Warships Rush to Spain Reportedly Mobilize
The note cites ships moving to Valencia Alicante Tarragona and Cartagena with concerns over safe anchorage at Barcelona amid insurgent threats. Rumors place the battleship Barham preparing for Spain and the cruiser Galatea to relieve Arethusa at Palma Mallorca in the Mediterranean on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Alicante
Tarragona
Cartagena
Barcelona
Malta
Barham
Spain
Galatea
Arethusa
Palma
Mallorca
Mediterranean
Spaniards charge foreign warships in new Civil War clash
Madrid reports Foreign minsters accuse German and Italian warships of attacking Spanish cruisers Miguel de Cervantes and Mendez Nunez off Cartagena. Torpedo hit Cervantes prow. Mendez Nunez unscathed. Prieto cites German U-boat involvement and nearby German destroyer activity near Cartagena harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Northwestern University City
Indalecio Prieto
Air
Navy
Prieto
Cartagena
Miguel de Cervantes
Mendez Nunez
Cervantes
Cartagenas
Ceuta
Siege Tactics Continue on Madrid Outskirts
Insurgent forces assault Madrid's outskirts with heavy artillery and tanks but fail to breach entrenchments. Socialist gunners shell Casa de Campo park and the Manzanares river area in retaliation to earlier bombardment of Madrid's business district as the capital sees ongoing combat along the eastern coast from Malaga to Alicante.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manzanares River
Madrid
Fire Rages as Juneau Landslide Kills and Buries
In Juneau Alaska rescue teams excavate mud and rock from a Mount Roberts slide that swept a city block. Seven bodies recovered with as many as twenty five still buried. Fires feed on ruined apartments as authorities fear further avalanches after days of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Ins
Mount Roberts
I. Goldstein
George of Georgia Promoted To Head Of SPCSPG
In Chicago AP report United States Senator Walter F. George of Georgia is chosen to head the Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters. The spoof club has long featured names George as a running joke, with many members named George added since its start in Clinton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Walter F. George
Georgia
Society For the Prevention of
George
George W. Dulany
Spcspg
Dulany
Sen. George
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Prince George of
England
King George V
Georges Carpentier
Georges Clemenceau
George Arliss
King George
Greece
Clinton, Ia
Edith Maxwell to Be Retried in December
In Wise Virginia Edith Maxwell will face a second trial in Wise County District Court after a failed bid for a venue change. The dark haired mountain schoolteacher is charged with killing her 52 year old father. Judge Ezra T. Carter denied the motion and set the arraignment for December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Edith Maxwell
Wise County
Ezra T. Carter
Mrs Honora Conway Dies at 79 in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Honora Conway aged 79 widow of James H. Conway died at her home 133 Thirty-fifth Street NE after a long illness. Born in La Salle Illinois she married James H. Conway on November 27 1883 at Holbrook and they lived in Holbrook before moving to Cedar Rapids twenty years ago. Survived by six children John Joe Will Leo and Mrs Miles Fischer of Cedar Rapids and Mrs John Horak of Des Moines one sister Mrs T W Coakley of Parnell. Body removed from Monahan chapel to her home for calling hours. Funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honora Conway
James H. Conway
Thirty-fifth Street
William Murphy
la Salle
Ill
Mr. Conway
Holbrook
Cedar Rapids
Conway
John
Joe
Will
Leo
Miles Fischer
John Horak
Des Moines
T. W. Coakley
Parnell
Monahan
Nineteen-Pound Gray Fox Brought In After Dog Chase
LeRoy Gregory of 856 Fifth Avenue SE bagged a nineteen-pound gray fox a mile eight southeast of town after his bluetick hound edged it into a wooded area. He notes foxes are damaging wildlife this year and the county pays a $2 bounty per fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Gregory
Fifth Avenue SE
Here
Mr. Gregory
Gregory
Urges Folk To Take Time To Be Thankful
