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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1927
Page
3
Buffalo mayor orders Shipwreck Kelly to descend from a flagpole after a publicity stunt. The long time exhibition performer had become a city spectacle drawing crowds and national attention. Officials urge a peaceful exit and respect for public safety.
Kelly began a seven day long sit atop Andrews Building flagpole at noon yesterday. Mayor Frank X. Schwab ordered him down citing public menace and danger to safety. A police chief warned of turning on fire hoses if Kelly refused to obey.
G Crawfordsville July 12. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Millson and Miss Margaret Davidson were visitors in Washington yesterday. Mrs. Ella McKee came home yesterday morning from a weekend visit with relatives near Winfield.
Unclear OCR text shows fragmented names and actions. A named Horuste appears with Tote and Sane in a pursuit or run scenario. The readable parts suggest a local crime or chase motif without clear dates or places.
Mrs. Mary B. Samuel, native of India and president of the Punjab division of the India WCTU, will speak at United Presbyterian church Crawfordsville on Thursday July 14. She will attend the WCTU institute that day and give two lectures at 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. A noon covered dish lunch will follow.
Miss Nellie Krantz daughter of John and Jennie Krantz dies July 7 1927 at Mt Pleasant hospital after two years of ill health Born February 21 1906 in Utah Warren County Illinois she was 31 years four months and sixteen days old She was a member of the swe
The Rotary gathering featured five minute talks by Art Anderson Dr Alcorn Fred Stewart and Ralph Livingston with a common view that Rotary fellowship builds better men They praised the associations and organization and enjoyed a lighter moment from William Shannon recounting a family trip to ice caves Devil's Backbone and cities in Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois.
Chaos gripped Dresden region as floods left an estimated 200 plus dead. In Berggiesbuebel three hundred? bodies were found. a mother went insane upon recognizing three of her children. Reichswehr sent more troops to the disaster area, authorities mobilized police and doctors, and disease fears rose. Thousands searched for relatives as corpses were gathered at stations amid joint relief efforts by communists and nationalists.
Mr and Mrs Fred Coats and their three children were visiting Rev and Mrs S K Coats when they were summoned to St Louis by word that their eldest son is in a hospital there and his new wife is dead. No details are given but the Coats family suspects an automobile wreck. The parents drove all night to reach St Louis and are likely there now.
Describes plans to illuminate night mountain scenery this summer with floodlight batteries on observation car platforms along the transcontinental railway, aiming to reveal the landscape’s strange beauty.
Government forms and rulers asked include Albania’s status, Norway’s king, Germany’s president, and other royal heads. Questions reference Norway’s king, Teeland, and dictator Primo de Rivera’s rule, plus Gerado Machado’s country.
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