Bomb damages Cook County GOP leader home in Chicago
The west side residence of Morris Eller, Cook county Republican chieftain, was wrecked by a blast early today. Family members were awakened by the explosion but uninjured. Police treat the incident as a powerful bomb blast possibly tied to political jealousy, with initial theories pointing to a target beyond Eller's home.
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Chicago, Ill
West Side
Morris Eller
Cook
Eller
Smart Michigan
Ginsberg
Vincent Drucci
Smart Michigan Boulevard
Tragedy stalks North Platte valley district
A string of five fatalities and numerous crashes rattled Scotts Bluffs Nebraska as reports linked a farmer Perchaluk to the killings of his wife and suicide, a missing woman’s body, drownings, and a fatal car wreck along Overland Drive. Eight Perchaluk children survive, one witness.
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Scotts Bluffs
Neb
North Platte Valley
Perchaluk
Minatare
Amelia Domson
Scotts Bluff
Victor Gonzales
Elizabeth Grooms
Thirty Two Judges Indicted in Chicago Election Fraud Slayings
In Chicago a third special grand jury indicted 32 election officials amid vote fraud probes linked to the machine gun slaying of William H. McSwiggin, assistant state's attorney. Police note 1,240 murders from 1922 to 1925 and 236 in early 1926, with seven charged and five executions. McDonald, the special prosecutor, claimed progress toward naming the murder’s responsible parties.
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Chicago
Ill
William H. McSwiggin
Know McSwiggin
Charles A. McDonald
Assisant
McSwiggin
McDonald
Valentino's Body Passes Through Muscatine En Route to Burial
The Golden State Limited will carry Rudolph Valentino's coffin in a special car through Muscatine at 1:33 a.m. en route to Hollywood for burial. Pola Negri, reportedly Valentino's fiancée, and his brother Alberto Guglielmi accompany the body on the Island train from Chicago without stopping in Muscatine for through passengers.
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Muscatine
Golden State Limited
Rudolph Valentino
Hollywood
Cal
Chicago
Idol
Pola Negri
Valentino
Alberto Guglielmi
War Never Right Says Iowa Legionaire Editor
Frank Miles editor of the Iowa Legionaire told attendees at the Gold Star Memorial service during the Iowa department American Legion annual meeting that war is never right and every war assigns guilt, urging peace and humanity beyond conflict. He stressed a right side and a wrong side and urged love for all brothers abroad and at home.
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Spirit Lake
Frank Miles
The
Iowa Legionaire
Gold Star
Iowa Department
American Legion
America
Former Davenport Fire Chief Dies by Suicide
Peter M. Gillley, 65, former Davenport fire chief, ended his life with a gunshot after a long illness and nervous breakdown. He was found dead in the basement of his home this morning. Despondency was believed to have unsettled his mind temporarily.
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Davenport, In
Peter M. Gillley
River grain elevators proposed to link rail to waterway
H W Seaman of Clinton Iowa urges federal construction of eight to ten terminal grain elevators at major railroad crossings on the Mississippi River. The project would transfer western grain from rail to barge lines, operated by the Agriculture Department, allowing farmers to use low water rates and move grain toward milling centers and Chicago and the Great Lakes.
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Chicago, Ill
Mississippi River
H. W. Seaman
Clinton
Upper Mississippi Valley
The
Inland Waterways Corporation
Seaman
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Chicago
Great Lakes
Aged Senator McKinley Weakens Further in Martinsville
Senator William B. McKinley showed signs of decreased strength and diminished mental clarity in Martinsville Indiana as of early morning reports. Attending physician Dr. R H Egbert noted restlessness delirium and partial wakeful periods with vital signs including respiration 28 temperature 98 10 and pulse 104.
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Martinsville
Ind
William B. McKinley
R. H. Egbert
Illinois
Miners Trapped After Oklahoma Mine Explosion
In Tahona Oklahoma a gas explosion at Superior Smokeless Coal No 29 trapped 12 miners with several injured. By noon rescuers aimed to reach the entombed workers while hopes faded for 16 or 17 others believed trapped earlier.
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Tahona
Okla
West Mine
Superior Smokeless Coal Company
Lee Carter
Growth of Christian stewardship seen by World Service secretary
Montezuma Iowa September 3 AP The most amazing doctrinal development in American religious life today is the growth of Christian stewardship says Dr Luther E Lovejoy stewardship secretary for the World Service commission of the Methodist Episcopal church Chicago He notes 1925 religious giving across denominations totaled 656000000 with Methodists 147000000 and Roman Catholics 168000000 per capita giving places United Presbyterians first at 1495 per member and Methodists Episcopal 381 per member He says four million Methodist members have an annual income near 3000000000 suggesting a 10 percent giving could fund a 300000000 church budget and markedly improve church operations and missions
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Montezuma
Luther E. Lovejoy
World Service Commission
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Iowa
Lovejoy
United States
Canada
United Presbyterians
Methodist Episcopalians
United Stewardship Council
Methodist
Postal Agents Nab Wyoming Train Robbers in Big Heist
U S postal inspectors round up six men and two women in connection with the August 13 Union Pacific mail car robbery near Wamsutter Wyoming. Confessions from John W Madigan and others reveal planning in Rock Springs pool room with Jack Kearns and Edna Evans. loot buried near the track.
