Death row defendants lift gloom as appeal moves forward
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti show renewed cheer as their lawyers win permission to present new trial arguments. The state supreme court is set to hear the last lines of legal recourse next Tuesday, while Sacco continues hunger strikes with his condition described as not collapsed.
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Lega
Webster Thayer
Superior Court
George A. Sanderson
Methodist Church Reopens After Repair Finish
Extensive repairs and interior redecorating at the Methodist church are complete. Services resume Sunday with Rev. C. W. Graham stating the building is in first class condition. Rev. Elias Handy of Valley Junction, former pastor, will deliver the morning sermon.
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C. W. Graham
Elias Handy
Valley Junction
Market Crashes Then Recovers In Late-session Rally
New York stock market faced a wide open break with many issues dropping five to nearly 25 points. Late trading saw weakness in southwestern rails with several down four to six points. Ticker tape ran 26 minutes late, total volume over 2 500 000 shares.
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New York
Old Greenfield Resident Charles Clark Dies in Omaha
Charles FE Clark former Greenfield resident who spent a year in Hemingford Nebraska died Wednesday evening in Omaha. He lived near Greenfield for 45 years. His wife is J. G. Dorsey of Creston's sister. Funeral at 2 PM Friday at Greenfield Methodist Church conducted by Rev. John Young. Interment Greenfield Cemetery.
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Charles FE. Clark
Greenfield
Hemingford
Neb
Waduneday
Omaha
Mr. Clark
J. G. Dorsey
Creston
John Young
Greenfield Cemetery
Crestmoor Plans Bent Grass Greens At Golf Club
Crestmoor club members approved plans to replace blue grass and clover greens with bent grass. Dr J W Reynolds named general chairman for greens work and J Richardson secretary. A Fred Watts leads landscaping committee with vines shrubs and trees to enhance grounds.
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Crestmoor Club
J. W. Reynolds
J. Richardson
A. Fred Watts
Carl Nord
Arthur Glick
P. Smith
M. H. Howell
H LaForgue
Degnan Reynolds
L. EK. Sternberg
Rolla Royce
Ray Emerson
Crestmoor
Creston Schools See $16 050 Tuition Payments in 1926 27
Creston public schools received tuition payments totaling 16050.05 during 1926 27, with Creston junior college at 6899 and Creston high school at 9151 05. State aid and district taxes also factor as major income sources alongside tuition.
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Creston Public Schools
Afton
Arispe
Cromwell
Kent
Lorimer
Shannon City
Thayer
Creston
Union County
Local Resident Heads West for Business Attention
John A. Miller leaves today for Atkinson Nebraska to attend to business interests. Miss Wilma Parks arrives from Chariton to spend the weekend with Miss Mildred Lilley in Council Bluffs at the home of her sister Mrs. Virgil Lent on Elm Street.
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John A. Miller
North Sycamore Street
Atkinson
Neb
Wilma Parks
Chariton
Mildred Lilley
Council Bluffs
Virgil Lent
North Elm Street
Ford Takes Lindy For A Plane Ride
Detroit August reports Henry Ford piloted a Ford tri motor from the Ford airport with Col Charles Lindbergh aboard. It marked Ford first experience at the controls and followed a brief ride in the Spirit of St Louis. Lindbergh invited Ford as the first passenger and Ford accepted as a personal favor.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Charles Aindbergh
Ford Airport
Mr. Ford
Ford
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Hammill Speaks At Old Elm School Jubilee
Governor John Hammill and Curator E. R. Harlan led a golden jubilee reunion at Elm school near Cantril Iowa attracting over 2500 from five states. Pioneering teacher Mrs Sarah Peacock Miri opened with the original bell. Des Moines organizer E F Pittman coordinated the day.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
John Hammill
E. R. Harlan
Elm School
Cantril
Sarah Peacock Miri
E. F. Pittman
Des Moines
E m
Daring Aviatrix Escapes Crash Over Hudson
Thea Rasche, a German aviatrix, plunged into the Hudson after a failed attempt to fly under the Poughkeepsie railroad bridge. Uninjured, she was rescued by two boatmen as the plane sank, with the tail protruding. She helped salvage the aircraft, and officials believe the impact occurred at the bridge.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Thea Rasche
Hudson
Miss Rasche
Union to Stage Record County Fair in Creston Iowa
Union county agricultural exposition in Creston will run August 22 to 27 and claim to be the biggest county fair in Iowa. Entries already exceed expectations with contests in bread, cake, poultry, swine, horses, cattle, vegetables, grain, fruit. Prize money nearly doubles last year, encouraging participation. no entry fee for home and farm products and livestock. culinary arts and plants free of charge. livestock and poultry charged only for coop or stall rental.
