Santa Claus Visits Muscatine for Day of Christmas Wishes
Santa Claus and his six reindeer spent a full day in downtown Muscatine meeting children and recording Christmas wishes. Ta-Tuk Er-Tuk Iga-Luk and six Eskimo guides assist, with Alaskan Canadian dog musher Alex Boostrum in charge of the huskies Kazoon Yukon Chinook Klondyke Nig Ginger. Local schools closed early to view the visit arranged by Muscatine merchants.
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Santa Claus
Donner
Blitzen
Prancer
Dancer
Dasher
North Pole
Muscatine
Santa
Reindeer
Ta-Tuk
Er-Tuk
Iga-Luk
Big Bear
Little Bear
Midnight Sun
Alex Boostrum
Yukon
Northland
Hoxsey Case Moves From Equity To Law Docket
The suit of Harry M. Hoxsey against Norman Baker over allegedly due contract sums from their Baker Institute partnership was transferred from equity to the law docket by Judge W. R. Maines. Defendants’ motion to transfer was granted with 10 days to plead, and a separate motion to strike parts of the filing was partly sustained. Attorneys J. G. Kammerer represented Hoxsey while J. F. Devitt C. P. Hanley and W. D. Randall appeared for Baker.
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Harry M. Hoxsey
Norman Baker
Hoxsey
Baker
Baker Institute
Equity
Law
W. R. Maines
J. G. Kammerer
J. F. Devitt
C. P. Hanley
W. D. Randall
Machado Rules With Iron Hand
Washington reports the U S government will stay aloof from Cuban internal affairs as Secretary Stimson confirms. In Havana virtual martial law is in effect under President Machado amid island wide disturbances. Police fire on crowds while Machado asserts power and denies resignation rumors as American interests are protected.
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Havana
Cuba
Machado
Supreme Court
Yad
Guantanamo
Con
Strong Heads Redmen Lodge Elects Officers
Arthur Strong was chosen as part of the Redmen Lodge No. 95 officers on Thursday night. Clyde Nyenhuis Fred McCullum W. H. Deutschman Carl Neubauer Herbert Washburn Henry Schneider named for key posts. The group reported on a Fairfield meeting where a new lodge charter was presented. Iowa has 22 orphans with $10 each authorized as Christmas gifts. Installation set for January. Fred Hartman appointed deputy great sachem.
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Arthur Strong
Sagamore
Redmen Lodge
Clyde Nyenhuis
Fred McCullum
W. H. Deutschman
Carl Neubauer
Herbert Washburn
Henry Schneider
Iowa
Fairfield
Fred Hartman
Musquitine Tribe
Four Bodies Unearthed Under Barn
In Williston North Dakota AP report Charles Bannon the Shafer tenant farmer told authorities that Mrs Elmer Haven’s body was buried on the Haven farm along with four other family members found earlier in a shallow grave under a barn lean to. State's Attorney J S Taylor said charges of first degree murder would be filed against Bannon and his father James who has vanished for Portland Oregon.
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Williston
N. D
Charles Bannon
Shafer
Elmer E. Haven
Haven Farm
Haven Place
Bannon
J. S. Taylor
Haven
Taylor
James
Portland
Ore
Matthews heads lodge in re election of Workmen
W A Matthews was reelected master workman of the Ancient Order of United Workmen for the coming year at the lodge on Iowa avenue. Officers re elected include George Eschenauer Fred C Bierman William Hillmer Elmer Steahr A L St Denis Fred Johnston Lyman Fish Frank Rhoades J L Giesler. Matthews named representative to the grand lodge to meet in Des Moines in May 1931.
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W. A. Matthews
The
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Iowa Avenue
George Leschenauer
Mas- Matthews Ter
Fred C. Bierman
William Hillmer
Elmer Steahr
A. L. St. Denis
Fred Johnston
Lyman Fish
Frank Rhoades
J. L. Giesler
Matthews
Grand Lodge
Des Moines
Four Degree Drop in Temperature and Stable Forecast
The thermometer fell four degrees from 38 Thursday morning to 34 today at 7 am. The river rose 0.1 foot to 2.5 feet. Meteorologists forecast no change in recent weather, with partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday and little temperature variation.
Lindsey subpoenas Manning as defense witness in cathedral case
Ben B. Lindsey faces disorderly conduct charges for interrupting a prayer at St John the Divine. Bishop Manning is subpoenaed for the defense to testify about Lindsey's views on marriage and a prior letter and telegram. Lindsey's team seeks a church hearing and has issued sub poenas for additional witnesses.
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Ben Lindsey
Manning
New York
Ben B. Lindsey
Episcopal
St. John the Devine
Landsys
Lindsey
Arthur Garfield Hays
New Era Church to Mark Fortieth Anniversary
The Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church in New Era will observe the fortieth anniversary of the Pine Bluff Union Sunday School, a forerunner to Grace Lutheran and Ziegler Memorial. Services start 10 a.m. with the Sunday school, a devotional sermon by Rev. E. A. Lack, a noon basket dinner, an afternoon program led by children, and evening services at 7:30.
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New Era
Ziegler
F. O. Sauer
Lack
Pine Bluff Union Sun
Grace Lutheran Church
Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church
Tom Mix Depicted As Nonhero In Divorce Plea
Los Angeles AP reports divorce proceedings state Tom Mix left home on November 26 and may not return. Victoria Mix alleges years of cruelty, separate travels with a circus, and a 1925 Ensenada trip during which she claims he abandoned friends and caused humiliation. Custody and $100000 in property were involved. Mix’s prior marriage ended in 1917 with desertion charges.
