Woman mayor fails in Iowa City election upset
Iowa City voters reelect J. J. Carrol as mayor over Emma J. Harvat by 2876 to 2781. Ruth Gallaher is elected alderman at large. The city, a Democratic stronghold, sees eight of eleven offices go to Democrats amid tight ward results.
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Iowa City
Emma J. Harvat
J. J. Carrol
Ruth Gallaher
Carroll
Miss Tarvat
Carrol
Miss Harvat
Ottumwa
Eoets
Corne Ottumwa
Seneca Cornell
Edwin CC. Manning
Phillip Snyder
Charles Sehl
Thomas Keef
John Schaefer
Creston
Myron J. Burt
Ed C. Keith
George Newcomb
State Board of Pharmacy
Fort Dodge
C. V. Findlay
J. KE. Fisher
J. J. Brennan
J. J. Wilson
Roert E. Johnson
O. H. Alibee
Waverly
Tay Waverly
F. A Osincup
Mammoth Hot Springs Burned In Yellowstone Fire
The Mammoth Hot Springs town in Yellowstone National Park suffered extensive damage from a major blaze. Two structures and a factory complex burned, with estimated damage around 600000 dollars. Firefighters battled for hours as winds shifted sparing the Fort Yellowstone Barracks.
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Associated
Tre
Livingston
Mont
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company
Fort
Yellowstone Barracks
National Guard drills ordered by President Coolidge
President Coolidge directs Secretary Weeks to press with the war department armory drill program for the National Guard up to legal requirements. The administration has not disclosed how much of the appropriated funds will be spent without Budget Bureau approval. The move follows prior hold pending a need investigation and aims to satisfy National Guard officials who discussed the matter with King.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Weeks
War Department
National Guard
Budget Bureau
King
Man Who Made Five Millions in 90 Days Dies
John Brant Walker a Chicago speculator famed for earning 5 million in ninety days during 1907 died in Atlantic City at 57. Once a spectacular grain pit figure he left Chicago with only railroad fare after a failed bet, losing most of his fortune.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Brandt Walker
Wall Street
Atlantic City
New York
Walker
Rescue Efforts Continue for 38 Miners Trapped
In New Castle England on March 31 only slight hope remained for rescuing 38 miners trapped after water flooded the Montague Colliery near Scotwood. A new pump was quickly installed in a last attempt to drain the flooded pit amid the risk of black damp.
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New Castle
England
Scotwood
Here
Dr Hammerstein and Family Killed in Morocco Crisis
Chicago relatives learn from Barcelona that Dr Hans L Hammerstein his three children and their governess were killed by natives in Spanish Morocco. His wife is reported seriously wounded in a Barcelona hospital. Hammerstein, an explorer and zoologist, had been granted forests in Morocco by the Spanish government and lived in Chicago twenty years ago.
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Chicago
Hans L. Hammerstein
Morocco
Barcelona
Hammerstein
Former Chancellor Seipel to quit politics and teach again
Vienna report says former Chancellor Seipel plans to withdraw from political life next autumn and return to teaching. Vienna University offers him the chair of sociology in the theology faculty, tied to his former specialty after he was shot in the lung last June by a railroad worker.
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Vienna
Seipe
Vienna University
Theology
Seipel
Thayer Supervises Collection of Ballots in Senate Contest
Edward P. Thayer of Indianapolis will lead the Senate sub committee’s ballot collection in the Brookhart Steck Iowa contest. He will travel to Des Moines to oversee sending ballots back to Washington by mail sacks and plans to finish by May 15 for committee consideration shortly after.
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Thayer
Senate
Washington
Edward P. Thayer
Indianapolis
Iowa
Des Moines
Students Shot Pastors Arrested In Hawarden Incident
Sioux City March 31 A Hawarden Iowa dispatch reports two Hawarden high school students were shot as they sat in a car in a cemetery while authorities pursued bootleggers. Rev W A Winterstein assistant night marshal was arrested on assault with intent to commit bodily harm and released on 590 dollar bond. The case is set for August after sheriff and county attorney investigated the shooting.
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Hawarden
W. A. Winterstein
Ile
Attock
Sioux County
Tragic Collision Kills Fifty in Russian Train Crash
A head on crash between the Tashkent express and a Moscow suburban train last night left nearly fifty dead and about one hundred injured. A Russian rail official confirmed the toll and said rescue work was underway at the scene near Moscow.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Mar
Tashkent
Rules That Members of Congress Must Accept Increase in Salary
Washington dispatch notes Comptroller General McCarl states congressional salaries are fixed at 10 000 and 16 000 annually and cannot be refused. Henry St George Tucker of Virginia briefly declines his 10 000 salary, prompting discussions of tradition and economy. The piece also spars with Pershing and Senate politics, weighing potential GOP nominees and Pershing’s impact on Missouri races.
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Congress
NER
Washington, PD
J. R. Me‘art
Uncle Sam
McCarl
Treasury
Henry St. George Tucker
Lexington
Henry St. George
Hon
Tucker
Coolidee
President Coolidge Holds Line on Russia Recognition
President Coolidge remains unpersuaded to alter U S policy toward Russia and sees no reason to consider recognizing the Soviet government. In a separate note, he endorses the Agriculture Department's inquiry into a three cent drop on the Chicago grain exchange as lawful and aimed at shielding grain raisers from artificial price declines.
