President Harding in Meacham Oregon Frontier Celebration
President Harding endured a strenuous day at Meacham Oregon for Oregon Trail anniversary events. He spoke to a large crowd, pitched a horseshoes game, and toured historic wagon-route sites with Mrs Harding while officials celebrated pioneer history and the Pacific Northwest settlement.
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Associated Press
Harding
Oregon Trail
Meacham
Oregon
Fiest
Willamette Valley
Meachim
Hewding
Spokane
Pacific Coast
Ore
Great Northwest
Germans denying Leviathan sabotage cast light on plans
Engineers who re conditioned the liner Leviathan say wartime tales of German attempts to cripple the ship are false. The shipping board faces a dilemma over fifteen thousand dollars worth of illustrated souvenir booklets meant for distribution on the ship's first voyage as an American liner. Gibbs Brothers engineers state the alleged sabotage damage stemmed from a 1914 docking accident.
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Associated Press
New York
Shipping Board
F. H. Gibbs
Gibbs Brothers
Railway Detective Fires On Tramp In Cedar Rapids Yard Fight
Rock Island detective W. Diets shot Nick Olieva through the thigh in Cedar Rapids yards after confronting two men found in a box car. Dietz ordered them out. Olieva and his partner struck at him. Olieva grabbed the gun but Dietz recovered it and shot as the pair tried to flee. Olieva’s partner escaped.
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Associated Prées
Cedar Rapids
Lastaly
W. Diets
Rock Island
Nick Olieva
Dietz
Olieva
Diettz
Jeffries to Referee Willard Firpo Bout on July 12
Former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries will referee the Willard versus Firpo bout to be held on July 12 at Boyles thirty acres, as announced by promoter Tex Rickard.
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Associated Press
New York
Jim Jeffries
Jess Willard
Louis Firpo
Boyles Thirty Acres
Tex Rickard
Banks Call For National Bank Conditions Report
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of the close of business on Saturday June 30. The request covers banks nationwide and seeks detailed financial data to assess stability and liquidity.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Currency Today
The West and the Rise of Self-Reliant Citizenship
The passage extols self-reliant citizens who conquer nature and obstacles without waiting for government aid. It lauds pioneers who built the central west through inner resolve, noting heroes who perished unlauded yet helped shape the republic. It argues government should offer opportunity, while true achievements come from capable individuals.
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Central West
Republic
Ram Runners in Battle with One Dead
Chicago July 3. A shooting affray at Sag Lemount township left one man dead and another wounded. Authorities believe two bands of rum runners fought a battle. A man identified as Buck Jones, formerly of Lemount township, was shot and found dead in a ditch after the clash.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sag
Lemount Township
Buck” Jone
President Harding Drives Electric Locomotive In Idaho
President Harding fulfilled a boyhood ambition by riding an electric locomotive on the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul line near St. Maries Idaho. Engineer Arthur Blundell welcomed him in the engine cab as the train rolled from Walton through tunnels and canyons to Avery over about five miles of mountain route.
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Vine
St. Maries
Idaho
Harding
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Walton
Arthur Blundell
Bitter Root Mountains
Avery
Little Robert Hartman Returns Home After Visit
Little Robert Hartman of Fair-Neld returns home this evening after visiting his grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Epee wandering text confirms the trip.
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Robert Hartman
Fair- Neld
Mrs. Frankepee
Erning
Kearns in Shelby to Get His Money
Shelby Montana July 3 Jack Kearns manager of Jack Dempsey arrived from Great Falls and went to fight headquarters to take charge of cash from ticket sales officials will check fight proceeds for amusement tax collection.
