Wheeler replies to Edwards on duel and Jackson
In Washington on January 15, Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League challenged by Senator Edwards of New Jersey sparks a reply. Wheeler cites Andrew Jackson and defends constitutionality while condemning nullification and threats of bloodshed.
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Associatedress
Washington
Edwards
New Jersey
Andrew Jackson
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Jackson
South Carolina
United States
Forecasting Farm Crop Prices Urged by Oklahoma Editor
Oklahoma editor Carl Williams urged a scientific study of farm price forecasting at a National Cooperative Marketing conference. He argued surplus problems stem from farmer education and lack of price foresight, not government action, and urged farmers to match production to consumer demand using forecast methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Carl Williams
Oklahoma City
Williams
Oklahoma Farmer- Stockman
National Cooperative Marketing Conference
Mr. Williams
America
Sophia Olson sues Parker for damages over fatal car crash
Clarinda Sophia Olson files a lawsuit seeking 230000 dollars against W. A. Parker alleging his carelessness caused a crash that killed her son last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Sophia Olson
W. A. Parker
Greater Charity Asked by Dunn From the Farmers of Iowa
EB G Dunn of Mason City urged Iowa farmers to aid neighbors and the needy at a convention of the Iowa Cooperative Livestock Shippers association. He argued self reliance harms farming communities and called for a financial plan to finance orderly marketing of oats corn and wheat.
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Dunn
The
Farmers of Iowa
Associated Pree
Des Moines
Iowa
EB. G. Dunn
Mason City
Iowa Cooperative Livestock Shippers Association
Mr. Dunn
Distant Washington Kin Defends Founding Father Sinks Sins
In a San Francisco address, John Washington a distant relative and former newspaper man says George Washington drank and smoked like a gentleman blotting out a halo. He recalls 1861 Madeira from Mount Vernon cellars and asserts Washington was a man soldier and capitalist.
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San Francisco
Calif
George Washington
Virginia
John Thornton Washington
Seneral
Rupert Hughes
Washington
John Washington
Samuel Washington
General
Mount Vernon
Des Moines Robbers Elude Officers After Bank Heist
Four men robbed the Continental Trust and Savings Bank in Des Moines at 8:30 am, escaping with 8890. They evaded more than twenty detectives and deputies by dawn and left no substantial clues. Rewards totaling over 1000 were posted by the Polk County Bankers Association and an insurance company.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Continental ‘Trust and Savings Bank
Polk County Banker's Association
Armed guard appointed for Mary Pickford in Hollywood
Hollywood Jan 16 An armed guard has been appointed for actress Mary Pickford and husband Douglas Fairbanks. Fairbanks says there have been no new developments or threats, but they feel targeted by obsessed individuals. The guard was a former Los Angeles county jailer.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Calif
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Mary
Los Angeles
Cardinal Mercier Weakens Amid Gastric Disturbances
Brussels reports Cardinal Mercier's condition is gradually weakening with dangerous gastric disturbances affecting the heart. He is being fed by artificial means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Brussels
Cardinal Mercier
Washington Conference Wraps Up as Senate Debates World Court
The day in Washington features a marketing conference closing while the senate debates the world court issue. Italian debt settlement remains under review in the house as Harvey Firestone testifies in the rubber investigation with opponents of the railroad labor bill appearing before the senate committee.
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Senate
House
Harvey Firestone
Iowa Plans Seven Mile Grade To Link Guthrie Center Panora
State highway plans a seven mile road grade from Guthrie Center to Panora with a 27000 dollar project cost. The work will extend primary No 7 from Panora to Guthrie Center and improve the White Pole road to ease heavy traffic. Two bridges and 25 culverts are planned for Keokuk county along a six mile stretch toward Sigourney. contract for grading Keokuk county to be let soon.
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Associated Press
Ames
Guthrie Center
Panora
State Highway Commission
White Pole Road
Keokuk County
Washington County
Board No. 2
Sigourney
Keota
Iowa
Muscatine
Des Moines
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Near
Futre
Slippery Pork Chop Ends Frisco Robber’s Flight
Jam es Smith a 17 year old from San Francisco robs a Chicago butcher shop taking 400 dollars. He slips on a dropped pork chop, the cash and pistols fall as two butchers tackle him with cleaver and knife. Police take him into custody.
