Brookhart Wins Iowa Primary in Close Senate Race
Final Iowa primary counts show Colonel Brookhart with 41.1 percent and 133,237 votes, leading Clifford Thorne at 52,282. With results nearly complete, Brookhart’s margin secures the senatorial nomination and ends convention battles. Thorne sent congratulatory messages while Brookhart heads to Grinnell for veterans’ encampment.
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Iowa
Colonel Brookhart
Col. Brookhart
Clifford Thorne
Washington
Col
Brookhart
Grinnell
Brookhart Law Office
British push Irish over Ulster line near institution
The British engage Irish republicans along the Ulster Free State frontier with desultory firing. In Belfast a battle near a hospital caused windows to shatter and patients to be moved to floors for safety. Authorities seek a full inquiry into Pettigo
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Belfast
Ulster Free State
London
Tralee Bay
Cork
London Times
Michael Couins
Pettigo
Ulster
Irish Free State
Collins
Te Town
Free State
Arthur Griffith
de Valera
Ennis
Ireland
Eamonn de Valera
County Clare
County Fair a Successful Event by Woman's Relief Corps
The County Fair at the Commercial Club gym drew a large crowd last evening and proved entertaining. A ten piece band from the Ainsworth corps performed and local West Chester members joined with laughable stunts. Free features included a program with songs readings and Swedish dancing. A street parade served as advertising. over $100 was taken in though expenses reduced net proceeds unknown.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Commercial Club
Ainsworth Corps
West Chester
Edith
Esther Elgar
Evelyn Caldwell
Evelyn Bambrick
Wm. Becklea
Co. EB. Riddington
Ainsworth
Agui
Gust Bramer
Violet Bramer
Prominent Brighton Couple Are Married
Leona McNeese daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne McNeese and Neal Whisler son of Mrs Jake Werner were married at eight this morning in the bride’s home. Rev O M Humphrey officiated. They will take a honeymoon trip and reside in a cottage in east Brighton. The groom owns the local creamery and is a Brigh ton high school alum and World War I veteran. The bride, lifelong Bright on resident, is a former rural school teacher.
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Brighton
Leona McNeese
Mia
Wayne McNeese
Neal Whisler
Jake Werner
O. M. Humphrey
Presbyterian Church
Brighton High School
Garland
Nebraska
President Urges A Larger Army
President Harding backs the Senate’s larger army provisions in a letter to Senator Warren urging retention of officers enlisted personnel and the national guard under the national defense act. He says the defense development is of utmost importance and the senate minimum is necessary for a modest program.
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Senate
House
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Warren
Senate Appropriations Committee
Elephants Rip Up Pipes on Sumatra Oil Project
Wild elephants hinder oil development on Sumatra by tearing up above ground pipelines. Work crews repair multiple breaks as elephants persistently dislike the pipes laid through jungle terrain.
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Sumatra
Rail wage cuts spark ballot on strike by railroad workers
Chicago June 7 railway labor board cut about 60 million dollars annually from the federal pay roll for 400000 workers effective July 1. reductions ranged from five to nine cents an hour with freight car men hit hardest nine cents. labor members denounced the decision as lacking human consideration and anticipation of further cuts to clerks telegraphers and other classes.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Federal
Carmen
Minority warns wage cuts harm morale across railroads
The minority, led by Albert O Wharton WE McMennien and Albert Millips, dispute the majority on payroll cuts. They cite an annual 1.2 billion savings and argue wage reductions undermine prosperity and morale, insisting minimum shop craft pay at MP mills and skilled workers at 87 cents an hour.
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Albert O. Wharton
Pope Pius XI Reported Very Ill in Vatican
Rome dispatch to the Paris Petit Journal reports Pope Pius XI ill and under doctors care. It cites a decline attributed to seclusion in the Vatican, urging a strict diet and more exercise in the Vatican gardens as physicians monitor his condition.
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Rome
Paris Petit Journal
Pontiff
Paris
Petit
Cai Ratti
Mier
Vatican
Devetors Amici
Jattictini
Col Samson Lane Faison Nominated Brigadier General
Washington June 7 President Harding nominated Col Samson Lane Faison infantry to be brigadier general in the regular army to fill the vacancy created by the death of Brig Gen William H Sager
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Washington
Harding
Col
Samson Lane Faison
Infantry
Segular Army
William H. Sager
Railway Wage Cuts Trigger Union Strike Vote
The American Federation of Labor railway employees' department sent strike ballots after a $50,000,000 wage slash ordered by the railway labor board, making total cuts $110,000,000 effective July 1. Ballots due June 30. walkout possible July 1. N M Jewell denounces the board as unjust.
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Chicago
Railway Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
United States Railway Labor Board
N. M. Jewell
Department
Tam
Raitread Em
Railroad Labor Board in Bias Claims
A speaker argues the labor board set up to aid railroads rather than dispense justice. He says the law ensures higher earnings for owners and reduces employee standards, warning the board’s role in government could erode workers’ trust in national limits.
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Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Incoherent Passage on Government and Workers Pay Rates
Fragmentary text discusses perceptions of government by workers and employers. It mentions lowered authority, efficiency, and pay structures, noting the highest paid man should be ready to fight for the lowest rate. The overall meaning is unclear.
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Muust
Care of Machine Cleaning Under Work with Brush
Instruction guides maintaining machinery with a small stiff brush kept on hand. Regularly brushing the under work keeps parts clean to ensure smooth operation. Frequent brushing is safe and will not damage the mechanism.
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