Clarinda Floods From 5.74 Inch Iowa Rain
Heavy rains of 5.74 inches in Clarinda caused the Nodaway river to overflow five feet of water flooding Stuart street and the state hospital. Bridges railroads and telegraph service were disrupted with trains halted and public utilities out of commission.
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State Hospital
Clarinda
Nodaway
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Stuart Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Albis
Burlington
Atlantic
Carroll
Rain totals rise in Marshalltown weekly rainfall
In Marshalltown Iowa during the night rainfall reached .58 inches by morning with no immediate stop forecast. The week’s total rainfall accumulates to 4.04 inches.
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Marshalltown
Rainfall Reports Across Iowa Nebraska Amid Storms
Weather notes from Sioux City Cedar Rapids Waterloo Ottumwa Clinton Iowa City and Pawnee Nebraska describe heavy rains ranges from .24 to .65 inch with many towns reporting continuous showers. A tornado damaged Pawnee County injuring two and killing livestock while Nishnabotna river overflow affected Sidney with minor damage.
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Pawnee City
Neb
Pawnee County
Kansas
Davenport Fire Destroys Bengston Drug Store and Neighbors
A blaze at Bengston drug store in Davenport caused extensive damage by flame smoke and water. Total losses exceed 200000 with 50000 on buildings and 150000 on stock plus damage to E and W Clothing Martha Washington candy shop Grossman s ladies ready to wear Hellerud s jewelry Kinney shoe and Hub clothing stores. Cause under investigation but suspected spontaneous combustion.
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Davenport
Bengston Drug Store
Bengston’s
E. and W. Clothing Company
Martha Washington Candy Shop
Grossman's Ladies’ Ready-To-Wear Establishment
Hellerud’s Jewelry Store
Kinney Shoe Store
Hub Clothing Store
First Showing of Fall Styles at McKinley Park
Sixteen models, ten women and six men, showcased fall and winter styles for men and women. The event, sponsored by the U C T council, featured outfits from Princess Shop McCoy Reckner Syndicate and Swansons with two vaudeville acts and a piano performance.
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U. C. T. Council
McKinley Park Auditorium
Princess Shop
McCoy-Reckner
the Syndicate
Swansons
Helen Johnson
Orient
Creston
Entertainment Tonight
Miss Johnson
Lyle Weaver
Tabor
Maxine Wereham
Miss Wareham
Peggy Lewis
Miss Lewis
Leo Kelley
Darline Benson
Virginia ‘Snoderly
Northern Seal
Taupe Service Coth
Katherine McGregor
Palmetta Rath
Wayne Bertholf
Syndicate
Adler-Rochester
Kenneth Crandal
Leo Roe
Leo Meredith
Joe Strance
Bernie Lewis
McCoy- Reckner
Banker
Laird
Kuppenheimer
Vincent Bradley
Kirchbaum
Keith McColl
Cambridge
Hopking Sherwood
Kirchballum
Masked Robbers Seize $14,000 Payroll in New Jersey Heist
In Trenton on September 3 two masked men followed a company car carrying Acme Rubber payroll. They forced the driver with a revolver to stop and fled with a handbag containing $14,000 in cash.
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Trenton
N. J
Acme Rubber Company
Army blimp TC-5 survives storm returns to Scott Field
Lieutenant Gray and a four man crew navigated heavy electrical storms and rain overnight to bring the Army airship TC-5 safely into Scott Field Belleville Illinois near St. Louis after about 36 hours aloft. Gray said rough weather tested the non rigid craft shorter than the Shenandoah and that bearings over the Mississippi river guided them to the field.
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St. Louis
W. A. Gray
Scott Field
Belleville
Ill
Here
Shenandoah
Ohio
Dayton
Gray
Indianapolis
Mississippi River
Granite City
Langley Field
Virginia
Wealthy hotel owner kills girl and self in Lexington tragedy
In Lexington Kentucky on September 3 Kelly C Kirtly a 70 year old hotel and restaurant man killed Miss Mildred McDaniel 26 of Brooklyn then shot himself in a hotel bathroom Alma Gregory also of Brooklyn and posing as relatives witnessed the events. Two note writings found in Kirtly s room indicated a will and funeral directions.
