Latest By Wire Mean Thief In Iowa City and More
Summary of scattered Iowa news. Raymond Randolph jailed for sixty days after pleading guilty to stealing 57 dollars from a patient at Oakdate tuberculosis sanitorium. Dr. George Inghem faces a 5000 dollar alienation suit in Milwaukee court, accused of steering Rochsler’s wife away from him. Sheriff warns physicians about a morphine and forged-check scam tied to a man named George Andrews. A Fairfield lightning fire destroys Ralph Eck general store, with insured loss around 6000 dollars. A Sherman antitrust indictment targets 105 furniture manufacturers in the dining room line. A Omaha boy dies after an epileptic seizure in the water. Former Story County attorney Arthur Buck sues Nevada officials for 1680 dollars in office rental. New Des Moines to Webster City bus service begins on a six-stop route with four daily trips.
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Iowa
Raymond Randolph
Ralph Otto
Randolph
Oakdate
Iowa City
George Inghem
Milwaukee
George Roehsler
Ingahm
Rochsler
Ingham
Nevada
Arthur Buck
Ames
Story County
Board of Supervisors
Buck
MacMillan Party Pushing Northward
The MacMillan Arctic expedition has left Godhaven on Disko Island and heads toward Etah base. Dispatches report Bowdoin departed at 1 a.m. yesterday and Peary due to sail at 7 p.m. today. Greenland Governor Rosendahl notes Danish help in coal, aiding the Americans.
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INS
MacMillan Arctic
Godhaven
Disko Island
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Etah
Navy Department
R.E. Byrd
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Will Eliminate Politics in New Day Law Plans
President Coolidge backs Gen. Andrews to lead enforcement with limited political influence. Treasury insiders report the treasury center discusses a $20,000,000 budget for the new system and aims to reduce staff to under 3,000 with higher salaries for key roles.
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Robert S. Thornburgh
EN. S
Washington
Coallidge
Fc. Andrews
Treasury
Andrews
Andrew
War Council
Memibera
Snow
Prohibition Establishment
Prohibition
The
Funeral directors unveil new burial coach on Chestnut Street
Roland, Peacock & Baxter at 315 Chestnut Street announce a new limousine burial coach. The advertisement says the coach aligns with progressive ideas and breaks from old fashioned funeral customs. It features an illustration and emphasizes refined appeal.
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Roland, Peacock & Baxter
Chestnut Street
Powers Not Agreed On Chinese Note To Rio
Britain, Japan and the United States have not yet agreed on all points for a joint note to China about anti foreign agitation. Official word says British and American views on the timing of customs and extraterritoriality conferences remain unresolved.
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Rio
Britain
Japan
United States
China
Soralag
Gloria Gould to Run All-Woman Broadway Theater
Gloria Gould wife of Henry A Bishop dr plans to manage a Broadway motion picture theater staffed entirely by women including ushers ticket sellers and assistants. Her previous public work included teaching aesthetic dance classes.
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New York
INS
Gloria Gould
Henry A
Gloria
Dream Daddy and Flippancy Halt Romance in Ames
Ames July 25. A quartet from Ohio toured as Dream Daddy and Flippancy, arousing patrol suspicion at a tourist park. Police found jewelry, two revolvers, and goggles in their car. Delbert Smith 20 and H W Arters 21 confessed to robbing a Gibsonberg Ohio jewelry store and stealing the touring car, license Tivense 830-342 Ohio. Girls Hazel Harris 17 of Butler Indiana and Margaret Wickerham 16 of Edgarton Ohio were identified. Chief Cure notified parents and Gibsonberg authorities. Confession marked the fifth in a week by the Ames chief clearing up several theft cases across Iowa and neighboring states.
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Dream Daddy
Ohio
Jones
W. J. Cure
Delbert Smith
H.W. Arters
Gibsonberg
Tivense
Hazel Harris
Butler
Ind
Margaret Wickerham
Edgarton
Care
Smith
Arters
Five Miners Die in Separate Accidents in Pa Mines
In Wilkes Barre on July 25 five miners died in separate incidents across three mines. Otto Bruner 28 Michael Devine 34 and Peter Olson 35 were killed instantly in a premature blast at the Woodward mine Edwardsville. A gas explosion at the Conlon mine killed Joseph Baloco 42. Joseph Michael 25 died from injuries after a rock fall at the Franklin colliery.
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Wilkes Barre
INS
Otto Bruner
Michael Devine
Peter Olson
Woodward
Glen
Alden Coal Company
Edwardsville
Conlon
Joseph Baloco
Joseph Michael
Franklin
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
U S 18 aims to break British rubber monopoly
Washington July 25. The state department will ask Britain to modify export laws on crude rubber. Ambassador Houghton in London has been instructed to press officials to end the rubber monopoly that strains American manufacturers relying on British supply.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Great Britain
Houghton
London
Psseal
United States
Hobo Mystery Case Inquest Leads to Four Arrests
Four men were jailed in connection with the Burlington yards killing of a man thought to be H Stahl after a hobo breakfast. Raymond Vigar of Denver and Bert Richards of Mr Pleasant already in custody, joined by Harry McCarty of Winnipeg and Harry Kenna formerly at a Des Moines hospital, with two more sought at Clarinda. Police say Richards had a prior grand larceny sentence and that Richards admitted drinking heated alcohol the morning of the crime. Hi Yackey of the state bureau aids Red Oak officers in pursuing the guilty party.
