Navy to Break Up and Sell 12 Obsolete Battleships
Washington July 7 decision to break up and sell for junk or use as targets 12 obsolete battleships marks the end of a fleet long tied to American naval glory. The ships include Oregon Iowa Massachusetts Indiana Kentucky Kearsarge Alabama Illinois Wisconsin Ohio Missouri Maine and Maine. The article recounts their Spanish American War exploits and later service before retirement in reserve or as firing targets.
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D. C
Navy Department
Oregon
Iowa
Indiana
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Alabama
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Ohio
Missouri
Maine
San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
GC. HK
Clark
Santiago
Cuba
Schley- Oregon
Vizcaya
Santiago de Cuba
Philippines
Colon
Guantanamo
Texas
Reina Mercedes
Guba
Porto Rico
Tangier Sound
Chesapeake Bay
West
Commiscm
Naval Academy
Navy
Kinis
United States
New York
South America
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Mediterranean
Wcre
Newport
R. I
Norfolk
Intiana
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Tawa
The Zero Hour Magazine Tour Comes to Iowa City
A tour stops in Iowa as The Zero Hour, a service men oriented magazine launched March 22, 1919 without capital, promotes Americanism and veteran employment. Editor Erwin W. Brink of Milwaukee says the publication serves all former service members and citizens, with vivid halftone illustrations and statewide endorsements.
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Iowa
Erwin W. Brink
Mistwaukee
Wis
Dirigible at N Y Lands U K Crew Near Exhaustion
A large British dirigible the R-34 completed its landing at Roosevelt Field after a long transatlantic flight. Maj. Scott led the American landing crew while Gen. Maitland and other officers greeted the crew. Exhaustion marked the crew with several illness cases, and the ship faced earlier storms over Newfoundland. Return flight planned via a southern route toward Scotland with possible sightings for mid Atlantic cities.
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Scott
Lionel EB
Charlton
United States
English Channel
E. M. Maitland
British
Air Ministry
Zachary Lansdwane
Maj
U. S. Oficers
R-34
Frederick W. Lucas
Hugh Fuller
Glennon
Monoher
Navy
War Departments
L. B. Clarke
Maitland
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Mineola
Scotland
Middle Atlantic
Spain
Roosevelt Field
Or Scout
Frederick Jucas
Royal Airforces
FE. M. Maitland
United States Navy Department
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Seventh
United States Balloon Company
Maj. Scott
Eath Tolaar
Azores
North Atlantic
Rela
Therfield
War Plans Formed Before U S Entry, Says Graham
A congressional hearing transcript cites Mr. Graham asserting that a wartime council drafted core policy before the United States entered World War I. He says the council shaped draft, labor exclusion from service, press censorship, and federal sale controls, with bid rivalries and disorganization hampering efficiency. The minutes, though unofficial, were deemed substantially correct.
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Council
Congress
Graham
Samuel Gompers
Howard E. Coffin
Herbert Hoover
Graban
Com
Mittes
Representative Reavis
Nebraska
Phillin Patebin
State Departtment
Grosvenor, Clarkson
Voice of Os-Ke-Non-Ton Inspires Job Play Voice
Stewart Walker found Os-Ke-Non-Ton, a Mohawk Indian from the Canadian woods, to speak the Voice in the Whirlwind for The Book of Job. The silent onstage presence delivers a deep, sonorous chant that fills the theater with a haunting, dignified authority.
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Cod
Seattle
Stewart Walker
Fle
Jaxt
Os- Ke-Non-Ton
Vhiefy
Os-Ko Non-Ton
Hume
Rhato
OssKe-Non-Ton
Os-Ke-Non-Ton
Art. of
New York
i-Ton
Mr. Farwell
Deen
Salemn
City in Brief: Vacationers and Local Updates
A city in brief column notes locals on visits and arrivals including Lieut Frank Cullord and wife, Miss Laura Slrubel, Jennico A Shaw, George L Van Dyre, and others. Waterloo hosting interstate travelers and returning service members. Camber of Commerce board to meet. small updates on illness and travel plans. Also mentions Inebriacy hospital low counts and Keister's Tailoring in the Federal building. Office notes, social events, and local ad bits conclude the roundup.
