World News Digest Highlights From 1920s Turmoil and Debates
A wide sweep of events includes President Harding dedicating a Fort McHenry monument to Francis Scott Key, battles over the soldier bonus and tariff, AFL convention clashes, anti-smuggling probes, and disasters from fires to storms. The report tracks political wrangling, labor tensions, and notable criminal cases across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
MD. Ie
Ohio Gleanings: Drownings, Fires and Elections
A compilation of Ohio items: Miss Bernice Farrell, 18, drowns in Sandusky bay. Fire damage of $15,000 after lightning strikes James Motley general store at Olive Branch. James McCartney, 29, and others lose life when lightning hits fishing boat. Continental Clay plant at Salineville reopens. Historical pageant planned at Lima with 1200 participants June 29 to July 4. Walter Bennett, 24, dies in Bellefontaine while boarding a freight train. Bond issues approved for schools in Goshen township and Massillon. State race talk includes Imogene Ward candidacy and other political moves. Accidents, deaths, and civic notes across Ohio towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Farrell
Sandusky
James Motley
Olive Branch
Batavia
James McCartney
Toledo
Continental Clay Company
Salineville
Lima
Walter Bennett
Bellefontaine
Cleveland
Goshen Township
Tuscarawas County
Barnhill
Beidler
Massillon City
Board of Education
Imogene Ward
McArthur
Vinton County
Cook van Bibber
George Gibbs
Aaron Harkins
Middle Bass Island
Carlessa Simon
John H. Tepper
Lucas County Infirmary
Mary Kline
Mary
Denison University
Ambrose Swasey
Ohio
C. J. Weat
Philip Wolf
Richland County
Evalyn
Snow
Mt. Vernon
Riegel
H. H. Goddard
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Noble “Red” Holt
Frank Hueftlein
Cincinnati
Thomas W. Karr
Meigs County
Joseph Rosases
Conrad Gernheiser
Western College For Women
Oxford
Pomeroy
Cuyahoga Mills
Davis
Oberlin
Alexander Vea
Limas
Baal
Eaeeginning
Torm
Bucyrus Board
Whan
Gts Mb
Aty
Youngstown
Hazel M. Bowen
Sidney
Nekum
Oxford College
State Juvenile Research Bureau
Ohio State University
Logan County
Ohio University Trustees
Herbert Ames
James Allenas
Marion
John H. McVay
Xenia
Greene County
Celestia Bird
Bowling Green
Madison County
Northwestern
Ohio University At
Athens
William McDermott
Holy Name Church
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Theodore Pohlman
Richard Ell
Harry Pain
Zanesville
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Special Court of Common Pleas
Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics
Paul Mason
State Department of Health
Perry
Hocking
Guernsey
Myron Hill
Buckeye Lake
Newark
Dominic Benigno
Supreme Court
George Washington Commodore Perry
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Chillicothe
John J. Lewis
Pomerene
Daughters of America
Ohio Odd Fellows’ Home
Springfield
Herrancourt
Cuyan County
Legislar
Board of Elections
Rail Pay Rolls Cut 27 Million Across 825000 Workers
The United States Railroad Labor Board announced wage cuts totaling 27 million dollars affecting about 1.2 million railway workers. Clerks lose three to four cents an hour, signalmen five cents, and stationary firemen from two to six cents. The ruling cites living wage and saving wage concepts as recognized for the first time, with protests and potential strike votes underway in seven unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Arthur O. Wharton
Albert Philips
Ww. L. Mee Memimen
One-Party Radio Phones Describe Private Lines Prospect
New York reports that Marconi envisions private wireless conversations becoming impossible to listen to. He arrived aboard the yacht Electra with news of a directed radio system capable of sending messages to specific receivers and avoiding unauthorized reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Willi Marconi
Electra
Mr. Marconi
Flagler County Official Leaves Post After Floggings
Flagler County Commissioner S. R. Fields of Bunnell, Palatka, Fla, has quit the board after three floggings by unidentified men in recent months. County officials, who arrived to pursue an investigation clue, disclosed the retirements and ongoing inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palatka
Fla
S. R. Fields
Bunnell
