Diamond Jubilee Deluge Delays City Fest in Rain
Heavy rains battered Sioux Ulry as the Aunt Jubilee events pressed on despite weather. Crowds from three states arrived by train and car for the Diamond Jubilee pageant at Mizzou Park and a 6:30 p.m. homecoming banquet at Davidson's Tea Room with toasts from city officials and performances by Normendenes Singing Society and Gearens Orchestra.
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Lux
Rosella
Mizzou Park
Davidson's Tea Room
District nurses meet at Penp college
Oskaloosa registered nurses of the second district meet June 12 at Penp college. Miss Frances Ott Elk hart Ind national chairman of private duty nurses is principal speaker.
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Oskaloosa
Penp College
Frances Ott
Elkhart Ind
Goegker
Cobbler’s Plain Talk on Coolidge Platform Honesty
Cleveland June 11 a shoemaker friend of President Coolidge urges honesty in politics. He argues the GOP platform should reflect genuine honesty, criticizes Lodge and the world court plan, and urges denouncing the Ku Klux Klan while supporting Coolidge's bonus stance. He predicts an avalanche of votes for an honest convention platform.
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Coolidge
Cleveland
Senator Lodge
President Coolidge
Washington
America
Sixteen Cents for Gas Plea by Des Moines Auto Club
Des Moines members of the Automobile Club are urged by a special gas price committee to back a filling station contract offering gasoline at 16 cents to 1,600 members, two cents below local prices. The contract requires purchase of Goupou books at 14 and 5 dollars. The move could prompt similar actions statewide as calls for cheaper gas grow and Attorney General Gibson hints at state involvement for uniform pricing.
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Plea OF Auto Club
Des Moines
Des Moines Automobile Club
Gibson
Hova
Barriers Lift as 15000 Vaccinated in Detroit
In Detroit on June 11 authorities removed barriers after 15009 inhabitants across 15 blocks volunteered for vaccination. Police and medical staff guarded the roped off district before residents, many African American, embraced vaccination and barrier removal. Similar actions planned for other affected areas as health authorities report progress.
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Detroit
Mich
Procram Highlights for Homecoming and Rosebud Day
A brief schedule notes Wednesday events: 6 30 p m Diamond Jubilee homecomers banquet at Davidson tea room. 7 15 p m Diamond Jubilee historical pageant at Mizzou park. 8 30 p m Capt Jack Payne and the Aerial Thompsons headline high diving and wire artistry Kings of the High Wire.
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Davidson Tea Room
Mizzou Park
Jack Payne
Pioneers Day Activities and Jubilee Tournament
Visiting golfers compete in the Diamond Jubilee tournament at Sioux City Country Club with 10 a m and 1 p m games at Mizzou Park. Reed's band performs on Fourth and Pierce streets. Captain Jack Payne, world champion penny diver, headlines the aerial act from 2 to 4 p m. A Passing of the West rodeo takes place at Stack Yards Ball Park at 2:30 p m, followed by a tea dance for club members and visitors at 4:30 p m. Folk dancing exhibition hosted by Sioux City Community House on Fourth and Nebraska streets.
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Sioux Ty Country Club
Reed
Nebraska Streets
Mizzou Park
Jack Payne
High Wire
Fourth
Pierce Streets
Stack Yards Ball Park
Country Club
Sioux City
Furniture Expert Is Sales Manager In Anderson Firm
H. J. Brooks is named sales manager for the Anderson Furniture company marking a milestone in his 21 years in the furniture trade. He began in Milwaukee 21 years ago as buyer and manager at the city’s largest department store and later worked with Waldheim & Co. He joined Lindholm Furniture in Sioux City in 1911 before moving to Anderson, where he became financially interested in the operation.
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H. J. Brooks
Anderson Furniture Company
Mr. Brooks
Milwaukee
Waldheim & Co
Sioux City
Lindholm Furniture Company
Anderson
Interior furnishing expert earns trust through truth and practice
Mr. Brooks’ long practice and thorough training in interior furnishing have made him a trusted authority. His policy of truthfulness and square dealing in merchandise has won him many loyal friends.
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Brooks
Dir
Crooks
Infant Mortality Drops Sharply Over 25 Years
Infant mortality has fallen by about 59 percent in the last quarter century, reflecting substantial gains in child health and survival. The statistic underscores progress in public health measures and medical care affecting newborns.
