Murder mystery in Ottumwa as five suspects eyed in Overturf killing
In Ottumwa Iowa July 15 three men and two women are under suspicion for the shooting death of Harry Overturf who was shot while ordering spoons from a private lane on his farm. Officers plan to examine the victim’s dog and search for a woman in the car involved. Mrs Overturf remains in critical condition. The coroner’s inquest continues and a sign reading Dead man’s lane no necking here was seen near the lane.
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Associated Press
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Scattered Showers Forecast for Week Across Regions
Weather forecast from Washington predicts a brief period of scattered showers midweek in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Temperatures start cool, then rise to normal or above, with variable conditions to end the period.
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Girls Win Four Chemistry Essay Prizes in ACS Contest
The American Chemical Society honors four female students for top chemistry essay performances. Marion Honke of Carroll Iowa is among the winners. Scholarships cover four years of college tuition and $500 yearly expenses funded by Mr and Mrs Francis I Garvan of New York.
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Associated Press
New York
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American Chemical Society
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Vassar
Yale
Francis I. Garvan
Marion Honke
Carroll
Iowa
France Faces Serious Situation in Morocco Front
Marseille dispatch reports General Stanislawus Nanlin, new commander in chief of French forces, en route to the Rif campaign. He warns the French front faces real difficulties at the height of the hot season as Abd-El-Krim’s forces press in Morocco.
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Scouts Help Hunt For Iowa Murderer
Sioux City July 18 Scout troops camping at Camp Kellogg Stone Park took part in a midnight manhunt after a general alarm. Under Scoutmaster F C Woolworth and leaders the boys searched ravines near the camp for a suspect linked to the deaths of Mrs Josephine Goodwin and Mrs Elizabeth Anthony found at 132 Seventh Street. The search ended without success.
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Curtis to Visit Mr Coolidge at Summer White House
Senator Curtis of Kansas Republican leader in the senate will visit President Coolidge at the summer White House in Swampscott Massachusetts. He is expected to arrive Monday to discuss legislative issues including tax reduction farm aid and coal industry measures.
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Iowa Land Valuation Probe Closes Amid Tax Debate
Des Moines reports the executive council closed the inquiry into farm land valuations and will hear from railroads and other interests next week as opponents seek to block tax cuts. Mayors from Fayette county towns called for higher local taxes to fund farm reductions, with petitions signed by six city leaders. Hearings on railroads, electric lines, and telecom firms are scheduled early in the week.
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Frank Morrison
West Union
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Fayette
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Hawakeye
BE. D. Allen
Arlington
L. J. Gibbs
Waucoma
Haynes Warns Iowa Must Build Roads to Avoid Bankrupt
Glenn Haynes, secretary of the Iowa Good Roads association, says Iowa must build hard roads or face bankruptcy. He cites motor car expenses at 400 million dollars annually versus a 270 million dollar corn crop, and notes 90 percent of miles traveled are on dirt roads. He reports 29 million dollars available for roads this year, with only nine million for construction and the rest for maintenance.
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Iowa
Glenn Haynes
Iowa Good Roads Association
Scopes Trial Concessions Struggle to Break Even
Dayton July 19 Dozens of stands line the courthouse area as concessionaires judge the trial a failure from their view. Judge Raulston's ruling barring pe testimony quenched hopes that the trial would run longer to allow profits to grow.
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Burlington Cop Fires Twice Kills Man in Standoff
Hazen I. Peacock proprietor of a rent a room firm on Main street was shot twice by Officer Joe Feeley and died instantly during a three hour police effort to bring him down from rooms above a garage. Peacock was unarmed when he came down the stairs but officers said he crouched as if armed and refused to surrender. His mother wife and two men were with him in the garage during the incident.
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Seoul City Flood Parcels Cited With Casualties
Dispatches report a large portion of Seoul inundated by flood with numerous casualties. Associated Press dispatches note extensive damage and ongoing rescue efforts.
