Coroner to Determine Cause of Madge Oberholtzer Death
In Indianapolis the coroner's inquest opened into Miss Madge Oberholtzer 28 who died after a lengthy illness attributed to poison following an alleged attack by D C Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon. Proceedings focus on her exact cause of death as post mortem and microscopic tests proceed.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
John K. Kingsbury
Madge Oberholtzer
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Stephenson
Potter Ecolege
Miss Oberholtzer
Liberty
James A. Collins
Indianalpolis
Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
James A Collins
Criminal Court
Collins
Atttorney
William Remy
Cononer
Miss Elizabeth Keefe Injured In Fall At Local Shop
Miss Elizabeth Keefe of Iowa State Savings bank fell on stair steps at the Thomas Barber shop this morning injuring a small bone in her right foot. She was treated at Greater Community hospital with X rays confirming the break and will be unable to walk for two or three weeks. She will stay with her parents, Mr and Mrs J Keefe, in Corning.
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Elizabeth Keefe
Iowa State Savings Bank
Thomas Barber Shop
Miss Keefe
Greater Commuunity Hospital
J. Keefe
Corning
Eight Men Indicted in 1 Million Dollar Swindle
New York April 15 Eight men were charged with using the mails in a one million dollar swindle. The defendants allegedly sold nationwide worthless stock in a company formed to make bullet proof glass and claimed the government was a major buyer of their product.
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Associated Press
New York
United States District Court
Chickens Come Home to Roost Case in Waterloo Jail
E L Huntington, 35, jailed in Waterloo county jail on larceny charges after chickens at his farm allegedly remembered their former roosting place, leading to his confession. Nine birds were sold to a produce company and found by officers following robbery reports.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
E. L. Huntington
Thay
Rock Island Abandons Sixteen Miles Rail Line
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway received interstate commerce commission approval to abandon 16 miles of track from West Davenport in Scott County to Stockton in Muscatine County Iowa. The company argued the area is better served by parallel Rock Island trunk lines and the Clinton Davenport and Muscatine interurban.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chicago,Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Davenport
Scott County
Stockton
Muscatine County
Iowa
Rock Island
Clinton
Davenport and Muscatine
Creston Tennis Club Expands Members and Plans Tournament
Creston Tennis club increases membership to 50 and elects Wayne Bertholf as president Cyrus Henderson as vice president and R C Allen as secretary treasurer The club backs allowing Creston high school girls to host the southwestern Iowa girls tennis tournament on May 16 Seven new members voted in with more to come Work at Levy street courts to ready for May 1 start and a club tournament planned before June 1.
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Creston
Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Bertholf
Cyrus Henderson
R. C. Allen
Berthof
Willis Royce
Creaton High School
Iowa
Levy Street
Sycamore
Chapman Appeals To Governor For Reprieve
Gerald Chapman has appealed to the governor for a reprieve from his June 25 execution for the murder of Patrolman James Skelly in New Britain. A hearing cannot occur until October term, though governors often grant reprieves pending such actions. He argues the trial erred by admitting evidence of other crimes.
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The
Associated Press
Hartford
Genn
Gerald Chapman
James Skelly
New Britain
Jennings
Chapman
Ventriloquist Suspect Behind Des Moines Riot Call
Police traced a basement yelp heard near a Des Moines garage to a ventriloquist who stood apart from the scene. Officers investigated the call but found no riot, and the performer was not arrested.
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Associated Fresa
Des Moines
Huron River Flood Causes 100000 in Damage
Floods in the Huron river valley between Ypsilanti and Lake Erie following a dam break at French Landing released 13 000 acres of water. Hundreds of homes were flooded and several small structures were washed away, with property damage estimated at 100000.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Huron River
Ypsilanti
Mich
Lake Erie
Detroit Edison Company
French Landing
Not Guilty Verdict in Comer Case Baffles Court
Truman Comer of near Lorimor was acquitted by a district court jury on a charge of illegal possession of implements to manufacture liquor. The jury reached a verdict after a 12 hour deliberation following a 1923 raid and a prior 1924 conviction overturned on appeal. The same session heard openings in the Gibson cattle mortgage case and other local criminal matters.
