Notice to Subscribers and Bank Closure Details
The notice explains Nesys-Telegraph subscribers can receive missed papers by calling 309-M before 7 PM, with rates for mail and carrier delivery. It then discusses the closed Iowa State bank of the city, listing assets and liabilities, the likely bad paper, potential shortfall, and calls for transparency to depositors and stockholders about the bank’s condition and possible mortgage impacts.
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Atlantic
Iowa State Bank
Goanagik
Washington
Smith
LaFollette
Iowa
Brookhart
Walter Hook Obituary Reflects Humble Community Figure
Walter Hook died at his Anita home after a long illness. The writer recalls a half century of friendship formed in Friendship, noting Hook’s unassuming, conscientious life and the esteem of many who admired his innate goodness.
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Walter Hook
Anita
Circle Innew Wallur
Walter Hook One Of Life’s Constant Gentle Souls
Walter Hook lived a life of quiet kindness and resilience. His family describes him as a door hearth who smiled at misfortune and refused gloom, supported by his wife and two children Charlie and Vera. Charlie works in Cedar Rapids in insurance, Vera cared for her parents in later years, and the Hook family remains a beacon of steadiness and enduring friendship.
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Walter Hnok
Charlie
Vera
Cedar Rapids
Walter Hooks
Hook
Asa Waller Hook
Safe Railroads Earn Honor List For Passenger Safety
Three large railroad systems boast long safety records with no passenger fatalities for extended periods. The Santa Fe, Chicago and North Western, and Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul report multi-year spans without fatalities while serving tens of millions of passengers. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois also notes a 13 year, 1.56 million annual passenger average without a fatality. The piece claims railroads are becoming safer as highways grow more dangerous.
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Santa Fe
Chicago and North Western
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Eastern Ilinois
Radicals and Taxation Editorial Stirs GOP concerns
The Chicago Tribune argues tax radicals in Congress misinterpret taxation as social leveling rather than funding defense and public works. It warns against penalizing wealth or creating a broad non taxpaying class and urges restraint to protect a sound republic. It criticizes efforts to distribute free favors and subsidize disordered politics.
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Chicago Tribune
Congress
Mellon Coolidge tax plan stirs national debate
The piece argues for tax relief to boost prosperity and leave money with consumers, praising the Mellon Coolidge plan while noting partisan divides. It questions Democrats proposing rival bills and urges Congress to act to protect financial security and jobs.
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Mellon
Coolidge
Congress
Bryan
Republians
Lafollettia
Paresis
Indiana
Muncie
Russia Must Recognize Debts Owed to United States
Des Moines Capital outlines that after the Russian revolution the Imperial government owed $50 million in a short term bond and $187 million to the U S government, both in default for years. Bondholders led by Charles S. Mitchell seek settlement via a protective agreement extended eighteen months. claims sit with the State Department as U S policy rejects relations with regimes that refuse to honor international obligations.
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Russia
United States
Des Moines
Charles 5. Mitchell
National City Bank of New York
Committee of Bankers
State Department
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Winning plays critique of league of nations policy
The piece critiques the League of Nations and U.S. policy, arguing the smart plan of 1924 failed and that democratic leaders in Congress were swayed by coverage and rhetoric rather than clear outcomes. It labels present attempts as a cold dish dressed as progress with little substantive change.
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Lion
City Journal
Bob Yeiee
League of Ngtions
New York Times
Public mood on league of nations and Hollywood dreams in 1924
The piece debates US chances of joining a world league, noting public opinion and past steps toward peace. It contrasts skepticism toward the league with a Bok plan revival idea. It then shifts to a satirical poem about aspiring actresses seeking Hollywood fame, highlighting harsh realities and a closing quip about politics and laundry.
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United States
America
League of Nations
League
Teamne
World Court
Larding
League of
Hollywood
Mary
Janda
George Matthew Adams
Fragmented World News Jumbles Across Nations
Disjointed notes from Egypt Scotland and London report troubles and shifts in culture. References to fashion demands by women in Egypt, a turtle soup factory in Australia, a controversial divorce case in Surrey and a fire at the New York World building hint at a noisy, opinionated roundup of events and chatter without clear focus.
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Egypt
Australia
Manistee
Mich
Sailor
London
Scotland
Surrey
Fine
Dempsey
Pampas
Johnston
New’ York
Los Angeles
Roads to Hollywood and the damégels tale in verse
Fragmentary OCR reads like a garbled verse about roads to Hollywood and a quirky dialogue. The readable bits hint at a whimsical or poetic piece with lines about “damégels,” crowns, baking beans, and a bold claim about making Bod, all presented in a stylized, perhaps theatrical, register.
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Hollywood
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Dows. Ag
Cie
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U. S
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United Press
Knill-Burke
Chicago
South Michigan
New York City
Brokaw
Broadway
Evik
Cummins
United States Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
la Follette
Couzens
Ford
Ford Company
Jo-Jo
Jleft
Rasgal
Victor Safe and Lock Company
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