Dates Set for Iowa Elks Convention in Iowa City
The Iowa State convention of Elks will be held in Iowa City on November 4 and 5 with an expected attendance of 500. Exalted rulers and secretaries from 34 Iowa lodges will meet in conjunction with the convention. A football game between Iowa and Ames is planned for November 4 afternoon, while state association sessions begin at 7 30 p.m. that evening and the Elks golf tournament is scheduled for the afternoon of November at the Iowa City Country Club.
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Iowa
Elks
Iowa City
Liam D. Ross
Jowa-Ames
Nks
Rio Grande Storm Death Toll Rises to 29
In Brownsville Texas officials report five additional storm fatalities raising the total to 29 from a tropical hurricane that struck the lower Rio Grande valley and gulf coast last week. Four unidentified Mexicans were found crushed in a shack ruins and the body of veteran fisherman Uncle Jim Sumners washed ashore at Red Fish Bay.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Jim” Sumners
Red Fish Bay
Luck Turns Sour as Ex-Wife Reclaims Horse
Clyde Johnson, of Bartlesville Oklahoma, bought a valuable horse for 19 cents with a lucky ticket. His ex wife attached the animal to cover back alimony, ending the hopeful bargain in a legal twist.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Clyde Johnson
Whittling and psychology in a lively town discussion
A columnist argues against mollycoddling sons, cites psychologist Dr. David Mitchell on overcoming fear of eye contact, and quotes Harvard economist Taussig on whittling as a sign of inventive instinct. The piece links everyday tinkering to great inventors like Edison and Bell.
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David Mitchell
Dr. Mitchell
Whittlin
Joe
Indiana
Dave
Ananias
F. W. Taussig
Harvard
Edison
de Forrest
Wright
Bell
Moonlight pistol duel stuns Asheville police
Jack Moody a 26 year old filling station attendant faces a dueling charge after a moonlight pistol duel over a girl. Moody says he was wounded in the abdomen during a back to back 20 step fight in Beaver Lake area. the assailant's identity remains undisclosed.
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Asheville
N. C
Jack Moody
Moody
North Carolina
Galahad
Beaver Lake
Mother and Son Executed for Murder in Prussia
Christine Lies, 46, and her son Walter, 21, were executed by decapitation in Torgau Prussia for the murder of the woman's husband. The tally of executions in Prussia since February 1 reaches thirty eight.
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Torgau
Prussia
Germany
Christine Lies
Walter
Fresno man courts humor over name in vagrancy arraignment
Police Judge Gibbs grilled Booker T. Thrift about his name after he was arraigned on a vagrancy charge. Thrift said he did nothing to earn the name, and the judge gave him three hours to leave Fresno for greener pastures.
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Fresno
Calif
Booker T. Thrift
Gibbs
Thrift
Feeney Shot by Hold-Up Men Hospitalized with Bullet Wound
Two armed men held up John Feeney at gunpoint and fired, leaving Feeney in the hospital with a chest bullet wound. Police pursue leads as investigators document the incident.
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John Feeney
Feeney
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