Storm's death toll reaches twenty two in Iowa Nebraska floods
A flood and tornado outbreak across Nebraska and Iowa claims twenty two lives. Dead include residents of Louisville Nebraska Council Bluffs Iowa Seneca Nebraska and Lincoln Nebraska. A tornado near Seneca razed a quarter mile by three miles with extensive damage and injuries. Red Cross aid arrives while relief centers open and former war canteen resumes operations.
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Seneca
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York
Marquette
Tornaro
James Murray
George Thompson
Salt Creek
Red Cross
Iowa City
Lawsuit Filed Against Ku Klux Klan Demands 150 000
S K Lesky of Illsworth Kansas sues in U S district court for 150000 damages alleging tar and feathering in Tulsa County in July last year. Named defendants include Richard Lloyd Jones Usher and Charles B Peters Tulsa oil operator.
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Okla
S. K. Lesky
Illsworth
Kan
United States District Court
Kukluk Klan
Tulsa County
Richard Lloyd Jones
Charles B. Peters
Tulsa
Vessel Capsizes Off Tacoma Harbor
The freighter Rubaiyat capsized in Tacoma harbor en route from Seattle to Olympia with 12 passengers aboard. Several residents were rescued while two men and a woman were reported missing in the initial check after the accident. cause remains unknown.
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Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Olympia
Mexico Urges 7000 New Primary Schools Nationwide
Mexico's Enrique Corona from the public instruction department calls for 7,000 new primary schools across the republic. He notes Mexico's 14 million residents include about 10 million illiterate and 4 million who cannot even speak Spanish.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Republic
Enrique Corona
Department of Public Instruction
Sleuth Gets 20 Year Term In Burglary Case
Peoria detective Page formerly ran a local agency and pleaded guilty to a June 4 burglary of a state bank at Low Point. Circuit Judge R. Baker sentenced him in Eureka to an indeterminate term of one to twenty years at Joliet penitentiary.
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R. Baker
Eureka
Low Point
Coolidge for President Club Formed in Missouri District
Republicans in Missouri's Fifth district form a Coolidge for President and Hyde for vice president club after a speech by W. L. Harding former Iowa governor. The event signals early party organizing in the region.
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Kansas City
Arthur M. Hyde
Fifth Congressional District
Missouri
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Reno Still Divorce Capital
Reno Nevada remains the divorce capital with 743 divorces in 1922 versus 485 marriages, according to state statistics.
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Nev
News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers
Cabinet meet in Washington discusses Secretary Wallace's wheat outlook but no relief program for growers. Tariff increases boost customs receipts. Shanghai postal office closed under four power treaty. Moonshining crackdown reports 5000 stills seized. relief funds for Japan reach 9.5 million dollars. Several notable deaths logged and international turmoil noted with varying incidents across Europe and Asia.
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Iowa News Briefs Highlight Cattle Shipments and Education
Eleven carloads of feeding cattle were unloaded at Underwood from producers to feed lots. Iowa plans another census in 1925, and eighteen counties now have warehouse boards under the state warehouse act. Madeline Aydat has returned to Paris to teach Iowa farming, while Germans seek pro prohibition funds. Two thousand girls will study physical education at Iowa State Teachers College this fall. Delaware County appoints a county veterinarian. Governor Hammill speaks at the Sioux City interstate fair.
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Legion to Father Orphans
The American Legion aims to care for World War I orphans as a major duty. Chairman George A. Withers of Kansas leads a national committee outlining plans, with states already acting and proposals for homes, education aid, and foster placements under review for the San Francisco convention.
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Michigan
Charles French
New Hampshire
William B. Healey
Pennsylvania
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North Carolina
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New York
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California
San Francisco
Washington
American Legion Children’s
Daniel Dabney
Withershay
Those Mad Ways Quote Exchange Sparks Laughs
A brief humor exchange about marriage from the Boston Transcript features a wife’s nagging and a patient reply that wedlock should not be jolted, reflecting light domestic wit in a quoted snippet.
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