Smith to emphasize state dry policy in tour
Gov. Alfred E. Smith plans a campaign tour focusing on a modified prohibition plan that lets dry states stay dry while permitting wet states to set a non intoxicating alcohol content. He defends states rights against repeal advocates and reiterates he will protect dry states if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
U.P
Alfred E. Smith
Middle West
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Smith
Local Social Notes Highlight Highland Visitors and Purchases
Highland residents hosted and visited over the weekend with numerous gatherings at Ernest Rath's and Joe Krotz's. Families including Bittners, Woods, Kreb, Chalupa, Havel, Lukovsky, and Merrifields appear in frequent rounds and exchanges. a sale of seven Poland China sows at 25 dollars each is recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Krotz
Wilbur Chalupa
Charles
Florang
Annie Krotz
Johnnie
Fran
Haggen
Joe Krotz
George Cannett
Will Lukovsky
Ella Havel
S. Mela
Adolph Havel
Gov. Havel
Jim Malichky
Matilda
Nebraska
John Shalla Sr
Martin McMahon
Mary Weber
William
Karl Steele
Murphy
Milt Wollrab
Howard Fisher
Muscatine
TNT
Albert Kron
Jim Swailes
Nora Merrifield
Wilbey
Alice Meeks
Wisconsin
Clarence Merrifield
Joe Podrail
Poland
China
Frank Florang
Frank Haggen
Merrifield
Pleasant Hill Happenings Note Birth and Visits
Oct 4 Pleasant Hill report notes the Darbyshire couple welcomed a daughter named Donna Ruth. Cedar Falls visitors Mart Siles and others visited Fred Telford, while Rev. Carter and Glenn Pratt families called on Howard Witting and Howard Caldwell's household also hosted Sunday guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Dale Darbyshire Haseen
Donna Ruth
Mart Siles
Cedar Falls
Allie Miller
Washington State
Martin Telford
Fred Telford
Carter
Glenn Pratt
Howard Witting
Howard Caldwell
Senator Curtis Resumes Campaign Tour in Indiana
Senator Charles Curtis resumes his vice presidential bid with a strenuous northern Indiana motor tour despite doctors orders for rest. He planned eight short addresses and a long Gary speech with Will R. Wood guiding the route, then return to Chicago before a Northwest swing starting Sunday. His condition showed improvement though he keeps a sling on his injured thumb and sore throat easing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Indiana
Northwest
U.P
Charles Curtis
Lincoln Fields
State Line
Whiting
East Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Hammond
Hobart
Lowell
Crown Point
Gary
Will R. Wood
Chicago
Devil’s Lake
N. D
Hard shower with wind and lightning causes light damage
A strong shower accompanied by wind and lightning swept through town last night with minimal damage. Twigs and small branches fell from trees and a Ford garage window was blown in by a gust. Rain totaled .36 inches. September rainfall reached 2.54 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Fashion Pace: Girls Take Time to Dress
A Mason City Globe-Gazette item notes that girls now seem to spend as long to dress as if wearing many clothes, reflecting a humorous take on dress time and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Keota Church to Observe 34th Anniversary and Farewell
Keota observes the thirty fourth anniversary of its Christian church this Sunday with Rev. W. G. Nalley delivering the morning sermon and a farewell address at night before leaving for Stillwater Oklahoma. Mrs Alice King of Denver visits, and local residents update on hospital and health concerns including Oberlin Spaulding and S K Leacock. The United Presbyterian church notes Rev McClintock cannot come to serve the Keota and West Chester congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
W. G. Nalley
Stillwater
Oklahoma
J. A. Sharp
Oberlin Spaulding
Fairfield
S. K. Leacock
United Presbyterian Church
Rev. McClintock
Wellington
Penn
West Chester
the Bible School
Pleasant Hill preacher to visit biweekly services
Mr and Mrs Elmer Kephart and Mr and Mrs Lewis Baker attended church Sunday and had dinner at the Earl Kephart home. Rev Vernon Carter will preach at Pleasant Hill every two weeks drawing local listeners. Several from here attended the Mrs L D Mast closing out sale on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Scranton
Dublin
