Kip Rhinelander Marriage Case Reveals Racial Ties
In White Plains reports from November 25 and 26, 1922, Leonard Kip Rhinelander defends his annulment suit claiming his bride Alice Beatrice Jones, daughter of a Negro taxi driver, deceived him by failing to disclose her Negro blood. Testimony details a 1921 trip to Hotel Marie Antoinette, a Christmas gift plan, and questions of Alice’s claimed whiteness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
White Plains
N. Y
Alice Beatrice Jones
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Ross Cliticker
Rhinelanders
Chiticker
Alice
Leonard
Marie Antoinette
Rhinelander
Stamford
Chitiiker
White Plaing N. Y
George Jones
Robert Brooks
Virginia Negro
Rhinedander
Brooks
Len
Jbob
Supreme Court sustains par payment rule for banks
Washington November 25 The federal reserve board rules requiring federal reserve and member banks to pay checks at par were upheld by the Supreme Court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Supreme Court
Thanksgiving Day Holiday Observed by Newspaper
The paper notes a long standing practice of granting a full holiday to newspaper staff on Thanksgiving Day as part of a traditional observance.
Steers Car Into Telephone Pole. Driver Killed
Fort Dodge reporting, John J. Paap, 60, died after his car struck a telephone pole to avoid an oncoming car. Paap suffered a fractured skull and died three hours later at the Fort Dodge hospital. His wife had a serious operation the same day. A niece, Milda Paap, was killed six weeks earlier by a truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Dodge
John J. Paap
Paap
Fort Dodge Hospital
Milda Paap
Mrs Lurany Vanderpluijm Dies After Stroke On Departure
Mrs Lurany Vanderpluijm 63 died from a stroke shortly after a minor operation at Greater Community hospital. Born April 2 1862 in Ringgold county she lived in Union county since 1886 with husband T A Vanderpuijm. Surviving are the husband and three Parker brothers. Funeral plans pending at Deitrick's parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Community Hospital
Lurany Vanderpluijm
T. A. Vanderpuijm
Platte Township
Vanderpluijm
Ringgold County
Union County
John C. Parker
Kansas City
C. E. Parker
Quincy
A. B. Parker
Deitrick
Iowa Undertakers Convene in Ottumwa for 35th District Meet
About 150 visiting delegates attend the sixth district Iowa Funeral Directors association convention in Ottumwa. Officers are elected and a dinner dance and bridge party at Hotel Ottumwa wrap up a day of meetings with speeches by Dr. C. F. Galloway R. L. McLaren A. B. Seran Roy C. Smith and Ed. Kistner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ottumwa
Iowa Funeral Directors’ Association
Hotel Ottumwa
C. F. Galloway
Chicago
R. L. McLaren
State Board of Health
Des Moines
A. B. Seran
Roy. C. Smith
State Association
Ed. Kistner
Waterloo
Iowa State Funeral Directors’ Association
Three Killed One Dying In Crossing Accident
In a crash at Benare road and the Michigan Central railroad tracks east of Toledo two men and a girl were killed and another girl was dying. The automobile was hurled 100 feet down the track and demolished by a fast train. Dead are Harold Arndt 20 Richard War 24 and Julia Kalasinski 26 of Toledo. Pauline Herwat 23 formerly Blissfield Mich., was fatally injured. Arndt was initially identified as Francis Willis a former state prohibition agent who had worked with Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Toledoy
Benare Road
Michigan Central Railroad
Here
Harold Arndt
Richard War
Julia Kalasinski
Toledo
Pauline Herwat
Bliss Fied
Mich
Mitchell May Be Called By Navy Probers
Washington reports show the navy’s Shenandoah disaster inquiry could summon Colonel William Mitchell if his army court martial testimony bears on the case. The naval panel adjourned subject to President Jones’s call while awaiting possible Mitchell testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Shenandoah
William Mitchell
Naval Court of Inquiry
Hilary P. Jones
Leonard
Mitchell
Army
Naval
Detroit
War Department
War and Navy Departments
May Use County Prisoners As Witnesses In Jailed Slaying Trial
Dubuque Iowa November 25 The trial of Clarence Olson alias Harold Carlson began after a jury was seated for the slaying of Dubuque county jailer Jailer Wemmer on October 12. The state will call prisoners Henry Truda and others as witnesses and Olson’s co defendants Earl Starnes and Donald Kerdell are in custody awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Clarence Olson
Harold Carlson
Dubuque County
A. J. Kane
Adolph Kochendorfer
F. J. Kennedy
Wemmer
Henry Truda
Olson
Earl Starnes
Donald Kerdell
Dorrance Lyons
Lyons
Baptist church brotherhood elects officers in Tuesday meeting
W. C. Critchfield was elected president with H. A. Showers as vice president and J. R. Carlson as secretary and treasurer. Committees were named and plans set for the first formal meeting. Howard Burton of Creston reported contact with Rome Italy station ILAM and noted his 50 watt amateur radio setup covers 40 and 206 meters, heard worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Critchfield
Baptist Church Brotherhood
H. A. Showers
J. R. Carlson
Howard Burton
Creston
ILAM
Rome
Italy
Burton
Turkey Dinner for Eight Costs Five Dollars and Seventy-One Cents
Local Creston grocers estimate a full turkey dinner for eight at about 5.71 dollars in raw products. A Des Moines comparison suggests Creston is cheaper, noting prices for an eight person feast include an eight pound turkey about 3.60, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pies, and butter with small per item costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Creston
Oolby
