Cedar Rapids Real Estate Leader Dies of Smallpox
Robert W. Voss, Cedar Rapids prominent real estate man, died today from smallpox after a short illness. The report fronts a string of regional items including Hammill speaking at Boone corner stone ceremonies June 18, Harvester Co. buying a five-story Mason City building, and a fatal incident near Norris, Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert W. Voss
Hammill
Boone
Iowa
John Hammill
Eastern Star
Weather notice with unclear forecast wording
Fragmented report notes unsettled conditions tonight with likely storms and strong winds. The readable text mentions potential gales and local impacts but lacks clear specifics on timing or locations.
Heat crazed maniac kills family after mortgage pressure
In a Hamilton home a man identified as Russell opened fire during intense heat, killing eight people including his father and brother in law, plus several children. Dorothy Russell escaped as neighbors called police. He fired about 50 shots before police overpowered him. motive linked to a $1,600 mortgage due on his home. He worked at Champion paper mills, was single, and shown mental distress. Police described him as stark mad and intoxication not cited.
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Dean Norris
Olive
Lloyd J
Rose Rasael
Russell
Sohn
Champion Paper Mills
Hamilton
Local taxi driver loses three wheels in late eve crash
A Gould Taxi Service touring car from Fourth and Walnut streets, driven by John Gould Jr., lost three wheels near Scigla after striking a bank while returning from a dance in Red Oak. The occupants Miller Nutt and others were bruised but unhurt.
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Star
Gould Taxi Service
Fourth
Walnut Streets
John [Gould, Jr
A. EK
Gould
Lie Taxi
Scigla
Red Oak
Miller
Nutt
Othe
Goold
Missing nurse linked to Shepherd case surfaces
Chicago June 4 The pretty dark haired nurse once praised in letters by William Shepherd was added to the list of missing state witnesses in the trial alleging he killed Billy McClintock with poison germs.
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Chicago
Estelle Gelling
William Shepherd
Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Lewis Divine to Deliver M W A Memorial Talk
Lewis Divine, well known local divine, has been secured to deliver the address at the annual Memorial of the Modern Woodmen of America local camp. The service will be held at the Church of Christ in Lewis on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 PM.
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Lewis
News-Telegraph
Charles Railsbuck
America
Church of Christ
Norwegian planes to begin Arctic search for missing flyers
The Horten naval station plans to test two monoplanes today and, if satisfactory, move them to Spitzbergen to assist in the Amundsen Edgworth North Pole expedition effort. The craft will be wireless equipped to keep government contact and permit rapid dispatch of aid if distress is signaled.
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Arctic
Copenhac
Horten
Norway
Spitzenbergen
Amundsen-Edsworth North Pole
Oslo
Former News-Telegraph carrier to receive medical degree
Kafe Ash, son of Mr and Mrs W D Ash of Sixth and Locust streets, will on Saturday receive his medical diploma from Creighton University in Omaha. He is the third son of the Ash family to enter medicine and will serve as an interne at St Joseph's Hospital in Omaha.
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Kafe Ash
W. D. Ash
Locust
Creighton University
Omaha
Kafe
Fifty Thousand Chinese Students Join Citywide Strike
Fifty thousand additional Chinese workers joined the Shanghai citywide strike, including staff at a British cigarette factory and employees of foreign banks and shops. Minor disorders were reported such as streetcar stonings, but no serious clashes occurred.
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Shanghai
INS
Turbulent Iowa Storm Tosses Stock Car Cleaved By Wind
A small tornado ripped through Fairfield Iowa blowing a stock car from a side track onto the Rock Island main line near Pleasant Plain. The car was lifted and moved nearly three miles before the wind abated. A coal house in Brightton was demolished by wreckage and halted further travel.
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Fairfield
INS
Rock Island
Pleasant Plain
Brightton
Neala
C. F. Baumeiter
W. W. Kitson
Avoca
Mike Rademan
Gee
Yorkshire
Tennant
Great Western
Persia
Neola
Tornado Strikes Missouri Valley Area Severe Storms Hit Iowa Towns
A late yesterday tornado lashed Missouri Valley and surrounding Iowa towns. Homes and barns were damaged, sheds toppled, and trees uprooted. In Bethania and nearby areas, residents faced widespread destruction and missing or injured livestock. A factory roof collapsed at Harlan, and the Mosquito Creek flooded near Missouri Valley. Two deaths were reported in Omaha as debris and fires followed the storm.
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Harlan
Harlan Canning Factory
Audubon
John Siensen
Bethania
Kimballton
Axel Fanborg
Henry Petersen
Mr. Jensen
Rasmus Rasmussen
Missouri Valley
Iowa
INS
Northwestern Railroad
Hearing in Grand Dragon murder case set for June 16
A change of venue from Marion county places Former Grand Dragon Stephenson of the Ku Klux Klan Earl Klinek and Earl Gentry facing murder charges in the Madge Oberhalter case. Judge Eiges has set aside three days for a possible mini trial in Hamilton County.
Heat Wave Takes Heavy Toll Across Eastern States
A severe heat wave across the eastern U S has killed more than twenty people with many more in hospitals. New York reports seven deaths, Chicago three, Detroit two, New England four, and storms near Minneapolis add fourteen fatalities. The Weather Bureau warns no relief soon with continuing warmth east of the Mississippi and possible lower readings in northern New York and New England tonight. Local storms expected in the lower Great Lakes region.