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H. Stahl
Burlington
Harry McCarty
Winnipeg
Canada
Harry Kenna
Des Moines
Raymond Vigar
Denver
Bert Richards
Mr. Pleasant
Clarinda
Stahl
Hi Yackey
State Bureau of Investigation
Des. Moines
Red Oak
Richards
Pondiac
Mich
Pioneer Exiran Dies Early Today in Exira
Mrs. Georgy A Faust longtime Exira Audubon county resident died at 4 am at age 72 from complications. Born April 14 1853 in South Carolina she came to Iowa over fifty years ago. Survived by four daughters Mrs Gransberry Butte Montana Hopkins Gates Montana Nelson Des Moines Knox Exira three sons Walter Martinsville Indiana Gard Lock Wyoming Ray Exira one brother Robert Datford Oakfield two sisters in California and one in Dover Funeral plans not announced likely at Christian Church where she belonged
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Georgy A. Faust
Audubon County
Faust
Matise
Carolina
South Carolina
Iowa
Ida Gransberry
Butte
Mont
Ruth Hopkins
Gates, Mont
R. E. Nelson
Des Moines
Rosa Knox
This City
Walter
Martinsville
Ind
Gar
Lock
Ray
Extra
Robert Datford
Oakfield
California
Dover
Christian Church
Local Doctor Ponders Loss Of Popular Office Assistant
A well known local physician considers the departure of his young female office assistant as an out of town practitioner vies for her services. The possible contract may span a long term as building leases in big cities allow, perhaps 99 years or life. The assistant is popular and local observers may identify her.
Steck Gains Fifty Votes In Recount
A recount shows insurgent Republican Mitch Brookhart winning a senate race with about fifty more votes than previously counted. Officials cite correcting errors in state-certified figures, while Brookhart remains cautious amid late gains and potential challenges.
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Steck
Washington
Daniel Fosterx
Vuannevat
Cane
Mitch
Brookhart
Senate
Suwa
Oresgans
Pov
Madsen and Pearce Divorce Pleas Filed in District Court
Ruby Madsen formerly Wright sues Walter Madsen for absolute divorce after one day of marriage claiming desertion and seeks custody of their three year old daughter Madet. Myrtle Pearce of Griswold petitions against George G. Pearce alleging cruel treatment and asks custody of Esther Gainer Pearce with temporary and permanent alimony and return of household goods borrowed by him. Their marriages were in this city and Des Moines respectively.
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Alusing
Walter Madsen
Ruby Madsen
Skipton
Madet
Madsen
Ruby Wright
Art Wright
Cleve
District Court
Myrtle Pearce
Griswold
George G. Pearce
Esther Gainer Pearce
Des Moines
Harlan Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Underwood
The body of Harry Clausen was returned to Harlan, Iowa, after dying from injuries from an automobile crash near Underwood. He was driving to Omaha to consult doctors for neighbor Walter Boettger, 11, who suffered a fractured arm. Clausen’s back was broken when the car went through a railing on a hill and over a small bridge. He died three hours after being taken to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs.
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Harlan
CNS
Harry Clausen
Council Bluffs
Clausen
Omaha
Walter Boettger
Underwood
Mercy Hospital
Cummins Denies Pact With Brookhart On Senate Run
Senator Albert B. Cummins reiterated that no agreement existed with Senator Smith W. Brookhart as he announced his intention to run again for the Senate in 1926. He dismissed talk of a pact as ridiculous and not his style of politics while en route to the northern lakes.
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Mason City
Frank
Senate
Smith W. Brookhart
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins
Brookhart
SOB SQUAD SISTER PLAN INSANITY DEFENSE FOR DEATH SENTENCE
Attorney Robert Crowe plans to move for an insanity defense for Russell Scott to avoid execution by hanging. Eminent alienists from the Loeb Leopold case are expected to testify after a ten day grace period, possibly extended, with 100 venire summoned. Scott, once in the death cell, is now in a regular cell, his condition described as pallid and swollen from neuralgia.
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Robert E. Crowe
Chicago
Tollay
Russell Scott
Crowe
Scott
David
William Scott Stewart
Loeb-Leopold Rial
Stewart
Joseph Maurer
Appointment of new Knights of Columbus state officers in Iowa
Sioux City July 25 U P announces appointment of a state executive and educational committees, redistricting Iowa and deputies for fifteen new districts. Educational panel includes Ford Fort Dodge Griffin Sioux City Hoston Meyers Carroll. Executive panel lists Maguire Dubuque-Ledge, Donegan Davenport Lynihan Cedar Rapids Devaney Cascade. Deputy Thomas P Breheny Atlantic named for District No 14 including Atlantic Stuart Creston Morning Shenandoah as deputy.
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Sioux City
U. P
D. E. Maguire
Dubuquedudgea
F. Donegan
Davenport
D. J
Lynihan
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Devaney
Cascade
Mullaney
Joe McCormick
Atlantic
Stuart
Creston
Morning and
Shenandoah
Thomas P. Breheny
Avoca Nine To Clash With Lion Tamers Tomorrow
Avoca will play Council Bluffs Lion Tamers on the local diamond tomorrow. Avoca’s battery will be Scout of Lewis and Carl. The Bluffs nine are known as a strong team in the region, having faced many opponents here.
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Avoca
Council Bluffs Nine
Bluffs Nine
Scout
Lewis
Carl
Avoca Battery
Salaries of U S employes affected by ape suit
The piece reports a legal clash over federal employee salaries sparked by Loren H. Wittner a Treasury clerk and atheist who challenges the oath requiring God and “so help me God.” Officials fear a court case could test religion in government while Wittner vows to seek a constitutional ruling.
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Kenneth Clark
N.S
Washington
Congress
Loren H. Wittner
Treasury
National Capital
Wittner
Secretary of the Treasury
Comptroller-General
Department of Justice
James E. Harper
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Fedtral Legal
District Supreme Court
Weather outlook for tonight and Sunday
Partly overcast conditions with cooler temperatures especially in the extreme east portion tonight. The forecast notes a drop in warmth across the region for tonight and Sunday.
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