Tornado Toll and Prohibition Arrest in Iowa and Nearby States
Leon grocer Luther Bason is jailed on a charge of violating the national prohibition law after a Thursday arrest by Deputy U.S. Marshal 8 A. Plum. A preliminary hearing is set for April 17 before Commissioner John Hunt. bonds posted at 500 dollars. In Des Moines area, a tornado killed one woman and caused extensive property damage. homes were destroyed near Madrid Sheldahl and Woodward with livestock losses reported. Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, suffered a severe hailstorm causing significant window damage and property losses, while Lincoln recorded a brief but intense wind, rain, and hail event.
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Luther Bason
Leon
Decatur County
U.S
8. A. Plum
John (. Hunt
Hunt
Bason
Des Mines
Des Moines
William Tirnan
Madrid
Woodward
Sheldahl
Bluffs
Omaha
Nebr
Council Bluffs
Castellar Street
Florence
Lincoln
Capitol Beach
Woman from Muscatine enters Twentieth district senate race
Mrs Bes sle Farnsworth of Muscatine announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for state senator in the Twentieth district. The move draws reactions from Iowa leaders including Florence Pierce of the Iowa League of Women Voters. Attorney General Gibson questions eligibility while Secretary of State Ramsay offers nomination blanks. Senator J D Buser of Conesville has applied for reelection.
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Muscatine
Bessle Farnsworth
State Senate
Farnsworth
Des Moines
Bessie Farnsworth
Florence P. Pierce
Iowa League of Women Voters
Ben J. Gibson
Senate
Ramsay
Pierce
J. D. Buser
Conesville
Soup Basis for Rich Broth from Cooked Vegetables
The water used to boil vegetables contains the chief nutriment of the vegetables and can form the basis for an excellent soup. Drain the vegetables, save the liquid, and flavor with herbs for a hearty broth.
Weather Outlook for Chicago Tonight and Saturday
Chicago weather bulletin indicates generally fair conditions for tonight with a cold snap. The forecast covers the next twenty four hours and notes colder temperatures entering Saturday.
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Chicago
Weather Summary for Early April Observations
Local observations by Dr H M Stanley report daily precipitation and temperatures from Saturday April 2 to Friday April 7. Highest temperatures ranged from 50 to 52 degrees, lowest from 8 to 29 degrees, with rain or trace amounts on several days.
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H. M. Stanley
Air express crash kills pilots passengers in fog
Two planes from Paris and London collided seventy miles north of Paris. Aviator Myre and a mechanic died, along with three passengers, while the British pilot Duke perished as the foggy crash occurred near Chaielloy. The incident halted the aerial express service between Paris and London.
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London
Paris
Air Express
Myre
Leobardet
Croydon
Duke
Acci
Reheating Cold Meat to Keep Tender Flavor
Instructions note that cold meat stays tender when reheated without cooking. Heat gravy, set meat in warm oven or on range back, lay thin slices in, let stand minutes, then serve. Roast beef prepared this way is delicious.
Don’t Waste Sour Milk on Cookies and Cakes
A column urges using sour milk in baking to avoid waste and create cookies cakes biscuits and pancakes with flavor and texture. It highlights practical tips for pantry reuse and frugal cooking.
Man Injured by Ax Found Dead Today
L. H. Tremblay, a farmer near St Joseph in Concordia Kansas, was found dead at a neighbor’s home after five of his sons were hacked with an ax Tuesday, one died and three others were fatally or critically injured. Officials suspect Tremblay may have killed himself or taken a drug and note the skull fracture could not alone explain the death.
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Concordia
Kas
L. H Tramblay
St Joseph
Tremblay
Republican Army Enters Bonded Stores in Dublin
About five hundred members of the Irish Republican Army forced entry into the bonded stores of the customs house in Dublin last night and smashed cash containing wines and whisky. Reported damage runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Customs House
Dublin
Largest Mail Station to Be Opened This Summer
Chicago prepares a modern seven story mail station at Union Station yards slated for summer opening. The 76 by 800 foot building integrates direct rail access, automatic conveyors, and rooftop space for future airplane mail transfer at Checkerboard Field Maywood. The terminal, leased to the government, promises lower rents and streamlined inbound parcels and mail car transfers.
