Notables to Speak at Iowa Farm Bureau Convention
Leaders from agriculture and politics will address the Iowa Farm Bureau federation in Des Moines January 11 to 13. Governor McMullen of Nebraska and Sam H. Thompson head a lineup that includes state and national figures, with events such as a central Iowa rural orchestra contest, plays, and farm life films.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Sam H. Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa
Charles W. Sewell
Otterbein
Ind
Home and Community Department
L. G. Chrysler
Walcott
The
State Federation
Hughes
R. M. Hughes
Iowa State College
R. K. Bliss
Ames
M. E. Olson
Iowa County Agents’ Association
Mason City
N. May Larson
Iowa Home Demonstration Agents’ Association
Council Bluffs
Clarence Decatur
State Association
Grinnell
Daisy F. Williams
Towa
Passes Distributors Hit Muscatine and Nearby Towns
An airplane will fly over Muscatine and nearby towns Saturday afternoon starting at 2 oclock to give out 300 free passes for the Edith Ambler Stock company Grand Theatre opening. The flight will cover Wapello Columbus Junction West Liberty Wilton and other nearby points. The Edith Ambler Stock company opens New Years Eve for an indefinite engagement after a 14 week Davenport run. They present plays Lightnin But ter and Egg Man Up in Mabels Room Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Laff That Off with a motion picture program and vaudeville between acts.
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Muscatine
Edith Ambler Stock Company
Grand Theater
Wapello
Columbus Junction
West Liberty
Wilton
Palace and
Grand Theaters
Davenport
Mabel
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Future Course of Commerce Body to Be Made Thursday
Directors of the Association of Commerce and presidents of the service clubs will meet tomorrow at 2 o'clock in the Hershey building association rooms. They will discuss the future course of the Commerce group which is operating without a secretary on an economy basis. Directors and invited guests are urged to attend.
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Association of Commerce
Association Rooms
Hershey
Abductor Fails In Bold Scheme In Iowa
Pauline Thompson a Unionville Missouri schoolteacher disappeared with Roy Rennells and later traveled toward home with a brother. Rennells claimed they eloped while Thompson said she accompanied him unwillingly. Police reported the couple stopped at a hotel in Manly and slept in a farmyard south of town for several hours.
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Rennells
Northwood
Joey Rennells
Des Moines
Manly
Worth County
Roy Rennells
Pauline Thompson
Unionville
Iowa
Thompson
Earl Pedelty
Christmas greetings from Hermosa church to Coolidges
Hermosa South Dakota church members sent Christmas greetings to President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge. Morris Jensen and G L Guyer delivered the letter from the community committee. The response from Coolidge thanked Hermosa for the kind wishes and requested season’s greetings be shared with all who joined the message.
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Hermosa, S. D
Coolidge
Hermosa
Congregational Church of
War Department to Improve National Guard Camps
The War Department announced an improvement program costing about 270000 dollars over six months. Camps affected include Camp Williams Wis Ashland Neb Camp Grayling Mich and rifle ranges at St Charles and Raytown Mo. Work covers water systems kitchens mess halls administration buildings and roads.
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Washington
War Department
Camp Williams
Wis
Ashland
Neb
Camp Grayling
Mich
St Charles
Raytown
Iowa Pearl Button Company Ball Elates Muscatine
The Iowa Pearl Button Company hosted its eleventh annual ball at Armory hall in Muscatine drawing about 1800 guests. Wells orchestra from Waterloo provided music while confetti dances and crepe decorations highlighted the evening from 8:30 pm to 1 am. an afternoon event accommodated over 1200 children under 12 with prizes and fruit bags for all attendees. Out of town guests included I Troy and J Troy of Chicago and Mr E E Thomas and wife of Paducah Kentucky.
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Iowa Pearl Button Company
Muscatine
Armory Hall
Wells Orchestra of
Waterloo
I. Troy
J. Troy
Chicago
E. E. Thomas
Paducah
Postal Examination to Fill Fruitland Postmaster Vacancy
Civil service authorities in Washington were to issue full details for the Fruitland postmaster examination soon. Applications closed December 28, with forwarded submissions to commission headquarters. The $689 yearly position was open to U S citizens aged 21 to 65 residing in the service territory.
