Exoneration Demanded in Taylor Murder Case
Mrs. Charlotte Shelby mother of Mary Miles Minter asked Los Angeles officials for a complete exoneration or an indictment that would allow her to clear her name in the William Desmond Taylor murder investigation. She denied hiring anyone to kill Taylor, voiced pain over lasting rumors, and urged the district attorney to close the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
INS
William Desmond Taylor
Charlotte Shelby
Mary Miles Minter
Taylor
Shelby
Fitts
Edward Sands
Board Grants Buser Porches Restriction Ahead
The board of adjustment allowed Frank L Buser to build four houses at Bever Avenue and Memorial Drive SE with a 43 foot setback instead of the 50 foot minimum. A future restriction barring porches was placed to protect existing nearby homes. The panel also denied Edward Prochaska a request for an enclosed porch at 1791 Mallory Street SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Adjustment
Frank L Buser
Bever Avenue
Memorial Drive
Buser
Edward Prochaska
Mallory Street
Triplets Born in Longview Name Franklin Delano Roosevelt
In Longview Texas the quadruplet birth was announced for Mrs Like Mae Jones. The three boys named Franklin Delano and Roosevelt, tying them to historic names in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview
Tex
UPP
Mae Jones
Franklin, Delano and
Roosevelt
All Bran Daily Elimination Benefits Promoted
An advertisement extols Kellogg's ALL-BRAN cereal for regular daily elimination. A shopper testimonial from Fairbury Illinois claims improved mornings after years of use. The copy advocates two tablespoons daily, or three times in severe cases, and notes the product is made in Battle Creek.
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E. N Kring
Hickory St
Fairbury
Ilinois
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Poppy Day Proclaimed in Marion by Mayor Pazour
Marion observes World War I remembrance with May 29 as Poppy Day. Mayor Pazour urges citizens to wear poppies to honor fallen soldiers and support living veterans through American Legion auxiliary distributions and donations. The article also covers Emma R. Kendall's funeral with local and out of town mourners attending.
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Marion
John Pazour
Pazour
American Legion Auxiliary
John H. Pazour
May breakfast and club notices crowd Marion society page
The Ivanhoe club met for its annual May breakfast in Mrs. Michel's tea room with fifteen members and three guests. Athenian Art club plans a benefit card party at Memorial hall with committees named. Local residents attend state Congregational Christian churches conference in Mason City. Multiple social visits, family events, and church activities are recorded, including births, deaths, and hospital activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Club
Athenian Art Club
Memorial Hall
Faye Bailey
S. F. Carey
Paul Kruger
O W. Lundquist
James Fitzgerald
James Fairley
Isabel Miller
Otto Kieckhaefer
Lester Boetscher
H O. Allen
Josephine Whitacre
Don Torrence
Mason City
Congregational Christian Churches
Allen Wil
William Biederman
Rudd
Allen
Alumni Banquet and Townsend Club Installations Planned
Plans for the high school alumni banquet set for May 28 and a June family picnic at Miss Bernice Toms home were announced. Townsend club No 1 elected E M Saunders president with Jennie Charter as vice president F M Stack as treasurer and Alice Carlberg as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Ford
Bernice Toms
E. M. Saunders
Townsend Club
Jennie Charter
F. M. Stack
Alice Carlberg
Agreement Ends Suit Against Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles AP reports a settlement dismisses Rheba Crawford slander suit against Aimee Semple McPherson with prejudice. The deal includes a cash settlement on Crawford’s breach of contract claim and releases both evangelists from further claims related to Angelus Temple. The amount Crawford earned as associate pastor, $600 monthly, was not disclosed. A related $4,331 damage suit by Church of the Four Square Gospel against Crawford was also dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rheba Crawford
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Miss Crawford
Temple
Joseph Scott
McPherson
Joseph L. Fainer
Church of the Four Square Gospel
Christian Ministry
Fisherman Suffers Eye Injury From Rebounding Sinker
Frank Freytag, 35, of 3430 E Avenue NE, was injured Monday evening near the Third Avenue Bridge when a fishing line snapped back after freeing a snagged hook. He was taken to St Luke's Hospital with a lacerated left eye but could distinguish light by Tuesday.
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Frank Freytag
E Avenue NE
Freytag
Third Avenue Bridge
St Luke's Hospital
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Board
Tittle Bros
Second Street SE
Marion News
Emma R. Kendall
Yocom Chapel
Congregational Church
L . Dow
W. K. Lothian
A. E Granger
Elmer Hollingsworth
Robert C. Toms
A R_ McElwain
Cedar Rapids
Louis Pilughaupt
Viola
Civic Benefit
Albert Hammond
Betty Bergle Beranck
John Clay
Earl Aubrey
Joan
Roger
Rock Island
F C. H. Lehminke
Eugene
R.“O Shively
Hazel Sheldon
Chicago
Frank Shively
Betty
Milwaukee
Bob Shively
Perry
Charles Slauson
Mrs
Millard Port
Floyd Slauson
Ruth Griffin
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Cedar Falls
W W. Yocom
Stanley Fred
George Hackett
West Seventh Avenue
G. N. Clark
Ed Sigfred
Ralph Stanton
Jack
Raymond Stanton
Catherine Stanton
South Sixth Street
Glenn Brooks
Seventh Avenue
St. Lukes Hospital
Joseph Francis Green
St. Joseph’'s Catholi Church
T J McElliott
Oak Shade Cemetery
George Switzer
Fourteenth Street
Marion Nature and Garden Club
Thomas Park
Harrison Booze
Eleventh Street
George Thompson
Fifth Avenue
Frank Ward
Sunshine Mission
Campbell Cemetery
Thompson
Bertram
James
Reuben
Edmund
Mount Vernon
Milwaukee Woman's Club
New Hallwood
J T Gallivan
Long Beach
Calif
Ruth Oxley
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
E T Gough
St. Paul's Church
Melvin Arp
John Granger
Kirk Snell
Frank Swift
Jack Derflinger
Edward Conrad
Louise Cippera
Susan Hawkins
Theo Walline
Enna Faye Ellison
Harriett Swift
Eastern Star
Masonic
Reading Circle
Robert Oxley
Emma Klein
Sioux City
Federated Women's Clubs
Linn County
Mary Low Dickinson
King's Daughters
Fernow
Albaugh
Burt
Sebrecht
Garden Theater
Smith
Mit
Etzel
Mershon
McCann
Aimee
Rye
Datta
Ems Domone
Ae Tits
Lge
PEARL
PABST
P&g
Canada
Campbells T
del Monte A
FOX
Pillsbury Flour
Libby
Luscious
Lee
Rinso
Idaho
Ibs
Johnson
Lée
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