Yale
Bremer County
Polk County
Buck
Lamont
Monticello Canning Company
Jones County
Des Moines Health Center
A. D. McKinley
George Richard Lunn
New York
Des Moines
University of Iowa
Fageol
Minnesota
Oakdale
BE. R. Waltzer
Register
Iowa
Service Bureau
How Isaiah Helped Judah Defeat the Assyrian Threat
A Bible lesson recalls Rabshakeh's pressure on Judah, Hezekiah's plea to God, and Isaiah's message. The key tale covers Hezekiah's reliance on prayer, Isaiah's reassurance, and the destruction of the Assyrian army by divine intervention, leading to Sennacherib's retreat and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah
Assyria
Judah
Rabshakeh
Sennacherib
Egypt
Hezekiah
Jerusalem
God
Israel
Nineveh
Klansmen march through Herrin in midnight procession
A two mile long Klan procession moved through Herrin Illinois shortly after midnight led by Glenn Young newly named chief of the East St. Louis Klan. The event follows other unrest showing growing activity across the region.
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Herrin
Glenn Young
East St
Bradley meet records set by Katherine Lee and Dorothy Smith
Two world records fell at the Bradley interscholastic track meet in Peoria. Katherine Lee of Chicago cleared 4 feet 115% inches, while Dorothy Smith of Chicago ran 60 yards in :07 7-10. Thirty-one cars are entered for the twelfth international 500 mile automobile race at Indianapolis on May 80.
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Peoria
Katherine Lee
Chicago
Dorothy Smith
Indianapolis
Cal Coolidge Dominates Primaries Across States
Reports from California Indiana Maryland Texas and Seattle show Calvin Coolidge winning several state contests and leading delegates. William G McAdoo receives Democratic endorsement in Seattle and claims large delegate support as campaigns move toward the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Calvin Coolidge
William MccAdoo
William G. McAdoo
Seattle Wash
Coolidge Commutes Bischoff Sentence Deportation Ordered
President Coolidge commutes Fritz W. Bischoff a German convicted in New Jersey in 1918 for attempted destruction of war munitions and orders his deportation. Also notes canceled international first aid and mine rescue meet due to coal industry depression. Treasury lets contracts for ten coast guard speed boats. Education week set for November 17 to 23. Gen Harry Taylor nominated to lead army engineers. Burton meets Coolidge over Republican convention speech. Daugherty seeks injunction to block Senate inquiry into Justice Department telegrams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Coolidge
Washington
Fritz W. Bischoff
New Jersey
Bishop
Washington Dispatch
West Virginia
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Memorial protest presented to Japanese foreign minister
Chinese representatives in Tokyo presented a memorial protesting Japan's exclusion of Chinese. Swedish Ford company formed in Stockholm with 1,000,000 kroner capital. Syrian villages damaged by French air raids after tax revolt. Leningrad trials target 42 officials on immunity charges. Forty two Chinese pirates executed in Hongkong with HK police in attendance. Cholera epidemic devastates Behar Bengal with over ten thousand deaths. Bolsheviks alter May Day to peaceful Lenin tomb demonstrations in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Matsui
Tokyo
Behar
Bengal
Patna
British India
Potassium Iodine Boosts Sugar Beet Yields
French scientists report that adding small quantities of potassium iodine to fertilizers markedly increases sugar beet yields. Larger amounts reduce yields. The iodine is thought to enhance plants use of sunlight energy to transform food compounds into plant tissue.
Witty exchange sparks laughs about autos and mothers
A humorous dialogue features a character boasting about his mother’s knowledge of cars. The punchline has her asking whether he cooled the engine by stripping the gears, eliding into a tease about his valet or upbringing.
Ambiguous phrase circles around race and aggression
The fragment discusses generalizations about white aggressive people and black eyes, then mentions green and acquiring them, but lacks context, sources, or clear event. No identifiable persons or organizations are present.
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Frederick William Mulkey
United States
Portland
Qre
Senate
John E. Mitchell
Kate Claxton
Sarah Bernhardt of
America
Camille
Hubert Bland
London
Bland
L. Nesbit
Hawkeye
State News
Keokuk
Illinois
Rock River
Gas Association of
Atlantic
Heght
Fair
Fair Board
Air
P B Fitzwater
Moody Buiole Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Ralph H. Tate
Chemical Warfare Service
Richard Williams
Papadimitrio
Schofield Barracks
Honolulu
Railway Age of
Indiana
National Council of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Ohio
Signal
Cal
Long Beach
Golden State Limited
Lordsburg, N. M
Capital Trust and Savings Bank
St. Paul
Minon
North Dakota
Montana
Henry Ford
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Montana Power Company
Wall Street
Woodrow Wilson
Devoerfirk
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Arthur E. Nelson
George L. Siegel
Baltimore Dispatch
Maryland
William G. McAgoo
Dallas
Texas
David Ladd Rockwell
W. G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Gen
Harry Taylor
Army Engineers
Lansing H. Beach
Burton
Republcan
Harry M. Daugherty
Senate Committee
Department of Justice
Ford Company
Stockholm
Leningrad
Hongkong
Police Department
Bolshesist Rissa
Lenin
Moscow
Haarlem
Goto
Aspirin
Bayer
Daisy Eiller
Daisy Fly
Harold Somels
de Balt Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
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