Republicans Seek Strength Show in Georgia Contest
The Republican National Committee opens its Georgia fight as a key test of presidential support for Wood vs Lowden. Florida and D C contests also loom with pledges of delegates and legal questions. Churchill and Warren lead subcommittee reviews as Harding and Johnson teams prepare for the convention week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Georgia
Republican National Committee
Lawden
Wood
Senate
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Lowden
Pickett
Wood Fund
Harding
Ohio
Forquer
Hooper
Tennessee
Florida
District of Columbia
Warren
Michigan
Dupont
Delaware
Parsons
New York
Leonard Wood
Frank ©. Lowden
Hiram Johnson
National Committee
Aad Bean
Tampa
Gen. Wood
H. L. Anderson
Jacksonville
Johnson
L. Church
Gov. Lowden
Frank J. Hogan
Atlanta
Charles Adamson
Gedartown
Louisiana
National
Emil Kuntz
Victor Loisel
New Orleans
Tol
Frank H. Hitchcock
Weod
Altho
Charles Evans Hughes
William Cooper Procter
Cedarville
Rostoe Picktett
House Votes for Adjournment of Congress
Washington D C June 1 the house adopted a Mondell Wyoming resolution for a sine die adjournment at 3 o clock Saturday without a record vote indicating congress would close. The motion ends the current session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Today
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Jefer
Congress
Dublin Condemns Ireland Partition on Economic Grounds
London dispatch says Dublin chamber of commerce special committee condemned the home rule measure for commercial and financial reasons. The report will be submitted today. In Washington, Palmer accuses Louis Post of perverted sympathy for criminal anarchists while testifying before the House Rules Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Associated Press
London
Ireland
Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Times
Associated Cress
Washington, D. C
Louis F. Post
Labor
Palmer
House
Postland
Rules Committee
Post
Attorney General
Congress
Altoona State Bank Robbed in Early Morning Break-In
Thieves broke into the Altoona state bank in Altoona Iowa early today and robbed safety deposit boxes. Liberty bonds and papers were taken with losses estimated from 3000 to 5000 dollars before the culprits fled while attempting to open the cash vaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Altoona
Liberty Bonds
Knights of Pythias to Hold Largest Secret Order Convention
Cleveland will host the national encampment of the Knights of Pythias uniform rank from July 25 for a week. An estimated 15 000 to 20 000 delegates are expected, with 1000 tents at Edgewater Park for military discipline housing. A multi mile parade and a military ball are planned, the first biennial since 1914, with Camp Minshull named for Thomas W. Minshull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
W. H. Loomis
Briga‘dier
John B. Benn
Knights‘of
Edgewater Park
Order
Camp
Discontinued Relief Work in Occupied Areas
Coblenz June 1 Relief work in the American occupation area will continue despite the resignation of Pierrepoint B Nayes the American representative on the Rhineland commission. Seven thousand needy children are fed daily and a staff member who handled the work may stay. Nayes departs next week for Washington to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Goblenz
Pierrepoint B. Nayes
Rhineland Commission
Noyes
Cobijenz
Cobienz
Washington
State Department
Europe
Courier delivery deadlines and contact for missed paper
The notice states Courier should arrive by 3 or 3 o'clock daily and urges readers to call 8330 if the paper is not received by then. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m to receive a copy of the paper.
Bolshevik Armies Retreat in Tarashevka Region
Moscow says Russian bolshevik forces fighting Poland and Ukraine near Tarasheka south of Kiev have pulled back to new positions after fighting with superior enemy forces. Nearby villages around Molodechno northwest of Minsk abandoned last Saturday have been reoccupied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Presa
London
Tarashteha
Kiev
Moscow
Molodechno
Minsk
Barber Arrested With 612 Quarts of Hooch on Hand
Marshalltown Iowa reports barber Nada Long was arrested today on charges of illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor. Authorities say 612 quarts of whiskey were found in his possession and that the liquor was allegedly obtained in Canada. Jock Williams, who worked at Long’s home, was also held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
Marshalltown
Nada Long
India
Canada
Jock Williams
Long
Ohio Campaign Spending Seen in Harding Wood Race
Robert F. Wolfe, publisher of the Columbus Dispatch, testifies at the Senate preconvention spending inquiry that about 100000 dollars was spent by each side in Ohio for the Harding Wood contest. He says an inside party group influenced support and notes Daugherty’s delegate role as a danger. Frederick A. Joss adds Wood expenditures in Indiana totalling 57000 to 86000 dollars with 17000 unpaid bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D
Robert F. Wolfe
Columbus
Ohio
Harding
Republican Party
Reed
Missouri
Wolf
Wood
Edge
New Jersey
Wolfe
Tim
Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty
Frederick A. Joss
Indiana
Joss
Wheat control ends as federal oversight fades
Washington June 1 Federal control of wheat and wheat products ended today. The wheat divertor ceases to function and the food administration control ends by presidential proclamation. The government guarantee of $2.20 a bushel is ended and remaining contracts will be carried out by the United States Grain Corporation before winding up and handing finances to the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Food Administration
