Fight continues in the Far East as Shanghai siege rages
Kiangsu troops under General Chi Shieh Yuan launch a night attack in Liuho sector, while General Chang Tse Ping defends Shanghai and leads a counter attack toward Anting. Chekiang forces report hand to hand fighting in Liuho and Lu-Haiwe fronts as a bridge on the Shanghai Fuchow line is blown. Russians in Shanghai area offered labor roles amid conscription unrest.
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Shanghai
Kiangsu
Chi Shieh-Yuan
Liuho
Hwangtu
Chang Tse-Ping
Anting
Here
Chi Shieh- Yuan
Lu-Haiwe
Chekiang
Linho
Katine
Ahgnahi
Shanghai-Fuchow
Lungwha
Cheklang
Lu Yung-Hsiang
Burlington Council Rejects Masks for Public Parade
Burlington city council approved a resolution opposing masks for a Ku Klux Klan parade requested for October 4. Mayor Smith led the opposition, with several city officials voting against the measure to permit the regalia.
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Burlington
Sept
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas J. Smith
George Little
Department of Public Safety
Henry J. Cook
Ernest Hudtel
George Young
Grand Jury Holds S D Bankers Accuse Dept of Lapses
The grand jury indicts seven former South Dakota bankers and blasts the South Dakota banking department for failing to acquaint itself with bank conditions. It says full examinations would have revealed violations and allowed closing troubled banks before further losses. It faults the department for inaction despite known violations.
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Sioux City
South Dakota
Des Moines Woman Leaves $10 000 for Child Welfare
Des Moines resident Cora B. Hillis, killed in a Minnesota auto crash, wills 10000 to support child welfare work in Iowa City. The fund becomes an endowment to establish the child welfare station, reverting to the estate if not augmented within five years.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Iowa City
Cora B. Hillis
Minnesota
Open Season for A L Conclave in Saint Paul
September events mark the Sixth National American Legion Convention in Saint Paul Minnesota with main tent gatherings and auxiliary meetings. Major C T Spear heads the Russian Railway Service Corps gathering at the Saint Paul Athletic Club with a 10 AM meeting and 7 PM banquet.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Saint Paul
American Legion
Legion Convention
Legion Auuxiliary
Eighty-eighth Pines
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Dakotas
Associated Veterans of the Russian Railway Service Corps
C. T. Spear
Major Spear
Saint Paul Athletic Club
Red Cross Army
Nurse Corps
Army Chaplains
Senator Wheeler to speak in Iowa campaign stops
Independent vice presidential candidate Senator Burton K. Wheeler will lecture in Dubuque on September 22 and Des Moines on September 26 as part of the LaFollette Wheeler campaign efforts. Philip LaFollette is planned for three Iowa talks, with dates pending. A request was sent to Congressman O. J. Kvale for September 12 to 16 engagements.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Burton K. Wheeler
Iowa
Robert M. LaFollette
Progressive Party
Dubuque
Des Moines
Iow
Progressive Headquarters
O. J. Kvale
Minnesota
Phillies hit three homers in one inning in doubleheader opener
Philadelphia players Harper Wrightstone and Wilson each hit a home run in the first game of the doubleheader against the New York Giants. Baldwin started on the mound for New York as Philadelphia launched a big inning.
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Philadelphia
Harper
Wrightstone
Wilson
New York Giants
Baldwin
New York
Septembers Warmth Critical For Corn Maturity
Des Moines reports indicate corn is three weeks late and roasters stage approaching. Weather varied by county with some weeks hot for crop growth, others wet causing potato rot and delayed threshing. Farmers push fall plowing and winter wheat seeding while rain shortages threaten clover seed yields.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Dpd. Reed
Towa
St. Ansgar
Mitchell County
Taylor
Appanese
Mahaska
Winnebago
Cannine
Dubuque
Weather report notes heat and dryness in Missouri Ohio valleys
Federal weather bulletin from Des Moines Iowa reports continued warmth in the lower Missouri and Ohio valleys with mostly favorable crop conditions but dryness in parts. Rain toward week’s end aided the Ohio valley and north central plains while some southern states remained too dry for crops.
