Three Stoughton Workers Die In At-Grade Collision Near Madison
Three Stoughton laborers identified as AE Bjerke, Andrew Sterie, and Andrew Yttri were killed when a car stalled at the South Madison crossing and was struck by the Chicago and Northwestern Elroy flyer. Patrolman White tried to warn them but the car was swept onto the tracks. authorities say the crossing lights and bell functioned.
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Madison
Wis
Stoughton
South Madison Crossing
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Ae Bjerke
Andrew Sterie
Andrew Yttri
Loughton
Lane County Fair
Yttri
Autn White
Mitchell man elected president of Custer Highway Association
George Fredericke of Mitchell S D was elected president of the Custer Battlefield Highway association. The two day convention chose Sheridan Wyoming as the 1927 meeting site. Delegates endorsed a gasoline tax to aid road building and continued federal aid. Chambers of commerce along the route from Des Moines to Glacier National Park were urged to fund advertising the highway.
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Dés Moines
George Fredericke
Mitchell S. D
Custer Battlefield Highway Association
Sheridan
Wyo
Chambers of
Des Moines
Glacier National Park
Montane
Drunks On Rampage In Bedford Streets
Two heavily intoxicated men drove wildly through Bedford causing excitement as their car overturned at the town’s north end. Officers were resisted when attempting arrests and a large citizen posse subdued them. They were jailed on operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. names not known to police.
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Bedford
Advertiser
Coroner Opens Inquest Into Peggy Scott Death
London coroner's inquest begins into the death of Peggy Scott actress age 27 found dead in her flat. Police suspect suicide by poison and note the actress was deeply affected by Rudolph Valentino's death. A letter read in court mentions lost courage after his passing.
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London
Peggy Scott
Rudolph Valentino
Judge to Decide Ownership of Dog in Theft Case
Judge John R. Caverly will decide ownership of two dogs in Chicago after a theft case. The German police dog known as Countess may belong to Richard E. Clapp, while Duchess was stolen from Joseph Wellmuth last December. A wag of the tail may decide the issue.
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Chicago
John R. Caverly
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold J
Bobby Franks
Richard E. Clapp
Duchess
Joseph Wellmuth
Woman trips on lake shore sprains ankle near Chicago
Miss Anne Quinn aged 35 attempted suicide by drowning in Lake Michigan but tripped over a stone near the shore and sprained her ankle. She fainted and was carried to a hospital where she recovered and stated she had abandoned the prior farewell note.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Anne Quinn
Bandits Wound Deputies and Capture Tahlequah Police Chief
On August 27 in Muskogee Oklahoma two Sequoyah county deputy sheriffs Bert Cotton and Perry Chunkulate were wounded while pursuing two bandits on the Albert Pike highway west of Sallisaw. The bandits forced Tahlequah Chief of Police J C Walt to ride with them, seized the officers' car, and fled westward as a posse tracked them. A money sack was later found in the abandoned vehicle.
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Muskogee
Okla
Sequoyah County
J. C. Walt
Tahlequah
Albert Pike
Sallisaw
Bert Cotton
Perry Chunkulate
Wall
Here
League seeks smooth run to new League of Nations assembly
Paris reports efforts to smooth out friction before the assembly of the League of Nations meets on September 3. Spain presses Tangier control and a permanent council seat, challenging neutrality and complicating Germany's entry. Britain France resist Spanish control while seeking arms smuggling concessions. Brazil quits the League.
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Paris
League of Nations
Spain
Tangier
Morocco
Council of the
Germany
Great Britain
France
Clinton County Sheriff Faces Contempt Trial in Waterloo
Clinton County Sheriff E. R. Cooke stood trial for contempt of court before Judge G. W. Wood in Waterloo. Cooke testified he refused access to Eugene Moore, the alleged gangster and bootlegger, fearing harm to the prisoner held on a first degree murder charge. Corey’s attorneys sought Moore’s testimony regarding a fraud case involving a Chicago man.
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Waterloo
E. R. Cooke
Clinton County
G. W. Wood
Chicago
Leo Seigel
Corey
Moore
Seigel
Cooke
Gene Moore
Ben F. Martinsen
Clinton
Anamosa Reformatory
Detroit river narcotics ring faces federal probes
Federal and local officers announced arrests in Iowa related to a Detroit river narcotics smuggling ring. The group allegedly moved thousands of dollars in drugs into the city, with two U S customs officers among those targeted.
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Detroit
United States
Detroit River
41 BODIES RECOVERED FROM MINe MINE DISASTER
Clymer Pennsylvania August 27. The bodies of nine miners badly burned and mutilated were recovered from the Clymer mine at noon, raising yesterday's death toll to 41. Rescuers continue the search for three missing miners believed buried under rock and earth.
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Clymer
Marion Potts
Demand for Wool Grows General and Keener
The Commercial Bulletin reports a broader and keener demand for wool with a possible weekly value uptick around two to two and a half percent. Medium wools show keener demand while finer qualities remain sought after, driven mainly by domestic buyers with growing foreign interest. The foreign markets are in better shape due to improved industrial conditions in Great Britain.
