Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Attempts Suicide in Chicago
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw drank six ounces of a powerful disinfectant in Chicago during a New Year celebration and was reported in serious condition. Her 15 year old son Russell aided by rushing her to hospital with milk antidote while doctors provided heart stimulants and held hope for recovery.
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Chicago
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Russell Thaw
Evelyn
Brandt
Russell
Philadelphia
Bvelyna
Byelon
Rvesell
Florida
Maimi
Maimi Beach
Alice
Evelyn Nesbit
Pittsburgh
Stanford
New York City
Miss Nesbit
Moulin Rogue
Romance Enters Iowa Penitentiary
In Fort Madison Iowa January 5 romance has entered the state penitentiary when Australian love birds kept by resident Er nest Carstens were moved to the prison. His mate Adventure was found dead prompting the move to keep the survivor with other birds. Warden Tom P Hollowell approved the transfer to ensure companionship for the remaining bird.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Big Stone
Ernest Carstens
Carstens
Tom P. Hollowell
Hollowell
Romaner
Mrs J W Davis Dies in Ainsworth
Mrs J W Davis died at 11 30 this morning at her home in Ainsworth. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 20 at the Ainsworth United Presbyterian church. Rev W R McCrory to conduct. Burial will be in the Ainsworth cemetery.
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J. W. Davis
Ainsworth
Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church
W. R. McCrory
Ainsworth Cemetery
Griffin links Iowa farmer troubles to causes beyond grain prices
Chicago January 5 Joseph P Griffin former president of the Chicago Board of Trade says Iowa farmers suffer from factors other than low grain prices. He criticizes attempts to raise domestic prices by legislation and notes postwar price levels and lack of exportable corn surplus. He argues businessmen seek farmer prosperity but questions proposed measures’ lasting benefit.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph P. Griffin
Chicago Board of Trade
Mr. Griffin
Iowa
New Haven Clanton Dissolves Ku Klux Klan Chapter
Arthur J. Mann former Kligraph of New Haven No 1 dissolves the local Klan chapter claiming the Ku Klux Klan is a national menace. About 600 members affected by the decision to disband and Mann accuses the order of being anti American under leaders Hiram Westley Evans and Walter F. Bossert.
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New Haven
Conn
Ku Klux Klan
Arthur J. Mann
Kligraph
Pro- Visional Klan No. 1
Walter F. Bossert
Indianapolis
Imperial Kieatist
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Georgia, Inc
Mann
New
Klan
Knights of the Ku Kl Klan of Georgia, Inc
Bossert
Hiram Westley Evans
Tammany Hall
Former Resident D. J. Cooley Dies in Redondo Beach California
Mrs. L. S. McAvoy learns of her brother D. J. Cooley 64 died at his home in Redondo Beach at five this morning. Sudden death from apoplexy. He once lived in the community but left 29 years ago. Survived by widow and three children including Mrs. Grover Keith of Davenport. William Boiece returned to his University of Iowa City duties yesterday.
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William Boiece
The
University At
Iowa City
Berlin
Miss Mackay
Mackay
Finance panel approves higher earned income deduction
The Senate Finance Committee approved raising the earned income deduction base from 10 000 to 20 600 under the House tax reduction bill. Consideration to classify all incomes of 10 000 and under as earned passed to future action while other major items like income rate schedules were postponed.
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Washington
Jan
Senate Finance Committee
Bozeman Wheat King: I P Yates Wins Big Prize
I P Yates of Fishtail Montana aged 64 wins Chicago wheat growing championship earning the title Wheat King of America. He credits forty years breeding stock and a 20 acre Marquis Wheat field that yielded 40 bushels per acre with 65 pound bushels. He plans to select seed carefully for 1926 and continue farming as a checkman first.
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Bozeman
Mont
I. P. Yates
Fishtail
Chicago
America
Canada
Missouri
Yates
Wallace Sells Interest in South Iowa Grocery
The Stewart & Wallace firm dissolves as Mr Stewart buys Mr Wallace's share of the grocery on South Iowa Ave. The store, a long standing south town staple, will see Mr Wallace at the shop for a few weeks while debtors are asked to settle.