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From Sioux City Clerk to Northwestern President
In a reminiscence, Herbert Quick recounts Fred Sargent’s rapid rise from a Sioux City clerkship at Wright & Call to junior partner, then to head of the Chicago and Northwestern system. He notes Sargent’s move to vice president and general counsel, culminating in his becoming president of the Northwestern and related lines.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
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Northwestern System
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Fred W. Largent
Chicago & Northwestern
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Minneapolis & Omaha
Lawyers for Scopes Plan Case Appeal
Dayton Tenn July 18 Defense counsel prepare statements for record as appeal prospects loom in Tennessee's Scopes trial. Scientific testimony was excluded and a court adjournment left Dayton quiet while experts finalize testimony for the record for the appeal.
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Dayton
Chattanooga
Scott aided by more witnesses in murder case
New witnesses claim the killing of Joseph Maurer was not a holdup but a quarrel over bootleg whiskey. They say Robert Scott fired the shot while Russell Scott stood by. one witness, James M. Ball, places the event at the drug store near Chicago City Hall.
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Chicago Bays Held for Auto Theft at Mount Pleasant
Three eighteen year old Chicago men Jon J dJaeger George Myars and Alfred Warner were arrested in Mount Pleasant for stealing a automobile in Chicago They waived preliminary hearing and are held in county jail in default of $1000 bond They face a federal grand jury in Keokuk in September The trio allegedly took a machine owned by Wim Maikow and were en route to Colorado.
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George Myars
Alfred Warner
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Secession in Colorado Klan as Denver group splits
The Rocky Mountain News reports that the Denver Ku Klux Klan and about a dozen Colorado groups voted to withdraw from Iliram Wesley Evans’s national organization. They will form an independent Colorado Klan led by Dr. John Galen Locke after a telegram from Evans instructed funds and property not be disbursed without national approval. About 100,000 members were said to attend the Denver meeting as the state’s Klan breaks away.
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Des Moines Chicago Air Express Planned by Aviator
Local aviator Raymond Visher announces a new Des Moines to Chicago air express line. A $100000 company will operate several planes with 2000 pounds capacity and daily schedule. He expects service to begin within two months.
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Raymond Visher
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Fisher
Condemned Man’s Photo Seen by Scotts Thursday
Scotts viewed newspaper photographs of the condemned man on Thursday, noting the images as part of ongoing coverage.
Conferences Called by President in Coal Wage Talks
President Coolidge met with Secretary Davis to discuss potential ties between operators and miners amid a wage dispute. Hoover may be summoned if tensions rise, while Davis sails for Europe and returns late August. Davis predicted an agreement before September 1.
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Wisconsin Farmer Drying Hay by Hot Air
A Wisconsin farmer uses a high pressure hot air fan to dry newly cut hay in eight hours at Genesee depot experimental farms. The method, tested by UW agriculture engineers, speeds baling and reduces moisture damage and pests, with twelve loads processed in a single operation. Howard T. Greene plans to hay by hot air rain or shine.
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University of Wisconsin
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Des Moines Judge Delays Self Trial in Parking Card Case
Judge J H Sawyer who received anonymous parking cards in front of the Royal theater left town for a month long vacation in New Jersey and New England. He will conduct his own arraignment on return. The municipal court debated guilt amid prior leniency for similar offenses and possible appeal if found not guilty.
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J. H. Sawyer
Royal Theater
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New England
Sawyer
Ralph L. Powers
Mother cat adopts young orphan rabbit in Belden
A mother cat in Belden Nebraska found a young orphan rabbit on the roadside and adopted it as a playmate for her three lively kittens. For several days the kittens and rabbit have played together harmoniously.
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Rabbit
Associated Press
Belden, Neb
Escape of bandit Webb sparks probe into prison farm escapes
In Chicago on July 18, Chief of Detectives Shoemaker reviewed department records and found ten murderers, nine serving life terms, who escaped from the Joliet area honor farm in the past nine months, following the escape of Robert Teddy Webb.
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