West Branch Celebrates Ninth Annual Homecoming
West Branch Iowa hosts 6000 for a day of hospitality and free entertainment. A local circus on the school athletic field features animals and rides, with a pony parade, a 9 30 parade opening, a sheriff as marshal, and winners in commercial and club parade classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Elwood Hemmingway
Diswell’s Dairy
West Branch State Bank
Brown Kinzey Hardware
Anderson Hardware
East Side Lumber Company
Albin and Son
Hoover Four
Wall of Water Swamps Nogales Border Cities
A cloudburst sent three to eight feet of flood through Nogales Sonora and Nogales Arizona. Rescue work was hindered by darkness and rain as reports indicated at least two dozen deaths and 25 missing children in Nogales. An adobe hotel collapsed and several babies cried from floating cribs observed by residents.
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Nogales
Sonora
Don Phillips
Morly Avenue
Huston Resignation Triggers Leadership Shuffle in South
The article reports Claudius Huston's expected resignation as national chairman and the planned replacement with Senator Fessor of Ohio as provisional chairman and Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky as executive committee chair. It notes ongoing disputes over post office patronage and regional factions.
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Mann
Brown
Savannah
South
National Committee
Claudius Huston
Tennessee
Fessor
Ohio
Robert H. Lucas
Kentucky
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Reckless Driver Pays Fine in Justice Court
C. E. Rice paid a 50 dollar fine and costs in Justice J. C. Coster's court this morning for reckless driving. He was arrested at 4 15 Wednesday morning on East Third street by Night Captain Jim Selman and Officer John Strain. The notice also lists bids for Hack Route No 8 from Letts Consolidated school district with a filing deadline of August 11 and reserve rights to reject bids.
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C. E. Rice
J. C. Coster
Jim Selman
John Strain
East Third Street
Letts Consolidated School District
Fort Madison
R. W. Gladden
Des Moines
John Wilson
Columbus
State Penitentiary
Gladden
Boone
American Express Company
Toledo
Roy McCurdy
Funeral rites for John Rock held at Meyers Funeral Home
John Rock born in 1847 in Montreal died at his Front Street home after a nine year Muscatine residence. Funeral services were conducted at 2 pm Wednesday by Rev W H Slack at Meyers Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He married Mary Elizabeth Staffey and had eleven children, six of whom preceded him. survivors include his widow five children and fifteen grandchildren.
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John Rock
Meyers Funeral
W. H. Slack
Musserville Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Rock
Montreal
Canada
Anthony Rock
Front Street
Muscatine
Mary Elizabeth Staffey
Funeral services for Mrs Mary E Mikesell
Mrs Mary E Mikesell's funeral was held at 2 pm at Hoff man Funeral Home conducted by Rev Ira Hawley of the United Brethren church. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery with pallbearers Bert Benham Fred Beach Dr A B Clapp W D Hine Charles Kemble and Dr J T Martin. She is survived by a daughter Mrs Clara Mikesell Lewis of Cleveland Ohio.
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Mary E. Mikesell
Hoffman Funeral Home
Ira Hawley
The
United Brethren Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Bert Benham
Fred Beach
A. B. Clapp
W. D. Hine
Charles Kemble
J. T. Martin
Mikesell
Clara Mikesell Lewis
Cleveland
Funeral services for Mrs Leona Wiegand held in town
Mrs Leona Wiegand who died Friday at Great Falls Montana was buried in Greenwood Cemetery after funeral services conducted at Wittich Funeral Home by Rev Caleb Larson of Illinois City. Pallbearers were Kenneth Wallace John Powell Ralph Peterson Raymond Peterson and Lloyd Potter.
