President Coolidge defends defense day plans against pacifist critics
July 26 report says President Coolidge rebuked pacifists opposing mobilization efforts ahead of Defense Day. He advocates maintaining safeguards and a small standing army while urging citizen responsibility in national defense. He defends the Defense Day test as a mobilization effort and rejects calls to strip safeguards or abolish courts and police.
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Ron
Olidige
Frederick
Recouncil For Prevention of Veh
Libby
Coolide
Coolidge
National Council
Minon
United States
Washington
U S action to seek redress over Imbrie death
Washington announced formal U S action to obtain satisfaction for the murder of Robert W Imbrie American vice consul in Tehran Persia The State Department dispatched a note to Joseph Kornfeld American minister at Tehran expected to present the note early in the week The note is described as a strong protest demanding amends and protection for Americans in Persia and possible demands for a formal apology and indemnities for Imbrie s family
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Washington
Robert W. Imbrie
Teheran
Persia
State Department
Joseph Saul Kornfeld
Kornfeld
Imbrie
Democrats and Unity in Iowa Party Conventions
In Des Moines a split surfaces as Democratic and Republican factions prepare for upcoming elections. The Democratic convention is set for August while Republicans vote next Tuesday. Clyde Ott leads a conservative Iowa wing amid internal party tensions and a Ku Klux Klan issue. Funeral notices reflect local family loss.
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Moines
Foena
Party of Jefferson
Clyde Ott
Des Moines
WW. Marsn
Waterloo
J Weuling
New Hampton
Herring
Sparse High Altitude Trees Mentioned
Readable text notes a few trees growing at a high altitude. The mention implies a small grove or isolated growth in a mountainous area.
1924 Atlantic City beauty pageant shapes Miss America field
Marian Hale reports the September tryouts in Atlantic City for Miss America 1924. Photographs show contestants Rita Caldwell Island Nevins Betty King Imma Layer Georgia Brown in varied satin and brocade costumes with matching millinery. The regalia on the left is the standard costume.
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Marian Hale
New York
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Rita Caldwell
Island Nevins
Betty King
Imma Layer
Georgia Brown
Gibson Upholds Lets' Candidacy
Des Moines Iowa July 26 attorney general Ben J Gibson ruled that Article 5 section 5 of the Iowa constitution does not prevent a judge from running for federal office. He cited Federal Judge Wade and Judge Boss to support his view. Clinton Iowa July 26 Clinton Advertiser reports turmoil over Davenport Judge F D Letts running for Congress in the Second Iowa district. Letts defeated Hull in June primaries but a constitutional challenge arose claiming judges are ineligible for other offices during their term.
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Des Moines
F. D. Leets
Davenport
Congress
Ben J Gibson
Gibson
Martin J. Wade
W. B. Boss
Clinton
F. D. Letts
Iowa
Letts
Hull
Clinton Advertiser
Judge Letts
District Court
Supreme Court
Iowa Deaths Report Highlights Local Notables
Keosauqua Mrs. Laura Brown 70 of Peoria died suddenly at her sister Mrs. W H Sandersons home. Kellerton Miss Eugenie Teal 76 died suddenly after 50 years in Ringgold County. Estherville Mrs. Ann West 76 pioneer died at daughter Mrs. Emil Lees home from cancer. She was born in Toronto and homesteaded in Center township. mother of 14 with 11 living. Waterloo Aston McBride 60 died suddenly on duty as night watchman. Sidney Mrs. Mary Pullman 62 dead. survived by husband one daughter four sons. Wiola Mrs H V Boggs 70 Cass County resident died at home Thursday.
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Keosauqua
Laura Brown
Peoria
W. H. Sanderson
Kellerton
Eugenie Teal
Ringgold County
Estherville
Ann West
Emil Lee
Toronto
Can
Emmet County
Center Township
George
William
Albert Irwin
Huntington
Francis
California
Joe
Fort Dodge
Charles
Bonair
Arch Bixby
Tom
Fort Huron
Mich
Hazel
Omaha
Waterloo
Aston McBride
Sidney
Mary Pullman
Wiola
Notorious Gang Bagged in Snap of Police Trap
Montreal July 26. A sensational arrest bags English Cappie Lewis alias Edward Long who led a 10 man gang active in United States cities and abroad. Police say Lewis tapped wires and used false telephones to swindle victims including H. W. Christen of Chicago who lost 25000 and S im on Touch of St Augustine who lost 56000. George Wallace and other associates detained. Evidence in raid included eight fake telephone sets, dummy lines, and bundles of counterfeit bills. Also noted is a list of minor associates and a Morgan & Co. stationery tie. Also reports the drowning death of Elkader-Milton Henry Beck.