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Fruitland
Civil Service
Washington
E. C. Link
Commission
Link
United States
Search for missing plane continues off Cape Cod
News from the Dawn with faded signal reports trouble after a sighting near Cape Cod. Destroyers and coast guard ships sweep a 75 mile radius around Sable Island with the Sturtevant Mahan Shaw Monaghan Downes in action, as weather remains clear and visibility good.
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Lieved
Cape Cod
Los Angeles
Emerald Banks
Sable Island
Marconi Company
Navy
Coast Guard
Sturtevant
Remus Called Dangerous Man By Psychiatric Witnesses
Dr. David T. Wolfstein testified Remus is ruthless and dangerous, capable of vile acts and prone to criminal tendencies. Other alienists supported that Remus was a dangerous man, though one did not commit to a definite insanity label.
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Chicago
Remus
David T. Wolfstein
Dr. Wolfstein
Herman H. Hoppe
Charles W. Kiely
A. E. Baker
A. Lee Beatty
Lindbergh Leaves Mexico City for Central American Leg
Lindbergh departs from Mexico City aboard the Spirit of St. Louis in a high mood after bidding farewell to President Calles. The first leg covers 675 miles to Guatemala City with a route marked by volcanoes and mountain passes toward Central America.
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Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Morrow
St. Louis
Central America
Lone Eagle
Mexico City
Guatemala City
Popocatepetl Volcano
Smoke Mountain
Vesuvius
Mexico
Ixtaccihuati
Puebla
Oaxaca
Chiapas
Sierra Madre
Guatemala
Tacana
Belize
British Honduras
San Salvador
Ilopango Flying Field
San Sal
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Congress
Lindberghea
Tegucigapa
Managua
Nicaragua
Params
Panaman
Canal Sone
Mexico City- Guatemala
Callies
Calles
Cass Technical High School
Detroit
United States
Brownsville
Tex
Ford
Evangeline L. L. Lindbergh
Des Moines Drug Arrested Man to Face Hearing Today
E. C. West was arrested by local police and federal officers in Des Moines on a Harrison narcotics law violation charge. He allegedly lied about possessing narcotics valued at 200 dollars when arrested. A hearing is set today before U.S. Commissioner Judson E. Biper.
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Des Moines
E. C. West
United States
Judson E. Biper
Harrison
West
Lindbergh Party Refuels in Detroit Stop
The party arrives aboard a large ship refueling here at 12:18 p.m. in Detroit en route from Mexico City. Mrs Lindbergh Mr and Mrs Stout and Stanley Copeland dine at Mrs C H More while pilots Henry R and Harry Brooks eat field. Next stop San Antonio with aim to reach Dallas by nightfall.
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Detroit
Fort Brown Field
Mexico City
Lindbergh
Stout
Stanley Copeland
C. H. More
Henry R
Harry Brooks
San Antonio
Dallas
Youth of 18 Turns Blackmailer in Iowa Plot
George Hornbeck aged 18, son of Harrison Hornbeck, was jailed in Cedar Rapids on charges of using the mails to defraud. He allegedly plotted to extort 1800 from Roy Bird of Belle Plaine after a letter from Victor claimed a hijacker would harm him. Bird said Hornbeck tried to involve the Hornbeck family in the scheme and received threatening calls.
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Cedar Rapids
George Hornbeck
Harrison Hornbeck
Victor
M. L. Healy
Hornbeck
Healy
Roy Bird
Belle Plaine
Bird
New York
Hornbecks
Mrs. P. M. OFlaherty Dies In Des Moines
Mrs. P. M. OFlaherty mother of Hal OFlaherty foreign editor of the Chicago Daily News died at her Des Moines home yesterday after a heart attack. She was active in local club and patriotic work.
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Des Moines
P. M. O’flaherty
Hal O'Flaherty
The
Chicago Daily News
Model tenements opened despite wage mismatch on Lower East Side
A group of model tenements for workers earning up to 25 dollars a week opened on the Lower East Side in New York, but most occupants earn between 30 and 50 dollars weekly. The intended wage barrier was raised due to economic conditions.
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New York
Lower East Side
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Pearl Button Company
City
Grayson
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Hallbert
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Tory
W. F. Bishop & Co
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J. R. Thompson
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