Weather lifts Iowa corn condition and denting progress
Des Moines, Aug 26. Warm, above normal temperatures aided Iowa corn development, with most of the crop denting and three weeks ahead of last year. Drought extended in northwest to north central areas, hail on Aug 18 caused about 2 million dollars in damage in Keokuk, Washington, Jefferson and Henry counties, while overall losses remain small relative to total production. Fall plowing advances and continued winter wheat acreage rise. Tomato, melon, late garden and pasture conditions improve with better weather.
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Des Moines
Northwest
North Central
Iowa
O Keokuk
Washington
Jefferson
Henry
Clothing Worn By Murdered Woman Examined
Des Moines Aug 26 The Carlisle straw pile murder victim's clothing analysis by Dean W J Teetens Iowa University shows the skirt made of basket weave Jamestown cloth half wool half cotton color blue or white uncertain. Jersey weave from a sweater piece likely silk.Hair auburn in sunlight fine in texture. Dentist planned to examine teeth to aid identification.
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Des Moines
Carlisle
W. J. Teetens
College of Pharmacy
University of Iowa
Jamestown
James J. Risden
State Bureau of Investigation
Fake Check Passer Talked Too Much
Cedar Rapids Aug 26 C G Whittaker 46 wanted in Des Moines for alleged check forgery was arrested after attempting to cash several checks His claims of Sioux City post office service and Colorado Springs warrant for bad paper led to police suspicion His glib explanations tipped off victims who notified authorities
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Cedar Rapids
C. G. Whittaker
Des Moines
Whittaker
Sioux City
Pxilice
Colorado Springs
Wessells Farm Barn and Contents Burned Near Creston
A corn crib at the H. A. Wessells farm three and a half miles south of Creston on the cemetery road burned Tuesday night. Neighbors arrived quickly to stop the fire from spreading to other buildings. The loss size is not yet estimated. insurance covered both crib and its contents including tools seed lumber gates and farm machinery.
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H. A. Wessells
Creston
Cemetery Road
Women Fight For Golf Championship at White Bear Yacht Club
Eight more players faced elimination as the women’s western golf championship moved into the second match round at the White Bear Yacht club in Minnesota. The field started with 16 players, including four former titleholders, with two former champions, Mrs Miriam Burns Horn of Chicago and Mrs Curtis Sob of Columbus, drawn against each other.
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White Bear, Mtnn
White Bear Yacht Club
Miriam Burns Horn
Chicago
Curtis Sob
Columbus
Grand Army Musician Found Dead In Bed
Waterloo Iowa August 26 John Averill 82 Civil war veteran known in G A R circles as drummer boy of 61 and longtime president of the Grand Army Musicians of Iowa was found dead in his home from natural causes while asleep He served in the Fifty Fifth Illinois Infantry as drummer boy and later chief musician He had planned to attend the state fair opening to play with the state G A R drum corps.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
John Averill
Grand Army Musicians of
Iowa
Fifty-Fifth Illinois Infantry
Trials Set For 56 Civil and Criminal Cases
A batch of 56 civil and criminal cases was set for trial in Creston with jurors reporting at 9 a m for the August term. Assignments list State actions, estate matters, liquor seizure cases against Lutman Moffitt and Polen, and numerous city and corporate actions. Proceedings run Sept 1 to Sept 18 with varied docket items and bench hearings.
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Court of Claims
Aiae
J. B. Harsh
Hass
Leonard Lutman
C. W. Moffitt
H. M. Polen
Vaughn
Gibson
W. E. Pierson
Patterson
Bradley
Madison
Rowland
Smith
Bray
Frazier
City of Crest'n
Goodman, Brown and Rayson
City of Creston
Ling, Baldwin, Bridgeman and Kessler
James Gibson
Butler
Joseph Watt Vale Company
Zink and
Rowerbank
Hagan
Nichel's N
City of
Banker’s $250000 Water Works Commissioned Sale Sparked Tax Bill
Des Moines report shows John A. Cavanagh earned 250000 in commissions for negotiating the 1919 Des Moines water works sale to the city. The U.S. Board of Tax Appeals also orders 59650 tax for that year. Portions of the payment went to Cavanagh’s father in law and to a resident attorney with undisclosed reasons. Cavanagh spent 60662 to win city approval, including 36662 for meetings and advertising.
