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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1925
Page
6
Davenport student Charles R Sellars received the Robert T Swaine Harvard scholarship worth 250 dollars for outstanding scholarship and ability The award was announced in Towa City Iowa
In Maquoketa Iowa a storm of criticism followed the sale of Jennie and Winnie Davis graves to cover decades of unpaid upkeep for their teacher lot. The headstone once cost $300 was sold for $100 to a local man who altered the inscription and moved the stone to his family plot. The Davis sisters long helped local students but their own fortunes dwindled. their legacy faded as funds ran dry.
The Young Women and Standard Bearers of the Council Bluffs district gather at the local M E church for a full day program tomorrow. Opening at 9 am features Mrs. C J Soelberg and Mrs Aural A Sandy, with Miss Henrietta Roagu er of China delivering an afternoon address and Miss Clara Jobes performing. A 6 30 pm banquet closes the session. All are welcome, especially city girls and young women interested in mission work.
Eva Peterson stenographer for William D. Shepherd arrived at the criminal court on a grand jury subpoena as part of the case accusing Shepherd of causing the death of his ward William McClintock. Subpoenas duces tecum were issued to Union Bank of Chicago State Bank of Wilmette and Northern Trust seeking records of Shepherd and his wife accounts.
A local colored team faces Swift Glanta from St Joseph Mo at Bunnyside Park on Wednesday evening. Black Wax will pitch for the visitors. A carnival event is planned to attract a large crowd with comedian acts before the game.
Jon N. Brown, once of this city and now in Randolph Nebraska, who once partnered with The Ours as a legal harness maker, reports that Mr Ours has been in Sioux City hospital for ten weeks undergoing two operations for prostatic trouble.
Joh Adam Wert 82 of Cass County died this morning at his home 419 Elm Street after a long illness. Born in Ohio he moved to Cass in 1874 and worked for Rocksland Railroad then as a mason. He married Susan K. Staley in 1866. seven children were born. Surviving are Joseph Herbert Mrs Fanch and Mrs Myrtle Frank plus his wife. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at the late home with Rev William Mack of the local Evangelical church officiating. Interment will be Wildein Atlantic Cemetery.
Paris June 9 A French reply to Germanys security pact proposals was submitted to London Rome and Brussels for consideration by the powers that would join the pact The note will be delivered to Berlin before weeks end says the foreign office Des Moines Mayone McClelland 18 months old was taken to City hospital after drinking a small jar of kerosene.
Scattered early baseball scores include Philadelphia beating Cincinnati 1 to 0, Chicago downing New York 4 to 2 in the second, Boston defeating Pittsburgh 3 to 2 in the sixth, Cleveland topping Detroit 2 to 1 in the seventh, and other notes from the day’s American leagues.
Indian heiress Maude Lea Mudd from Miami Oklahoma married Karl KE Gordon in Council Bluffs. The couple left for a Winnebago reservation, authorities warn, amid a nationwide search. Wires to Nebraska and Iowa police seek the pair in a high priced touring car. Gordon had previously shot fellow student Cobb at Oklahoma A and M College and was acquitted on self defense.
The News-Telegraph now offers a daily carrier service to Adair and Anita except Sundays. Subscribers may sign up with Charles Rodgers in Anita or Leonard Heckman in Adair. The service delivers papers the same evening they are printed, yielding early news for readers and expanding coverage across Elk Horn territory and related towns.
The new graded road between Stuart and Dexter follows Whites Way No. 7. Once finished for travel it will replace the current detour just east of Stuart and shorten the travel distance by more than a mile.
High wind Sunday afternoon caused extensive damage with downed limbs and ruined buildings. Barns and cribs blew over in Bear Grove township while Atlantic and nearby areas saw widespread but mostly minor damage. Named residents and firms listed among those affected as insurance companies field numerous claims.
The thirty third annual Iowa State Federation of Labor convention opens at Hotel Julien Dubuque with over 400 delegates. President J C Lewis seeks a third term unopposed for now though a dark horse may enter. Vice presidency race stems from James O Briens death with Dunlap Minton Pickering as leading prospects. Prominent labor leaders and public figures, including Senator Smith W Brookhart, are set to speak. James Morgan represents Governor Hammill, who is in Minneapolis for the Norse American meeting.
Washington June 9 Secretary of Commerce Hoover warned that conspiracies to fix prices and limits on will be prosecuted with vigor by the government. He spoke in connection with a recent Supreme Court decision defining the legal activities of trade associations.
President Coolidge drew the largest Minnesota crowd of his career at the state fairgrounds in St. Paul and Minneapolis. 60 000 people cheered as he spoke for 45 minutes despite wind and rain, restoring goodwill after a prior hostile reception in 1922. The party heads back to Washington aboard the Baltimore and Ohio special with Mrs. Coolidge and senior aides.
Jess Beck and G W Kriger, local representatives, return from a Hudson factory tour in Detroit. During the eight hour day the plant produced two cars per minute, with 652 Essex and 406 Hudson models completed. Ninety percent of output is the closed pattern, and demand remains strong beyond orders. The visitors found the trip enjoyable and spent much time in the factory.
In New York on June 9, Frank Lapuma aged 27, described as a gun-toter, was shot to death on a front stoop in East 105th Street while reading a newspaper. Several men fled after the pistol fire. Police say Lapuma was known to them as a gun-toter and gang leader, with witnesses noting an animated conversation beforehand.
Two bandits in a big Cadillac shot Clinton highway patrolmen George Holland and Bert Alexander near DeWitt. They fled west toward the Lincoln highway, possibly crossing into Nebraska. Holland is gravely wounded. Alexander shot in the hip. officers in hospital. Police in western cities alerted. One bandit described as heavy with pin striped suit. the other slim in Palm Beach suit.
Lakehurst N J June 9 IN S Another attempt to fly the dirigible Los Angeles to Minneapolis for the Norse American centennial will be made near the end of the week George W Steele commander of the airship announced today The first attempt ended near Cleveland when the ship developed engine trouble.
Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ for Christina Anderson who died Saturday at her home 300 Lorest street Interment was in the Atlantic cemetery beside her husband Pallbearers were Henry Walter Chris Walter John Walter Henry Hansen Ed Long and Axel Long Music was by Mrs Carey Martin Mrs H J Howard and Mrs E B Clark
Weather forecast notes fair conditions with cooler spells tonight and Wednesday. The outlook covers the eastern portion with lighter winds and no precipitation indicated.
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