Recapture Fifteen Escaped Criminals From Insane Prison
A report from Chester states that fifteen of forty-one inmates who escaped last night from the state hospital for the criminal insane have been recaptured. Eleven more were retaken in a woods area as others remain at large. guards were wounded and one inmate killed by fellow convicts. Fifty guards aided in the manhunt and the escape was carried out after battering a wire fence with benches. Superintendent Dr. Fenank Stubblefield was injured trying to restore order.
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Chester
State Hospital
Associated Press
Fenank Stubblefield
William Jackson
beEro
Chicago
James Denney
Ralph Dilday
Denney
Iandls
Stubblefield
Coal Miner Dies After Auto Collision Near Charitan
John Coons a 40 year old coal miner died from injuries after a car he rode in with EB W Pierce collided with another vehicle Saturday night in Charitan. Pierce suffered minor injuries.
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Charitan
John Coons
EB. W. Pierce
Pierce
Milwaukee Road Loses Labor Case
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway was found to violate the transportation act by contracting out to Addison Miller from Atkins Iowa workers at the coal chute cinder path boiler room and engine house. The United States Railroad Labor Board aided the dispute between the carrier and the International Brotherhood of Firemen and Boilermen. The board ordered reinstate ment discussions with the employee acting as his representative.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Transportation Act
Addison Miller
Atkins
Iowa
United States Railroad Labor Board
Corier
International Brotherhood of Firemen
International
Death by dynamite tragedy in Winthrop
In Winthrop Iowa George Wedge aged 65 died by lying down on a charge of dynamite after lighting a short fuse. Only a few fragments of the body were recovered.
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Associated Press
Winthrop
George Wedge
Nine Year Old Drowns in Cedar River
Charles Harpka nine of Cedar Rapids drowned Sunday afternoon in the Cedar River while wading. He stepped from a sand bar into a deep hole and drowned before his family could reach him.
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Cedar’ Rapids
Charles Harpka
Cedar River
Pinkey Greene Keeps in Condition in Ames
Ila Ames July 23 Pinkey Greene Sioux City high school coach and football track assistant keeps fit by working with a construction crew in Ames He also plays baseball with a city twilight league team Greene a former standout athlete in Ames earned letters in four sports and was last year’s unanimous all Missouri Valley choice for basketball.
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Ames
Ila
Pinkey” Greene
Sioux City
Greene
Charles Brookins To Have A Busy Month
Charles Brookins the captain elect of the 1924 University of Iowa track team will appear at the August events in Ottumwa Mason City and Chicago. He will take part in the Diamond Jubilee Ottumwa event on August 11 the American Legion games in Mason City a week later and the National AAU outdoor junior and senior meet in Chicago from August 31 to September 2.
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Iowa City
Charles Brookins
University of Iowa
Ottumwa
Iowa
Mason City
Brookins
Chicago
Ottumwa Man Ends Life by Gas Route
Ottumwa Iowa July 23 Charles Nicholson of Fairfield ended his life by asphyxiation at the home of his daughter in law’s parents in Ottumwa. Police report the death as suicide by gas.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Charles Nicholson
Fairfield
Irene Castle Treman Granted Divorce in Paris
Paris July 2 Irene Castle Treman dancer was granted a divorce from Captain Robert E Treman in a Paris court. The ruling ends their marriage after a local court proceeding.
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Irene
Associated Press
Paris
France
Irene Castle Treman
Robert £. Treman
California Quake Rattles Southern Counties
A strong quake lasting 11 to 20 seconds struck southern California, with San Bernardino near the epicenter reporting major damage and a second tremor at 1 am. Redlands and San Diego felt shocks, windows shattered and bricks tumbled. hospitals suffered plaster falls and two people were hurt.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
California
San Bernardino
Redlands
San Diego
Santa Barbara
Arizona State Line
Weekend Iowa deaths from accidents drownings and fires
A weekend toll reported by The Associated Press lists 11 Iowa deaths from accidents, drownings and a fire with several injuries. Auto crashes killed four people including Wm Smith of Waterloo and John Coons of Lovilia. Ruby Spencer 5 died in Atlantic City. Mildred Maden 18 died after stepping into a path of a car in Creston. Drownings included Vernor Corkhall 13 in the Maquoketa River and Walter Wagner 16 in the Iowa River. Miss Ella Higden 21 and Edward Stegmeir died in the Mississippi near Clinton. Additional farm deaths and multiple injuries note further incidents. three Iowans reportedly took their own lives over the weekend.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
W. Smith
Lovila
John Coons
Atlantic City
Ruby Spencer
Creston
Mildred Maden
Monticello
Vernor Corkhall
Maquoketah
Walter Wagner
Iowa River
Clinton
Ella Higden
Edward Stegmeir
Mississippi River
Palo
Ries Skorps
Omnia
Cedar
Murray
Ernest Gordon
Increasing Red Gum Wood Popular in Furniture and Craft
One of the most diversified woods in the world the Increasingly popular red gum wood is used extensively for furniture church finish and hospital interiors reflecting its versatility and widespread adoption in varied settings.