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Des Moines
John A. Cavanagh
New York City
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Cavanagh
C. S. Denman
Steck Gains 62 Votes in Iowa Senate Recount
The Associated Press reports Daniel F. Steck gains 62 more votes in the Taylor and Union counties recount, bringing his net lead to 855. Across 69 counties Brookhart leads with 271,522 to Steck 281,629. 5,250 Brookhart and 1,854 Steck ballots were challenged. The state total in these counties tallies 556,240 counted, with 560,255 contested and uncontested votes counted overall.
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Associated Preae
Washington
Daniel F. Steck
Senate
Taylor
Union
Iowa
Brookhart
Steck
Shipment of Fruits and Vegetables Falling Off
Chicago reports weak market for produce with weekly car shipments at 16 760, down 1 500 from the prior week. Watermelons cantaloupe peaches and prunes lead declines while cabbage prices rise near double last year. Lettuce supplies ease market dullness as Colorado forecasts 600 700 cars this year versus 1 800 last season.
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Associated Preach
Chicago
Colorado
One Man Killed In Battleship Explosion
A drill aboard the battleship Oklahoma en route from New Zealand to Samoa left one man dead and another seriously injured. Names were not released in the initial Navy Department report.
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Associated
Rena
Washington
Oklahoma
New Zealand
Samoa
Navy Department
Coach Ingwersen Returns From Vacation
Iowa City Aug 26 Burt Ingwersen head football coach at the University of Iowa returned today after a month off in Illinois and Michigan. He plans to meet candidates for the football squad and finalize plans for the coming gridiron campaign ahead of practice on Sept 11.
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Iowa City
Burt Ingwersen
University of Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Gridron
A E Foote Dies at 59 in Creston Home
A E Foote died Tuesday evening at 7 15 at his home 802 North Division street Creston aged 59 He had been ill for a year Born Ostenburg N Y he came to Creston years ago He is survived by one sister Mrs G H Bickford of Creston Funeral at 2 30 Friday at the Christian church with Rev H H Twyford officiating burial in Graceland cemetery
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A. EB. Foote
North Division Street
Ostenburg
N. Y
Creston
G. H. Bickford
Christian Church
HH. Twyford
Graceland Cemetery
Britain and France Reach Debt Funding Agreement
London announces in principle agreement between British Chancellor Winston Churchill and French Finance Minister M. Caillaux on funding the French debt to Great Britain. Basis set at 62 annual payments of £12,500,000 each, with France bearing sole responsibility and a transit to details plus a conditional moratorium until 1930.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
M. Caillaux
Great Britain
France
Mr. Churchill
M. Cailaux
Manchurian Bandits Evade Chinese Troops
Bandits in Manchuria holding American eye specialist Dr Harvey J Howard have evaded Chinese forces after surrounding troops. The group fled by boat up the Hwathwan river about 250 miles from Fuchin, with Holungkiang troops in pursuit per a Rockefeller Institute report.
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Associated Press
Harbin
Manchuria
Harvey J. Howard
Pekin Union Medical College
Hwathwan River
Fuchin
Holungkiang
Roger S. Greene
Chin
Rockefeller Institute
Mother Slashes Daughter and Wounds Three in Illinois Farmyard
In Rockford Illinois at 7 am Mrs James King wife of a farmer southeast of Harvard II slashed the throat of her six year old daughter Catherine and wounded two other daughters Marguerite and Marion when they tried to subdue her. Doctors say she and her three daughters will live. Neighbors report a year of melancholia.
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Rockford
Tih
Catherine
Marguerite
Marion
James Kingwif
Harvard II
King
Attempted Robbery At Fort Madison Standard Oil Station
An unsuccessful attempt to rob a Standard Oil service station at Fort Madison was reported by the sheriff. The yeggs tried to blow the safe, prepared a second fuse, but fled before succeeding. They left with nothing of value.
