Latest by Wire Seek to Move Poles in Iowa
Des Moines state board of railroad commissioners will hear Iowa Railway and Light Corp. request to move poles in Story County at the capital tomorrow. Also on the docket the C B Q railroad drainage district for Mills County set for July 14 at Glenwood. Deerfield events include deaths in Belgrade and a car accident injuring Marie Reynolds in Fort Madison. Divorce granted in Chicago for Nancy Keenan Dawes. Vilma Banky and La Rocque wed. wedding in Beverly Hills. Goldwyn and Cecil DeMille attended as witnesses.
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Des Moines
Iowa Railway and Light Corporation of
Cedar Rapids
Story County
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Railroad Cour
C. B. & Q. Railroad
Mills County
Glenwood
Attorney Generals Office
Fort Madison
Marie Reynolds
Diedrick Hopkirk
Hopkirk
Vilma
Torrid Heat Prevents Coolidge From Park Jaunt
Rapidity June 27 report says a three day heat wave across the region forced Provident Coolidge to cancel a planned tour of the State Game Park hills. Cath Gideon and Col. Ed Starling had mapped a wildlife trip but the bake oven heat prompted a switch to fishing and then a further cancellation. Locals fear a coming storm as heat lingers.
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Provident Coolidge
State Game Park
Hhe
Cath Gideon
Col
Ed Starling
Ugeret Service
Local Death Notice From Colfax Island
June 27 reported the drowning of an unspecified person near Colfax with brief details. inheritance of a mishandled life event noted by local authorities. The fragment mentions Griswold and an incident tied to a Derayay afternoon, offering no clear names or outcomes.
Deadlock at Geneva Meet as Iowa Pushes for Roads
In a letter to The News Telegraph, E G Eustis and his wife report a cross country journey toward Asheville praising Indiana pavement and lamenting road conditions in Illinois and Iowa. They recount visiting Nancy Hanks Lincoln’s grave, plan to see Lincoln’s birthplace, and compare state fixes with Iowa’s road work.
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Toads
Gary
Ind
Indiqua
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Lincoln
United States
Indiana
Fred Stienke
Iowa
Eustis
Renowned Pastor Lindemeyer Leaves Zion's Lutheran Church
The Rev. J H Lindemeyer resigned as pastor of Zion's Lutheran Church at Sixth and Walnut streets after more than twelve years. The resignation takes effect September 1, with plans for future work to be announced. Lindemeyer arrived in Atlantic in May 1916 from Omaha Bluffs and is widely known in the region.
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J.-H. Lindemeyer
Zion's
Lutheran-church
Sixth and
Walnut Streets
Lindemeyer
Atlantic
Copneil Bluffs
Youth who killed rival is jailed
Hackensack New Jersey June 27 Damien Hoey 19 pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge in the death of Elisha Smith 19 rival for Evelyn Bilveria 14 schoolgirl. He was sentenced by Lee Court Justice Parkerberg to an indeterminate term in the state jail. Hoey reportedly killed Smith last March during a confrontation over the girl.
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Htec
Patrick Murray Local Pioneer Dies Yesterday
Patrick Murray born in Dublin in 1842 died at his Atlantic home at 203 Cedar Street after a short illness. He came to America at six and lived in Atlantic for 45 years, widow Mary Jane Murray and four daughters and three sons survive. Funeral services set for SS Peter and Paul Church with burial in Atlantic Catholic Cemetery.
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Led
Dublin
Ireland
Patrick, Murray Sr
America
Atlantic
Cedar Street
Mary Janes
Freeport
Murray
Anna, Leary
This City
Via Ma#Nally
Crofton
Nob
Katie Worton
Mayme
Casey
Griswold
Matthew L. Will
Joseph
James
Tom
Placerville
Calif
Ss, Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Father P. N. Dermott
Atlantic Catholic Cemetery
Nine violent deaths in Oklahoma State weekend toll
Oklahoma City news reports nine violent deaths over the weekend. Cases include a fatal car crash near Duncan involving David C. Chirch, 30, and an elderly man, 85, plus drownings in Elreno and Oklahoma City. A Stillwater drowning, a shooting near McAlester, and an officer-involved fatality near Santa Fe are noted amid chaotic details and garbled remnants.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
David C. Chirch
B. A. Jackson
Duncan
Mia
O'Nan
Elreno
Jon Wagner
Gus Citazatti
Joseph Spellman
Stillwater
Ned
Springs
McAleter
B.C. Me
Nla
Santa’Fe
Bolae
Britain U S deadlock over capital ships at Geneva talks
London reports a stalemate as Britain and the United States clash on capital ship limits at the Geneva naval conference. Washington warns the issue is a face-saving move while the real dispute centers on cruisers and 7,500 ton limits amid Britain’s vast mercantile fleet and postwar shipbuilding.
