Big Fight Rages in Shanghai Fronts in September Conflicts
Reports from Shanghai date September 5 65 describe fierce fighting in three sectors as Kiangsu and Chekiang forces clash near Liuho and other fronts. Air activity and battleships reportedly move along the Yangtse while authorities deny truces and reaffirm peace efforts led by Wu Pei Fu.
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Shanghai
Kiangsu
Liuho
Yangtse
Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Lu Yung-Hsiang
Hadeen
Wu Pei-Fu
Shanghai-Woosung
Lutho
Woosung
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Chinese Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Chang
Chekiang
Wu Pie-Fu
Chihli
Chung Mei
Sixty Years Here Ab Hall Leaves Washington for Indianapolis
Sixty years a resident of Washington, Ab Hall and his family depart for Indianapolis where Hall has secured a position in Union Station. He came to Washington at age three with his parents Samuel and Mrs Hall. Samuel Hall, a well known colored man, died recently. Ab Hall was a prominent member of the A. M. E. church, and his departure will be deeply felt as he tears many local ties.
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Indiana
Ab Hall
Washington
Indianapolis
Hall
Union Station
Mr. Hall
Sam’! Hall
Samuel Hall
A. M. E., Church
Charge Garage Owner of Herrin With Murder Charge
Herrin Illinois September 6 John H Smith a Herrin garage owner was charged by a coroner s jury with having shot and killed Chester Reid last Saturday in a shooting fray in which five other men were killed The jury recommended he be held to the grand jury and a murder warrant was signed by Coroner Wm McGowan and placed with Deputy Sheriff George Walker for service
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Herrin
John H. Smith
Chester Reid
Wm. McGowan
Geogge Walker
Prince of Wales May Attend the U S Convention
The Prince of Wales likely will visit St. Paul next month as guest of the American Legion Nations Convention. Ambassador Kellogg, at the request of Legion leaders, invited him and the final decision will be announced after talks in Washington with President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes.
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Associated Press
Saint Paul
Minnesota
Prince of Wales
St. Paul
American Legion
Washington
Coolidge
Hughes
Justice Royal A. Stone
Frank B. Kellogg
Great Britain
Kellogg
Canada
Britain
Convention Committee
Carl Hough Indicted for Murder in Bedford
Carl Hough was indicted on four counts of first degree murder in Bedford Iowa for the killing of L McKenney of Herrick South Dakota near Bedford on August 11. The county attorney may seek the death penalty and the trial cannot occur before the November term of court.
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Associated Press
Bedford
Carl Hough
L. McKenney
Herrick
John W. Davis to Speak Twice in Des Moines
Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis will deliver two addresses in Des Moines on September 17. He arrives at 7 a.m. from Kansas and will spend the full day in the city, announced by Clyde L. Herring, Iowa Democratic National Committeeman.
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Jno. W. Davis
Des Moines
Associated Press
John W. Davis
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Mr. Davis
Kansas
Hall Family Bid Farewell Before Move to Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs A L Hall and daughter Miss Florence were honored at a farewell party hosted by Shorter Chapel AME Church neighbors and friends on Tuesday evening. The gathering featured an informal program and presented a silver salt and pepper shaker as a gift to the Halls before their departure for Indianapolis.
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A. L. Hall
Florence
Shorter Chapel A. M. E. Church
Indianapolis
Wheelbarrow hiker Charles Nigg visits Maquoreta
Charles Nigg formerly of Maquoreta is hiking from New York to San Francisco pushing a wheelbarrow. He plans to resume his journey after a brief visit with his mother in Davenport where he left his wheelbarrow. Nigg has traveled through many countries and is touring the globe on foot.
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Associated Press
Maquoreta
Charles Nigg
New York
San Francisco
Davenport
Nige
Iowa Farm Bureau backs new Grain Marketing plan
Des Moines Sept 5 The Cooperative Grain Marketing concern based in Chicago won an open endorsement from the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. The executive committee urged representatives meet the Grain Marketing appraisal board to report to the state federation after the merger appraisal.
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Des Moines
Cooperative Grain Marketing Concern
Chicago
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Ray N. Grebben
Iowa Federation
Grebben
Grain Marketing Company
Governor Sends Out Checks for Murder Case Reward
Governor Kendall mailed $250 checks to E. E. Creighton of Valley Junction and W. A. Knotts of Chariton for their roles in the apprehension, arrest and delivery of Joe Williams, convicted of killing Miss Sarah Barbara Thursdale near Valley Junction on June 2, 1921.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Kendall
E. E. Creighton
Valley Junction
W. A. Knotts
Chariton
Joe Williams
Sarah Barbara Thursdale
Local Happenings Include Visits From Wisconsin and California
Mrs FE A Bickford of Wisconsin visits sister Mrs Walter Hayes and heads to Waterloo to see her son Lloyd. O P Essley of Long Beach California visits Cedar Falls relatives after returning from the G A R encampment in Boston. Miss Nellie Loder resumes duties at Ward Co after vacation in Wayland. Miss Clarice Meek departs for Jacksonville Illinois to teach high school. Dr W P Gardner of Wellman is a Washington business caller.
