August political events shape congress renominations
In August a crowded schedule of primaries and conventions across states will influence the next Congress. Key dates include August 25 in New York for gubernatorial nominating fights and Senate race clarity, with further primaries statewide, and continued events through August 29 in California Montana and beyond. Copyright 1923 New York Evening Post.
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Mark Sullavan
Washington
D. C
Senate
House
Congress
Alabama
Arkansas
Ollia
Pomerene
Wyoming
Kendrick
Utah
King
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
Delaware
DuPont
New Mexico
Andrieus A. Jones
Idaho
New York
Hearst
Hylan
Smith
Newark
Texas
Culberson
California
Hiram Johnson
Montana
Henry L. Myers
Nevada
Key Pitt
New Hampshire
Wiscon
Sit
Senator la Follette
Arizona
Senator Ashhurst
Colorado
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Michigan
Senator Townsend
Vermont
Senmater Page
Poindexter
New Jersey
Frelinghuysen
Calder
Maryland
France
Connecticut
McLean
Rhode Island
Venting Post: Inc
Typhoid Fever Hits Miners Tent Town in Fayette County
Typhoid fever has developed in the tent colonies of striking miners in Fayette county and the epidemic is now alarming state and county authorities. The spread in the last day or two has been rapid and officials fear the situation may go beyond control. San Felice 2 for toe elgar. Iowa's most poplar smoke.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Iowa
Delivery of Courtfar paper by 5 30 p m instruction
Delivery instruction states the Courtfar should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o'clock. If the carrier error prevents you from receiving the four paper by that time, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Call before 6 30 p m to reach the office.
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Wimst
Bible Conference at Riverview Park Draws Thousands
Waterloo residents who attended sessions at Riverview Park Cedar Falls praise the event. The conference will close next Sunday evening at 5. The gathering drew a vast audience with G Campbell Morgan delivering a sermon on The Wicket Gate from Isaiah 55 7. The site provides free motorbus and interurban transport and the grounds inspired visitors.
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Riverview
Park
Waterloo
Riverview Park
Cedar Falls
G. Campbell Morgan
D. D
London
Eng
Distressi
God
Gov Len Small Returns to Govern Springfield Duties
Gov Len Small resumes his duties as Illinois governor after a one month vacation. Secretary George Sutton announced the move following a telephone talk with the governor at his Kankakee home. Lieutenant Governor Sterling had acted as chief executive in the interim since July 5.
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Springfield
Len Small
George Sutton
Kankakee
Goy. Sterling
Publisher Kills Self After Breakdown in Mansfield News Office
Mansfield Ohio reports publisher C. Jenkins, 39, part owner and general manager of the Mansfield News, shot himself in his office with a .32 caliber revolver. He died shortly after at General hospital. A nervous breakdown is cited. he and his wife and two children had traveled from Mainy three weeks ago seeking help.
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Mansfield
C. Jenkins
The
Mansfield News
General Hospital
Jenkins
Mainy
Harding Denies Cotton Gambling Accusations
Washington August 7. Governor W P G Harding head of the federal reserve board denies ever engaging in cotton speculation on the New York exchange. He writes Senator Myflean Republican Connecticut defending his record against claims raised in the Senate by Senator Heflin Democrat Alabama.
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Washington, D. C
New York Exchange
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
W. P. G. Harding
Tha
Federal Reserve Board
Myflean
Connecticut
Irregulars Oppose Dublin While Forestalled
Dublin reports announce the capture of more than 180 prisoners and three towns Askeaton Ballingarry Rathkeal by Free state troops in counter actions against irregulars. West of Limerick and around Dublin further captures noted. London reports Irish insurgents wrecking the Waterville Commercial cable station cutting several transatlantic lines.
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Finternational News
Dublin
Askeaton
Ballingarry
Rathkeal
Charlevile
Limerick
Liverpool
United Press
London
Waterville
Ireland
Commercial Cable Company
New York
France
Germany
Europe
United States
Blackmailers Poison Family in Extortion Plot
In Ju anark on August 7 authorities pursued the identity of blackmailers who poisoned the meals of Dr. W. T. Statler, a veterinary surgeon, and his wife after extortion threats. Both were gravely ill after last night’s meal and had received threatening letters demanding $6,000. The note warned of poison or dynamite and kidnapping of their six year old son if payment failed.
