Road contracts let for county gravel work total over forty thousand
The board of supervisors awarded contracts totaling 40 742 23 for gravel and road work under the road improvement program begun June 23. Moore Eldridge Clemons In won most graveling with 29 657 47, underbidding others. Hahn Muscatine Gravel and Korneman Brothers handle material and hauling for Cheeseborough road.
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Board of Supervisors
Moore & Eldridge, Clemons
Muscatine
Hahn-Muscatine Gravel Company
Cheeseborough
Korneman Brothers
Conesville Road
Funck’s Hill
Legler’s Corner
Haynes & Pace
T. F. Maher
Cheeseborough Road
West Liberty
Hahn-Muscatine
Moore & Eldridge
West Liberty Fair Promises Record Crowd in 1926
West Liberty officials forecast the 64th annual fair to set a new high with dry roads and a multi day program. Secretary Walter Light and assistant D M Addleman coordinate exhibits and concerts as superintendents donate their services. The Sunday program features Ziegler's Band and a sacred concert, with judging and livestock events starting Monday.
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West Liberty
Walter Light
D. M. Addleman
Secretar
Light
West Liberty Fair
Ziegler
Band of Muscatine
EPG
Hayes
Victor Herbert
Ued
Rollison
Walter Schofield
Lake “Bay State Commandery
LS St A- Burrell
Pontificale
Billy Sunday
Thy
Tex Rickard Plans Dempsey Tunney Title Bout in Philadelphia
Tex Rickard, New York promoter, travels to Philadelphia for talks with Kendrick and sesquicentennial officials to finalize details of the heavyweight championship bout between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney at the municipal stadium on September 23. A statement was promised after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tex Rickard
New York
Kendrick
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Municipal Stadium
Weird Red Light in Oklahoma Draws Curious Gazers
Claremore Oklahoma residents report a nightly red ball of fire near a cemetery seen for several minutes between 9 and 11 pm. Farmers say the light appears within half a mile of the site and sparks theories from St Elmo's fire to ghost town legends as observers seek explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremore
Okla
Oklahoma
St. Elmo’s
Ruby
St. Elmo
Brookhart Talks on Agriculture in Preston Address
Col. Smith W. Brookhart Republican senatorial nominee spoke on agricultural problems in Preston Iowa. Two threatening letters against Brookhart arrived in Marion just before his Marion address prompting police guard and escort to Cedar Rapids for travel to Preston. He did not mention the threats in his Marion talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith W. Brookhart
Maquoketa
Col. Brookhart
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Preston
Farmers On Good Roads Make Money
Washington reports farmers who run roadside markets earn about 25 million dollars annually. The American road builders association concludes good roads are vital to farmers and their income, based on a study of road quality and rural commerce.
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Washington, D. C
American Road Builders’ Association
Spanish War Veterans Meet Elect New Leaders in Des Moines
Unoted Spanish American war veterans conclude their five day campment with final sessions planning demobilization. Senator Rice W. Means of Colorado elected commander in chief. New officers include C Noel Markham Portsmouth Va and C A Anderson Omaha. Spanish War Nurses gain veteran status and join the organization. Miss Jennie R Dix elected president of the nurses. Detroit to host in 1927 with Havana the 1928 encampment site.
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Des Moines
Veterans, Women’s Auxiliary
Rice W. Means
Colorado
C. Noel Markham
Portsmouth
C. A. Anderson
Omaha
Ezra C. Clemens
Owatonna
Minn
H. A. Arnold
Philadelphia
Detroit
Havana
Cuba
Women's Auxiliary
Blanche’ Barker
Lowell
Mass
Veterans Organization
Probe of Plane Crash Kills Three Injures Twelve
British air ministry opens inquiry into a cross channel Gaeb plane crash at Aldington in fog. Victims include American Robert Blaney of Boston Italian Vigo Rizzi and French pilot M De Lisle. Twelve others injured, seven Americans. The craft operated between Lebourget and Croydon.
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Folkestone
England
British
Air Ministry
Aldington
Robert Blaney
Boston
Europe
Harvard
Vigo Rizzi
London
Ambassador Club
Paris
M. de Lisle
Royal Victoria Hospital
Victoria Vaiden
Central Land Bank of Baltimore
Channel
Edna Bennett
United States
Canada
Lou Hearn
Mary
Miss Bennett
Vaiden Sisters
Stroh
Bennett
Victoria Hospital
Margaret Hazzard
Stanley
Mildred Vaiden
Edna S. Barn
Harriet Ames
S. Stanley Hazzard
Lawrence Strohm
Gaeb
Lebourget
France
Croy
Mazer Accuses Canton Officials in Murder Probe
Canton officials face new scrutiny as Don Mellett murder probe widens with federal liquor and narcotics links. District Attorney Bernsteen orders cleanup, interrogates Canton attorney Norman E. Clark amid bribery accusations and alleged ties to underworld activities. Nearby, Mahaska County farmer proposes Des Moines river bluff lands for a new state park.
