Iowa Boy Recalls Sinking of President Lincoln at Sea
Art Lewis, son of Mrs. Mary Lewis of Oskaloosa, recounts aboard the ill fated transport President Lincoln sunk by a German submarine on May 1 1941. He describes torpedo strikes near the engine room and coal bunker, lifeboats being launched, rescue by a destroyer, arrival in Brest and later return to the United States. Twenty three sailors and four officers were lost among seven hundred plus aboard.
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Oskaloosa
Art Lewis
Mary Lewis
President Lincoln
Art
Lincoln
Brest
Urest
United States
Atlantice
Middle Aged Men and Women Benefit from Kidney Pills
The kidneys filter impurities from the blood, but as people age these organs strain. Foley Kidney Pills promise relief for overworked tired and diseased kidneys and bladder with Lemmon's Pharmacy advertising the product.
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
Inter Shoe Co to Acquire Johnson-Baird Shoe Factory
The International Shoe company of St. Louis will purchase a controlling interest in the Johnson-Baird Shoe company of Fort Dodge and will operate the factory on an enlarged scale. The deal covers most preferred stock and sets a fifty seven cent on the dollar price for preferred stock, leaving forty three percent to owners two years after investment.
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Fort Dodge
Johnson-Baird Choe Company
International Shoe Company
St. Louis
Washington County Evening Journal Item
Washington County's Only Daily article shown appears brief and fragmented with limited readable details. The item references local happenings and community notes typical of the Evening Journal's concise reporting tone.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
Rye Week in Iowa Urges Rye Flour Use July 1 7
The United States Food Administration promotes Rye Week July 1 through 7 in Iowa to conserve wheat flour. With wheat flour scarce, bakers and merchants back rye bread. Governor Harding supports the plan as officials urge thorough baking to ensure loaf safety.
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United States Food Administration
Iowa
Harding
Food Administration
Drugs used by waiters to poison patrons in Chicago hotels
Four men are arrested and over 100 waiters detained as police probe a scheme in which tasteless tartar emetic powder or Mickey Finn, handed out by waiters, sickened guests who were not tipped. The drug, analyzed to contain antimony and tartrate, matches poison-like symptoms and has been sold by the powder’s manufacturers.
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Altho
Ace
Chicago
Til
Hoyne
J. A. Wesener
W. Stuart Wood
Waiters’ Union
Senator Beckham cites May shipping losses by U Boats
In Washington on July 1 the navy department estimated Allied and neutral shipping sunk in the first twenty eight days of May at 233,639 tons. Senator Beckham of Kentucky said rival officials expect full month losses at 258,671 tons. He notes McCumber cited Amsterdam dispatches claiming 640,000 tons and says German reports are usually reliable.
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Washington
Navy Department
Beckham
Kentucky
Senate
Department
McCumber
Amsterdam
Three I W W Organizers Are Detained in Webster City
Webster City July 1 Three fanatical I W W organizers pleaded guilty to vagrancy and were sentenced to ten days in county jail. Men named James Scott Basil Pryers and W E Goemer of Minnesota were arrested after riding a box car near Blakebure. They displayed I W W cards and a song book filled with anarchistic material. Police confiscated their cards and literature and the trio will be kept under surveillance, with possible further action under the work or fight order.
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Webster City
I. W. Wes
Tucker
James Scott
Basil Pryers
W. E. Goemer
Minnesota
Thompson
Williams
Town Falls
Blakebure
Industrial Workers of the World
Ll. W. W
Blairsboro
Harrison
Nelson
I. W. W. Ecard
Goomer
Pryers
Scott
I. W. W. Card
Foreign language churches drop use in services nationwide
Reports to Governor Harding say many foreign language churches are preaching only in English while offering optional native language sermons. Defense council workers voice trouble stopping phone conversations in foreign tongues, but obedience to the language proclamation is widespread. Lars Roe and delegates discussed Norwegian church services with the governor, while Dutch Dutch-speaking Hollanders in Sioux county also follow the order.
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Des Moines
Hardins
County Council of Defense
Defense Council
Harding
Lars Roe
Winneshick County
Sioux County
The Rough Lover at Fox Theatre with Farnum and Hansen
Frankyn Farnum stars in The Rough Lover at Fox Theatre in a dual role. Juanita Hansen returns as the leading lady with Catherine Henry Fred Montague and Martha Mattox assisting. Richard Bolton, a math loving suitor, competes for Helen's heart and finds his double Breeze Bolton the heavyweight trainer complicating the pursuit.
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Franklyn Farnum
Fox Theatre
Farnum
Juanita Hansen
Catherine Henry
Fred Montague
Martha Mattox
Richard Bolton
Helen
Ancient
Troy
Richard
Bolton
The Rough Lover and a Lost Identity at the Fox
Breeze courts the Countess then shifts to Helen mistaking him for Richard. Helen elopes with Breeze, learns his ruse, and screams. Richard arrives to help as Breeze leaps from a cliff and swims for life. Also two part Hughie Mack comedy show.
He Was Honest Anyway Says Bookstore Man Comments on Novel
A Brooklyn Citisen quotes a bookstore man praising a novel's remarkable sale while noting hesitance to read it due to duties to enthusiastically recommend to customers. The exchange highlights retail theater around a popular work and conflicting personal discretion.
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Brooklyn
Chinese shorthand inventor hailed as genius for speed
The Chinese shorthand system, with no written vowels and consonants, uses tones to distinguish meanings. It is said to allow speeds up to 140 words per minute and schools for teaching shorthand are established in various parts of the country.
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China
Matchless the Mahogany Vessel Built by Pirates in 1809
The Matchless, a mahogany ship used by the coast and geodetic survey, was built near Key Wort in 1809 by pirates using mahogany stolen from a stranded merchant vessel. It is claimed to be the last ship to transport enslaved people from the West Indies to the United States.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Key Wort
West Indies
United States
The Slacker's Load Observed by Brother Williams
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution notes the burden of excuses that keep people from doing the right thing. It contrasts missing tools like an axe, a grindstone, and water to illustrate procrastination and self-deception.
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Brother Williams
Atlanta Constitution
Some Mustache, Believe Me In Lion’s Menagerie Tale
A four year old Thomas visits a menagerie and asks his sister about the lion. She explains the animal, and he blurts that the lion has a mustache, perplexed by its flowing hair before delivering the humorous line.
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Thomas
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