Muscatine urged to join river trade push for 9 foot channel
John A. Fox of the Mississippi Valley association spoke to about 50 Muscatine businessmen at the Hotel Muscatine on river transportation, praising Muscatine s location for waterborne commerce and showing maps and freight tables. He cited Hennepin canal access and Upper Mississippi improvements as keys to Muscatine becoming a major inland city.
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Mississippi Valley Association
Misissippi
Hennepin Canal
Muscatine
Great Inland Empire of America
John A. Fox
Hotel Muscatine
Fox
C. H. Young
Central States Engineering Company
Muscatine Industrial Association
St. Louis
Auburn prison mutiny ends in deaths amid tear gas siege
Auburn New York December 11. State troopers using tear gas attack a prison mutiny as long term convicts seize the Auburn state prison. Three convicts are reported slain and Warden Edgar Jennings and seven guards are killed or wounded. Henry Sullivan, already convicted of robbery, is among the inmates involved.
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Auburn
N. Y
Ak Dans Se See
Henry Sullivan
Erie County
Sullivan
Mattie
Tha Pane
Jennings
State Department
John H. Russell
Cape Haven
Russell
Haiti
Guantanamo
Cuba
United States
U. S. S. Wright
Two Found Dead in Death by Own Action Pact
The bodies of Crosby and Mrs. Bigelow were found fully clothed on a bed in a New York studio, each with a gun, in what police call a death by own action pact. Motive unknown. Crosby tied to former wife Mary Peabody and J. P. Morgan kinship. Bigelow recently married.
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New York
Grew Crosby
Osephi Rothh Bigelow
Srn
Crosby
Had 13 Autos Woman for Each Declares Wife
Chicago. Schuyler C. Schwartz faced a second suit for separate maintenance after his first wife claimed he owned 13 automobiles with a different woman using each car. The prior suit was dropped when he agreed to dispose of the autos, yet Mrs. Schwartz says he still phoned home infrequently and never arrived. She sues again for support.
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Chicago
Schuyler C. Schwartz
Schwartz
Will Rogers Comments on Morrow's Senate Move
Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers notes how Morrow faced doubt in Mexico but now heads to the senate. He quips that public life offers greater risk than foreign danger and jokes about the unknowns of demise. Rogers signs off as one of his sad constituents.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Morrow
Mexico
Senate
Wall Street
Will Rogera
Fire Tragedy Closes Manhattan Film Studio
Fire devastates the Pathe Sound Studios Manhattan studio killing 10 and injuring 18 as a velvet drape and flimsy scenery feed the blaze. Witnesses report a spark from a sunglow arc lamp and a smoker’s cigarette may have sparked the fire.
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New York
Manhattan
Talking Picture Company
Pathe Sound Studios, Inc
Burford
Edna
Porter
Catherine
Sparks
Jola
Byrne
Norine
Bischoff
Joseph
Koerble
Charles
Kramer
Carl
Nussman
Robert
Quinn
Jack
Wilson
Ernest
Peter C. Spence
Fire Prevention Bureau
Fire Department
Bernard Mahoney
Old Alex Goes to Phillies in Trade
New York paper says Grover Cleveland Alexander, veteran pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, is traded to the Philadelphia Nationals where he began in the majors. Alexander and Harry McCurdy move to the Phillies in exchange for outfielder Peel and pitcher Bob McGraw.
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New York
Evening World Today
Grover Cleveland
Alexander
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Nationals
Harry McCurdy
Illinois University
Chicago White Sox
Phillies
Peel
Bob McGraw
Reed estimates Iowa crop value at 575 463 000
Des Moines December 11 AP Iowa in 1929 harvested crops valued at Dec 1 prices at 575 463 000 Charles D Reed director of the Iowa weather and crop bureau told the annual agricultural convention His estimate rises 13 million dollars over 1928 and cites corn oats hay potatoes and other crops with totals by item including corn 302 054 000 oats 85 772 000 and potatoes 10 710 000 with related production figures and price notes
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Annual Agricultural Convention
Reed
United States
East
Diploma mill head convicted in Illinois conspiracy case
The first trial from Illinois diploma mill exposure ends with W. H. H. Miller convicted of conspiracy to sell illegal medical and dental licenses to unqualified individuals. Sentence set at seven months and one day plus a $2,000 fine. Miller, former head of the state education department, faces further prosecutions of other ring members.