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Cleveland, C
Canton
Don R. Mellett
A. F. Bernsteen
Howell Leuck
Norman E. Clark
Albce
Bernsteen
Clark
Mazer
Leuck
Mellett
Oskaloosa
Lightning Hits Munitions Plant at Pig Point in Virginia
Lightning apparently struck the Pig Point army ammunition depot near Norfolk injuring no one and damaging a single magazine holding a billion rounds of small arms ammunition. The blast occurred as personnel were at a motion picture showing with fires quickly controlled by Portsmouth fire units and smoke visible along the James River and Hampton Roads.
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Norfolk
Pig Point
Portsmouth
Lake Denmark
N. J
James River
Hampton Roads
Claims U S Using Old Equipment in Air Mail Service
Col. Paul Henderson former assistant postmaster general says efficient air mail service is impossible with antique equipment on the New York Chicago line. He asserts failures on the Chicago St Paul route disrupt schedules across the system as post office officials rush to meet Dickinsons contract release demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
United States
Paul Henderson
New York-Chicago
Post Office
Charles Dickinson
Chicago
St. Paul
Revolt fears spark Calexico border troop request
Calexico town trustees ask for 590 troops from the Ninth corps area in San Francisco to guard against a possible revolt in Mexicali across the border. Estrada and 150 followers face U.S. charges of violating neutrality as militia and guards are organized. Archbishop Mora Del Rio appeals to President Calles to suspend Mexican religious regulations and grant freedom of conscience. Continued on page 10.
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San Diego
Calif
Ninth Corps
San Francisco
Calexico
Mexicali
Lower California
Estrada
Lower
California
United States
Marine Barracks
Washington
Navy
Mexico City
Mex
Mora del Rio
Mexico
Calles
President Calles
Weather Summary Iowa and Illinois Local Thunderstorms Forecast
Iowa shows partly cloudy skies with possible local thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight and warmer conditions in the eastern central area. Friday brings mostly fair weather with cooler readings in the west. Illinois expects partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with possible local thunderstorms and warmth in extreme north portions. River stages show minor rises and falls across Davenport and St Louis readings.
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Iowa
Illinois
Davenport
St. Louis
NICARAGUANS IN REBELLIOUS MOOD
Washington dispatch reports Nicaraguan government mobilizing troops nationwide to quell revolutions in Leon Chinadega and Corinto with telegraph wires cut and rail traffic halted. American charge Lawrence Dennis notes possible rebel outbreaks and mentions a potential gunboat protection request at Bluefields.
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Washington, D.C
Lawrence Dennis
Managua
State Department
Dennis
Leon
Chinadega
Corinto
Blnefields
Rotary Conference at Dubuque Closes
In Dubuque Iowa the eleventh district Rotary conference adjourned after a day of instruction for presidents and secretaries from 60 Iowa cities. District Gov Bruce Gates Waterloo and Alf Falkenhainer Algona led the rostrum as 95 Rotary executives attended the breakfast and heard lectures on club committees district matters and the international secretariat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Rotary Club
Iowa
Bruce F. Gates
Waterloo
Alf Falkenhainer
Algona
Rotary
Tragedy as Berlin-Cologne Express Derails in Germany
Lehrte Germany Aug 19 AP Nineteen killed five seriously injured when the Berlin Cologne Express derailed at 59 miles per hour near here The disaster is blamed on deliberate loosening of fish plates by an unknown person The victims were so disfigured that only nine bodies two English identified and authorities fear more deaths in the wreckage
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Lehrte
Germany
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Letts
Verne Hendricks
Funck’'s
Automatic Gravel Company
W. H. Mr
Wilton
Moore & Fldridge
Sinner
Funck
West Liberty Road
Boland’s Hill
Kansas
Smash Records
Cess
Farm Bureau Day
Jesse James
Colo
rado—Mother
Search
Pueblo
Lester
Forest Gence
Garden City
Kas
Rye
West
Brookhart
Preston, Ta
Jennie R Dix
U. S
Robert Quillen
Amy
Publishers Syndicate
U.S
Paul Smith
James R. Sheffield
Kellogg
Sheffield
Department
Henry Carpender
Edward Wheeler Hall
Willie Stevens
Somerville
Rev. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Rotary Conference
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