Dr. A A Brooks pastor of St Pauls Methodist church urged at a Canopus club luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel to take time on Thanksgiving to measure blessings. He said counting blessings shows one receives more than he deserves and cited sight conveniences and companionships as everyday riches. Mrs Homer Hill sang before the talk with accompaniment by Miss Marjorie Hungerford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Brooks
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Brooks
Homer Hill
Marjorie Hungerord
World War Veteran Found Alive After 25 Years
In Lincoln Nebraska two sisters Mrs William Fulton Urbana Ill and Mrs Allie Kent Farmer City Ill learned their brother Martin V W McWethy a World War veteran was alive but ill in a veterans hospital He had not written home for 25 years saying he was ashamed of his poor spelling
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
William Fulton
Urbana
Ill
Allie Kent
Farmer City
Martin V. W. McWethy
Veterans’ Hospital
Visitors leave calling cards at Italian tombs
In Italy visitors leave calling cards when they visit graves, a small traditional gesture noted in local customs. The practice signals respect and remembrance at memorial sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Arguments begin in Cornwell murder trial
Special to The Gazette reports that after the closing testimony the Cornwell murder case moved to arguments with jurors expected to deliberate on Wednesday. Cornwell is charged with complicity in the Hillbilly murder of Dan Shine, allegedly plotting with Pearl Hines Shine Minnie Hines Jim Hines and Maynard Lennox to kill Shine so his widow could inherit property. Minnie Hines testified but could not recall key details while witnesses questioned Cornwell on mental deficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleader
Albert Cornwell
Cornwell
Dan Shine
A. H. Borman
Manchester
Pearl Hines Shine
Minnie Hines
Jim Hines
Minne
Maynard Lennox
Pearl
Shine
Jim
Littleport
R. T. Stewart
State Insane Hospital
Independence
R. G. Smith
Clarinda State Hospital
Funeral for Mrs. Margaret Taylor
Mrs Margaret M Taylor died at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at Beatty chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. The Rev C H Hook will officiate and burial will be in the family lot at Mitch Gr. Se Dao. Friends may call Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. She is survived by six children a sister and two brothers plus grandchildren nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret M. Taylor
Beatty Chapel
C. H. Hook
Mitch Gr
Joseph Fenton Former Cedar Rapids Resident Dies in Milwaukee
Joseph Fenton 81, former Cedar Rapids resident, died Monday in Milwaukee after a brief illness. He worked with the Milwaukee railroad and is survived by his wife Liza, six brothers, and two sons who predeceased him. Body to be brought to Cedar Rapids for 2:30 p.m. services at Turner chapel Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Fenton
E Avenue
Joseph Fenton
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Liza
J. W
Zwingle
Iowa
F. W
Strawberry Point
J. C
Charles C
Fulton
C. C
Darcy, Wis
Turner Chapel
Funeral Services Held For Loyal Harrier Pioneer Resident
Funeral services for Loyal Reen Harrier retired lumberman and fuel dealer and Cedar Rapids pioneer were conducted at Turner chapel with Rev. Charles F Ed wards and Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M. Burial followed in Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Mary Kvetensky 81 died at 614 Eighteenth street NW after a short illness. She was born Mary Skala in Linn county on June 19 1875 and lived in Cedar Rapids all her life. She is survived by her husband three daughters three sisters and four grandchildren. Funeral services for Mrs Kvetensky will be held Thursday at 2 pm in the Barta chapel with burial in Bohemian National cemetery Florence Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reen Harrier
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Charles F. Edwards
Crescent Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Crescent Lodge
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Mary Kvetensky
Frank Kvetensky
Eighteenth Street
Mary Skala
Linn County
Adeline Karasek
Esther Manak
Mildred Kaplan
Anna Bezdek
Bessie Kaspar
Frances Feyerbend
Fairfax
Barta Chapel
Bohemian National Cemetery
Townsend clubs schedule and Waltonians luncheon note