Board of Commissioners
Flagler County
Naval reprimand for ensign over cruel treatment at Annapolis
Acting Secretary of the Navy disciplined Ensign J. L. Olmstead editor of the Lucky Bag year book for cruel and unwarranted treatment of Leonard Kaplan, a fellow member of the graduating class at Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
J. L. Olmstead
Annapolis
Leonard Kaplan
Coal Strike Costs Pennsylvania Miners and Operators
Pennsylvania coal miners and operators are estimated to have lost 145,080,282 dollars due to the ongoing strike. The figure comes from Dr. C. B. Connelly, state Commissioner of Labor and Industry, based on reports to the department's Mediation Bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn
Pennsylvania
C. B. Connelly
Labor and Industry
Department
Patronage Trial Begins in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Indictments charging violation of the Harrison narcotic act were returned by a Federal Grand Jury against three guards at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Witness testimony in patronage cases was then heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
This Man Feels Chesty Ford City Quadruplets Born
Stephen Marcinek walks the streets of Ford City with his wife Mrs Marchinek fondling their four newborns. The quadruplets, three girls and a boy, weighed a total of 21 pounds at birth. Names listed include Mary Anna Frances and Francis with varied weights. The family now has nine children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford City
Penn
Stephen Marcinek
Tanlac Helps Boston Woman Gain Eight Pounds in Two Weeks
Mrs Celesta Fell of Boston reports rapid health improvement after taking Tanlac. She says her stomach pain eased, appetite returned, sleep improved, and energy increased, enabling her to resume housework and feel stronger. Tanlac sold by druggists. Soap factory planned near carbonate lake in Kulumba Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celesta Fell
Prince Street
Boston
Mass
Taniac
Tanlac
Kulumba
Siberia
Scientific American
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Featured in Testimonial
Eva Aldrich of Emporia Kansas shares that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her during her menstrual pains and weakness dating from girlhood. She notes many women use it during their bloom days and after as needed. The testimonial asserts the product is prepared from medicinal plants and tailored to women's health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Kansas
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Eva Aldrich
Union St
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Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
American Federation of Labor
LaFollett
War Department
W. C. Potter
United States
Eastern District of
Illinois
House Merchant Marine Committee
House
Ladd
North Dakota
Republian
McCumber
Three Mile
Lasker
Merchant Marine
J. Kerby
J.C. Gappleo
C. Fox
Penitentiary At
William Brazell
Columba
Lefsville
Ministerial Pension Fund
Augustana Synod of the
Lutheran Church
St. Paul, Minn. S
Po Hce
Francis Bowman
Califon
N. J
New York Central Lines
Mercy Hostal
Des Moines
Narragansett Bay
American
Hayward
Walter
Rail Labor Board At
Louis Holland
Kansas City
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Milwaukee
A. F. of L
B. M. Jewell
Ce Ee
Arverne, L. I
James 8. McCandless
Honolulu
San Francisco
McCandless
Topeka
Kan
William Green
Oil City
Tex
Clinton and
Adams _ streets
Ralph Broder
Stockton
J. 8. Jones
Pontiac
Byron Corbridge
Jacksonville
Ill
Devereaux
Thomas A. Edison
Rutgers College
New Brunswick
William Prestage
Old Floyd
Monroe, la
Herman Tuholske
St. Louis, Mo
Walter Allen
Prairie Grove
Ark
Camp Pike
George K. Fisher
St. Louis
St. Louis County
Col. H. D. Loveland
Public Utilities Commissioners
Belfast
Joseph Cooper
William James
Dublin
Peace Palace
The
Hague
Wis
Wisconsin
Clara Gilmore
Albay
Province of
Ora Bell Downs
North Avenue
Samsun
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Kent
Beckenham
England
Miss McKane
Oman Pacific de Mexico
Res
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Madison
Red Cross
Frank Mills
Mike ‘Daly
Marconi
Lydia E. Pinkham
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