Iroquois Lake Claims Victim
Iroquois Lake recorded its first accident when Les Bretzke a 19 year old daughter of the Great Northern railway section foreman at Osceols was drowned in 15 feet of crater. The swimmer reputedly strong raced across the lake but sank near the south shore. The body was recovered an hour and a half later by William Theophilus after diving attempts failed. Services will be held Wednesday in Browns Valley Minnesota where the victim formerly lived.
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Lake Iroquois
Les Bretzke
Great Northern Railway
Osceols
Miss Bretzke
William Theophilus
Troquois
Browns Valley
Minn
Record heat grips South Dakota as a heat wave persists
South Dakota endures a deadly heat wave with Aberdeen reaching 122 degrees and Pierre 107 as Mitchell tops 114. A dentist in Menno died after collapsing in 115-degree heat. Officials note dwindling water supplies and possible limited lawn sprinkling as two new wells are drilled while river levels ease slightly.
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Sioux Falls
Scott Dakota
William Jungman
Menno
Jungman
South Dakota
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Huron
Yankton
Pierre
Watertown
Brookings
Best tips to beat the heat from local residents
The Inquiring Reporter asks Jake Melson, chief of police, Mrs Avis Hice, Norgin Hepler, L R Deawford, Harvey Huntley and others how to stay cool. Suggestions include staying calm, resting in a basement, sleeping, soaking in a bath, and sitting in front of a fan.
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Jake , Melson
Avis Hice
Norgin Hepler
L R Deawford
Harvey Huntley
Four More Tagged For Long Parking
Douglas Miller H B Palm Clarence Schumacher and Lloyd Lenox were arrested over the weekend for violating the minute parking ordinance. Miller appeared and pleaded guilty, fined by Municipal Judge Crawford. Murphy was tagged for double parking but did not appear. Don G Medbery, former mayor, pleaded not guilty to over time parking and was found guilty after evidence was presented by City Attorney Saver.
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Douglas Miller
H. B. Palm
Clarence Schumacher
Lloyd Lenox
Miller
L R. Crawford
J.¥. Murphy
Don G. Medbery
John P. Saver
Senator Pittman Views Mount Rushmore in Person
Rapid City July 24 Senator Key Pittman of Nevada member of the nationwide group chosen to approve an inscription for the national memorial at Mount Rushmore viewed the memorial Sunday. He and Mrs Pittman and James A White secretary to the senator drove from Washington and spent the night in Rapid City. They had dinner with sculptor Gutzon Borglum on the mountain where Borglum explained the project. The party returned to Rapid City last evening and left early this morning for Nevada where Pittman will campaign for reelection.
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Rushmore
Rapid City
Key Pittman
Nevada
Mount Rushmore
Pittman
James A. White
Washington
Gutzon Borglum
Neil James Dies at Veterans Hospital Minneapolis
Esther James learned this morning that her brother Neil James died last night at the Veterans hospital in Minneapolis after years of poor health. His home was in Aikens Minnesota. Mrs. James will bring the body home tonight and funeral plans will follow arrival. Neil James was also brother to Etta Baum of Watertown who will arrive today. SEEK LETTER WRITER DES MOINES July 23 Local police are searching for the author of threatening letters sent to Des Moines women over the past 18 months insisting on sexual trysts.
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Veterans Hospital
Esther James
Minneapolis
Aikens
Minn
Des Moines
Barber anniversary marked by treasure hunt party
Bancroft July 23 Special Mr and Mrs Charles Barber celebrated their nineteenth wedding anniversary in a unique event. Friends organized a treasure hunt visiting several homes and ending with a wiener roast at the Willows attended by two friends.
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Bancroft
Charles Barber
The
Willows
Bus Crash Kills Sixteen in Ossining Outing
A Sunday excursion of Brooklyn Democratic Young People’s League members ends in horror as a bus allegedly with defective brakes rolls down a 20 foot embankment near Sing Sing, killing sixteen and injuring twenty three. Driver Frank Troper was among the dead. district attorney condemns the buses as junk death contraptions.
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Brooklyn Democratic Young Peoples League
New York Central
Sing Sing Penitentiary
Main Street
Frank Troper- Btor
Frank E. Coyne
Leese Named New Head Of Golden Rule Shoe Dept
R L Leese formerly of Mason City was named manager of the Golden Rule store shoe department to replace N O Lundblad who has managed the department for several months. Lundblad did not state his future plans but intends to leave Huron soon for another position.
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R. L. Leese
Mason City
Golden Rule
Leese
0. N. Lundblad
Lumber employment and payrolls rise in April report
Washington July 3 A three per cent rise in employment in the lumber industry for April over March is shown in a report by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The report also notes a 1.30 per cent increase in total payrolls for the industry.
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Washington
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Dillinger Is Slain By Agents On Night Raid
Four government operatives guarded the scene as Dillinger was carried to the county morgue. A deputy coroner examined the body. the outlaw was killed by shots to the neck and chest. A pistol wound to the heart and a shot to the eye area were noted. Purvis fired five shots. his identity was not revealed. A watch held a photo of Evelyn Frechette. Justice Department praise followed as agents prepared to disclose details.
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Dilinger
Evelyn Frechette
Dillinger
Cummings
Washington
Department of Justice
John
Indiana
John Dillinger
Indians
Purvis recalls Dillinger encounter at Biograph theatre
Purvis, an investigator, describes surrounding the Biograph Theatre to capture John Dillinger. Dillinger entered Manhattan Melodrama, was identified, and fatally shot after a prearranged signal. The capture followed a gun battle with Purvis’s team, with hopes to take him alive but fears of resistance.
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Dillinger
Hihn
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