Another Cold Wave to Hit Sunday Morning
The weather bureau forecasts a severe cold wave sweeping the upper Mississippi valley from the west by Sunday morning. Snow is expected tonight as an advance guard with the storm moving in from Canada, driving temperatures down for at least forty eight hours. Readings in the Canadian northwest show 0 to 36 degrees below zero at multiple points.
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Chicago
Lil
Mar
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Canada
Canadian Northwest
Boy Admits Part in Clarinda Crime
John Embree, 17, confessed to complicity in the shooting of Deputy Sheriff Stanley Pander in Clarinda Iowa. He withdrew his not guilty plea and was sentenced to the Florida reformatory until age 21. Companions Clyde Tudenous and Lloyd Heller face trial Monday.
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Clarinda
John Embree
Stanley Pander
Farmers Bring Hog Loads to Iowa Country Races
A Journal reporter witnessed a fleet of farm teams arriving Saturday morning with hogs. Six sleds and two wagons formed the string of vehicles, reflecting Iowa farmers' ample hog supplies and strong market confidence.
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Journal
Funeral for Marcellus Nicola Held at Jones & McElhinney
Funeral services for Marcellus Nicola were conducted Friday afternoon by Rev. M. R. Regan at Jones and McElhinney parlors with the Baptist choir including Mrs Sickles Mrs Dowis Elmer Burham and Frank Sage. No burial occurred due to bad roads. the family plans burial at Schrock cemetery when roads improve.
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Marcellus Nicola
Jones & McElhinney
M. R. Regan
Baptist Choir
Mra
Will Sickles
Tom Dowis
Elmer Burham
Frank Sage
U S Reparations Views Spark Allied Mediation Call
The United States opened its reply to Allied demands over reparations, resisting deducting seized German ships from the Rhine troop payments of 250.6 million dollars. State officials acknowledged Germany’s position, delivered by Dr Dieckhoff, and urged U S mediation in the dispute with France.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Rhine
Paris
Washington
PD. C
State Department
Germany
Dieckehoff
Weehington
France
Coal Miner Killed by Slate Fall Near Des Moines
Des Moines March 17 John Welel a miner at the Urbandaie coal company mine near the city limits was killed early this morning by a slate fall in the mine The accident occurred during the shift change and rescue service reached the scene promptly He was an experienced miner and left a widow and two children seeking details from company officials
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Des Moines
John Welel
Urbandaie Coal Company
Vaccination School Survives Bad Weather Test
Despite extreme weather, the Forth Bureau led by H. V. Ellis held a hog cholera vaccination school on Thursday and Friday. Dr. Alva Howard of Ames conducted the session, producing a class of 13 pupils though about fifty could have attended if roads were passable.
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Forth Bureau
H. V. Ellis
Journal issues correction on flag salute description
The Journal corrects a misdescription of a patriotic program by town women for naturalization exercises, changing a flag drill to a flag salute and expressing a hopeful, sincere apology. It vows to avoid similar errors in the future.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Crystal Radio Sets Detect At Distances Of Miles
Chicago reports show crystal detector radio sets picking up distant broadcasts at night under ideal weather. Some amateurs claim receptions up to 1000 miles, using no batteries or tubes, with fine aerials and precise adjustments.
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Crystal
Associated Presse
Cwicago
N. Y
Keve Lumber official pleads guilty to embezzlement
A H Reimers secretary and general manager of Keve Lumber in Cedar Rapids confessed to embezzling over one hundred thousand dollars from company funds over three years. He waived trial, seeks immediate sentence, and faces up to five years at Fort Madison penitentiary. J Keve of Mount Vernon commented on the case.
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Associated Ress
Cedar Rapids
A. H. Reimers
Keve Lumber Company
Fort Madison
F. L. Anderson
Marion
Reimers
Keve
Iowa
E. H. Reimers
A. Barnbrem
Los Angeles Faces Major Illegal Liquor Ring Probe
Federal officers raid six alleged bootlegging stores in Los Angeles uncovering a vast operation. H. H. Foley cites a list of about twenty prominent locals, including actors Jack Pickford and Lottie Pickford, connected to the case. Charges allege two sales to Pickford and recovered checks.
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The
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
H. H. Foley
Southern General Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Jack Pickford
Anna Forest
Lottie Pickford
Mary Pickford
Pickford
Osage and Council Bluffs win opening state tourney games
In Boone Iowa Osage and Council Bluffs each won their opening games in the state high school basketball tournament. Council Bluffs beat Spirit Lake 21 to 20, while Oskaloosa edged Spirit Lake 18 to 19 and Spirit Lake failed to advance.
