Iowa Senate Recount Totals in Fifty Counties Released
In Iowa Washington August 14 the complete senate recount in fifty of the seventy eight counties using piper ballots shows Daniel F Steck 206574 and Senator Brookhart 195001. Additional counties including Lucas Lyon Madison Mills counted. Missing ballots noted in Madison county Winterset township.
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Washington
Aue
Senate
Iowa
Piper
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Steck
Lucas
Lyon
Madison
Mills
Mitchell
Monona
Monroe
Montgomery
Winterset Township
Madison County
Monroe County
Crockhart
Anonymous Letter Threatens Life of Andrew Mellon
Will K. Reenie, who confessed sending an anonymous letter to Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon threatening his life, is held for investigation in Kansas City. Police discuss mental health assessment and possible commitment if unbalanced, while federal authorities consider applicable statutes.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Will K. Reenie
Andrew Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Shreeve
United States
William H. Davenport
United States Secret Service
Mellon
Missing Grace Wolfe Found Amid Chorus Cast
Grace Wolfe a Des Moines waitress linked by police to a burned body case is found to be a chorus member in a local musical comedy stock show in Ottumwa. She left Des Moines for a theatrical career, informing no one of her plans before departing.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Grace Wolfe
Des Moines
Miss Wolfe
Dess Moines
Man Dies After Wax Fire At Council Bluffs Home
Henry R. Arnold sixty died in a local hospital two weeks after suffering burns from wax preparation on a kitchen range at his Council Bluffs home. He had lived there many years, never married, and free of close family, residing near several homes he had acquired.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs
Henry R. Arnold
Girl Hero Burns Self Trying to Save Baby Sister
In Alameda California Leona Southard ten rushed back into a burning home to rescue her infant sibling after an oil stove exploded. Her clothing caught fire and she saved the baby then extinguished the flames with a garden hose and saved the house. She is in critical condition with little hope of recovery.
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Associated Press
Alameda
Cal
Leona Southard
Leona
Duorn
Little Hope
Note on Security Pact Approved by Belgium and Allies
Paris reports the proposed security pact has in principle approval from the Belgian government. The note will go to Rome for transmission to Berlin next week after London negotiations. The British changes did not alter the pact’s main lines. the French text remains the draft basis.
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Paris
Germany
London
Rome
Berlin
Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Texas cattle culled in foot and mouth quarantine zone
Extermination of livestock began south of Houston with firing squads to kill and bury about 360 cattle in one day as part of a mass cull in a 3000 to 4000 head zone. Officials say exposure risk prompts slaughter of all potentially exposed cattle in the quarantine area. Des Moines officials consider quarantines and measures on Texas cattle imports due to the outbreak.
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Associfed Press
Houston
Texas
Marion Imes
Federal Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Imes
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Girl Denies Suicide Attempt After Elopement
Dorothy Marquis fifteen, returned to Des Moines after eloping with Harold Smith from Aledo, denies Rock Island reports of a suicide attempt following capture on a Mississippi river island. She says she will stand by her husband who is jailed on a statutory charge filed by the girl's mother. The mother plans to seek annulment of the marriage.
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Associated L’ress
Des Moines
Dorothy Marquis
Harold Smith
Aledo
Rock Island
Mississippi
Mrs J P Morgan Dies at Noon in New York Home
Mrs John Pierpont Morgan died at noon today at her Glencove Long Island home. The obituary notes her prominence as a financier’s wife and member of prominent New York social circles.
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J. P. Morgan
Associated Press
New York
John Pierpont Morgan
Glencove, L
Negotiations with Belgium Halted Amid Pending Talks
Washington reports that debt talks between the United States and Belgium were suspended today as a Monday conference with President Coolidge Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot approaches. The Belgian war debt of 3.480 billion dollars remains unsettled with final decisions resting with Coolidge and the Belgian cabinet.