Elmer Kephart
Lewis Baker
Earl. Kephart
Vernon Carter
Pleasant Hill
L.D. Mast
Sale
Washington county to vote on bovine TB eradication plan
A Washington county Iowa board of supervisors voted to place a general election question on Nov 6 1928 regarding establishing an accredited area plan to eradicate bovine tuberculosis. The action followed a petition signed by 907 voters and outlines funding by a tax not exceeding three mills with state and federal funds covering most expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Iowa
Washington Ounty
Johnson and Jefferson
Washington
Saturday's Five Best Radio Features
Radio listings with network times and programs for WEAF NBC WIZ WOR stations. Entries mention Lucky Strike Orchestra, Hoover address, Philco Hour, and a Big Time program linkage across networks. Destinations include 9 CST 8 CST times and Newark listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
WEAF
Lucky ‘Strike Orchestra
NBC
Hiss
Secretary Hoover
WIZ
Newark
Hoover Heads South on Historic Republican Campaign Tour
Senator Herbert Hoover leaves Washington tonight for a southern railway trip aimed at winning the solid South for the Republican ticket. He travels with his 21 year old son Allan, six press photographers, and 26 newspaper men, planning a day in Elizabethton Tennessee and an address in Johnson City with a veterans’ dinner. The tour marks the first major GOP bid into the region in modern political history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sens
Herbert Hoover
Southern Railway
Pixie
Elizabethton
Tenn
Solid South
Hoover
Allan
Tennessee Mountains
Johnson City
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Wind Damage Hits Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Areas
A storm of nearly tornado force struck Cedar Rapids and nearby towns causing uprooted trees, broken power lines, and over an inch of rain. Trolley service slowed, interurban trains idle, and lights out in North Liberty Oxford and Tiffin as linemen restore outages. Farmers report blown corn shocks and crop damage. Amana colonies suffer tree and crop losses. In Keokuk, rainfall reached 1.65 inches with 1.25 inches in thirty minutes, cars stalled by high water and localized lightning without major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
U.P
Iowa City
North Liberty
Oxford
Tiffin
Pairfax
Amana
Keokuk
Four Prisoners Escape at Newton Jail
Four prisoners escaped the Jasper county jail in Newton by sawing bars from a window in the bull pen. Sheriff T A Pikens reported the missing men as The Byers and Robert Haynes of Des Moines and Harry Johnson and Red Simmons of Newton. Johnson was serving for bootlegging and Simmons faced a robbery hearing. The escape follows a similar recent breakout at Newton jail, with officers alerted and a probe into how the saws were brought in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
U.P
Jasper County
T. A. Pikens
the Byers
Robert Haynes
Des Moines
Harry Johnson
Red Simmons
Byers
Haynes
Johnson
Simmons
Pickens
Probe shoots Humberto Obregon in Mexico City
Humberto Obregon, 21, son of the late Alvaro Obregon, is in serious condition after a chest wound. Police say indications point to a self-inflicted shot, fired on the steps of Fernando Torreblanca’s home, where he had spent the evening with his fiancee Flora Vega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Humberto Obregon
Alvaro Obregon
Obregon
Fernando Torreblanca
Calles
Senorita Flora Vega
Torreblanca
Humberto
Carnes in Atlanta in Manacles After Winnipeg Arrest
Clinton S. Carnes arrives in Atlanta wearing restraints after being arrested in Winnipeg a week earlier for allegedly embezzling 953000 from the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board. He is taken to Fulton County Prison.
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Atlanta
U.P
Clinton S. Carnes
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
Manacles
Winnipeg
Fulton County
Fall Festival Draws Neighbors in Crawfordsville R1
Crawfordsville area notes report Burlington shoppers, a Washington fall festival enjoyed by many, and visits from families including Zickefoose and Sands. Local residents attend cow sales, dental issues surface for Mrs. Tibbs, and various callers and visitors are listed among neighbors.
