Local News Briefs From Washington and Surrounding Areas
Centerville visitor Lew Davidson prepares to depart tonight to return home Brady Davidson hosts relatives in town Keosaqua visitors Mr and Mrs C C Haney return home from visiting Frank Haney and Steve Ruplinger lawn social at St James school Wednesday evening Delbert Gerke returns to Fairfield after visiting E D Morrison in Washington Mrs C S Anderson travels to Cedar Falls to visit Ruth Anderson Ada Wilson and children return from Brighton Barbara Cuddy visits Hedrick Mae Wehr returns to Columbus Junction Lois Simpkins accompanies Miss Wehr C D A social planned if rain Monmouth College girls to Lake Geneva August 15 Jeanne Pattsson Grace Fetherstone Mary Swinney join others Margaret Webster Vera Palmer Mary Turney Mae McDill in group Mrs Julius Sodini moves to Washington Helen Snelson visits Jean Bailey and Dan Bailey of Winfield visit W S Reister home Heinrich Eicher and Theodore Bailey in Brighton Harold Jones and Rodney Mayhew to Ames for fall study Richard Johnson family returns from Minnesota Mrs Simpkins and son Floyd of Ainsworth visit Washington E F Finke Crawfordsville in town S S Rothschilds depart Iowa City for New York City Jeanette Rothschild to Cleveland Laura Bridges returns from Muscatine Russell Connor trucking service listed Clarence Hildebrand of Belmond in town Ernest Clarence in Carroll for business
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Monmouth Daily Review-Atlas
Washington
Monmouth
Lake Geneva
Jeanne Pattsson
Grace Fetherstone
Mary Swinney
Lake
Monmouth College
Margaret Webster
St. Louis
Missouri
Y. W
Mary Turney
Hebron
Ind
Mae McDill
Wapello
Iowa
Vera Palmer
Christine Skubal
Oakdale Sanitarium
Fay Cherwinker
Cherwinker
Fay
Mela Horak
Gregory
Esther
Hobby
Keota
Geo. Brown
Sarah E. Warner
Mrs. Godlove
M. I. McCreedy
Baby
Will McCreedy
Ivan
Riverside
J. R. McCreedy
Leo Farrington
Harold Godlove
Frank Embree
Cecil Cole
S. E Wallin
Brighton
Lucille Stattler
Miss Cecil
Virginia Benson
Kephart
Cloyce Benson
Bernice
Ross
Clarence Rathmel
Harold
Roy Wells
New Haven
Siege of Palisades Coal Mine Prolonged by Fugitive Search
The Palisades coal mine siege continues with three fugitives suspected in a $15,508.71 robbery still inside the mine. Six federal officers guard the main portal and two air shafts as a coal shortage prompts miners to report for duty to protect the operation. Sheriff Jeff Watson promises protection against potential attacks.
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Palisades
Colo
Palisades Mine
Jeff Watson
Gubernatorial primaries show Paulen leading Kansas race
As returns from 786 of 2579 precincts come in, Ben S. Paulen leads Kansas Republican governor race with 24 882 votes, Clyde Reed 18 764, W R Stubbs 19 362. Missouri and Oklahoma results also indicate lead changes among GOP and Democratic hopefuls.
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The
Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas
Ben S. Paulen
Fredonia
Clyde M. Reed
W. R. Stubbs
Paulen
Reed
Stubs
Missouri
ST. Louis
Baker
Miller
Lloyd
Nelson
Jacobs
Priest
Moore
Loftin
Oklahoma City
Okla
E. W. Howard
Tulsa
J. C. Walton
United States Senate
Howard
Walton
W. B. Pine
Okmulgee
Eugene Lorton
Government seeks injunction and receiver for Belridge Oil Co
Federal Judge Bledsoe ordered Belridge Oil Co officials to appear on September to show cause why the government’s Aug 7 application for an injunction and a receiver should not be granted. The government contends the lease was illegal during Albert B. Fall’s tenure as interior secretary and seeks its cancellation.
