Agitation for Better Roads Spreads Across Iowa Counties
Petitions circulate in Burlington to place Des Moines county on the good roads map by a county bond issue to pave highways to the county line. Johnson county’s victory sparks boosters statewide as Linn, Cedar, Benton, Tama and other counties plan paving and graveling along Lincoln and Red Bull routes.
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Associatedress
Burlington
Des Moines
Johnson
Clinton
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Cedar County
Benton County
Glenn C.haynes
Iowa Good Roads Association
Vinton
Tama County
Benton
Toledo
Tama
Traer
Gladbrook
Garwin
Wapello
Ottumwa
Getti
Lee
New Dormitory Planned at Morningside College
The Morningside college board of trustees announced a $250,000 women’s dormitory to be built on the campus within six months. The brick and stone three unit building will house about 200 women, with the central four stories flanked by two three story wings, located beside the women’s athletic field.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Iowa
Morningside College
Shoes on sale at Atchisong for 8.85 dollars
A brief item notes a pair of Florsheim shoes folded down to 8.85 dollars at the Atchisong store, highlighting a quick price cut and limited remaining stock.
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Atchisong
Evanston Police Tied to Burglary Wave Investigation
Evanston officers are suspended as part of a probe into vice and crime conditions led by William A W Wiltberger known as the college graduate police chief. Glen Armstrong in custody on robbery charges implicated two officers and a Black man in more than twenty burglaries aided by a police car and home-entry lists.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Evanston
William A. W. Wiltberger
Glen Armstrong
Half of Illinois miners at work amid shifts and departures
About 45 000 of Illinois 90 000 miners are idle while 25 000 to 45 600 have left coal mining. Those remaining work one to six days a week as non union competition and machinery reduce demand. Union leaders urge membership limits and call for the giant power plan to convert coal to electricity.
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Springfield
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Oscar Ameringer
Hllinois
Frank Farrington
Hlinsis
Ameringer
Mexican Youth Shot in Fort Madison Suspect Sought
Otillio Guilerra an 18 year old Mexican youth was shot to death in the Mexican village of Fort Madison Iowa Monday night. County authorities have questioned several suspects but no trace of the slayer has been found. Guilerra is believed to have been killed by a jealous rival for the hand of a Mexican girl.
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Associated Press
Fort Madison
Otillio Guilerra
Guilerra
Umpire Ormsby Trains With Radiators In Winter
Chicago February reports Umpire Red Ormsby trains for spring by lifting heavy radiators and other objects in a skyscraper under construction. He says the routine replaces southward travel and will make him tougher for the season.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Red” Ormsby
Ormsby
Men Return From St Paul Business Trip
Elmer Kolesick and David Mc Laughlin returned this morning from St Paul where they spent three days on a business trip.
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Elmer Kolesick
David McLaughlin
St. Paul
Secretary of Labor Works to End Strike
In Washington on February 11, federal mediators intensify efforts to resolve renewed peace talks in the anthracite coal industry. President Coolidge remains non interventionist as the Labor Department under Secretary Davis scrutinizes proposed settlement plans and coordinates with top officials.
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Secretary OF Labor Works
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Labor Department
Davis
Wealthy Man Missing Since Death of His Wife
Bridge Massachusetts February 11 reports Samuel Seagrave a wealthy farmer missing for over a week. His wife was found dead in a gas filled room at Herbert Hall Sanatorium in Worcester. The couple faced probate court litigation over separate support.
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Associated Press
Bridge
Mass
Samuel Seagrave
Seagrave
Herbert Hall
Worchester
Local wedding notices and family visits
Mrs Harry Chance Mrs Harry Miller and son Raymond and Miss Mildred Fritz attended the wedding dinner of Miss Lucile Fritz and Earl Chance in East Pleasant Plain. Mrs Cora White of Davenport visits at the home of her mother Mrs Minnie Smith.
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Harry Chance
Harry Miller
Raymond
Mildred Fritz
East Pleasant Plain
Lucile Fritz
Earl Chance
Cora White
Davenport
Minnie Smith
Mayor Ed Seebolt resigns amid damage suit filing
Missouri Valley Iowa February residents report Mayor Ed Seebolt resigning after Charles Sigler water commissioner filed a ten thousand dollar defamation suit over remarks tied to water department funds. City council unanimously accepted the resignation and W W Foote was chosen as successor. Seebolt, a Democrat, had signaled multiple resignations and planned to move to a farm west of town.
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the United Press
Missouri Valley
Ed Seebolt
Charles Sigler
Seeebolt
W. W. Foote
Ernes
Seebolt
Church Council Urges Anti-Lynching and Interfaith Solidarity
The Federal Council of Churchs race relations commission urges lynching end and designates February 14 as Relations Sunday. Observance will address white black and minority tensions including Chinese Japanese and Mexican communities and Jewish Christian goodwill.
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Associated Preeas
Washington
Commission On Race Relations
The
Federal Council of Church
Chicago Church Federation
West Chester Visitors Travel To Smithfield And Washington
Mrs J W Coakley of West Chester passed through here to Smithfield Illinois to visit her mother over the next weekend. Prof G Hoover Mrs L S Hewitt and Miss Wilda Augustine of Westhester came to Washington yesterday andspent the day shopping.