Townsend club No 1 will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the superior courtroom city hall. The Kamera Klique meets Wednesday night at 7 30 in the playground commission office city hall Caius Thomas in charge. Don Barnes to speak to Waltonians at Y M C A luncheon Wednesday noon on his trip to Australia last spring. The city market will be open Wednesday and Thursday mornings then close for the season Frank Pollock market master said. Firemen answered a still alarm at 8 28 a m Monday as a furnace pipe overheated in 1128 Ninth street SE. G W Gordon in 701 Fifth avenue SE remains about the same after stroke three months ago. McRaiths Plum Pudding Ice Cream advertisement. McBaiths Ice Cream for Thanksgiving dinner advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend Club No. 1
Superior
City Hall
Kamera Klique
Playground Commission
Caius Thomas
Grant Wilson
Ninth Street SE
Frank Pollock
Don Barnes
Waltonians
Australia
City officials attend Iowa Municipalities meeting in Des Moines
Mayor Frank K Hahn City Engineer F E Young City Attorney Don Hines and Dave Williams commissioner of public improvements traveled to Des Moines Tuesday for a meeting of the Iowa League of Municipalities. Quinton Wagner was fined $1 and costs for double parking. E S Spracklin was assessed $1 and costs for parking in an alley. Mrs M Paar was fined $1 and costs for parking with no rear light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank K. Hahn
F. E. Young
Don Hines
Dave Williams
Des Moines
Iowa League of Municipalities
Quinton Wagner
Third Avenue SE
E. S. Spracklin
Sixteenth Avenue SE
M. Paar
First Avenue E
Get Your Thanksgiving Turkey Ad In Gazette
You have until 12 o'clock noon Wednesday to order a Want Ad in The Wednesday Evening Gazette to sell your turkeys ducks chicken geese etc for Thanksgiving. Dial 2-1121 Ad-taker. Ad vertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wednesday Evening Gazette
Bazaar Tonight and Wednesday at St. Ludmila's Church
Community advertisement announces a church bazaar at St. Ludmila's, with events planned for tonight and Wednesday. Proceeds benefit church activities and local outreach programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ludmila’s Church
Fairfax Bazaar
St. Patrick’s Auditorium
Kitchen fire at 1506 Tenth St SE involves paper ignition
A sidewall and kitchen ceiling burned in a Monday incident at 1506 Tenth Street SE in a house occupied by Earl Elson and owned by Wallace Hamilton. The fire started from paper in a bucket on the rear porch after Elson singed chickens and threw burned paper away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Elson
Tenth Street SE
Wallace Hamilton
Elson
Private residence scene linked to first aid call
At 10:45 p.m. Monday, Schaeperkotter told police he took Saba to a private home for first aid and later summoned a physician, with authorities continuing to investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Street
Schaeperkotter
Saba
Thanksgiving Praise Service at First Reformed Church
A Thanksgiving and praise service is set for 7 30 PM at First Reformed Church on Eighth Avenue and L Street SW. Rev Samuel Ramaker will speak on Thankful For What. A women's double quartet and orchestra will perform with pianist Na Bentzinger and other musical numbers including piano, cornet, songs and violin pieces. A thank offering will be received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
Eighth Avenue
L Street
Samuel Ramaker
Miss Na Bentzinger
Carolyn Solbrig
Paul McNell
Lorraine Westfall
Annabelle
L. Ramaker
Doris Olver
Man Fined for Intoxication and Disorderly House Entry
Richard Brooks aged 38 of 417 Tenth Street SE was fined 25 dollars plus costs after police court on Tuesday for intoxication and disturbing the peace. He was arrested Monday at 7 20 p m after his wife said he tried to enter the house by the rear door. A writ of injunction prohibiting entry was found in his pocket. Frank McCalley, 56, of 107 First Street East, received a 10 dollar fine plus costs for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Brooks
Tenth Street SE
Brooks
Frank McCalley
First Street E
Pilot Harry Canaday to speak at First Evangelical picnic
Lieut Harry Canaday will relate his Pacific Clipper experiences to men and boys of First Evangelical church and friends this Wednesday at 6 pm during a church basement picnic supper. A basketball game by Pioneers and Comrades follows, and the men’s class will hold a meeting. Attendees should bring picnic supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
