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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1926
Page
5
News from Fayette Iowa reports that five faculty members will depart Upper Iowa University for other positions this year, four women and one man among the teaching staff leaving. In Des Moines Iowa the state shows a push for a cooperative dairy creamery as over 1500 cows in Ogden sign up to back the project.
A fire at an unknown origin destroyed a barn and hog shed. Firefighters contained the blaze after efforts by local crews, with no injuries reported. Investigators will inspect the site for causes and assess damages.
Paul Snyder aged 9 died and five other youths were injured in a car crash near Sidney yesterday. The vehicle skidded off the road into a water-filled ditch. Driver Miss Thelma Nenneman 38 fracturing both arms and rib injuries. Wanda Nenneman 10 cut on face. Harriet Watson 16 cut. Ted Nenneman 5 with a broken leg. Ernest Nenneman injured. The party was returning from the Nenneman farm.
Lord Astor's Cross-Bow won the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot on June 10 paying thirty-three to one. Rajpiplay, Stave Donohue's barge, finished second with Tea third, at two and half to one. This tight finish highlighted a high-stakes field in a royal event.
Des Moines reports former governor Nate E Kendall declines to serve as temporary chairman of the upcoming Republican state convention, leaving the committee to seek another leader. Executive members plan to decide who will be invited to guide the event amid tensions with Brookhart. Kendall’s withdrawal leaves the party at a crossroads for July proceedings.
The United States faces a severe setback as Chile withdraws from Anglo-American talks to settle the Tachy Arica boundary with Peru. Washington fears possible involvement by the League of Nations and questions Monroe Doctrine precedence.
Investigators pursue suspects after two rifle shots struck the brig Alpha as Crown Prince Gustavus and Princess Louise of Sweden traveled from New Haven to Newpark aboard the royal schooner. Commodore Arthur Curtis James, owner of the Alpha, said a fast motorboat preceded the attack and displayed unaffordable daring before the shots were fired. The incident halted baggage transfers and drew Federal and Rhode Island investigators to Watch Hill.
Jacksonville report of a 13 year old boy Claude Browne who shot and killed his father F A Browne a carpenter with a revolver late last night. Police released him on parole to guardians with instruction not to jail him. Claimed father was choking his mother and the boy fired in fear to save her. Father died at hospital.
New York reports extraordinary precautions for the Cardinals special train carrying John Cardinal Bonzana and a gathering of bishops, archbishops, and priests to Chicago for the Eucharistic congress. The Cathedral on wheels will depart at 11 this morning, guarded along rails and switches, with dining car food inspected by detectives.
Cedar Rapids June 14. Steven Ryan, an escapee from the Independence asylum, was found dead late yesterday afternoon. He apparently hanged himself from a tree after authorities conducted a search following his escape.
Patchwork OCR suggests a claim that the Polish president is also an inventor linked to Warsaw and a person named Maycicki with scattered fragments. The readable text is unclear but indicates a mixed identity or misattribution to a Polish leader and a location in Poland.
Paris reports Aristide Briand agreed to form a cabinet and seek a national union ministry. He aims to include leaders from major parties while excluding socialists and communists, with Poincare possibly offered the finance post and Herriot expected to resign as chamber president for a ministerial role. The key task is stabilizing the franc amid ailing finances.
W P Budd publisher of the Anita Tribune notes both Republican candidates offended him. Carl L Vedane of Bear Grove township won the nomination, but Budd says his opponent’s unpopularity carried the result. Budd urges all Republicans to back Vedane in November.
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