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Crawfordsville
Ralph Bozeman
J. T. Clark
Burlington
Washington
Charles Zickefoose
Harold
Sammie
Cedar Falls
Lee Sands
Velma Piper
Haskins
F. H. Sands
Will Wooley
Winfield
Wallace Tibbs
T. H. Riley
Ralph Gorham
Olds
Joe Schlatter
Campaign funds panel declines Willebrandt probe
The house campaign funds committee voted 3 to 1 to reject Rep. Black's motion to investigate injecting the religious issue into the presidential campaign and activities of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant United States attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House Campaign Funds Committee
Rep. Black
New York
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
United States Attorney General
New York Yankees Take Game Two In World Series
The Yankees won the second World Series game by nine to three with Pipgras pitching and Alexander knocked from the box. The report notes a storm and a Christian church service held last evening with Claude Tucker singing and Evangelist messages focusing on sin and salvation with calls for attendance at Bible school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Yanks
Alexander
Pipgras Stars
Christian Church
Claude Tucker
Birthday party for Mrs Jordon draws large crowd
A Noon gathering at Mrs Nie Jordon marked her 45th birthday with relatives and friends arriving with baskets for dinner and supper. The afternoon featured horseshoes music and games while guests extended best wishes and gifts. Several local families were noted as attendees and neighbors visited throughout the day.
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Palestine
Nie Jor-son
Jordon
Otto Novy
Chas Vondrasek
Frank Stransky
Raymond
Joe Laney
Garna
John Klaugsen
John Krebs
Fred
Albert Novy
Henry Jardon
Denny Jardon
Anton Fisher
Mary
Grandpa Laney
Vern
Gladys
Kron
Lewis Horak
Oscar Coon
Mrs. Jordon
Yankees Crush Cardinals in World Series Game Two
The New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 9 to 3 at Yankee Stadium to take a 2–0 lead in the 1928 World Series. George Pipgras held St Louis to four hits with eight strikeouts after a rocky start. The Yanks head to St. Louis for game three as favorites to clinch.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
U.P
New York Yankees
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Pete
St. Louis Cardinals
George Pipgras
Yankee
St. Louis
Mrs Sullivan Visits Chicago with Sister Over Weekend
Mrs. Ed Sullivan traveled to Chicago this morning to visit over the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Robert Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sullivan
Chicago
Robert Morrison
Fifteen Men and One Woman Licensed to Practice Law in Iowa
In Des Moines on October 5, fifteen men including Elmer Bester of Davenport who dictated answers from a hospital cot after appendicitis surgery and one woman Helen Mary Consild ine of Shelby were granted admission to state and federal courts. Other admittees include Pressly R. Baldridge Dubuque Raymond P. Balkena Sioux City Mark M. Butterfield Waterloo Arthur J. Hodgson Keokuk Leon P. Moloy Clinton and Stephen M. Wellman Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Helen Mary Consildine
Shelby
Iowa
Elmer Bester
Davenport
Notre Dame
Pressly R. Baldridge
Dubuque
Raymond P. Balkena
Sioux City
Mark M. Butterfield
Waterloo
Arthur J. Hodgson
Keokuk
Leon P. Moloy
Clinton
Stephen M. Wellman
Council Bluffs
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Paign Trip
NOBLE
J. A. Frey
Earl Kephart
Eliza
Bethton, Tenn
New Jersey
Hague
Hudson County
Preedom
Rios Zertouche
Carnes
Vera U. Sands
Fred Lukavsky
Milt Sojkas
Arthur Dreker
William Kron
Clare Krons
Marie Peckman
Joe Prymeks
Krank Kron
Joy Havel
Chas. Vondraseks
C. J. Karel
Mary Vlasek
Albert Petsel
Roy Havel
Win. Lukavskys
Wash Motley
Lester Welsher
Alvin Hasty
Chas
Vondrasaks
Trene Kron
Hermann Kasper
Frank Kron
Martin
Wm Kleoptlers
Harry Horak
Velma
Milt Sojka
Mary Sojka
Kalona
George Krebs
Jake Franks
Joseph Soukup
Riverside
Frank Nemec
Harry Malichky
Lone Tree
Soukup
Helen
Joseph Liska
John Liska
Mae Krebs
Binks
Boston Transcript
Dolce
Far Niente
Frank Shebek
Chas. Vondrasek
Anthony Malichky
Nic Jardon
Albert Navy
Nichols
Clarence Shull
Cotter
George Kos
Brarl Kos
Roy Havels
Gehrig
C. Ek. Richardson
Sam Richardson
George Schneider
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Marshall Gannon
Mary Conrad
Oskaloosa
Lizzie Rockwood
Charles Scranton
Wellston
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