New York Welcomes Five Clean Flyers
Five men returning from Europe and aboard the monoplane America and Columbia were greeted by crowds at the Battery and New York Harbor. Commander Richard E. Byrd and Clarence Chamberlin led the group with Lindbergh among the onlookers. A sea of paper snow showered the city as the parade moved up Broadway to City Hall, with military bands and salutes from Governor's Island.
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America
Clarence Chamberlin
Columbia
Leviathan
Gang of Governors Island
Battery
Chamberlin
Graham McNamee
National Broadcasting Company
McNamee
Byrd
Financial District
Broadway
Grover Whalem
City Hall
France
Jindbergh
Richard Byrd
NEA
Tucker
Trans Atlantic Adventure
Plan Wind-Up Of Work For Better Roads
Union county boosters finalize plans for a public mass meeting at Rainbow Park Creston to push a July 21 favorable vote on a bonds plan. State Senator Lloyd Krats will speak as supporters stress no property tax increases while bonds are paid from state funds and federal aid for faster primary road completion.
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Good Roads
Union County
Rainbow Park
Creston
McKinley Park
American Legion
Rainbow Aairk
Lloyd — Krats
Thaye
Afton
Union Couny
South Forces Take Hankow And Hanyang Coup Report
Reuters dispatch from Shanghai says General Ho Chien and southern forces captured Hankow and Hanyang from radicals. He reportedly overthrew the communists with Honanese troops, took railway points, and faced little outward movement. The move aligns with Hankow government moderates and follows Ho Chien’s crackdown in Honan and at Wuchang.
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London
A_ Reuters
Shanghai
Hankow
Reuters
Ho Chien
Farmers and Peasants’ Union
Honan
Wuchang
Pittsburgh Nationals Rally Past Philadelphia Nine 9 To 7
The Pittsburgh Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Nationals 9 to 7 in the first game of a doubleheader. Cy Williams hit his 19th homer of the season in the third inning as Aldridge and Gooch teamed with Kaufmann and Jonnard for the victory.
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Pittsburgh Nationals
Philadelphia Nationals
Cy Williams
Pittsburgh
Aldridge
Gooch
Kaufmann
Jonnard
Southern Iowa County Agents to Meet Here
Creston chamber directors endorse Union county good roads plan and anticipate a two to one election margin. About 25 county agents will attend the annual conference with a Friday dinner at the lowana hotel and speakers from Ames extension service.
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Creston Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Chamber
Lowana
Iowa State College
Ames
Union County Good Roads
Chamber of Commerce
Creston
Murl McDonald
W. H. Stacy
R K. Bliss
Former Creston Resident Will Be Buried Here
Mrs. James Hayden a former Creston resident died Saturday in Chicago at age 65. She moved from Creston about 30 years ago. With daughter Mrs. M P Morrisey and the body returning on train No 9 to Creston, burial will be at Calvary Cemetery after services at St Malachy’s Church Tuesday at 9 conducted by Rev Stephen Wise at her nephew John F Hayden’s home 407 South Walnut Street.
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Creston
James Hayden
Chicago
St Malachy’s Church
Stephen Wise
Calvary Cemetery
Gas Company Ad Urges Permanent Highways
A Creston Gas Company advertisement in The Daily Advertiser argues that unimproved mud roads impede progress and advocates permanent highways as the solution, framing the road system as a long-standing enemy of growth.
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Daily Advertiser
Creston Gas Company
Briton Finds Plot Against U S Consul in Puerto
Washington July 18. Evidence of an attempt to assassinate William E. Chapman American consul at Puerto Mexico has been transmitted to American officials after an investigation by Chapman's colleague J J Sparks British vice consul. Chapman was shot and seriously wounded though not fatally in his residence yesterday. Sparks said two men entered the building at night through a sky light one armed with a pistol and the other with a knife. They followed him to his bedroom and fired.
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Washington
William E. Chapman
Puerto
Mexico
Chapman
J. J. Sparks
Sparks
Mexico City
Vienna Strike Ends as Communications Services Resume
A Vienna dispatch reports the socialist democratic execute proposed at a meeting of socialist and trade union delegates to call off the strike in communications services at midnight. Railroads telegraph telephone and postal services will be resumed at midnight.
