Dull Justice and Local Oddities From Iowa News
Tax levy in Charles City up 2 mills. Elsie Bender travels to Cairo to teach in a girls school. Patrolman White suspended ten days for on duty pool playing. Apple pickers near Westfield average 200 bushels daily. Marshals and robbers exchange 13 shots at Storm Lake. 30 safety boxes from Gillett Grove bank found in Hartley cornfield. Emma Harvat reported hospitalized after auto crash in San Francisco. Sioux City judge fines officer for courtroom contempt. Interurban burns creosote blocks to save coal. Dexter’s Whetzel dies. cause unknown. Mt Pleasant man John Hughes dies in Missouri. Cedar Rapids man Albert Conrad escapes jail again. Pedersen cites $11.4 billion deflation loss. Fort Dodge child Lorraine West drowns near home. Siou) City hotel boss heads fundraising for college courses. Cherokee stock trucking to Sioux City. Davenport girl swims Mississippi to Mock Island. Red Oak man James Babb dies. coffin built specially. Judge Coyle sues Interstate Power over tree damage. Boston to receive cornfed cattle from Farragut. Clarinda court grants change of venue for Huff robbery case. Watermelon laced with liquor sparks Sioux City riot.
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Charles City
Elsie Bender
Monticello
Egypt
Cairo
A. J. White
Sioux City
Dickerson
Hancock Township
Westfield
Standard Oil Company
Storm Lake
State Bank
Gillett’s Grove
Charles Muhs
Hartley
Emma Harvat
Iowa City
San Francisco
Folz
Cedar Rapids
Marion
W. A. Whetzel
Dexter
John R. Hughes
Mt. Pleasant
Board of Supervisors
Farber
Albert Conrad
Fort Madison
Peder Pederson
Farm Bureau
Gilbertsville
Lorraine West
J. S. West
Fort Dodge
C. Epply
American Hotel Association
Cherokee County
Len Jenkins
Cherokee
Jane Bendixon
Davenport
Mock Island
Ill
James Babb
Red Oak
Dan Coyle
Humboldt County Fair
Iowa City Canning Company
Michael Berger
George Gruber
Shenandoah Pavilion
Emma Hines
Council Bluffs
West Branch
Judge Taylor
Waukon
Interstate Power Company
Boston
Charles Anderson
Farragut
Judge Cullison
Clarinda
George
Walter Huff
Kramers
Hermits
Shelby County
Indian Mahout Restores Striking Elephant at Zoo
A renowned female Indian elephant at the London zoo, who refused to carry riders, was calmed by an Indian mahout from Cooch Behar. The mahout used Hindustani counsel and gentle handling to gain control, with the elephant progressing toward obedience and readiness for riding.
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London
Cooch Behar
German Actors Idle as Theaters Close Amid Economic Woes
Berlin faces a severe stage crisis as thousands of actors and actresses lose work and theaters shut down. Directors stall winter contracts while agencies shrink from private to four large firms and commissions rise from 5 to 8 percent.
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Berlin
Germany
Collie Saves Master After Empty Hooks On Lake
Jim O Connor of Kennebunk Maine told of his dog Queenie leaping overboard to fetch two small fish while fishing on a lake near his hometown. He claimed none were edible but the dog proved a clever retriever and saved the master from returning empty handed.
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New York
Jim O'Connor
Kennebunk
McAlpin
Queenie
Jim
Boy Plays With Bear Cubs Near Kane
Four year old Donald Small wandered from his mother in the woods near Kane Pennsylvania and was found playing with two bear cubs. He laughed as he tried to lead the cubs home while his mother and father joined the search and the cubs fled once the father arrived.
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India
Elephant House
Kane
Donald Small
Mother Brain
Pensacola Yacht Club Buys Government Vessel for Clubhouse
The Pensacola Yacht Club acquires the army vessel General William Wilson, a 136 foot concrete ship built at a cost of 350000, with two 30000 gasoline motors. The club aims to use it as a movable floating clubhouse with capacity for 50 aboard, powered for transit to Gulf ports and towed by tug when needed.
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Pensacola
Fia
Pensacola Yacht Club
Mobile
Alabama
Army Quartermaster
William Wilson
Wilson
Uncle Sam
New York
Uncle Sarm
Yacht Club
Pensacola Bay
New Orleans
Secretary Davis Calls for End to Violence in Labor Strikes
Mooseheart IL Sept 6 Secretary Davis of the Labor department urged ending violence connected with strikes and preserving wage levels. He defended wage stability despite unemployment and warned that militant actions harm America and must be curb ed through lawful, cooperative settlement.
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Mooseheart
Davis
Labor Department
Gary
Ind
America
Illinois
Mr. Davis
United States
Ten Year Old Boy Regains Speech After Tent Revival Prayers
Clarence McAfee, a mute since birth, spoke for the first time after prayer at a Broad Oaks tent revival led by Pentecostal evangelist Ida Tribett of Sturgis Michigan. Mrs Tribett reports the boy spoke during the meeting and attendees corroborate the miracle.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Clarence McAfee
Broad Qoaks
Ida Tribett
Sturgis
Mich
Drainage Congress Plans Twelfth Annual Convention
Kansas City Mo Sept 4 The National Drainage congress a body of 3500 engineers statesmen and businessmen will hold its twelfth annual convention in Kansas City Sept 25 to 29 officials said today highlighting a major gathering on drainage and water management.
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Drainage Congress
Kansas City
National Drainage Congress
Food Riots Sparked by Rising Prices Near Berlin
In Neu Koeln a market riot broke out as prices rose hourly. Police dispersed the crowd with a strong force to restore order in the Berlin suburb.
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Berlin
Germany
Neukoelm
Tanlae Relief Promises Health From Indigestion
Indigestion and dyspepsia sufferers report Tanlae as a reliable relief after other remedies failed. Customers like Mrs. W. H. Hocker of Clifton Forge Virginia praise its effects, noting improved digestion and renewed vitality. Tanlae claims to aid digestion and purify the blood, building overall health. available at druggists.
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Tanlae
W. H. Hocker
Rose Ave
Clifton Forge
Word of Hope Railway Lawyer Relays Streetcar Wreck Tale
A railway lawyer recounts a maling erer who is badly injured in a street car accident. He is rushed to hospital in an unconscious state and operated on. After waking from anesthesia he asks what place this is and learns of his injuries. He asks how much he will recover.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
Long-Distance Courtship Revealed in Florida Fisherman Tale
A widowed scrub woman admits to courting a man who has spent six months fishing in Florida. Her mistress, sensing a second romance, asks questions and learns of the distant relationship. The anonymous, rustic exchange highlights a secret romance pursued through long distance.
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Florida
Hamlet Described as Melancholy Town by Tavern Landlord
A Peewee Cuddyhump tavern landlord jokes that Bigville calls the place a hamlet while a spectacled guest links the term to Shakespeare. He notes the town appears melancholy, fitting the character and mood.
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Bigville
Peeweecuddyhump
Kansas City Star
Girl copies Scott line misquotes horses in stream
An Oregon high school student copied a passage by Sir Walter Scott and penned a misquotes altering “bellies” to “waists” in the line about horses entering the stream. The teacher noted the discrepancy when the assignment was handed in.
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Giddap
Oregon
Walter Scott
The Leisurely Unrighteous Moonshiners Relocated
In a rugged exchange Farmer Countessel says moonshiners in the region are gone they were run out and became rich enough to move away. The dialogue reveals the persistence of the rural crackdown and the shifting fortunes of outlaws in the era.
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