Italian aviators set new long distance flight record
From Rome to South America a Fiat motored Savoia monoplane reached Port Natal Brazil in safety covering about 4 455 miles to better the Chamberlin and Levine record by 576 miles. The pilots held the 58 hour 48 minute duration record and radioed from mid Atlantic while en route.
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Edward.w. Pickard
Ferrario
Major del Prete
Rome
Savoia
South America
Brazil
Bnew
Port Natal
Chamberlin
Levine
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
South Atlantic Ocean
Philarus
Italian Military Aviation Service
Hoover plans resignation and campaign drive in August
Secretary of Commerce Hoover spent Independence Day resting but devoted the week to prep for leaving Washington. He will resign to President Coolidge at the summer White House on the Brule river and announce plans in California in the first week of August. Governor Smith spoke twice on the Fourth of July in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Democratic Party
Congress
Ernest H. Cherrington
World League Against Alcohol
Anti- Saloon League
Friends of Prohibition
Prohibition Party
Chicago
South
Hoover
AntiSaloon League
Asheville
N. C
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
George N. Peek
Brookhart
Stammill
Iowa
Peek
Lowden
Ecretary OF Commerce
Washington
President Coolidge
White House
Brule River
California
Rubber ball stunt man survives Niagara drop
EAN LAUSSLER, a 36 year old French Canadian salesman from Springfield Mass, endured Niagara Falls in a self designed rubber and steel ball. Rescued from the river below the cataract he suffered only facial and shoulder bruises. He followed two prior survivors Robbie Leach and Annie Edson Taylor who rode barrels. Lausssier’s ball measured eleven feet in diameter with a canvas wrap a steel frame and harness inside. He carried oxygen for forty hours.
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Ean Laussler
Springfield
Mass
Niagara Falls
Robbie Leach
Annie Edson Taylor
Laussier
Germany's treaty model urged to curb war
The League of Nations committee in Geneva adopted Germany's proposed treaty to strengthen war prevention and ordered it sent to all governments for discussion at the September league assembly. The pact would require nations to accept league council recommendations in a wartime threat and avoid actions worsening disputes. It mirrors the Kellogg pact aim to outlaw war.
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Ermany
Committee On Security and Arbitration
League of Nations
Geneva
League
League Council
Arch dedication honors 67 American members in Paris
The Fourth of July celebration in Paris centers on the dedication of a triumphal arch in Ware Vil leneuve L Etang. The memorial honors 67 young American members of the La. The event underscores Franco American camaraderie and national pride abroad.
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Paris
Ware
Villeneuve L’'Etang
Germany’s Mueller Signals Final Debt Settlement Talks
Ermann Mueller as chancellor told the Reichstag Germany is ready for final discussions on full reparation debts. He cited the Dawes plan as groundwork for a definite settlement and said the date remains vague but progress makes a settlement desirable and possible. He pledged to abandon revenge and seek equal rights for Germany.
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Ermann Mueller
Germany
Reichstag
Dawes
Mueller
Herr Mueller
Dictator’s son gains control in Manchuria seeks unification
Ousted Marshal Chang’s son Yung Chang HSueh-Liang seizes power in Manchuria and signals to Peking rulers a push for China’s unification. General Chang Kai-shek asserts Nanking as capital, regardless of foreign diplomats. Unofficial results place the US army balloon first in an international race, with Blanchard and Burmen following. landings occur across Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina.
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Oung Chang Hsueh-Liang
Marshal Chang
Manchuria
Peking
China
Chang Kai-shek
Nanking
Detroit
United States Army
Blanchard
Burmen
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Rehabilitation program for disabled World War veterans ends
The government rehabilitation effort for disabled World War I veterans concluded last week as the final 128,500 graduates received diplomas. More than 334,494 applied by June 30, 1923, with 216,431 entitled to full courses. 58,873 dropped out. Total cost exceeded 600 million dollars. Monthly stipends of 100 dollars for single men and 135 dollars for married men were provided, with extra allowances for dependents.
Two-Thirds Rule Shaped Democratic History Since 1832
A retrospective on the two-thirds rule adopted at the 1832 Democratic convention in Baltimore. The piece traces how the rule influenced nominations for Van Buren Polk and later shaped party fortunes, including the 1860 split and Lincoln’s rise, underscoring the rule as a persistent tool for party minorities and its enduring controversial status.
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Baltimore
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Martin van Buren
Old Hickory
Senate
van Buren
United States
Great Britain
Little van
James K. Polk
Tennessee
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
America
Stephen A. Douglas
Charleston
Lincoln
Growth of Stalactites Due to Evaporation
A description of stalactites formed from mineral deposits left by evaporating carbonate waters. They hang from cave ceilings and often create striking masses. The opposing stalagmites form on the floor from similarly deposited minerals.
