Pinchot Invites Coal Leaders to Harrisburg Meeting
Governor Pinchot invited four representatives of the anthracite miners and four from the operators to a Harrisburg conference Monday to avert a threatened September 1 suspension. President Coolidge had backed Pinchot in mediating a settlement before the strike. Officials in Atlantic City indicated acceptance of the invitation once received.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Pinchot
Operators Committee
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Pennsylvania
Gov. Pinchot
John Hays Hammond
United States Coal Commission
Pinghot
Hammond
The
Coal Commission
Atlantic City
N. J
Miners Union
Bank Reserve Shows Increase
The weekly condition for clearing house banks and trust companies reports an excess reserve of 22.48 million dollars, up 9.80 million from the prior period. The increase reflects stronger liquidity amid ongoing financial activity in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Baldwin Goes To France for Vacation
London August 25 Stanley Baldwin the prime minister left with Mrs Baldwin for Aix Les Bains France for a brief vacation aiming to rest and recuperate after recent duties and pressures of office.
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France
Associated Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
Aix Les Bains
General Pageton C March marries Miss Cora V McEntee
Major General Pageton C March former chief of staff of the American army and Miss Cora Virginia McEntee of New York wed today at the matrimony office in Buckingham Palace Road London.
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London
Pageton C. March
Cora Virginia McEntee
New York
Majestry
Buckingham Palace Road
Prediction of German monarchy restoration within a year
Representative Aswell of Louisiana told President Coolidge that a German monarchy would be restored within a year based on observations from a recent European trip. The statement reflects early 1920s speculation on European political change.
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Germany
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Louisiana
Coolidge
Westbound mail train derailed near Chariton causes wreck
A Chicago, Burlington and Quincy westbound mail train plunged into a ditch at Rossel near Chariton when a coal tender derailment tore up track. No injuries among trainmen or mail clerks. Traffic rerouted over the undamaged eastbound track. extensive damage to the wrecked train's cars and engine.
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Chariton
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Rossel
Here
Six State Odd Fellows Conclave Set for Aug to Sept
The Six-State Odd Fellows conclave will convene in Kansas City from August 30 to September 1 with Iowa Missouri Oklahoma Nebraska and Arkansas represented. Delegations from Des Moines and other Iowa cities attend as conferrals run through several degrees. The event includes a ball mass meeting drills and a parade with thousands expected and official welcomes by state governors.
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Nebraska
Arkansas
Iowa
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Hyde
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Toronto
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Kansas City Lodge
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Omaha Water Is Still Under Health Ban
Fifty thousand subscribers are advised by 120 telephone operators of Health Commissioner Pinto to boil Omaha water for the next ten days to prevent typhoid after mud influx from a Missouri river change. Water has cleared but remains impure due to system breakdown and recent heavy rains.
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Omaha
Neb
Pinto
World not fit for idealism says Lord Buckenhead
In Massachusetts Viscount Buckenhead urged America to join the Allies and wage peace arguing the world is not ready for Woodrow Wilson’s idealism. He said Germany must be made to pay as a warning, while critics in New York called his remarks impudent.
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England
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Wilson
Germany
New York
Viscount Buckenhead
Williamstown Institution
Henry Breckenridge
John W. Davis
American Bar Association
Breckenridge
President Re affirms Doc Sawyer as President's Physician
At the White House a decision was announced that Brigadier General Sawyer will remain physician to the president. The notice confirms no change in the medical staff serving the executive.
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Doc’ Sawyer
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Sawyer
White House
Air mail pilots race longest night flight ends in Buchanan
Jack Knight, veteran air mail pilot, completes a 885 mile night flight from Cleveland to Chicago in 9 hours 49 minutes before landing in Buchanan Michigan at 7 20 am. He raced against an unseen companion death while delivering post for his ailing father. Pilot Bishop arrives in Salt Lake City from Rock Springs and Pilot Sharpneck departs for Elko Nevada shortly after.
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Buchanan
Mich
Jack Knight
Air Mail
Gcheyenne
Wyoming
Knight
M. M. Knight
Chicago
Cleveland
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bishop
Rock Springs
Sharpneck
Elko Nevada
Reward Raised for Return of Baby Lillian McKenzie
The aggregate reward for the kidnapping of baby Lillian McKenzie rose to 9000 dollars after today’s newspaper added 5000 to the 4000 already offered by two others. Police said hundreds of tips came from many states but no trace of the infant’s location has been found.
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Associated Press
New York
Lillian McKenzie
Manhattan
Courtship in the Nineteenth Century as Social Pace
A reflection on how courtship unfolded in older times before modern mobility and rapid dating, noting the absence of a taxicab meter to rush romantic decisions.
