Lenroot urges Wisconsin voters to back anti rival for Coolidge seat
Senator Lenroot appealed to Wisconsin voters to reject any candidate hostile to President Coolidge and to defeat the so called progressive administration in the fight to fill the LaFollette vacancy. He labeled the Madison trio radical and warned of party division while urging honest cross party conduct.
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Wisconsin
Prency
Oshkosh
Wis
Lenroot
Coolidge
United States Senate
LaFollette
Madison
Republican Party
Senate
Ernor
Congress
Thos
George W. Blanchard
Edgerton
R. M. LaFollette
William L. Pieplow
Milwaukee
Henry Lockney
Waukesha
Wallace Ingalls
Racine
Roy P.iWlcox
Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Robert M. LaFollette Jr
Former Creston Man Promoted by Railroad
Arthur J. Horton a former resident of Creston has been promoted to assistant train master for the Burlington railroad at Lincoln Nebraska Horton previously served as wire chief in Creston and spent recent years in the vice president's office in Chicago
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Arthur J. Horton
Creston
Burlington Railroad
Lincoln
Neb
Mr. Horton
Chicago
Midwest Narcotics Units to Undergo Reorganization
Chicago Aug 13 The arrival of Col L G Nutt head of federal anti narcotic forces is seen as signaling a broad reorganization of midwest narcotics units. Col Will Gray Beach narcotic chief and three agents have been arrested with raids on Chinatown opium dens as part of ongoing investigations.
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Associated Press
Chicago
L. G. Nutt
United States
Middlewest
Will Gray Beach
Chinatown
Woman slays husband and child in Boston household tragedy
Dorothy Curtis tells police her mother Maury Curtis shot George H Curtis and their daughter Marjorie in their West Roxbury home as they slept. A bullet wound left a child believed dying at city hospital. Dorothy escaped after waking to four shots.
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Tne Associated Pree
Boston
George H Curtis
West Roxbury
Maury
Marjorie
City Hospital
Dorothy
Marjorie Curtis
Debt talks with Belgium press for new ground
Washington August 13 negotiations between the American and Belgian debt commissions paused to await Brussels guidance on a fresh Belgian offer. A new American proposal with concessions was to be reviewed tomorrow along with a broader dispute over Belgium's ability to pay and the length of a moratorium on the 480 million dollar debt.
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Associated Press
Washington
Brussels
Belgium
Haynes Explains Plan Of Road Bond Issue
Glenn Haynes executive secretary of the Town Good Roads association spoke at the State Association of County Officials opening session in Cedar Rapids. He outlined a proposed bond plan to convert the primary road system into a state system, place funds with the state, and present an $85,000,000 bond issue to voters.
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Cedar Rapids
Glenn Haynes
Town Good Roads Association
State Association of County Officials
Haynes
Body Found in Burned Straw Near Carlisle
Detectives have not identified the woman found in a burned straw stack near Carlisle Iowa. Grace Wolf, a former waitress, is among those matching the description. Police guard the store with the body as investigators pursue tips suggesting two men disposed of the remains and a possible dance-floor sighting near Avon Lake.
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Prenay
Des Moines
Grace Wolf
Carlisle
Miss Wolf
Carlisle la
Arthur Conklin
Ross Kerr
Palmyra
Kerr
Avon Lake
James E. Risden
State Department of Criminal Investigation
Iowa May Bar Texas Cattle to Fight Disease
Des Moines reports consider quarantine against Texas cattle entering Iowa due to foot and mouth disease. In Houston, a mass slaughter began in the infected area south of the city, with 300 head killed tonight and estimates of 3 000 to 4 000 cattle to be slain as a containment measure.
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Iowa
Texas
Associated Press
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Tex
Huston
Marion Imes
Federal Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Imes
President Kemal Pasha Divorces Latife Hanoum in 1925
Mustafa Kemal Pasha, president of the Turkish republic, has divorced Latife Hanoum. An official decree states the divorce is effective from Aug. 5. No official reasons given. rumors center on Latife’s independence and disputes after she left Angom to return to her parents two weeks before.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Latife Hanoum
Madame Latife
Angom
Youth Charged With First Degree Murder
Sedalia Mo August 13 A 17 year old Wilmington Ohio high school student Everett Adams confessed to the killing of Aden R Clawson of Lodi New York and is charged with first degree murder by Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney Roy W Rucker Adams.who confessed he killed Clawson and stole his ears bear lamonte. The coroner's jury finds the body died by gunshot wound at the hands of an unknown person.
