Rural Free Delivery Turns 26 As Of October First
Washington notes Rural Free Delivery will be 26 years old on October 1. The article traces its origins to Asa Wanamaker and President Harrison, outlines early development from 3 routes in 1896 to more than 44 thousand routes by 1922, and cites wage scales for rural carriers and savings from discontinuing post offices and star routes. It lists counties and states with top rural route counts.
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Joh Wanamaker
Jane
Benjamin Harrison
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Congress
West Virginia
Charleston
Trilla
Halltown
Carroll County
Maryland
Ohio
Missouri
Texas
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Subsidy for Jap ships widens shipping subsidy clash
Washington reports Japan grants a 5 million dollar subsidy to its merchant marine while Japan and Britain cooperate to undercut American shipping. The 1923 Japanese budget includes navagation bounties and mail subsidies totaling nearly ten million yen, with fears of extending subsidies to entirely supersede navigation aid.
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Washington
Japan
Eugene T. Chamberlain
Department of Commerce
Orient Co-Operative
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Irman Lasker
United Staesident
T Shipping Board
Congress
Farm Accident Claims Life of S B Aldrich at 65
S B Aldrich of Oskaloosa died from injuries after being caught in the belt of a gas engine on his farm three miles west of town. He was 65, with a broken leg, thigh dislocations, and severe bruises and contusions. Aldrich died in a legal hospital.
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S. Aldrich
Oskaloosa
Meer
S B. Aldrich
Lee
Aldrich
Bonus bill defeated as veto stirs debate
Congress passed the much debated bonus measure by large votes but President Harding vetoed it. The president argued the cost requires taxes and questioned fairness of paying soldiers before funding sources are secured. The Capital predicts eventual payment but urges funding clarity and Treasury concerns.
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Congress
Harding
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Harding Vetoes Bonus Bill Faces Senate Rejection
President Harding vetoed the bonus bill citing lack of a payment provision, halting months of ex-service group efforts to secure compensation. Analysts note little chance for override in the Senate and urge citizens to weigh the president’s sincerity and courage against public sentiment.
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Muscatine Journal
Harding
Senate
Sdes
Robbers Strike Belle Plaine Home of Mall Family
Thieves cut a door screen and forced entry during a party at J C Miller’s home. They took silver spoons a gold pin two watches two overcoats and clothing including Clifford Mall’s canton uniform. One coat was found in an orchard along the Lincoln Highway near the Mall residence.
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Belle Plaine
Chartes B. Mall
J.C. Miller
Canton
Clifford Mall
Horace McLennan
Lincoln Highway
Mall
Iowa moonshine raids expose rats and stable refuse
Iowa bootleggers are raiding moonshine plants, with reports from Superintendent R N Holsapple of the Iowa Anti Saloon League detailing filth and hazards. Searches uncovered corn whisky, mash under a cow stall, under a hog pen, and barrels of mash with rye and garbage. No evidence of sanitary handling and poisonous residues were found. a jail still showed over two inches of filth and vermin.
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Towa
R. N. Holsapple
Iowa Anth Saloon League
Holsapple
Iowa
Lawa
Malpractice suit settled in Iowa City over retained surgical item
In Iowa City a high profile malpractice case against Dr. F C Titzell, former dean of the State University of Iowa College of Homeopathic Medicine, ends with Hugh Burris receiving 6000 dollars after a trial and Supreme Court retrial appeals. Each side bears its own costs.
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Iowa City
Hugh Burris
F. C. Titzell
College of Homeopathic Medicine
State University of Iowa
Burris
Supreme Court
Meani
Crossroads of New York in Mack Sennett’s new dramatic comedy
Mack Sennett presents The Crossroads of New York a melodrama with humor at Pax Theatre. James Wall Street financier finances a musical then flees to Alaska leaving his nephew Michael to manage affairs. The plot features villains smashing a Broadway show and a climactic stock exchange scene, with twelve cast members.
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Mack Sennett
New York
Associated First National Pictures, Inc
James First
Wall Street
James
Alaska
Michael
New York Stock Exchange
Royal Arch Masons Prep Major October Display
In Kansas City Royal Arch Masons plan a large October 30 production for 1,000 in a convention hall. The event features the third Royal Arch degree with King Solomon temple scenes, parades and multiple pageants. An orchestra choir and band will provide music for the spectacle.
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Kansas City
Royal Arch Masons
Royal Arch
King Solomon’ Temple
Independence
Williams unconcerned prisoner faces hanging in Iowa jail
FORT MADISON September 27 Joe Williams convicted killer of Sara Barbara Thamesles remains unconcerned about his death sentence while Ira Pavey and Eugene Weeks recently left the death cells. Guards report Williams shows no fear and hints at another accomplice in the Des Moines teacher murder. Roy Maupin from Des Moines slayer of Joe Hayes accepts fate after feigned insanity. he now stays in a quiet, orderly cell following a staged drill and solitary confinement.
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Fort Madison
Joe Williams
Sara Barbara Thamesles
Jolly
State Prison
Ira Pavey
Eugene C. Weeks
Williams
Weeks
Hubert Utterback
W. E. Robb
Des Moines
Tom Hollowell
Roy Maupin
Joe Hayes
Carney Mines
Maupin
Manila
Three Prisoners in Polk County Death Row Identified
Three of the remaining prisoners awaiting execution are in Polk County. Orria Clogs is said to be in death cell, with Det. 27, Williama and Mate pin. From other counties come William Olander of Fort Dodge Archiv Burris of Ottumwa and Earl Throst of Waukon.
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Polk County
Orria Clogs
Det
Williama and
Matepin
Willia Olander
Fort Dodge
Archiv Burris, Negro
Ottumwa
Earl Throst
Waukon
Masonic Convention Set for Mason City October 9 to 12
From four hundred delegates and about two hundred visitors are expected to attend the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and Grand Council of Royal Select Masters convention in Mason City from October 9 to 12. Local committees have been named to arrange the conclave.
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Mason City
Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch
Masons
Grand Council of Royal Select Masters
Passenger rail safety record on Pennsylvania system
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports 1 fatal passenger death during the year ending May 1, amid 1.46 million passenger trains over 11 000 miles and 142 million passengers. The release notes a single defect in track or equipment orWhiety file may cause a fatal train crash.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
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