Chautauqua Closes With Tooley Opera Tonight
The Chautauqua ends with the Tooley comic opera company performing The Chimes of Normandy, billed as a mix of music and comedy to draw a large crowd despite weather hampering attendance. Lew Shank, former Indianapolis mayor, gave a humorous address on great men and everyday heroes, while Dr J M Wishart led the Bible hour citing Isaiah's promises of strength, renewal, and steadfast faith. Rev J Steade McCrory opened with prayer.
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Weather Man
Davies Light Opera Company
Tooley Comic Opera Company
Davies
Normandy
Tooley Singers
Assembly
Lew Shank
Indianapolis
America
Mr. Shank
Nees
Washington County
J. M. Wishart
Dr. Wishart
Isaiah
Wishart
J. Steade McCrory
Canton Cleaning Up Canton After Murder Probe
Canton officials press federal agents to intensify liquor and narcotic investigations as they pursue leads in the Don R. Mellett murder case. District Attorney A I Bernsteen orders assistant Howell Leuck to “clean up Canton” while questioning Canton attorney Norman B Clark amid bribery and illicit activity allegations tied to Mellett inquiry. A murder warrant remains in the case with additional Canton officials named in a Mazer statement.
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Rye
Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Canton
Don R. Mellett
A. I. Bernsteen
Howell Leuck
Norman B. Clark
Berneteen
Clark
Mazer
Gere
Leuck
Mellett
Veterans of 1928 Adjourn Meet Ends Encampment Sessions
The Spanish American War veterans close their five day encampment in Des Moines with final sessions for the veterans, the women's auxiliary, and the Spanish war nurses. New officers include Commander in Chief Sen. Rice W. Means and C Noel Markham as senior vice commander. Detroit hosts in 1917 and Havana will host in 1928. The auxiliary elects Blanche Barker president general. Over 390 Spanish war nurses gain veteran status and join as members. Miss Jennie Dix of Boston named president.
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Associated Pressey
Des Moines
United Spanish War Veterans
Women's Auxiliary
Rice W. Means
Colorado
C. Noel Markham
Portsmouth
A. Anderson
Omanho
Mera C. Clemons
Owatonna
Minn
H. A. Arnold
Philadelphia
Detroit
Havana
Cuba
Blanche Barker
Lowell
Mass
United States
Veterans Organization
Jennie Dix
Boston
Celor Contest Deadline Nears This Saturday
The Journal urges participants to mail or drop off their colored pages before Saturday night closing time. Submitters are reminded to ensure arrival at the office by the deadline to be counted.
Watch Reaction to Kellogg Address Cabled Abroad
Europe reacts to Secretary Kellogg’s Plattsburgh speech on Geneva arms talks with optimism. The full text was cabled to American missions as Kellogg said the United States seeks progress on naval and land arms limits and left room for a Washington conference if Geneva stalls.
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Kellogg
Pha
Washington, D. CC. Ag
Europe
Kelloce
Plattsburgh
Geneva
Coolidge
United States
Washington
Nine Die as Berlin Cologne Express Derails Near Lehrte
Nine people are killed and several injured when the Berlin Cologne express derails near Lehrte after fish plates are loosened. The train, traveling 50 mph, plunged into an embankment with first coaches telescoped. darkness hindered rescue and more deaths could be found among debris. English victims identified among early fatalities.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lehrte
Germany
Award Contract to Gravel Forty Miles of Muscatine Roads
Muscatine Iowa August 19 contracts for graveling about forty miles of county and primary roads were let by the board of supervisors under the road program adopted June 23. Work to begin September 1 and be finished by November 1. Moore and Eldridge of Clemons Iowa won most of the work, slightly over 39 miles. Local firms secured the rest of the contracts.
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Muscatine
Associated Tress
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Heavy Rain Wrecks Bridges Near Mason City
A cloudburst drenched the Mason City area causing several highway bridges to wash away. Milwaukee railroad workers toiled overnight to save a bridge south of Plymouth, the storm’s center of destruction.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Milwaukee Railroad
Plymouth
Archbishop Mora de Rio Pushes Free Church Rights in Mexico
In a letter to President Calles, Archbishop Mora de Rio seeks suspension of religious regulations and freedom of speech, worship, association, and press for Mexico’s Catholic Church and laity. Twenty merchants urge reconciliation with the government. authorities plan to question about 56 to 60 Catholics tied to General Estrada's alleged invasion plot in California.
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Mexico City
Mora de Rio
Mexico
Carles
P Orey
Mora del Rio
Estrada
Attorney General’s Departmenty
Enrique Estrada
California
el Universal Telegraphs
General Estrada
San Diego
Wield Lights Spark Oklahoma Residents Fear and Wonder
A red ball of fire observed nightly near a Clarmore cemetery unsettles farmers and northern residents. Some call it St Elmo's fire while others suspect a regular, unexplained phenomenon. Observers report 4 to 11 pm appearances within a half mile of the cemetery.
