Latest By Wire Movie Star Injured And Robbed Bank Heist
News digest covers actress Anna Q Nilksin fils injured when an extra toppled a heavy table onto her foot possibly risking amputation. A Dayton Savings and Trust branch robbery yielded $20 000 after six employees were held at bay and the thief escaped. Lamont Iowa votes approve a deep well project to improve water supply. Paris France investigates a deadly Paris Boulogne train wreck near Amiens station that killed 14 and injured over 100 as wreckage and fire hinder rescue. Fremont Nebraska adds a baby pageant winner described as the smallest proud child winning a local prize and praised by aunt Thelma Nor Whitc hill.
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Los Angeles
Anna Q. Nilksin
Fils Setrias
Miss ‘Nilasen
Varis
Paris-Boulogne
Owa Woman With Armenian Orphan Visits County
Mrs Ganeway former town resident and mother of a Grinnell student runs an American hospital in Turkey. She travels with a five year old Armenian girl and Director Shallcross of relief work. She plans talks at Griswold churches Sunday and possibly attends the Rotary club meeting Monday evening.
Adjourning Cass Pottawattamie Boards Meet on Drainage
Cass and Pottawattamie county boards of supervisors met at Griswold to discuss the Cass Pottawattamie drainage project. Little definite action arose as most members postponed decisions until Monday August 17. Appraisers named include engineer Boyd L. Walker, R. N. Blain, and W. C. Mugller.
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Cass and Pottawadtlangie
Griswold
Boyd L . Walker
R. N. Blain
W.C. Mugller
Driver confesses framed payroll hold up in Kewanee
Joe Jackson, 40, cleaner of the mail truck, confessed the robbery was a frame up and named Phil Robison of Casper, Wyoming as the accomplice. He claimed Robison urged the hold up and that a companion waited in a waiting car to receive the stolen pouch. Police doubt the payroll was in the pouch. check-up pending at Chicago office.
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Kewanee
Joe Jackson
Kewaner Boiler Works
Phil Robison
Casper
Wyo
Witte Exenpad
Hackeon
W. C. Hachmgardner
Chicago
Trobison
Act
Thierry Goldsberg
Jackson
Bauogairdier
Ricks
Robison
Lloy
Goldabers
Rubicun
Dwkeon
Editor Muse Mistaken for Irvin Cobb on Alaska Trip
Had Fun Mason City Iowa Aug 14 Will F Muse Globe Gazette editor returning from Alaska tour was mistaken for humorist Irvin Cobb by many travelers at Glacier Park. Paul Pearson suggested Hughes as speaker. Muse allowed referencing Hughes but revealed the prank. Women sought autographs believing Muse to be Cobb, with one driving three days to Alabama and another from Idaho, all amused by the mix up. Muse admitted the mix up and enjoyed the attention during the trip.
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Mason City
Will F. Muse
Globe-Gazette
Alaska
Irvin & Cobb
Glacier Park
Paul Pearson
Lyceum Magazine
Muse
Hughes
Irving
Cobb
Ada
Italy
Wage Confession Versus Confession Contest In Trial
In San Francisco, August reports describe a murder trial involving a young girl and her mother’s death. The defense challenges the confession and questions police efforts to locate the accused, while state alienists and witnesses are set to testify in rebuttal.
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San Francisco
MNS
Tinge
Salas
Bao Bhy
Dorothy
Napa State Hospital
Jinelle Lin Ld
Mes. Ellingsen
Jimmie Lamar
Despita
Gil
Hifternaan
Nine Civil War Veterans at Methuselah Birthday
Nine G A R members gathered for a birthday tribute to veteran F M Nutter, totaling 64 years of combined age and an average of 84 years. The group included Osborne, Brown, Somanthe, Kreamer, Krister, Brooks, Wealsey, McGeeton, Prossnal, and Nutter, with Mrs. Ed S Mmpie composing a tribute poem praising loyalty and service to the Red, White and Blue.
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Methuselah
Iocal G. A. R
Girich Street
F. M. Nutter
Millionaire New York banker wins by baby's smile
In Leno x Massachusetts Greenville L Winthrop, a wealthy New York banker, returns to Groton Place with a smiling baby boy Shabby. He forgives his daughter Kate after she eloped with electrician Darwin Morse and now hints at uniting the family again. Grandpa Winthrop eyes Emily as a possible reconciliation.
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Lenox
Mass
Groton Place
Greenville L. Winthrop
New York
Kate
Darwin Morse
Hip, Jr
Santa Barbara
Califf
Winthrop
Emily
Promise to Rock Island Railroad Co. Kept by Farmers
Farmers of the Lewis-Kriswold area meet with Rock Island officials to press adherence to a prior agreement on shipping by rail versus by truck. They emphasize keeping the letter and spirit of the accord, noting railroad efforts exceed promises and praising the businesslike conduct of the farmers in pursuing common goals.
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Wiendi
Oriswald
Abbie
Sayishins
Ier Lewis
Previgee
Sony
Dawa Pyanee Company
Hussey
Gsueer
Wey Rail
Deck
Chicago
Sankey
Griswald
Lewis
Roth
Buek
Mero
Sy Rail Weublore
Lewis-Kriswold
Yessterday
Hor
Row Island
Rock Islands
Near Death at Ventura From Auto Crash
John Dunlap manager of the Ventura telephone exchange was believed dying in a Cedar Rapids hospital from injuries after a car wreck at Center Point. Kasper was driving. the car skidded in sand and ditched. Dunlap, aged 0, had fractured skull, broken ribs and leg plus internal injuries. Shenandoah man electrocuted at Shenandoah while showing Niagara Falls pictures. he stepped on a live plate and received a shock.
