Waterways urged as vital to national commerce
A Chicago Association of Commerce report cites the Illinois and Mississippi river basins as 60 percent of U S land and 54 percent of the population. It notes high rail proximity to lakes and gulf waterway and projects vast freight shifts benefiting farmers, manufacturers, and shippers once the waterway opens.
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Chicago
Mississippi
United States
Chicago Asso. of Commerce
James D. Snyder
Illinois Waterway Claims Commission
America
Gulf Waterway
Farmers of America
Chicago Draingee Canal
Alopecia Epidemic Alarms Tokyo Authorities
In Tokyo April 28 Japan expresses alarm at rising alopecia across the empire. Officials note no effective remedy yet and trace the condition to China where baldness is widespread. Estimates along the Yangtze show high hair loss among laborers before age thirty.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Yangtsu
Russian Student Fund Aids 150 Russians in U S Colleges
A penniless Russian student started the Russian Student Fund in 1919 and now aids 150 Russian men and women in fifty American colleges to study business engineering medicine and agriculture. Loans are repaid after graduation and $16 000 has already been repaid. Alexis R Wiren helped launch the effort at Boston Tech with support from prominent backers.
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New York
Alexis R. Wiren
Boston Tech
Public Embraces Symphonic Music at New York Museum
The Metropolitan Museum adds weekly symphonic concerts among its galleries to boost exhibit interest. Conductor David Mannes leads the program funded by K. and Harkness and other donors. Listeners fill wings and corridors, with two thirds described as foreigners or of foreign extraction.
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New York Museum
Preaes
New York
Metropolitan Museum
Plastic Arta
Mtore
David Mannes
K. & Harkness
Henry Walters
Juilliard Musical Foundation
S Rockefeller, Jr
Fifth Avenue
Pharaohe
Perne
Berpt
Egyption Pepyri
Pythagoras
Bishop Jade
Rodin
Borelom
Caffieiala
Old Oregon Trail Wyo Fades as Nature Claims Historic Route
The article recalls how the Old Oregon Trail across southwestern Wyoming fades under nature and barbed wire fences. A new highway to preserve memory will be named Old Oregon Trail, spanning Granger to Cokeville and onward to Portland, but it will not follow the original wagon route.
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Wyoming
Kremmerer
Wye
Nature
Pacifice Springs
Dakeville
Bear River
Idaho
Oregon Trail
Granger
Cokeville
Portland
Ore
Tooville Pioneer Dies in Knoxville Iowa Circles
Allen Anderson, longtime pioneer resident of Tooville and a well known figure in Iowa democratic circles, died after a stroke of paralysis Sunday and never regained consciousness. He passed away yesterday in Knoxville.
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Tooville
Knoxville
Allen Anderson
Iowa
New Dry Measure Moves to Senate For Enforcement Overhaul
The house approved a bill to reorganize treasury enforcement agencies into bureaus led by commissioners, under one assistant secretary. The plan, added to the senate administration slate, raises penalties and moves most officials under civil service. Passed 196 to 4 amid restricted debate as wets fear harsher laws. Laguerdia proposed localizing 2.75 percent beer, but his amendment failed.
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Washington, D. C
House
Treasury
Senate
Customs Service
Coast Guard
Lagwerdia
Progressive Socialist of
New York
Boston critic derides modern culture in lively union scene
Everett P Wheeler addressed a women's union in Boston and railed against shallow entertainment while a bystander girl tugs a coat in protest. The scene mixes literary mockery with a stray remark about Oliver Wendell Holmes as a local crowd disperses and a megaphone man pivots to continue his talk. Fossil relics surface as fragments of checkerboards and Egyptian tomb finds suggest a dated discovery.
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Everett P. Wheeler
Boston
Oliver Wendell Hoetues
Baptist Union of Iowa Names Leaders at Eldora Session
Eldora Iowa April 28 Rev David Alexander of Grundy Center was named president of the Baptist Union of Iowa in session here yesterday Rev tra Edwards of Co cur rapids was named vice president.
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Eldora, Ta
David Alexander
Grundy Center
Baptist Ible Union of
Iowa
Tra Edwards
Cocur Rapids
House Radio Bill Favored by Coolidge in Open Policy Row
President Coolidge backs the house radio bill to place the control commission within the department of commerce. He opposes the senate version which would create an independent commission, warning it would perpetuate a broad, unanswerable bureaucracy.