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Jennico A. Shaw
Chicago
George L. van Dyre
Herman G. James
Middlewest
Waterloo
Fort Dalge
Black Hawk County
Mt. Pleasant
Smith
J. A.carpenter
Western Avenue
Tama Jim'' Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
I. J. Edwards
Cedar Heights
May Howell
Eagle Grove
Florence Tackman
Miss Tackman
Salt Lake
Utah
Brighton
Yellowstone National Park
Ralph W. Klotzbach
France
Army of Occupation
Germany
344Th Field Artillery
Camp Dodge
Klotzbach
The
Courier and Reporter
Keister
Ladies’ Tailoring College
Federal Building
Rush on new engine and spreader plant starts
Foundation work for the George B. Miller manufacturing plant north of Westfield began Saturday, with Black Hawk Construction handling the job. The building will be the largest factory in the area with proper lighting and sanitary details, housing the Faultless Gasoline engine company equipment and Hobinson Spreader company, recently purchased by Miller, under his active management.
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George B. Miller
Westfield
Black Hawk Construction Company
L Company
Hobinson
Miller
Con Jieern
Waterloo Couple Wed Fifty Years
Mr and Mrs John Myers, pioneers of Black Hawk county, quietly celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Cedar River pack. They live on 909 Jefferson Street Waterloo and raised eight children on Big Bend farm near Elk Run. Their family includes 123 grandchildren with most present for the celebration except one daughter in Long Beach California.
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John Myers
Black Hawk County
Cedar River Pack
Jefferson Street
Myers
Black Hawk
Grieber
Susan Noss
Pennsylvania
Penn
Alvansas
Agnew
First Presbyterian Church
Waterloo
Elk Run
Big Bend Farm
Gracelk. Owens
Long Beach
Cal
Albert Myers
Ving
Dewar
Len
Gay J
Edward Jacobson
Everly
Oscelola
Bank Statement Of Black Hawk County Bank
Reserve Dist Wa 276000 477000 312090 Bt 1169388 1076314 1000 AGL 36128 2037.82 B3201544 0 7800008 3772167.83 Total. State of Town Black Hawk County. Fred H Wray cashier swears the statement is true to best knowledge. Notary Anna M Decker sworn July 1913. Directors A H Yranks Rudamatt Stew art.
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Vomse
Black Hawk
Fred H. Wray
Rayhier
Eal
Anna M. Decker
Alrest
A. H. Yrank
Tia Rudamatt
FE. Stewart
Wilson to Speak Before Senators on Pact Thursday
Wilson and his party will land at Hoboken and travel by ferry to New York City for a citizens’ reception and brief address at Carnegie Hall after a naval salute and fleet passage from Sandy Hook toward the upper bay. The voyage and ceremonies mark the first night of the Statue of Liberty celebration.
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Sandy Hook
Wilson
Hobokes
Thirtythird Street
New York City
Citizens
Wilton
Twenty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Carnegie Hate
Quiet UNC court session nets fines and detentions
A sparse UNC municipal court session saw nearly 60 cases including one prisoner held for a morning hearing with Judge Bird. Twenty five traffic violators and five speeders were booked. bonds forfeited in several intoxication and indecent conduct cases. The session yielded $124 in fines and costs.
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Mlice
W. N. Bird
Ispree
Jall
Jhilura
Mystery creature enters New York post office in Tottenville debate
In Tottenville a post office mail pouch yielded a strange creature described as a cross between a frog and a lizard. Clerks captured it. experts debate whether it is a lizard, amphibian, bird, or other, with a committee and Dr Hornaday to weigh in.
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New York
Tottesville
Mary Wilson
Manhattan
John_O'Doran
jStaten Island
Yuestly
Tottenville
Orange Mountains
Reptile Study Society of America
Lower Jersey
George Hoehen
Florida
New York Post Office
Dr. Hornaday
Bronx Zoo
Once a Millionaire Now Abes Kor A Job
Henry Clinton Goodrich 87 walked into the Federal Employment Agency in Chicago seeking work. An inventor with sewing machine patents and a past fortune, he now earns four dollars a day after years of real estate investments. The note ends with a line about Spain's olive crop.
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Chicago
Henry Clinton Goodrich
Humboldt Avenue
Federal Employment Agency
Goodrich
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