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Ohio
Great Plains
Mississippi
Kansas
Middle Atlantic
South
North Central
Mississippi Valley
Nebraska
Northwest
Ohio Valley
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict in Klan Clash
A Williamson County coroner's jury finds John H. Smith a murder suspect for the Saturday clash that left six dead. The warrant for the murder of Chester Reed remains unserved. Also noted is the return of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie B Ficher from a vacation to Pine River Minnesota.
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Wm. McCowan
Leslie Bficher
Pine River
Minnesota
Unclear fragment on crop mating and frost damage
The text notes that mating cannot occur before frost damage and mentions spring heat yielding 0.25 bushels to ere, implying early crop yields affected by weather conditions.
World fliers reach Boston after 26,000 mile voyage
The American round the world fliers landed in Boston at 2:09 to 2:10 pm after a 125 mile jump from Mere Point Maine. Lt Lowell H Smith led, followed by Lt Leigh Wade and Lt Eric Nelson aboard the Chicago Boston II and New Orleans. Major General Mason Patrick greeted them, a 21 gun salute fired, and thousands watched as the fliers were welcomed at the barge and hangar. Nelson and Nelson embraced his brother upon signing the registry. Nelson noted fog nearly caused a miss yesterday and a near island collision off the Maine coast.
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Boston
Mass
Mere Point
Maine
Lowell H. Smith
Leigh Wade
Eric Nelson
Chicago
New Orleans
Battery A
Ninth Regiment
Coast Artillery Corps
United States
Mason M. Patrick
United States Air Service
Dwight F. Davis
Five Mile Front
Patrick
Smith
Seattle
Wash
Gunner Nelson
Dayton
Ohio
Eric
Mason M. Parick
Leslie Arnold
H. A. Dargo
Eric H. Nelson
John Harding, Jr
R. N. Brown
A. M. Ogden
Wade
Iceland
Bank Bandits Get Four Thousand at New Boston Bank
Five men used nitroglycerin to blow the safe at the New Boston State Bank in Muscatine after disabling lines into town. They ransacked the interior, secured about four thousand dollars, then fled on a railroad crossing to a waiting automobile and headed north.
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New Boston
Muscatine
New
Iowa City Man Claims Interest in $18,000 Estate
J. M. Sword sues the executors of Freeman P. Baker and Allen B. Baker asserting promises of reward for services rendered. He alleges he performed tasks for the brothers and was promised “all their property” upon death, including duties like burying a dog and arranging funerals, but received nothing.
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Iowa City
The
Associated Press
Freeman P. Baker
Allen B. Baker
J. M. Sword
Baker
Sword
Baker Brothers
Germany Rejects War Guilt After London Talks
Geneva dispatch reports a British French draft peace resolution adopted by the League of Nations. Germany's Chancellor Marx sent a letter denying responsibility for starting the war and delaying publication of the war guilt proclamation to avoid disrupting London conference negotiations.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Assembly of
League of Nations
MacDonald
Great Britaan
Herriot
France
Theunis
Belgium
Marx
Germany
London
Iowa Republicans Prepare for State Conference and Stumping Tour
Des Moines reports that Iowa Republican leaders plan a September 10 state conference at the Fleming building. National and regional figures will campaign for the Coolidge-Dawes ticket and for Congress and state offices. Daniel Steck, Ottumwa candidate for U.S. Senate, will play a prominent role.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
jState
P. R. Baldrige
State Central Committee
Iowa
Fleming
Baldrige
Newton
Minnesota
Clapp
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Congress
Daniel F. Steck
Ottumwa
United States
Showers Forecast for Early Next Week Across Rivers
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday predicts showers near the middle and lower Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Cooler start, then near to above normal temperatures for the period.
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Washington
Upper
Mississippi
Misouri River
Coolidge Defends Supreme Court On LaFayette Day
President Coolidge used LaFayette day in Baltimore to denounce efforts to limit domestic courts and to defend the Supreme Court as an independent bulwark of liberty. He urged Americans to uphold American ideals through law and service, and endorsed German recovery and European peace efforts as steps away from war.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Coolidge
United, Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme
United States
America
Europe
Washington
France
Supreme Car
Goolidge
América
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Senator Wheeler
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Werat
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Herrin
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LaFayette
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