Byng Delays Title Over Patent Fees
London reports General Byng, famed as hero of Vimy and former governor general of Canada, has not paid for the letters patent needed to become a viscount. The 700 pounds required blocks the creation of Viscount Byng of Vimy, as he refuses to pay and has no heir. The issue highlights the old practice that title recipients must cover patent costs.
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London
Byng
France
Julian Byng
Canada
George
Viscount Byng
Vimy
College of Heralds
House of Lords
Aden
Timbuctoo
United Kingdom
Treasury
Byney
Earls of
Oxford
Barons and Viscounts Escape Fees in Titles Controversy
Wealthy peers including Balfour Fitz-Alan and several Labor lords avoided payments for titles with many fees remitted. Notable sums remitted include £2255 for Balfour and £755 for Asquith, while earldoms for Kitchener Haig and Beatty show high costs yet were excused. Byng and others criticized for cash grants and title costs amid the Mississippi flood control congress endorsement.
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Quith
Balfour
Birkenhead
Chelmsford
Fitz-Alan
Finlay
Lowther
Olivier
Thompson
Arnold
Altho
Asquith
Earl of Balfour
Earl Kitchener
French
Earldom
Ypres
Byng
Auite
Haig
Beatty
Mayor Thompson to Promote Flood Control Tour
Chicago dispatch reports Mayor William Hale Thompson plans a nationwide speaking tour to advocate flood control for the Mississippi valley. Departing around Sept 3, he will speak in Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Topeka, Denver, San Francisco, Omaha, Los Angeles, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New York and Atlanta with possible additional stops. The mayor stressed the trip is not political and aims to aid flood relief efforts.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Flood Relief Congress
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Topeka
Denver
San Francisco
Omaha
Los Angeles
Detroit
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
New York
Atlanta
Mississippi Valley
Woman Rum Runner Freed on $50 Bond
Lena Nyberg a 28 year old woman arrested in Burlington Iowa on charge of bootlegging waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury under a fifty dollar bond. Police noted her frequent crossings of the McArthur bridge and 25 gallons of alleged alcohol were found in her car making her perhaps the first woman booze runner arrested in Iowa.
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Burlington
Lena Nyberg
Iowa
McArthur Bridge
Brookfield Eggs Price Upgraded Quality Advertisement
Brookfield eggs priced higher for quality size and cleanliness. Advertisement notes value and effort behind grade standards and superior product.
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Brookfield
Births and Deaths in Iowa May 1927 Report
Des Moines reports May 1927 vital stats show births at 3 451 and deaths at 1 815, down from May 1926’s 3 768 births and 2 245 deaths. More male deaths (1 009) than females (806) with top death ages 75 to 79 and 70 to 74. Heart disease leads with 348, cancer 209, apoplexy 197, pneumonia 121, accidents 108. Quarantines note 15 diphtheria cases for week ending Aug 5.
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Des Moines
State Department of Health
Iowa
Notable Midwest Child Disease Totals Reported
The report lists case counts across Iowa cities for several illnesses: 13 scarlet fever, 10 smallpox, five measles, four chickenpox, 16 whooping cough. Iowa City has four diphtheria. Des Moines, Waterloo, Dubuque, Davenport two each. Council Bluffs three scarlet fever. Marshalltown, Des Moines, Dubuque two each. Boone one smallpox. Des Moines one typhoid fever. Waterloo one meningitis case.
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Iowa City
Des Moines
Waterloo
Dubuque
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Marshalltown
Boone
Bondholders to Receive 11 1 4 Percent First Dividend
General refunding in come mortgage seven per cent convertible gold bonds of Galloway Brothers & Co. will pay 11 1 4 percent as the first and final dividend under court order signed by Judge H. B. Boies. The order states holders of coupons cannot claim from receivership receipts. Receivership funds totals 34,507.22 with 28,894.20 remaining to pay bondholders. outstanding bonds face value 256,837.50.
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Galloway Brothers & Co
H. B. Boies
A. G. Reid
Sixty Chinese killed in Shanghai market collapse
Central News dispatch reports sixty killed and about 1000 injured when a market in Shanghai collapsed. The item also notes an upcoming recital by Reinald Werrenrath at Teachers College new gymnasium on August 12 with ticket prices from 50 cents to 1.50 dollars.
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London
Shanghai
Central
Reinald Werrenrath
Teachers College New Gymnasium
Kiwanis Hear Herzberg On Advertising and Selling
Paul J. Herzberg sales manager of Hinson Manufacturing spoke to the Kiwanis at the Hotel Russell Lamson luncheon about how production costs and advertising appropriations should shape selling prices. Miss Elfretta Borden sang two solos with Miss Margaret Maddigan at the piano.
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Paul J. Herzberg
Hinson Manufacturing Company
Kiwanis Club
Russell-Lamson
Elfretta Borden
Margaret Maddigan
West to Lead Local Lowden for President Club
Knoxville district Republican leader Frank L. West announced that representatives from several counties would convene in Knoxville on Saturday to organize a Lowden for President club.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Frank L. West
Moveable Dummies Used by Paris Tailors
Display dummies that move their heads lips and eyes by electric motors hidden inside are used by Paris tailors to showcase garments.
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Paris
Frost Line Near as Jack Frost Nips Crops
The temperature plunged to 41 degrees, the lowest since late spring, with a light frost possible at 39. Rain gauge recorded .33 inches from yesterday’s shower. Farmers worry a early frost may harm corn nearing maturity. a 1915 frost on August 22 killed much corn.
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Jack Frost
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