Delegates chosen by penny flip at county convention
The county board of supervisors used a penny flip to decide precinct contest outcomes for the Democratic county convention on June 28. K J Knopfler won the Seventeenth precinct committeeman race after a 9–9 tie with E H Birmingham. Similar flips selected winners in four other precincts including Striegal over Hellman, Converse over Dwyer, McDermott over Cook, and Harrington over Brechtel. The spin also trimmed delegate candidacies tied across precincts in the same manner.
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Democratic” County Cohvention
County Board of Supervisors
County Board
K. J. Knopfler
Knopfler
E. H. Birmingham
Charles W. Striegal
Ole O. Hellman
Emma Converse
Mrs. Dwyer
James B. McDermott
Fred C. Cook
Joseph Harrington
Liberty Township
Peter Brechtel
St Paul Polish Catholic Church Reincorporated
The St Paul Polish Catholic church at 416 South Howard street filed articles of incorporation yesterday with county recorder F A Rogers. It reincorporates as the St Paul National Catholic church under the Polish Catholic Church of America and the guidance of Rt Rev Joseph L Faltynski bishop.
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St. Paul
South Howard Street
F. A. Rogers
St. Paul National Catholic Church
Joseph L. Faltynski
Two Williams Brothers Plead Guilty to Theft Charge
George and Clinton Williams pleaded guilty before Judge Guy T. Graves in Dakota City to breaking into a Burlington railway box car in the South Sioux City yards and stealing 20 sacks of sugar. Each will be sentenced later this week.
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George and
Clinton Williams
Guy T. Graves
Dakota City
Williams Brothers
Burlington Railway
Sioux City
Benefits of College and Career Paths in Banking
The author argues a good college education broadens the mind and helps understand business principles, but immediate top positions are unlikely. Many fields are crowded, so start in subordinate roles to gain thorough knowledge, with ambition tempered by realistic mediocrity. Banking offers training and advancement but will face more competitors as population grows.
Deaths in Iowa and Nearby Towns
Mrs. E A Salisbury of Oskaloosa died in Grand Rapids Michigan at her daughter's home. Funeral from College avenue home at 2 PM Thursday with burial at Forest cemetery. Sigourney sees the burial of William Frederick Mayland 46 of West Point born in Germany. Andrew A Cummings 70 of Delhi died at University hospital Iowa City. unmarried and lifelong resident.
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Oskaloosa
E. A. Salisbury
Edith Mason
Chicago Civic Opera Company
A. C. Terrell
Grand Rapids
Mich
College Avenue
Forrest Cemetery
Sigourney
William Frederick Mayland
West Point
Germany
Gertrude
Gladys
Humboldt
Andrew A. Cummings
University Hospital
Iowa City
Delhi
Burlington Leader Jerusha Cummings Remembered
Burlington mourns Jerusha Cummings sister of the deceased, with the obituary noting Unterkircher and his late 60s passing from pneumonia. The document highlights Burlington figures and a local undertaker background.
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Jerusha Cummings
Weather Plays Tricks aboard Majestic
On the White Star liner Majestic after leaving Southampton passengers in one part of the ship enjoy sunshine while others ashore on the quay are drenched by a heavy downpour. The odd weather contrasts on the same vessel highlight a brisk June day in London.
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London
Majestic
Southampton
Woman in jail slept three weeks. pays small fine
In Worcester England on June 11 Mrs Martha Gunn slept in a cell for three weeks. Police magistrates had forgotten the charge but she was still ordered to pay a small fine described as cell rent by the judge.
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Worcester
Eng
Martha Gunn
New Hampshire
Cal” Coolidge
Happy Cal
Congress
Cal
Republican Convention Notes From Cleveland Center Stage
Will M Cressy reports on the Republican convention crowd in Cleveland with emphasis on a keynote speech by Ix Senator Burton of Ohio and the platform debate aimed at uniting the party. The piece praises Coolidge’s peanut affinity and mocks opposition, while noting Butler of Massachusetts as new national committee chairman.
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Will Cressy
Cleveland
Will M. Cressy
George Storm
Mr. Butler
Massachusetts
National Republican Committee
Butlers
Benjamin F. Ben
William Taft
William
Ben
New Orleans
William Jennings Bryan
Ben Turpin
Resolutions Committee
Consul narrates chaotic Cleveland day ending in clash at convention
A Cleveland consul recounts a day of mishaps from losing a satchel to a barred entry at a convention hall. He describes encounters with a barber school, a breakfast guest pick up, phonograph listening, and an enraged clash with a guard over a badge and entry.
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Cleveland, O
Becme
Statler
Orient
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