Des Moines Report Sparks Ouster Talk Against Steck
Des Moines Register reports that Iowa Senator Daniel F Steck may face a resolution to unseat him after alleged improper distribution of funds for attorneys fees in Steck’s contested election win over Brookhart. Mississippi Senator Stephens, among eight Democrats who voted to seat Steck, may introduce the measure.
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Ottumwa
Register
Washington Man Killed by a Train at Rock Island Station
Benjamin B. Knott 35 died after slipping on an icy platform at the Rock Island station and was run over by a train. Funeral services were held at lL. A. Jones funeral home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. He had lived in the area three years and worked at a bottling factory for his brother Harry Knott.
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Washington
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Benale Knott
Chile Ready to Consider Kellogg Plan on Tacna Arica
Chile signaled openness to Secretary Kellogg's proposal to permanently demilitarize Tacna and Arica and transfer sovereignty to Bolivia as a landlocked neighbor. The move marks a hopeful turn after years of dispute and previous arbtiral efforts under Coolidge.
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Congress to face a busy end of recess session
The incoming session opens with broad workloads across budgets for many departments and agencies. Proposals on prohibition radio taxation alien property Muscle Shoals and farm relief loom, with nominating pleas from President Coolidge for over 1000 offices and swift action sought on radio and alien property measures.
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Senate
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Kalona Washington Richland basketball doubleheader slated
Coach J A M Kinstry announces Kalona Washington game goes first at 7 30 pm at the high school gym with Richland to follow. Admission 25 and 35 cents, reserved downstairs seats ten cents, on sale at Carter clothes shop. Season tickets available: students 1 25 and public 1 50. Culver referee. Band to perform before and at halftime.
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Richland
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Notable Knott Family Member Dies in Washington
Born August 27 1888 in Muscatine son of John and Jennie Thompson Knott he moved from Grand Rapids Michigan to Washington He leaves his mother Mrs Jennie Cress of Washington three brothers Warren and Robert of Grand Rapids and Harry of Washington and sister Mia Clara Doan of Washington
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Thompson) Knott
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Last Night Temperatures Rise to Ten Above Zero
Weather brief notes last night’s minimum temperature reached ten degrees above freezing. No precipitation reported and winds light. Other areas reported similar cold spell conditions across the region.
Mrs Hall decries persecution after acquittal in Mills murder
Mrs Frances Stevens Hall says the courtroom trial and relentless press attention amounted to persecution. She invited reporters and photographers into her New Brunswick home but refused to pose in an apron. A fight over trial costs looms as Somerset Freeholders meet with taxpayers to discuss a bill estimated between 75 000 and 125 000 dollars.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Frances Stevens Hall
Eleanor R. Mills
America
Somerset County Freeholders
Davenport Bishop James Davis Laid To Rest At Sacred Heart
In Sacred Heart Cathedral Davenport the funeral for Bishop James Davis drew archbishops Keane Dowling and Glennon along with about 200 priests. The pontifical requiem mass was led by Bishop Heelan, with Archbishop Keane delivering the sermon. The burial was private in the cathedral crypt beside Davenport’s earlier bishops.
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St. Louis
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Sioux City
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Iowa
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Henry Cosgrove
Press Debate Frames View Of Society And News
The University of Sydney and Iowa State teams debated the press's role in society. The audience favored the press 118 to 112, while Australians judged the debaters as more effective, 164 to 113. Defenders praised information and crime reporting as public good. critics warned of bias and sensationalism.
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Congress opens with heavy legislative program ahead
Congress begins a new session in Washington with a crowded schedule ahead. Proposals include radio control, prohibition, taxation and alien property, while the annual message and budget follow. Senators Cummins, Fernald and ex Speaker Cannon are honored in opening ceremonies.
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Eastern States Covered by Snow
Eastern States from Maine to West Virginia faced one of the heaviest early season snowfalls on record. Snow depths reached seven to 17 inches in northern areas, with 12 below in Northfield, Vermont and multiple deaths reported in Buffalo, Boston, Springfield, and New Jersey. New York City mobilized 10 000 workers and 677 plows to prevent city gridlock as over 100 boats were stranded on the Erie and Champlain canals.
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Gangsters Shoot One of Oklahoma's Two Gun Officers
Luther Bishop, a veteran Oklahoma lawman and state investigative operative known as one of the two gun officers, was killed in his Oklahoma City bedroom just before dawn. Officials say he fought back while being shot at close range. the killer escaped via a porch roof and fled in a nearby car. Bishop aided inquiries into the Osage murder reign of terror linked to oil wealth and Indian victims.
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Aged Man Fatally Hurt by Automobile in Des Moines
Otis P. Woodward eighty was fatally injured when struck by a car driven by F. W. Altemeyer Newton here yesterday Woodward died shortly after the accident. Mrs Harry Murphy returned Saturday from Moline where she visited friends W P Wells brought to county hospital from Iowa City last week is improving and hopes to be able to be out and about soon
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Des Moines
Otis P. Woodward
F. W. Altemeyer
Newton
Woodward
Harry Murphy
Moline
W. P. Wells
Iowa City
Tragedy of Two Youths in Plymouth Pond
In Plymouth Massachusetts details emerge in a case where Sarah Swift of Chiltonville and Antonio Thomas of North Plymouth died in Little Pond. Medical examiners rule accidental drowning but questions linger over a car found 30 feet deep and 60 feet from ignition and emergency brake activation.
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Plymouth
Mass
Sarah Swift
Chiltonville
Antonio Thomas
North Plymouth
Little Pond
Plymouth Center
Dorothy Sands Spends Sunday with Ek Family at Ainsworth
Dorothy Sands spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs A Ek Sands at Ainsworth.
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Mrs. A. Ek. Sands
Ainsworth
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