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Sedalia Mo
Aden R. Clawson
Garden Cilly
Kans
Everett Adams
Garden City
aKna
Lamonte
Adams
Wilmington
Ohio
Clawson
Roy W. Rucker
Pettia County
Aden RR. Clawson
Gunelot
Charles Roe Held in Denver on 1908 Assault Charge
Charles Roe a 45 year old Vancouver resident was arrested in Denver on a 1908 criminal assault warrant from Creston Iowa. He is being held for extradition while authorities confirm the charge and pursue papers. Roe previously lived near Alston and is not indicted in Colorado at present.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Charles Roe
Vancouver
B. C
Croston
Iowa
Roe
Alston
Fred Collings
Rae
Creston
Justice of the
Iowa Real Estate Taxable Value Hits 3.31 Billion
Des Moines reports total taxable value of Iowa real estate including farms and cities at 3 314 012 848 with farm lands valued at 2 345 052 439. The council sets 43 091 002 in property tax exempt for the coming biennium.
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Preas
Des Moines
Iowa
State Executive Council
Germany Starts Steps To Recover U S Property
The German government began moves to recover property seized from German citizens by the United States in World War I. The German ambassador presented a formal note to Secretary Kellogg requesting negotiations, but the State Department offered no comment beyond confirming receipt and review.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Kellogg
State Department
Bryan Memorial Association organized in Dayton Tennessee
The Bryan Memorial Association in Dayton denounces Clarence Darrow and defends Judge Raulston while proposing a fundamentalist school to honor William Jennings Bryan. They aim to raise 1.5 million for buildings and 5 million for endowment, with Darrow called the greatest menace to civilization.
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Associated Press
Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Darrow
John T. Scopes
Stewart
Suits Filed as Union County Court Prep Nears August Term
The Union County district court braces for an August term opening August 24 with Judge A. R. Maxwell. Eleven new law and equity actions were filed, including two divorces, two mortgage foreclosures, and a damage suit. Receivership and foreclosure actions involve First National Bank of Lorimer and other creditors.
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Union County District Court
A. R. Maxwell
Creston
George Figgins
L A Andrew
State Savings Bank of Afton
M. C Donner
Mary Lucile Weert
Charles H. West
Eva Harvey
Red Oak
Clarence C. Harvey
West
St. Joseph
Harvey
Mr. West
Burlington Railroad
Essie Basher
B. J. Basher
Verne G
Eva M. West
West Union
South Elm Streets
First National Bank of Lorimer
E. E. McGuigan
Jacob T. Burd
R. B. Barnum
J. G. Hadley
E. Hart
Union County
Mr. Barnum
Herring Motor Company
Des Moines
J. H. Porter
Earl Bullock
Hopeville
Clinton Copeland
Mrs J E Meredith to Visit Relatives in Washington Iowa
Mrs. J E Meredith of 710 North Sycamore street leaves this morning for Washington Iowa to visit relatives for two weeks.
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J. E. Meredith
North
Sycamore Street
Washington, Ia
Michigan Mob Shoots Negro Townes After Alleged Killings
In Seebly Michigan a mob of about 75 men killed Sydney Townes a black man who earlier was accused of killing Jacob McMullen a 65 year old farmer and his 70 year old step mother Mary Long. Townes was taken from Sheriff Frost and shot the next day as quiet returned to town with no investigation planned.
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Associated Press
Mich
Sydney Townes
Townes
Jacob McMullen
Farmer
Mary Long
Wil! Frost
I. M. McMellen
Bri Tooths
Creston Red Sox Plan Five-Game Semi-Pro Ball Run
Creston's semi pro team the Red Sox announced a five game schedule over eight days led by manager Leo Kelly. The series includes games in Hrisigewater Grand River Elliston and Afton with a possible Sunday quirk at the air grounds against a Missouri Pacific outfit from Omaha. Ten players including Johnson Krisinger Bischoff Coen Peak Carlson Strance Coleman Hill and Harne will participate.