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Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Chicago
Detroit
New England
Minneapolis
Washington
INS
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Lake
Spain and France plan joint drive against Rif
Spain and France are negotiating for possible cooperation against the Rif, Premier Painleve told the cabinet. French troops in Morocco reportedly enjoy excellent morale amid the Rif conflict. The report frames a Franco Spanish approach to counter the Rif threat and notes ongoing talks.
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Spain
France
Paris
INS
Painleve
Morocco
Early ball scores blend shaky OCR into noisy results
Fragmentary baseball scores from Chicago Brooklyn Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston Cincinnati Washington New York Cleveland St Louis appear with mis read innings and stray characters. The readable items show Chicago 3 Brooklyn 0 and Washington 5 New York 0 with other lines garbled.
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National
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Boston
Cincinnati
Ning. Be
Washington
New York
Qieveland
St. Louis
Philadelphia Shrine convention plan detailed for 1926
Shrine leaders announce 1926 Philadelphia convention schedule with parades and tours across California and Florida. Denver Potentate James C. Burger leads Imperial Council as officers named for 1925 including Imperial Rabban David Crossland and Imperial Treasurer Wasil Brown with a slate of regional dignitaries.
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LAS Angel Hunt
California
Shriners
Hollywood
Philadelphia
Denver
Imperial Counsil
James C. Burger
Imperial Potentate
David Crossland
Munteriery
Ala
Imperial Rabban
Clareng
M.dunican
Providence
B. I
Rabban
Frank C. Jones
Houston
Tex
Rabben
Lea
Yousnesworth
Los Angeles
Imperial Hisaries
Wasil Brown
Pittsburgh
Pal
Benjamin PL Rowell
Boston
Recordery
AL Fletcher
Rochester
N.Y
Imperial Oriental Guide
Thomas J. Tiluston
Chicago
E.G. Mills
Nes Moines
Clifford Ireland
Peoria
John Brill
Norfolk
Dana S. Williams
Bangor
Clarinda Woman Takes Poison After Divorce Plea
A Clarinda woman died after swallowing strychnine, allegedly following her husband James Boone filing for divorce after fifteen years of marriage. Boone, a school janitor, had accused her of inhuman treatment in his plea.
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INS
James Boone
Boone
Ite
Local man named officer at Iowa Elks convention
Burlington Iowa June 4. The Iowa Elks Association announced officers elected today at the state convention. F G Gluett Sioux City was named president with BR F Shreeves Fork Madison first vice president W A McKee Atlantic second vice president S J Van Buren Cedar Rapids third vice president J L Coon Newton secretary E A Erb Burlington treasurer and Remley Glass Mason City trustee for a three year term.
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Burlington
INS
Iowa Jelks’ Association
F. G. Gluett
Sioux City
Presae
F. Shreeves
Fork Madison
W- A. McKee
Atlantic
J. van Buren
Cedar Rapids
J. L. Coon
Newton
E. A. Erb
Remley Glass
Mason City
Navy Blimp Los Angeles to Visit Midwest Cities
The dirigible Los Angeles will depart Lakehurst next Sunday for Minneapolis and St. Paul for the Norse-American Centennial. The itinerary lists outward stops Pittsburgh Akron Cleveland Detroit Ann Arbor Chicago Milwaukee Fond du Lac Oshkosh and inward routes LaCrosse Des Moines St Joseph Kansas City St Louis Springfield IL Indianapolis Dayton Columbus Zanesville Wheeling Lakehurst.
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NAVY
Des Moines
Washington
INS
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Navy Department
Pittsburgh
Akron
Cleveand
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Mich
Chicago
Milwaukee
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
LaCrosse
St. Joseph
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield
Indianapolis
Dayton
Columbus
Zanesville, Wheeling
Jury Convicts Denison Banker on Two Ballots
Charles L. Voss, private banker of Denison Iowa, and ally of Les Shaw, was found guilty of forgery after the jury needed only two ballots. The verdict came at 1:15 a.m. as Judge McCord prepared to sentence, with state claims totaling nearly $500,000 tied to forged mortgage extensions.
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Sac City
INS
Charles Lee
Denison
Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Ral McCard
Se Cahn
Voss
McTord
Raymond F. Hamilton
J. Nelson
Jefferson
James Parsons
Stealy
Charles L. Voss
Shaw
Bank of Denison
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Morningside
Simpson Colleges
Crawford County
Iva C. Gillmor
Mabel Gillmor
Prudential Life Insurance Company
R. L. McCord
McCord
Jane
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Denison Banker
International News
Pease
Galesburg
Brons General
Norris
Clyde Duncan
Guy McCoskey
Reda
Sofia
Bulgaria
Emil Vestry
Graceland
Lamoni
Graceland College
F. M. McDowell
McDowell Wasaculty
Institute of Arts and Sciences
Independence
Toledo
Tama County
Defaca
Altoona
DePaola
Mason
Radio Nuicgide
Omie Scheckter
Scheckter
Xgak
Lakehurst,n. J
Maniac
Widen
Anil J
Lewis Divine
Amundsen
Harlan, Audubon
Miouri
Omahoast
York
Shenandoah
Pate” Simmons
KFNF
Pate
Clarinda
OWA
Elks’ Association
Robert
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