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Keokuk
Standard Oil
Fort Madison
Sheriff's
Sheriff’s Office
Abe Says Now Won't Bust Shoestrings for Golf Club
A man recalls thirty years of harmony with his wife until last week when she proposed placing a golf course in the east pasture to form a Neighborhood Farm Women's Golf club. He jokes she may soon have him plow corn by airplane.
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Ames
Abe
Man
Quartet Pianist Mr Kraft to aid Augustana quartet in Salem concert
The Augustana College male quartet will perform at Salem Lutheran church Thursday night with quartet violinist Iverne Dowie who is blind. The group recently toured Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin and Illinois this summer.
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Mr. Kraft
Augustana College
Salem Lutheran Church
Iverne Dowie
Iown
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Tilmnola
17 year old Dorothy Ellingson sentenced for matricide
Dorothy Ellingson, 17, was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting her mother Anna Ellingson in January and sentenced to one to ten years in San Quentin. The court gave no leniency and she may be eligible for parole after one year. her attorney opposed state prison confinement.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Anna Ellingson
San Quentin
Dorothy
Crothers Wins National Trap Title With Perfect 200
Steve M. Crothers of Chestnut Hills Pa captured the national amateur and all round trap championships at Vandalia by posting a perfect 200. This followed his previous perfect 200, giving him a 400 straight targets run with later events possible today.
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Dayton
Steve M. Crothers
Chestnut Hills
Vandalia
Crothers
Appoint Two To Ag and Industrial Commission
Des Moines Aug. 26 F Lovrein of Humboldt and Morgan Lewis of Albia were named by Governor Hammill as additional members of the Iowa agricultural and industrial commission. Lovrein represents farming interests and Lewis represents mining. The commission will meet Sept. 3 with reports from committees appointed months ago. F F Faville chief justice and J G Mitchell secretary lead a special committee to study taxation issues.
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Associated Pressi
Des Moines
F. ©. Lovrien
Humboldt
Morgan Lewis
Albia
Hammill
Iowa Agricultural and Industrial Commission
F. F. Faville
State Supreme Court
J. G. Mitchell
Brookhart Addresses Taylor County Farmers Campaign Talk
Senator Brookhart criticized newspapers for misreading farmer conditions at a Taylor County farmers picnic in Bedford Iowa. He said senate committee reports are out of print but will be reissued if he is counted out, and promised another election soon.
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Associated Preps
Bedford
iNewspapers
8S. W. Brookhart
Genate Committee
Dividends Declared by Four Liquidating Iowa Banks
Des Moines Iowa August 26 the state banking department announced dividend disbursements from four banks in liquidation. Massena State Bank 21045 33 What Cheer Savings Bank 22793 51 Farmers Savings Bank Hamburg 34458 59 Citizens State Bank Anita 27044 88. totals reflect settled claims and asset distributions.
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Associated Press
Deg Moines
State Banking Department
Massena State Bank
What Cheer Savings Bank
Frmers’ Savings Bank
Hamburg
Citizens State Bank
Anita
Detroit To Honor Tyrus Cobb for Twenty Years With Club
City council approved a $1000 testimonial for Tyrus Raymond Cobb manager of the Detroit American League baseball club. Cobb marks his twentieth anniversary with the club Saturday with planned exercises in the afternoon and a banquet that night. Mayor Smith compared Cobb to Henry Ford as a figure of supreme achievement in Detroit.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Detroit American League Baseball Club
Cobb
John W. Smith
Henry Ford
Tyrus Cobb
Jury Indicts Fe C Baldwin in Fatal Auto Case
Union county grand jury indicts Fe C Baldwin of Afton and Creston for illegal possession of intoxicating liquor linked to a July 11 fatal auto crash in which Mrs. Bessie Evans was riding. Baldwin claims loaned bag contents. fellow driver H M Poen bound over for driving while intoxicated and manslaughter. Other cases continued to October term.
