Col Brookhart Shapes Iowa Senate Race With Rail Reform Vows
Col Smith W Brookhart, candidate for Senator from Iowa, signals a major shift in the rail policy debate. He pledges repeal of the Cummins Agnew rate act and urges a strict physical valuation of railroads. Brookhart cites water in stocks and a factory of reforms echoing 1904 1906 battles. He fronts a campaign built on transportation reforms and cites his long service in marksmanship and national defense.
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Reverend Curtis barred for frivolous grace and dog baptism
The Rev. Edwin Curtis of Boston faces removal from the ministry over alleged frivolity in grace when he thanked God for French fried potatoes. He is also accused of baptizing a dog named Buster Porter, prompting shock while noting ships are baptized.
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Presbyterian
Boston
John Bunyan
Pilgrims’ Progress
Curtis
Buster” Porter
Providence
Not All So Bad Ad Warning from Lennox Merchant
Advertising merchant in Lennox SD asserts candid stance about honesty saying they do not claim others are cheats and lars and do not judge others by their own standards. The quote reflects self examination in local business rhetoric.
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Candid
Lennox
Lars
State Sells Knoxville Inebriate Hospital to Government
Des Moines June 15 The state executive council closes a sale of the Knoxville former hospital for inebriates to the federal government. The state will receive about 200000 for the property plus land and buildings. Knoxville citizens had long sought a permanent facility location.
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State Executive Council
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Department At
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Congress
Institution For the
State Auditor's Office
Onion Prohibited in Ancient Egyptian Ceremonies
Ancient Egyptian priests at Pelusium forbade onions, citing tears hunger and thirst. The Medical Record notes the bulb was unsuitable for fasts and religious rites, as weeping would spoil joy and intensify fasting days.
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Pelusium
Curios Cores Pioneers Message In A Sea Bottle
Curios Cores may have been the first captain to cast a written venture report to the sea in a cask during a February storm near Madeira. The overboard note sought a world maritime trophy but never surfaced. Since then many bottles and similar vessels carried messages across waters.
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Curios Cores
Madeira
Miners Parade Through Indiana For Mine Closures
A crowd of about 400 left Terre Haute in cars on June 15 seeking to close all active coal mines between Terre Haute and Brazil ten miles east. They seized coal from trucks at the Howes mine near Staunton and forced shutdowns at Jones Brothers Seipman Winters and Targett mines as strikers pressured workers and confiscated weapons.
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Indiana
Terre Haute Ind
Brazil
Howes Mine
Staunton
Ind
Jones Brothers
Seipman
Winters
Targett
Wheat harvest ripens early in Southwest amid hot weather
Topeka reports the wheat harvest in the Southwest is in full fall sewing as hot weather speeds ripening. Labor appears ample with no shortage noted despite the advanced crop timing.
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Topeka
Kan
Ship Subsidy Bill Introduced in Congress
Washington June 15 The administration ship subsidy bill redrafted by the house committee was introduced by Chairman Greene. The bill was referred to the committee which will meet at once with the aim of fast reporting. Democratic members saw a draft and plan a minority report opposing it in toto.
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Administration
House Aforeheant Marine Committee
Greene
Demcratic
Toto
Fire Nearly Wipes Out Of City District
Fire destroyed more than half the business district of Oi City Texas causing damage estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Oi City
Hickory in Demand for Industry Use
Hickory with high strength elasticity and resiliency is sought for tool handles wheel spokes golf clubs and many other uses. Competition for Ullswood rises as supply grows scarcer with manufacturers traveling farther to obtain stock and select material already hard to secure in required quantities.
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Scientific Amer. Lewu
Decorated Table Knives in Sixteenth Century Customs
The text describes a European dining custom from the sixteenth century where knives bore musical notes on one blade side for the grace before meals and the other side for the grace after meals. It notes the ritual use and aesthetic practice around table etiquette of the period.
Professor Defies Pastors in Union University Stand
Nashville reports Prof. C. W. Davis will not resign from Union University in Jackson Tenn despite a Nashville Baptist pastors conference resolution demanding renunciation of belief in the theory of expiation. The faculty and student body back Davis with one dissenting vote.
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C. W. Davis
Union University
Jackson, Tenn
Nashville Baptist Pastors’ Conference
David
Winn
Fourteen Bishops to Confer on Methodist Centennial Plan
Chicago hosts a meeting of fourteen bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church and church officials to discuss the five year 100 million centennial fund. The group will meet after adjournment from Indianapolis sessions June 21 to 25, and will continue June 26 to 30.
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Methodist Episcopal Centennial Fund
Benevolent Boards
Church Committee
Indianapolis
British Begin Evacuation of Irish Free State Forces
Dublin June 15 British troops complete evacuation of Dublin and rest of Irish Free State begins after talks between Michael Collins and Sir Nevil MacReady. Troops redeployed to Ulster to guard the frontier and ensure security.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Michael Collins
Nevil MacReady
Ulster
McCandless Named Imperial Potentate in Shrine
James 8. McCandless of Honolulu was named imperial potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in San Francisco during the annual session. His selection was by acclamation and he advanced through the routine moving up of Imperial council officers.
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San Francisco
James 8. McCandless
Honolulu
McCandieas
Imperial Council
Fire destroys main building at Central College
Fire at Central College in Pella Iowa on June 15 completely destroyed the main building. Firefighters battled the blaze as smoke filled the campus. no injuries reported though the facility was lost. Local authorities opened investigations into the cause and secured adjacent structures.
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Central College
Iowa
Pella
Special Stockholders Meeting for Farmers & Merchants Bank
Notice announces a special meeting of stockholders of Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Washington Iowa. The meeting is set at the bank office in Washington on June 24, 1922 at 2 PM to vote on renewing corporate existence for 20 years and adopting amended articles of incorporation. Officers listed include David McLaughlin president and M D Work vice president with directors J L Brookhart and others.
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Farmers & Merchants State Bank of
Washington
Farmers & Merchants’ State Bank
Iowa
Penrod film at Fox Theatre presents boyhood satire
Wesley Barry stars in Penrod the first complete screen adaptation of Booth Tarkington's boyhood character. Marshall Neilan directs the First National feature at the Fox Theatre next Monday and Tuesday, opening with scenes in the American Boys Protective Association headquarters. Freckles Barry plays Penrod after Tarkington and Neilan chose him as the ideal choice.
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Marshall Neilan
Penrod
Fox Theatre
American Boys’ Protective Association
Freckles Barry
Booth Tarkington
Mr. Neilan
Enrollees in Iowa Wesleyan summer session
Miss Helen Risk and Miss Norene Kracaw of Washington are among the students enrolled in the summer school program at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant.
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Helen Risk
Norene Kracaw
Washington
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Pinkham's aids Dayton woman in illness relief
Mrs. Henrietta Miller of Da Ohio recounts severe pain and inability to move in bed for which doctors urged an operation. After taking two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Medicine she reports relief, regained weight, and renewed strength. She invites others to write for details.
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Ohio
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Enrietta
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia K Pinkham
Henrietta Miller
Spr St
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