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Boone
Mar
Osage
Council Bluffs
Oskaloosa
Spirit Lake
Campbell filibusters as Iowa Senate stalls road funds bill
Senator Campbell of Ida county launches a two hour filibuster in the Iowa Senate to block a measure limiting county boards from using primary road funds for more than one year. The bill is sent to indefinite postponement by the Senate Highway Committee amid charges of a hand picked panel.
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The
Associated Ree
Des Moines
Mar
Campbell
Ida County
Iowa Assembly
Senate Highway Committee
Holdoegel
Iowa
State Association of County Supervisors
Shinn
Harrison
State Board of Education
Committee On Educational Institutions
Senate
Kenyon
Assembly
Iowa Internal Revenue Figures Reach Over Two Million
Internal Revenue Bureau totals for Iowa show 1923 collections through March 17 amounting to 2,222,175.44 recorded by collector Lars Bladine. Breakdowns include 784,342.64 from corporations, 748,278.39 from incomes under 5900, and 189,554.44 from incomes above that threshold, with 1922 returns totaling 2,300,085.95.
Polk County sheriffs to turnover condemnation funds
The Iowa House passed the Wichman bill requiring two former Polk county sheriffs to hand over condemnation money to Sheriff Findley within thirty days. The measure clears the Senate and accompanies a Lake bill shielding highway property from state taxes. A Gallagher bill proposes two thirds voter approval for public bonds.
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Polk County
Sheriff Park
Findley
Wichman
House
Senate
Lake Bil
Gallagher
Iowa
Duquoin Miner Patrick Bann One of Industry’s Oldest
Duquoin Illinois March 17 Patrick Bann a Longtime local coal miner is believed to be among the oldest in active service in the United States He is 70 years old and began work in England at seven years of age totaling 73 years in the mines He has lived in Duquoin for 50 years and remains active in union affairs.
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Duquoin
Ill
Patrick Bann
United States
England
Osage Versus Council Bluffs Clash For State Title
In Boone Iowa Osage meets Council Bluffs tonight at 8 36 p m to decide the state high school basketball championship final game between the two teams.
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Boone
Osage
Council Bluffs
Germany and France Face Stalemate as Talks Delay
Paris reports Premier Poincaré rejects negotiations unless Germany officially requests talks. In Dusseldorf two Germans shot by French sentries during a night incident at Recklinghausen and Essen. A Rhine incident at Friemersheim says forty French soldiers killed or injured when a troop train collided with a freight train.
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Aconemie Preece
Paris
Poincare
Germany
Berlin
France
Dusseldorf
Mar
Récklinghausen
Essen
Friemersheim
Duisburg
Death of Rev. Lemuel B. Huston in Columbus City
News of the deathly illness of Rev. Lemuel B. Huston from devulpe pneumonia listed in Columbus City. He served in the Nineteenth Iowa with a Washington company led by Capt. John Gray. A former Associate Presbyterian preacher, he later preached for the Reformed Presbyterians.
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Lemuel B. Huston
Columbus City
Iowa
Reximvedt
Washington
John Gray
Washington Company
Co. C
Associate Presbyterian
Reformed Presbyterians
Residence Property on Washington Street Sold to McFarland
McFarland trims the Washington street residence across from the Second United church for 5000 dollars. The property, once owned by Homer Shire, may be kept for residential use only and not as a business location, with McFarland not yet stating his plans.
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W. W. McFarland
Washington Street
Unitedterian Church
Homershire
McFarland
Noted Americans Once Sold Books in Youth
A Chicago talk reveals that many famous figures once sold books door to door. Washington and others earned tuition or funds by taking orders and delivering titles by horseback, with anecdotes about Grant, Webster, Napoleon, Reed, Peabody, Steinmetz, Sheldon, Gould, and more.
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George Washington
R.S. Branch
Chicago
General Grant
Washington Irving
Daniel Webster
Dartmouth College
Weems
Life of
Washington
de Tocqueville
America
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M. Nicola
U. S
Flus
BIG C.R. Fire
Lumber Company
J. Keve
Mount Vernon
Eral Officials
Lars, Bladine
Fort Dodge
St. Louis
Capitol
Cummins
Brookhart
Congress
Aim
Polk Sheriffs
Wer
Lowe
Cays
Associatedress
Napoleon Bonaparte
L’histoire de la Revolution
Iranch
Tenvre
Napoleon
Brydell
Thomas Brackett Reed
George Peabody
Arthur B. Sheldon
Charles P. Steinmetts
Jay Gould
Wall Street
Mr. Branch
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