Senator Brookhart honored at Washington County celebration
A large crowd joined Colonel W. Brookhart and family along with guests from Des Moines and beyond at the Commercial Club in Des Moines to celebrate his election to the U S Senate. Speakers included E F R Harlan and A S Smith detailing Brookhart’s career and bulldog tenacity.
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Washington County
Smith W. Brookhart
Senate of the United States
Washington Band
Brookhart
Lafayette Young
FE. R. Harlan
J. H. Mills
Commercial Club
Mesdames C. O. Ldavis
M. Hollinger
George Hay
John Bryson
C. W. Klein
W. W. Bowers
EF. R. Harlan
Des Moines
Iowa State Historical Society
A.S. Smith
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Senator Brookhart
Smith
J. Reade McCrory
Washington
Plans for four national Boy Scout training centers announced
The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America plans four large national centers for expert scout executive training, starting with a center near New York. It aims to expand to the Midwest West and South, using the field headquarters to concentrate experimental work and train scoutmasters, with Mortimer L. Schiff named International Commissioner.
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Ress
New York
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Middle West
Far West
Mortimer L. Schiff
Nationa Council
Boy Scouts
Columbia student killed in lab explosion at Hebenmeyer hall
William D. Standow, a Columbia University student, was instantly killed and several classmates injured by a laboratory explosion in Hebenmeyer hall on November 17 in Elyria Illinois.
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Associated Press
Elyria
Ill
William D. Standow
Hebenmeyer
Cross to Hang for Fosdick Murder on Nov 24
Orrie Cross is to be executed at seven in the morning on November 24 for the murder of Des Moines grocer George Fosdick. Gov. Kendall set the hour to avoid disrupting prison routine as Fort Madison officials plan the execution. Sheriff Robb of Polk County has not stated whether he will press the lever, though a statement is expected soon.
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Associatedress
Des Moines
Iowa
Orrie Cross
George Fosdick
Gov. Kendall
Fort Madison
Eugene Weeks
Cross
Robb
Polk County
Weeks
Turkish Nationalist Leader Hussein Hilmid Bey Assassinated
A telegraph dispatch from Constantinople reports Hussien Hilmid Bey, president of the Turkish nationalist party, assassinated today. Authorities attribute the crime to political motives.
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Ivia
Associated Press
London
Hussien Hilmid Bey
Constantinople
Campfire Girls Organize Charity Stall For Orphanage
Campfire girls will stand on the square tomorrow from 10 30 to 2 30 and 4 30 to 6 30 accepting contributions from a cent to a hundred dollars. Donors receive a tag showing their support. The effort supports the Council Bluffs orphanage and aligns with Miss Smeltzer’s cause.
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Council Bluffs
Miss Smeltzer
Land-Grant Colleges to Hold 346th Annual Convention
The Association of Land-Grant Colleges will convene in Washington DC during the week of November 26. Delegates from teaching, research, and extension programs linked to USDA will discuss organization and administration of agricultural research and extension work. Officers include President T D Boyd and secretary treasurer J L Hills.
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Washington
DD. C
Association of Land-Grant Colleges
United States Departent of Agriculture
Agricultural College and
United States
T. D. Boyd
Louisiana State University
Vie Dent
A.A. Potter
Pols of Engineering
Purdue University
J. L. Hills
College of Agriculture
University of Vermont
Wheat consumption rises as production lags, yearbook says
The yearbook of the Department of Agriculture notes per capita wheat consumption has risen while per capita production falls. It warns the U S may soon consume most of its own wheat unless output increases or imports rise. The study reflects agronomists views on farming, trade, and urban dietary shifts.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
Out Department
Ohio Buckeyes Prep For Iowa Clash In Front Of Crowd
The University of Ohio football team completes final practice ahead of tomorrow's big game against Iowa. Quarterback Legrity, backs Workman and Blairhalls return to the lineup as a reported forty thousand fans are expected at the stadium.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
University of Ohio
Iowa University
Legrity
Workman
Blairhalls
Turkish sultan flees Constantinople for British protection
Mohammed the sixth, the Turkish sultan, fled Constantinople aboard a British warship fearing for his life. He sent a word to Mr Harrington the British commander in chief stating he sought British protection due to danger to his life.
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Mohammed the Sixth
Constantinople
Harrington
Women on Jury Vote for Death in California Case
Mrs Clara Phillips escaped the gallows but received a second degree murder sentence for bludgeoning Mrs Albert Meadow with a hammer. The all female jury said her smiles influenced they feared first degree murder would be too harsh.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Clara Phillips
Albert Meadow
Lawrence Flory Witnesses in Poison Case at Sigourney
Lawrence Flory testified in his wife murder trial in Sigourney Iowa describing a trip to Iowa City with his parents. The jury planned to retire for verdict the next day after Flory completed his defense testimony and the courthouse crowd crowded the room.
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Sigourney
Iowa
Lawrence Flory
Flory
Iowa City
Jury at Herrin Not Yet Selected in Mine Killing Case
Marion Illinois November 17 Indications show jury selection for the five men charged in the Herrin mine killing will continue next Monday A panel of one hundred persons has been called with five farmers and one miner among the initial jurors chosen by both sides for the trial of the case played out in court
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Associated Press
Marion
Herrin
Ames Grid Team Is Unusually Light
The Ames football squad averages 165 pounds the lightest in school history. Of the first string seven of the team are eight agricultural students eight engineers and one on a combined course. Heaviest player A Anderson of Osceola Nebraska at 199 pounds while captain Wolters weighs 104 pounds stripped.
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Associated Press
Ames
Agriculural
A. Anderson
Osceola
Neb
Wolters
Georges Clemenceau Appears On Paris Auction Deck
George Clemenceau boarded the Steamship Paris bound for New York and emerged from seclusion during the voyage. He attended the ship’s auction and posed for photographs, which sold for hundreds of francs. Most passengers gathered in the hall to greet him as he remained largely silent before turning to his suite after about half an hour.
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Paris
New York
George Clemenceau
America
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James Fenimore Cooper
American Library Association
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