Campaign notes mix history and politics in early republic era
A garbled news digest mentions William Brows Lloyd and communists, Warren G Harding, Count von Bernstorff remarks on Woodrow Wilson, and various global and domestic topics. It references prohibition debates, Japanese language schools in Hawaii, and church withdrawal rules, plus social issues like foster care and rising living costs.
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Eort
William Brows Lloyd
Sit
Marion
Pennsylvania
Count von Bernstorff
Wilson
Germany
Londies
London Times
Alugh
Evangeline Hoath
Salawation Army
America
United States
Federal School Nervey Commission
Hawaii
Banting
Lotter Cardinal Mercier
Jte
Missouri
Columbat
Boernst
Berlin
Her‘Be
Gov
Dawson
Omaha
Children’s Code Commission
Wealthy Pennsylvania farmer rumored to kill self over unwed marriage
Cedar Baylin Jauly 13 016 Sanford Soweet end his life after learning the Cedar Raphis woman he sought to wed was already married and had children. An anonymous note to the newspaper threatened self destruction and a vane attack on women. He had traveled 1800 miles to marry the woman and vanished, with locals believing he died by his own hand in the river.
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Cedar
Pennsylvania
Aso
Woah
Cedar Raphis
New York
Ilo
Lercet
Epworth League Institute to Open at Okoboji
Okoboji Iowa July 12 The Lake Okobosi Epworth League institute will be held at the Methodist camp west of Okoboji lake July 12 to 7h Registrar Rev S H Turbeville reports attendance will be largest in the history of the institute The faculty includes Rev W H Spence Miss Hattie Johnson Bishop Homer C Stunts Rev W B J Gratz Rev R B Sheppard Rev B E Smith Rev H B Hutchinson Miss Naomi Good Rev J R Tumbleson Rev George Jorgieston and others The program features study classes afternoon games and recreation evenings of inspirational addresses and social events
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Okoboji
The
Lake Okobosi
Hattie Johnson
Mort Dodge
Homer C. Stunts
Morning Watch
W. B. J. Gratz
Lincoln
Neb
Rey. R. B. Sheppard
Carroll
B. EB. Smith
Minneapolis
H. B. Hutchinson
Sioux City
W. H. Spence
Naomi Good
Chadron
W. H. Lease
Laurens
Institute
Bishop Stuntz
Mossman
Grats
Musi
George Jorgieston
Marcus
Pignist
Hannon
Sibley
Divorce Decree Annulled Court Deceived by Fraud
In Council Bluffs Judge Earl Peters (Clarinda) annulled the last term divorce of John P. Ross and declared the decree obtained by deception. Ross alleged his wife nonresident and unaware. he later lived with her in Stansberry Missouri. Roan, a railroad man, alleged cruel treatment. Mrs. Ross remained a resident of Stansberry.
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Council Bluffsca
Earl Peters
Clarinda
John P. Hoss
Reas
Ted
Ross
Council Bluffs
Peters
Stansberry
Roan
Fioodrith
Iowa Rail Commission to report on Arnold wreck
Des Moines July 13 The Iowa state railroad commission will file a formal report to Governor Harding on the M and St L wreck near Arnold. Several days ago many passengers were killed or injured as coaches plunged from a trestle and some are still in Koepstein near Fort Dodge.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Railroad Commission
Harding
Arnold
Koepstain
Fort Dodge
Potato Crop Pays Off for Local Farmer Tony Van Back
Hancock. In July 12 Tony Van Back, a farmer near here, had a small plot judged poor land. This year he cultivated more than one-fourth acre, and one year later he had improved yields and income from the crop.
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Hancock
Tony van Back
Dark Horse May Clear Situation in Iowa Nomination Fight
Des Moines reports indicate no Republican governor nominee will be chosen at the July 20 state convention until at least five county rolls are called. A possible dark horse could emerge if a deadlock remains among Moore Kendall Deems and Hayner delegates.
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Des Moines
Republican State Committee
Moore
Kendall
Deomsa
Hayner
Deema
Havner
Deems
Hnavyner
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Central Committee
Meredith-Porter-Herring
Wilbur Marsh
Waterloo
Nick” Heed
Ottumwa
Doc” Reynolds
Creston
State Central
Herring
Porter
Soldier Weds German Nurse After WWI Service
Webster City Iowa reports Art Ingalla, a former soldier, leaving for Germany to marry the German nurse who cared for him during service with the American Expeditionary Forces. The tale echoes classic wartime romance as lovers unite abroad. Vincent Astor named guardian for Ava Muriel Amor to collect funds due to her, due to her mother’s marriage and non resident alien status.
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Webster City
Lght
Art Ingalla
Germany
Frees
Vincent Astor
Ava Muriel Amor
Lord Ribblendale
Made Mash for Chickens Leads to Police Action
In Bhenanfoah Ta on July 12 Mrs. Kate Reininger reported barrels of mash found on her property were intended for chickens. Police could not locate an old decrepit hen and questioned John Vaughn about the incident.
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Bhenanfoah
Kate Reininger
Reininger
John Vaughn
Widow 66 Elopes With 33-Year-Old Man in Cornelia Bluffs
Mrs. Martine Jensen, 66, widowed after Peter Jensen of the Milwaukee railroad died 18 months ago, secretly marries John C. Pierson, 33, despite opposition from two sons and a daughter. Pierson serves as janitor at St Pauls Episcopal Church in Cornelius Bluffs. The couple wed amid family resistance and elopement details emerge from the local report.
