Cuckoos of Congress and Panama Canal News
Five million barrels of cement will be needed for Panama Canal dams with most contracted already. Soil there is muck causing displacement even on the rail line, but experts expect costs to climb. Three ten thousand laborers are at work. steam shovels and steel cars boost output. Inaugural parade horses are being sourced locally. some governors’ aides struggle with riding. Wu Ting Fang mourns in Washington. Chinese minister adopts U.S. mourning customs. The term cuckoos is applied to 35 Republican House members who backed Roosevelt on the secret service issue. Morgan originally coined it. Roosevelt will attend the Gridiron Club dinner on January 31, then head to Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Arthur
Washington
Panama Canal
Panama
de Lesseps
Pennsylvania Avenue
Judge Taft
Maryland
Virginia
Harries
District of Columbia National Guard
Grand Duke
Alexis
Wu Ting Fang
Dr. Wu
House
Roosevelt
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Cleveland
Nick Longworth
Gridiron Club
Africa
Gridiron Wen
Library of Congress
Omaha
Dairymen’s Association of Quebec
Poland-Chinas
Journal of Agriculture
Paris
Journal of Agricultural Science
Bradley Hat Dominates Kentucky Parade Tradition
Senator elect Bradley of Kentucky will travel to Washington for his March 4 seat, leading 200 Kentuckians all wearing the Bradley hat made famous in years of campaigning. The Bradley Special departs two days early with the senator and friends, marching in the inaugural parade with the iconic lid.
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Louisville
WO. Bradley
Kentucky
Washington
Bradley
House panel backs Boldenweck bond relief in $173000 loss
Washington Jan 23 The house committee on claims by a one vote margin recommends the bill to relieve Assistant Treasurer Boldenweck from responsibility under his bond for the $173000 vanished from a Chicago subtreasury cage. The panel found no negligence on his part and said the loss was beyond his control.
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Washington
House Committee On
Boldenweck
Chicago
Philadelphia
Mary G. Donovan
Miss Donovan
Independent Telephone Interests Meet in Boston Today
A conference committee of independent telephone companies gathers in Boston on January 23. The group, representing about 12,000 firms and 500000 security holders, oversees invested capital exceeding 400 million dollars.
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Boston
Independent Telephone Companies
Floods Hit Sacramento Area Thousands Flee
Five hundred families have fled for their lives by boat amid California floods. Southern Pacific railroad tracks are washed out in several locations. Thousands of cattle and sheep are drowned and over one million sacks of potatoes destroyed. In Stockton the flooded river flows through the business district.
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Sacramento
Cal
Southern Pacific
Stockton
Banker Taber Arrested In Embezzlement Case
Jomer G. Taber, former president of the United States Bank of Los Angeles and ex president of the International Bank of Searchlight, Nev., now head of the San Diego Bank and Trust, was arrested and to be sent to Pioche, Nev., to answer nineteen indictments involving about $750000. S. K. Williamson, cashier of the Lincoln National Bank of Searchlight, was arrested at the same time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jomer G. Taber
United States Bank of Los Angeles
International Bank of Searchlight
Nev
San Diego Bank and Trust Company
Pioche
S. K. Williamson
Lincoln National Bank of Searchlight
Taber
Millionaire Arrested For Forging Wife’s Name to Bond
John G. Robinson a millionaire oil operator was arrested in New Martinsville West Virginia on forgery charges and held on a ten thousand dollar bond. The case stems from a claim to recover thirty thousand dollars from the bondsmen of W A Lewis former Smithfield bank cashier under indictment for embezzlement and false reports. It is alleged the signature of Mrs J G Robinson was placed on Lewis bonds by her husband.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
John G. Robinson
W. A. Lewis
Smithfield Bank
J. G. Robinson
Lewis
Suffragists Fail Says Wood in Address
Frederick Wood declares woman suffrage has done more harm than good in four states Utah Colorado Idaho and Wyoming. He cites a letter from General W J Palmer of Colorado asserting suffrage failure there.
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New York
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Wyoming
Frederick Wood
National League For the Civic Education of Women
Wood
W. J. Palmer
Death of Milwaukee newspaper man Andrew J. Aikens
Andrew J. Aikens aged 80, part owner of the Evening Wisconsin, died in Milwaukee on January 23 from a paralytic stroke. Aikens had a 65 year career in newspapers and originated "patent insides" in 1853.
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Milwaukee
Andrew J. Aikens
Evening
Wisconsin
Building a durable hitching post for a lawn garden
The article explains how to construct an inexpensive stone based hitching post for a yard. It covers digging a square frost line trench, setting a cedar post with an iron ring, embedding stones to save cement, and finishing with a cement cap and smooth rounded edges to prevent chipping.
Union Rules Cited as Barrier to Diamond Workers Entry
The Department of Commerce and Labor rules that the Diamond Workers' Union of America is un-American in character and limits apprentices, allowing eight Belgian diamond cutters detained at Ellis Island to enter the United States despite claims under the contract labor law. The decision notes 90 percent of worlds diamonds sold here but only 325 American union members versus about 20,000 in Antwerp and Amsterdam.
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Commerce and Labor Department
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Diamond Workers’ Reme Ive Union of America
Ellis Island
United States
Diamond Workers’ Union
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Floods claim 173 lives in Transvaal and Natal
Floods across the Transvaal colony and northern Natal have caused 173 known deaths. Torrents from swollen rivers drowned ten white men and 150 natives when a dam burst flooding a cold mine. The disaster also swept away houses in Elsburg where thirteen residents perished.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
Natal
Elsburg
Weather Forecast For Midwest Regions
Illinois and Indiana face unsettled skies with probable rain. Lower Michigan to expect rain. Wisconsin and Iowa show threatening conditions with showers likely.
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Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Report Winter Wheat and Live Stock Prices
Chicago markets show winter wheat prices from No 2 red to No 3 hard across ranges up to 1.11. Corn oats and spring wheat listed with various sample grades. Hogs, cattle, and sheep quotations given with receipts and price bands. East Buffalo quotes include cattle hogs sheep and calves with market tones. Elgin butter market provides creamery and dairy price points.
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Chicago
Western Fed
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Battery tryouts begin for Iowa City Varsity squad
Iowa City on January 23 reports Special Baseball Coach Carroll Kirk issues the first baseball call of the year. All candidates aiming for the Varsity battery must meet to begin spring preparations. Prospects for a strong spring team are encouraging and Kirk, noted for contributions to Iowa baseball and football, is pleased with the outlook.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Carroll Kirk
Kirk
University Students Evincing Growing Interest in Activities
Iowa City report notes university students showing increased engagement in campus activities as January events unfold. Faculty and administration monitor shifts in participation and student leadership roles amid winter term.
University Students Visit State Tuberculosis Sanitarium
A Harmonie club concert was held for inmates at the state tuberculosis sanitarium. University students participated in the program and singing, drawing praise for the university’s kind work during Sunday devotionals. H. Frink was at Rubio today.
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Harmonie Club
H. Frink
Rubio
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NEW “Cuckoos” OF
Congress
White House
Lid
Wellington
House Committee
Millionaire
Farmano
POST
Montana
Helena
Mont
Senate
Cash Grain Market
Elgin
Het Ides
Eer A
Yeaicrons
State Sanitarium
Aby
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Sarah J. Hoskins
Cary
Cardui
The
Evening Journal
the Evening Journal
Journal
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