Bandits Rob Iowa Bank With Vigilante Sweep
Bandits about 26 years old robed the Swisher Trust and Savings Bank ten miles south of Cedar Rapids Iowa. They entered with drawn revolvers bound the cashier and a customer, took about $2000, and fled toward Cedar Rapids with two girls in a Nash automobile. A customer freed the bound men and raised the alarm.
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Cedar Rapids
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank
Here
Gary Bys
Nash
Bys
Crawfordsville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs William Brown and family of Morning Sun visited J S McCleary home in Crawfordsville on Sabbath afternoon Miss Jeanette Wooley Iowa City school teacher spent the weekend at home Miss Scyle Edwards also visited with her parents during the weekend near Iowa City
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Crawfordsville
William Brown
Morning Sun
J. S. McCleary
Jeanette Wooley
Iowa City
Scyle Edwards
Mechanical Circus at Y This Week
The Hall Bros. three ring mechanical circus plays two days at the Y M C A gymnasium in Washington tomorrow and Thursday. All figures and equipment are carved from clear pine by one man with only a pocket knife. The show offers clean wholesome entertainment and supports local Y activities.
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Hall Bros
Washington
Funeral Services for W M Conner Held at Local Funeral Home
Funeral services for W M Conner were held yesterday afternoon at the L A Jones funeral home. Rev Willard Wylie and Rev A M Malcolm conducted the rites with wall bearers Sherm Crone Roy Teets Fred Stewart Don Sherman Jay Carris and Leslie Dunlap. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
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W. M. Conner
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Willard Wylie
A. M. Malcolm
Sherm Crone
Roy Teets
Fred Stewart
Don Sherman
Jay Carris
Leslie Dunlap
Elm Grove Cemetery
Marble champion George McAvoy wins junior high tournament
George McAvoy won the annual marble championship held at the junior high school directed by Guy Carlton. About 130 boys competed in the event.
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George McAvoy
Guy Carlton
Mrs. Waymack Visits Florence Relative Links
Mrs John Waymack travelled from her Florence Alabama home last evening to visit her daughter Mrs Phil Weldin and other relatives and friends.
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John Waymack
Florence
Alabama
Phil Weldin
Mrs George Cook Visits Relatives in Morton Illinois
Mrs George Cook and her children traveled to Morton Illinois last evening for an indefinite visit with relatives.
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George Cook
Morton, Ilinois
Monument to Lindbergh Nungesser and Coli Dedicated in Paris
United States Ambassador Herrick spoke at Le Bourget as a monument was dedicated to Col Charles A Lindbergh, Charles Nungeasser and Francois Coli. It recalls Lindbergh's New York flight and the doomed Le Bourget to New York attempt by Nungesser and Coli.
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Lindy, Nungesser
Coli
Paris
United States
Herrick
le Bourget Flying Field
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Nungeasser
Francois Coli
le Bourget
Lind-bergh
New York
Nungesser
Eighth Grade to Present Operetta on May 15
Eighth grade pupils at the junior high school will perform an operetta with an Irish theme titled Bits o BlARney on Tuesday evening May 15 in the school auditorium. The cast includes 41 boys and 33 girls with leading roles by Marjorie Pratt Eugene Thomas Donald Stutsman Helen Jungbluth Horace Allen Janet Jennings Ruth Mohr.
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Otis M. Carrington
Marjorie Pratt
Eugene Thomas
Donald Stutsman
Helen Jungbluth
Horace Allen
Janet Jennings
Ruth Mohr
Norma Reaney
Norma Becker
S. A. Dickerson
Helen Alcorn
Arnold Anderson
Irene Batterson
Lucille Becker
Hazel Blick
Max Boone
Stanley Bratten
Willa Briley
Mildred Brown
Edsal Brown
Joe Campbell
Robert Carson
Rose Carbaugh
David Catlett
Betty Clow
Male Crandall
Daryl Crawford
Junior Cuddy
Opal Parnell
Albert Downs
Dick Edgington
Grace Edwards
Kenneth Fishburn
Velma Finke
Carl Fredrick
Devil Graham
Lloyd Helwick
Jacob Hotle
Henrietta Hull
Lester Jones
Vernette Johnson
Ethel Kiser
Lafe Klopfenstein
Ruth Long
Hazel Longer
Jack Lytle
George McAvoy
Francis McConne
Junior MecConnel
Marguerite McChurch
Maurice Mayo
Mildred Masson
Genevive Messenger
Lucille Minick
Emma Morrett
Velda Parcell
Max Raymond
Ernest Reed
Paul Richardson
Edna Richardson
Helen Sartor
Wm. Schulty
Clarence Lee
Marjorie Smith
Helen Smiley
Paul Snider
Edward Sorrel
Donald Starr
Mildred Starr
Wm. Stewart
Raymond Thornton
Milan Thompson
Floyd Tracy
Vera Tucker
Hubert Turner
Curtis Wells
Orlin Wittiig
Helvey Company Opens Week of Vaudeville Acts
Neale Helvey and his company opened a week of engagement with a large crowd. They present clean vaudeville with new features and plays this year. The musical opening was Hello Washington and the play Mr. Jim Bailey. The show included singing novelty dancing and instrumental duets between acts, described as well worth hearing.
