All in A Night at the Plaza and Palace Theatres
The Plaza screens Allan Jimmy Valentine with Bert Lytell where a trapped baby sister in a vault heightens suspense as detective Doyle watches the outcome. At the Palace, Too Much Johnson stars Bryant Washburn in a comic tale of a mother in law and a feisty business couple, with Lois Wilson co starring.
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Jimmy Valestine
Jimmy
Doyle
Allan Jimmy Valentine
Bert Lytell
the Plaza
Plaza Theatre
Johnson
Bryant Washburn
Palace Theatre
William Gillette
Mr. Washburn
Lois Wilson
Gaumont
Republicans Move Into Act as Convention Nears
The GOP leaders start intensive publicity and interviews with Wood Lowden and Johnson joining daily media outreach. Sen Poindexter arrives from Washington while delegates pour in to caucus and elect officers for state representation. The Georgia case on Wood vs London looms as the national committee delays further contests and eyes a Saturday finish.
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Wood
Marshall
Lake Michin
Hogshead
Tof
Republican National Committee
Coliseum
Georgia
London
Florida
Armenian premier changes at peace conference noted
Dr Chadjiar, prime minister of Armenia, is reported by the Associated Press as succeeding Ikhatissian as head of the Armenian delegation to the peace conference. The Armenian republic position is updated at East Relief headquarters in New York on June 4.
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Associated Press
Nnew
York
Chadian
Alexander Ikhatissian
Epublic
Shada
Er East
Armistice Signed With Turkish Nationalists at Beyrout
Paris reports an armistice convention with Mustafa Kemal Pasha signed at Beyrout by Baron de Caix. The accord follows the French need to regroup scattered forces in Syria and comes five days after the agreement was reached.
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Freas
Paris
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Asia Minor
Beyrout
Baron de Caix
French High Commission
Pettinax
Echo de Paris
Syria
Texas Troops Await Order to Galveston
The Texas National Guard, 29 units, stood in armories across Texas cities awaiting orders to entrain for Galveston to assume control amid a freight congestion caused by a longshoremen strike. The Galveston city commission protested the move.
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Associated Preas
Austin
Tex
Galveston
Texas National Floard
Texas
Four New Bubonic Plague Cases Reported in Vera Cruz
Four new cases of bubonic plague were discovered in Vera Cruz today. Three victims were soldiers and one was a laundress who died after being taken to the detention hospital. One patient admitted days earlier died, while two others at the hospital are reported as recovering.
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Vera Cruz
Restoration of Gregorian Chant Urged at Vatican Congress
A resolution forwarded to Pope Benedict XV urged restoring Gregorian chant in liturgy without excluding other approved church music. The call followed the close of the international congress of Gregorian chant held in New York on June 4.
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Associated Press
New York
Benedict XV
International Congress of Gregorian Chant
A silent but effective salesman For Sale Ad in the Courier
A historical note describes a For Sale advertisement in the Courier newspaper. It highlights a concise, persuasive classified that sold items without overt selling tactics. The piece underscores the ad’s quiet efficiency and local reach.
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The
Courier
Last Night's News in Brief
Railroads promised full cooperation to relieve a freight jam. Poland army fights Bolshevik forces as Polish and Soviet hostilities unfold. Sylvia the two month old bull sells for 50000 at Minnesota Holstein sale. Gomper declares war possible if senate recommendations on Mexican affairs are carried out. Palmer says district attorneys approval not required for warrants under prohibition law. Relief credits arranged by six European nations for central Europe. Austria seeks Hungary’s explanation of a monarchist plot. Chicago mayor files libel suit summons against New York Tribune. Bolsheviks blamed as poison needle attacks injure officers amid peace talks.
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Copenhagen
St. Paul
Kcartra
Sylvia
Samuel Gompers
United States
Mexico
Senate
Washington
D. C
Palmer
Paris
International Committee For Relief Credits
Great Britain
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
New York
Thompson
Chicago
New York Tribune
Budapest
Lowden Wins in Fight for 17 Delegates
In a contentious party fight, Lowden defeats Wood for 17 delegates as Hitchcock organizers and other supporters attend the sourentiga and help organize the contest. A bid of $30,000 is noted in the Associated Press account with references to a Junior world record and a price of $30,900 in Minn. on June 4.
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Lowden
Wood
Dage
st.“Baul
Minn
South Carolina Delegates Seated After Factional Clash
The Adams faction claimed force drove supporters from the hall as the committee debated seatings. A committee member sought to know if Bean and Ilebor rushed through windows. Laughter drowned the reply, and the committee then seated Tolbert faction delegates, including both at large and seven district seats for Lowden.
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Adams
Bean
Ilebor
South Carolina
Tolbert
Lowden
What He Gets At A Filling Station
A court action follows a liquor nuisance claim against W H Riggs, manager of an oil station at 613 Fourth street. Police seized three pints of whisky and several empty bottles during a search. Riggs faces a municipal court hearing this afternoon with bond set at 500 dollars.
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Fourth Street
J. J. Wenner
John Sweitzer
Theodore Peek
W. H. Riggs
Holstein Cow Price Set in Wisconsin Market Record
A Holstein cow was sold today in the Minnesota Holstein market. Gustav Pabst of Housman Wisconsin set a price for Pabat Korndilh Corn Flower, bought from Pred Pabst of Oconomowor Wisconsin. The previous record price was 18 486.
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Minnesota
Waterloo Man Attends Big Labor Meeting
Leon A. Link, delegate of the Central Labor union, travels to Montreal to attend the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor. The convention is the year’s major event for organized labor with about 1000 voting delegates expected and honorary delegates from many countries.
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Gompers
Montreal
Associated Press
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Leon A. Link
Central Labor Union
Nehe
Tas
Mach
Alaskan
Porto Ries
Cuba
Hawaii
Pension Hopes Rise For Postal Clerks And Rail Workers
Washington reports that the Sterling Lehrbach bill to grant pensions to postal clerks aged 65 and railroad mail clerks aged 62 with at least 15 years of government service has been mailed to local post offices. The measure aims to provide retirement benefits to long serving civil service workers.
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Postoffice
Washington
Annuity scale set for long service workers under Wilson plan
President Wilson approves a pension scheme based on length of service with annuities tied to a percentage of the past decade’s average salary. Scale ranges from 40 years at 60 percent to 15 years at 30 percent, noting a rural carter stands as the sole eligible annuitant among older post clerks.
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Wilson Amlx
Rites Ly Ag
Cedar Rapids Man Injured In Scaffolding Fall
Nes Moines June 4. Jeving Nar enti of Cedar Rapids was badly hurt when scaffolding collapsed while he was working on a building. He was hurled about 80 feet to the cement sidewalk and struck on his head.
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Nes Moines
Jeving Narenti
Cedar Rapids
County Attorney Wenner to Address Parole Topic at Meeting
County attorney E. J. Wenner is slated for June 8 in Cedar Rapids to speak on The Parole before the county attorney convention. The State Bar Association will hold sessions on June 24 and June 28 at the same venue and price.
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E. J. Wenner
Cadar Rapids
State Bar Associiation Anna
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