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Ounces Bluffs
Martine Jensen
John C. Pierson
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Corneil Bluffs
Second Inquest Indicates Possible Murder of Frank Linhart
The body of Frank Linhart, a Cutler resident who disappeared two weeks ago, was exhumed for a second inquest. Initial findings said drowning with a prior stroke, but the second examination revealed a fractured skull and evidence suggesting violent death.
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Trav Ta
Frank Linhart
Linhart
Cutler
Clutter
YWCA Okoboji Conference Reopens After Quarantine
The permanent conference camp of the north central field YWCA on Lake Okoboji near Milford Iowa will reopen Friday after quarantine following a scarlet fever case at camp July 1. The patient a Huron South Dakota girl contracted the disease before arriving. Disinfection has removed danger for later camps. Also James Haney 101 of Keokuk Iowa died at home last night the oldest man in Lee County He was born in Ireland immigrant to Canada worked as a lumberjack and served in the Civil War with the 39th Illinois volunteers Hefathered 15 children.
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Okeboji
North Central Field Young Women’s Christian Association
Lake Okoboji
Milford
Keokuk
James Haney
Lee County
Ireland
Canada
Ilinois Volunteers
Child Swallows Peanut Piece Failing Local Care
A two year old boy in Thurman Iran? Paul family halted a peanut fragment in his lung. Local treatment failed and an X ray was taken. The parents took him to Philadelphia for specialist care and surgery to relieve the pain.
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Thurman
C. H. Paul
Philadelphia
Whole Town Joins In Hunt For Aged Woman
Dubuque Iowa July 8 Every citizen of Dubuque has been asked by City Manager O E Carr to join today in a search for Mrs Margaret Cunningham 80 who disappeared at Frentrees lake a summer resort near here while picnicking Saturday Boy scouts have been dragging the lake in an effort to locate her body.
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Dubuque
O. E. Carr
Margaret Cunningham
Frentrees Lake
Aged Woman Dies in Sioux Rapids at 103
Sioux Rapids Iowa July 8 Mrs AL M Scott 103 years old died Monday at her son Rev L S Scott Adventist minister here She is believed to have been the oldest person in Iowa at the time of her death
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Sioux Rapids
AL M. Scott
L. S. Scott
Iowa
Southern Pacific Ship Lines Permit Denied
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied the Southern Pacific Company permission to operate Atlantic steamship lines between Atlantic seaboard points and the gulf coast. The decision said the service would not serve the public interest and would hinder competition.
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Washington, D. C
Southern Pacific Company
Ita Atlantic Steamship Unes
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Interstate Commerce Commission
Co operation Alone Is Hope Of Russia
Frederick E. Lee, economist in the foretrn ad viner of the state, states in a report that cooperative societies in Russia are the most hopeful element and will play a vital part in the country’s economic rehabilitation. The view appears in a World News summary from Washington.
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Washington, D.C
Cooperative Societies of
Russia
Frederick E. Lee
Timwesan Co Operative Servement
Possibilities in Oil Shales
Kirby Thomas reviews the oil shale potential in the United States, noting large reserves in Colorado Utah Wyoming and Nevada and estimates of billions of barrels. He explains past price barriers the discovery of shale beds and the current move toward commercial extraction with several pilot and planned plants in the West.
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Kirby Thomas
England
Thominé
United States
Oil Creek
United States Geological Survey
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Nevada
Colorado- Utah
Colorado Geological Survey
California
Ventilation and heat effects in workspaces and seas farming
The article discusses Leohard Til a noted authority on ventilation and the Hill book promoting cooling work environments with fans and shade to boost efficiency and reduce fatigue. It also covers milk benefits for tired nerves yeast queries and a global note on sea farming with plankton as the basis of oceanic food production and China’s expertise.
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Leohard Til
Medical Research Committee
The
National Health Insurance
Vernon
Hill
Carpentera
E. K
Same In Italian Report From Italo American Press
A long New York Times special in Italian quotes Giolitti’s chamber speech on living costs and economic crisis. The piece notes similarities to other leaders’ remedies, critiques currency excesses, wage pressure, middlemen, and hoarding while calling for stricter penalties and export controls.
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New York Times
Progresso Italo-Americano
Giolitti
Prof Mears
Ikea
A.aurpus
Rae Es
Carrie Nation and influenza epidemics in early 20th century coverage
The piece cites Carrie Nation’s notoriety in liquor reform debates, noting an obscure grave and contemporary commentary from the Public Ledger and Indianapolis News. It also references a 1910 influenza origin in Harbin, China and the spread of the disease, with remarks on the lack of a specific cure and ongoing study.
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Fuesun Careerernn Larrie
Jay E. House
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Prohibition
Bryans
Carrie Nation
Indianapolis News
Harbin
China
Lite
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Citizen Republican
Keotland
Ian
Epworth League Institute
Dark Horse
Des Moines Gas Company
Nichols
Nichola
Martin J. Wade
Jefferson
Man
Sioux Rapids, IA
Southern Pacific
Hope OF
Deust
Giolitli
Copper
Prof
Chicago News
Fertile
L. Michael
Scripps Institution For Biological Research
Azure
Atlantic
Pacific
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