Sweet Smile Affects Brain Injury Patients Says Krohn
Dr G H Monrad Krohn of the University of Oslo notes in Hygeia Magazine that the real pleasure smile differs from the social smile. He found brain injury patients show true emotional movements, with pleasure turning their faces despite limited voluntary control of facial muscles.
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G. H. Monrad Krohn
University of Oslo
Hygeia Magazine
Krohn
West Chester Notes on Rain, Paving, and Local Travel
West Chester reports a needed Sunday shower and renewed optimism about paving progress to Harper and Keota. The correspondent recalls early car travel challenges, praises the new paved routes, and notes local residents and visitors, including Howard P. Augustine and C. B. Martin, with small town updates on gardens, carnivals, and family trips.
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West Chester
Harper and Keota
Chautauqua Grounds
Iowa
Mertie Hart
Keota
Iowa City
Santa Barbara
Calif
Frank Brinton
Wellman
Washingtor
Train Schedules Show Timetable Fragments and Stops
Train timetable snippets list arrivals and departures for Golden State Limited, Local Pass, and freight trains. Knoxville Branch and St. P. & P. R. R. Co. notes include daily schedules and weekend exceptions with agent names.
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Golden State Limited
California
Knoxville
H. W. Russel
J. ©. McKay
Local Visitors from Muscatine in Crawfordsville
Mr. Lucas of Muscatine who worked on the paving was a visitor in town yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Bullers, their daughter Emma Lou and their son John Robert went to Des Moines.
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Crawfordsville
Lucas
Muscatine
John Bullers
Emma Lou
John Robert
Des Moines
Ancient Abbeys and The Abbot by Walter Scott
A note describes an abbey as a monastery led by an abbot or abbess with a church at its core. It also mentions The Abbot a novel by Sir Walter Scott inspired by events surrounding Queen Mary of Scotland.
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Walter Scott
Mary
Scotland
Local Businesses and Properties Adverts in Dayton Westchester
J M Kyle Willard service stations advertise eight hour battery service plus repairs for generators starters and electrical work in Dayton Westchester Iowa. Farms and city property for sale offer bargains in Washington County Iowa. Dentists Dr Frank Boller and Dr T J Piersh listed with addresses and phones. National Bank Building at Washington is noted. A journal promotes selling and lost notices to a large daily audience.
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J. M. Kyle Willard
City
Dayton Westchester
Iowa
Washington County
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Venice
Greater Rockford
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Rockford
Stockholm
Hassell
Cramer
North Sea
Alfred Loewenstein
Fokker
Croydon
England
Brussels
Loewenstein
Henry Ford
Rockefellers
Silesia
Spain
Saar Basin
Ruhr
Congo
France
Captain Loewenstein
Canada
Jayette Escadrille
Paul Painleve
Ambassador Herrick
Marshal Foch
Shanghai
Orient
Caeches
Slovakia
Prague
Serbia
Croatiap
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Italy
Calles
Alvaro Obregon
General Obregon
Chamber of Deputies
Western Newspaper Union
J. D. Dayton
Howard P. Augustine
A. T. Augustine
Suunday
C. B. Martin
Mr. Martin
Home Lumber Co
Mr. Bullers
John Wooley
Buxbaum
UO. KK
Alice Meek
W. M. Della McBride
Damascus Shrine
Mason Temple
L. A. Jones
Sara E. Walker
Worthy Scibe
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
D. L. Carbaugh
W. M
W. Yard
Ls A
Golden State TamMen
Arriv
Dally W. C. Bell
Nellie Manners
Washington, Thurs
BRO
Twic
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Physicians and Surgeons
K. i. Stutsman
F, & M. Bank Bld
C. W. McLaughlin
M. D
West Main Street
W. L. Alcorn
Wilson Heating Co
Iowa Ave
W.L. Kyle
National Bank
Preston
Osteopathic
South Iowa Ave
Chiropractors
INO. W. Applegate
City Hall
Washington Street
Little & Pratt
Sloyd
Mart Pratt
North
Bhugh Dougall
Austin Sutherland
R. A
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison Lawyers
Morrison Bldg
North Side Sq
TL. Brookhart Law
Opera House
Livingston & Richer Law Abstract
Lawyers Opposite Journal Office
L. B. Lupton Monuments
Iowa Ava
Frank Boller
W. Washington
T. J. Piersh
Washington National Bank
W. J. Masson
Corbin & Garrett Shoe Store
Kortent
Cole
Fred Franklin
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