Iowa postmaster recommendations sent to general
Recommendations for twenty eight Iowa postmasterships have been presented to the postmaster general by Congressman Pepper Connolly and Kirkpatrick along with Judge Wade and Nick Reed. The list includes Marshalltown Valley Junction Indianola Eatherville and others with candidates believed to be recommended without delay and likely no changes.
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Washington
Iowa
Marshalltown
Valley Junction
Indianola
Eatherville
Pepper
Connolly
Kirkpatrick
Judge Wade
Nick Reed
W. H. Carmody
Valley Junc Fon
H. G. Kruse
Vinton
John Mc Glen
Wall Lake
W. W. Finn
Wealey
Elmer Hopkins
Whiting
Arthur Goshorn
Winterset
Henry Eppers
Montrose
Peter Jiungera
Hospers
G W. P Fletcher
Tewis
Anton Sluebset
McGregor
J. J. Herbstar
Milford
G. C. Roath
Prescott
F.L, Helmer
Sanhorn
Warren Adington
Sheldon
George M. Waterman
Sidney
Edward McConnaughey
Allerton
R. C. Spencer
Audubon
J. H. Schultz
Breda
A. W. Lee
Britt
C. W. Harris
Coin
C. L. Price
Frank Carpenter
Brandley Hopkins
Forest City
H. Woodward
Gowrie
Darby
Hamburg
J. J. McNermott
Manilla
A. C. Johnson
Boone woman sentenced in mail misuse case over matrimonial scheme
Florence Gamble of Boone Iowa pleaded guilty to misuse of the mails for a matrimonial scheme. Judge Smith McPherson sentenced her to sixty days in Red Oak county jail and a $500 fine. She sought to seal lovers letters for payments with victims. total traced from fourteen men in nine states was $292.41 with largest single sum $65.
Threshers Elect New Officers at 1938 Convention
Des Moines reports N. Snook of West Point reelected president of the Town Threshermen's association at the fifth annual convention closing at the Coliseum. New officers include Henry Masser Blue Grass as vice president James Devin Valley Junction secretary treasurer J C Gregory Percy G J Brown Schaller and Andrew Lemky Griswold as directors. Legislative committee members are B Powers Kellogg R D Finnegan Viola and Phil Grace Rose Hill with James Winters named state organizer.
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Des Moines
N. Snook
West Point
Viola
Phil Grace
Rose Hill
James Winters
Lamb Gets Five Years In Prison
Bedford report states Harrison 1am was found guilty of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. The case centers on an attempted murder at the Prerson home where Lamb allegedly wounded two family members before arrest.
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Bedford
Harrison
State Penitentiary
Wawb
Lethe Prerson
Prerson
Lamb
Piessey
Evangelist Smith Holds Onion Meetings at Colfax Tabernacle
Evangelist Charles Cullen Smith conducts onion meetings in Colfax under Baptist, Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian auspices. Main street garage is converted into a tabernacle for the events.
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Colfax
Charles Cullen Smith
Main
Nutwood Driving Association Plans Major West Meet
Nutwood Driving Association in Pubuque has closed a deal with Secretary Baldwin of Nutwood Park Driving Association. From August 25 to 30 the group will stage a major racing event featuring top west competitors and a $15,000 futurity prize. James H. Grant of Cleveland, Ohio, is noted as a participant or sponsor.
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Nutwood Driving Association
Pubuque
James HE. Grant
Cleveland
Baldwin
Nutwood Park Driving’ Association
Railway Firemen Tell of Hardships and Safety Duties
New York March 14 witnesses before the arbitration board under the Hidman act discuss excessive labor periods, inadequate food, increased workload from bigger engines, and shared safety responsibility with engineers. Firemen cite 16 to 22 hour shifts, 365 to 370 monthly earnings, and suspensions affecting duties on multiple eastern railroads.
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New York
Firrmen
Arbitration Board
Ion
David Leinhardt
Tyrone
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ife
Leinhardt
Charles A. Kaufmann
Baltimore &Hio
Frederick A. Murphy
Brunswick
Cumberland
Baltimore & Ohio
Wilson declares no toleration for revolts in Latin America
President Wilson warned Latin American republics that the U S will back governments based on law and will not tolerate revolts or efforts to seize power He referenced Mexico Venezuela Nicaragua and Honduras era figures such as Huerta Castro and Zelaya as concerns guiding policy
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Heald
Madero
Huerta
United States
Mr. Wilson
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Gen. Zelaya
Nicaragua
Taft Considered For Johns Hopkins Presidency
The Johns Hopkins trustees discuss former president William Howard Taft as a possible successor. A contingent plan seeks to persuade Taft to abandon Yale Law professorship and accept Hopkins’ top executive post, citing his long life experience and proven leadership.
