Japan Talks On Aims To Settle Ties With United States
The State Department reports Secretary Hughes is negotiating with Japan toward a comprehensive settlement of all frictions. Japan initiated talks which now seem to progress toward a mutually acceptable conclusion. A broad accord could include disarmament and protection of property rights, with focus on Yap, Siberia, Shantung, and Northern Sakhalin, to ensure open investment and avoid conflicting control.
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Herald
State Department
Hughes
Japan
United States
Siberia
Shantung
Sakhalin Island
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason Ten Years On
The poem recalls a decade past and its faded world as seen by Walt Mason. It laments changes in war, politics, fashion, labor, and society, noting shifts from royal pomp to modern upheaval and the loss of familiar routines.
Harding policy on Japan and China calls for mutual benefits
The piece argues that Japan could expand economically through near-access to the Asiatic mainland while respecting sovereignty. It suggests using a Monroe doctrine approach to deter encroachment, enabling equal investment rights, and proposes settlement of disputes such as Northern Sakhalin by purchase to mirror U S Virgin Islands terms. It credits President Harding and Secretary Hughes as capable international statesmen.
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United States
China
Japan
Saballis
Russia
Virgin Islands
Harding
Hughes
Herald
Washington, D. C
Deputy Sheriff Must Serve Term in Clarinda Case
Thomas E. Howard formerly deputy sheriff of Clarinda must serve a fifteen year penitentiary term for the 1919 killing of Terence Welch. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the sentence is to be served in the Clarinda penitentiary, ending a landmark Page county case arising from a clash at the Clarinda fairgrounds.
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Des Moines
Thomas E. Howard
Clarinda
Terence Welch
Supreme Court
Howard
Page County
Clarinda Fairgrounds
Welch
Acquittal in Des Moines Case Involving Sheriff Robb
Fern White was acquitted of a statutory crime after a jury trial in Judge Lester L. Thompson's district court. The defense accused Sheriff Robb of encouraging entry into immorality to trap the defendants, claiming the trip to a roadhouse involved whiskey and alleged coercion by officials.
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Des Moines
Fern White
Lester L. Thompson
Robb
John E. Holmes
W. N. Jordan
Polk County
Clark B. Sigsbee
R. S. Jones
Seventh Street
Sigsbee
Iris
Corcoran
Sigshee
Clark
Scandal and Prostitution Charges After Night Hotel Stay
In a city incident Sheriff Robb arrives to a house of Fern White where party members are assigned rooms. Robb and a White girl are detained. the girls face prostitution charges. Trial records show no overt acts of immorality. Sheriff Robb testifies about a joyride and subsequent arrests amid a string of scandalous amusement.
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Fern White
Law Examinations Arduous This Year
In Iowa City thirty one law graduates face the state board of examiners after two days of written and oral testing. Questions span constitutional preambles to demurrers as Atty. Geh Gibson chairs the panel with members G W Dawson Ralph Pringle James Devitt Charles Lyon DD Perry and Bruce Flick among the examiners.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
State Board of Examiners
Law College
Thomas A. Edison
Atty. Geh
Ben J. Gibson
G. W. Dawson
Waterloo
Ralph Pringle
Red Oak
James A. Devitt
Mail War at Wall Street Yard Street York and Cuba
Fragmentary text shows a New York patch including Wall Street, a street yard and references to York and Cuba. No clear event or outcome is present.
New Pest Appears to Plague Autoists
Des Moines reports a new weed called the puncture vine spreading across Iowa California and Arizona. The vine punctures tires with spiny seeds and is being eradicated by authorities. It is a native of southern Europe likely introduced via sheep fleece and has spread along roadsides and fields.
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Des Moines
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Middle Western States
California
Arizona
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Europe
America
Indiana
Tilois
Nebraska
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Kansas City
Modest Dress Rule Violated by Woman in Zion City
Mrs. Clif ford Johnson of Winthrop Harbor was jailed in Zion on charges of breaking the modest dress ordinances. She was arrested as she stepped from a Northwestern train, facing counts for short sleeves exposing arms, a transparent blouse, and a blouse with a low neck. She told the chief, when you pay for my clothes you can tell me what to wear.
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Zion City
Clifford Johnson
Winthrop Harbor
Zion
Matrimonial Jar Advice in Chinese Want Ads
In parts of China jars on house roofs signal marriage status. An upsidedown jar means the daughter is too young to marry, a jar mouth facing the street shows she is of age, and the jar is removed once she marries.
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China
Iowa Man Bit by Large Rattlesnake Near New Hampton
Arthur Bresson, 18, a farmer southwest of New Hampton, was bitten on the toe by a large rattlesnake while barefoot along the shore. Clarence Schnure and Herbert Klatt applied first aid, he was taken to a hospital and is out of danger. He had warned others about rattlesnakes after killing fifteen this season and also saved his brother from drowning in a ten foot hole on the Wapsie the same day.
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New Hampton
Arthur Bresson
Clarence Schnure
Herbert Klatt
Bresson
Wapsie
Child Drowns in Tank Near Dunkerton Home
A three year old girl, Wilmah Juanita Milks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Milks near Dunkerton, fell into a watering tank while playing and drowned. Mrs. Milks found the body shortly after.
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Dunkerton
Waterloo
Wilmah Juanita Milks
Charles Milks
Railway Timetables Corrected A Seay 1921
Washington County's only daily railway timetable lists arrivals and departures for multiple trains including Golden State Limited No 4 and No 3 Express, local passenger No 420 No 429 and freight No 836, with daily operations except Sundays. Agent H W Russel Co B&Q provides schedule details and notes.
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H. W. Russel
Washington
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