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Lexington
Kelly C. Kirtly
Fayette County
Kentucky
Shorty
Mildred McDaniel
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kirtly
Alma Gregory
Alma
Mildred Gregory
New York City
Cousing
Mildred
Anna
Mr. Kirtly
Thomas B. Adams
Brighton
Marriage License Issues for Lenox and Creston Pair
The district court clerk issued a marriage license to Jack Pegg of Lenox and Bernice Sirlson of Creston both claiming legal age. A fire at Doge Grocery damaged nothing besides a refrigeration motor, quickly controlled with the new fire truck. County offices will close all day Monday September 6 for Labor Day observance.
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District Court
Jack Pegg
Lenox
Bernice Sirlson
Creston
Doge Grocery
Court House
Winifred Hart to Obtain Divorce
Winifred Westover Hart, wife of actor William S. Hart, plans a Reno divorce decree. She travels with her mother and son William S. Hiatt Jr. The couple married in 1921 and separated after a son was born. A trust arrangement funded her and the boy, with income provisions and a ban on her acting.
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Los Angeles
the Examiner
Winifred Westover Hart
William S. Hart
Reno
Hart
William S. Hiatt, Jr
Winifred Westover
Ohio Executes Three Men Within Half an Hour
John Bryant Richard Rhoades and John Hedrick all of Pomery were electrocuted in the Ohio penitentiary for the slaying of James McCumber near Pomery on March 15. It was the state’s first triple execution with 31 minutes separating the first and third deaths.
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Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg
Center Point
Columbus
John Bryant
Richard ‘Rhoades
John Hedrick
Pomeroy
Ohio
James McCumber
Bryant
McCumber
Rhoades
Hedrick
Funeral train guarded by police for Valentino
Chicago guards will supervise Valentino funeral train arrival to prevent public viewing of the casket. Extra police for LaSalle Street Station as thousands expected to gather. Memorial association to place an eight by five foot wheel of roses radiolilies and lilies in the car.
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Chicago
Hollywood
Calif
Rudolph Valentino
New York
LaSalle Street
Valentino
Chicago Memorial Association
Former Davenport Fire Chief Found Dead in Home
Peter M Gibley, 65, once Davenport fire chief, ended his life with a gun in his basement after a long illness and nervous breakdown. He was found dead in his residence this morning.
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Davenport In
Peter M Gibley
Reservation 3 delays world court decision
Representatives from 38 nations meeting on the world court discussed the fifth reservation to U S adherence. Belgian jurist M Rolin argued the point is juridically difficult but near agreement with the United States. He cited the East Carolina case where the court declined an opinion, predicting a similar outcome for the United States.
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Geneva
World Court
America
M. Rolin
League Council
United States
East Carolia
Soviet Russia
League
Reed to Probe Wisconsin Primary Campaign Expenses
United States Senator James A. Reed of Missouri announced in Des Moines that the Senate committee investigating campaign expenses would probe Wisconsin primary expenditures if worthy cases appeared. He warned against two-thirds rule changes and urged farmers to unite with the Democratic Party for tariff relief, while opposing direct subsidies and proposing world market pricing for farmers.
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Des Moines
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
Minnesota
Senate
Wisconsin
Reed
World Court
Iowa Farmer For Agricultural Relief
Democratic Party
Des Moines Names State Champion Babies at Fair
Gail Eugene Jacobsen of Des Moines was named champion boy baby of Iowa and Vesper Lee Voss of Des Moines champion girl baby at the state fair baby health contest. Winners in the improvement class were Frederick Eugene Handsaker of Nevada and Betty Jean Bailes of McCallsburg with score gains noted.
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Des Moines
Gail Eugene Jacobsen
Fred O. Jacobsen
Iowa
Vesper Lee Voss
Voss
Frederick Eugene Handsaker
Charles W. Handsaker
Nevada
Betty Jean Bailes
Fred Bailes
McCallsburg
Frederic Eugene
Betty Jean
Bedford Hit by Severe Storm Again
Bedford suffers a repeat severe storm with wind and rain. Wires are down, trees litter streets, corn stands flattened, and electric service crippled after the latest storm to strike the town.
