Annual Insurance Department Publication for Iowa Firms
Public notice certifies American Reserve Insurance Company and American Union Insurance Company, New York corporations, authorized in Iowa for fire and marine reinsurance and fire tornado windstorm automobile insurance until April 1, 1928. Sworn statements date December 31 and December 21, 1926, showing assets liabilities capital surplus and policyholder equity, with official seals and signatures from Commissioner Ray Venter.
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Insurance Department OF
Iowa
Des, Moines
American Reserve Insur- Vintdance, Company
New York
Hartford
Connecticut
Insurance Department of Iowa
Code of
I. Ray Venter
Seta
Des Moines
Ray Venter
Commissioner of Insurance
OWA
American Union Insurance Company
New York Corporation
T. Ray
Yesitett
Commissioners of Insurancs
Ded Moines
Dedicate Park Ruthven La Will Host Ceremony
A state park near Ruthven will be dedicated next Tuesday by the state board of conservation. W E G Saunders will preside, Mrs E F Armstrong will present the park, and Gov. Wobn Frei will speak for the state. A picnic will follow.
Withdrawal and protest echo in Philadelphia fontany case
A fragment from a June scene notes that the Philadelphia fontany withdrew its fet and evokes a Brotherhood protest. Details are sparse in the OCR, but the text points to a contested move and collective reaction within a local civic or fraternal group.
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Philadelphia A ‘Fontany
Brotherhood of
Germany Ready to Meet France as an Equal Says Minister
Berlin June 24 Germany is ready to grasp the hand of France as an equal not a vanquished nation said Foreign Minister Stresemann in the Reichstag He urged Premier Poincare to use influence for troop reduction and warned against dwelling on the past urging France to trust in present good will and the world conscience rising to peace.
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Berlin
Germany
Herr Stresemann
Raichétag
Potricare
France
Rhineland
Stresemann
Poincare
Stregemann
M. Poincare
Funeral notice for Mina Rapp Jensen at local Baptist church
Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2:90 PM at the local Baptist church for Mrs. Mina Jensen wife of C. H. Jensen of Fort Dodge and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rapp of this city She died yesterday at her Fort Dodge home from an infection in her teeth Rev George D. Rogers will officiate with interment in Atlantic cemetery.
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Mina Rapp Jensen
Mina Jensen
Jotn Rapp
C. H. Jensen
Fort Dodge
George D. Rogers
Atlantic Cemetery
John Rapp
Jdc. H. Jensen
Henry Bierman
Pemaing
Rapp
East Tenth Street
Worry Over Debt Triggers Youth to Kill Wealthy Merchant
Curtis Van Meter, 19, a farm hand, confessed to shooting William Paul, 33, a wealthy merchant, during a robbery after failing to meet deferred payments on a automobile loan. He then rifled Paul's pockets of 340 dollars and 35 from a cash register before disposing of the body at the Michigan Winds canal.
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Jolliet
Curtis van ‘Meter
William Paul
van Meter
Frank Kearnan
Troy
Paul
Michigan- Winds Canal
Woman Flier Sets Unofficial Altitude Record at 11000 Feet
Luba Phillips, Russian American aviatrix, reached 11,000 feet in a three motor Fokker monoplane at Roosevelt Field. Eight passengers observed as she remained under control while Lieutenant Stultz assisted at takeoff and then handed control to Phillips. The flight, from Curtiss Field, lasted about an hour with no barograph to official record it.
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Roosevelt Field
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N.S
Luba Phillips
Curtiss Field
Aptio
National
Aernnautical, Association
Stultz
Bandit Identified in Cedar Rapids Highway Robbery Case
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on June 24 authorities identified an escaped prisoner bandit involved in a highway robbery incident. The report notes the suspect known as Dewey Morgiin and outlines initial details from the ongoing investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
Dewey
Morgiin
Local cafe owner injured in accident May 8
Reports from Hancock Cumberland Griswold Wiota and other towns describe injuries and medical updates. Budd proprietor of the Bon Ton cafe is hospitalized after an incident yesterday. Mrs Lang recovering from surgery. various residents undergo operations, recoveries, or injuries including a skull fracture, tonsil removal, appendicitis, and a hand amputation from a gear accident.
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Bon Ton
Massena Social Scene Highlights Club Events and Weddings
Social news from Massena covers a park picnic hosted by Mrs. in Edng Chambers, a quilting gathering with Mrs. Ivan Vettrick, a shower for Mrs. Linda Lien before her move, and a biweekly Avantee Golf and Country Club dinner for 73 at the clubhouse on South Chestnut Street. Also noted are bridge games and gatherings at Calumet cafe, a birthday party for Lulu Biggs, a dinner party in honor of Russell Denham and Paul Denham guests, Sunshine Club meeting rescheduled to July 10, and a Loyal Workers lawn social at LL Barnholdt’s. The Oakland incident reports Ruth Weinland’s marriage to Raymond Schluater of Iowa City, with Ruth continuing teaching duties and planning to reside in Iowa City.
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Anita
H. M. Reinig
Griswold
Mesdames
Dv Marshall
Wright Hedges
Bridge
Clyde Campbell
Oakland
Ruth Weinland
R. S. Weinland
Goodwill Fliers in Des Moines Flight Tour
Major Herbert Dargue who led the goodwill tour through South America arrived in Des Moines from Hannibal Missouri. He is on a 10000 mile floodwill tour across the country aboard the New York flagship. Walter Lochner of Trenton NJ accompanies him and they plan to depart for Omaha tomorrow.