Harry Canaday
First Evangelical Church
Canaday
Pioneers and Comrades
Court Friend of Dogs in New York Case Dismissed
Isidore Sidran faced a court hearing on a charge of striking Samuel Soogoff after a dispute over dogs. Soogoff testified Sidran hit him while Sidran said Soogoff kicked his dog. Magistrate Joseph D Andrea dismissed the case remarking that a man who kicks a dog deserves a punch in the eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Isidore Sidran
Samuel Soogoff
Soogoff
Sidran
Joseph D’andrea
Mrs Kemp Turns 100 and Tries a Cigarette
Mexico Missouri report says Mrs Eda Kemp reached her hundredth birthday with a party of about 100 relatives and friends. She, a longtime pipe smoker, tried a cigarette at their urging and appeared to enjoy it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Edatha Kemp
Fundamentals Of Good Sales Approach For Life Insurance Men
Dr. L. E. Travis outlines psychological selling methods for life insurance salesmen at a Cedar Rapids luncheon. Emphasizing understanding living psychology, he advises salesmen to study themselves and prospects, tailor approach to prospect type and intellect, and leave customers more satisfied than at first meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Insurance
Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters
L. E. Travis
Psychological Speech Clinic
University of Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
Travis
Cedar Rapids Couples Receive Marriage Licenses
Frank J. Zahradnik and Jessie E. Booth of Cedar Rapids. Chris Harshbarger and Valera Mae Kiler of Walker. Wesley J. Krofta and Irene Shuell of Cedar Rapids. John Huston and Edna Miner of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Zahradnik
Jessie E. Booth
Cedar Rapids
Chris Harshbarger
Valera Mae Kiler
Walker
Wesley J. Krofta
Irene Shuell
John Huston
Edna Miner
Nero the Mystic Anti Christ in Old Christian Tracts
A fragment describes Nero as the mystic anti Christ in a primitive Christian tract. The wording suggests a historical religious polemic marking Nero as a foreboding figure in early Christian writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
Christ
Births reported in local notices
Born to Lloyd Carpenter at St. Luke's hospital a son on November 21. Amos Meyers welcomed a son at Mercy hospital on November 23. Rodney Clark of route 4 Marion and William Cook of 1111 Second Street SE welcomed a daughter and a daughter named Barbara Jean on November 20. Amity Blakey of 1111 Twelfth Avenue SE had a son on November 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Carpenter
B Avenue NE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Amos Meyers
E Street
Mercy Hospital
Rodney Clark
Marion
William Cook
Second Street
Barbara Jean
Amity Blakey
Twelfth Avenue SE
Youth, 17, Sentenced to Die in New York Robbery Case
A 17-year-old boy named James Sullivan was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of Herman S. Myerson, a dry goods store proprietor, during a $9 robbery in Brooklyn. The verdict came after he was convicted of fatally beating Myerson with a bowling pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sing Sing
James Sullivan
Herman S. Myerson
Buckleys Mixture Promise for a Restful Night
An advertisement touts two or three doses of Buckley's Famous Mixture in sweetened hot water before bed to ensure a restful night. It claims the product, made in America, can stop an ordinary cough and help asthma or bronchitis sufferers sleep and wake refreshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley
America
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Violets
John E
Florist
Third Ave. SE
George of
A. Pipal & CO
16Th Ave
Margaret Taylor
Mrs
City
L. A. Harrier
Florence
G. W. Gordon
McRaith’s
McBaith’s
National Union For Social Justice, Farmer-Labor Party
Townsendites
Woodmen’s Hall
Second Avenue SE
George Saba
Third Street SE
Ninth Avenue SE
Seventh Street SE
Wallace Schaeperkotter
First Reformed
Doherty
Star Jewelry Co
Second Street SE
Sojka’s Market
Young Fancy
First Street
Dial
Furkeys
Oea
Oleo
Loin
Chuck Roast
Rogers Poultry Store
William James CO
West End
F Ave
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