Blimp Leaves for Virginia Capes from Lakehurst
A Shandoah dirigible lifted at 9 a.m. from Lakehurst New Jersey for the Virginia Capes to join the Atlantic fleet. Other briefs note Senator Howman addressing laborers August 1 in Waterloo Iowa, a Denver forest fire burning 1000 acres, a Sioux City skeleton mystery, Mrs. Jones missing from Colfax Iowa, Bowdoin and Peary Arctic expeditions delays, and a jewelry heist in New York with $50,000 in valuables taken.
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At & A.m
Virginia Capes
Local Sheriff Tracks Thieves After Maine Garage Burglary
Local sheriff reports a burglary at a Maine garage on May 1 with entry by breaking a rear window. Thieves looted ten United States tires, nineteen tubes, four electric lighters, forty five spark plugs, six batteries, a valve grinding machine, an electric drill, and other shop tools, with a horse and buggy also stolen in Lewis. The sheriff’s office is investigating and pursuing leads on the suspects.
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Maine
St Mayne
Sheriff's Office
Lewis
United States
U. S
Dividend Payment Request At Defunct Des Moines Bank
A Des Moines report notes a request for dividend payment involving the defunct D. M. Banks. Judge Joseph Meyer oversaw plans for the afternoon submission, with TecA acting as a supervisor.
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D. M. Banks
Des Moines
Joseph
Teca
Shenandoah Bid Farewell to Pilgrims Murder in Lane
In Shenandoah a man named Overturf was shot dead on a private lane when he ordered a couple to leave. The killer fired twice after flashlights, killing Overturf instantly. authorities call it murder but may pursue degrees. Investigators work on clues as the inquest proceeds and locals recall past spooning incidents.
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Fal Uly ii
Sathya Coony
Harry de 35
Here
Overturf
H. C. Richards
Spooning
Boxer Pancho Villa dies from same infection as Coolidge’s son
In San Francisco on July 16 the death of champion flyweight Pancho Villa is linked to the same infection that killed President Coolidge’s son. Dr. Charles E. Hoffman states paralysis of respiration caused Villa’s death, triggered by toxemia from a spreading streptococcic infection from a diseased tooth.
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Francisco
INS
Coolidge
Pancho Villa
Charles E. Hoffman
Villa
Des Moines to Fight Telephone Rate Raise
Des Moines mayor Carl M. Garver announced the city legal department will oppose the proposed telephone rate schedule. He said no company operates without a franchise and pledged city action, urging regulation to curb rising rates.
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Des Moines
News-Telegraph
Carl M. Garver
City Legal Department
Aes
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Flerbert Smith
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Flerbert Smith, longtime church figure, were held at Buck Creek M E church. Rev William Stevenson officiated. Pallbearers included Roy Herbert and other relatives. Interment followed at Brighton Cemetery.
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Buck Creek
M. E
William Stevenson
Smith
Roy Herbert
Melville Herbert
Ralph Herbert
Shelley Smith
Earl Smith
Clarence Smith
Brighton Cematery
President summons Labor Secretary on coal strike rumor
SWAMPSGOTT Mags July 16 INS reports Secretary of Labor Davis has been summoned from Washington by President Coolidge. Davis is expected to arrive at White Court tomorrow as the president seeks to press for a wage-scale agreement and avert a new hard coal strike amid operator miner negotiations at Atlantic City.
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Secetary of
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Washington
Coolidge
White Court
Atlantic City
Lawyer sale claim shocks Waterloo mother in divorce
Waterloo dispatch reports Mrs Hamhil Coward claimed she did not grasp a divorce stipulation that awarded her $30,000 from her husband’s father and gave custody of their five year old daughter Mary Jean to the other party. Judge George W Wood presided as he ruled visitation possible while the stipulation is questioned.
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INS
Hamhilda Caward
Walter BR. Caward
Coward
Mary Jean
George W. Wood
Mary Jean Eclaion
Niagara Falls Kiwanis excursion salutes 1655 travelers
A crowds at Shenandoah greet 1655 Kiwanis members departing at 7 a.m. for a weeklong trip to Niagara Falls. Delegates include Mrs. Billy Williams Mrs. Sam Marshall and Dr. L C Allender among others. The club presented a $47 check to the Wabash Railroad as the trip began. Each member faces about 45 dollars total cost for the journey with 36 dollars for round trip fare.
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Niagara Falls
Billy' Williams
Sam Marshall
L. C. Allender
Sor
Ed Evans
Council Gluffe
Atlantic
Andqah
Shen Doakins
Kiwanis Club
Kiwini Club
Wabash Mail
Tragedy Miss Byers Proceeds After Loss At Train Lane
Shenandoah Iowa July 16 The loss of Miss Jen ie Byers pocketbook containing 800 did not deter her from joining Kiwanis Niagara Falls pilgrims. She boarded train No 3 hoping luck would help. Her purse was found within twenty minutes on a Mizpah hotel piano. Dr B S White of train No 4 will return the money in Detroit Friday as the excursionists spend a day there. Miss Byers continues her trip, blissfully broke.