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Johns Hopkins
Waltimore
William Howard Taft
Johns Hopkins University
Tatte
Hopkins
Sud
Yale
Hopkins University
Lipton Challenge Rejected Over Boat Size
New York March 14 The New York Yacht Club rejected Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for the America's Cup, ruling that a 75 foot yacht was too small for the race.
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Lipton
New York
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Girla Go on Strike in Pittsburg Tron Mill
Two hundred girls at the tron mill owned by Senator George T. Olver walked out for higher wages in Pittsburg on March 14. They demand better pay and say one thousand more will follow their action.
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Pittsburg
Tron Milla
George T. Olver
Firebug Confession Ties Arson Trust to Insurance Fraud
Benjamin Fink, a traveling arsonist, confessed to First Assistant State’s Attorney Frank Johnston in South Bend Indiana about an alleged arson trust. He implicated public fire insurance adjusters, named property owners and buyers of cheap furniture who financed blazes, and described how fires were started for insurance payouts across Indiana Minnesota and Iowa. Fink said he did the actual burning and that the trust collected from insurers, confirming the alleged arson conspiracy.
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Chicago
Benjamin Fink
Fink
Frank Johnston
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Minnesota
Maols
Wink
Trust
Wanamaker Pays $100,000 to Settle Customs Loss
John Wanamaker, Philadelphia and New York merchant, paid the U S government one hundred thousand dollars to settle alleged irregularities in importing merchandise samples. The treasury reported no intent to defraud and noted Wanamaker cooperated with officials to determine the loss over the last fifteen years.
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Washington
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
New York
Treasury
Treasury Department
Wanamaker
Rescue Tug Rescues 100 From Stranded Lugano Off Florida
More than 100 passengers were rescued from the British steamship Lugano, traveling from Liverpool to Havana, after it ran ashore on Ajax reef off Key West Florida. The wrecking tug Rescue is bringing the passengers to port. The Hewth Head is ashore off Molasses reef, with the US revenue cutter Miami standing by to assist.
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Florida Coast
Key West
Fla
Lugano
Liverpool
Havana
Ajax Reef
Hewth Head Ia
Molasses Reef
United States Revenue Cutter
Miami
Death Toll in Mexican Battle Reaches Six
Mexico City March 13 A military report states the February 9 battle before the national palace left six dead. Felix Diaz led the assault on the government, according to officials Tuesday.
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Mexico City
National Palace
Felix Diaz
Girl Shot as Strikers, Breakers Clash in Erie
In Erie Pennsylvania on Tuesday Mary Schlasger seventeen was shot in the right leg during a clash between striking stovemakers and strike breakers. Two strikers were also wounded in the confrontation.
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Erie
Mary Schlasger
Parral siege ends as federal garrison repels rebels
After 60 hours of fighting in Parral Chihuahua rebels attacked the city as banks and markets burned and residents were killed. Federal forces drove the 1500-strong insurgent body back into the fortified hills and the bombardment subsided with rebels retreating at night. Washington debates frontier troop withdrawal and Huerta recognition as Senor Rabosco is named Mexican ambassador.
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el Paso
Tex
Parral
Chihuahua
Huerta
Santa Barbara
Washington
H. Blise
State Department
Senor Rabosco
United States
Bryan
Gambler Herman Michels Tells Grand Jury of Graft Pressure
New York reports Herman Michels once known as King of the Gamblers in Harlem says police system pressure forced him to close his poolrooms. He testified before the grand jury as part of indictments against police officials and backers, recounting graft after the Rosenthal murder and detailing payments of fifty dollars then one hundred fifty dollars monthly.
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New York
Herman Michels
Harlem
Michels
Grand Jury
Whitman
Herman Rosenthal
Dr A G Liz Takes Own Life In Fire Suspicions
Lawrence Michigan March 14 Dr A G Liz a prominent local physician shot and killed himself minutes before a planned consultation about a February 6 house fire that burned his wife and daughter. A desk letter claimed unjust suspicion and innocence.
