James Crawford Held on Fraud Plea in Fort Madison
James Crawford alias Harry P Wilsey and associates faced arraignment before Judge Mant in district court for charges of pretense. He pleaded guilty and received a sentence of seven years in state penitentiary. Crawford and his young wife Evelyn May Neuman, 18, were arrested after a bad check to Skelly Oil. Investigation showed multiple bank accounts and bad-check activity across more than a dozen cities. The couple was reportedly to be released to Beatrice, Nebraska, with additional Crisswood youths also arraigned weeks earlier on various charges.
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Harry
Wilsey
Paniiantary
Fort Madigon
Hiv
Flnc
Crawford
Skelly Oil Company
Seaecan Isoacomy
Uroturh
Beatrice
Nob
Evelyn May
Neuman
Privice Eior
Lee Peters
Com
Criswold
Peveral
Fragmentary OCR Note Limits Clear Summary
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions witnesses and a pane routine but lacks coherent details or identifiable names. The readable text provides no verifiable event, date, location, or involved organizations to form a factual news item.
Examinations Set For Eight Scholarships In Two Counties
Examinations Friday mark the start of efforts for Cass and Pottawattamie counties to award two $100,000 L. Graham endowment scholarships. Under the will of L. Graham the trust funds pay tuition board and lodging, with two new scholarships in each county to be funded from income and land proceeds.
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Alice L. Graham
L. Graham
Misa Ge Byrne
Julie
Pottawattamix
Selung Lanm
Pottawattamie
Trust Department
Banky Bluffs
Éoll
Ileco
Duriig
Pattawattaliie
Pattawattamile
News Telegraph Cooking School Opens Tomorrow
All set for the annual cooking school sponsored by The News Telegraph and the Atlantic City Electric Department at City Hall. The event runs Thursday to Saturday with 2 PM start for sessions, Friday evening for afternoon attendees, and grand prizes Saturday afternoon. Ladies must attend the first two sessions to be eligible and gifts will be awarded each afternoon. Style shows staged daily by the department store.
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News-Telegraph
Atlantic City Electric Department
City Hall
Mills
Frances
Price
Ernoon
Orlor
Optimism Rise As Cooper Reports Economic Improvement
W L Cooper director of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce in Washington DC says the economy has turned a corner since January. Employment conditions have improved and business activity shows slight, ongoing gains despite the depression.
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W. L. Cooper
Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington, D.C
Mx Cooper
Injured Man in Dallas Toy Shop Choke Incident
A Dallas man suffered injuries after a choking incident at a local toy shop. Police and medical responders were called, and the man was treated on scene then transported for further care. No additional details on cause or identity were provided in readable text.
Wilson Poisoned Claim Sparks Talk of Slow Poison Plot
Herbert C. Yardley former chief of the wartime cipher bureau alleges in America's Black Chamber that a plot existed to assassinate President Wilson by slow poison while he was in Paris. The sensational claim has Washington and the nation agog as Yardley describes the scheme.
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Herbert C. Yardley
War Department
Cipher Bureau
Washington
Wilson
Paris
Yardley
America
Tri-Cities Band To Give Concert Tomorrow Night
The Tri Cities band will present a concert tomorrow evening at the city park under director Ralph W Peer who succeeds the late R G Rasmussen of Anita. The program opens the season, continuing weekly summer concerts once also held in Anita and Adair.
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Tri-Cities
Aiamer Scrles
Uist
Ralph W. Peer
R. G. Rasmussen
Anita
Adair
Anita Day
Walang
City Park
Atlantic High
Lowell March
Yasar Farch
Herbert L.glaeko
Grand Pele
Rence Darnard
I Immerman
Glgrinda Report Teases Dac In Thrilling Play
A fragmentary report notes Rodge appears in a thrilling contest with Dac, while the Thay state department and F soquistioned are referenced in a terse, unreadable line from Glgrinda dated Tune 8.
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Thay State Department
Rodge
Isphere
Burglars Hit Walnut In Series Of Iowa Thefts
Four Walnut locations are entered and cash stolen totaling over 100 dollars in recent break ins across southwestern Iowa. Caddock Nelson garage yields 91 dollars from a desk safe. Hansen Sales through a window nets 15. Osler garage and oil station looting yields nothing. Several cars are found later, including a Chevrolet coupe driven about 115 miles, while other targets miss any loot. Police recover vehicles parked near Cumberland and Menlo as investigators trace a wave of burglaries dating from the prior week.
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Iowa
Walnut
Caddock & Nelson Garage
Hansen Sales Company
Osler Chevrolet Company
Standard Oil Station
Caddock and Nelson Garage
Ss Front R
Hansen Sales
Osler
Air Station
J. W. White
Gumberland
la Ford
Obeeola
W. S. Greenleaf
John Nelson
Rex Wright
Bulek Sadun
Robinson Hardware
Barnholst
Wiota We
Cumberlang
Hecbe
Wiota
Was & Sledge Hammer
Claus Barnholst
Cumberland
Anil
Youth Confesses Slaying Fiancée in Beaver Bend Car
Beav er Bend residents capture a man after a fiancée killing during a kidnapping attempt. The suspect says he abducted the woman from her Beaver Bend home, forced her into a Brown family car, and shot her in the head after a struggle for a pistol. Investigators report four shots were fired, with one bullet hitting the man in the abdomen.
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Mina
Jane
Ashey
Beaver Bam
Revival Siersbeck to Danish Convention
Rev Lawrence Siersbeck pastor of St Paul's Danish Lutheran church left this morning for Blair Nebraska to attend the thirty fifth annual convention of the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran synod at Dana college. A delegation from the local church will attend closing sessions Sunday. Prominent speakers include Rev J P Nielsen of Trinity Theological Seminary Rev D M G Rach of Japatly Rev Karl J Wilhelmsen of Ruvinge Wis Rev J M Girtz of Indiana and Rev Otto Nielsen of Katinas City Missouri.
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Lawrence Siersbeck
St. Paul’s
Biall
United
Dana College
Sind
Blair
J. P. Nielseneileun
Trinity Theological Seminary
D. M. G. Rach
Japatly
Karl J. Wilhelmsen
Riuvgine
Wis
Indiana
Otto’ Nielsen
Katinas City
Rock Island Line declares $1 dividend in New York notice
Directors of the Chicago Rock Island and PacificRailway announce a $1 dividend per share. The terse notice, filed in New York in June, outlines the declared amount and basic distribution details for shareholders.
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Rock Island
New York
Chicago
Pacific
Canes Satah
Brookhart Campaign Rolls On With June Campaigns
Iowa senator S W Brookhart, planning a ging campaign for re election, launches speeches to civic groups and twelve cooperative farm organizations before a Charles City rally. He will open summer headquarters at Waterloo and tour northern counties, aiming to build support ahead of the 1929 election and emulate his 1924 bid against incumbent Cummins.
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Dy Curtis Hay
N.S
Picnsc
Charles City
Brookhart
Waterloo
Hawkeye
Lansing
Brookbart
Gilbert Hangen
Washington
Pan
Steck
Ottumwa
Senate
Atten
Adele
Hrockhart
Bert B. ‘Cummins
Von
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