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Creston
Red Pox
Leo Kelly
Hrisigewater
Capital City Giants
Red Sox
Grand River
Elliston
Afton
American Legion
Air Grounds
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Kelly
Johnson
Krisinger
Bischoff
Coen
Peak
Carlson
Short
Strance
Coleman
Hill
Harne
Young Eloper Dorothy Marquis Elopes to Des Moines
Dorothy Marquis fifteen of Des Moines married Harold Smith nineteen after a July ceremony in Winterset. Officials report she attempted suicide by jumping into the Mississippi while eloped with Smith near Aledo Illinois and was halted by deputies. Her parents have been notified and legal steps to annul the marriage are pursued.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Dorothy Marquis
Harold Smith
Winterset
Aledo, Ill
Herbert Lt. Spencer
Rock Island
Iowa
Aledo
Would Use Dirigible For Commercial Purposes
Washington August 13 Acting Secretary of the Navy Robinson said he would favor acceptance of a bona fide offer to lease the dirigible Los Angeles for commercial use, though it would tie up the Shenandoah due to helium shortages. John Hays Hammond Jr representing a commercial aviation firm has asked President Coolidge for use of the Los Angeles, but no formal lease offer has been received.
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Associated Press
Washington
Robinson
Los Angeles
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Za-Ga-Zig Shriners Visit Creston Next Week
Za-Ga-Zig Shriners from Des Moines will entertain Creston residents next Thursday at noon. The band chanters and drill team travel en route to Red Oak for the Southwestern Town Masonic picnic. The Shriners will be served dinner in the Masonic temple by the Order of Eastern Star.
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Des Moines
Creston
Joe W Goodsell
Chamber of Commerce
Red Oak
Masonic Temple
Order of Eastern Star
Crop Report Sees Lower Yields Despite More Plantings
The Department of Agriculture estimates a 3 percent drop in total U S production despite a 2.3 percent larger area planted to principal crops. Yields per acre fell 6.4 percent below the 10 year average with drought blamed for declines in the corn belt and southwestern states. Only spring wheat and a few crops show higher yields. States with below average yields include Oklahoma Montana Iowa South Dakota Nebraska Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Drouth
Corn
Oklahoma
Montana
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Nevins villa farmer preserves Civil War souvenir newspaper
A veteran’s son near Nevins villa owns a four column wallpaper souvenir copied from the July 2 1863 Daily Citizen of Vicksburg Mississippi. The pages recount Confederate editorials on the siege and General Lee’s Virginia successes while accusing the U S government of whitewash and noting Union desertions. Two columns feature a woodcut of James A Sexton and a brief siege summary.
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Vicksburg
Fourth Iowa Cavalry
A. T. Ewing
Nevins Villa
Daily Citizen
Misa
Lee
Virginia
James A. Sexton
Illinois Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Complete Recount of Mills County Ballots
Washington reports a full recount of 46 counties using paper ballots from the last Iowa senate race. Daniel F. Steck, Democrat, receives 198,686 votes while Senator Brookhart, Republican, has 184,526 uncontested votes. A statewide check shows 1,920 more counted, with 685 for Brookhart and 1,335 for Steck, increasing Steck’s total by 750.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Iowa
Linn
Louisa
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Steck
Senator Harrison Says Politics Won’t Shape Steck Brookhart Ruling
Des Moines August 13 Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi told Republican and Democratic leaders politics should not influence the final senate decision on the Steck-Brookhart contest. He said justice and voter intent should govern, not political considerations.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Traer Marshal Shot By Bandit After Drugs
Frank Mommer night marshal of Traer was seriously wounded when he found a man attempting to rob Dr. James A. Pinkerton’s office. He was shot twice in the abdomen and the assailant fled into nearby timber. Blood hounds were used to track a suspected drug addict burglar.
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Traer
Frank Mommer
James A. Pinkerton
Mommer
Waterloo Hospital
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John Frederick
Lucy Sandeman
Frederick
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Young Eloper
U. S. Ag Department
Nevinville Farmer
Mills County
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