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Truman Comer
Lorimor
Siavor
Comer
Fred Collings
Gibson
Supreme Cour
Kansas City
Omaha Bank
Would Have Lincoln Coach Kept as Memoria
A dilapidated railroad coach used by Abraham Lincoln en route to Gettysburg in 1864 was found on a siding in Baltimore Maryland. A Pennsylvania Lincoln Highway Association committee discovered the car and plans to move it to Gettysburg as a historical memorial.
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Baltimore
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Battle Field
Wester Maryland Railway
Pennsylvania
Lincoln Highway Association
Former President of National Live Stock Association Dies
Henry A. Jastro of Bakersfield California, former president of the National Live stock association, died in San Francisco after a two month illness.
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Livestock Association
San Francisco
Henry A. Jastro
Bakersfield
Calif
National Livestock Association
Irving and Franklin grade schools split high‑scoring game
Irving beat Franklin 20 to 11 on the Irving diamond Tuesday afternoon. The high school team traveled to Cromwell to face the consolidated school. Creston opened the season with a win over Nevinville last Friday. The four day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Jeseup of Prient died at Greater Immunity hospital at 2 PM. Funeral set for Zion Thursday at 2:30 PM.
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Irving
Franklin
Irving Diamond
Cromwell
Creston
Nevinville
Lee Jeseup
Prient
Greater Immunity Hospital
Zion
Poison in Arsenic Case Ties Five Family Deaths to Cunningham
Mrs. Anna Cunningham of Gary Ind faces murder charges after coroner chemists found arsenic in Walter and Harry Cunningham bodies. Prosecutor Bremer announced two counts of murder and the possibility of a sanity hearing pending the woman’s condition following a collapse.
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Associated Press
Down Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Gary
Walter Cunningham
Crown Point
August Bremer
Lake County
Chicago
Wolff
Walter
Harry Cunningham
Anni Cunningham
Gary Ind
Ministers and wives gather for Ministers' University Club luncheon
Forty two attendees including ministers and spouses met at Iowana Hotel for the monthly Ministers' University Club program. Rev Irvine spoke on Forgiveness in the Gospel of John and Rev Baum s arded discussed The Pastor and His Wedding. A debate weighed the motion that Foreign Missionary Field offers a greater challenge than the home field. Music by the Greenfield group.
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Iowana Hotel
Minsters’ University Club
H. Irvine
Afton
John
Homer Baumsardned
Creston
Marence Moore
Corning
Hames Caskey
Lenox
Home Influence Needs Attention Says Carter
Judge H H Carter of Corydon told Creston Kiwanians at the Iowana hotel that home life shapes the youth. He cited that many under 25 face court, due to parental neglect, and urged closer attention to home life to build character. Mrs J Roy Scheesley of Creston contributed three readings.
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H. Harter
Corydon
District Court
Creston
J. Roy Scheesley
DeMolays Celebrate Creston Chapter Third Anniversary Banquet
The Creston chapter of the Order of DeMolay marked its third anniversary with a 170-guest membership banquet in the Masonic temple. Rev Edward Hutchinson urged religious participation, while toasts honored mothers fathers and sweethearts as the event featured a cross-shaped table, purple and gold decor, and a dance by a seven-piece orchestra. The chapter now reports 240 members.
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Creston
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Temple
Masons
James W. Leach
Willard Robbins
Edward Hutchinson
St. Paul's Church
Leach
Mr. Hutchinson
DeMolayas
Denison City Clerk Elected Bank Trustee
Denison April 15 Jacob John on city clerk of Denison was elected trustee of the Bank of Denison by creditors. Bond fixed at 100000 dollars. A creditors meeting in Council Bluffs next Monday will consider selling the bank to a syndicate led by former Governor Leslie M Shaw, a Denison resident and creditor of 35000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Denison
Jacob Johnon
Bank of Denison
Council Bluffs
Leslie M Shaw
Shaw
Acute Indigestion Kills Newspaper Man
Harry A Wilkinson, 54, Sioux City, died in his hotel room after a night of illness from acute indigestion. A veteran newspaper man, he was in Washington writing copy for a historical edition of the Washington Democrat. He left a wife and children in Sioux City.
