Charity and Social Events Spotlight Indian Creek Teachers
A Farmers Union gathering honored Miss Florence Thomas at Indian Creek School No. 2 with about 150 attendees. The evening featured outdoor games, ice cream, cake, and remarks on the teacher’s successful year. Also noted are visits by Miss Mary Helen Williams and various club meetings, picnics, and lectures across town.
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Farmers Union
Indian Creek School District No. 2
Florence Thomas
Miss Thomas
J. D. Dayton
West Chester
Edith Spera
West
Madison Street
Mexico
South America
Erna Spera
Orpha Morgan
Jesse Miller
Iowa poised to lead motor car market by 1924
Des Moines May 16 One motor car to every four persons in Iowa is the forecast of W M Calladay head of the motor vehicle department. He says Iowa will likely surpass California as the leading car market by January 1 1924. Polk county reports 27000 cars this year. State revenue from car taxes and licenses through April nears 7 9 million dollars for 1923, about the 1922 total for the whole year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. M. Calladay
Secretary of State
California
America
Polk County
Callady
Calladay
Mayors Dinner Hosts News Writers in Monmouth
In Monmouth on May 16 Mayor Chester Smith hosted a dinner for news writers at Hancock's cafe. He joked reporters were hungry and insisted they eat well before leaving. The group then went to Galesburg for a show and returned after 11 pm. Before departure he fed them a light lunch at his East Broadway home. The reporters voted to make the event annual.
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Monmouth
Chester Smith
Hancock
Galesburg
East Broadway
Chinese word for hash is longest and most difficult to pronounce
The sentence notes that the Chinese term for hash tops the list as the longest and hardest word to pronounce in the language. It emphasizes its difficulty without offering further details or context.
George Gould Financier Dies at Age Five
The obituary summarizes the life of George Gould the financier son of Jay Gould. It outlines his education at private tutors and Columbia, entry into the Western Union, rise as vice president, and his management of vast railroad interests. It notes alliances with Rockefeller and Carnegie, director roles, marriages in 1886 and 1922, a 1923 legal removal as executor, health declines in 1922 1923 including bronquial trouble and pneumonia in Egypt and the South of France, and his extensive European residence and club memberships.
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Jay Gould
George Jay Gould
Columbia University
Europe
Western Union
George Gould
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York and Northern Railway
Manhattan
Angeed
Gould
Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Young Gould
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tranmasters
Pittsburgh
Atlantic Coast
Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company
Rio Grande Southern Railroad
Utah Fuel Company
Manhattan Railway Company
Little Rock and
Fort Smith Railway
Missouri Pacific Railway
Texas and Pacific Railway
St. Louis, Tron Mountain and Southern Railway
International and Great Northern Railway
Wabash Railroad
Western Union Telegraph Company
Edith
George Jo
Kingdom
Paris
Lakewood
Egypt
France
Mr. Gould
N. J
America
New York Yacht Club
Atlantic Yacht Club
The
Royal Southampton
Royal Thames Yacht Clubs
New York Athletic Club
Walking device and running man compared by Times Picayune
A humorous riff contrasts a device that “walks like a man” with a pedestrian who can run like a motor truck, as cited by the New Orleans Times Picayune.
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New Orleans Times Picayune
Weather of Last Week Brings Cold Ordinary Crop Delays
Des Moines Iowa May 15 A P says last week's temperatures averaged 52 degrees below normal with frost on two nights and deficient sunshine retarding crop production. Heavy rains in the southern half halted field work though the rain was badly needed.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Robbers Blow Open Charles City Post Office Vault
Robbers blew open the Charles City Indiana post office vault last night and escaped with three hundred dollars worth of stamps. Several compartments in the safe contained money but were left untouched.
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Associated Press
Charles City
Postoffice
State Rejects All Bids for 1924 Auto Plates
Des Moines May 16 The state executive council rejected all bids for manufacturing the 1924 automobile plates. A re advertising of the bid opportunity will be issued to solicit new proposals.
Sawhorse Better Than Race Horse Said by Detroit News
The Detroit News quotes a remark praising the sawhorse for its greater contribution to mankind than the race horse, framing the statement as a pointed comparison of utility and value.
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Detroit News
Angora Rebuilt May Become the New Capital of Turkey
Angora could be transformed into a modern capital under American backed economic concessions. Plans include broad streets tall buildings and updated rail hubs, potentially shifting Turkish government from Constantinople to Angora. Mustapha Kemal advocates western education and gender freedom as part of national modernization.
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Angora
Turkey
Associated Press
Colby M. Chester
Washington
Angola
Constantinople
Public shows strong interest in outdoor sports across 1923 season
The 1923 outdoor sports season draws record crowds with baseball and horse racing packed venues. Yankees new park seats 74,200 while Cubs enclosure reaches 38,000. Derby and Memorial Day auto race plan to accommodate up to 150,000 and 100,000 respectively. Boxing and tennis circuits expand to meet demand as universities build facilities.
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Chicago
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Indianapolis
National League
Giants
Polo Grounds
American Association
Lewis Unopposed for Re election as Labor Leader
John C. Lewis of Des Moines was unopposed for re election as president of the Iowa state federation of labor at its Madison convention. J B O'Brien of Muscatine faced no opposition for vice president. Five candidates ran for secretary treasurer as ballots were counted. May E Francis the state superintendent addressed the morning session.
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Madison
Iowa
John C. Lewis
Des Moines
Iowa State Federation of Labor
J. J. O’brien
Muscatine
May E. Francis
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Phillip Crojl
Mary Helen Williams
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sper
Bertha Godfery
Ritter
Broadgate
Pierce
Hillhouse
Harry Turner
J. Edward Evans
New York City
Ong
Arthur Wiley
Booster Club
Whdch
A. Duensing
HM. Anderson
Dc. Kerr
Neill
Dora
Lillian Minick
Jamey McNeill Whistler
John Singer Sargent
Elizabeth Fisher
Whistler
Elbert Hubbard
Gertrude Kendall
Iowans
Dardenelles
Sea of
Madania
Mediterranean
Grand National Assembly
Assembly
Mustapha Kemal
Hotel Planters
Clark
Madison St
E.L. Wenzel
ROYAL
Colorado
Yellowstone
H. W. Russel
Rock Island Lines
University of Illinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
Forest Hills
Long Island
West Side Tennis Club
Lewis
Ceed Himself
Iowa City
Towa City
Kalona
North
Washington Kalona
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