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Chicago
James Smith
San Francisco
Quartzite Boulder May Rewrite Timeline Of Animal Life
A quartzite boulder in Spring township may contain fossils challenging beliefs that animal life began later. Local authorities and University of Iowa expert Prof. Thomas weigh the evidence after plaster casts were submitted for examination. Ripple marks on the boulder indicate past contact with water, and researchers seek data to confirm fossil presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Township
Thomas
University of Iowa
Rock Island Pastor Elected National Lutheran Leader
Dr Gust avus Albert Andreen of Augustana College Rock Island Illinois was elected president of the National Lutheran Educational Association at its annual meeting. He succeeds Rev W L Bow of St Olaf College Northfield Minnesota. Rev Dr Charles Orrin Solberg of Augustana College Sioux Falls South Dakota was named vice president and Dr Reese Edgar Tullis of Wittenburg College Springfield was chosen treasurer. The group voted to send a Bible knowledge questionnaire to freshmen at Lutheran colleges nationwide.
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Associated Press
New York
Gustavus Albert Andreen
Augasiana College
Rock Island
National Lutheran Educational Association
Andreen
W. L. Bow
St. Olaf’s College
Northfield
Minn
Charles Orrin Solberg
Augustana College and Normal School
Sioux Falls
Reese Edgar Tullis
Wittenburg College
Springfield
United States
Western Railways Seek Freight Rate Hike Across West
Iowa commerce counsel Judge J H Henderson disclosed a proposed eight to 100 percent rise in class freight rates across fourteen western trunk states including Iowa. A unified opposition movement is forming with a committee appointed to compile information for the upcoming Interstate Commerce hearing in Kansas City next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Western Trunk Line
Iowa
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
J. H. Henderson
Iowa Commerce Counsel
Interstate Commerce
Retirement bombshell reshapes New York politics in 1928 bid
Governor Smith reiterates retirement at end of current term, sparking debate on its national impact. Analysts weigh effects on Democratic presidential prospects, considering Roosevelt and Young as potential successors while Tammany and southern Democrats shift strategy.
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New York
Smith
Walker
Tammany Hall
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
the Roosevelt
Reed heirs left 5 dollars each as Monmouth College inherits
Wapello Iowa January 15 four nephews and nieces receive five dollars each from the will of Mrs Rebecca Jane Stetson while her estate exceeding 50 000 is left to Monmouth College Illinois The college is to use the life accumulations of Mrs Stetson and husband William Walace Stetson for an art museum with a tablet bearing their names.
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Frese
Wapello
Harvey Reed
Rebecca Jane Stetson
Monmouth College of Monmouth
Superior Court
Los Angeles
Ilot Springs
S. D
Jennie Reed Shugart
Waterloo
Ill
Testatrix
Venue Change Sought in Murder Case of Logan Marshal
Five affidavits support a motion before Judge Dowell in Logan seeking a change of venue for Adford Sunde a Sioux City youth charged with the murder of Logan marshal John Armstrong. The affidavits claim rising killings of peace officers Morrison County and urge conviction by a local jury.
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Missouri Valley
Dowell
Logan
Adford Sunde
Sioux City
John Armstrong
Morrison County
Sunde
Armstron
Svnde
Charles Teeter
Erwin Returns Home After Washington Visit
J. E. Erwin of Columbus Junction came home last evening after a day in the capital spent with his daughter Miss Floy Erwin who is employed in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Erwin
Columbus Junction
Miss Floy Erwin
Washington
Club Raises Funds for Y W C A Washington
Fort nightly club donated 100 dollars to the Y W C A work appeal while O E O contributed 5 dollars and P E O society 75 dollars. Nineteenth Century Club gave 5 dollars and D A R plans a substantial gift as local groups prepare to meet a 2000 dollar target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. O. Society
Y. W
Nineteenth Century Club
Grinnell Expands Woman Athletes Rewards and Transfer
Grinnell College enhances women’s athletics by making points earned transferable to any U S college using the national system. Old rewards like sweaters are replaced with scarlet and black G honor pins for 1 000 points and numerals for inter class competition. Indoor activities under Miss Clara Anderson and Miss Harriet Koglin include gymnastics folk and athletic dancing and corrective work. W A A leadership lists Marion Guyer Festina Harris Margaret Stevens Elizabeth Breeden Dorothy Westfall Lucile Kantz Helen Miber Harriet Rust and Margaret Lemley with duties in hiking hockey soccer volleyball basketball and tennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Grinnell College
United States
Women's Athletic Association
Clara J. Anderson
Harriet Koglin
Marion Guyer
Buffalo Center
Festina Harris
Orient
Margaret Stevens
Fort Dodge
Elizabeth Breeden
Newbury
Dorothy Westfall
Mason City
Lucile Kantz
Muscatine
Helen Miber
Estherville
Harriet Rust
Dev Moines
Margaret Lemley
Fire destroys wing of Hotel Chateau Frontenac in Montreal
The eastern wing of the Hotel Chateau Frontenac burned, with smoke and water damage to surrounding areas. Five firefighters were injured by falling walls and a guest named Boyd suffered partial asphyxiation. The estimated loss is $2,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Montreal
Negro killed by Rock Island train in Davenport
A man believed to be Isaac William of Detroit was struck by a Rock Island passenger train in Davenport and hurled under a moving freight train. His body was found mutilated and a notebook bearing the name Walls was found at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Davenport
Isaac Willian
Detroit
Mich
Rock Island
Walls
Skating Trip Begins From Fort Madison Toward La Crosse
Archie L. Music of Kirksville Missouri starts a skating trek from Fort Madison Iowa toward La Crosse Wisconsin on January 15. He previously tried the journey from Keokuk but quit after an hour and twenty minutes due to rough ice.
