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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1925
Page
5
Chester Stan Joy, 35, of Winterset, Ia, is dead after falling from his wagon near his farm eight miles north of town on Sunday. Local authorities report the accident as the cause of death.
Severe storms drenched Des Moines and nearby cities with rain hail and wind, causing extensive property damage and at least one death. Des Moines reported 3.04 inches of rain and a three foot street torrent. Omaha saw a fatal hail incident and widespread window and greenhouse damage.
A street car collision with a Great Northern switch engine in Sioux City left two dead Bert Anne 28 and William Nichols 30 and many injured as the tender derailed after knocking the car about fifty feet. The motorman said he stopped before crossing the tracks while the engine crew said the crossing bell and whistle were sounded.
All set for a Flag Day celebration at Sunnyside park despite weather concerns. A full music and fireworks program is planned with Frank Hodek's Nightingale Orchestra from Omaha providing live tunes, followed by a city hall dance. The group is known for WOAW broadcasts in Omaha, Nebraska.
Readable services yesterday drew large crowds despite some scheduling changes. At the national church the event filled the house to capacity with programs presented, while other local churches reported strong attendance and orderly observances.
London reports foreign powers view the Chinese conflict as serious and Britain plans another warship to Hankow. Negotiations are underway in Peking with no immediate intervention planned, while anti British sentiment grows in Shanghai and Suanghat opens with demands against Britain. A Chinese press wave calls to sever diplomatic ties amid mounting tensions. A Metropolitan Opera tenor Ridward Johnson was killed by soldiers near Nanking but escaped and reached Shanghai.
Partial baseball scores show Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York, Cincinnati and Brooklyn tied or trailing in the early innings. Philadelphia leads with 22 runs in the third inning as teams exchange hits and runs in the delayed report.
Julius Krauschoitz longtime director and retired president of the Southern Pacific died in Presbyterian Hospital New York after a sudden heart attack at age 61. He had recently undergone a minor operation. Born in New Orleans July 9 1844 he started as an engineer and rose to general manager overseeing all Southern Pacific lines with headquarters in San Francisco.
Bruce Townsend, receiver for Marne Savings Bank, reports an extra ten percent dividend mailed to depositors, totaling about ten thousand dollars. This follows a prior twenty five percent payment, with another ten percent to be issued to Wiota bank depositors on June 23 per A A Lysne, receiver.
The Buck Creek M E congregation nears completion of a new edifice replacing the fire destroyed church. Built by Elmer Johnson at about $5,000, the structure will be dedicated June 28 with suitable services, featuring a plainly adapted interior for parish operations.
An elderly woman named Helun Ley allegedly cashed four checks for 45 dollars at a local bank and tried the same scheme at Guthrie Center. She used real names as references and claimed moving from Indiana to pay freight, offering to fetch more identification but never returned. She was seen in Harlan, Atlantic, Guthrie Center.
Exira Iowa June 15 Special to News Telegraph Mr and Mrs Hansen visited Ames to see Elmer Rasmussen who graduated last week in commercial dairying. He has accepted immediate employment with a Cedar Rapids creamery and could not return home for a visit. He is the son of the mayor of Audubon.
In Los Angeles on June 15, Dr Thomas W Young a 46 year old dentist confessed details of the February 22 murder of his wife Jace Young 37 heir to the Grogan fortune. He described a planned killing with somniform gas and a rubber cone then helped his stepson mix concrete over the body in a cistern. The district attorney Asa Keyes said the couple quarrelled and that the Grogan fortune motive and insanity plea will be used.
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