Italian laborer robs station vigilante shooting chaos at Chicago depot
In Chicago an immigrant railroad worker Joseph Mazza armed with a shotgun and knife killed a waiter and wounded four others at the Michigan Central terminal before being killed by Charles Danloff, a war veteran. Mazza's motive traced to a grudge against the railroad. officers found passports and deposits showing trips to Italy.
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Deecrated
Chicago
Trinoig Central
Charles Danloff
Comoitree
Michigan Central
Wnrform
Louis Kikakos
Kikakos
Mazza
Danloff
France
Italy
Judge to rule on dog ownership in high profile case
In Chicago on August 27 the presiding judge John R. Caverly said he would decide who owns a female German police dog named Countess or Dutchess. The dog theft involves Richard FEF. Clapp and Joseph Wellmuth as key parties in a dispute over ownership and custody.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John R. Caverly
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Bobby Franks
Richard Fef. Clapp
Joseph Wellmuth
Woman Injures Ankle While Attempting Lake Michigan Suicide
Miss Anne Quinn, 35, slipped on a stone near the lake shore and sprained her ankle while allegedly planning to drown herself in Lake Michigan. She fainted from the pain, was carried to a hospital, and later said she abandoned the stated intention in a farewell note.
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The
Associated Press
Oncago
Lake Michigan
Anne Quinn
Washington man and Wayland woman obtain marriage license
Harold Wayne Brocks of Washington and Eliza Mae Miller of Wayland obtained a marriage license yesterday.
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Harold Wayne Brocks
Washington
Eliza Mae Miller
Wayland
Two Nineteen Year Old Youths Hanged Today at Sing Sing
OSSINING Aug 27 Two nineteen year old youths were executed in Sing Sing prison that night one on the verge of collapse the other facing the chair with jests John Garguila convicted of killing a Manhattan grocery storeowner during a hold up was nervous as he went to the death chamber Cosmic Bresela sentenced in Brooklyn for killing his cousin went to his death laughing I might as well die sitting up in a chair he said as lying in bed
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Sing Sing
Riv
Ossining
N. Y
John Garguila
Manhattan
Cosmic Bresela
Brooklyn
Ralph Thompson Wins First Tourney Flight
Ralph W. Thompson wins the first flight in the Washington country club nandicay colt tournament by defeating Boyd McKenzie Dr A W Clow Dr T J Pease and Will Harwood. Fred Martin and Preston Wolfe set up the final in the third flight with three matches left in the second flight and the tournament to finish soon.
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Ralph Thompson
Ralph W. Thompson
Washington Country Club
Boyd McKenzie
A. W. Clow
T. J. Pease
Will Harwood
Fred Martin
Preston Wolfe
Truck Dives Into Creek Killing Poultry
Claude Reister Jr. drove a truck carrying fifteen crates of chickens when the vehicle broke through the Main creek bridge railing ten miles south of town. The truck toppled into water. most poultry drowned though a few revived. Reister escaped with minor injuries after freeing himself from four feet of water.
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Reister
Main Creek
Claude Reister, Jr
Hal Reister
Claude
Bandits Who Robbed Boone Express Office Got 10 Years in Jail
In Boone Iowa August 27 two men arrested at Cedar Rapids admitted burglary before District Judge H E Fry and received ten years in the state reformatory at Anamosa. The Chicago pair R W Wilson and W L King were returned to Boone after being seized shortly after the hold up that locked two express office employees in a closet and yielded travellers checks.
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Boone Express Office
Associated Press
Boone, Iia
Cedar Rapids
American Express
H. E. Fry
Anamosa
R. W. Wilson
W. L. King
Chicago
Boone
Express Office
Rittenhouse Heads to Des Moines Fair
Harry Rittenhouse departed for Sioux City overnight and will attend the Des Moines fair for a few days, according to local notices.