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Washington
Aus
United States
Belgium
Coolidge
Mellon
Smoot
American Debt Commission
Elgin
Melton
Utah
American Commission
Plymouth
Iowa audiometer promises cures for deafness
University of Iowa scientists unveil the Iowa audiometer aimed at restoring hearing in some deaf individuals by exploiting vibration frequencies. The device tests a range of pitches from 125 to 3000 vibrations per second, identifying deaf points and potentially enabling speech perception through specific frequency bands.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Towa
Youthful robber takes registered pouch from truck
A young man about 26 years old forced a mail truck driver to surrender a pouch of registered mail from a Chicago Burlington and Quincy transfer. He and the pouch escaped in a waiting car while federal agents in Chicago investigated the loot. Investigators say the pouch likely contained payroll money for telegraph or tewanee factors.
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Associated Press
Kewanee
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Federal Secret Service
Chicago
Tewanee
Denver
Iowa land value totals nine billion in state assessment
Officials announce the total taxable value of Iowa real estate at 8.914 billion dollars including farm lands and city property. Farm lands are valued around 2.245 billion, with city properties around a similar scale. exemptions and biennial valuation adjustments are noted.
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Iowa
Couneil
President Coolidge Heads by Motor to Plymouth
President Coolidge began his trip to Plymouth Vermont despite overcast skies and a prediction of rain. He chose motor transport to travel from his current location to his father's home, emphasizing routine travel habits.
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Eyrt
Mass
Colidge
Plymouth
Vermont
Massive mastodon jawbone donated to University of Iowa museum
The lower jawbone of a mastodon discovered weeks ago by Charles Locke while fishing in the Des Moines River has been donated to the University of Iowa Museum. The find occurred near Iowa City and the specimen was presented to the institution this month.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Charles Locke
Des Moines
University of Iowa
Iauawa audiometer aids deaf education in Council Bluffs
Doctors develop tools to curb deafness and teach deaf children using devices that stress sounds and link noises to speech. The latest Iawa audiometer was completed for the school for the deaf in Council Bluffs to help children learn to speak naturally by associating sounds with speech.
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Bers
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Coolidge Refuses to Comment on 1928 renomination
President Coolidge offers no statement on a possible run in 1928. Republican boosters and national committeemen Dave Mulvaney and J. W. Taylor push the idea, arguing his strength could secure a victory. Critics note the ultraconservative era may soon shift and question the staying power of his appeal.
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Washington
Dbd. C
Coolidge
197Sk
Dave Mulvane
J. W. Taylor
Republican National
Kansas
Tennessee
President Coolidge Visits Son in Vermont Camp
President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge travel from Swampscott to Plymouth Vermont in a rainstorm. They stop at Aver to greet Corporal John Coolidge at a citizens military training camp near there. The presidential limousine chats briefly with the son before continuing amid heavy rain along the Mohawk trail.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Vermont
Coolidge
Fitchlurs
Mass
Ave
Swampscott
Aver
John Coolidge
White Court
Ayer
Roth
Mohawk
Dayton gathering denounces Darrow as Bryan memorial begun
At Dayton Tennessee the William J. Bryan memorial Association pledges to raise 1.5 million for buildings and 5 million for endowment of a fundamentalist school. A. T. Stewart attacks Clarence Darrow as a menace while Judge Raulston defends his conduct and political neutrality.
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Ity
Associated Presse
Dayton, Tenn
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Darrow
John Scopes
Stewart
Raulston
Governor Kendall backs U S in world court plea
Former Governor N Ee Kendall urged a United States seat on the world court in a Des Moines Rotary Club address. He also urged lowering tariff duties to aid debtor nations in repaying U S obligations.
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Des Moines
World Court
United States
N. Ee. Kendall
Rotary Club
Kendall
Famous French stallion Niceas sold to German stud
Berlin July 26 The famous French stud stallion Niceas has been sold to a German stud for 260 000 marks. Agents refused to divulge the purchaser's name. Niceas foaled in 1920 is a product of Baron M de Rothschilck's stud. During three years of racing the horse won more than 500 000 francs.
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Berlin
Niceas
Pur
Heer
M. de Rothschikk
Discharged Teacher Plans Suit Against Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls Aug 14 Professor Aldena Carlson longtime head of English at Ellsworth College says she will sue the institution for breach of contract claiming her firing was for her political support of La Follette and Brookhart and her antiwar advocacy. She cites trustees told her activities harmed the college and parental objections could reduce enrollment.
