Bodies of two balloonists found in Lake Erie near Port Stanley
Reports from Windsor and Cedar Rapids detail the recovery of Lieutenant L J Roth from the basket of the U S navy balloon A 669% about 14 miles south southwest of Port Stanley Ontario. A body believed to be Lieutenant J B Null was found off Point Pelee but officials doubt it is Null. Roth’s body showed exposure and a life belt. null’s fate remains uncertain.
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Ontario
Null
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Associated Press
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L. J. Roth
Lake Erie
Leamington
Roth
Port Stanley
Cedar Rapides
Iowa
United States Navy
George Wilson
Lieut. Roth
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Colonial
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Heat wave still oppresses Iowa with high temps
Des Moines July 9 The heat wave persisted across Iowa with daytime highs between 63 and 96 degrees. The weather bureau forecast cooler showers in northern counties and reported crop damage in the north, noting heavy losses by Osage farmers on Saturday night.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Osage
French Chamber Approves Washington Treaty With Pacific Pact
The chamber of deputies in Paris on July 9 unanimously approved the Washington treaty relating to the Pacific. Earlier on Saturday the chamber approved the Washington agreement on naval limitation. Both treaties now proceed to the senate.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Washington
Pacific
Chamber
Senate
Vacation Trip of Opal Tamacy from Clark and Enslin Store
Opal Tamacy began a vacation today traveling from the Clark and Enslin store to Muscatine to visit Edgar Fletcher, then proceeds to Rock Island to visit her cousin Mrs. Bob Andreson.
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Opal Tamacy
Miss Mary Connell Heads To Fort Madison This Morning
Mary Connell traveled to Fort Madison this morning in what appears to be routine local travel. No further details on purpose or accompanying persons were provided in the report.
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Mary Connell
Fort Madison
Natives Ask President to Save Salmon in Alaska
The Henderson bearing President Harding sails along the Alaska coast after brief stops at Matlakahua and Wrangell. He is struck by native appearance and good weather. A study of natives’ plea about salmon canneries consuming their food supply is begun.
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Henderson
Harding
Alaskan
Matlakahua
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Alaska
Motlakahika
Red Oak Man Killed In Auto Wreck Near Town Edge
John Wagner was killed instantly when his automobile overturned on a rough road at the edge of town last night. His wife suffered serious injuries while Frances Sels, the third passenger, escaped unharmed.
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Frances Sels
Mrs F J Anwyl and son Max visit Crawfordsville
Mrs F J Anwyl and her son Max were seen shopping in Crawfordsville on Saturday, confirming local town activity and family visitation.
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Finke Visits Town From Crawfords ville
W M Finke of near Crawfords ville was in town Saturday.
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W. M. Finke
Crawfordsville
Held for Cruelty to His Small Son
Byck Sioux City July 9 Carl Gunsavage held by police on a cruelty to children charge for mistreatment of his four year old son John chained to a cot in a barn. Officials searching the Gunsavage home found the chained boy with neck wounds from heavy links. The child reportedly told officers Daddy did it.
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Train Crash Kills 12 Year Old in Council Bluffs
One person died and two were injured when a Great Western freight train collided with a car at Gillath Vesgy bares near Council Bluffs Iowa. Helen Nelson, age 12, was killed in the collision involving three occupants of the automobile.
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Council Bluffs
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Vesgy Bares
Railroad tax hearing delays council meeting in Des Moines
Governor Kendall testified in Des Moines as part of the Rock Island and Chicago Great Western railroad rates case affecting 1924 tax levy. Executive council gathering postponed pending the tax discussion and related testimony.
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Kendall
Executive Council
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Scot
Ladd
Rock Island and Chicaso Great Wesern Railroad
William R Day dies a noted diplomat and judge
Mackinac Island Mich July 9 William R Day former associate justice of the supreme court and longtime government figure died at his country home at 5 30 am He rose from assistant secretary of state under McKinley to secretary of state supreme court justice and later a circuit judge His health declined leading to retirement He was known as The Silent Man and kept a low profile while maintaining a passion for baseball Myriad honors marked his long career and service to the United States
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Supreme Court
Washington
McKinley
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William McKinley
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Harricon
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Crop Bulletin Projects Big Corn and Potato Harvests
Washington July 3 forecast places this year’s corn crop at 2 877 000 000 bushels, up 14 000 000 from last year, and potatoes at 382 000 000 bushels versus last year’s 451 185 000. The federal crop bulletin released today details these projections.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal
Still Warm Today Sees 92 Degree Afternoon Heat
Weather record notes 92 degree high at 2:20 pm continuing hot spell. Last Saturday reached 95 and Sunday peaked at 60 indicating ongoing heat wave conditions.
Lampton family returns home from Burlington visit
L. B. Lampton drove to Burlington yesterday and brought back his wife and children after visiting relatives there.
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L. B. Lampton
Burlington
Maughan Delayed As Dawn to Dusk Flight Starts
Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan began a transcontinental dawn to dusk flight from Dayton Ohio toward San Francisco. He landed at Avenue City Missouri after his engine failed, was uninjured, and planned a fresh start from New York within a week or ten days. The route includes Dayton St Joseph Cheyenne and Salduro with stops for daylight flying totaling about 2640 miles at around 60 mph.
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San Francisco
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R. L. Maughan
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W. K. Weaver
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