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Bedford
Advertiser
Start Search for Missing Aviators in Pennsylvania
The mountains of western Pennsylvania are being searched again for missing aviators Lloyd Spearman and George Weis of Wichita Kansas who took off from Pittsburgh for national air races opening Saturday. They were due at Model Farms field yesterday.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Spearman
George Weis
Wichita
Kan
Pittsburgh
Model Farms Field
Rides Mattress on McKinley Park Lake
Sidney Helms rode a mattress powered by a small motor across McKinley Park Lake from 5 to dark, echoing a 202 mile Mississippi trip from Keokuk to St Louis in 1925. Creston visitors packed the park as he plans a repeat exhibition from 5 to 7 this evening hosted by McGregor Brothers and Coens.
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Sidney Helms
Mississippi
Keokuk
St. Louis
McKinley Park
Helms
Creston
McGregor Brothers and
Coens
Crestmoor Golf Championship Heads to Finals
With all third bracket play finished, finals in four Crestmoor flights begin. Degnan Reynolds and L. D. Rivenburg vie for the club championship while Joe Healey vs Alex Roseberry contest the president’s flight trophy and J D Haney vs Carnot Thomas contest the directors trophy. Charles McColl faces Sidney Strauss in the Roper Brothers’ flight as Reynolds also earns the silver low medalist trophy. Cup displays are at Boyce’s candy kitchen on Maple Street.
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Crestmoor
Degnan Reynolds
L. D. Rivenburg
Rivenburg
Rex
Directors’ Flight
Roper Brothers
Reynolds
Rivenbeurg
Joe Healey
Alex Roseberry
Rophy
J. D. Haney
Carnot Thomas
Charles McColl
Sidney Strauss
Deg
Boyce
Candy Kitchen
Maple Street
Woodbury County Man Champion Hog Caller
Mil ford Beeghly of Pierson Woodbury county won the Iowa hog caller title at the state fair with a high tenor voice, starting "Whoooove" and ending "Piggee-wiggee." C R Dreher Scranton finished second and C J Kelsey Iowa Falls third after a run-off. Twenty-five entrants reduced to eleven for the final, with Howard brothers Ankeny placing fourth and fifth and Delmar Lantham Legrand sixth.
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Dog Moines
Milford Beeghly
Pierson
Woolbury County
Iowa
Beeghly
CR Dreher
Scranton
C. J
Delmar Lantham
Legrand
Quackenbush Contract For Mt Ayr Court House Wiring
Ringgold county board of supervisors let eighteen contracts for the Mt Ayr courthouse construction totaling over 132000 dollars. J Quackenbush Creston secured the electrical contract of over 2000 dollars. Officials expect occupancy by July 1 1927 with face brick and cut stone used in the structure.
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Ringgold County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Mt. Ayr
J. Quackenbush
Creston
Ringgold County
Grand Jury Adjourns Awaiting Next Week In Turnbull Case
Bedford Sept 3 The Taylor county grand jury will adjourn tonight without finishing the Turnbull death inquiry and will reconvene early next week. Witnesses have testified since Tuesday and Pansy Turnbull’s mother and brother Howard were to appear today. Coroner Dr. Sam Bailey reported a base skull fracture with brain hemorrhage as the cause, while chemical tests suggested traces of a knockout drug. Six youths held in connection with the case face a preliminary hearing tomorrow morning before Mayor Nevious.
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Bedford
Advertiser
Taylor County
Pansy Tuunbull
Pansy Turnbull
Pansy
Howard
Taylor
Ringold County
Turnbull
Dean Wilbur J. Teeters
Iowa City
Sam Bailey
Pansy May Turnbull
Hal Howerd
Terrance Luton
J. W. Ostrander
A. Z Ferris
Robert Bailey
Miss Turnbull
Dearfield
Dean Teetere
Heny
Hal
John Howard
John Gibbons
Creston
St. Joseph
John Beach
Lenox
Nevious
La Barba Outpoints Milner for 8 Rounds
Fidel La Barba world flyweight champion outpointed Paul Milnar of St Paul in eight fast rounds in Peoria Illinois. Milnar mounted a brief third round rally with a heavy right hand to the wind and body attack but could not endure the champion's long range assault. A low blow in an early round hampered Milnar's work.
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Peoria
Ill
Fidel la Barba
Paul Milnar
St. Paul
Milnar
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Northwestern Bell Company
Sioux City
Waterloo
Ottumwa Ta
Weather Bureau
Avery
Tyrone
Clinton
Sidney
Nishnabotna
Winifred Hart
McKinley Park Lake
Hnals
Reynolds and
Woodbury
Quackenbushets
Mt. Ayr Contract
Grand Jury
Teeters
la Barba
Milner
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