Drake University President to Speak in Washington
Announcement notes Dr. D. W. Morehouse president of Drake University will visit Washington on Monday July 28. He will attend a joint Rotary Lions dinner at the Commercial club at 6 15 then lecture at the high school auditorium on astronomy with lantern slides. The public is invited.
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Washington
D. W. Morehouse
Drake University
Des Moines
Rotary and
Lions Clubs of
Commercial Club
Dr. Morehouse
Morehouse
Drake
Funeral services for Mrs W A Stewart Held at Home
Funeral services for Mrs W A Stewart were conducted at 10 90 this morning at the home by Rev J Reade McCrory with assist Rev W C Allen. Pallbearers included three sons John Everette and Clayde Stewart two brothers in law John and George Stewart and son in law Rev Frank Galloway. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Mra. W. A. Stewart
J. Reade McCrory
W. C. Allen
John
Everette
Clayde Stewart
Inlaw
George Stewart
Frank Galloway
Elm Grove Cemetery
Funeral services for J C Mathers at Haskina church
The funeral was held yesterday at 2 36 PM at the Presbyterian church in Haskina conducted by Hey with assistance from Mr. Thompson of Cotter. The body lay in state at Goodin Undertaking Parlors in Washington awaiting daughter Mrs T Verne Gregory from Tampico Mexico expected tonight. Interment planned privately Friday afternoon at Ainsworth Cemetery.
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J. C. Mathers
Presbyterian
Wyoming Banks Fail to Open Doors Across State
Cheyenne July 16 state examiners report four small Wyoming banks failed to open for business today signaling regional financial strain and prompting investigation by state authorities.
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Wyoming Banks
Cheyenne
Wyo
State Examiners
Wyoming
Visit of Premier Pleases British Officials
London reports great satisfaction among British officials over Prime Minister MacDonald s Paris visit and confidence that reparations conference would open July 16. He planned to make an important statement in the House of Commons about his meeting with Premier Herriot of France.
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London
MacDonald
Paris
House of Commons
Herriot
France
Bandits Rob Bank in Chicago Suburb
Six men held up the Prairie State Bank of Oak Park today attackers arrived in an automobile and rushed in from the rear forcing an employee to surrender cash. They fled in the car with the loot, engine running, at a busy street intersection in the suburb.
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Chicago
Prairie State Bank
Oak Park
Bob McKee Takes Commanding Lead in State Championship
At Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo on July 10, Bob McKee surged ahead in the afternoon round of the state championship flight against Bill Ingham. McKee sped to a strong start, halting Ingham’s progress with early holes while Ingham faced trouble escaping traps and struggled to keep pace.
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Sunnyside Country Club
Waterloo
Bob McKee
Bill Ingham
Ingham
McKee
Preparatory Church Services Scheduled at First United Presbyterian
Preparatory services to communion set at First United Presbyterian church with services Friday 7 30 PM and Saturday 2 30 PM Rev W C Porter of Crawfordsville to preach at both services.
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First United Presbyterian Church
W. C. Porter
Crawfordsville
New Telephone Operators in Haskins
Miss Dale Ebner and Miss Marjorie McCreedy become mutual telephone operators in Haskins filling the vacancy of Mrs Opal Farrington who now lives in Washington Ebner serves as chief operator with McCreedy as assistant and the community wishes them success for the coming year
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Haskins
Dale Ebner
Marjorie McCreedy
Mutual
Opal Farrington
Opal Godlove
Knights to attend funeral for J. P. Thomas at Castle Hall
All Knights are summoned to the Castle hall at 2 30 for the funeral of our late brother J. P. Thomas. The service will be at Jones and McElhinney funeral parlors with Sigafoose as C C.
Funeral services for Judson P. Thomas Friday
Judson P. Thomas dies at his East Washington home after four years of ill health. Funeral Friday at 3 PM at Jones and McElhinney parlors with Baptist church rites and a Knights of Pythias burial at Elm Grove cemetery. Survivors include Alma B. Downing and five siblings. several deceased.
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Judson P. Thomas
East Washington Street
John D. Kern
the Baptist Church
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jones & McElhinney Undertaking
Thomas
Roscoe
Des Moines County
Iowa
Thomas W
Ann
Jones) Thomas
Business College
Burlington
Mamie Wright
Morning Sun
Alma B. Downing
Wellman
Washington
Baptist Church
Knights of Pythias
Pasadena
D. A
Los Angeles
Brighton
Charles
Will A. Phillips
Harriett
Sarah Thomas
John W
Benjamin J
Cc. L Thomas
Funeral arrangements delayed for Clarion bride death incident
Mason City July 10 Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Wm Pappas are on hold as investigators search Iowa Wisconsin and Michigan for her brother Guy Vaseman who is linked to the death when a lighted match ignited a stove.
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Mason City
Wm. Pappas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Guy Vaseman
Lighting Camp Fires in Yellowstone With kerosene-soaked sawdust
Camp boys in Yellowstone National Park devised a quick lighting method using pails of sawdust saturated with kerosene. A single large spoonful is enough to start any campfire, according to the report from the park area.