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Harry “Rittenhouse
Sioux City
Des Moines
Death Toll Rises After Hurricane Slams Southern Louisiana
Five people known dead with several missing as Hurricane bypasses New Orleans area leaving estimated damages between five and ten million dollars. Three thousand fishermen missing near Barataria Bay as sugar cane and rice crops suffer heavy losses and irrigation canals flood. Communication restored gradually as roads blocked by fallen trees and many homes and businesses damaged.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Seriver
Baratarga Tay
Bartaria Bay
Lanneiies
Lemley Family Reunion in Sunset Park Friday
Titus reports the thirteenth Lemley family reunion will be held in Sunset Park on Friday August 27 relatives arrive from California and Kansas for the event. Local notes include visits by Jim Banks Mrs Will Helm and others and various community activities across towns. thresher progress and grain conditions are mentioned.
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Titus
Lemley
Sunset Park
California
Kansas
Jim Banks
Tom Carris
Will Helm
Jim Combs
Mr. Helm
Arkansas
Archbishop D. Howard Installed as Oregon Archbishop
The Rev D Howard was installed yesterday as archbishop of the Oregon diocese of the Roman Catholic church, succeeding the late Archbishop Alexander Christie. Clergy and laity from Oregon and Washington greeted him as he arrived from Davenport Iowa. Archbishops Casey Vancouver B C and Hanna San Francisco led the procession into the cathedral for the installation mass.
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Associated Presse
Portland
Ore
D. Howard
Oregon
Alexander Christie
Washington
Davenport
Casey
Vancouver
B.C
Hanna
San Francisco
Howard
Massa
Prof Archer to Talk to Washington rural teachers
County superintendent Mrs Winnie Palmer announces Prof C P Archer of the State Teachers colleges Cedar Falls will address Washington county rural teachers on Organization and Classification of Work in One Room Rural Schools at ten o clock tomorrow at the courthouse.
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Winnie Palmer
C. P. Archer
Cedar Falls
Washington County
Court House
Blanche Norris
Wellmar
Miss Norris
Iast
Mise
Clara Faulkner
Supt
H. A. Phillips
Palmer
Kalona
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
West Chester
Italy to Oust Lawyers Inimical to State
Rome reports a decree banning lawyers deemed inimical to the Italian state from practice. It bars those not admitted to the bar and requires expulsion of current members who have engaged in public activity against national interests.
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Italy
Rome
Paselst
Over 40 Known Dead in Clymer Coal Mine
The Associated Press reports at Clymer Pennsylvania that 41 miners are dead after yesterday's explosion. Nine burned and mutilated bodies were recovered at noon, with three miners still missing under rock and earth. Rescue efforts, aided by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, continue as crowds gather and gas hazards delay progress.
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Clymer
Associated Press
Reacuers
Marion Watts
Pennsylvania
Thelymer No. 1
Jones Becomes Sole Owner of Jones Funeral Home
L A Jones completes purchase of J S McElhinney interest to gain full ownership and operate the Jones funeral home. No policy changes. management stays with Jones assisted by Mrs Jones, Keith Sweet, and Delbert Bailey. The business, one of the state’s best undertakers, will keep the name L A Jones funeral home.
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Funeral Home
L. A. Jones
J. S. McElhinney
Jones & McElhinney Funeral Home
Jones
Riverside Needlework Club Hosts Scenic Picnic at Ball Park
Riverside August 26 members of the Senior Needlework club and families held an annual scenic picnic at the ball park with a 6 o clock supper and evening entertainment. About forty attended with out of town guests Mrs. Carrie Iden Mrs. Albert Hahn and Thelma of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Rose Heaton and two children of Boone. Other notes include Ava Simpson of Whittemore Bertha and Lucille Schneider returning from a six week motor trip visiting Spokane Was hington Nebraska and the Pacific coast. Henry Dautremont of Burlington visits with Mary J. Dautremont and relatives. Charles Shebanek spent two weeks with relatives here.
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Riverside
Carrie Iden
Albert Hahn
Thelma
Cedar Rapids
Rose Heaton
Boone
Charles Kinsey
Ava Simpson
Whittemore
Bertha
Lucille Schneider
Spokane
Was'1
Nebraska
Pacific Coast
Henry Dautremont
Burlington
Mary J. Dautremont
Charles Shebanek
Valentino's Body Draws Crowds in New York
In New York on August 27 Rudolph Valentino's body drew thousands despite orders limiting access to the undertaker's premises. A police guard of about 300 kept crowds from the mortuary chapel on Upper Broadway while nearly 500 could view the bier. Valentino's manager S. George Ullman sought Monday at 11 A M for a funeral at St Malachi's church to allow a brother traveling from Europe to attend.