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Associated Press
Washington, ID. C
Coolidge
Russia
Washington, PD. C
Aericuatural Department
Chicago Grain Exchange
Mrs Angeline Page Dies at Howsare Home
Mrs Angeline Rebecca Page aged 78 died at 4 15 p m yesterday at the home of her daughter Mrs A Howsare near Crawfordsville She had been ill since last fall born in West Virginia January 13 1835 she came to Iowa as a girl and later lived near Richmond with her parents She married Samuel Page December 22 1853 and had eleven children now five survive Frank Ottumwa Theodocia Grant Washington Alice Amlong Lexington Edward Riverside Ida Howsare Crawfordsville Thirty six grandchildren and forty seven great grandchildren survive Funeral services at Prairie Flower church with burial in Richmond Cemetery await word from Kansas relatives.
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Angeline Rebecca Page
Washington County
A. Howsare
Crawfordsville
West Virginia
Elijah Moore
Richmond
Samuel Page
Frank
Ottumwa
Theodocia Grant
Washington
Alice Amlong
Lexington
Edward
Riverside
Ida Howsare
Methodist Church
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Prairie Flower Church
Richmond Cemetery
Kansas
Former Hawkeye star Big Bill Atkinson ill with throat cancer
Iowa City report says W I Big Bill Atkinson a famed member of the 1900 championship Iowa eleven is critically ill in a local hospital. Atkinson earned the nickname Big Bill for his exceptional size and was a standout on the Hawkeye squad.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Mar
W. I
Big Bill
Atkinson
Iowa Eleven
Hawkeye
Woman Dies in Dentist Chair in Plymouth Hospital
Mrs Herman Athen, 27, of Plymouth, died in Dr Wesley's chair while ether was administered. The cause of death was listed as heart disease. The incident occurred Saturday night at 8 o'clock in Wesley and 8S Wesley.
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Manly
Herman Athen
Plymouth
Wesley
Br G
Prohibitionists Alarmed by Amendment to Romkey Bill
Des Moines March 31 Prohibition workers view with alarm an amendment to the Romkey canned heat bill filed by Rep Diltz Polk county The amendment would exempt alcoholic compounds made under federal permits from the Romkey bill if adopted thus preserving canned heat manufactured under federal permit and some drug concoctions banned by the state supreme court The clash stems from stricter state dry laws versus the federal act
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Mar
Prohibition
Diltz
Polk County
State Supreme Court
Des Moines Bible Reading Bill Fails in House
The final attempt to revive the Iowa Bible reading bill failed this morning as supporters managed only 48 votes to move the measure from the committee to the calendar. Representative Gripp sought to force consideration of compulsory Bible reading in public schools, a proposal previously sidelined. The bill, coming from committee with postponement, had its reconsideration made a special order, but sentiment remained similar to the prior extra session when the measure narrowly lost.
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Associated Press
State House
Des Moines
Mar
Gripp
Union County
Iowa
House
Darling Cartoonist J. N. Darling Improves Slightly
Des Moines March 31 Little change in the condition of J N Darling the well known cartoonist who is very ill in a hospital here was reported this afternoon Darling spent a restful night and morning Dr J A Rockafellow said later reports state a slight improvement had been noted in his condition
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Associated Press
Des Moines
J. N. Darling
Darling
J. A. Rockafellow
Prairie Fire Sweeps 100 Square Miles in Nebraska
A disastrous prairie fire burned hay lands across about 100 square miles south of Ainsworth Nebraska yesterday before control was regained late last night. No lives were reported lost though the damage to hay lands is serious.
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Ainsworth, Neb
Mar
Nebraska Territory
Here
President Coolidge's Father Reaches Eightieth Birthday
In Plymouth Vermont Col. John C. Coolidge father of the president marked his 80th birthday with a quiet day. Friends visited to offer congratulations while he planned a ride later, with no major changes to his routine.
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Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
Colonel Coolidge
Pol icemen Wounded in Bandits Battle at Aberdeen Hotel
Two New York policemen were wounded in a pistol fight with four robbers during a daring holdup at the Aberdeen Hotel on West 82nd Street off Fifth Avenue. The four robbers escaped with cash and jewelry valued in the thousands.
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New York
Aberdeen
West 82Nd Street
Fifth Avenue
Remember this poor merchan dise cannot be advertised
A terse note warns against attempting to advertise substandard merchandise. The fragment implies limited market appeal and possible quality concerns affecting sales viability. No additional details available.
Iowa Senate approves highway control bill increasing highway commission powers
March 31 Des Moines Iowa senate passed a general highway control measure 29 to 20 to extend the highway commission powers over the primary road system and secure federal aid. The bill creates a 4000000 road development fund and a 6000000 primary road fund, bans primary road assessments, allows tax based financing, and permits condemnation of cement plants or gravel pits for road work with bonds paid from each county allotment. The measure takes effect November 30.
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Des Moines
Highway Commission
Senate
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Benson
Bereman
Breckenridge
Cavanaugh
Clark
Clearman
Darting
Wis
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Goodwin
Hastel
Norchem
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Mille
Perkins
Reed
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Romkey
Shaff
Shane
Stanley
Stoddard
White
Ramsay
Bowman
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Brookins
Buser
Campbell
Cessna
Dean
Dotts
Fuckler
German Wehr Drowns In Weser River Bridge Collapse
Fifty Reichswehr soldiers perished when a temporary bridge in Dan Detmold Germany collapsed during maneuvers. The victims were part of a marching unit in full field gear attempting to cross the Weser. Also mentioned is Miss Kathleen Eller visiting Fairfield for a few days with her grandmother.
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Germany
Reichswehr
Weser
Kathleen Eller
Fairfield
al McCoy
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