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Associated Arena
Los Angeles
Calif
Belridge Oil Company
Elk Hills
Kern County
Bledsoe
Beldrige Company
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Coolidge to Narrow Speech to Major Issues at Nomination
President Coolidge plans to limit his acceptance address to a few key topics. He will focus on the administration's foreign relations record and government economics. Separately, Owen J. Roberts said the government is ready to proceed in the fall with civil suits and a damage case against former Secretary Fall, Edward L Doheny, and Harry Sinclair.
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Washington
Coolidge
United States
Owen J. Roberts
White House
Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Death Car May Have Stopped at Ames Garage
Detectives learned from Ames today that a car fitting the description of the vehicle that wrecked a machine driven by Granville Bailey near Oakland on Sunday, killing Mrs. Bailey, stopped at an Ames garage at 3 am Monday for repairs. The Nebraska tagged car showed evidence of a collision and its occupants claimed they had attended a funeral en route to Ogden Iowa as investigators pursue the vehicle.
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Ansoerated Press
Des Moines
Ames
Granville Bailey
Oakland
Shuman Leaves for California Visit Family Ties
L. M. Shuman departed last evening for his Van Voys California home after visiting Will Shuman, sister Mrs. O. R. Dayton, and other relatives. He always enjoys his visits.
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L. M. Shuman
van Voys
Cal
Will Shuman
Investigation into paying deal at Shenandoah Iowa
A report filed with Attorney General Ben J. Gibson seeks an official probe of Shenandoah city officials city clerk Frank Lanman and Councilman Walter Ross over payroll irregularities tied to a paying contract. Henry Reed, local banker, alleges $130 in checks were issued to a nonemployee Joe Miller and endorsed by Ross, who cashed them. Ross offers to repay the funds and resign. Clerk Sanman declined comment as state investigators examine Reed’s affidavits and charges.
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Associated Press
Shenandoat
Frank Lanman
Walter Ross
Ben J. Gibson
Henry Reed
Reed
Joe Miller
State Bureau of Investigation
Vacation notes from Ainsworth and area
Rev W 8 Moore and wife spend vacation with relatives in Burlington. Mr Means and family of Kalona visit Lee Thompson home. Mary Thompson joins them briefly. H V Stickley and son from Galveston Texas and Laurence arrive to visit Parental Trotter home. Mrs W L Alcorn family host Aunt Mrs George Wagoner and Wadene of Pittsburgh. Frank Trotter family move to West Liberty. Sands move into new Spring home. Alcorns travel to Allerton to visit mother. Lee Hunt parents of baby girl born last Tuesday. mother and babe in county hospital and reported fine.
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Ainsworth
Pittsburg
Trotter
West Liberty
George Sands
Frank Trotter
W. L. Alcorn
Helen
Helen Levis
Allerton
Lee Hunt
Adams Not Planning to Run Against Brookhart
In Dubuque Iowa John T Adams former chairman of the Republican National Committee denies any plan to run as an independent against United States Senator Smith W Brookhart this fall He jokes about the notion and says he favors a strong Republican entry while retreating from political duties after his June retirement He left for a summer stay in Northern Michigan with plans to return in August and September
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Dubuque
John T. Adams
Republican National Committee
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Adams
Republian
Brookhart
Michigan
Local residents note hospital visits and family news
HASKINS Mrs P H Boyd and sons and daughter Ellen visit Iowa City for Francis removal of tonsils with surgery set. Several others from the area report hospital stays visits and family happenings including Christine Skubal Oakdale sanitarium Fay Cherwinker and Mrs Mela Horak. Community members travel to see relatives and attend services while births and threshing progress are noted.
Tom Thumb fame of Charles Stratton in Barnum shows
Charles S. Stratton known as Tom Thumb rose to prominence under P. T. Barnum exhibiting in the United States and Europe. He began in 1842 at two feet tall and 16 pounds and later reached 31 inches, then 40 inches, as his height slowly increased over decades.
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Tom Thumb
Charless. Stratton
J. T. Barnum
America
Europe
Soapy Bark Yields Cleaning Sap From Tree
A bark from quillaja tree yields sapo naria described as soapy and valued for washing woolens. The note highlights the fiber cleaning use and the unusual plant product.
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