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Diploma Mill
Chicago
W. H. H. Miller
Miller
State Department of Education and Registration
Earl Jellicoe Confined After Jaw Operation
Earl Jellicoe, 70, former commander of the British Grand Fleet, was confined to his quarters today following surgery on his upper jaw bone. The report notes his status from London on December 11 with AP dispatches.
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London
Earl Jellicoe
Grand Fleet
Curfew Tightens Martial Law in Haiti
Port au Prince reports a 9 p.m. curfew with indoors only rule as martial law strengthens. Rioters last week and agitators blamed for fueling unrest while Marines and national guard monitor fronts amid hopes of stable order and possible early troop withdrawal.
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Haiti
Aux Cayes
Galveston
Jacmel
Port Au Prince
Republic
Tobeek
Jeremie
Louis Borno
Nacional Garde
Tes Marines
United of Progress
Frank Evans
Mariines
Senator Robinson comments on tariff stance
Senator Robinson of Arkansas said the Democratic party would not seek to fix duties that would radically alter the industrial system built up in the United States, adopting a practical view of tariffs.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
United States
Weather outlook with mixed precipitation and temperature shift
The forecast notes possibly rain or snow tonight and Thursday with no clear temperature change. Illinois shows unsettled conditions with rain or snow in the north and central areas and possible rain in the far south, cooler in the northeast and extreme south tomorrow. River gauges Davenport rise 0.1 to 2.6 feet, Muscatine 0.2 rise to 4.1 feet, Keokuk fall 0.7 to -1.5 feet.
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Trown
Illinois
River Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Small Want Ad Promises Reach to 40000 Readers
A newspaper note urges readers that two insertions of a compact want ad can reach 40000 people nightly, offering a cost efficient way to save time and money on advertising for rentals.
For Rent Four Room House
Rent for a four room house with clean setup. Contact number listed for Pease and GN Pease for details and availability.
Phone 25 Offer: Seven Insertions for Six
Advertises a special price deal offering seven insertions for the cost of six seconds. Details imply a discount on repeated notices or advertisements.
Slaying of Teacher Remains Unsolved in Rockford
Rockford Michigan police reopen case into Miss Cordelia Gummersheimer’s death. Investigators probe high school records for possible grudges from students while dentist Der Floyd D Leach, previously detained, is released. Body repatriated to her brother August for burial in Belleville.
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Rockford
Mis
Cordelia Gummersbhelmer
Homer Reed
Slayer Given 10 Years for Fatal Shooting in Sibley
Homer Edwards, 25, was sentenced to ten years in Fort Madison penitentiary for the killing of George Louscher, 45, in Sibley Iowa. A jury convicted Edwards on October 27 and Judge C C Bradley overruled his motion for a new trial.
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Sibley
Fort Madison
Homer Edwards
George Louscher
C. C. Bradley
Louscher
Senate panel to probe grain dealers interference claim
Senate lobby inquiry committee will investigate reports that commission grain dealers tried to interfere with the federal farm board as it pushes for a grain marketing system owned and controlled by farmers. Julius Barnes of the Chamber of Commerce faced opposition to the plan, with White House denials of any rift between the board and the president. Nye of North Dakota had first raised the claim.
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Washington
Senator Caraway
Commission
Federal Farm Board
Sean Bee Y
Julius Barnes
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Farm Board
White House
Senate
Nye
North Dakota
Independent
Vaughn Case Noted In New York Dispatch
New York reports on the case involving George A. Vaughn noted in a December AP dispatch. Details remain limited in the morning brief.
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New York
George A. Vaughn
Outbreak Wounds Riker in Summer Escape
Fragmentary report notes Riker wounded during a summer outbreak and mentions Atkins and Van Housen amid ongoing events. Further details referenced as continued on Page 7.
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Nings
Atkins
van Housen
Riker
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