Eight Dead In Muleheim Riots As Communists Are Expelled
Berlin reports eight dead and over thirty wounded as Muleheim regains control from a communist group after days of terror. German authorities say 300 police and city officials cut through and captured rebels, with six dead and sixty to seventy wounded in the morning casualty tally. French troops did not participate, remaining stationed near barracks. Also French troops occupy Ortenburg on the Black Forest RR to secure the Baden region.
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Berlin
Mulehiem
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Ithout
Four Hundred Enroll in Ames Radio School Course
Nearly four hundred radio students registered by noon at Iowa State College for the second Iowa radio short course. The course splits into two sections, one for beginners and one for those with solid radio backgrounds.
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Ames
Iowa Radio
Iowa State College
Cecil Cecil Praises Reception During League Visit
Lord Robert Cecil, British advocate of the League of Nations, arrived in Washington and expressed satisfaction with his reception. He is to meet President Harding at the White House and also has plans to visit former President Wilson during his trip.
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Washington, D. C
Lord Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Washington
League
White House
Harding
Wilson
Musket Balls as Legal Tender in Boston 1685
In Boston 1685 musket balls functioned as legal tender farthings. The odd practice reflects early colonial monetary quirks where firearm ammunition carried monetary value in daily trade and payments.
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Boston
Eastern woman will head D A R
Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook of Pennsylvania was elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The vote was 940 to 179 for her lone rival, Mrs G Wallace Hanger of Washington, in a bitter election campaign in Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Anthony Wayne Cook
Pennsylvania
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Cook
G. Wallace Hanger
Washington
Chinese Bar Whites May Keep Watches
Four hundred Chinese merchants plan their annual Bear Mountain outing next July with watches and pocketbooks secure. A member notes past white companions looted wallets, so no white man will attend this year, hoping to avoid loss and keep watches.
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Associated Press
New York
Chinese Merchant Association
Bear Mountain
Hudson
Disabled Soldiers Meet at Davenport
Eighty five wounded World War veterans from Des Moines Cedar Rapids Iowa City Ames Dubuque and Davenport gathered in Davenport for a second state convention running to Saturday. UR. J. Horsefield of the Disabled Veterans Bureau St. Louis spoke at the morning session on placing veterans who completed vocational training. United States Senator Smith Brookhart will address a banquet this evening.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Ames
Dubuque
UR. J. Horsefield
Disabled Veterans’ Bureau of St. Louis
United States
Smith Brookhart
Inghams Reach Amarilla After Muddy Texas Trip
W G Ingham and his uncle Edgar left Brighton for Amarilla Texas. They report arriving in Amarilla Saturday evening at five. They rode through mud after Liberal Kansas and Stratford Texas. They reached Stratford Friday and visited FE G's brother Fred, then continued to Amarilla. They drove a Ford with no car trouble.
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W. G. Ingham
Edgar Ingham
Brighton
Amarilla
Texas
Liberal
Kans
Stratford
Tex
FE. G
Fred
Massachusetts Tops New England In Farm Returns
The 1922 Massachusetts report shows individual farmers fare better than Western agriculturists and far ahead of industrial workers. Massachusetts with 900000 acres of improved land produced crops worth over 44000000, yielding about 49 per acre, far above national 17, and than Maine and Vermont in New England.
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Massachusetts
Kansas
Wisconsin
Iowa
New England
Maine
Vermont
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Des Moines Proposes Readvertising Bonus Bonds Sale
The Iowa State Executive Council advised State Treasurer W. J. Burbank to re advertise the twenty two million dollar bonus bonds at not more than five percent interest. The current bonds offer four and a quarter percent. The sale date is set with bids due tomorrow at eleven o clock. Eastern bond house representatives were noted among visitors to Des Moines as discussions continued.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
State Executive Council
W. J. Burbank
Food for Fox Island Rescue Flight
Lieut Russell Merith piloted a De Havilland army plane from Detroit to carry food and shelter to South Fox Island in Lake Michigan where a stranded party faces starvation. The Chicago depart left yesterday and the craft touched down in North Port at ten AM.
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Associated Press
Detroit, Mich
Russel Merith
de Haviland
South Fox Island
North Port
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Big Jess Willard Appears in Keokuk Showdown
A crowd of 1200 boxing fans packed the Grand theater in Keokuk to see Jess Willard, world heavyweight champion, box four rounds with English heavyweight Harry Drake. Willard, weighing 246 pounds, looked in excellent condition as he completes the engagement and departs with his manager for Chicago en route to New York for training.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
Grand Theater
Jess Willard
Harry Drake
Willard
Chicago
New York
Jess
Eastern Potter Must Go To Jail
Archibald Maddock, president of Thomas Maddock Sons of Trenton New Jersey, and twenty-three pottery firms were indicted for conspiracy in restraint of trade. Judge Warfleet sentenced Maddock to ten months in Essex county prison and a five thousand dollar fine. Seven other defendants, alleged to be on the corporations executive committee, received six months in prison and a five thousand dollar fine.
