Twelve Famous Old War Vessels to Be Sold as Junk
The Navy department plans to break up and sell for junk twelve obsolete battleships including the Oregon Iowa Indiana and Massachusetts along with newer but aging ships like Kentucky Kearsarge Alabama Illinois Wisconsin Maine Missouri Ohio and Maine Their end marks the fading of a famed fleet once central to the US Navy's glory and wartime service
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Washington
Navy Department
Oregon
Iowa
Indiana
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Sarge
Alabama
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Ohio
Missouri
Maine
San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
United States
Spain
Golden Gate
West Indies
Cape Horn
South America
Key West
Cc. E. Clark
Santiago
Iown
Cuba
Schrey
Santiago de Cuba
Philippines
Colon
Guantanamo
Texas
Reina Mercedes
Porto Rico
Tangier Sound
Chesapeake Bay
Naval Academy
Navy
Illinois
New York
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Mediterranean
Newport
R. I
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Naval Historical
Commonwealth
Massachuestts
Olympia
Dewey
Manila Bay
Simpson
Brooklyn
Sethley
Dempsey Knockdowns Revealed by July Fourth Fight Pictures
Private motion pictures showed Jack Dempsey scored seven knockdowns on Jesse Willard in the first round of the July 4 heavyweight title bout in Toledo. No other knockdowns occurred, though Willard escaped further by the ropes.
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Toledo O
Jack Dempsey
Jesse Willard
Tex Rickard
Willard
Dempsey
Ad Q. Thatcher
Toledo Boxing Commision
Des Moines Private Loses B V Dos and Cash at Camp Dodge
Enoch W. Lawrence a private at Camp Dodge went swimming with an unknown woman at Riverview. After the woman left he found his B. V. Dos and $4106 missing and police searched for the likely thief. He said he did not care about the underwear but the money.
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Des Moines
Enoch W. Lawrence
Camp Dodge
Riverview
Lawrence
Enoch
Boy Drowns Under Hay Load Near Clarion
The 8 year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Zanders drowned in a slough nine miles southeast of Clarion in the Wall Lake area. While bringing a hay load from the field a deep rut tipped the load and covered the boy. He suffocated before rescuers could reach him.
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Sclarion
Frank Zanders
Clarion
Wall Lake
Bridges Across Suez Linking Egypt and Palestine
Three bridges span the Suez Canal at Kantara enabling rail and road traffic between Egypt and Palestine, enhancing overland connectivity and transport efficiency.
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Suez
Suez Canal
Kantara
Egypt
Palestine
Half of Diseases are Preventable Mayo Tells Bankers
Dr. W. L. Mayo urged state action to make public health a primary function, linking clean water to temperance gains and disease prevention. He asserted 50 percent of disease is preventable, urged education for better legislation, and called for capital and labor partnership to boost American competitiveness.
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Mayo
Lacrosse
Wis
W. L. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
France
Italy
Vienna
Patrolman Wins Egg Eating Challenge Then Demands Steak
Scranton patrolman Tracey Miller proclaims himself champion of all cops in the United States after eating forty eight eggs in twenty four hours. He won a wager for twenty four eggs in fifteen minutes and, after another wager, ate twenty four more eggs before demanding a sirloin steak and apple pie.
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Scranton
Tracey Miller
United States
Miller
Meeting Draws Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska Officials
York, vice president of the American City bureau, indicates a large turnout from Iowa with many secretaries planning to attend from Minnesota and Nebraska. The gathering will be held in the I O O F pavilion near Clear Lake across the lake from the town.
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York
American City Bureau
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Clear Lake
Fragmentary Query Notes Missing Item in Want Column
Readable portions indicate an item labeled want column with missing details. The text hints at locating information in the want column but fails to reveal the specific entry or description.
First American newspapers and their early runs
The Publick Occurrences appeared in Boston on September 25, 1690 but lasted only one issue before government suppression. The Boston News-Letter, dating from April 20, 1704, became the first enduring American paper and ran for 72 years.
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America
Boston
Publick
Boston News-Letter
Summer school and civic conference at Clear Lake
Clear Lake hosts the second annual summer school and civic conference for Iowa commercial club secretaries from July 23 to 30. The Greater Iowa association sponsors the program featuring top national experts led by Fred P. Mann of North Dakota and includes J N Van der Vries R B Beach Fred C Butler Alex Karr and Samuel Wilson among others bringing broad civic development expertise.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
United States
Greater Iowa Association
Fred P. Mann
North Dakota Retail Merchants Association
J. N. van der Vries
Chamber of Commerce of the
R. B. Beach
Chicago Association of Commerce
Fred C. Butler
Washington, D. C
Federal Bureau of Americanization
Alex Karr
Federated Community Association of North Dakota
Samuel Wilson
New
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Stewarts
White Way
Washington, Iowa
Corn Products Refining Company
I. O. Box
New York City
Kare
Nida
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