Unsolved Bridge Mystery Ties To Missing Couple
Reports from Council Bluffs describe ongoing police efforts to locate Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Luebke and a child believed drowned. Found at the Missouri River bridge site were a woman's hat, hair, torn letters, a suitcase, and other items, while a toll keeper recalled a screaming sound heard near the area. Local clues and sightings raise questions about foul play and the fate of the family.
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Council Bluffs
Motor Bridge
F. H. Luebke
Haid
Spencer
Pete Donnelly
Omaha
WIVS 128 Prizes On Pine Fruit Council Buifs
WIVS coverage notes 128 prizes awarded on pine fruit at the council brief event dated Sept. 5 with C. E. Min- listed among organizers.
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Council Biufis
C. E. Min
Strawberries Boost Sunday Dinners Hit By Local Grower
Marshalltown reports 76 boxes of ripe Burbank variety strawberries sold last week at 25 cents a box. Harlow Rockhill of Vienna Township notes this ever bearing vine will keep fruiting with rain. He also experiments with an apricot plum from Hanson at South Dakota College, hybridized to yield a large, peachy apricot flavor fruit.
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Marshalltown
Harlow Rockhill
Vienna Township
Burbank
Rockhill
Prof
Hanson
State Agricultural College of
So. Dak
Brookings
Prunug Simons
China
South Dakota
Agriculture Course Added at Kersey Ridge School
Davenport Iowa Sept 5 A new agriculture course has been added to the Kersey Ridge School in a Scott county country district. G R Biles the county crop director will oversee the program which aims to use a several acre demonstration plot for practical work starting next spring.
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Davenport
Kersey Ridge
Scott County
G. R. Biles
Pastor Launches Into Unclear Outburst at Princeton Church
The Rev. Memmott, pastor of the Princeton Presbyterian Church, startled congregants yesterday with an abrupt outburst during services in Princeton Ja.
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Princeton, Ja
Memmott
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Judge H C French Dies in Manitou Colorado
Telegram reports the death of Judge H C French of Red Oak in Manitou Colorado where he went for health reasons in July. For three years he served as referee in bankruptcy for the Southern Federal District of Iowa with offices in Des Moines and was widely known in the state.
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Cer
Hamburg
Fremont
Counneil Bluffs
Des Moines
Mr. Mincer
Mincer
Red Oak
Manitou
Colo
H. C. French
Federal District
Iowa
Livery Driver Hurt As Horse Runs Away
In Creston on September 5 Will Percy was thrown from a frightened livery horse when it bolted after a Sunday night drive. The buggy was demolished and the horse badly injured, raising concerns it may need to be killed.
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Creston
Will Percy
Beveridge Campaign Opens in Indianapolis Tonight
The Beveridge campaign announces the opening event for the Progressive gubernatorial nominee former U S Senator Albert Beveridge in Indianapolis at Tomlinson Hall on Sept 5. The event marks the start of his statewide bid with a rally expected to draw supporters.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.S
Albert BR. Beveridge
Tomlinson Hall
Will Sell Fine Hogs at Hollinrake Farm Sale
George S Hollinrake announces his second annual sale of pure bred Big Type Poland China hogs on Wednesday September 11 at his Washington area farm 20 miles south. Strong stock expected, open to buyers and hog enthusiasts.
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George S. Hollinrake
Washington
Doctor Huston Opens Eye Ear Nose Throat Office
Dr Irvin E Huston announces a new office dedicated to eye ear nose and throat care with glasses fitting for children and youth He asserts his practice will focus on these fields and notes eye strain causes headaches and discomfort The office is at the corner of Square with phone 710 Washington Iowa over Lemley s grocery store in VinStow (Stow?)