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New York
Archibald Maddock
Thomas Maddock Sons
Trenton
N. J
Warfleet
Essex County
Ireland's Free State Named to League of Nations
Geneva April 20 The Irish Free State has been appointed for membership in the League of Nations. The Associated Press reports that the decision marks a formal entry for Ireland into the international body, signaling a new phase in its diplomatic status and European relations. The announcement is a milestone amid ongoing postwar diplomacy in Geneva.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Public Turn Toward Railways Seen in West
Des Moines Iowa April 20 A shift in public opinion toward railroads is noted as western legislatures kill nearly all anti railroad bids Charles Dillion assistant chairman Western Railway Committee says legislative bodies favor railroads and cites reports from states where about five hundred anti railroad bills were introduced and mostly failed He notes business bills attracted lobbyists opposed to railroads throughout sessions in states west of Indiana within the period.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Dillion
Western Railway Committee of Business Relations
Chamber of Commerce
Indiana
Vienna Plans Bull Fights Arena in Prater
Vienna moves to stage bull fights as an arena nears completion in the Prater. The sport is new to Austria and represents a notable addition to local entertainment options.
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Vienna
Associated Pieces
Prater
Austria
Cockburn to stand trial next week in Des Moines
J Cockburn once time keeper in Des Moines city streets department faces multiple indictments charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses by padding the payroll. The payroll irregularities were uncovered months ago by state checkers.
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Associated Press
Des ‘Moines
J. Cockburn
City Department of Streets
Starch Factory Explosion at Argo Injures Eleven
Eleven men were injured in a starch factory blast at the Corn Production refining company in Argo Illinois with no fatalities. The blast, heard miles away, likely resulted from dust ignition. officials deny three deaths and report all injuries occurred in the starch house.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Corn Production Refining Company
Argo
Ill
Com
H. H. Hennessy
Prominent Irish Rebel Is Arrested
Pry Associated Press Dublin Apr 20 Con Maney a leading figure among the irregulars was captured yesterday at Garaneduft near Kilarney in Cork county marking a major arrest. Maney took part in numerous assaults on British forces. London Apr 20 irregulars attacked the Grand Western steamship on the River Suir near Waterford but there were no casualties.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Con Maney
Garaneduft
Kilarney
Cork
Maney
London
Waterford
Local notices and society items from Des Moines area
Old or pew moors surfaced with rotary electric sanding machine. Mrs Charles Fisher of Muscatine has been visiting Des Moines and will be remembered as Ella Proudfit. The C W Society of the Haskins Presbyterian church will hold an eatable sale April 21 in the vacant room on the south side of the square. Harvey Young has repairs underway on his mother's home including porch roofing and spouting. From the Winfield Beacon Miss Dot Luembostle and Joseph Earl Swartz Endruber were married last Saturday night with Rev L W Hayter officiating. witnesses were Edwin Saltzman and Harriet Boshart. The bride is a niece of John E. Rittler.
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Charles Fisher
Muscatine
Des Moines
Washington
Ella Proudfit
C. W. Society of the Haskins Presbyterian Church
Winfield
Dot Luenbostle
Joseph Earl Swartzendruber
L. W. Hayter
The
Presbyterian Church
Edwin Saltzman
Harriet Boshart
John E. Rittler
Federal jury prosecutes 92 oil promoters in Texas case
Federal grand jury indicted ninety two oil promoters on charges of using the mails to defraud. Indicted companies had taken in over 16 million dollars in cash and stock. U S District Attorney Henry Zowerifel said the investigation closed. About 264 thousand stock owners were involved across the merged firms, including Dr Frederick A a former Arctic explorer.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Trict
Henry Zowerifel Clared
Iowa Governor Delays Gas Tax Bill Action
Des Moines April 2 Governor Kendall has not signed the gas tax bill. He said he has not had time to consider it and will hold a hearing with dry-cleaning representatives before acting. The industry plans to press for a veto.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Kendall
Pro
Dry Cleaners
Affliction of the Lightness and Industrial Accidents
About one percent of the country’s population is effectively intoxicated by industrial accidents. The remark highlights a persistent health and safety issue linked to factory work and hazardous environments.
Chinese Turtle Fishing Enterprise Burns on Mexican Coast
Colonies of Chinese along the Mexican coast have sparked a fishing venture by catching large sea turtles and drying the meat for delivery to China, signaling a growing transpacific trade activity and maritime operations in the region.
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Mexico
China
Bible Sales to Chinese in 1922 Set Records
In 1922 Chinese purchases of Bibles reached an all time high, with $37,995 paid and 19,356 Bibles issued. The American Bible Society reported a total circulation of 1,987,326 volumes across 16 languages, with a surge in non Christian reader interest spurred by anti Christian movements.
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Shanghai
China
American Bible Society
Pekin
A . Hible Society
The Site of Arrowhead and the Greylock Comparison
An obscure literary fragment cites Arrowhead and Greylock as a frame for a builder’s plan. It references battles of intellect and fate, with Melville as a cited voice. The text blends antiquated diction with visions of power and design.
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