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Chicago
varda marks @ uc
Checkerboard Field
Maywood
Union Station
Chicago and
Northwesern Station
Union
Astrid Rosing Find Success and Romance in Sewer Pipes
In Chicago in 1940s style an ambitious Danish immigrant Astrid Rosing becomes president and owner of a major brick tile and sewer pipe firm. She built up her business from stenography to founder with a motto to pursue work, hire her future husband as an engineer, and rule her company while keeping the personal name Astrid Rosing.
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Chicago
Astrid Rosing
Gale
America
Percy
Tornado Spars Creston Area With Little Damage
A funnel shaped tornado passed within a few miles of Creston Thursday evening causing minimal structural damage. Trees, fences, and utility poles were blown down along a narrow corridor while farms reported fences and berry bushes damaged and heavy rain and hail in Orient Corning Bed ford Arispe Shannon City and nearby towns.
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Creston
Tow
Sam Hayner
Orient
Corning
Bedford
Arispe
Shannon City
Harry Woodruff Acquitted in Des Moines Murder Trial
In Des Moines on April 17, Harry Woodruff was acquitted by a district court jury in the murder case of Lawrence Tracy. Woodruff had shot Tracy at Tracy’s home following an alleged attack on Woodruff’s 14 year old daughter Dorothy.
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Des Moines
Harry Woodruff
Lawrence Tracy
Woodruff
Tracy
Dorothy
Daughter shoots father after alleged abuse in St Louis
Miss Maude Ritchie an 18 year old telephone operator shot her father George A Ritchie 52 a butcher whom she said abused her mother in St Louis Missouri on April 7 The same item notes Pansey adopted as Butte Montana official flower.
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St. Louis
Maude Ritchie
George A Ritchie
Over 500 Teachers Attend Iowa Teachers Association Convention
More than five hundred educators gathered for the Southwestern Division meeting in Creston. Morning sessions at Creston High School drew large crowds, with seats filled and aisles crowded. Afternoon round tables addressed rural and urban education, with leaders including EK B Delzell and J R Inman guiding discussions.
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Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Creston Chamber of Commerce
Creston High School
Irving School
M. G. Clark
Sioux City
Iowa
J. H. Beveridge
Omaha
Nebraska
National Department of Superintendence
M. G Clark
Clark
Wm. F. Russell
State University of Iowa
First Baptist Church
Nancy Bell
EK. B. Delzell
Shenandoah
Ernest P. Simmons
Elliott
I. O. O. F. Hall
Hugh Stephens
Creston
J. R .Inman
Mary Dug
Winter Wheat and Rye Production Estimated by USDA
Washington DC April 7 The department of agriculture places first season estimates at 572 074000 bushels of winter wheat and 69 667000 bushels of rye based on April 1 figures winter wheat at 75 4 percent of normal and rye at 89 percent of normal with additional notes on the comparative yield.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Beards town families urged to flee flooding danger
Fifty families in the west end of Beards town Illinois were warned just before noon today to evacuate as the Illinois river levee showed signs of weakening and might breach at any moment. The water stood above the 1913 danger point.
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Beardstown
Ill
Iinois
Illinois River
Hope of Peace in Mine Strike Dim Today
Wage talks in New York cannot end the strike in Pennsylvania anthracite for at least a month. Miners and operators refuse to confer in Washington, delaying a settlement as both sides agree four weeks are needed, with bituminous operators also declining the invitation.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Washington
House Labor Committee
Markets Report Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains
Cattle receipts 4,500 with slow, generally steady trade and bulk sales 7.25 to 8.00. Veal calves 8.25 down with mostly 8.00. Hogs receipts 22,000 active market, steady to 10 cents higher, top 10.80, hogs 10.26 to 10.75, lean 100–125 lb 10.00 to 10.60. Sheep receipts 5,000 market steady. Butter steady. Eggs and creamery varied. Chicago grain and provisions futures show May wheat 1.30 3/4, May pork 20.50, May lard 10.90.
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Chicago
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbel Bidg
Des Moines
Tel
Cash Market Report and Local Economic Notes
The page lists prices for Ear Corn, Timothy Seed, hogs, spring chickens, light hens, horse hides, beef hides, and straw with varied cents per unit. It notes a Kansas statistic: seventy percent of women workers earn less than 15 a week, and a cord of heavy oak wood equates in heating value to a ton of coal.
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Kansas
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Republican Army
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