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Irvin E. Huston
W. Cor. Square
Washington
Iowa
Lemley's
Vtnst
Public Sale of Household Goods on the Square
Public sale advertised for September 7 at 2230 by FP Macon Auction. items include bedroom suits, mattresses and springs, dining tables, dressers, mirrors, rugs, silverware, seating, sewing machine, stoves, refrigerator, carpet sweeper, harness, and other household articles belonging to Mrs Pamily Cunningham Mins Lucy Meacham D.
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Pamily Cunningham
Lucy Meacham
Macon
Progressive party in New York opens state convention
Syracuse Sept 5 The State convention of the Progressive party opens with F H Hotchkiss in charge. A full State ticket will be named and reforms include a Bureau of Printing a constitutional convention and reorganization of state government into eight to ten departments headed by elected officials and appointed chiefs. Strong support for Hotchkiss for Governor and Comptroller Pred ergast noted. Governor Johnson of California attends.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Progressive Party
F. H. Hotchkiss
New York
Hotchkiss
Yale graduates form Morys Club to revive temple bar site
Yale alumni meet to form a Morys Club in New Haven after the Temple and Centre site known as Temple Bar is torn down. Louis Linder, longtime proprietor, has leased 206 York Street where the group plans to rekindle the old fires and Worcester the Morys tradition.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Mory’s
Mory’s Club
Temple and
Centre Streets
Old Temple Bar
Eli
Mary’s
York Street
Rice price soars in Japan amid crop failures
Tokio reports rice prices reaching record highs as crop failures in Siam and Burma are blamed. The article notes anticipated large shipments of wheat and flour from the North Pacific coast to Japan and an immediate 50 cent per ton rise in wheat and flour rates to the Orient.
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Tokio
Japan
Siam
Burma
North Pacific
Orient
Barnstorming: Rural Players and Stage Realism
A nostalgic critique of barnstormers in rural areas describing amateur actors who travel from farm life to stage roles. The piece lampoons their awkward art, modest pay, awkward dialect, and audience affection including cabbage bouquets. It notes how such performers rival professional actors and reflect on declining stage values.
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Robert Mantell
Marc Antony
Typhoid Death Strikes Club Party in Clinton
Miss Hazel Chaffee, 19, dies in Clinton from typhoid fever contracted during an excursion. About a dozen others in the party are ill after reportedly drinking unfiltered river water during the outing.
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Clinton
Hazel Chaffee
Leavitt Remarries in Secret Ohio Ceremony
W. H. Leavitt, former husband of Ruth Bryan, wed Miss Gertrude H. Leeper at Fort Recovery on September 4. Gertrude, daughter of Rev. Edward Leeper and Oberlin alumna, has taught music at the College of Houston. The couple will reside in Newport.
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Columbus, O
W. H. Leavitt
Ruth Bryan
William Jennings Ryan
Fort Recovery
Gertrude H. Leeper
Edward Leeper
Oberlin College
College of Houston
Tex
Newport
Woodmen Convention Opens in Minneapolis Over Rate Question
Insurgent Woodmen factions in Minnesota opened a convention in Minneapolis to form a separate state society if the order fails to settle the rate issue at the national level. The gathering centers on the dispute and potential split within the organization.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
San Jose Alto Show Opens at County Fair
The largest auto show in San Jose history opened today at the Santa Clara County Fair and National Food Exhibition. Pleasure cars, trucks and gasoline cars form the chief exhibit.
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San Jose
Santa Clara County
Brotherhood of St. Andrew Holds 27th Convention at University of Chicago
The twenty seventh annual Brotherhood of St. Andrew convention opened in Chicago at the University of Chicago on September 4 and will run through Sunday. Edward H. Bonsall of Philadelphia chairs the gathering, which traces its Chicago origins to forty years ago and notes wide international spread.
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Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Chicago
University of Chicago
Edward H. Bonsall
Philadelphian
Brotherhood
Owsaas
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement with promise
One hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case. Hall's Catarrh Cure promises internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonial from National Bank of Commerce endorses F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. Price per bottle and distribution through druggists advertised. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
KF. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Hiail
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