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Boston
Great Britain
Officials Declare Double Death a Murder and Suicide Case
In Clarinda Iowa officials ruled the deaths of Thomas E. Anderson and Misa Elsie Benge as murder and death by own action. Anderson's brother Frank E. Andigreon of Council Bluffs took the dead man's car. Anderson's wife, from whom he was separated, is named beneficiary of a $1,000 policy. Benge had a $430 policy. Relatives seek a $7,000 policy said to have existed for Benge, with her father George F. Benge believing another policy may exist but not found.
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Clarinda
Thomas E. Anderson
Misa Elsie Benge
Here
Anderson
Frank E. Andigreon
Counciluffs
Miss Benge
George F. Benge
Archbishop D Howard Installed as Oregon City Archbishop
The Rev. D Howard was installed as archbishop of the Portland Oregon diocese succeeding the late Archbishop Alexander Christie. Delegations from Oregon and Washington joined a procession led by Archbishops Casey and Hanna to the cathedral for the installation Mass and pallium ceremony.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
D. Howard
Oregon City
Alexander Christie
Washington
Davenport
Casey
Vancouver
B. C
Hanna
San Francisco
Howard
Youthful student charged with manslaughter in girlfriend’s death
Ermi Balancescu, a young college student and former Parisian, was charged with manslaughter in the mysterious death of Dorothy Elizabeth Kirk, a 21 year old stenographer, in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ermi! Balanescu
Dorothy Elizabeth Kirk
Creston Man arraigned after drunken charge
A Creston man arrested last night was arraigned this morning in county court charged with intoxication. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
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Mayor’s Court
Protest Cancellation of Ottumwa Ball Games
Burlington Baseball association protests to Belden Hill of the Mississippi Valley league over Ottumwa cancelling two games planned during a pennant stretch. Rock Island and Ottumwa played one game Tuesday while two others were called off, with locals arguing league rules require games when possible.
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Burlington
Burlington Baseball Association
Belden Hill
Mississippi Valley League
Ottumwa
Baseball League Mixup Leaves Questions for Ottumwa Rock Island clash
Belden Hill president of the Mississippi Baseball league declined to discuss the Ottumwa Rock Island mixup while investigating. Secretary Eastman of the Moline Mississippi Valley league team condemned the incident and a meeting of officers was called to decide on action amid a tight pennant race and canceled Ottumwa games.
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Cedar Rapids
Belden Hill
Mississippi Baseball League
Ottumwa
Rock Island
Davenport
Eastman
Moline
Mississippi Valley League
Rock Island Club Receives Telegram Over Ottumwa Games
Preston Gray of the Rock Island club received a telegram from President Hill this morning requesting a detailed report on the cancellation of two games in Ottumwa. Gray to answer by wire this afternoon, citing Ottumwa manager Harkins as responsible and noting his three day guaranty and no games on Thursday.
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Preston Gray
Rock Island
President Hill
Ottumwa
Gray
Harkins
Keokuk Worker Hospitalized After 11 000-Volt Transformer Shock
Shirley H. Windsor at Keokuk Electro-Metals exposed to 11 000 volts last night through a transformer, knocked unconscious and burned. He is in a local hospital and reported much improved today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Shirley H. Windsor
Keokuk Electro-Metals Company
24 Teams Compete in Iowa Baseball Tournament
The sixth annual southwestern Iowa championship opens in Council Bluffs with 24 teams and a record prize of 3800 dollars. Grant, Nebraska sends a team traveling over 400 miles. A doubleheader is scheduled daily for eleven days.
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Council Bluffs
Death of Diagonal girl under criminal probe
Pansy Turnbull a 17 year old from Diagonal died after being found dazed in Clearfield following a street carnival. Authorities say she may have been assaulted as coroner inquest is set and her stomach is tested for drugs. Several men are being questioned.
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Clearfield
Diagonal
Pansy Turnbull
Turnbull
Council Bluffs
Interstate Fair Race Program Announced in Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa August 27 Three harness and two running races are listed for the Interstate fair racing meet September 20 to 23 with purses totaling 3809. Officials Dr W A Matthews Frandreau 8 D start ing judge George Thompson presiding judge John Donahue timer and entries close September 23 for most events with consolation closes the day before the meet.
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Sioux City
W. A. Matthews
Frandreau
George Thompson
John Donahue
Police Guard Body of Rudolph Valentino
New York reports show Rudolph Valentino's body guarded by 300 police to prevent crowds at the undertaker's as thousands gather outside. About 500 saw the body with strict entry and card rules. Valentino's manager George Ullman seeks Monday funeral services at St. Malachi's Church so his brother can attend.
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New York
Rudolph Voeptino
Upper Broadway
Attellaneta
Italy
George Ullman
Valentino
St. Malachi’s Catholic Church
Europe
Five Known Dead In Tropical Hurricane Shocks Louisiana
Five persons are dead and several missing as a tropical hurricane sweeps through Louisiana. Damage estimates reach five to ten million dollars with sugar cane and corn crops flattened and rice fields ruined. Thirteen fishermen are missing near Barataria Bay as communications improve across the southern part of the state.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Schriver
Barataria Bay
Film Actor Describes Domestic Triangle in Court
Los Angeles August 27 Gowland film actor disclosed a domestic triangle in which he kept his divorced wife and her husband as guests to keep his 10 year old son with his mother He admitted the plan failed Gowland’s attorney said he supported his former wife and obtained motion picture work for both of them He was famed as McTeague in the film Greed.
