Global News Digest Mixed with US Political Tides
A wide array of items from global and domestic fronts are reported. Key notes include the US demanding restitution after bandit seizures in Mexico, the Capper-Tindher anti-grain gambling bill passing the House, and Senate talks on tariff timing. Also covered are Haiti occupation debates, coal strike talks, immigration quota cuts, budget director changes, Muscle Shoals funding, and notable fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Multiple Tragedies and Crimes Reported Across Nations and States
The report lists diverse incidents including the body of Otto Bitzan found in a Wisconsin cemetery three hours before his planned wedding with a pistol nearby. A mining accident near Bridgeport Ohio leaves one miner dead and another wounded. Seven bandits abduct Bruce Bielaski in Morelos. Yellowstone Park opens with 1689 tourists at Livingston Montana, nearing the record. A veteran of the Seventy-ninth division dies after years of postwar injuries in Catawissa. A Medford lumberman dies after a fall from a Chicago hotel window. An army plane crashes near Gertysburg Virginia, killing Capt. George D. Hamilton and Sgt. G. J. Marton.
Strikes End as Vienna Workers Resume Unconditional Effort
The Vienna railway telegraph postal and telephone workers resume work unconditionally hoping the government will propose remedies. Meanwhile Panamanian leaders report the death of Dr. Ciro Arriola former president of Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Panama
Ciro Arriola
Dublin Battle Leaves 16 Dead In Free State Assault
In Dublin on June 30 Free State troops opened a dawn operation against insurgent strongholds including Four Courts Kilmainham Jail Fowler Memorial Hall and Orange Hall. About 16 were killed and many wounded as trench mortars machine guns and light artillery blasted siege positions. Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins announced the army action from Merrion Street claiming Irish forces fight disorder and reject British troop involvement.
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Dublin
Four Courts
Kilmainham Jail
Fowler Memorial Hall
Orange Hall
Rory O’connor
O’connor
Arthur Griffith
Michael Collins
Provisional Government
Merrien Street
Law Courts
Fowler Hall
Irish Republican Army
Retail Milk Price Hike Seen in St Louis
The article notes milk prices likely rising from 10 to 12 cents a quart and possibly 7 cents for butter, citing higher handling costs hot dry weather and butter market gains as reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Moran Legion Post Leads County With 99 Percent Membership
A Texas county larger than Rhode Island shows no World War commissioned officers. The top ex soldier is a former sergeant of ordnance. Moran County Legion commander Rev H G Scoggins, a truck driver and former infantry private, now leads a 99 percent post membership.
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Texas
Rhode Island
Legion
Moran
H. G. Scoggins
Mulvaney
Chair for the Commander: woven reed throne for Hanford MacNider
A chair of split bamboo and reeds, built in Manila without nails or paint, decorates Commander Hanford MacNider’s American Legion office as a gift from the Philippines Department. The throne like Moro design features bright colors and elaborate Oriental workmanship crafted during a tropical summer.
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MacNider
Department of the Philippines
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Manila
Carrying On With the American Legion
Small craft used to sweep the North Sea are to be scrapped under a Navy order. Maryland World War veterans will receive ten dollars monthly per month of service with twenty five percent extra for overseas service. William Strother of Texas touring Paris aims to climb the Eiffel Tower for a French veterans group. Carl Bronner of Baltimore, blind and armless, plays chess by memory with his opponent moving for him. German bayonets are repurposed into kindling splitters for Baltic forests, provoking objections from those governments. Vocational training for disabled soldiers helps prevent nervous breakdowns among ex service men, per the US Veterans Bureau.
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North Sea
Navy
World War Veterans of
Maryland
William Strother
Honston
Tex
Paris
France
Eiffel Tower
Carl Bronner
Baltimore
Bronner
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Vegetable Compound Persuades Townsfolk to Seek Help
The letter from Mrs. Free Miner of Churubusco New York praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and backache after five years of doctor visits. She notes it helped her during pregnancy and urges others to try it, asserting the medicine is safe for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churubusco
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Free Miner
Rule With No Exceptions
A witty remark notes that meeting a wealthy old bachelor signals a man who has learned to say no and stick to it, suggesting firm independence and steadfast boundaries. The line hints at a social critique of wealth and bachelorhood with a dry, ironic tone.
Cuticura Ad Claims Skin Benefits For Poor Complexions
Advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Soap for pimples dandruff itching and rough hands with a five minute wash and gentle use. The piece ends with a wry remark about youth and a proverb on engaged couples facing life.
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State Department
Senate
Haiti
Senate Committee
Santo Domingo
Harding
Davis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
United States
Johnson
H. M. Lord
War Department
Charles G. Dawes
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Malcolm Kerlin
Postal Savings System
William B. Buffington
Holston Quarry Company
Straw Plaina
Teno
Ellis Giern
Oneida
L. L. Gregg
Chicago
Eau Claire
Wis
O R
St. Paul (Minn
Washington State
Syracuse
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Nicholas Longworth
Congressman Longworth
Countess de Chambrun
Cincinnati
Len Small
Kankakee
William Rockefeller
Ell
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Otto Bitzan
Sturgeon Bray
Catherine Coal Mining Company
Uniontown
Bridgeport
A. Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Cuernavaca
Morelos
Yellowstone Park
Livingston, Mont
Park
Herbert McCarty
Catawissa
Frank G. Owens
Medford
Ore
Congress Hotel
St. Luke's Hospital
George D. Hamilton
G. 3. Marton
Buffalo, N. Y
Gertysburg
Rx Oo
Ontario
Robert Harmer
Toronto
Berlin
Ilamburg
Rathenau
Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
London
Prince Albert Honore Charles
Principality of
Monaco
Lucy Waits
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Cardinal Valfre di Bonzo
Rome
Britain
Isabell McKeown
Belfast
Wield
Marshal Karl Haig
Fim
John Tait & Co
King Ferdinand
J. Stamilton Lewis
Illinois
Bucharest
Walter Rathenau
Germany
Free State
Buck
Strong American Legion Organization
Baltic
Dean
J. C. Blackburn
Ottawa
Dixon
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N
W.N. U
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