Keokuk County Woman's Death Linked to Insurance Fraud Trial
Lawrence O. Flory stands trial for wife murder in Sigourney Iowa with testimony that he bought poison in Iowa City to kill Mrs Flory for a $5000 life policy payout. Prosecution presents witnesses Blanche Williams and Dr Luther Wall as key corroboration.
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Associated Press
Sigourney
Sigourney Iowa
Blanche Williams
Flory
Luther Wall
Vna South English
Start Hog Clubs in Province of Quebec
Fifteen hundred boys and girls in Quebec hold hogs as clubs across the province expand to boost hog raising prosperity. Government and Dominion support the effort with officials traveling between clubs to advise on breeding and management. This year seven carloads of hogs arrived in Montreal from six counties.
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Associated Press
Montreal
P. Q
Quebec
Dominion
German wages favor manual labor over brain work in Berlin
Berlin reports reveal a wage gap with ordinary labor earning about 100 marks an hour and eight hour day salaries from 400 to 1,200 marks. Editors earn 15,000 to 21,500 marks monthly, reporters differ by task, and stage workers demand higher pay as unemployment rises. The piece notes doctors bartering services for produce and teachers’ high yet varied salaries. An American hotel room costs about 2,000 marks daily in central Berlin.
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Berlin
Germany
Erfn
Liehterfeld
Berli
Bath
Unter den Linden
Nemick Sentenced for Grocery Store Holdup
Cedar Rapids Iowa reports Joseph Nemick pleaded guilty to the holdup of a grocer's store last week and received a two year prison sentence.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Joseph Nemick
Big Ten to Train 50 000 Students in Athletics This Year
Major John L. Griffith, Western Conference athletics commissioner, says 50 000 to 60 000 students in the Western Conference will receive athletic training this year. He notes growing interest, intramural programs at Purdue Wisconsin Michigan, and that several schools fund intramurals through athletic associations rather than trustees.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Hig Ten
John L. Griffith
Griffith
Purdue University
Wisconsin
University of Michigan
Great Britain Votes in Historic General Election Tomorrow
The final day of campaigning ends as British voters prepare to cast ballots in 1,386 candidate contest for 873 two party duels and 242 multi candidate races across the House of Commons.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Grand Jury To Hear Hall Mills Murder Witnesses
New Brunswick New Jersey November 14 state grand jury to convene Monday to hear witnesses in the Hall Mills murder case. Over fifty witnesses expected. Mrs Frances Hall widow of Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall may testify. Nellie Russell who contradicted Jana Gibson’s account will not be called.
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Associated Press
New Brenswick
New Jersey
Hall-Mills
Atto Wilbur A. Motts
Beckman
Somerset County
Frances Hall
Edward Wheeler Hall
eee _Rhinart Mills
Nellie Russell
Iowa Dirt Roads Almost Impassable
Reports from officials say nearly all dirt roads in Iowa are impassable. Several days of sun are needed to dry roads for automobile travel. Dr. Charles Reed of the Iowa Weather Service noted a low temperature persisted in most parts of Iowa last night.
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Isv
Moiies
Iowa
Charles Reed
Lowa Weather Service
Lowa
High School Girl Shot in Fun in Keokuk
In Keokuk Iowa a high school girl was shot with wads from a blank cartridge fired behind her in what witnesses describe as a joke. The 17 year old shooter Alvin Hall is reported to have fired the shots for fun and the girl is expected to recover.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
Iowa
Alvin Hall
Giant color panorama photograph showcases Lake Michigan shore
Dr. Frank M. Woodruff completes a 96 by 10 foot color panorama of Miller Beach and surrounding Chicago area for the Chicago Academy of Sciences. The series aims to display local scenery from sand dunes to prairies as new museum backgrounds replacing costly oil paintings.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank M. Woodruff
Chicago Academy of Sciences
Lincoln Park
Lake Michigan
Miller Beach
Gary
Ind
Indiana
Grand Calumet River
Iowa club president condemns jazz as a temporary American expression
Mrs. Louis Bernard Schmidt of Ames Iowa, president of the State Federation of Music Clubs, told Iowa teachers that jazz music with its syncopation is a temporary expression from which future American music will spring. She traced five origin types and cautioned against including Civil War songs as central ragtime roots.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
America
Louis Bernard Schmidt
Ames
Iowa
Fews State Federation of Music Clubs
Iowa State Teachers Association
Schmidt
Sehmidt
Supreme Court Rules On Iowa Primary Election Case
The Iowa supreme court released twenty six opinions, reversing the Jefferson county cheese knife murder case of Robert Lee Scott, and ruling a court lacks jurisdiction to decide party nominations in primaries. It also found a Newton physician not liable for deaths from medicine left in a house, ordering a new trial after damages were awarded for Louise Walker’s death.
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Associated Pree
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Robert Lee Scott
Harry Skinner
Scott
Jinley
Skinner
Jackson County
Supreme Court
George Hatfield
C. E. Carrington
High Court
Newton
Carl M. Walker
W. D. Case
Louise Walker
Immense Photographs Pushed by New Methods in Exhibits
Dr Woodruff developed new techniques to create large motion illusion exhibits showing stuffed foregrounds as if in space. He printed 10 by 11 foot sections from 8 by 10 negatives using a curved printing board and long developing papers. Four tall workers and a helper in rubber boots operate a massive developer tray to process the images. Additionally he completed 110 photographs ten feet high and five feet wide for smaller displays.
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Woodruff
Dr. Woodruff
Davenport Groceryman Charles Behrens Found Dead
Davenport, Iowa—Charles Behrens a grocer was found dead in the cellar of his home. Authorities believe he died by his own hand due to ill health.
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Davenport
Iowa
Charles Behrens
Jazz Roots Tied to Memphis and St Louis Resorts
Mrs Schmidt told educators that jazz music began at resorts near Memphis Tennessee and St Louis. White writers recorded black music and sent it to New York for wealth. She urged music in homes and schools as a social and economic lifeline. She noted war morale via camp singing and urged Iowa clubs to foster community singing. The National Federation of Music Clubs aims to make America the music center, integrate music into civic life, and promote American art.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Louis
New York
Iowa
National Federation of Music Clubs
Iowa Federation
Schmidt
America
Georges Clemenceau Enjoys Rare Roosevelt Style Voyage
On the steamer Paris en route to New York dated November 14, Clemenceau, described as the Tiger, reports unusually heavy sleep and excellent spirits. He declares he never felt better and is enjoying a splendid voyage as the Atlantic smooths its seas.
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Associated Press
Paris
New York
Clemenceau
Atlantic
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