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Associated Press
Clarmore
Ola
St. Elmo's
Oklahoma
Water City
Altho
St. Elmo
British coal talks collapse after opening session
London Aug 19 The negotiations between British coal owners and coal miners to end the long strike collapsed shortly after they began this afternoon, signaling no immediate peace in the dispute.
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Associated
Rules That Dubuque Board of Education Exceeded Its Power
Miss May K. Francis, state superintendent of schools, ruled that the Dubuque school board exceeded its discretionary power by appointing a sergeant at arms with a $150 monthly salary. The decision reverses a prior county superintendent ruling after a meeting on April 12 when a board member proposed the post to police order and guard supplies. Critics claimed supplies never exceeded $200 and called the appointment wasteful.
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Des Moines
Dubuque
May K. Francis
Dubuue
Brownson
Francis
Nicaragua Moves to Quell Rebellion Across Nation
The Nicaraguan government mobilizes and dispatches troops coast to coast to suppress revolutionary outbreaks. American charge d affaires Lawrence Dennis informed the U S State Department today.
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Washington D. C
Lawrence Dennis
Managua
State Department
Crash of French airship near Aldington leaves four dead
FolkeStone England Aug 19 The British air ministry opened an inquiry into a cross channel airship crash that killed American Robert Blaney of Boston Italian Vireo Rizzi and French pilot M de Lisle and injured 12 others including seven Americans. The craft struck a barn in dense fog during a forced landing.
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Associated Press
Folkestone
England
British
Air Ministry
Aldington
Robert Blaney
Boston
Europe
Harvard
Vireo Rizzi
Ttalian
London
Ambassador Club
Paris
M. de Lisle
Royal Victoria Hospital
Victoria Vaiden
Theentral Land Bank of
Baltimore
Edna Bennett
United States
Canada
Lou Hearn
Mary
Victoria Hospital
Margaret Hazzard
Stanley
Miss Benedett
Vaiden Sisters
Stroh
Miss Bennett
Gravel Laying Begins on North Road by Harvey and Mahaska
Harvey and Mahaska gravel company started laying gravel on the town North Road near Washington. Eight cars of material are delivered daily with work to Car son corner five miles north and progress planned to Bush corner eight miles from town. Snater company of Ackley awarded the contract for the section from Bush corner through Kalona to the Johnson county line.
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Harvey and Mahaskar Gravel Company
Washington
Carson Corner
Bush Corner
Kalona
Johnson County
Snater Company
Ackley
Women’s Swimming Schedule Resumed at YMCA Pool
The YMCA pool will resume women’s swimming classes starting tomorrow after a hiatus for the hhautauqua. Classes are set for 10:00 AM, 2:30 PM, 3:20 PM, and 7:30 PM.
Newspaper Man in Statement Admits the Kitchener Hoax
London August 19 The Daily Sketch quotes Singleton Gates a British journalist saying he invented the Field Marshal Lord Kitchener body discovery tale with Frank Power Power claimed he found Kitchener s body and opened a case said to contain remains Officials said the case was empty Gates alleges Power sought publicity for a film How Kitchener was betrayed shown privately in 1921 to Kitchener s sister and peers
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Associated Press
London
The
Daily Sketch Today
Singleton Gates
Gates
Field Marshal
Lord Kitchener
Norway
Frank Power
Power
Remeina
Home Office
Kitchener
House of Lords
House of Commons
Sheffield denies plans to resign as ambassador to Mexico
Secretary Kellogg said James R. Sheffield is not resigning and will return to Mexico after a summer vacation. The report of his resignation was unfounded. The Sutton family drove in from Chicago, having spent three weeks visiting relatives in Illinois Wisconsin Indiana and Michigan.
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Paul Smith
James R. Sheffield
Mexico
Kellogg
State
Frank W. Sutton
Chicago
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Calexico seeks guard support amid Mexicali unrest
Calexico officials ask for 500 American troops from the South west corps area stationed in San Francisco as protection against a potential revolt in Mexicali. Gen Enrique Estrada and 150 followers are jailed in the U S for violating neutrality with bond set at 26000. Civilian guards to be used as navy guards cannot lawfully protect the prisoners.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Sth Corps
San Francisco
Calexico
Tne
Mexicali
Lower
California
Estrada
United States
Marine Barracks
Washington
Navy
Farmers Run Roadside Markets Worth Big Money
The American Road Builders Association reports that farmers who operate roadside markets for motorists generate about 25 million dollars annually. The study highlights the importance of good roads to farmers and the value of accessible roadside sales.
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Washington, D. C
American Road Builders Association
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Shank
Meys
Arthur Wells
Canton All DE Gleared
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