Wanamaker Dies At 84 Big Philadelphia Merchant
John Wanamaker world famous department store founder dies at age eighty four in Philadelphia after illness. He leaves son Rodman and two daughters Mary B Wharburton and Elizabeth Cle ad. Wanamaker shaped American retail with fixed prices and no-haggle policy and founded Philadelphia hospital and YMCA programs.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Jenkenstown
Wanamaker
Rodman
New York City
Mary B
B. H. Wharburton
Elizabeth
Norman Clead
Mr. Wanamaker
Nathan Brown
Tower Hall
Brown & Wanamaker
My Wanamaker
New York
Pennsylvania
John Chamber
Presbyterian Church
Bethany Sunday School
United States
Brotherhood of Andrew and Phillip
India
China
Japan
Nation Depends on Agriculture Says Gov Lowden
Chicago December 12 Former governor of Tennessee Frank O Lowden told the American Farm Bureau Federation that national progress hinges on agriculture. He urged restoring price relationships between farm products and other commodities to sustain lasting prosperity for the nation and its institutions.
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Chicago
America
Frank O. Lowden
Tailinois
American Farm Bureau Federation
Lowden
Demented Man Captured After Desperate Wisconsin Battle
A man believed to have escaped an asylum was captured after a violent clash at the Stanchfield farm near Fond du Lac Wisconsin. Weapons included pitchforks axes clubs revolvers and broken glass. a fire started costing twenty five thousand dollars. He claimed names Peter De Malles or Percy Hall and claimed Iowa origin while police pursue asylum history. He lies at the point of death in a local hospital.
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Associated
Preea Fond
Percy Hall
Iowa
Cooperative Societies Aimed at Stabilizing Farm Markets
Governor Lowden criticizes current marketing and distribution systems and calls for orderly marketing and warehouse facilities to avoid selling below cost. He praises cooperative societies under the American Farm Bureau Federation for aligning production with demand and correcting injustice through smart marketing. He warns that Europe’s demoralized market endangers American agriculture unless stabilization is achieved.
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Gov. Lowden
American Farm Bureau Federation
Europe
American consul at Malta wounded in Bariacca shooting
Mason Mitchell, American consul on Malta, was shot and wounded at Bariacca. The assailant escaped as pursuit began. Mitchell was taken to a physician for treatment. The shooting was attributed to a mad man.
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Associated Press
Valletta
Malta
Mason Mitchell
New York
Bariacca
Mitchell
Pistol Toing To Be Felony In Iowa Under Proposed Law
The Iowa county attorneys association proposes a pistol registration system for every gun bought or brought into the state and speeding up criminal appeals from six months to ten days. The legislative committee meets with Attorney General Gibson to review the criminal situation as they prepare suggested measures for the general assembly.
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Iowa
County Attorneys Association of
Gibson
General Assembly
Lowa
Progressives Consider Third Party Move at Conference
The credentials committee said the greatest party of America is not in harmony with conference proposals and the report was adopted. A third party movement is expected to be formed before the conference opens.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Conference For
Progressive
Committee On Credentials
America
Phrase of the Sea Davy Jones Locker
A nautical legend describes Davy Jones as the sea demon who rules the locker at the ocean bottom where ships sink. The phrase marks a ship's loss as going to Davy Jones' locker.
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Davy Jones
Locker
Canadian commune to test ideal communism in Devon township
Sixty Canadian families will establish a communal settlement in Devon, 35 miles south of Fort William. The township with 173 plots will pool crops and shared land and tools, while clothing remains private. A saw mill will be built this winter and eight hour days observed with radio updates from outside.
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Associated Press
Fort William
Ont
Wee
Devon
Arrow River
Iowa seeks education reforms via standing commission and fair exhibits
Iowa's public instruction chief P B McClenahan asks Governor Kendall to create a standing educational commission, build a state fair education building, publish a monthly teachers bulletin, and establish a mining camp school inspector and a research bureau. He cites district financial woes, high taxes, and delayed salaries, urging reforms to equalize opportunities and fund education statewide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Department of Public Instruction
Kendall
General Assembly
P. BE. McClenahap
McClenahan
Departments of Public Instruction
Reischneider Testifies in Trial Over Omaha Murder
John Reischneider testified in his own defense in a council bluffs murder trial. He described finding his wife with Wimmerark and firing several shots at their legs to wound, not kill. Wimmerark returned fire, the defense said.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs
John Reischneider
Fred Wimmerark
Omaha
Wimmerark
Reischneider
Highest Earthly Joy Quote
A brief quotation attributes joy to the power of imparting happiness and will, suggesting the human soul needs no other heaven as presented by Sheiley.
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Sheiley
Businessman Missing Amid Casualty Claims
A businessman is reported missing with early indications suggesting he may be a casualty. Authorities widen search as family appeals for information.
Fire Charl Estherville Store Sparks Missing Proprietor
A blaze on Estherville Iowa principal street began at 10 45 am in a self serve grocery. It spread to the Rhodes brick building next door and was under control by 1 30 pm. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Owner John Norby absent since the fire started, feared dead.
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Associated Press
Estherville
Iowa
John Norby
Western States Convene on Lakes to Ocean Waterway
Representatives from eight midwestern states forming the Great Lakes St Lawrence waterway commission adopted resolutions inviting national railways to a conference. They urge Congress and President Harding to speed legislative action to define railway roles in the oceanic project as part of a national transportation system.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Til
Great Lakes -St. Lawrence
Government To Take No Action in Merger of Packers
Washington December 12 The Harding administration will take no action on Armour & Companys bid to buy the Morris plant of the Big Five packers A written opinion from Attorney General Dougherty and Secretary Wallace says there is no current obligation to act and no formal action appears required The Packet Control Act gives Wallace power to investigate but no immediate case for action has arisen
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Armour & Company
Morris
Packers
Dougherty
Wallace
Senate
Wallace to Decide on Armour Bid for Morris and Company
Secretary Wallace will announce at 4 30 this afternoon his decision on Armour's proposal to purchase the assets of Morris and Company a Chicago Big Five retailer.
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Associated Press
Wshington
PD. C
Wallace
Armour
Morris and Company
Chicago
Fire in cloak store causes damage in Cedar Rapids
A morning blaze at a Cedar Rapids cloak and suit shop caused several thousand dollars in damage. The fire origin is undetermined and most losses came from water.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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