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Shenandoah
INS
Jenthie Byers
Council Bluffs
Kiwanis Club
Niagara
Detroit
Miss Byers
Large train excursion sails from Shenandoah with six states represented
Two large engines pull a ten Pullman train plus a diner and lounge car for a Rotary Club sponsored trip. Six states Iowa Nebraska Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Indiana are represented among 175 cities sending tourists. The train stops limited to essential towns before Detroit where hosts include Henry Jord and the Nivanis Club. Beverly Waugh of Omaha, 78, the oldest traveler, is a former Shenandoah farmer. his son A B Wrim is manager of the Omaha auto show.
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Red Oak
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Kiwanis
Toronto
Beverly Waugh
Omaha
A. B. Wrim
Last Rites For Mrs Hardenbergh Held In Cass
Funeral services were held today at LaVista Place for Mrs Asa Hardenbergh of Cass who died Monday night at Swedish Mission hospital in Omaha. Rev M A Gable of the local church conducted the service. Pallbearers included Harry White Julius Nelson Geo Magarell Oscar Peterson Olaf Remsen and M B Nelson. Interment followed at Atlantic cemetery.
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LaVista Place
Asa Hardenbergh
Cass
Swedish Mission Hospital
Omaha
IM. A. Gable
Heirs sue over division of estate realty in district court
Mary C Kirby and other heirs sue Ernest K Kirby and Lozanus Kirby seeking court division of real estate from the K B Kirby estate. If partition fails they request sale of the property and equal division of proceeds among the heirs. The estate owner died intestate and heirs could not agree on allocation.
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Chas, B. Kirby
Clyde G. Kirby
Walter L. Kirby
Ernest K. Kirby
Lozanus Kirby
District Court
K. B. Kirby
Veterinarians Convention Attended by Dr John Anstey
Dr John Anstey of this city attended the recent veterinarians convention in Omaha while away from Massena. The report notes his participation at the event during July.
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Massena
Specia
News-Telegraph.y
John
Anstey
Omahs
Youth Accidentally Shoots Mother in New York
A 14 year old named Joseph Gross is held for arraignment after unintentionally shooting and killing his mother in their home in New York. Police say he will be charged with homicide. The incident occurred after he returned from a vacation in Omaha.
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New York
Joseph Gross
Thea
Omaha
Forest fires in Montana menace in years
MISSOULA Montana July 16 Fire officials say the fire situation across Montana and northern Idaho is the worst in years with more than 100 fires reported statewide. Several blazes have spread in the Kootenai Pend Oreille and Kaniksu forests as crown fires hinder fire lines and winds threaten timbered areas and small villages in exposed regions.
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Missoula
Mont
Montana
Custer National Forest
Astern
Idahn Panhandle
Kootenai
Pen D'Oreille
Kaniska
Big Road Meeting At City Hall To Morrow Evening
Local business men and farmers met at city hall to push the highway project between Atlantic and Avoca. Committees will canvass the business district for a mass meeting Friday night to complete plans. Everyone invited. men from towns along the road expected.
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Atlantic
Avoca
Heat blamed for errors in Bullock sales ad
Intense heat and rush to press led to typographical mistakes in Bullock & Sons July clearance sale ad in yesterday's News-Telegraph. The corrected proof was overlooked and a carnival of errors appeared. The July clearance sale will run until close of Saturday's business.
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Bullock & Sons
News-Telegraph
Mother of Local Man Buried at Carroll Today
Emma Sherman of Carroll, mother of M. R. Sherman of 363 Linn Street and employee at Sauer & Dahlburg meat market, died Tuesday after hospital stay. Born May 18, 1835 in Lincolnshire, England, she came to America in 1858. A member of the M E church, funeral services were held at the Carroll church today, with her husband Sherman and son Ivan attending.
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Carroll
M. R. Sherman
Linn Street
Sauer & Dahlburg
Carroll Hospital
Sherman
Lincolnshire
England
America
M. E. Church
Ivan
Woman banker sentenced to ten years in Rockwell City
Miss M. K. Childers, cashier of the former Woodburn bank, was sentenced by Judge H. H. Carter to ten years in the state reformatory at Rockwell City for fraudulent banking. She gave notice of appeal immediately. Convicted a month ago.
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Osceola
M. K. Childers
Woodburn Bank
Rockwell City
H. H.carter
Scopes Trial Focuses on Excluding Scientific Evidence
Dayton July 16. William Jennings Bryan led a bid to bar scientific testimony on evolution from the trial. Clarence Darrow pressed to hear scientists first, while A Thomas Stewart urged exclusion as irrelevant. Judge Raulston ordered the scientist off the stand to hear arguments.
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William Jennings Bryan
America
Bhearsti Ufbed
John Taulaton
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Scopes
St¢‘R
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Clarence Darrow
Metcalf
A. Thomas Stewart
Raulstaff
Darrow
Stewart
Weather outlook for Werthe Fer pair nights
The Werthe Fer pair faces cooler conditions tonight and Friday with lighter warmth in the southeast portion. The forecast notes lower temperatures in the southeast tonight, implying a cooler spell ahead.
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