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Creston
Iowa
Cicero Cobb Association
Farm Bureau
Union County
Miss Lucile Heflen Enters Iowa Atl antic City Contest
Miss Lucile Heflen of Creston enters the Miss Iowa Atlantic City beauty contest sponsored by the Des Moines Tribune Capital. She will appear before judges in Des Moines on August 13 and 16 with semifinals August 20 and finals August 23.
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Lucile Heflen
Creston
Des Moines
Docket to Contain 74 New Cases at August Term
Ten law and equity cases were filed in district court bringing the August term docket to 74. Miss Emma Beaumont announced the final filing day yesterday. The term opens August 22 with Judge H H Carter presiding. Grand jurors report at 10 a m August 3 and trial jurors at 9 a m August 30.
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Emma Beaumont
County Ferk
H. H. Carter
Corydon
Band To Play On South Side
The municipal band will perform next Sunday afternoon at Rainbow Park on the south side. Director Charles A. Hayden announced the 3 o clock concert with tenor Orville Smith as soloist. The program includes Men of Iowa Yankee Rose The Lady of the Lake Celestrial Choir The Whistler and His Dog Danube Waves Mose Trombone Beneath the Window Homestretch Gallop Sunrise and You Forgive Me and Dhem Passes.
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Rainbow Park
Charles A. Hayden
Orville Smith
Men of
Iowa
March
van Doren
Holden
Rossini
Celestial Choir
King
the Whistler
Pryor
Ivanovici
Mose
Fillmore
di Capua
Penn
Agen
Money Influence On Bill Assertion Shocks Wisconsin Senate
Madison August 12. Startling charges about an apparent slush fund halted the sine die adjournment. Senator Carroll Glidden, author of the northern lakes park bill vetoed by Governor Zimmerman, said he had been told that if $50,000 was raised, the park bill would be signed.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Carroll, Glidden
Northern Lakes Park
Zimmerman
German Flight Postponed From Berlin to Cologne
Otto Koennecke postpones his Berlin to Cologne hop for a trans Atlantic attempt. He could not complete Berlin arrangements today and was joined by Count Solms Laubach, backer of the flight, in a call on U S Ambassador Schurman.
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Berlin
Otto Koennecke
Cologne
Koennecke
Count Solms-Laubach
U. 8
Schurman
King Benjamin Purnell Denies Divorce in House of David Case
In St Joseph Michigan on August 12 Benjamin Purnell testified he never obtained a legal divorce from his first wife, denying bigamy claims in the state dissolution suit against the House of David. Authorities note his fragile condition as bodyguards escort him to the stand.
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St. Joseph
Mich
King
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
George E. Nichols
Purnell
Queen Mary
Haw
W J. Barnard
Shiloh
God Emmanuel
Prince of Peace
Gabriel
Benjamin c
Horace of David
Two Men Sought in Slaying of Leon Farmer
Leon Ta August 12 Special to The Advertiser Officers seek an unnamed Clinton man and a second man in connection with the slaying of Chiia Schoff a 0 year old recluse found fatally shot at his farm six miles northeast of Leon. Schoff died at the hospital after four back shots. Neighbors heard shots and saw a Star sedan with two men as the car fled. Sheriff Kendal and State Agent George Adkins pursued the suspects but found no trace by nightfall.
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Leon
Advertiser
Clinton
Chiia Schott
Here
Schoff
Schoff Farm
Kendal
George Adkins
Schotf
Tme
Sehofff
Sehoff
Sehoft
Rich
Star
Labor regrets Coolidge plan of retirement survey shows unions prefer 1924 stance
Rapid City Aug 12 An official labor department survey found labor leaders largely regret Coolidge not running for re election. Secretary Davis arriving by train said unions expect a square deal and no preferential treatment. Davis noted coal mines could meet demand if run to capacity and coal reserves could prevent shortages for a year. He reported Ohio Indiana Illinois miners nearly all out and some Pennsylvania miners still idle. He declined to comment on Sacco Vanzetti and said a probe into deportable aliens would determine state versus federal jurisdiction.
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Rapid City
S. D
Labor Department
Coolidge
Davis
White House
Mooseheart
Ill
Ccatch
Huron
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Sacco-Vanzetti
Brookharts Leave For Home In East
Smith W. Brookhart United States senator from Iowa and his family depart by motor for their new home in Hyattsville Maryland. They rented their house near Washington Iowa and settled in a Hyattsville suburb of Washington D. C.
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Washington
Smith W. Brookhart
United States
Iowa
Hyatsville
Brookharts
Washington, D. C
Too Many Buyers Boost Creston Merchanting
A Creston merchant says he had more customers than his added clerk could serve on Thursday. He credits persistent advertising in The Daily Advertiser for steady growth, urging others to advertise to bring results.
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Daily Advertiser
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