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Associated Press
Iowa Falls
Ellsworth College
Aldena Carlson
Miss Carlson
Senator la Follette
Brookhart
Jurca
One MacMillan plane damaged as expedition advances
One MacMillan Arctic plane was damaged in a storm while three planes continue to push toward an intermediate base at Flagler Fjord on Axel Heiberg Island. The damaged aircraft NA-2 was sent aboard the steamer Peary for repairs as the team schedules reconnaissance and supply drops on the route from Ktob to Axel Heibers Island.
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Washington
Aig
MacMillan Apretie
Flagler Fjord
Eltismore Ishind
Ktoeh
Greenland
Peary
Miagler Mjord
Kbtah
Lupe Thomas Heabbard
Axel Heiburs Island
Plan to Register Poultry in Future Plan to Register Poultry in Future
The American Poultry Association adopted a system of registration and certification at its convention in Des Moines. It covers standard bred fowls, champions and productive birds, based on exhibition and egg laying records. L. B. Hefner warned of an upcoming egg famine due to rising consumption outpacing breeders. He cited government figures showing per-household egg use at 156 pounds annually.
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Tiv
Associated Press
Des Moines
American Poultry Association
United States
L. B. Hefner
Iowa Poultry Breeders’ Association
Death of Burlington furniture leader in Denver
K. P. Eastman vice president and general manager of the Chittenden and Eastman Company died in St. Luke's Hospital Denver. He began in furniture in 1877 as a book keeper and became a partner in 1883. Eastman founded the Citizens Water Company of Burlington and led it eighteen years, also presiding over the Hotel Burlington Company.
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Burlington
K. P. Eastman
Chittenden and Eastman Company
St. Luke's Hospital
Denver
Colo
Eastman
Citizens Water Company of
Hotel Burlington Company
Thrift Education Spreads in Los Angeles Schools
In Los Angeles on August 14 the thrift curriculum reaches nearly 200 public schools teaching savings value and home and business economy. A school savings department idea by local banks has led to 638 478 accounts opened by July 2 with 686000 dollars deposited to students.
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Des Angeles
Los Angeles
Hetebli
Ief
Whale meat nourishment for Norway's poor class
In Oslo on July 26 the article notes whale meat is a common nourishment for Norway's poorer classes. It states that during spring months large quantities were shipped to Trondhjem, Bergen and Oslo and that only the best, most tender portions are chosen for human consumption.
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Oslo
Norway
Trondhjem
Bergen
Train disaster near Amiens kills eleven and injures 160
An express Paris Caen bound merrymakers train derailed and burst into flames near Amiens. Eleven dead and 160 injured. no Americans among the dead. Engineer braked at high speed. baggage car derailed. seven cars toppled. three coaches burned. some bodies believed still trapped. Engineer unharmed. mental state under review.
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Amiens
France
Spraying Key to Grapes Quality in Illinois Tour
Hamilton Illinois August 14 Spraying is a vital aid to grape quality as Professor A S Colby of the University of Illinois horticulture department told an interstate tour including Iowa and Illinois farmers The tour covers vineyards orchards watermelon patches and sweet potatoes with organizers W C Calvert and J H Lloyd In Carthage IL Colby warned of grape pests such as grape root worm berry moth and leaf hopper and noted variable spray needs Fertility remains unresolved with possible nitrogen aid early in spring The Illinois and Iowa Agricultural Experiment Stations are studying the issue and Colby urged more farmers to grow grapes as a supplemental income.
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Associated Press
Hamilton
Ill
A. S. Colby
Horticulture Department
University of Ilinois
Iowa
Hlinois
Lee County
Hancock County
W. C. Calvert
Donnellson
J. H. Lloyd
Carthage
Colby
Ianois
Iowa Agricultural E Xperiment
Ile
Hammond to quit prohibition crusade for home ownership drive
Waterloo reporter John B. Hammond, famed dry raider in Iowa, will end his liquor fight this fall to back a home ownership campaign backed by the Social Purity League of America. He announced the switch in a Westminster Presbyterian church address last night.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
John B. Hammond
Iowa
Social Purity League of America
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Riot injures thirty in Madras procession attack
In Madras on Aug 13 a mob attacked a national congress supporters' procession on the eve of municipal elections injuring thirty people, with seven arrests reported.
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Associated Press
Madras
Ind
National Congress
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