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Cedar Rapids
INS
John Dunlap
Ventura
Center Point
Dunlap
Harold Kasper
Kasper
Shenandoah
J. F. Carl ‘Son
Red Oak
Niagara Falls
Shenan
Carlson
Hearing on Traffic Rule Injunction Case This Afternoon
A fragmentary proceeding report notes a traffic rule injunction hearing this afternoon. Judge Whitmere presides as the court takes the matter under advisement, with multiple participants referenced in unclear text.
Atlantic Printer Weighs In On Carter Printing Fight
A local public printer and former Le Mans neighbor, Mr Carter, tours Atlantic with Mr Weinheimer of 671 Chestnut Street Hairdressing Tartars. In a Washington interview Carter says he runs the government shop for taxpayers, not graft, and plans not to resign while facing Coolidge's support of his conduct.
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Nein
Athantic
Uaernation X
Weinheimer
Atlantic
Chestnut Street
Wein
the White Hose
Dle
Ann
Carter
Donut
Mauneil Buffs
Sheer Hey
Asim
Washington
Atantic Gofore
Printers’ Union
Grob Vhalders
Coolidge
Attach Property of Produce Company in Two Suits
Sheriff levies on the Central Iowa Poultry and Egg Company property in two district court actions. Paden-Thompson and Clyde W. Cultra sue Canron Bros of New York for 2000 and 12427.87 alleging rejected turkeys by the defendant and forced sale at a loss.
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McKeenday
Central
Iowa
Canron Bros
New York
Carlisle murder case reveals new possible victim
Des Moines police pursue a lead naming Pegge Salhi as a possible victim in the Carlisle straw stack murder. Coroner J E DeFord says half burned bones and trinkets point to a girl identified as Jeanette Mitten of Des Moines as another potential link, while detectives check medical schools for possible hoax connections.
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Qarlite Trust
Polkart Warren
H.W. Chubl
Cra
J. E. DeFord
Carlisle
Peery Seth
Tess
Ruby Hodge
Tewa
Des Moines
Jeanette Mitten
Mina
Teus
Carlier
Straw Stack
Five Bandits Seize $87,000 Payroll in Winnipeg Robbery
In Winnipeg Manitoba on Aug 14 five armed bandits knocked cashier Richard Shaw unconscious outside Winnipeg Electric Railway, hijacked his car, and escaped with a payroll of $87,000. Shaw was leaving the Bank of Montreal when ambushed at the busy corner. The robbers, lured by the satchel, forced Shaw to the ground and fled in the high powered vehicle.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Richard Shaw
Winnipeg Electric Railway Company
Shaw
Bank of Montreal
Electric Railway Chambers
Death comes as surprise to Mrs Pierpont Morgan
Mrs Pierpont Morgan wife of the financier died today after weeks of illness in Glen Cove Long Island. Official statement cited cardiac collapse as the cause with physicians named. She was formerly Jane Norton Grew, daughter of Edward W Egglesworth Grew of Boston, and married in 1896.
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New York
Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Morgan Counties
Glenelve
Long Teane
Henry 3. Pattesson
E. C. Jessup
John FE. Keating
Robert 5. Howe
Frederick Tilney
Jane Norton Grew
Edward W. Egglesworth Grew
Boston
County Officials Convention Chooses Waterloo for Next Meet
In Veddar Rapids Aug 14 the county officials convention closed with Waterloo selected for next year’s gathering on August 12 13 and 14. Ed Madigan treasurer Black Hawk county was elected president, succeeding William Baldwin. Howard Churchill Cedar Rapids was elected vice president and R L Borner Jessup secretary. Officers were also chosen for the supervi division county engineers and farm stewards. The sheriffs passed a resolution urging Governor Hammill to convene all sheriffs in Des Moines by Sept 1 to discuss crime, and pledged to enforce prohibition to the best of their ability.
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Ed Madigan
Blackhawk County
William Baldwin
Dea Moines
Howard Churchill
Cedar Rapids
R. L. Borner
Jessup
Supervi
W. Dalimaa
Dubuqua
W. H Strachan
Humboldt
Fleb. Carringwn
Correctionville
County Engineers
Ralph Gearhart
C. B. Zoen
Onawa
F. L. Davis
Centerville
Recorders
Margaret Dillon
Newton
D. B. Hawkins
Oskaloosx
Marvel Wright
Adel
H. C. Jones
W. H. Koekn
Elkader
Craig Ruby
Keasauqua
Weather Outlook From Tonight Into Saturday
Forecaster notes fair conditions tonight then increasing cloudiness Saturday. Warmer temperatures expected, especially in the northwest and central portions.
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Hows
Venra-Eeuy Eaeng
Robert Jackson
Hard Holmes
Leland Gold
OWA
Cass-Pott
VAMP
Jos Angeles
Rock Island
Wai ‘Boniacheld
Pocatello
Idaho
S.C Hughart
Nampa
Esr
Baby’s
R. 1. Railroad CO
Cass
Pleassant Township
Hertaey
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Ais
de Wean
Whitmere
W. A. Weinheimer
George Carter
May
West
Peggy Smith
Vedar Rapids
UINS
Jawa Coutey
Waterloo
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