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Los Angeles
Tom Mix
Victoria Mix
Mix
Ensenada
Lower California
Mexico
Riverside
Calif
Youth Sentenced for Chicken Theft
Ralph Marshal, 23, received an indeterminate sentence not to exceed five years at the Anamosa reformatory after pleading guilty to larceny of domestic animals. He was arrested in Davenport on local information for stealing over 100 chickens from Ed Schroeder in Montplier. Marshal waived a preliminary hearing. defense was by C. R. Stafford.
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Ralph Marshal
Reformatory
Anamosa
W. R. Marens
Marshal
Davenport
Rhode Island
Ed Schroeder
Montplier
H. D. Horst
Harold Wilson
C. R. Stafford
Bea. Bea. Beverly Hills Letter on Denatured Alcohol
A columnist notes government denatured alcohol changes will release a garlic like odor to deter drinkers. The piece jokes that drinkers will endure the smell and simply dilute it with Jockey Club cologne. The tone is satirical and aimed at local readers in Beverly Hills California.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Past Masters Confer Degree at Triune Lodge Meeting
Eight past masters assisted in the third degree rites at the Masonic temple as Triune lodge No. 641 A F and A M held past masters night. An oyster supper followed the ceremonies with attendees from Buffalo Prairie Iowa Lodge Wellman Nichols Columbus Junction Conesville and Iowa Lodge No. 2 among others.
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Masonic Temple
Triune Lodge No. 641
A. F
A. M
A. E. Othmer
Ernest Moore
F. P. Hebard
A. M. Geibel
F. J. Bauerbach
J. R. Thompson
W. R. Votan
H. Beeson
Weather rounds Iowa Illinois river readings and temps
Weather outlook shows Iowa partly to mostly cloudy with little temperature change through Saturday while Illinois stays mostly cloudy with minimal temp shift. River stages include Davenport at 1.8 rising 0.4, Keokuk 0.2 rising 9.7, and St Louis 1.8 falling 0.1.
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Davenport
Keokuk
St.Louis
Bonds Taken From Iowa Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested
AP reports James Connolly, a broker, arrested on suspicion as an accessory in the Ottumwa Savings Bank robbery. Bonds valued at 7500 dollars recovered. Extradition sought after connection to real estate operator Benjamin Lifson. Five bandits involved, cash loot 30000 dollars.
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Minneapolis
James Connoly
Ottumwa
Benjamin Lifson
Connelly
Iowa
Connolly
Aide of Byrd to Speak Here
Raymond Mercola, youngest Byrd expedition member, speaks at First Methodist church Men’s club event. Banquet precedes talk on his voyage Adventures of an Ocean Vagabond with free admission. Mercola traveled 100,000 miles across multiple continents and sailed to Dunedin in 1929.
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Raymond Mercola
Antartic
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Church Auditorium
Raymond Mercoia
Eleanor Bolling
Dunedin
Lane Technical High School
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
South America
Africa
South Sea Islands
Hawaiian Islands
New Zealand
Antarctic
Death Claims Lee Overman Senator at 76
Washington AP A sudden illness today killed Lee Slater Overman of North Carolina at 76 after 28 years in the Senate. He died following an internal hemorrhage as he collapsed Thursday afternoon and was taken to Salisbury, his home, for burial. He had been a key Democratic figure, sponsor of wartime powers for Wilson and a longtime committee member. Overman entered the senate in 1903 and became a leading voice in his party. He is survived by a wife, two daughters, and other relatives. his body will be returned to North Carolina for interment.
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Washington
Senate
Lee Slater Overman
North Carolina
Wilson
Sen
Furnifold Simmons
French crisis deepens as parliament faces dissolution
A continued report notes the crisis in France intensifying with calls to end the stalemate. It references Marshal MacMahon who dissolved the chamber in 1877 as a historical precedent for such action.
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Marshal MacMahon
Girl in Shepard Case Grilled by Attorneys
Kansas City AP reports Grace Brandon the star witness in the Shepard case is cross examined by defense and prosecution. She testifies about relations before the wife’s death and whether the major was ever unfaithful, amid questioning on prior events and character.
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Shepard
Kansas City, Kas
Grace Brandon
Star Witness
Financier Admits Defalcations in Hollywood Scheme
Hollywood AP Charles A Whitmore building and loan commissioner announced that Gilbert Beesemyer secretary and mayor director admitted defalcations totaling several million dollars from the Guaranty Building and Loan Association. Beesemyer allegedly misappropriated up to 8 million affecting related firms in Los Angeles over nine years. He faced grand theft charges as custody was taken. Deposits exceeded the $11 million capitalization of the association and about 20 depositors were involved.
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Hollywood
Calif
Charles A. Whitmore
Guaranty Building and Loan Association
Gilbert Beesemyer
Beesemyer
Association
North American Bond and Mortgage Company
Guaranty Holds Corporation
Los Angeles
Whitmore
California
Building and Loan Association
Bank of Hollywood
Former Logal Nun Called Sister Superior Mary Ita
Sister Superior Mary Ita of St Irenaeus parish Clinton died at Our Lady of Angels Academy Clinton at 10 this morning. She joined the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary for 53 years and taught music at the academy for 33 years. She was born Pauline Maurath in 1873, daughter of Jering and Dubuque Maurath. Funeral services will be held at St Irenaeus Clinton.
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Mary Ita
St. Irenaeus Parish
Clinton
Pauline Maurath
Our Lady of Angels Academy
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Clinton Parish
Academy
Ieee Gets Ita
Jering
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Byrd
Lee Salter Overman
Lee Overman
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