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Berlin
Wolff Bureau
Socialist Democratic Execute
Iowa Coolidge caravan reaches Fort Dodge in welcome
A 30 car Iowa Coolidge caravan traveling to meet President Coolidge passes Fort Dodge noon. Fort Dodge officials led by Mayor C. V. Findlay escort the group 12 miles east to the Wahkonsa hotel for a chamber of commerce welcome program with four tour parties joining in Fort Dodge.
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Black Hills
President Coolidge
C. V. Findlay
Wahkonsa Hotel
Creston Dubbed County Trading Center by Big Crowds
Large crowds filled Creston over the weekend showing the city’s strong draw as a county trading hub. Cars packed the business district by 8 pm Saturday with many left blocks away, and Sunday’s downtown again drew residents from Union and neighboring counties.KE Fiers, president of the Chamber of Commerce, called the display a sign of local merchants’ wide reputation for quality and low prices.
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Creston
Union County
KE. Fiers
Chamber of Commerce
Ten Iowa counties seek road bonds in upcoming votes
Ten Iowa counties plan bond votes totaling over 8 million dollars to finance paving of primary road systems. Scheduled dates span July 19 through July 28 in Henry, Fremont, Union, Delaware, Page, Audubon, Mills, Cass, Fayette, and Shelby counties with bond amounts ranging from 400 000 to 1 200 000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Henry County
Fremont County
Union County
Delaware
Page County
Audubon County
Mills County
Cass County
Fayette County
Shelby County
Mackemers Visit, Urge Vote for Good Roads
Mr and Mrs Milo Mackemer of Peoria Illinois visited the Frank Patt home at 704 West Montgomery street on Saturday. They were en route to Yellowstone Park in their car when they were stuck in mud near Afton and pulled out. He urged friends here to vote for good roads.
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Milo Mackemer
Peoria
Ill
Frank Patt
West
Montgomery Street
Mackemer J
Creston
Mrs. Patt
Yellowstone Park
Afton
Mackemner
Air Mail Carries Vote On Roads
Air mail carried a ballot to Union county for the good roads election on July 21. Miss Marian Reed of Lorimer spent the summer at Long Beach California and was sent an absent voters ballot on July 12. Miss Beulah Spencer the county auditor received the marked ballot on July 16. Modern mail handling shown by the Union county example supports faster transport to aid road progress.
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Air Mail
Union County
Marian Reed
Lorimer
Long Beach
Calif
Beulah Spencer
Union County fair boosters recruit 3000 at Creston club
Three thousand residents gathered at the Creston Country Club grounds to boost the Union County fair set for August 22 to 27 in Creston. The day featured a band concert, speaking program, and a county farm ideas exchange with officials including Royal Holbrook and F D Ikus, plus a legume train promo. A 25 entrant trapshooting event crowned C R Bailey high scorer as the club offered fishing boating tennis and golf to attendees.
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Country Club
Creston
Creston Country Club
Fair
Creston Chamber of Commerce
Summit Lake
Here
Iowa
Royal Ho Holbrook
Cedar Rapids
Holbrook
W. H. Brady
Legume
Burlington Railroad
C. R. Bailey
Taylor County Fair Opens With Record Entries
Bedford July 18 Special to the Advertiser the fifty first Taylor county fair opened today and runs through the week. Secretary N Nelson says good weather could push attendance past records. More than 140 horses from four dozen states are entered in the four day racing program starting Tuesday with two harness and two running races.
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Bedford
Advertiser
N. Nelson
County good roads vote predicted two to one in Union county
County committee forecasts a two to one vote for the good roads plan in Union county on July 21. Farmers and rural voters are rallying with education meetings and civic groups backing the bond proposal funded by gas tax and license fees.
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Union County
Good Roads
M. F. Black
Black
Comic Characters Endorse Good Roads in Union County
Mutt and Jeff promote paved roads at Creston event as a washing machine display draws crowds. Placards tie road improvement to savings that fund appliances, highlighting the protestant humor of the campaign.
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Matt
Jeff
Union County
Creston
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Mutt
Creston Man Committed To State Hospital After Hearing
Loyal Curry of Creston was committed to the state hospital at Tedpeod ence today after a commission hearing where he faced a drug addiction charge. Judge Maxwell upheld the order on Saturday. Formal notice confirms B L Davis’s restoration of citizenship by Governor Hammill following a 1917 statutory conviction and discharge from the penitentiary a year ago.
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Loyal Curry
Creston
Tedpeodence
Sherif Frank Ollings
A. R. Maxwell Upder
B. L Davis
Hammill
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