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Montreal
London
Paris
Cappie’ Lewis
Edward Long
Lewis
United States
TH. N. Graham
Bert Donaldson
HW. S. Christen
Chicago
Simon Touch
St. Augustine
Fla
J. E. Bluenthal
Jacksonville
Pla
Christen
George Wallace
J. P. Morgan & Co
Lewis and Wallace
Abe Green
Boston
William Newburn
Frenchy
Russell
Indianapolis
Harry Fore
James Morgan
New York
James Hillard
Melbin Grew
St. Louis
Gus Johanssen
Winnipeg
Frank Hazelton
Detroit
Multiple Local Incidents Reported Across Iowa Towns
Reports from Wiltah Junction Carroll Cedar Falls Cascade Monticello Williamsburg Eagle Grove Storm Lake Shenandoah Flk Horn Sidney Lone Rock Rolfe Glenwood Webston Marengo Cedar Rapids Jefferson North English Council Bluffs New Hampton Decorah outline local events including drownings, fires, arrests, injuries, floods, and political meetings. Names of individuals and towns appear with brief incident notes and outcomes across the region.
La Follette Forces Plan White List
Washington dispatch says La Follette forces will publish the first white list to guide independent voters in eight August primaries Kentucky August 2 through Arkansas August 12. The railroad brotherhoods publish a separate black list.
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LA Follette
Washington, D. C
Joint Executive Committee of 11
Kentucky
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Arkansas
Burns Poem Lover’s Pet and Rossetti’s Favorite Animals
The text notes Robert Burns favored a sheep as his best loved animal while Dante Gabriel Rossetti preferred a range of creatures including woodchucks kangaroos and chameleons.
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Poet Burns
Rossetti
Estmative woods for furniture making noted
A fragment notes white oak hard maple and black walnut as prime woods for furniture making.
Old Circus Clown Awaits Death In Covered Wagon
Fairfield Iowa July 26 Charles W Mason 89 the oldest circus clown in the country sits in his ancient covered wagon in Old Settlers park with the oldest log cabin in Iowa behind him He has heart trouble and refuses hospital care preferring to stay outdoors near memories of Ohio Citizens and patriotic groups tend to him and feed his dogs and aged horses Mason says he will not leave the park alive He arrived Sunday from Oklahoma touring toward his boyhood home in Ohio The piece notes the glow worm lamp and a Derbyshire wedding hive tradition but these details are ancillary to the central scene of the elderly clown awaiting death"}
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Fairfield
Old Settlers’ Park
Iowa
Charles W. Mason
Ohio
Mason
Oklahoma
Three Tourists Die As Auto Is Hit By Train
Columbus Nebraska July 26 Mr and Mrs R E Johnson of Seattle and their daughter Vera Johnson part of a tourist party were killed when their car was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train at a crossing. The train was traveling at about 50 miles an hour and the victims were hurled about 50 feet. Trainmen said Johnson apparently tried to beat the train to the crossing.
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Columbus
Neb
R. ER. Johnson
Seattle
Vera
KR. Jotnson
Union Pacific
Johnson
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U. S
Central Committee
F. Landeyer
Elizab
Buckley
H. L. Everist Auto Exch
Pierce ST
DR. Williams
Elkader
Milton Henry Beck
Cox Creek
Mount Harmony
Garber
C. D. Beck
T. S. Kelly
Sioux City
Apple
Pearl ST
AUTO
Wiltah Junction
Miriam Davidson
Egypt
United Presbyterian Mission Board
Carroll
William Baumhover
Cedar Falls
College Hill
Cascade
Monticello
Felias Mountain
Williamsburg
C. I. Cruse
Eagle Grove
Wright County
Storm Lake
Babe
Leo Lewis
Shenandoah
Carl McClaim
Flk Horn
Soren Justeson
Ned Carter
Lone Rock
Charles Morris
Rolfe
Lucile Dolan
Joseph Dolan
Glenwood
Ray Wells
Webston
Planner
Marengo
Residence
Bear Creek
Cedar Rapids
Leslie Mills
Jefferson
Greene County
Isaak Walton
J. H. Kremmy
Council Bluffs
Thomas Jackson
Vivian Flynn
Grand Rapids
Here
Gollmar Circus
Decorah
William Brown
Wisconsin
Lester
Otto Feuling
Brotherhood
Issue
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Keynoter
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Howell
Nebraska
White House
Derbyshire
England
Mills
Shenandoah, Ia
Thus County
Clinton Wise
Marion Wise
America
Schmoeller & Muelle Steinway
Upright
Lyon & Healy
Mah Behr Bros
New McPhail
Grand Fush & Lane
Churchill Player
Cable & Nelson Play
Promis
Schmoller & Muller Piano
Northwest
Nebraska ST
Steinway
Orpheum
Topeka
Marshall Field
Heather Check
Pelletier
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