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W. T. Statler
Chicago & Alton Faces Train Cancellations Over Coal Shortage
Bloomington Illinois Aug. 7 An announcement says a number of passenger trains on the Chicago and Alton railway between Chicago St Louis and Kansas City will be cancelled because of a coal shortage. The line has less than a week’s supply. The cuts take effect Aug 10 with possible further curtailments if fuel remains scarce.
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Bloomington
Chicago & Alton
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Switch Engine Bumps Mary Miles Minter in Idaho Crash
Mary Miles Minter film star sustained painful cuts and fellow actors Tom Moore and Viola Daniels were bruised when a switch engine bumped a Pullman car in which they rode near Victor Idaho last night, reports from Pocatello indicate.
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Pocatello
Ida
Mary Miles Minter
Tom Moore
Viola Daniels
Victor
Tragic fall claims 17 year old in Yosemite Merced River
Miss Elizabeth Jones, 17, daughter of Princeton chemistry head Prof I W Jones, slipped from a cliff edge in Yosemite Valley into the Merced River while with her father. He barely escaped, the body not yet recovered as rangers report swift current hampering search.
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Associated Press
Yosemite
Cal
Elizabeth Jones
W. Jones
Princeton University
Yosemite Valley
Merced River
Miss Jones
Prof. Jones
Parks and Forest Rangers
Harding Proposes Rail Labor Guard Settle Seniority
Harding sends second strike settlement plan as leaders Jewell Johnston and Noonan confer at the White House. He urges strikers to return to work while the labor board decides seniority, and asks executives to reinstate workers pending board ruling.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
B. M. Jewell
William Johnston
Machinists
J.P. Noonan
Electrical Workers
Harding
Npona
United Press
Washington, DC
GCG
Railroad Labor Board
Bert M. Jewell
White House
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Association of
Railroad Executives
New York
Labor Board
Board
Cartiers and
Emploves
Warron G. Harding
Deslinng
Riots in Joliet Spark Call for State Troops
Riots at Joliet railroad yards leave Special Agent Phillip Relte and an Italian dead, Sheriff James Newkirk critically wounded. 500 foreigners reportedly gathered near Fred Nelson’s home as deputies attempted arrests. Chicago guardsmen ordered to Joliet to restore order as two killed and the sheriff wounded.
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Pyesyy
Fred Nelson
Reitz
King Reitz
Walter Stockard
Chicago
Clinton
Ill
Joliet
Nelson Morris
Princeton
Martial Law Extended Across Northwest Italy
Following a ministers council a cordon of martial law spans northwestern Italy to quell clashes between Fascisti and Socialists and Communists. Troops rush into industrial districts to prevent further violence as Fascisti seize Milan and Genoa with soldiers massed in Milan, Parma, Genoa, Ancona, and Leghorn amid widespread industry disruption and hopes for quick restoration of order.
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Rome
Council -of Ministers
Ltaly
Fascisti
Millan
Genoa
Milan
Parma
Genozg
Ancona
Leghorn
Althe
Three Indicted for War Frauds in Powder Factory Sale
Washington Aug 7 three men were indicted by a special grand jury probing war frauds. Ernest C Moree former director of sale of the war department Everly M Davis president of E M Davis Chemical Co New York and Alexander W Phillips an associate of Davis were charged with defrauding the government of over one million dollars in connection with the sale of the Old Hickory Powder plant near Nashville Tennessee.
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Washington, D. C
Ernest C. Moree
Salen
War Department
Everly M. Davis
E. M. Davis Chemical Company
New York
Alexander W. Phillips
Davis
Old Hickory Powder Company
Nashville
Tenn
Typhoon Swatow Devastation Estimates Rise to 10000
Hong Kong reports list 10000 dead as typhoon and tidal wave hit Swatow on Wednesday. Two British steamers ashore and a third wrecked with passengers saved. City in ruins with 75 percent of buildings destroyed and corpses among debris. Looting reported but police clampdown.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Swatow
Here
Shanghai
Typkaon
Drownings Reported Around Troy and Guthrie Center
In Cedar Rapids area Aug 7 several drownings occurred as boats capsized on the Wapsipinicon and nearby rivers. Speelnd Wlawer Andrews and family were washed from a rowboat near Troy Mills. three children perished, mother and sister survived. In Guthrie Center two men, O W Simmons and Bailor, drowned while wading a river. Simmons’ son nearly drowned while attempting rescue. In Fort Dodge, Carl Vier, 20, drowned when a canoe capsized on the Des Moines River. A crowd at Ellis Park watched Wilbur Mattias nearly saved by his brother in law Andrew Miller, then revived by a passerby.
