Local Notes From Leasant Plain Iowa Social Roundup
Leasant Plain Iowa society page notes Lois mry visiting sister Freda in Washington and Mrs Carrie Wicotf shopping in Fairfield. Local families including the Johnsons, Pencil family welcomes a new boy born July 22. Visits from Valeda Johnson, Freda Jemry, Charlotte and Marion Ballard, Otto Emry and son, and Rev Harvey Moon and family.
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Pleasant Plain
Iowa
Lois
Freda
Washington
Carrie Wicotf
Fairfield
Bilmer Piteele
Lyle Wilcox
Dorthy
Luther Johnson
Wahington
Later Johnson, Jr
Everett Pencil
Jay
Marion Ballard
Otto Emry
Richland
Annie Poole
Harvey Moon
Rochester
Wisconsin
Community notices and obituaries from Red Brick Iowa
Red Brick Iowa note set records a weekend gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs John Caldwell. Funeral attendance for Miss Virginia Mac is reported along with sympathy extended. Eugene Sayre underwent tonsil and adenoid surgery at the county hospital and is recovering. Local harvest activity includes unloading corn for John Caldwell and others.
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Red Brick
Iowa
John Caldwell
Glenn Wilson
EB. J. Strickler
Howard van Ness
Will van Ness
Homer van Noy
Ernest Rouse
Virginia Mac
O .E. Bobb
Iva Durst
Eugene Sayre
IF. Sayre
Mike Flynn
Lloyd Neiswanger
John Wagner
Carl Herring
J. A. Walker
Will Stockman
Obregon Assassination Clouds Mexico and Upsets Politics
News review notes the assassination of General Alvaro Obregon near Mexico City and its political ripple effects. It mentions the U.S. reaction from Coolidge and Kellogg, concerns over church-state tensions, and prospects for a presidential succession under the Mexican constitution. It also covers party realignment talk in Texas and Iowa, and broader international issues including disarmament talks and Poland Lithuania tensions.
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Obregon
San Angel
Mexico City
Jose de Leon Teral
Alberto Cruz
Zertuche
Calles
Catholic Church
Mexico
Congress
Permanent Commission of Congress
Holesale
Texas
Hoover
Smith
Asheville
Cannon
Methodist Church
South
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Arthur J. Barton
Corn Belt
Des Moines
Iowa
President Coolidge
White House
California
Wartime antiwar treaty gains global acceptances
Secretary Kellogg's treaty moves toward victory as Britain and dominions accept. Canada Australia New Zealand Union of South Africa Ireland India also back it. Belgium Poland Czechoslovakia and Washington replies join in. Germany France Italy and others already approved the pact.
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Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Irish Free State
India
Washington
Belgium
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
France
Italy
Tangier Pact Grants Spain Gendarmerie Control and Italy Representation
Representatives from France England Spain and Italy signed an accord on Tangier giving Spain control of the gendarmerie in the international zone and creating a commission to suppress intrigues against the protectorate. Italy gains greater representation in the international zone’s legislative bodies and courts while the death of Captain Alfred Loewenstein is confirmed by his body found near Cape Gris Nez. The United Mine Workers abandon the Jacksonville base for coal wage talks allowing districts to settle with operators while maintaining current wages until district agreements. Obituaries note Giovanni Giolitti D C Davies Henry K Rathbone and William Harmon among those claimed by death.
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France
England
Spain
Italy
Tangier
Jacksonville
United Mine Workers of America
Giovanni Giolitti
Mussolini
D. C. Davies
Field Museum
Chicago
Henry Kt. Rathbone
Illinois
William E. Harmon
New York
Jedediah Tingle
Prohibition Agency Apology Over Bahama Seizure Incident
Secretary Kellogg announced the United States sent a note expressing regret to Britain over a Bahama coast incident last September. Coast Guard Captain Larry Christiansen seized two boats, towed them to a Bahama port, then removed liquor and prisoners to Miami. Officials discussed increased use of airplanes in enforcing dry laws.
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Kellogg
Bahama Islands
Larry Christiansen
Coast Guard
Bahama
Miami
Christiansen
Doran
Treasury Department
Washington
Cuban chiropractor wins big lottery prize in Havana
Dr Clarence MacDonald a Havana based American chiropractor believed in the Goddess of Chance. He regularly shared lottery ticket costs with W J Flanagan of Standard Oil. After Flanagan’s transfer to the US, MacDonald forgot to honor a standing order and paid 25 dollars for a ticket that won 100000 dollars.
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Rich
Havana
Cuba
Clarence MacDonald
MacDonald
W. J. Flanagan
Standard Oil Company
Flanagan
United States
Canine Kidnapper In Oakland Faces Possible Charges
In Oakland California on August 2 a Boston bulldog named Buster may face abduction charges after apparently abducting kittens. The incident spotlights canine law and local animal control responses.
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Oakland
Cal
Buster
Stray Cat Shelter Story Amid City Confinement
A man confining to the city set up a home for five kittens after removing them from their mother. He created a bed from old sacks at a kennel and tended the kittens with care. When others attempted to take the kittens the dog snarled in defense.
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Buster
Three Hurt in Des Moines Car Wrecks
In Des Moines three people were hospitalized from last night’s series of motor vehicle accidents. Mrs. C. C. Heeman, Dorothy Smith, and G. E. Thorpe were all listed as non Seriously injured with respective hospital stays.
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Des Moines
C. C. Heeman
Dorothy Smith
G. E. Thorpe
Question Ten Men and Nine of Them Will You
A fragmentary quote questions whether nine of ten men would accept not receiving half of their entitlement in this world, reflecting a moral or rhetorical stance. The readable text centers on a debate about fairness and reward.
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Leasant Plain Charlotte Ballard
Alsteel Manufacturing CO
Battle Creek, Mich
Marguerite Herring
Victor Records
Arnold
J. F. McNamara
Oaxaca
Wrangell Island
Q. Allen “Tiancock
Emilio Carranza
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Edward W. Pickard
Alvaro Obregon
Dwight Morrow
General Obregon
Sonora
New Jersey
Overnor Smith
Albany
Congressman Byrng
Tennessee
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Dawes
Japan
EACE
Lithuania
Valdemaras
Russia
League of Nations
Assembly
Council
League
Austen Chamberlain
World Court of Arbitration At
Geneva
Charles Evans Hughes
John Bassett Moore
Walter Simons
Mr. Hughes
Alfred Loewenstein
English Channel
Cape Griz- Nez
Jlpenneylo
West Side Square
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