Destructive Minnesota Iowa Tornado Kills Eight In August Violence
August 21 reports from Austin Minnesota and Des Moines Iowa describe a massive tornado that swept southern Minnesota and northern Iowa, killing at least eight and causing over 1.5 million dollars in damage. Injuries in Austin include five fatally, with extensive outages and hospitalizations. Iowa towns like Jolley Twin Lakes Rockwell City Nevada Roland and Radcliffe report casualties, destroyed structures, and widespread damage.
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Austin
Minn
Minnesota
Iowa
Des Moines
Jolley
Twin Lakes
Rockwel City
North Lake
George Speer
Havelock
Stella ‘Powell
Traer
Devris
Storn
Nevada
Roland
Radcliffe
Al Smith Defends Liquor Votes in Saloon Campaign
New York Governor Alfred E. Smith addresses his gubernatorial record amid liquor law votes and saloon advocacy. He defends his measures on licensing, local option, and racing gambling while denouncing William Allen White and outlining his campaign strategy with party leaders.
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Albanly
N. Y
Gov
Alfred &. Smith
William Allen White
Emoria
Kan
White
Kansas
Henry J. Allen
Republican Campaign
Republican National Committee
Gotham Hotel
New York
State Supreme Court
Hughes
Assembly
Smith
Europe
Wedding of Isabel Bishop and Harryt Jones Highlight Local News
Miss Isabel Bishop and Mr. Harryt Jones of this place plan marriage and will teach next year as instructors at Sig ourny high school. Various visitors include Mrs. Henry Howard from Nodaway Iowa and Mr. Pressley Figgins with Mrs. Frank Figgins from Des Moines. Union services occur each Sunday with next week in the Friends church featuring Pike of the M E church. Floyd Brittan returns from Davenport after a weekend with friends.
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Isabel Bishop
Harryt Jones
Sigourny High School
Henry Howard
Nodiaway
Hyzer
Pressley Figgins
Kalena
Frank Figgins
Des Moines
A. Neville
Bryan Snider
Margaret Jene
Washington
Change in Registration Times at Washington High
Miss Della Patton, principal, announces an added registration day for Washington high school. Seniors register Friday August 24, with juniors and sophomores on Saturday August 25 and freshmen on Monday August 27. Junior college has Friday and Saturday slots.
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Della Patton
Washington High School
Wednesday's Five Best Radio Features from 1928
Coast to coast networks list programs on WEAF WOR WEHAF WJZ with 7:30 CST slots. Operetta Patience Palmolive and Philco hour are among the featured broadcasts across 85 stations.
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United Press
Columbia
WEAF
WOR
WEHAF
WJZ
Philco
Plattenburg Speaks To The Rotary Club
Charles Plattenberg, a chautauqua feature and Rotarian, spoke to a local Rotary Club about the value of lunching clubs and honest business ethics. He praised breaking bread together to foster goodwill and urged mutual understanding among nations. Members honored golf prize winners Hugh McCleery and Orville Elder and heard calls to support the independent chautauqua association and Knoxville road rally plans.
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Charles Plattenberg
Rotary
F Plattenberg
Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
Plattenberg
United States
Hugh H McCleery
Orville Elder
Fred Neiswanger
Shirley Clark
Ralph Thompson
Frank R. Sage
Chautauqua Association
Car Keek
Knoxville
Tommy’s Biggest Hit Falls to Storm Halting Assembly
The production of Tommy was interrupted in the first act by strong wind and rain during a matinee at the city hall theater. Despite the stoppage, the audience remained, and crews worked to protect the stage.
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Tommy
Bockewitz to Perform Novel Cartoon Show in Ottumwa
Jesse Miller of Ottumwa director of boys work at Chautauqua heard John Bockewitz a cartoonist and entertainer at the Ottumwa assembly recently and said the program Wednesday evening will be decidedly novel and very delightful.
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Bockewitz
Jesse Miller
Ottumwa
Chautauqua
John Bockewitz
Ottumwa Assembly
Washington chautauqua stages Tommy comedy amid storm
The Redpath company presented Tommy to a largely receptive Washington audience despite a half hour storm that threatened the tent. The crowd steadied for a happy ending as Uncle Dave and Marion triumph in a family farce filled with witty lines and social humor. Charles H. Plattecourge delivered a hometown lecture urging loyalty and buying local. Dr. G B McCreary continued Bible lectures, critiquing pleasure seeking and valuing material goods only when aligned with faith.
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Washington
Prip
Tommy
Marion
Dave
Warren Thurber
G. B. McCreary
McCreary
Harvey Funeral Set for Thursday in Peacham Vermont
Funeral services for Col. George W. Harvey who died suddenly at his Dublin home will be private Thursday at his boyhood home in Peacham Vermont. Only close friends will attend the last rites for Harvey a noted figure in American public life.
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Dublin
N. Hi
George W. Harvey
Peacham
Harvey
Thompson Family Drives to Cedar Rapids on Sunday
Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson and daughters Dorothea Gladys and Dorothy Clark motored to Cedar Rapids Sunday for a family outing and visit to relatives.
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Ralph Thompson
Dorothea
Gladys and
Dorothy Clark
Cedar Rapids
Yard Dead Honored In Corridor Light
A corridor at Scotland Yard keeps a perpetually burning lamp to honor officers killed in the World War. The light serves as a living memory with no inscription naming the fallen.