Baker backs League of Nations and world court
Newton D Baker secretary of war under Wilson said before sailing on the Homeric he would urge at the next Democratic convention the League of Nations and the world court as key measures. He declined to reveal any presidential ambitions, saying I have no hat.
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Associated Press
New York
Newton D. Baker
Woodrow Wilson
Lausanne
League of Nations
World Court
Baker
Des Moines Vets Aid Griffis Defense Fund
Des Moines chapter of Disabled Veterans cooperates with national DAV to raise funds for Haven Griffis defense. Griffis, commander of Hamilton Ohio DAV, was arrested in connection with an alleged kidnap plot against Grover Cleveland Bergdolh in Germany. Local donations go to the Haven Griffis Fund.
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Des Moines
John Burke
Disabled Veterans
National Organization of the Disabled American Veterans
Haven Griffis
Grover Cleveland Bergdolh
Germany
Nation
Griffis
Hamilton, Ohio
The
Disabled American Veterans
Peak Dead at 66 Civic Leader Dies in Des Moines
George P. Peak, president of the Central Life Association of the United States and longtime civic and religious figure in Des Moines, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home. He was 66 and had led the organization for 35 years.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
George P. Peak
Central Life Association of the
United States
President Coolidge reviews farmer relief with farm loan board
Washington Aug 25 President Coolidge met with the federal farm loan board led by Robert A Cooper to discuss industrial relief and funding. Board officials said current legislation provides funds for the contemplated relief and Cooper estimated 75 percent of agricultural disturbance is psychological while 25 percent is real distress.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Farm Loan Board
Coolidge
Robert A. Cooper
Tilden and Norton Win U S Tennis Doubles Title
William Tilden and Bryant Norton won the U S doubles championship at Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline Mass defeating R N Williams and Watson Washburn. After dropping the first set they claimed the match in five sets before seven thousand spectators.
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Brookline
Mass
William T. Tilden
Bryant C. Norton
United States
Longwood Cricket Club
R. N. Willams
Watson Washburn
Tilden
Norton
Small Boys Found Camping West of Cedar Rapids
Virgil Houghton aged 9 and his 7 year old brother along with Albert Mansfield 7 were found today camping along the roadside west of Cedar Rapids Iowa They had run away yesterday and wandered several miles with a pup tent toy revolvers and a stray dog guarding their camp A farmer fed them and alerted their mothers and authorities.
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Cedar Rapids
Virgil Houghton
Albert Mansfield
Firpo Fans Bright Colored Cloaks For Ring Wardrobe
Louis Angel Firpo expands his outfit with six suits of colored tights to match his ring entrances. He already wears a green and purple checked bathrobe and is having trunks custom made for the title fight with Jack Dempsey on September 14.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Louis Angel Firpo
United States
Jack Dempse
Divers Seek Sub No. 70 After Tow Breaks
The divers attached hawsers to the sunken submarine No. 70 off Anji Island. Salvage steamers towed the craft shoreward but the lines parted. Three divers are reported missing as of August 26.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Anji Island
Fire destroys Welsh school building in Ames
Fire of unknown origin gutted the Welsh school building in Ames yesterday causing an estimated loss of 75000 dollars. Local authorities investigate the blaze and assess damage to the structure and records.
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Associated Press
Mes
Kendall Turns Over Office to Hammill For Ten Weeks
Governor Kendall hands over administrative duties to Lieutenant Governor John Hammill due to ill health. Kendall will travel to Honolulu with Mrs. Kendall for rest, returning about a month before the December special session. Hammill resumes duties Monday. Kendall's condition described as heart muscle collapse from overwork.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
N. E. Kendall
John Hammill
General Assembly
Executive Journal
Kendall
Ames President Announces New College Building
Iowa State College plans a new home economics building and dormitory expansion after enrollment rose from 149 to 1062 over 12 years, per President R A Pearson. The move follows board of education consideration to accommodate growth in the department.
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Ames
Iowa State College
State Board of Education
R. A. Pearson
Transcontinental relay mail flight sets near record
The last east bound flight in the transcontinental relay mail test completed at 11 17 E S T today as pilot C H Ames arrived from Cleveland. The total distance from San Francisco in relays was covered in 26 hours 17 minutes, three minutes behind the previous record.
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Hempstead
C. H. Ames
Cleveland
San Francisco
Weather Outlook Reports Normal Temperatures Ahead
Washington August 25 A steady weather outlook for the week ahead in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for moderate temperatures with occasional local thunder showers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Flood Wreaks Havoc in El Paso Area
Two killed seven seriously injured and about twenty hurt in a flood that caused around 200000 dollars in damage to adobe homes in the lower Rio Grande basin near El Paso Texas on August 25.
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EL Paso
Texas
Associated Press
Adobe Hon
Joe T Rie Grande
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