Earthquake causes injuries and dust cloud in city
Telephone lines failed as tremor struck. Dust from collapsing bricks coated streets for five minutes after the quake. George R. Fisher, 56, was critically injured when a rock from the hall of records fell into the roof of the Richardson building nearby.
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George R. Fisher
Hall of Records
Richard ‘Son
Johnson Back From Europe Won’t Talk on Politics
Senator Hiram Johnson of California returned from Europe aboard the Leviathan and refused to discuss his presidential plans or domestic policy. He said he would speak later and save his thunder for a Wednesday night address. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, who also visited Europe, will speak at a dinner in Johnson’s honor.
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Associated Press
New York
Hiram Johnson
California
Europe
Johnson
America
Marina Johnson
Minnesota
Moses
New Hampshire
Freight Train Strikes Car. Waterloo Woman Dies
Mrs. W. T. Smith of Waterloo is killed and her eleven year old son Joseph William is slightly injured when their stalled automobile is hit by an Illinois freight train on the Grant Highway crossing near Winthrop, Iowa, last night.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
W. T. Smith
Joseph William
Iinais
Grant Highway
Winthrop
Iowa
Iowa Mud Causes Ruffled Tempers
Motorists along a two mile wide stretch between Mt Vernon and Cedar Rapids were trapped by sudden rain and mud. About a hundred cars stalled for two hours while aid crews worked to clear the road, with corn and grain damaged in the stretch.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mt. Vernon
Bachman Returned to Iowa on Embezzlement Charge
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS July 23 Sheriff Pack Findley of Des Moines Iowa left here with John Bachmen in custody to face charges of embezzlement of funds from the city of Des Moines.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Pack Findley
Es Moines
Iowa
John Bachmen
Des Moines
Plane Crash Injures Two Near Des Moines
Pilot Raymond C. Fisher and real estate agent and farm owner F. C. McCarty were injured when their airplane plunged about 700 feet near Des Moines Iowa last evening. Physicians expected both to recover.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Raymond C. Fisher
F. C. McCarty
Quality of Crimson Clover Seed Observed by US Bureau
Washington July 23 An examination by the Seed Testing Laboratories of the Bureau of Plant Industry US Department of Agriculture tested crimson clover seed from dealers for germination. June samples show one fifth with under 25 percent live seed and two fifths under 65 percent pure live seed.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Temporary Frame Structure Added to Iowa Women's Gym
A two story frame structure is added to the University of Iowa women s gymnasium in Iowa City to double capacity. The existing gym could serve 100 women per hour but rising registrations exceed space, and officials expect current overload plans to be replaced soon with a long term expansion.
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Iowa
City
University of Iowa
Ruling says counties must pay debts contracted before 1923
Iowa Attorney General Ben J. Gibson released five rulings on the Tuck law clarifying that counties must honor indebtedness contracted prior to July 4, 1923. The decisions cover funds, warrants, road money, and funding options for Jasper Jefferson Cass Clark and Van Buren counties.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Ben J. Gibson
General Assembly
Comes
Jefferson
Cass
Clark
Jasper
van Buren
Board of Supervisors
Jefferson County
Cass County
Clark County
van Buren County
Gibson
University pursues women’s physical education facility expansion
Plans for a new gym structure to support women’s physical education at Iowa include a locker room linen room rest room cloak room recitation room two offices and two examining rooms with two passages linking to the old gym. The project reflects rising demand for qualified teachers and supervisors as more women enter the program.
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Hasiine
Iowa Uled
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