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Neale Helvey
Washington
Jim Bailey
Neale
Censorship Tightens in Roumania As Peasants March
Vienna reports strict censorship in Roumania with official announcements the only allowed news. Arrest threats target newspaper men and agencies while calls for government resignation surface. Beleaguered Belgrade contacts note pressure and a suspended telephone link resumes. Juliu Maniu and Juliu Manaila are cited on sovereignty and peasant protests against the regency for boy king Michael.
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Vienna
Roumania
Bucharest
Belgrade
Politika
Juliu Maniu
Peasants
Carol
Juliu Minalache
Peasants’ Party
Michael
Albert West rises to VP at National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Albert West formerly with Ainsworth and Washington National Bank has been elected vice president of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston. He will represent the $250,000,000 bank in Chicago and resigns as second vice president of Foreman National Bank of Chicago to assume his new post. Friends praise his steady climb in banking.
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G. Albert West
Ainsworth
Washington National Bank
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Chicago
West
Foreman National Bank of Chicago
Boston
Keota Wins Keokuk County Track Meet
Keota high school topped the Keokuk county field meet held at What Cheer last Saturday earning 83 points. What Cheer finished second with 64 and Delta third with 63 as Keota preserves the championship banner from last year.
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Keota
Keota High School
Keokuk County
What Cheez
Delta
Money Makes Money The Money That Makes Money
A Boston Herald style line argues money begets more money and work, suggesting wealth compounds through investment and enterprise, reflecting finance themes in a concise proverb-like statement.
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Boston Herald
Noted History Posthumous Publication Timeline
The History of Italy by Francisco Guicciardini was published 21 years after his death. Guicciardini died in 1540 and the first volume appeared in 1561.
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Italy
Francisco Guicciardini
Guicciardini
Maximes Worth More Than Volumes, Wise Selections
A compact reflection on the enduring value of practical maxims over vast tomes. The author argues a handful of solid precepts guide a happier life better than unwieldy volumes.
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Séneca
Politics precede payments in filings, says Norfolk Virginian
In a columnist note the Norfolk Virginian reflects on how business norms differ in politics where payments occur first and charges are filed afterward, contrasting with common business practice.
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Norfolk
Chicago Bar Association Declares War on Underworld
The Chicago bar association announces a campaign to purge the city of crime. President Carl R. Latham will present a petition for a special grand jury to try gangsters tied to kidnappings, vote frauds and violence during the April primary.
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Association
Carl R. Latham
Chicago
Paragrapher Akin to Ancient Court Jester
A Harper's Magazine passage praises the paragrapher as a republican court jester. The writer notes the unique privileged role, direct critique of the sovereign, and the high regard for truth speaking. It argues no one else can share these privileges.
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Albert Jay Nock
Harper's Magazine
World’s quirk churches from sealskins to snow
A missionary describes Arctic sealskin churches on Blacklead Island tied with whalebone girders. He notes a snow church with seats altar and pulpit warmer than many. Uganda hosts a famous grass and mud cathedral seen as a giant haystack seating about 4 000.
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Arctic
Blacklead Island
Cumberland Sound
Uganda
Skunk Warns Thrice in Nature Magazine Warning
A nature piece describes a skunk issuing three signals before attack. First the animal stamps its forepaws like a horse, second it raises its tail with a sad shake, third the tail lifts as doom approaches. Standing still or retreating preserves safety. advancing risks clothing loss.