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Cedar Rapilels
Wlawer Andrews
Troy Milly
Charlotte Luce
Doris
Dorn May
Wapsio
Troy
Fern Andrews
Andrews
Guthrie
Associated Press
Guthrie Center
O. W. Simmons
Ander
Glendale
Charles Ballar
Raccoon River
Here
Simmons
Bailor
Fort Dodge
Garl Vieg
Des Moines
Vier
A. Johnson
Ylog
Sy United Presa Cedar Repids
Ellis Park
Andrew Miller
Wilbur Mattias
Matting
Chicago Ends Car Strike Restores Normal Transit
In Chicago the six day streetcar and elevated line strike ended as service returned to normal. Workers ratified a wage cut of 10 cents per hour while keeping an 8 hour day. First cars operated with crews last night, restoring routes amid a city relying on autos, buses, steam lines, and odd transport options during the stoppage.
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Chicago
Aug. T
Chicago Strees
Carmen
World War Record Wins Promotion to Major Generalship
Col. WIM Tl.dart, in charge of the new quartermaster and docking army bases in New York, will be the new quartermaster general of the army with the rank of major general. The record of his World War service and uniform excellence justify the promotion.
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Washington
Wim Tl.dart
New York
Chenna
Mines in Indiana Now Producing Coal
Staunton Indiana August 7 thirty men went to work on state operated Strip coal mines of the Rowland Power Consolidated Collieries company today. Ten men working the big steam shovel at mining No 3 loaded 75 tons of coal into a car. The number of men rose to 30 with five strike breakers arriving. Between 51 and 73 more men expected this evening for work tomorrow. No shots were fired by guardsmen or snipers last night due to rain and bright moonlight.
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International News
Staunton
Ind
Rowland Power Consolidated Collieries Company
Ming No. 3
Seitry
Neadquarters
Oni
Roland Rowline
Rowland Company
Waterloo City Water Power Offered at Cost by Light Co
Citizens Gas and Electric Co proposes to sell water power rights to Waterloo at cost, plus supply surplus power and arrange joint pole usage for the municipal waterworks. The plan includes constructing a new dam within 60 days, with the city able to buy the dam at cost at any stage. City council to consider the offer at a special meeting.
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Austin Burt
Citizens Gas & Electrie Co
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill Co
Burt
Apeil
Union Mill Company
Fa Waterloo
Elizens
Waterloo
Carahil
Thig Com— Baoy
Wat. Bower
Thia Company
Municipal -Waterpowe Plant
Wavariy
Paoy
Tts
Withbokds
A. E. Gnagy
Gnagy
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Cleveland Butchershop Bandit Shot by Policeman
An unidentified highwayman robbed a Cleveland butcher shop and was fatally shot by Patrolman Munley after a pistol duel in an alley. Albert Loganske, the butcher, said the robber fired first and then traded shots with the officer before collapsing. The incident occurred near Detroit Avenue amid reports of multiple exchanges and police action.
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Cleveland
Boston
Mieh
Ave
Munley
Albert Loganske
Logsanske
Munsey
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cooner
Schmitt
Weinert
Henline
Highways Report Covers Iowa Towns and Clay Roads
U S Department of Agriculture weather bureau report dated August 7 1922 lists towns including Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Mason City and Waterloo. The document notes clay roads and general river road conditions across the state and cites names such as Crouse and ages like thirty in the context of road reports.
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U. S. Department of Agriculturaeather Bureau
Charles City
Algona
Cedar Rapida
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
la Granee
Wis
Mason City
Waverly
Gasoline Refiners Operating at a Loss Says API Official
Washington inquiry opens into high gasoline prices with five member Senate subcommittee led by McNary. L. Welch of the American Petroleum Institute testifies refiners overall produced gasoline and petroleum products at a loss since 1920 despite rising prices. News notes a 2 cent gallon drop on eve of hearings. Meanwhile a daylight robbery in Kansas City nets cash from a cashier of Rossmann company.
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Washington
D. C
McNary
Oregon
la Follette
Wisconsin
L. Welch
The
American Petroleum Institute
Senate
United States
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