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Associated Press
Washington Sla
Harry ,A. Wilkinson
Sioux City
Wilkinson
Washington Demoscrat
Chicago
South
Bloux City
Bluffs School Board Reinstates Two Students
After a hearing the Bluffs board voted to reinstate Ernest Peterson and Herman Rosch Jr on probation for hanging in effigy of Principal G W Kirn. Two other students Benny Olsen and Bernat Laj are to face an additional hearing. the involved fraternity voted to disband.
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Associated Press
Counci Bowtie
Board of Education
Ernest Peterson
Herman Rosch, Jr
G. W. Kirn
Benny Olsen
Bernat Laj Soon
Studen
Kirn
Tridents
Thieves Burn Auto Owned by Creston Seller Luengen
The auto of POW Luengen of Creston, a salesman, was stolen Monday night from West Adams street and destroyed by fire seven miles northeast of Creston near Jerusalem Church. Sheriff Colllings said identification by serial numbers confirmed the theft, with the car insured and abandoned to avoid detection.
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Luengen
Creston
Fred Collings
Weat Adams Street
Lincoln Township
Jerusalem Church
Sheriff Confounded By Twin Finger Prints
Belle Plaine Iowa April 15 Keith and Kenneth Courter 17 year old twins and friends baffled the sheriff who cannot distinguish their prints. The sheriff compared prints of all high students in a theft case for 85 dollars from the superintendent's office. Des Moines will compare the prints with mug shots of the suspect.
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Associated Press
Belle Plaine
Keith
Kenneth Courter
Sheriff Rwh
Found Not Guilty of Murdering Lumber Man
Eugene Purdy was acquitted of the murder of E. B. Hutchison, a Tulsa lumber dealer, by a state district court jury after about 13 hours of deliberation. Purdy admitted the shooting saying Hutchison broke up his home and took his child, with his defense centered on injurary.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okio
Eugene Purdy
Hutchison
Purdy
Hutchison Ras
Distant Coolidge Relative Stuns Court During Trial
In JQedar Rapids, April 15, federal court spectators watched as Joseph B. Coolidge of Dayton, Ohio, a distant relative of President Coolidge and attorney for the U nited Brethren church, entered the courtroom and seated himself among the lawyers. He said he has often been mistaken for the president in the east.
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Associated Press
jQedar Rapids
Salt of the United Brethren Church
Leander Clark College
Coolidge
Joseph B. Coolidge
Dayton, O
Creston Breaks Ground on New High School Building
Ground for Creston’s new 270000 dollar high school is to begin today two blocks north of the post office. Ralph B Hayes of Davenport Illinois, project manager for M A Floyd company, said site clearing starts immediately and local labor will be hired where possible. Excavation for basements and foundations to start as soon as site is cleared, with steam shovel work to speed progress.
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Creston
Ralph B. Hayes
Davenport, Iown
Illinois
M A. Floyd Company
Crestmoor Golf Club
Itv Club
Creston Tearmsters
Hayes
Dew Molnea
Burlington
Rock Island
Acoot Board
Sewing Exhibit At Lincoln School For Mothers
Seventh and eighth grade girls at Lincoln School host an at home event this afternoon from 4 to 6 in the Kindergarten room. They display their yearlong sewing work and serve tea and wafers to mothers at the end.
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Lincoln School
Kindergarden
Wade Orders Iowa Manufacturers To Cleveland Trial
Des Moines April 15 Federal Judge Wade orders W W Hughes of Fairfield Iowa to Cleveland to stand trial under the Sherman anti trust laws along with several other manufacturers. Hughes is president of the Iowa Malleable Iron company and has been out on bail for months. The men are charged with conspiracy to control prices of iron products.
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Des Moines
W. W. Hughes
Fairfield
Toleveland
Wade
Hughes
Iowa Malleable Iron Company
Liberty
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