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FE. A. Bickford
Wisconsin
Walter Hayes
Waterloo
Lloyd
O. P. Essley
Long Beach
Cal
Col Nicola
Mant Essley
Ida Harmon
Martin Essley
Boston
Cedar Falls
H. C. Harmon
Idaho
Nellie Loder
Ward & Co
Wayland
Clarice Meek
Jacksonville
Illinois
W. P. Gardner
Wellman
Washington
Council Bluffs Man Faces Bigamy Charge
Lawrence Hoff man aged 38 lived with a wife in Council Bluffs for two years then married a 17 year old under an assumed name. He is charged with bigamy after the first wife testified. The man kept a second home under his new name Cockerill and denies the alleged Nebraska wife was the first wife.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs
Lawrence Hoffman
Cockerill
Nebraska
KendalL and Hamill to Aid Dawes in Iowa Tour
The Republican state headquarters says Governor KendalL and Lieutenant Governor Ham mill will join Charles G. Dawes on a tour through Iowa if he accepts speaking engagements offered here. Hamill will dedicate most of October to supporting the national ticket.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Kendall
John Hammill
Charles G. Dawes
Iowa
Hammill
Army Fliers Headed to Washington for World Tour
The army air service world fliers are due in Washington around noon on Monday September 8 and depart the next morning for Dayton Ohio on to the Pacific coast. An escort from Bowling Field planes will meet them over Baltimore as a reception plan evolves.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Around the World
War Department
Dayton
Ohio
Pacific Coast
Bowling Field
Baltimore
Boston
Lowell H. Smith
World
Pictou
N. S
Plains
East Boston
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
New York
Yeesterday
Andrew W. Brewster
Patrick
Bolling Field
Washington D. C
Seattle
France Primes Peace as Core Message at League Assembly
Geneva Sept 5 Premier Herriot declared France’s word is peace and urged immediate study of arbitration within the League to secure world tranquility. He warned arbitration must not trap good faith nations and called for protections for small states alongside security and disarmament as pillars of peace.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Premier Herrit
France
Fifth Assembly
League of Nations
League Commission
Germany
M. Herriot
London
Pascal
MacDonald
League
Permanent Court of International Justice
Herriot
Belgium
Jackson County's Oldest Citizen Dead
M. Everhart, believed Jackson county's oldest man, died at 98 after a bath accident cutting his head. He had lived in Muscatine area for over six years and worked on the first railroad built in the state.
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Associated Press
Moquoketa
Everhart
Jackson County
Muscatine
Six Counties Enroll to Wage War on T B in Cattle
DES MOINES Iowa September 6 Six counties were enrolled yesterday for the fall work of eradication of bovine tuberculosis under the county area plan Secretary of Agriculture Thornbere announced The counties are Lee Story Pocahontas Mitchell Shelby and Benton The secretary said last year 25 counties enrolled for the work and it is expected that an additional 25 will enroll for the eradication program this year
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Des Moines
Thornbere
Lee
Story
Pocahontas
Mitchell
Shelby
Benton
Apple Crop Will Be Short This Year 20 to 25 Percent
DES MOINES Sept 5 reports to the department of agricultural economics indicate Iowa’s winter apple crop will be 20 to 25 percent below last year. In contrast potatoes and vegetables are expected to meet or exceed previous yields while fruit production shows varied conditions across the state.
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Des Moines
Department of Agricultural Economics
State Horicultural Society
Clinton Welcomes Rev. Thomas Horton to St Johns Parish
A call to the pastorate at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Clinton was extended to Rev. Thomas Horton D D of Waterloo. He is expected to accept and move to Clinton shortly after September 15.
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Clinton
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Thomas Horton
Waterloo
Public Reception for Major General Tinley
Council Bluffs Iowa hosts a public reception for Major General Maj Tinley newly named commander of the 34th division. Invitations go to governors and adjutants general of six states plus war department officials.
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Council Bluffs
Maj
Tinley
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
South
North Dakota
War Department
Bobbed Hair Ends Chefoo Hair Trade Boom
Washington reports American women adopting bobbed hair has slashed Chefoo China exports. Consul John Piman notes Chefoo shipments of human hair for the first half fell to 129,881 dollars from 461,999 dollars a year earlier, the chief Chefoo foreign trade item.
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Washington
Chefoo
China
John R. Piman
Department of Commerce
Theaters refuse talks on Defense Day
Chicago motion picture theatre owners led by Jack Miller refuse four minute patriotism talks in their show on Defense Day September 12. Miller says talks would annoy patrons and adds we can't afford it.
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Chicago
Motion Picture Theatre
Jack Miller
Defense Test Committee
World flight fliers Near Boston Signal Planes Above City
Major General Mason Patrick, head of the US Army Air Service, led escorted planes from Boston Airport at 12:12 pm to meet the approaching world flyers. The formation circled over the common as a signal that the world airmen were nearing along the coast.
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Boston
Mason Patrick
Air Service
United States Army
Pictou
New Orleans
Eric Nelson
World Fliers Reach United States From Pictou Flight
The three planes of the American army world fliers began the final U S leg from Pictou to Boston after refueling and propeller work. Weather reported favorable with light winds and clear skies ahead. The Boston II faced motor trouble but all three aircraft subsequently continued toward Maine.
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Maine
United States
West Quoddy Head
Eastren
Wade
Oyden
Smith
Arnold
Milwaukee
Lowell H. Smith
Chicago
Leigh Wade
Pictou
Nelson
Faroes
N. S
New Orleans
River John
Pugwash Harbor
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Dawes
T. B
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Major Tinley
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