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Los Angeles
Gibson Gowland
Gowland
Sutre
Beatrica Meakin
McTeague
Frank Norris
Two Youths Die in Sing Sing Executions
Ossining N Y Aug 27 two 19 year old youths were electrocuted in Sing Sing prison last night one on the verge of collapse the other facing the chair with a jest John Garguila convicted of killing a Manhattan grocery store owner during a hold up stood upright as he went to the death chamber. Cosmic srese an inmate sentenced in Brooklyn for killing his cousin wept as he faced execution.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
John Garguila
Manhattan
Chaimber
Cosmic Srese'1
Brooklyn
Express Office Robbers Sentenced in Boone
Two men arrested after the Cedar Rapids capture pleaded guilty to burglary before Judge H E Fry and received 10 year sentences in the Anamosa state reformatory. R W Wilson and W L King of Chicago were billed as the defendants. They were tied to the Boone Express office holdup in which two employees were locked in a closet and travelers checks stolen before the culprits fled.
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Boone, Ia
Cedar Rapids
American Express
H E. Fry
State Reformatory
Anamosa
R. W. Wilson
W. L. King
Chicago
Boone
Express
Two Injured When Freight Train Derailed
Two men were seriously injured when a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul freight train derailed five miles east of Lut on Iowa late Thursday night. The injured were S W Almond of Kansas City Missouri with left arm torn from body and skull fracture and John Allen of Kansas City Missouri with left hand crushed and right side bruised.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Luton
S. WH. Almond
Kansas City
John Allen
Northwestern Railway Reports July 1926 Revenues Rise
Chicago and Northwestern railroad reports July 1926 operating revenues of 13,869,739 up from 12,779,585 the previous year an increase of 1,090,154. Operating expenses rose to 10,380,464 from 9,795,163 an increase of 475,301.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Second Round Begins as Crestmoor Meet Heads into Matches
With first bracket rounds complete, Crestmoor championship golf enters its second round across four flights and four consolation flights. Pairings announced for all divisions include J D Reynolds vs R M Boyce and L D Rivenburg vs Arthur Glick in the championship, along with multiple matchups in the president, directors, and Roper Brothers flights.
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Matca
L. Db. P Rivenburg
Bob Royce
Arthur Glick
O. S&s
Barber
Joe Healey
D A Wariam
Arlie Wareham
Frank Dougherty
Alex Roseberry
L. A. Tenpicten
Roy Gault
J. G. Macree
H. D. Walters
Harry Coen
G. Munson
Frank Smith
William Colbert
Ernest Bartle
Roper Brothers
Ray Emerson
Lyman Nisely
Robert Thomson
Edward McGraw
Charles Coen
Charles Begg
Scott Armstrong
A. S. Beatty
Sidney Strauss
L. V. Goins
J. D. Reynolds
RR. M. Boyce
Henry LaForgue
J. W. Reynolds
L. D. Rivenburg
Rapld Tallman
C. 8. Rex
Richard Agnew
Joe Richardson
Carl Nord
James Conway
H. D. Waltere
J. D. Haney
Clair
P. K. Devoe
W. H .Owens
G. Z. Munson
Carnot Thomas
Charles McColl
Jake Pinkus
George Beatty
W. A. Willis
M. J. Howell
Arthur Nord
T. V. Golden
Bob Boyce
Leonard Wainwright
Loren Beckner
O. D. Tyler
D. A. Wareham
George Gault
Gerald Smith
Franklin Agnew
L. A. Templeton
J. G. Macrae
Vincent Bradley
Charles Meadows
Elmo Roper
Howard Beatty
Lyman Nicely
Stephen A. Wice
W. W. Burns
Beatty
George Bartle
Baby Bandit Eats Everything in Sight
Pueblo Colorado report details 14 year old Leslie Gonce nicknamed baby bandit who lay recovering after four bullets remained in him a week after being shot by sheriff deputies while resisting arrest. His older brother Forrest Genee 21 is serving a penitentiary sentence for highway robbery as the pair terrorized parts of Kansas and Colorado with bold holdups.
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Pueblo
Col
Leslie Gonce
Forrest Genee
Kansas
Colorado
Wisconsin coach James Brader takes Hovard University helm
Madison Wisconsin August 27 James Brader Madison assistant football coach at the University of Wisconsin where he starred for four years as a member of the football team has accepted the position of head coach of the Hovard University football team
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Madison
Wis
James Brader
University of Wisconsin
Hovard
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S. D. Man Pres
Custer Highway Association
Baers
Bedford Streets
Iowa
Eildon Fair
Glick
Local
Baseball Association
Sball Park
Rudoph Valentino
Northwestern
Crestmoor
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