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A. R. Maxwell
Union County Grand Jury
FE. C. Baldwin
Afton
Creston
Baldwin
Maxwell
Theury
Elmer L. Hunt
Iowa Supreme Court
Bessie C. Evans
Evans
H. M
Neb) Poen
Arrest More Suspects In Police Kill, Thomas Case
Des Moines August 26 three suspects tied to the patrolman Ollie Thomas murder case were arrested. Two Marshalltown men and Nick Carter of Des Moines were detained for police to question, Carter later released after an affidavit.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Marhall Town
Nick Carter
Ollie Thomas
Marshalltown
Carter
Thompson Pleads Not Guilty To Man's Charge
Lloyd E Thompson of Cres ton pleaded not guilty to an assault and battery charge at mayoral court and was released on his own bond to return for trial Friday at nine. Polson swore the warrant after Thompson allegedly struck him Ed Conkler a teamster is said to have hit Thompson following the incident.
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Lloyd E. Thompson
Creston
M. L. Burt
Thompson
T B. Polson
West Irving Street
Ed Conkler
Polson
Bank Robbers Flee After Safe Attempt in Algona
Luverne State bank in Luverne faced a failed robbery last night as robbers burned two holes in the safe door with an acetylene torch and fled leaving their tools behind. All town wires were cut but no alarm was raised and residents learned of the attempt only this morning.
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Y Algona
Luverne State Bank
Laverne
Union County sends stock to state fair in Des Moines
A shipment from Union County includes fifteen hogs and ten head of cattle headed for the Iowa state fair in Des Moines. McKee Brothers of Douglas Township own most of the hogs. the car also carries baby beeves and Duroc gilts, with junior club members handling the stock. Arden McKee leads the show herd, Nickle joins as county agent, and Thelma Wycoff with Lela Sanders represent Highland Lassies for the state contest in Des Moines.
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Union County
Deg Moines
McKee Brothers
Douglas Township
Duroe Jersey
Great Colonel
Farm Bureau
Francis Weishair
Angus
Earl Kiisinger
Spaulding
Paul Kline
Lincoln
Hereford
Wayne Tyler
Dean Tyler
Wayne
Aloysius
Jack McKee
Wendell Heaton
Grant Township
Kent
Nickle
Arden McKee
Thelma Wycoff
Lela Sanders
Highland Lassies
Thomas Warns Against Defacing Mail Boxes
Postmaster Charles H. Thomas issued a warning about defacing mail boxes. Federal laws make this a serious offense and violators will be punished if caught. Several newly painted and lettered boxes on South Cherry Street along route No 3 were defaced by youths who did not grasp the act’s seriousness.
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Charles H. Thomas
Thomas
South Cherry Street
Baptists Cut Overhead with Do It Yourself Roof Work
Members of the Creston Baptist church replaced worn shingles on the south roof using volunteer labor. They began work Tuesday to repair and re cover the roof at low cost, handling the roofing with home made composition shingles.
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Creston Baptist Church
Labor Secretary Returns From Abroad
Secretary Davis of the labor department returns to Washington from a six weeks abroad trip and immediately confers with Hugh L. Korwin to learn the current status of the anthracite controversy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Davis
Labor Department
Hugh L. Korwin
Department
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Wessells Farm
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Chicago Land Bank
Walker
Fritz
Erickson
Rex and Goddard
Omaha Corporation
Sheridan Company
U. S. of Works Corporation
Orr
Walsh
Parks
Sandquist
Goben
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Kritenbrink
Grain Belt Company
Granfield
Burlington Railroad
Moore
Andrews
Patt
Finefield
Bowser Company
Schwanz
Farmers’ Cooperative
Jones
Keefe
Creston Rubber
Bernhard & Turner
Healey
Hood
Bell
Duncan
Taylor County
United States
Ingwersen
A. E. Foote
Standard Oil Station
Elwood Krapt
Ellingson
Ag and Industrial Commission
E. C. Baldwin
Baptists
Labor
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