Samuel Hagens Dies Sudden in Muscatine
Samuel A. Hagens 53 died at Hershey hospital at 1 AM after a brief illness. He was found in his room near Slattery grocery on East Second Street around midnight. Initial poison theory dismissed after a post mortem at Fairbanks Home for Funerals showed no poison. cause attributed to apoplexy stroke. Survived by son Wesley and brother John, both in Muscatine. Inquest ordered by Coroner W. S. Norton.
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Samuel A. Hagens
Hershey Hospital
Mr. Hagens
Slattery
East Second Street
A. L. Bryan
Fairbanks
John Hagens
Grand Avenue
Indiana
Missouri
Muscatine
Letha Carter
Wesley
John
U. S. Button Company
W. S. Norton
King Ben Purnell and the House of David Descend Into Infamy
The narrative follows Purnell, an itinerant preacher who led the House of David colony after adopting “Seventh Messenger” status. He married Mary Stollard after deserting his first wife, built a movement in Benton Harbor, faced fraud and mistreatment charges, and was seized in a 1926 raid a changed, frail man.
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Purnell
Ohio
Mary Stollard
Queen Mary
Prince
Michael K. Mills
Detroit
Prince Mike
Mills
Founds House of David
Johanna Southcote
England
Earth
Benton Harbor
Mich
House of David
Parnell
Farm Bureau to Name New Leader at Special Meeting
Muscatine county Farm Bureau will hold a called meeting at the courthouse this afternoon to choose a new county home demonstration agent for the coming year. Plans for the annual meeting are also under review as Miss Henrietta Safley steps down after years of service.
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Farm Bureau
Muscatine
Parents Refuse Aid in Bank Robbery Case
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 19 AP Refused aid by parents J R Schomler of Cedar Rapids faces arraignment on a robbery charge for the Alburnett State Bank holdup on November 30 He with John Duffy of Dixon Illinois who pleaded not guilty has been bound to the grand jury identified as the two men who held up the bank of six thousand six hundred eighty nine dollars His mother Mrs John W Schomler and Schomlers wife also faced arraignment on charges tied to car thefts last summer Margaret Sullivan arrested in Chicago with Duffy was bound over to the grand jury Saturday on car theft charges
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Cedar Rapids
J. R. Schomler
Alburnett State Bank
John Duffy
Dixon
Ill
Alburnett Bank
John W. Schomler
Schomler
Margaret Sullivan
Chicago
Duffy
Grand Jury
Death of George Cayett a Muscatine Iowa resident
George Cayett a longtime Muscatine and Washington county resident died Sunday at Hershey hospital from old age after about a week of illness. He was born December 6 1839 in Belfort France and came to America in 1846 with his family. He married Marie Bagnard in 1864. she preceded him in death. Surviving are daughter Mrs Emma Head and granddaughter Eunice V Lake. Funeral services will be held at Hoffman Mortuary at 1 30 Wednesday with Rev W H Wilson of Bloomington Friends Church officiating. Burial at Greenwood cemetery.
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George Cayett
George Cayette
Muscatine
Washington
Hershey Hospital
Belfort County
France
America
Washington County
Marie Bagnard
Emma Head
Tracy
Eunice V. Lake
Bloomington Township
Hoffman Mortuary
W. H. Wilson
Bloomington
S-4 SINKS: SIX MEN KNOWN DURING RESCUE EFFORTS
Reports detail a fatal S-4 submarine accident with a large hull breach on the starboard side near the 4 inch gun. Rescue operations on the surface proceed with divers blocked by wreckage while support ships including Mallard Lark Falcon Wandank Bushnell Saga and Iuka race to assist and bring pontoons from Brooklyn. Six men are known to have perished or remain unaccounted for as divers press the retrieval effort.
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Falcon
Admiral Brumby
Wandank
Bushnell
Sagamore
Iuka
Brooklyn
N. Y
Navy Yard
Committee Named To Draft Flood Relief Legislation
Washington December 19 a committee to draft flood relief legislation for New England districts was named at a conference of New England members of congress.
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Washington
New England
Congress
Chinese Buy More Automobiles from America
Chinese buyers increase car imports with the majority sourced from the United States, signaling growing demand for American automotive exports amid evolving trade patterns.
Hoover Eligibility Question Sparks Presidency Debate
The New York World reports a Washington discussion over Herbert Hoover's presidential eligibility. It notes the constitutional 35 year age and 14 years U S residency, with claims Hoover may have had foreign residence before 1917. Hoover was born in West Branch Iowa on August 10, 1874 and lived in the United States until 1897.
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New York
New York World
Democratic
Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Hoover
Orient
Europe
Mr. Hoover
West Branch
First White Person Born in Johnson County Dies
Mary Ten Eyck 87 died at her Iowa City home after apoplexy. Born January 8, 1850 in Iowa City she was reputed to be Johnson county’s first white resident. Funeral held at Brick chapel with Rev Mills of Mt Vernon officiating. Survived by sister Cornelia Cowgill of West Branch and several nephews and nieces.
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Iowa City
Mary Ten Eyck
Johnson County
Mr. Mills
Mt. Vernon
Miss Ten Eyck
R. A. A. Drews
Cornelia Cowgill
West Branch
Officials at Canton War on Communists Executions
Six hundred Chinese suspected of being communists were executed in Canton's anti red crackdown. Authorities aim to crush Bolshevist activities by instilling fear and dampening Soviet sentiment as Chinese communists face continued suppression. The Soviet vice consul was among those executed.
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Canton
Mystery kidnapping and murder case grips city with raid
Police raided a mysterious house linked to the killing and dismemberment of a 12 year old girl. A man named George Fox 24 and a woman Lilian Padley 23 were detained with another man William Long as investigators probe ransom letters and blood stained clues. Barnaman, a suspected crank, was held on grand larceny while the woman faces murder suspicion.
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George Fox
George
Lillian Padley
William Long
Perry M. Parker
Judas Iscariot
Parker
Barnaman
Los Angeles
Long
Excelsior Society Hosts Christmas Party at Hetzlers
Excelsior Literary Society held its annual Christmas party at Mr. and Mrs. John Hetzler home in Moscow township Saturday evening. Fifty five members attended as gifts were exchanged and a seasonally themed program of songs readings and recitations was presented. The next meeting scheduled for December 24 was moved to December 31 with hosts Mr. and Mrs Albert Eckhardt.
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Excelsior Literary Society
John Hetzler
Moscow Township
Albert Eckhardt
Train Hits Bobsled. Four-Year-Old Dies in Iowa Falls
A passenger train on the Illinois Central struck a bob sled carrying the Elliott family. Verne Elliott saved his baby, while Mrs Elliott and driver John Elliott escaped with minor injuries. The four-year-old daughter was found dead in a snowbank. The article notes about 400,000 in Germany receiving unemployment benefits.
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Iowa Falls
Verne Elliott
Illinois Central
Bank Robbery in St Louis Ends in Shootings and Theft
In St Louis Missouri on December 19 five robbers held up Hodiamont bank employees John W Hopson assistant cashier and John G McCool chief book keeper three blocks from the bank. Hopson was killed while McCool was wounded as the robbers escaped with between 10000 and 15000 after firing at their sedan windows.
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St. Louis
John W. Hopson
Hodiamont Bank
John G. McCool
Hopson
McCool
Bank of University City
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Norton
Ben
Johannesburg
South Africa
Hongkong
Atwater
Kent
Diercks Radio Store
Walnut Street
Muscatine, Town
Excelsior Society
Germany
Sam
Sale Boy Scooters
Children’s Boston Bags
Flossie Flirt Dolls
Alamiaem
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