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LA Crosse, Wis
Fort Madison
Jua
Archie Ll
Kirksville
LaCrosse
Wis
Keokuk
State G A R Meet in Keokuk June 6th
The state A R encampment will be held in Keokuk the week of June sixth. Three thousand delegates and fighters are expected.
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G. A. KR
Keokuk
Assocre Ress
Rene
K. la
A. R
Flickinger Sentenced Fifty Years in Sigourney Court
In Sigourney judge Henry Wagner sentenced Edward Flickinger, 18, to fifty years in Fort Madison state penitentiary for second degree murder in the death of Morris Hardy after a guilty plea. The courtroom crowd remained hushed as the judge urged firm punishment to protect society and deter others.
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Cherokef
Henry Wagner
Sigourney
Edward
Flickinger
Washta
Lawa
Etate
Fort Madison
Morris Hardy
Wagner
Wagener
Hardy
Gertrude Weaver
Hich
Joodee
Lckinger
Weatner
Des Moines Register
Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Pastor Husband Murder
Laura Christy 48 pleads not guilty to first degree murder in the death of her husband Reverend William Christy 56 a representative of United Christian Ministers with HQ in East Akron Ohio Christy reportedly confessed to poisoning him claiming it was for indigestion and is jailed awaiting grand jury action
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East Liverpool
Laura Christy
Wm. Christy
Christy
United Christian Missionary Workers
East Akron
Ohio
McDermott
R. M. Brookes
Mrs A H Twinam Visits Sister In Washington
Mrs A H Twinam of Crawfordsville arrived in Washington yesterday to spend a few days with her sister Mrs A W Yard.
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A. H. Twinam
Crawfordsville
Washington
A. W. Yard
Ponzi Plans Florida Land Sales Despite Arrest
Charles Ponzi aims to sell Columbia County land near Jacksonville at 230 dollars per acre, despite Celedonio Alviti’s blue sky law arrest in Boston. He subdivided 1600 acres into 25 by 50 lots offered at ten dollars each, claiming 7000 lots sold, with no property improvements.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Florida
Charles Ponzi
Columbia Co
Celedonio Alviti
Boston
Ponzi
Columbia County
Columbia
State Chamber of Commerce
Farmers Seek Immediate Funds To Fight Tuberculosis
Illinois dairy farmers urged Governor Len Small to release 1.75 million dollars from a two million dollar TB eradication appropriation. About 250,000 has been used, and the cut in funds threatens the state's dairy industry, as stated by the Pure Milk Association in a resolution after a conference with farmers from Illinois Michigan and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Tress
Chicago
Len Small
Illinois
State Department of Agriculture
Pure Milk Association
Michigan
Indiana
Will Marry Couples for Two Bushels of Corn at $1.00 Each
Fort Madison Iowa January 15 Justice Joseph Hays Fort Madisons marrying squire has joined over six hundred couples in the past decade He now declares corn worth a dollar a bushel so any couple with more corn than money can promise to love honor and cherish before him for two bushels of corn
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Associated Press
Fort Madison
Joseph Hays
Squire
Roses Bloom in Mild Southeast Alaska Winter
In Wrangell Alaska roses are in bloom due to a mild winter. December and early January saw a mean minimum of 85 degrees and a mean maximum of 46 degrees last month with 61 degrees this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrangell
Alaska
College Basketball Scores From Several Matches
North Dakota University 17 faced Des Moines University 12 while Lombardy 39 beat Columbia College 18 Kansas 28 defeated Grinnell 20 Buena Vista 32 over Trinity 15 State Teachers 33 over Central 22 Luther 17 beat St Ambrose 12 Mississippi A and M 38 edged Mississippi College 27 Dakota Wesleyan 61 defeated Springfield Normal 6.
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North Dakota University
Des Moines University
Lombardy
Columbia College
Kansas
Grinnell
Buena ,Vista
Trinity
Central
Luther
St. Ambrose
Mississippi A
Mississippi College
Dakota Wesleyan
Springfield
Normal
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