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Nature Magazine
Capricious appetites in a stomach case from Hygeia Magazine
Two Canadian physicians report 2533 foreign objects in a woman's stomach including bent pins tacks corset steels garter fasteners needles batons heads washers an American penny and a pen point. The 42 year old had swallowed the items over years with no pain until recently an operation followed. The prior record was 1146 objects in 1911.
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Hygeia Magazine
Father Declines Daughter's Marriage Request
A terse exchange ends with the father firmly saying he absolutely declines to let the young man marry his daughter, signaling a firm parental veto in a domestic drama.
Heavy Indiana primary vote polled statewide today
Indianapolis reports show a heavy turnout across cities while rural areas indicate light farm voting. Indiana faces a contest over its 33 Republican convention votes between Herbert Hoover and Senator James K Watson as the presidential race dominates the voting.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dela
Feta
Indiana
Herbert Hoover
James K. Watson
Parting gesture and cigars amid a close call
A young man asks for a final handshake with his father, who accepts and expresses relief at his son's measured response. The son plans to send a box of cigars, noting how close his daughter came to being drawn in by him.
Miss Accie Clapper Visits After Keota Trip
Miss Accie Clapper arrived from Keota last night and will stay a few days here visiting friends and relatives.
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Accie Clapper
Keota
Japanese Seize Shantung Railway Reported Today
The item notes Japan seizing the Shantung railway and frames it as a de facto act signaling a broader war posture. It discusses implications for foreign powers in China, unequal treaties, gunboat diplomacy, and future U S policy toward China in a Christian diplomatic context. It also recaps Rotary Club notes from a meeting with Miss Margaret Moninger speaking on China and local officers taking oaths.
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Margaret Moninger
Rotary
China
Clu
J H. Peet
Washington
den Mace
Frank Miller
Dwight Booth
Elmer Wulf
Col. C. J. Wilson
Hugh H. McCleery
McCleery
Hugh
Royalty Sought Humble Paris Book for pennies
King Leopold I pursued a small Paris dealer for a rare Sixteenth Century French translation of Cretaeus while disguising himself as a working man. He bought it for a few francs, but was robbed of the book on return to his hotel. Years later in Vienna he paid $150 for it, yet it remains unclear why this volume mattered most to him.
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Leopold I
Belgium
Leopold
Paris
New York Herald- Tribune
Cretaeus
Vienna
Nourishment Via Skin Feed Proposed After Austrian Research
An Austrian doctor reports a year's experiments proving nourishment can be delivered through the skin for patients who cannot eat due to throat or mouth wounds. Current artificial feeding relies on blood injections and related methods as the field advances.
Japan to Send Third Expedition to China
Tokyo announces a third 18 000 man expedition to China amid Japan's seizure of the Tsingtao Sisinan railway in Shantung seen as a virtual war move. Fighting resumes at Taiwan as nationalist forces strike, while Ambassador Matsudaira assures Kellogg the action is to protect foreigners with withdrawal promised after the emergency.
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Tokio
China
Peking
Japan
Tsingtao
Sisinan
Shantung
Taiwan
Tsinan
Tsinan-Tsingtao
Washington, D. C
Matsudaira
Kellogg
Tokyo
Tsiwan
Hae
MacVeagh
Skin Nourishment Use Tested To Feed Patient
A new method tests feeding through the skin when stomach digestion fails. A concentrated ointment of fat, protein, sugar and vitamins is massaged into the skin to provide nourishment while maintaining strength and body heat.
Brain Size and Intelligence Debate Cited by Jeliffe
Smith Ely Jeliffe argues brain weight does not equal intelligence. He notes idiots can have as much brain weight as the able, and intelligence rests on nerve cell connections. While some famed minds show larger brains, many with equal capacity do not.
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Smith Ely Jeliffe
Spiders’ Threads Woven for Scientific Instruments
Miss F Watts of Tatsfield England raises a spider colony. She winds fine silk onto cards used in instruments made by her brothers. The threads for fixing range-finders and microscopes require four splits under a high power microscope, demanding rare steadiness.
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F. Watts
Tatsfield
England
Burisss Visit Mrs Swift Home Hosts In Gilson Lady
Mr and Mrs R A Buriss of Gilson Illinois visited last night at the home of Mrs James Swift observant locals report. The social visit highlighted neighborhood ties as residents exchanged greetings and updates.
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R. A. Buriss
Gilson, Illinois
James Swift
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