The Shifted Burden and Hoover's Record in 1922
A compact review highlighting poems The Shifted Burden and The Trimmed Lamp, followed by a dated political voice praising Herbert Hoover's leadership. It discusses Hoover's wartime and postwar actions, including tariffs, prohibition enforcement, Indian policy, Haiti, and naval disarmament, framing his presidency as constructive and steady rather than flashy.
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Hoover
Blessing
Senate
Congress
Treasury Department
Borah
Wall Street
New York Times
Haiti
Charles Evans Hughes
London Naval Sabs
My Most Embarrassing Moments by Virginia Chalupa
A nine year old Virginia Chalupa writes of a childish prank during pumpkin planting that led to embarrassment at supper after a sister witnessed the act. She describes hiding pumpkins in the cornless patch and being caught during a family gathering.
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Virginia Chalupa
the Evening Journal
Washington
Terse in Verse and Town chatter in Davenport
A Davenport page brims with stray verses and town notes. Poet Tom Shrader, T B Shrader, and local figures like Macon and Edgington appear in humorous snippets. The piece teases ads, theater, a chautauqua, and a busy social week with playful quips about life, work, and politics.
Pennsylvania blue laws test halts Sunday baseball
Philadelphia reports two baseball managers and an umpire arrested during a Sunday game to challenge 1794 blue laws and a 1706 rule prohibiting police arrests on the Sabbath. The trio faced magistrate hearing after being released on charges of disorderly conduct as the game paused in mid inning. The event drew attention from Passon Field and North Penn teams amid police involvement and legal debates.
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Philadelphia
Michael Saxe
Passon Field
Malcolm McGowan
Passon Athletic ‘Association
Edward Sherman
North Penn
Tood Voorhees
Ernest Couzens
Indian campaign leaders arrested as Bombay police disperse volunteers
Police scattered volunteers and arrested Mahatma Gandhi aides in Bombay as 280 campaigners faced custody. Leaders Patel Pandit Malaviva and five local Congress officials were detained after refusing orders to send volunteers home. Several women volunteers were additionally detained. some injured during clashes. Local Congress issued a statement later in the day.
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Bombay
Aus
Vallabhai Patel
Mahatma Gandhi
Patel
Pandit Malaviva
Congress Working Committee
Hom
Hoover names tariff commission leaders amid nationwide canvass
President Hoover announced in a wartime style cabinet meeting plans to appoint Edgar J. Roussard of Utah as chairman and Alfred Pearland as vice chairman of a reorganized tariff commission. He aims for wide regional representation, targeting six members with farm belt inclusion and a chairman among them.
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Hoover
White House
Congress
Poison milk tragedy kills three children in Medina
Warren McDonald farm family suffers two deaths and a seriously ill child after contaminated milk. Dale McDonald, 19, died Thursday while Jay and Dottie Joan, six, died Saturday. Frank, eight, is seriously ill. A fourth child is well. Cleveland specialists and local doctors suspect cows ate poisonous weeds and vines.
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Medina
Warren McDonald
Dale McDonald
Jay
Dottie Joan
Frank
Cleveland
L0- Cal
Brouth
Scientist claims new formula to produce bright light
Dr. Sam George Schnell announced a method to emit light as bright as the sun without electricity, claiming the same atoms that comprise the sun. He will demonstrate next Thursday before UC and USC scientists and other universities.
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Sam George Schnell
University of California
University of Southern California
Sehnell
University of Colorado
University of Drestle
Schnell
Masey Gual
Jotin oles in a golden voiced promo picture at Graham
Plante presents a film at Graham today and Tuesday featuring John Boles singing Cadman’s newly written songs. Cadman, famed composer of Desert Song, Song of the West and Rio Rita, provides a beautiful score for this picture.
Mighty anthem inspires a romance drama on screen
A dramatic motion picture promises passion and patriotism as Love and the famed La Marseillaise drive a story of beauty and courage. The film is billed as an epic of romance and pathos, with a guardian captain and a young heroine at its core.
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Aptain
France
AL Crystallze
Redemption at Fox theatre stars Gilbert and Boardman
John and Eleanor Boardman reunite with Gilbert in Redemption at the Fox theatre this afternoon. The film, adapted from Tolstoy via Hopkins, follows their earlier pairings in The Big Parade and The Cossacks, with noted performances elevating the cinema offering.
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John Adore
Gilbring
Fox
Cho
Mna
Cossacks
Eleanor Boardman
Miss Boardman
Gilert
Arthur Hopkins
Iyot Tolstoi
John Tarrymore
Will and Testament hearing notice for T C Patterson
Washington County district court will hear proof of the alleged last will of T C Patterson, deceased, filed December 7, 1928. Hearing set for Monday August 11 at the courthouse in Washington Iowa at 9 o clock A M. All interested must appear to show cause why probate should not be granted. Edna C Purvis Clerk of the District Court. The Harmony club annual family che nse will be held at Sunset Park at 6 20 o'clock Wednesday.
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PO Ali
T. C. Patterson
Court House
Washington
Iowa
District Court
Edna C. Purvis
Wom
Town
Harmony Club
Sunset Park
Three Brown Pups Attack White Dog in Pet Store Window
In Chicago West Madison street a crowd watches as three brown pups attack a white dog inside a pet store window. The white pup bleeds from wounds after a prolonged fight, while spectators urge police to intervene and prevent the animals from escaping the window.
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Chicago
West Madison Street
West Madison
Ayo
Iowa Made Tri-Motored Plane Christened at Carroll Show
At Carroll Iowa a new type tri-motored airplane was christened during the second annual air show. Helen Saute, daughter of the company president, named the aircraft the Triad. The craft features three 6 horsepower motors and can stay aloft if one engine fails. Over 10,000 spectators lined the airport as pilots demonstrated exhibition flights. A humane officer intervened during a disturbance near a store, and a white dog involved in the incident was rescued.
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Carroll
Iowa
Helen Saute
W. BE T Saute
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