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Associated Press
New York
Rudolph Valentino
Undertakers
Upper Broadway
Castelleta
Italy
S. George Ullman
Valentino
St. Malachi's
Enen
Europe
Local Social Roundup From Mt Pleasant Area
Washington shoppers visit Saturday evening as Hugh Conrad and Joe Schlatter attend. Multiple families, including the Seabratn and Johnson clans, gather for church anniversary at Swedesburg Lutheran and a Goff reunion trip to Springfield Alabama.
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Homer Weaver
Joe Sehlatter
Mt. Pleasant
Row Threshing Co
Vere Goff
Donald Rex
Auto
Springfield
Goff
Joe Sellatter
Ernest Seabranch
Columbus Junction
Lyman Johnson
Local Family Returns Home From Iowa Visit
A family of four plus three children spent two months at the home of Mr and Mrs Paul Shebanek and left Thursday by car for Iola Kansas Mrs Albert Hahn of Cedar Rapids visited friends in town and her daughter Thelma stayed a week A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Francis Mellecker last Friday
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Kolesick
Rodney Davis
Emil Fink
Merle Statler
George Fulton
Washington
Winnifred Carris
Camp Fire
George Dowell
N. Ho Club
Merle Robertson
Dublin
Nina Johnson
Tom Carris
Mildred Davidson
Cedar Falls
Iowa City
Crawfordsville
Alvie Nethergall
Willies
Sam McNeese
Lloyd Hayes
Titus
Fairfield
Brighton
Richland
Moulton
Wellman
John Hindahl
William Hindahl
Claudia Davis
Rodney
Sefhool
Winnifred
Lester Been Blossom
Emil Anderson
Paul Shebanek
Iola
Kansas
Albert Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Henry Hahn
Thelma
Francis Mellecker
Ruby Bound Over In Auto Theft Case
William Ruby of Ottumwa was bound over to the grand jury by Justice J. W. Patton on a charge involving the display and use of a forged vehicle registration certificate. A stolen car found in Ottumwa, traced to Ruby, belonged to Louis Glider of Wellman and police suspect additional charges may follow.
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William Ruby
Ottumwa
Grand
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Patton
Ruby
Washington
Louis Glider
Wellman
Eureka Local Roundup near Mt Pleasant Fair Highlights
J J Benda attended the Mt Pleasant fair and the Henry County fair is praised as possibly better than usual. Repairs unfold on a bridge east of Jas Wolfers. Local residents help with threshing and carpentry. Mrs Beenblossom improves after hospital stay. Rev Reed finishes conference year sermon. future return unsure. A Star subscription pitch, Dr Fenton contact, and community notices incluye death of George Johnson and Wanda Neiswanger heading to Oskaloosa for a weekend house party.
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Eureka
J. J. Benda
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County Association
Krank Snider
Force
Jas
Wolfers
Jstel Taylor
BE. G
W. D. Hesseltine
Frank Kuhn
L. F. Woodburn
Mildred
Fannie Buckwalter
D. G. Beenblossom
Everette Beenblossom
Raymond Reed
Kansas City Star
Local Visitor Lyman Davidson Aids Peoria Hosts
Lyman Davidson of Peoria Illinois is staying a few days with Mr and Mrs A B Schmoetler at their home in Peoria Illinois during a short visit.
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Lyman Davidson
Peoria, Ilinois
A. B. Schmoetler
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Laude Reister
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Jerry Hanns
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Seth Emerson Carris
Mildred Lemley
Prof. Archer
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D.C. Russell
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Manacer Musser
Musser
Fland
United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Bureau of Mines
Joe Meelinney
McShinney
Charles S. Woodford
Wilber Milley
Woodford
Ls. A. Jones Funeral Home
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Crawford
Bers
Dr. Fenton
Lloyd Johnson
Pr. Fenton
George Johnson
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George
Wanda Neiswanger
Oskaloosa
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