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Leona Wiegand
Great Falls
Mont
Wittich Funeral Home
Caleb Larson
Illinois City
Greenwood Cemetery
Kenneth, Wallace
John Powell
Ralph
Raymond Peterson
Lloyd Potter
Three Walford Robbers Given Life Sentences
In Vinton Iowa on August 7, Carl Randel Jack Fry and Herbert Karr pleaded guilty in district court and were sentenced to life in Fort Madison penitentiary by Judge Atherton B Clark. The trio were linked to the Walford Farmers Savings Bank robbery on July 24 and were described as the last members of the bandit gang. Bowser and Ervin Bowser remained in custody with conflicting statements about the robbery and getaway.
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Vinton
Carl Randel
Jack Fry
Herbert Karr
Farmers Savings Bank
Walford
Fort Madison
Atherton B. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Ervin Bowser
Farmers State Bank
Randel
Bowser
Chicago
Arck Fry
Karl
Market Reads Wheat and Corn in Big Slump
Chicago traders booked profits after wheat and corn fell back from session highs. Wheat closed 1 4 to 1 1 4 cents under yesterday with September at 96 3 8 to 1 2. December at 1 01 7 8 to 1 02 1 4. Corn ended down 1 1 4 to 2 1 8 cents, September around 99 1 4 to 1 2, December 95 3 4 to 96.
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Chicago
Saskatchewan
Four Men Arrested Over $1600 Loot
Randel and Bowser admitted each paid Bowser fifty dollars after initial refusals. Randel, married with several children, returned yesterday after Fry and Karl confessed. The four are to be turned over to Benton county authorities for arraignment at Vinton today.
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Randel
Bowser
Fry
Karl
Benton County
Vinton
Waukon Youth Fatally Shot in Hunting Accident
Robert McCabe, 12, died from a gunshot wound suffered during a hunting outing with his cousin Frank Wittenberger. The accident occurred when the pair were in the field. Investigators described it as a tragic misfire with no intent of harm.
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Waukon
Frank Wittenberger
Robert McCabe
Bandits Pose as Dry Agents Steal Safe From Iowa Farmer
In Struble Iowa two men posing as prohibition enforcement officers abduct and torture 80 year old Matt Werley Sr and his son Matt Werley Jr before fleeing with a safe containing about 400 dollars and bonds. They later arrest a Reno woman in a related matter and another report notes a Des Moines man connected to prior crime escapes.
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Struble
Plymouth County
Prohibition
Matt Werley
Werley
Werley, Jr
Werley, Sr
Bad Check Writer Sentenced to State Reformatory
Kerry Leeds of Reno Nevada was sentenced by Judge Atherton B. Clark to an indeterminate term not to exceed seven years in the Anamosa reformatory after pleading guilty to passing worthless checks. The sentence followed a guilty plea and reflects a state reformatory disposition.
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Dorothy Hoxie
Reno
Leeds
Hoxie
Nevada
Cedar Rapids
Kerry Leeds
Nev
Atherton B. Clark
Anamosa Reformatory
Hutchinson Barred from Divine Healer Practice
District Judge J S Dowell enjoined Howard I Hutchinson from further practice as a divine healer without a state medical license. The order was issued in Council Bluffs after action by the state department of health officials.
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Council Bluffs. In
J. S. Dowell
Howard I. M. Hutchinson
State Department of Health
Two Women Injured In Auto Collision Near Creston
Doris Crawford 11 of Missouri Valley and Mrs T J Perry of Omaha were injured when autos on a Burlington railroad bridge five miles east of Creston collided. The Missouri Valley driver E O Carter tried to pass another car, skidded against the railing, and struck the Perry vehicle.
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Creston
Aug
Doris Crawford
Missouri Valley
T. J. Perry
Omaha
Burlington Railroad
Here
E. O. Carter
Carter
Perry
Jews Adopt Sabbath Period From Friday Sunset to Saturday
The text states that Jews adopted the Sabbath period from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset around 360 A D. This identifies a historical frame for Sabbath observance and anchors the practice to late antiquity.
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Frances Williams
George White
Miss Williams Rensee
Siv
Roach
Mellon Institute of Research
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Pelle
Knards
Bluebird
Firestone
Cam Fred Fee
Ses Povertly
Duplex Tire & Radiator Co
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