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J. W. Coakley
West Chester
Smithfield
Illinois
Prp. G. Hoover
L.S. Hewitt
Wilda Augustine
Westhester
Washington
Johnson County Embraces Good Roads Program in Landmark Vote
Johnson county voters approved the good roads program in a sweeping special election. Across rural districts and incorporated towns, Yes votes far outpaced No, with Iowa City showing an almost 19 to 1 ratio in favor. The editorial lauds the county’s unity of farmers and townspeople and pledges faithful administration by the board of supervisors and County Engineer G. M. Griffith.
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Johnson County
Iowa City Press
Iowa City
Good Roads Enterprise
Cause of Humanity
Mieville
G. M. Griffith
Press-Citizen
Clinton payroll bandits sent to Iowa state prison
Alfred Fairfield and John Redman captured after a gunfight near Chadwick Illinois are guarded en route to Fort Madison Iowa with two state agents and sheriffs. They face 1 to 25 year terms for the October 15 1925 Clinton payroll robbery of 2562 28 dollars from Homer Shadduck.
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Ascortator
Fort Madison
Alfred Fairfield
John Redman
Chadwick
Clinton
Iowa
BE. Ro Cooke
George Snell
Fairfield
Redman
Frank Sawyer
Woerty
Harry Marke
Chicago
Henry Williams
Joe Murray
Homer Shadduck
Northwestern Railway
Hair Market Hit by New Habit of Robbing the bob
LOS ANGELES February 6 The bobbed hair trend skews the market for wig and makeup materials. Hair shortages are easing prices for real hair while wigs, false beards, and toupees shift costs. Actresses still rely on wigs for protection from strong lighting and era settings, with fibers sometimes used for facial adornments. Ernest Torrence notes hair fibers outside real hair.
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Los Angeles
China
India
America
United States
Ernest Torrence
Australia
General Pershing Returns to Washington for Medical Treatment
General Pershing arrived in Washington to receive medical treatment after five months in South America as head of the Tacna Arica boundary commission. Secretary Kellogg met him at the railway station. His party described the voyage from Arica to Key West and Florida to Washington as having negligible effect on his health.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
General Pershing
Washington
South America
Tacna-Arica Phenseite Commission
Kelloge
Arica
Key West
Florida
Sale of Corn Sugar Linked to Moonshine Probe
Penick and Ford Co says no requests were received from federal or Illinois authorities for the wholesale buyer of 3 200 bags of corn sugar held in Edwardsville Illinois. Government authorities suspect the sugar was purchased to make moonshine whiskey and hope it uncovers bootleggers tied to the Madison County double murder of Constables Hackett and Blake.
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Ffiv
Associated Presse
Cedar Rapids
Ita
Penick and Ford Company
Edwardsville
Madison County
Ilinois
Olimer Hackett
John Blake
Clinton County approves paving bond issue in special election
Clinton county voters authorize the board of supervisors to issue bonds up to 1 million dollars to finance county highway paving. In Clinton city the bond carried by a wide margin, while rural precincts showed mixed support. Total votes were 4 332 yes to 2 744 no with lighter turnout overall.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Clinton County
Board of Supervisors
Scott County
Impeachment talk on Governor Small questioned by counsel
Edwin F. Sims, counsel for Governor Small, says talk of quo warranto or impeachment is idle and harmful. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled on accounting for state funds loaned while Small was state treasurer and ordered a master to measure what must be accounted for, with further proceedings pending.
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Associated Treess
Chicago
Edwin F. Sims
Small
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court of
Ilinois
Iminals
Supreme Court
Governor Small
Eastern U S Suffers From Cold Weather
Bitter cold followed a second northeast blizzard in a week burying the region under two feet of snow and killing four. Railroads delayed, roads choked, and many towns were cut off as New England digs out.
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Associated, Press
New York
United States
New England
Chicago
Atlantic Ocean
Brockton
Mass
Rhode Island
Narragansett Pier
Arrest Seven for Connection With Murder at Tijuana
Seven people including Zenada Llanos chief of police in Tijuana were arrested in a case involving the abduction and attack of Audrey and Clyde Peteet two American children. The Peteets were visiting with their parents Mr and Mrs T M Peteet and were found injured at their home after the assault. Three were dead and others were dying from gas used in a suspected personal crisis. Governor Rodrigues promised a thorough investigation and punishment for the guilty.
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San Diego
Calif
Zenada Llanos
Tijuana
Audrey
Clyde Peteet
Tijania
Here
T. M. Peteet
Rodrigues
Lower
California
Hungarian Cardinal To Lead Chicago Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Cardinal Csernoch primate of Hungary will head a Catholic pilgrimage of over two thousand to the XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago in June 2024. He travels with Hungarian hierarchy and departs Budapest May 20.
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Chicago
John Cardinal Csernoch
Hungary
Kk. F. Hoban
Budapest
Confirmation Path for Appeals to High Courts
The passage explains that after a circuit court in Sangamon County issues findings, either the governor or the state may appeal to the supreme court if unsatisfied with the findings. No case can reach a higher court until the supreme court makes a final determination, and any money judgment may be entered only after that.
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Sangamon
Supreme Court
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