Wilson
United States Grain Corporation
Treasury Department
The
Grain Corporation
Lord of Sligo Land Seizure by Mayo Townspeople
Westport residents forced gates of the Sligo estate yesterday and seized about 56 acres for grazing and siage after a full plea to surrender land. Cattle were driven off the property and the townspeople moved their own cows onto the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Sligo
Westport
County Mayo
Sugar policy debate spurs Hoover urged action in 1919
The House reveals a cable from July 1919 urging wartime sugar controls to continue into 1920. Herbert Hoover advocated immediate action to ration nonessential uses and stabilize Cuban sugar supply, arguing prices rose from Wilson's fault and calling for congressional authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Paris
England Now Seeks Russ Soviet Trade Open London Station
The Morning Standard reports after Gregory Krassin meeting with Lloyd George and the British cabinet that the Soviet government may open a central London trading office to organize an exchange of goods with British traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Gregory Krassin
Lloyd George
Morning Standard
Dr G W Fisher Dies In La Porte City Cerebral Hemorrhage
Dr G W Fisher died in La Porte City at about 10 a m from cerebral hemorrhage after a trip from Waterloo where he cared for patients He was about 70 and survived by his widow The death followed a driving accident near town as he lost control of his car and struck a telephone pole Ottumwa reports cattle sales with Angus stock bringing high totals and a notable purchase by Dan J Leeney Sons of Oxford for 15000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Fisher
LA Porte City
Waterloo
Ottumwa
P. J. Donahoe ‘Son
Wittlamaburz
Dan J. Leeney & Sons
Oxford
Supreme Court Passes On Dry Issue And Referendum
The Supreme Court ruled federal constitutional amendments cannot be submitted for ratification to state referendums. It preserved Ohio’s ratification of federal prohibition and woman suffrage amendments and left North Dakota actions intact. The court also found federal income tax on judges unconstitutional and dismissed antitrust suits against Quaker Oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington D. C
Supreme Court
Ohio State
Ohio Supreme Court
George S. Hawke
Cinciapali
Supreme Court At
Washington
Oday
Lhahc
Ohio
North Dakota Supreme Court
North Dakota
United States
Quaker Oats
Cotton Futures Trading Suspended Awaiting Contract Status
New York trading in cotton futures stalled due to confusion over a pending contract status. The bill to continue the current contract is expected to be signed by President Wilson today after passage in Congress and the agreement is maintained at the New York exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prensa
New York
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Tribute to Americans Highlighted in Paris Dinner
Frederick Francois Marsal, finance minister, hosted a dinner in Paris as part of Memorial Day observances honoring Americans including soldiers sailors journalists bankers merchants and farmers. The event paid tribute to the contributions of Americans in France and marked a wide memorial ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freasy
Paris
Frederick Francois-Marsal
France
Women heckle U S Senate in Armenian mandate debate
A dozen women sympathetic to Irish freedom heckled Senator Brandegee during discussion of the Armenian mandate. Ushers escorted several interrupters from the chamber amid sharp orders from Vice President Marshall. Some were briefly detained at the Capitol guard room before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of Irish Freedom
Marshall
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States’ Senate
Brandegee
Connecticut
Ireland
England
Capitol Guard
Great activity marks closing campaign week in Iowa
The Iowa campaign week closes with national, state, and county interests intensifying. Frank Kellogg will speak in Waterloo to rally Republicans for Cummins, while labor and farmers weigh into the fight. Governors candidates and sheriff races attract attention as party harmony and turnout loom large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inds
Waterloo
Senator Cum
Cumming
Cummins
Cummings
Hin
United States
Mary
Labor
Iowa
Jeffert
Haseen
J. F.deems
Nate E. Kendall
Ernest R. Moore
H. MM. Havner
Burton E. ‘Sweet
Will H. Hays
National Republican Committee
Arch
Also Mentioned on This Page
State
A. L. Church
W. L. Vanduzer
Charles B. Warren
Anderson
Bean
Edward Randolph Wonod
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Wimary
Philadelphia Board of Trade
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Tthe Coliseum
Moses
Harry Daugherty
Warren G. Harding
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Watkegan
Waukegan
House Rules Committee
Department of ‘Justice
Mr. Post
Communist Party
Communist Internationale
Jackson H. Ralston
Department of Justice
Altoona State Bank
K.P
Cleveland
Coblenz
Wildon
Rep
Tinkham
Sugar Board
Tuna
Paria
Harbert i Toover
Julius J. Barnes
Wla
Republian
Massachusetts
Troover
Cuba
Barnes
Tanasig
Zabriskie
Sugar Equilization Board
Mr. Hoover
Frost
Aidan Gaby
Senate Chamber
Azorn
Girard
Harvester
Butch Master
Bost
Cummins-Brookhart
Nation
Sen. Kellogg
Jane
Marshall County
Farm Bureau
Association
Smith Brookhart
Brookham
Hays
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!