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Associated Press
Shelby
Montana
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Great Falls
Fight Headquarters
Kearns
Stanton
Gibbons
Dempsey
First Illinois Soldier Bonus Checks Went Into Mail
Springfield July 3 The first Illinois soldier bonus checks will be mailed today and by 5 oclock about 13 000 will have been sent out State Auditor Andrew Russell announced Treasurer Oscar Nelson arrived in Springfield from New York to arrange payment of interest on bonus bonds He said he would sign 4000 checks early tomorrow morning and send them to the state auditor for mailing
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Springfield
Andrew Russell
Oscar Nelson
New York
Boy Sets Off Fire Works in Store Blast Wrecks Rochester Shop
A small boy entered a Rochester grocery store near a fireworks display and touched a watch to a firecracker. An explosion shattered windows and display cases, causing nearly one thousand dollars in damage. Firemen contained the blaze and the boy escaped unhurt.
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Rochester
N. Y
Wiltonville visitors share West Nebraska ties
Mi and Mrs. Nolan Anderson of Wiltonville Neb are guests at the Mchaughlin and Eldridge homes. Mr. Anderson was born and raised north of Washington and has lived in western Nebraska for many years.
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Nolan Anderson
Wiltonville
Neb
Mchaughlin
Eldridge
Mr. Anderson
Washington
Nebraska
Dempsey Gibbons Fight Restored for July 4 in Shelby
In Great Falls and Shelby Mont the world heavyweight title fight between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons was back on after promoter Major J E Lane and Dempsey manager Jock Kearns resolved funding. The plan reestablished calls for the July 4 showdown with gate guarantees and sponsor support.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Mont
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Gibbons
J. E. Lane
Jock Kearns
Dempsey
Lane
Ayces
Lou Molumby
Kersn
Shelby Arena
Kearns
Molumby
Ayres
Major Lane
Jim Johnson
Political unity urged at national farmer labor convention
In Chicago on July 3 delegates from over forty states gathered for the opening preliminaries of the farmer labor convention. Leaders urged political unification as a means to overcome oppression and avert a nation crisis, with seven to eight hundred delegates present.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Farmer-Labor
French Advance Occupies Westhofen And Arrests Officials
Westhofen, northeast of Hagen, was reported occupied by French troops with arrests of the burgomaster station master post master and other city officials. The Belgian reparation reply to Britain was sent to London for delivery to Lord Curzon. Japan seeks a tri party agreement to enforce the Washington naval treaty without France ratification.
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Associated Press
Brussels
London
Lord Curzon
Westhofen
Dusseldorf
Ger
Hagen
Burgeemaster
Japan
Tokio
Great Britain
France
Man Arrested At Ottumwa Is Freed of Murder Charge
Clarance Cline once held in Ottumwa on a murder charge in Sioux Falls is released after municipal court examination. The 1921 case concerns the death of William Bedford.
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Ottumwa
Sioux Falls
Clarance Cline
William Bedford
Requisition Issued to Return Larceny Suspect to Illinois
Governor Small ordered the return to Danville of Tom Kosopoulos, held in Mt. Pleasant Iowa on larceny charges. The Associated Press reports the Illinois governor issued the requisition late yesterday.
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Mt. Pleasant
Illinois
Associated Press
Springfield
Small
Danville
Tom Kosopoulos
Iowa
Kosopoulos
Tendler Freedman Match Set For Wednesday Showdown
Lew Tendler and Sailor Freedman, both in prime shape, weighed in at 138 pounds as they prepared in HicaGo for a Michigan City Indiana bout that will determine the next challenger to Ben Leonard for the light weight world title.
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Associated Press
HicaGo
Lew Tendler
Sailor Freedman
Michigan City
Indiana
Ben Leonard
Bootlegger Tries to Cripple Sheriff in High-Speed Escape
Muscatine Iowa July 3 Sheriff R J Wiley escaped death when Charles Armstrong rammed his car toward the officer at 50 miles an hour as officers tried to arrest him for rum running. Armstrong fled after a hail of bullets was fired by the sheriff’s posse.
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Muscatine
Charles Armstrong
R. J. Wiley
Armstrong
Wiley
Gibbons to Face Manassa Mauler in Hopes of Big Bout
A boxing matchup is planned with Tom Gibbons facing the Manassa mauler. Details on purse are not provided, and the article notes ticket sales are well below expectations.
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Tom Gibbons
Manassa Mauler
Dur
Antiel
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