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Des Moines
N. J
Herbert Dargue
South America
Hannibal
Walter Lochner
Trenton
Dargue
New York
Omaha
Dr Lapp Calls Education an Unused Resource in Economy
In Iowacity on June 24, social welfare workers lauded Chicago sociologist Dr John Lapp for opposing economy in education. As director of the National Catholic Welfare council social service department he argued that the sole educational opportunity for the physically or economically handicapped lay in organized social or governmental action, not budget cuts.
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Iowacity
L N.S
John Lapp
Chicago
Lapp
Department For Social Service
National Catholic Welfare Council
Plane Crash Fatal to Princeton Grads
Pilot J. T. Walker of St. Louis was killed and T. A. Lampert of Narragansett, R. I. was probably fatally injured in an airplane crash near Paiysdune. The report notes the Princeton grads were aboard.
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Princeton
GRADS
Pottsy Ige
Paiysdune
L N. S
J.T. “Walker
St. Louis
T. A. Lampert
Narragansett
Cass on paving to Nebraska line if bonds voted
Cass county would push a paved highway from Des Moines to the Nebraska state line as part of the Capital City and state road boosters plan. If bonds pass, the project would extend through Cass and nearby counties while adjacent counties advance road plans and existing portions are already paved.
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CASS
Nebraska
Nebraska State Line
Cass County
Pottawattamie County
Adair
Guthrie
Dallas
Polk County
Three More Iowa Counties Vote To Issue Road Bonds
Voters in Bremer county approved road bond issuance joining Grosth er and other counties in favor of financing road improvements. Independence voters also authorized a $1,000,000 road bond and a separate $1,200,000 proposal faced with strong support in the region.
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Iowa
Waverly
Bremer
Pond Reals
Grosther
Eau
LS Presposal
Independence
Aeronautics not beer inspired transatlantic flight
Prague reports Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A Levine rebuke rumors they crossed the Atlantic for beer. They insist their feat was driven by aeronautics not Pilsener, denying drink as motive and praising scientific aim.
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Prague
F. N
Aéronautics
Berk
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Chamberlin
Levine
Europe
Dr Guy Benton Near Death in Minneapolis Home
Dr Guy Potter Benton 62 a renowned educator and former university president is near death at his daughter's Minneapolis home from sleeping sickness diagnosed last March while leading the University of the Philippines. Benton also led Upper Iowa Fayette and other universities during a long career in education.
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Jume
I. N
Guy Potter’ Benton
Benton
T the
University of the Philippines
Univaraus Fayette
Migmi
Unierally
Ford
University of of the Philippines
Manila
Burlington
Uni
Local News Briefs from Council Bluffs Items
Home from Illinois Alfred Long returns after a five month visit at Amboy Til In Bluffe. Roof fire last evening on Birth and Hickory streets caused slight damage. Vila Helen Nagel and Martin J Ekberg granted marriage license in Council Bluffs. Mrs Fudge returns to duties after ivy poisoning. Mrs Charles Block and daughter visit Albia. Barbers meet in Avoca to discuss barber law effective July 4. Spirit Lake week brings chief engineer back to plant duties. Band concert at city park draws large crowd. Skinny Evans returns home from college and vacation. Families return from lakes trip. city clerk resumes duties. Local examinations notice seven of eight took county tests. Remains of Mina Rapp Jensen brought home from Fort Dodge. H W Tidke involved in past fence post scheme now freed of charges. Insurance convention trip to Asheville planned. Ladies of the Grand Army return from Newton convention. Local president honored. alternate chosen for national convention.
Davenport Airplane Crash Fatal to Two
In Davenport Ta June 24 NS two people died from an airplane crash the day before in the hospital here Hugo Lorenzen a 4 year old local merchant died of his injuries Albert boorver piloted the plane and escaped serious injuries Sporrer was preparing to land when the machine went into a tail spin Both of Nabers legs were amputated in an effort to save his life
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Wiota
Speciato News-Telegraph
Charles Woot
Council Bluffs
Jenle Edmundson Hospital
Hev
Faye
Ordway
Jones ‘Hospital
Atlantic
Davenport
N.S
George Naber
Hugo Lorenzen
Albert
Boorver
Myer
Sporrer
Naber
Drunkenness Triggers Capture of Convict in Anamosa
Anamosa Iowa June 4 A convict named Wilcox who is serving a fifteen year sentence at the reformatory was recaptured after drinking in Port Huron Michigan. He has served three years of his sentence and faced twelve remaining. His arrest followed intoxication leading to identification by fingerprints.
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Anamosa
Reeday
Ile
Wilcox
Port Huron
Mich
Escapee Harris Hides Under Alias Camels Name
Fragmentary OCR notes identify an escapee known as Harris using an alias and lingering in disguise. Details on location or timeframe are unclear from the fragment.
Iowa lad runner-up in national spelling bee
Thirteen-year-old Dean Lucas from Congress, Iowa, placed as runner-up in the national spelling bee finals in Washington. The champion spelled abrogate, while runner-up Ralph Keene of Waukon, Iowa, also competed as one of thirteen state champions. A thousand dollars went to the winner and five hundred to the runner-up.
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Iowa Lad
Dean Lucas
Shu
Congress
Ohio
Washington
Dean
Ralph Keene
Waukon
Little Girl Dies After Fall From Third Floor Window
Marian Hoffman aged three died in Dubuque Iowa after tumbling from a third floor apartment window. She struck the pavement and died within minutes according to J N S. The tragedy occurred in her parents home as dust from a mighty incident was reported.
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Dubuque, I.a
Marian Hoffman
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