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Lawrence, Mich
Darrow Jury Disagrees in Second Trial
In Los Angeles on March 11 the Darrow bribery retrial ended without verdict after eight jurors favored conviction and four favored acquittal. Judge Conley discharged the panel and set March 31 for a new trial. District Attorney Fredericks indicated readiness for a retrial. Separately in Washington on March 14 Speaker Champ Clark admitted practice before the Supreme Court, introduced by former Judge Barclay of St. Louis.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence
Darrow
Conley
John D. Fredericks
Clark
Washington
Champ
Supreme Court
Sheppard Barclay
St. Lous
Guthrie Bankers Cony Pied After Wednesday Fire
An OCR fragment from Guthrie Oklahoma on a Wednesday reports a bank or banking firm incident with a fire afters. The readable portion mentions Guthrie and Wednesday but lacks full names or concrete details.
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Oklahoma
City
Guthrie
Wilson to Call Extra Congress on April 7
President Wilson will issue a call for a special session on April 7 after talks with Chairman Underwood. The plan favors a conservative tariff revision, prioritizes revenues and Philippine legislation, and notes no cabinet interference with the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Congress
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Turif
Ways and Means
Bernhardt Hurt In Auto Wreck Near Los Angeles
World famous actress Madame Sarah Bernhardt suffered sprained ankles and bruises when her car collided with a heavy truck in Pico Heights, near Los Angeles, Wednesday night. She continued to the Orpheum theater from Venice to perform her full program despite injuries. The chauffeur was badly injured.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Madame Sarah Hernhardt
Pico Heights
Orpheum Theater
Venice
Madame Bernhardt
Iowa honors James Wilson at welcome home reception
James Wilson former secretary of agriculture and former dean at Iowa State College was guest of honor at a welcome home reception in Ames on Wednesday. A banquet followed a public reception while a measles epidemic in St Louis reported a thousand cases with new cases growing at about 100 daily.
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Ames
James Wikson
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
McKinney
Wilson
St. Louie
St. Louis
City Health Department
Fatal explosion kills Emma Nouts and six children
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on March 14 Mrs Emma Nouts and her six children aged between ten years and two months died in a fatal blast that wrecked their Fisher Street home. The tragedy leaves the family graveside in shock and investigators probe the cause.
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Burhid Uniontown
Emma’ Nouts
Fisher
Frying pan relic of Louis XIV found in Paris museum
A Parisian relic once part of Louis XIV’s coffin was found in a Saint Denis restaurant pan. The pan bears the French royal arms and a Latin inscription and was later turned into a frying pan after the royal coffin was raided in the 1790s. It now sits in the Cluny museum with three holes where the handle was attached.
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Cluny Museum
Paris
Saint Denis
France
Navarre
St. Louis
Louis XIV
Cluny
The Reign of Woman on Rail Service
A New York World excerpt imagines women serving as public porters and dining car waiters on a special train for a suffrage parade in Washington. It contrasts feminized railway labor with a lone male shoe shiner and foresees a gradual shift toward women in locomotive and other operational posts.
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Washington Parade
New York World
Alfonso the fatalist king recalls danger with grim ease
King Alfonso of Spain is described as a fatalist who finds amusement in peril. An assassin’s knife is displayed in his den and two horse hides from bomb blasts are used as rugs in his cozy corner. On his wedding day an attack was made on his wife, yet he later visited the site and showed her where the assailant stood.
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Alfonso
Spain
Seven of clubs label on gin sparks cautious joke
A man bought a gallon of gin and labeled the pickup card with his name tied to the jug seven of clubs. His son warned that someone could steal it with the eight of clubs, highlighting a humorous about carelessness in leaving liquor.
Work Him The Preacher Ahn t You Afraid of the Next World
The Dying Man answers without fear stating that if Satan exists he must belong to one of nineteen lodges he is a member in good standing of. This dialogue reflects a satirical exchange from the source.
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Satan
Puck
One Difference Between a Bank Teller and a Spendthrift
Fragmentary ad style text contrasts a teller with a spendthrift and promotes a product named in varied spellings. It mentions Allen's Yoot-liage and Antissons powder to be shaken into shoes and references breaking in new shoes with bold claims. The piece mocks consumer substitutes and notes one does not need a car to "run down one's neighbors."
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Allen
Rample
LeRoy
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