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Yellowstone National Park
Will Dunlevy Visits Washington After NEA Meeting
Mr. Will Dunlevy of San Diego California arrived last night from Washington D C where he attended the meeting of the National Educational Association. He is spending the day at the D C Cunningham home and expects to leave tomorrow morning.
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Will Dunlevy
San Diego
Calif
Washington, D. C
National Educational Assn
D. C
Cunningham
Pay Last Tribute To Secretary Cassady
Hundreds of friends and relatives honored RK W Cassady late secretary of agriculture for Iowa at his birth home in Whiting The funeral at 1130 AM was held on the Cassady lawn due to church capacity Masonic Fraternity led the rites with official state representation by Secretary of State Ramsay and State Auditor Haynes
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Preece
Whiting
RK. W. Cassady
Iowa
Des Moines
BH. M. Cassady
First Congregational Church
Cassady
Masonic Fraternity
Ramsay
Haynes
America Objects to New Treaty Draft
The United States informed the League of Nations it cannot adhere to the draft of the treaty of mutual assistance. The fourth Assembly had voted to circulate the draft to all governments for views.
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Geneva
United States
League of Nations
Fourth Assembly of the League
Attitude toward La Follette to be decided in Chicago
The national farmer labor party with roots in St Paul will decide its stance on Senator Robert La Follette at a Chicago executive committee meeting tonight. The committee's recommendation will be sent to a later conference of district workers party representatives.
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Chicago
National Farmer-Labor Party
St. Paul
Robert la Follette
Workers Party of America
Traces of the haunted German village Weinfeld found
In the Weinfelder Moore near the Moselle north of the Eifel, remains of the ancient Weinfeld village are being studied. Histories say the 1812 town of 1600 inhabitants suffered smallpox, fire, wars, and eventual burial of the site, long rumored to be haunted by a curse.
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Colbenz
Weinfeld
Weinfelder Moore
Eifel
Moselle
Caer
Weinfelder
Lion flagship of Admiral Beatty in shipbreakers hands
The Lion, flagship of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Beatty during the war, has fallen into the hands of ship breakers at Jarrow on Tyne after its wartime service.
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Lion
Lord Beatty
Sship Breakers
Jarrow-on-Tyne
Finnish Runner Sets New Olympic Records
Paavo Nurmi dominates events at Colombes France Olympic trials setting new Olympic and world marks. Nurmi wins 5000 metres in 14 21 1 6 minutes and 1500 metres in 3 53 2 5, while Ralph Spearow makes sixth in pole vault as USA stars feature in sprint and field events.
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Fibre Associated Prowsay
Olympic Stadium
Colombes
France
Paavo Nuremi
Willie Ritela
Nuremi
Hannes Kohlenmainen
Sweden
U.S
United States
Paavo Nurmi
Finland
Willie Ritola
Edvin Wide
John Romiz
Sigila
C. T. Cribbon
Ralph Spearrow
Oregon
Spearow
Lee Barnes
California
James K. Booker
University of Michigan
Glenn Graham
California Tech
Pickard
Canada
Peterson
Denmark
Schafer
Switzerland
H. B. Stallard
D. A. A. Lowe
Drittang
Ray B. Baker
Ilinois AC
Lloyd Hahn
Boston
A. A
Fitch
Svensson
L. B. Betts
South Africa
Charles Hoff
Norway
GM. Butler
Taylor
Paulen
Holland
BE. H. Liddell
Ray Robertson
Oldfield
Johnston
J. Imbach
Switzer
Land
Engdhal
Eric C. Wilson
University of Iowa
Jensen
Nerman
Australia
CC. Coard Taylor
New York
A. C
Noto
Japan
Horatio Fitch
Chicago
Astrom
Her Temporary Husband at the Fox
A First National farce comedy opens at the Fox to lift moods and banish blues. It is a well plotted screen version of Sidney Paulton’s stage hit, with director John McDermott adding new situations for a rib tickling, convincingly funny result.
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the Fox
Oline
Sidney Paulton
John McDermott
Laborite Chides Colleague for Golfing with Duke
D B Jones of Merthyr Tydvil criticized Frank Hodges civil lord of the admiralty for playing golf with the Duke of York after a miners course match. He condemned public hypocrisy and warned that the political class pays a price for such conduct.
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London
Duke of York
Frank Hodges
Admiralty
D. B. Jones
Merthyr Tydvil
National Federation of
Mr. Jones
Camels Preserve Mystery Of Ancestry In Domestic Line
Camels are noted as the only domestic animals unable to trace their parentage to any wild species. The distinction highlights the unique origins of the camel lineage within domesticated animals.
Abolition of Queues Ordered in Chihyi Province China
General Wang Chenping, civil governor of Chibiyi, orders removal of queue hairstyles. Over two months people may voluntarily cut queues, then police will stage cutting campaigns. A civic education drive will run with posters and handbills. Fines of one dollar will fund law enforcement.
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Peking
China
Wang Chenping
Chibiyi
Great Ideas: Crucifixions and Growth of New Notions
A quotation from Newell Dwight Hills notes that God occasionally places a great idea in a worthy mind. Established figures resist such changes, sometimes persecuting the messenger, yet ideas endure and thrive beyond opposition.
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God
Apostle
Newell Dwight Hills
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