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Scotland Yard
Yard
Coolidge Names Whiting as New Secretary of Commerce
President Calvin Coolidge accepted Herbert Hoover’s resignation and named William P. Whiting of Holyoke Massachusetts as the new secretary of commerce. Whiting 65, heads the Whiting paper company and has long been involved in Massachusetts politics. He will depart Superior for Washington to assume the duties of the post.
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Superior
Wis
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Holyoke
Mass
Coolidge
Whiting
Whiting Paper Company
Three Ships Join In Airplane Search
Three vessels of the Hudson Bay Company have joined the search for the Rockford plane, receiving a telegram from Avra Warren, American consul at St Johns N F. Ruth Richards travels from Ainsworth for shopping in Washington while Mr and Mrs Orai Larkin of Des Moines visit Her parents in town. The piece also notes religious lectures and a Herrick male quartet show at the chautauqua, with audience size and finances discussed.
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Ruth Richards
Ainsworth
Washington
Orai Larkin
Des Moines
J. RM. Kurtz
Program Schedule of August Events at Local Theatre
On Wednesday August 22 at afternoon the Harp Ensemble Company presents a pre Inde program hosted by John K Bockewitz. On Thursday August 28 the Merton Dramatic Company offers Mr Pim Passes By in the afternoon and Taming of the Shrew in the evening.
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Harp Ensemble Company
John K. Bockewitz
Merton Dramatic Company
Mr. Pim
Hoover Returns to West Branch in Iowa Homecoming
Thousands of farmers and families fill West Branch for Herbert Hoover birthplace homecoming. Hoover reviews his farm speech revisions, meets with Senator Brookhart and Rep. Dickinson who report farmers back his farm relief program. A rally at the high school will be led by Senator Capper with farm bureau leaders present.
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Mary. M. Brown
West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Town
Carp Belt
Smith v. Brookhart
Rep
L. J. Dickinson
Mr. Hoover
Brookhart
Good
Republican National Committee
Arthur Capper
Farm Bloc
James R. Howard
Farm Bureau
George Turner
Hoover Visits His Birth Place in West Branch
The town hosts Herbert Hoover with a large homecoming in West Branch Iowa cheering crowds two bands and a parade. Hoover and his family dine at the Scellers home and visit the local cemetery and childhood landmarks before a speech at a circus tent tonight.
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Hoover
Tloover
Jeanny Seellers
Thoover
Wapsi-no-no Creek
Bakers Hill
Harry Avery
Rock Island
Western Union
Polly Curran
James Thompson
Scellers
Thompson
American Legion Band
Tipton
Newt Butler
Butler
Cal
Manager of Keota Lumber Yard Dies
M J Walker longtime manager of the Keota Lumber companys lumber and retail division died at his home in Keota at 12 30 pm Monday from stomach hemorrhage He had planned to travel to Rochester Minnesota to consult the Mayo clinic He is survived by his wife three daughters and one son with sisters in Bloomfield and Ottumwa Funeral plans were not yet set.
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Keota
M. J. Walker
Keota Lumber Company
Enal
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Iowa City
Walker
Barker
Thomas
Ottumwa
Bassett
Arizona
Canada
Bloomfield
Iowa
Storm damages farm buildings near Ainsworth
August 1 a wind storm along the ridge road a mile south of Ainsworth caused extensive damage to farm structures. A large Glenn Porter barn and a Ray Townsend barn were blown down an I K Beal windmill toppled. Livestock at several farms reportedly harmed and lines were down delaying full reports.
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Ainsworth
Ridge Road
Glenn Porter
Ray Townsend
I. K Beal
Harry KM Gore
Crawfordsville Social News From Miss Nellie Manners
Miss Aletha Holmes Ralph Miller and Lisle Anwyl visited Lillian and Florence Holmes in Waterloo on Saturday. Aletha may stay two weeks. Mr and Mrs J Kine hosted sixteen relatives with baskets for a Sunday dinner. Others visiting included W E Anwyl H B Ross in Columbus Junction and Maxwell McCall and Miss Mary McCall at Chautauqua in Washington.
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Crawfordsville
Ave
Aletha Holmes
Ralph Miller
Lisle Anwyl
Waterloo
Lillian
Florence Holmes
Aletha
J . Kine
Dan Messenger
Joe Conrad
Dwight Messenger
Wayland
Irwin Storts
Fairfield
W. E. Anwyl
H. B. Ross
Columus Junction
Frank Maxwell
W. H
Mary McCall
Washington
Norma Reaney
Alice Stephens
Ainsworth
Mrs W H Hull Shopper Spotted In Washington Today
Mrs W H Hull of Columbus Junction was seen shopping in Washington today as she visited local stores and ran errands during her trip.
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Wiles
DEA
Jorm
Sale Zn Lutheran Churca
Wes Branch
Nashua
Independence
Mount Auburn
West Liberty
al Smith
John J. Raskob
National Committee
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Richland
Floyd Brittan
Davenport
Plattenburg
Rotary Club
Uncle Dave
Uncle Davie
Enougo
Charles H. Plattecourge
New World
Wshington
Italy
Whiting Hoover
MecCreary
Herrick
Henry W. Kiel
St. Louis
Missouri
Jim Reed
James M. Good
Chicago
Ralph ‘Branson
O. W. Yoder
Porter Farm
Nellie Manners
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