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Coolidge
Asociated Presse
Washington, D. C
House
Control Commission
Department of Ecommerce
Senate
White House
Obituary for William Jacob Mayer of Washington County Iowa
William Jacob Mayer, born August 4, 1858 in Dutch Creek township, Washington County, Iowa, died April 24, 1926 aged 67 years, 8 months, 20 days. He lived in Seventy Six township, married Eleanor Elizabeth Skinner on April 15, 1884, four children: Margaret Christina, Eds Mabel, John Vernon, George William. brother John Mayer of Keota. He suffered a stroke in 1924, declined, and passed away at home surrounded by family and friends.
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William Jacob Mayer
Dam Mayer
Dorothy
Eleanor Elizabeth Skinner
Margaret Christina
Eds Mabel
John Vernon
George William
Kaa Mabel Henderson
Margaret Embree
Tocerho
William Denry Henderson
John “Ayer
Keota
Mayer
Alway
Iil
Assistant District Attorney Is Killed by Chicago Gunmen
Chicago police report the assassination of William H. McSwigueen, an assistant state's attorney known as the hanging prosecutor, in a machine gun ambush on Roosevelt Road near Cicero. Three others, including James J. Doherty and Thomas Jaffy, were killed. a fourth member survived. Suspects were arrested as raids on saloons and roadhouses intensified. Police tie motive to prior prosecutions of Genna gangsters and offer a theory of a targeted hit. A gunmen car fled. a gunman’s car and its occupants are still sought.
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Henry J. Pernekes
Mideetlandit
Murdring
Wolff
William R. Dawes
Association of Commerce
Chariva , Dawes
Hatty “Keme Kelly
Union League Club
Invest
Amnenities
McSwiecen
Martin Durkin
Joely
John F. Tyrell
Tarkin
Chicago
William H. MeSwiegren
James J. Doherty
Cicero
Thomas Jaffy
McSwigeen
Roose Welt Road
Pitty Sixth Avenue
McSwiggen
Titty
Strugate
Doherty
Tur
Strucgre
McSwigcen Party
Steve O'Donnell
Duffy
Oak Park
Honest Principles of Life and Bereavement Prayer
A reverent prayer expresses deep sorrow for a dear loss and asks for divine grace and comfort for the bereaved relatives and friends. The speaker trusts God’s abundant grace beyond human understanding.
Ack Death Penalty Sought in Nebraska Wife Slaying
In McCook Nebraska Wade Stevens county attorney asks for the death penalty for Pert M Davis accused of poisoning his first wife to marry neighbor Kate Frosier whom he wed four months after the death. The defense may push a new theory of cause while a jury is formed and the case opened late today. A Bible once owned by Martin Luther is said to have been found with a Chemnitz bookseller's possessions.
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Joe
Monery McCook
Neb
Pert M. Davis
Wade Stevens
Heaver City
Davie
Beaver City
Kate Frosster
Underground Fire Fiery Dangers Hit British Isles
A historic account describes long burning underground fires across the islands. Coal pits near Ayr and Girvan and other sites smoked for years, with gas fumes and ground heat affecting nearby towns such as Ditters and Shrewstier. Fire outbreaks followed peat, brush, and timber, sometimes spreading under towns until rains finally cooled the depths.
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Ayr
Girvan
Rentiry
Judetian
Swaneed
Ditters
Eneyr
Talenli Mose
London
Funeral of Mrs Mary Cook Held at Daughter’s Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Cook were held yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs. Geo W Askea. Rev Ro W Sutton of the Christian church officiated with members of the Christian choir contributing. Interment was in New Haven cemetery.
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Mary Cook
Geo. W. Askea
Ro W. Sutton
The
Christian Charged
Christian Choir
New Haven Cemetery
First Silk Items Worn by Law Family in 18th Century Connecticut
The first coat and stockings made from New England silk were worn by Governor Law of Connecticut in 1747, and the first silk dress by his daughter in 1750.
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New England
Law
Connecticut
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Apto
Lowe Brothers Neptunite
John Stere
John Scalisi
Albert Anselmi
Genna
Cl Cere
Rscene
Stece
Chicago Tribune
Nebraska
Martin Luther
Chemnits
Germany
C. M. & F. Clothing Co
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