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Stewart & Wallace
Stewart
Wallace
South
Iowa Ave
G. W. Wallace
South End
R. L. Stewart
Coulter & Busby
Mr. Busby
Mr. Wallace
Mr. Coulter
Mr.Stewart
Des Moines to 800 City on Gravel Now
Des Moines to Sioux City road graveling advances as an eight mile Ida county stretch completes key link. Except for a 1.5 mile Buchanan county gap, Sioux City connects to Dubuque by gravel. Grading and graveling contracts on the Buchanan gap will also remove two railway grade crossings. The gravel road ties Des Moines to Sioux City and the Sioux City to Durango route, expanding north central and western access.
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Associated Presse
Ames
Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Ida County
Holstein
The
Highway Commission
Huchanan County
Dubuque
Buchanan
Sioux City Duienque
Irving Berlin Weds Ellin Mackay In City Hall Ceremony
Broadway composer Irving Berlin and Ellin Mackay were secretly married at City Hall and began a honeymoon after a hasty note to her father Clarence Mackay. The couple boarded a submarine voyage toward possible Adirondack or foreign destinations aboard the Leviathan, with Berlin’s background as a Bowery newsboy and his bride’s high society status praised amid family disapproval.
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Associated Press
New York
Irving Berlin
Broadway
Nigger Mike
Chinatown
Ellin Mackay
Bevin
West Forties
Adirondacks
Berlin
City Hall
Clarence W. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Izey Baline
Nwspaperg
Bowery
Fifth Avenue Society
Ray Goetz
Blue
Miss Esther Lorimer Arrives From Peoria Visit
Miss Esther Lorimer of Los Angeles California arrives after visiting her parents in Peoria Illinois and is visiting her sister Mrs Louis Jones in Washington.
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Esther Lorimer
Los Angeles
California
Peoria
Ilinois
Louis Jones
Washington
First United Presbyterians Defeat Presbyterians In City League
In the YMCA city basketball league, First United Presbyterian edged the Presbyterians 7 10 2 to mark their first win and the Presbyterians first loss. The game featured strong defense with no floor baskets in the first half and led by McCall Paul and McCreedy on offense.
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United Presbyterian
Presbyterians
First Church
McCall
McCreedy
Paul
George
Edwards
Hughes
Johnson
McGugin
White Ithien Williams
Marshall
Fisher
Shields
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Set to Meet in Des Moines
The Iowa Farm Bureau federation will hold its annual meeting January 12 18 and 14 in Des Moines with topics including cooperative marketing of farm products the European corn borer and taxation. Dr H C Taylor and E G Ottnn will discuss marketing and legal matters while Ray P Chase will address tax questions. Separate meetings for Corn Belt Meat Producers and Cooperative Livestock Shippers will occur alongside the main sessions.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
H. C. Taylor
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
United States Department of Agriculture
Lyde Hdmonds
Utah Cooperative Poultry Marketing Association
E. G. Ottnn
Iowa — Livestock Shippers
Ray P. Chase
Minnesota
Farm Bureau
Ase Soc'at
General Federation
Export Corporation
Mrs Moothart and Son Return From Fort Madison Visit
Mrs Moorehart and her son Lewis returned to their home at Ft. Madison this morning after visiting with her mother Mrs Sara Lewis over the Christmas holidays.
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Moothart
Lewis
Ft. Madison
Sara Lewis
Brookhart-Steck Senate Contest to Hear Arguments Tomorrow
In Washington DC the Brookhart Steck Senate contest hearing by the senate elections subcommittee is set for tomorrow. Brookhart seeks to count contested ballots proving a 616 vote lead. removal could lift Steck by about 900 to 1000. Opposing counsel calls the case one of the Senate's closest decisions.
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Associated Depene
Washington, D.C
Dan
Brookhart
Senate
Steck
Costs of running Cedar Rapids exceed one million dollars
A Department of Commerce report shows Cedar Rapids spent 1,199,143 dollars to operate city government for the year ending March 31, 1924, with per capita costs at 23.76 and total revenue including schools at 2,299,698 dollars. Property taxes comprised 77.9 percent of 1924 revenue.
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Associated
Presa
Des Moines
Iowa
Jan. c
Cedar Rapids
Department of Commerce States
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Basketball League
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Sehulty
Morrison
McKay
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J. Brown
Miller
Strickler
Miner
Button Factory
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Kiesey
Crane
Case
U. Kiesey
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Round the Square Club
McConauchey
Schulty
Winja
Reynolds
Kleese
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