Wets plan to take convention in San Francisco
Democratic leaders arriving for the national convention seek to block repeal of Prohibition by using the two thirds rule to nominate. Governor Edwards of New Jersey is a leading wet candidate. The wets hope to build a personal sympathy network with delegates and leverage Edwards's wet city as convention host.
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San Francisco
Democratic Party
Edwards
New Jersey
McAdoo
Chicago
William G. McAdoo
Pacific Coast
Cox
James M. Cox
Ohio
Marshall
Palmer
Meredith
Hitchcock
H. 8. Cummins
Baker
Iowa aero club forms in Fort Madison
An Iowa aero club in Fort Madison is under way with plans to bring at least three planes. Phil Bertschi, Fort Madison's flying demon, announced the project and has drawn interest from local automobile dealers. Bertschi, an expert aeronaut, served in France with a US aero squadron and performed exhibition flights after the war.
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Fort Madison
Phil Bertschi
Bertschi
France
United States
Masons Make Big Gains in Iowa Growth
The Iowa Masonic order reports a rise of almost 5000 members over the past year, bringing total membership to more than 67000. The organization, with no organizers or active solicitations, continues a steady growth since its arrival in Iowa.
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Iowa Masonic Order
Iowa
Lowa
Burlington
Hawkeye
Money crunch by car shortage in Iowa
In Des Moines on June 17, M W Henderson Jr state banking head says money shortage stems from lack of railcars for grain and livestock shipments. He has sent banks a county by county report, plans meetings with bankers and railroad officials, and may dispatch a committee to Washington. Total promotion paper held is 5 782 910.58 with Adams, Clarke, Lucas reporting none.
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Des Moines
Iowa
M. W. Henderson, Jr
Henderson
Iowa Bankers Association
Railroad Commissioners
Washington
Adams
Clarke and Lucas
Polk
Dubuque
Woodbury
Jackson
Hardin
Henry
Cedar
Clayton
Johnson
Winneshiek
Muscatine
Harrison
Pottawattamie
Black Hawk
Linn
Cerro Gordo
Mahaska
Scott
Marshall
Allamakee County
Benton
Boone
Benna Vista
Butler
Calhoun
Clay
Delaware
Franklin
Grundy
Guthrie
Humboldt
Town
Jones
Keokuk
Lyon
Madison
Ringgold
Sioux
Shelby
Story
Tina
Webster
Wright
BG Circus Coming Yankee Robinson Three Ring Wild Animal Circus
The largest wild animal circus in the world and second largest show traveling will exhibit here Thursday July 1. The company features twenty lions in one act ten polar bears in view and 100 wild animals in the parade requiring over forty cars. The big show has doubled in size and tours all across the United States this season, promising the largest traveling exhibition for this region.
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Yankee Robinson
United States
Delta Youth Dies in Bridge Accident Near Ottumwa
Ottumwa, June 16. William Dawson, 21, of Delta, was killed instantly when the car he rode in missed a bridge at the foot of a hill two miles east of Delta and plunged into a ditch. Driver Wallace Mailer, also of Delta, escaped unharmed.
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Ottumwa
William Dawson
Delta
Dawson
Wallace Mailer
U. S. Offers High Rate Certificates of Indebtedness
Chicago June 17 United States government to issue two new treasury certificates totaling about 400 million dollars The 5 percent issue dated June 15 matures January 3 1921 and cannot be used for tax payments The 6 percent issue dated June 15 matures June 15 1921 and is acceptable for tax payments Tax exemption features mirror prior certificates implying attractive after tax yields
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Chicago
United States
Treasury
Treasury plans certificate issue amid mixed fiscal results
The article notes treasury plans to issue about 400 million dollars in treasury certificates while discussing the recent rates on new issues and prior highs. It cites Secretary Houston explaining the motive for financing and analyzing the treasury position with projections of deficits and surpluses across fiscal quarters through mid 1920. It also highlights Judge Jean Norris as the only woman judge of a criminal court in the United States.
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Treasury
Jean Norris
New York City
Court of Inferior Criminal Jurisdiction
United States
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Big Wild Animal Circus
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USL Service
South Side Square
Washington, Iowa
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Women’s Union
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