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Holow
Washington
I. N
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
France
Geneva
Britain
Mercantile Marine
Early Baseball Scores Fragment
A fragmentary sports note records early baseball scores with unclear team names and positions, making precise results indeterminable.
Relic of Horace Greeley Days Shown by Griswold Publisher
Frank W. Hanton publisher of the Griswold American displayed an old printer’s composing rule at The News Telegraph office. The relic connects to his uncle who set type on the New York Tribune during Horace Greeley’s editorship, offering a tangible link to historic newspaper production.
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Frank W. Hanton
Griswold ‘American
Hanton
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
News-Telegraph
First Presbyterian Church Plans Approved
At yesterday morning’s meeting of the building and plans committees the drawings and plans were accepted. De Moines architect Mr Harrison will complete the working drawings by late next week. The proposed church building is displayed on a chart in the church for public viewing.
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First Presbyterian Church
Harrison
Dea Moines
Dope King Plunges From Baltimore Office Window
Samuel Newman, 34, dubbed dope king of Baltimore, leaped three stories from the United States marshal's office to escape after being allowed into a wash room alone. He fell to his death on a six inch ledge, despite onlookers' gasps. Newman had been freed on $1,600 bail after an earlier arrest in Washington on alleged anti narcotics violations.
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Baltimore
Lin. S
Samuel Newman
United States Marshal’s
Newman
Bei
Washington
Corn Prices Jump on Poor Crop Outlook in Chicago Market
Chicago reports show a jump in corn prices as market mover growth in midyear wheat fields prompts a 6% to 6.5 cent rise. July corn closed near 1.00 and September around 3.06 3/6, amid warnings of extremely poor crop conditions and rising export concerns.
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Chicago
Big Directory Plan Explored for Atlantic City
The L. L. Polk company of Chicago may publish a regular Atlantic directory if E. D. Morrison’s survey shows sufficient field prospects. Morrison arrived from Creston where his crew finished a directory, and he noted plans for a rural directory alongside the city directory. Polk publications are detailed, listing head of family, wife’s given name, street and house info, with residents’ data reversed. The last city directory here appeared in 1917 by McCoy company of Rockford.
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L. Polk Company
Chicago
United States
Atlantic
E. D. Morrison
Morrison
Creston
Polke
McCoy Company
Rockford
Local Pioneer A F Berry Dies At 87 This Afternoon
A F Berry 87 longtime resident dies at 1 30 pm at his son George W Berry's home 600 East Fourth street death due to old age he had been bedfast since March funeral arrangements pending Mrs Berry's mother was a sister of Anb Rutledge who broke up her romance with Abraham Lincoln before he became president
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A. F. Berry
George W. Berry
East Fourth Street
Civilian and Army Air Power Race For Transpacific Flight
In San Francisco on June 27 a civilian air race pits the civilian crew led by Ernest Smith and Charlie Carter against the army crew led by Lieuts Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger in a non stop flight to Hawaii. The two teams prepare from Crissy Field to Oakland with a 2,400 mile target. The event draws intense rivalry and field controversy as an escort plane is ordered off Crissy Field and Army officials clash with civilian backers over control and timing of the takeoff.
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San Francisco
Army
Lester Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Hawaii
Crigsey Field
Oakland Municipal
Ernest Smith
Charlie Carter
Emmons
Crissey Field
Lieut. Maitland
Oakland
Smith
E. J. Moffett
Fokker
Grace's non stop flight test ends in gloom at camp
Honolulu June 27 Gloom hung over Richard Grace Holly wood aviator as a test flight with a borrowed propeller failed to reach the goal of a Honolulu to California non stop hop. A proper propeller arrival is expected late Tuesday and the craft will head to Kauai for the hop off. Grace's plane was at Pearl Harbor with naval mechanics aiding repairs.
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Grace
Honolulu
T. H
I. N
Richard Grace
Hollywood
California
Kauai
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
W. W. Don Carlos
Cass County Fair Association
News-Telegraph
Fair Association
Don Carlos
Treasury of the Fair Association
Wichita Falls entrant joins Dallas Hongkong flight contest
E W Graham of Wichita Falls entered the Dallas to Hongkong flight sponsored by William D Easterwood Jr. He carries support from the Wichita Falls chamber of commerce Anita Man D B Forshay Anita insurance man was a caller in the jury today.
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Hongkong
Dallas
Texas
E. W. Graham
Wichita Falls
China
William D. Easterwood Jr
Graham
Anita Man
D. B. Forshay
Anita Insurance Mean
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Edgar Ardrich
Ardrich
Bloomington
Sarajevo
Coolidge
Oqwan
Ines
Man
Pau
R. H. Hudspeth
Kattiny State Penitentiary
Patrick Murray
Mr. Murray
Oklahoma State
U. S
London
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
The
Daily News
League of Nations
Stan
Ine
Luia Phillips
Roosevelt Field
N.Y
NEW Presbyterian Church
Pacific
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