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Denver
Colo
United States
Union Pacific
Wamsutter
Wyo
R. B. Mundelle
John W. Madigan
Cheyenne
Deal
Jack Kearns
Salt Lake City
Madigan
Edna Evans
Rock Springs
Kearns
Mundelle
A. J. Miller
Orpheum Music Makers Strike In Sympathy With The Theaters
Union musicians in the Orpheum circuit order a sympathy strike affecting about 60 vaudeville houses from Chicago to the Pacific coast. San Francisco theaters operate with curtailed staffs as stage crews walk out in sympathy. Issues include one day of rest in seven and higher wages amid a broader labor dispute in the Bay counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda and Marin.
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San Francisco
Calif
Orpheum
San Francisco Bay
Joseph M. Weber
International Musicians Protective Association
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Bay
San Mateo
Alameda
Marin
Trainmen Killed as B&O Freight Collision Near Foley
Three B and O freight train crew members died and several others injured when the eastbound freight ignored signals near Foley Pennsylvania. Officials attributed the accident to signal disregard by the locomotive crew.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Foley
Indictments In Ohio Death Case Named Three Men
Canton Ohio September 3 AP Ben Rudner Louis Mazer and Patrick Eugene McDermott were indicted by Stark County grand jury for the first degree murder of Don R Mellett Canton publisher on July 16 Rudner a Massillon hardware merchant was taken into custody shortly before the report to Judge Abram W Agler Mazer a former Canton pool room proprietor is charged with the murder in a warrant issued August 16 He is jailed in Cleveland while also held on conspiracy to violate federal law McDermott of Nanty Glo PA and Cleveland is at large as the national search for the key man in the case continues since July 30
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Canton
Ben Rudner
Louis Mazer
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Stark County
Don R. Mellett
Rudner
Massalion
Abram W. Agler
Mazer
Cleveland
McDermott
Nanty Glo. Pa
Ohio's first triple execution by electrocution
In Columbus Ohio on September 3 three condemned men from Pomeroy Richard Rhoades John Hedrick and John Bryant were executed for the March 15 slaying of James McCumber. Bryant spoke praising God Hedrick said he told the truth and Rhoades observed the scene before dying.
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Columbus
John Bryant
Richard Rhoades
John Hedrick
Pomeroy
Ohio Penitentiary
James McCumber
Ohio
Bryant
McCumber
Rhoades
Hedrick
William S Hart's Divorce Case Moves to Reno Colony
Winifred Westover Hart, estranged wife of actor William S Hart, travels with her mother and son to Reno seeking a decree. Married in late 1921, the couple separated after a son failed to bridge differences. Hart set up trusts of 103000 for Mrs Hart and 190000 for William Hart Jr with bans on film work and cash provisions if divorce occurred.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Winifred Westover Hart
William S. Hart
Reno
Hart
Winifred Westover
Hills Search For Aviators In Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania mountains, feared by pilots in bad weather, are being searched for missing aviators Lloyd Spearman and George Weise of Wichita, Kansas. They departed Pittsburgh Wednesday for the national air races opening in Philadelphia Saturday and were due at Model Farms field yesterday.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Spearman
George Weise
Wichita
Kas
Pittsburgh
Model Farms Field
Wealthy hotel man in Lexington kills woman then ends his life
In Lexington Kentucky Kelly C Kirtley 70 a wealthy hotel and restaurant owner killed Miss Mildred McDaniel 26 of Brooklyn then fatally shot himself in a hotel bathroom Miss Alma Gregory who shared the room with Mildred witnessed the events Two written messages found in Kirtleys room named an executor and an undertaker and detailed funeral directions
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Lexington
Kelly C. Kirtley
Fayette County
Kentucky
Mildred McDaniel
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kirtley
Alma Gregory
Mr. Kirtley
Thomas B. Adams
Brighton
Army blimp TC-5 lands safely after night storm over Illinois
Lieut. W A Gray and a four man crew guided the non rigid airship TC-5 to a safe landing at Scott Field Belleville Illinois after a 36 hour voyage through electrical storms and darkness. The flight marked the first inland voyage since the Shenandoah disaster and tested the craft’s weather endurance.
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St. Louis
Ill
W. A. Gray
Scott Field
Belleville
Here
Shenandoah
Ohio Hills
Dayton
Lieut. Gray
Indianapolis
Mississippi River
Granite City
Scottfield
Gray
Langley Field
Davenport Fire Ravages Drug Store and Nearby Shops
A blaze in Davenport Iowa shortly before midnight damaged Bengston drug store and several neighboring firms including E & W Clothing Martha Washington candy shop Grossman’s and Kinney shoe store. Losses exceed $200,000 with fire, water and smoke damage. origin undetermined but believed to be spontaneous combustion in the drug store.
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Davenport
Bengston Drug Store
Bengston’s
E. & W. Clothing Company
Martha Washington Candy Shop
Grossman's Ladies’ Ready-To
Hellerud’s Jewelry Store
Kinney Shoe Store
Hub Clothing Store
Vierkoetter Plans Professional Run After Record Swim
Ernst Vierkoetter, cycling? No, channel swimmer, announces he will turn professional in Cologne Germany. He has received offers from Germany and England totaling about 100000 dollars for exhibitions and vaudeville tours but seeks funds only to finance a modern bakery in Cologne.
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Cologne
Germany
Ernst Vierkoetter
England
Vierkoetter
Iowa and Illinois Weather Outlook With River Board Readings
Iowa expects showers and possible local thunder tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Illinois remains unsettled with showers or storms likely through Saturday. River stage readings show St Paul at 0.5 rising 0.4, La Crosse 3.0 falling 0.2, Dubuque 7.7 falling 1. Davenport 5.5 rising 0.4, Keokuk 6.8 rising 2.0, St. Louis 8.8 falling 0.1.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
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Patrick
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