Coolidge Commutes Chapman Sentence
Gerald Chapman refuses presidential commutation of his 25 year federal robbery sentence, while a habeas corpus writ seeks his appearance at the federal court. President Coolidge later commuted the sentence, signed at 6 p m and delivered to Warden Scott for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Hartford Conn
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Scott Date
Thomas
Hartford
Conn
Coolidge
New York
H. K. W. Scott
Cummins to Seek Bill for Iowa Junior Federal Judge
Federal Judge Martin J. Wade said Senator Cummins will introduce a bill in Congress to authorize appointing a second or junior judge for the federal district court in Iowa. Wade noted crowded dockets could require an extra session soon after the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Martin J. Wade
Cummins
Congress
Federal District Court of
Towa
Wade
Prosecution of Pierson in Afton Bank Fraud Trial
In district court Judge Homer A. Fuller presides as W. E. Pierson, cashier of the insolvent State Savings Bank of Afton, faces fraud charges for a third time. The state and a Cres ton attorney assist in prosecution while Higbee and McEntry defend Pierson. 20 jurors contend with a slow, careful voir dire as 12 jurors are chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton
State Savings Bank of Afton
Homer A. Fuller
E. L. Carroll
Creston
W. E. Pierson
D. W. Harper
George A Johnston
Mr. Carroll
Pierson
D. W. Higbee
E. F. McEntry
Siew
Christian Church Extends Three Week Revival Plan
The Christian church announces a three weeks revival led by Rev. H. H. Twyford starting 7:30 p.m. Thursday November 26. A large chorus conducted by Miss Opal May Nelson will provide music as the church seeks continued growth in membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
H. H. Twyford
Opal May Nelson
Christian Church
Marketing meeting called to aid Iowa corn growers
Washington Secretary Jardine announced a conference in Chicago on December 1 with bankers, business leaders, farm group reps, and government officials to expand efforts aiding Iowa corn growers in marketing their crop. Attendee list will be broader than yesterday’s local discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, Navy
Jardine
Chicago
Towa
Kutsch unlikely to turn pro says Iowa players
Iowa City Nov 26 Friends of Cowboy Kutsch halfback for the University of Iowa expect he will reject pro football offers. Officials here oppose professional football, and a Lincoln telegram quotes Kutsch saying he has not received any offers. Also Michigan captain-elect Friedman declines pro football in Florida game talks. Des Moines reports miners union and Hartford mine agreement near Afton and Avoca with local officials named Pierson and Knutson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Iowa City
Friends of ‘Cowboy
Kutsch
University of Iowa
Lincoln Neb
Iowa
Lewa
Lincoln
Red” Grange
Coral Gabels
Fla
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ben Friedman
Michigan
Fielding H
Joseph W. Doherty
Friedman
Doherty
Florida
Red Grange
Yost
Des Moines
The
Miners’ Union
Hartford
Holiday Spirit Prevailed Ahead of Thanksgiving Day in Creston
Creston motorists and residents prepared for Thanksgiving with stores busier and a friendlier air. A union Thanksgiving service was held at the Presbyterian church tonight. Most stores closed tomorrow, post office hours adjusted, and schools dismissed for Thursday and Friday. Creston High faces Osceola in a Thanksgiving Day football game at Irving Field, with rail specials for Notre Dame versus Nebraska in Lincoln. Roads were reported in good condition for travel despite forecasts of rain or snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Natien
Union Church Service
Ministerial Alliance of
Creseton
Arthur A. Christenson
Salem Lutheran Church
Aft Mercantile
Retail Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Creston High School
Osceola
Irving Field
Southern Iowa
Creston Gridiron
Notre Dame
Nebraska University
Lincoln
Toomorrow
Jerusalem Church
Thanksgiving Declarations From Community Leaders 1925
Community figures from Union County issue statements for Thanksgiving 1925 praising blessings of work family faith and unity. Clergy judges and business leaders including Rev Robert H Robinson Judge A R Maxwell Charles R Grattly Father Stephen Wise Fred W Ide stress gratitude for peace prosperity and the brotherhood of man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creation
Union County
Robert H. Robinson
Presbyterian Church
Women Rob Jail Matron and Escape in Nashville
Three inmates Bernice Creek Julia Mathews and Ella Williams bound and tortured jail matron Mrs Stolzer at the county jail in Nashville Tenn stealing money and keys before escaping ten minutes after Stolzer freed herself and alerted guards. She was later captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Sarah Stolzer
Bernice Creek
White
Julia Mathews
Ella Williams
Married life lesson from Ames Abe and May
Ames Abe notes that young couples need more than love to stay afloat in marriage. May and he once learned that income and cooking help, but the real key is steady partnership to keep the marital boat from wrecking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Also Mentioned on This Page
Employe
Kip
Tom
Total
Bill
Mrs. Pierson
M. D. Coen
C. T. Myers
Charles Coen
Raymond F. Sullivan
A. E Otis
W. H. West
J. G. Hadley
O. B. Emerson
Bert Browne
John
Omaha
H. M. Sales
James Carrigan
William Donahue
T. J. Currey
Frriendship
A. R. Maxwell
Third Judicial Bench
Charles R. Grattly
Stephen Wise
St. Malachy Church
Fred W. Ide
Rotary Club
Ames Abe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!