Presbyterian convention gathers in city church Friday
Missionary societies from southern Iowa City presbyterial meet in the Presbyterian church with sessions at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Delegations from Bethel Brighton Columbus Junction Crawfordsville Davenport First and other churches attend. Dr. L Myron Boozer and Mrs LeRoy D Weld headline to address missions and literature.
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Iowa City
Presbyterian Church
L. Myron Boozer
LeRoy D. Weld
Bethel
Brighton
Bettendorf
Columbus Junction
Crawfordsville
Davenport First
Davenport Newcomb
Davenport Summit
Deep River
Keota
Muscatine
Unity
Washington
Williamsburg
Wilton Junction
Haskins
M. & Steele
G.S. Johnson
L. R. Sims
Grace VanEvera
Davenport
EB. M. MacEwen
Town City
F. W. Eastwood
W. M. Fitzwilliam
Presbyterial
Iown
A. M. Cowden
F. W. Eastwood Willl
G. S. Johneson
J. H. Hughes
City notes sprinkling wagons ran in rain
Phoenix officials say routine street sprinkling continued during heavy summer rain as sprinkling hours overlapped with rainfall, underscoring a strict municipal procedure despite conditions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Boy Lived A Year And A Half With Bullet In Heart
Lester Perk ins 10 has lived nearly a year and a half with a bullet in his heart after an accidental .22 rifle wound in March 1930. He remains in good health and active.
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Ogniquit, Me
Lester Perkins
Stores sold at Wellman
Wellman Iowa September nine three business changes occur. Mr and Mrs A E Lindsey of Cedar Rapids will take charge Monday September fourteen of the bakery they purchased from Mr and Mrs Pat O’Brien. Within thirty days L Schames and son of Des Moines will run the grocery and dry goods store they bought from FE L McRoberts. McRoberts keeps ownership of the building but rents the store and apartment above to the Shames. Mr and Mrs Nick Snider, who sold their interest in the produce business to John Schlaubaugh last week, will move early next week to Hayesville Iowa to operate a produce and cream station and small store.
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Wellman
A. E. Lindsey
Cedar Rapids
Pat O’brien
Nick Snider
John Schlaubaugh
Hayesville
Iowa
Parade prize plan set for fall festival floats and cars
City announces seventy five dollars in prizes for floats best decorated car and comic feature with awards split 20 10 20 10 10 5 and parade times shifted to 1 pm Wednesday and 4 pm Thursday. S H Williams of Marshalltown offers cheaper decorating materials as competition builds for Washington band and American Legion drum corps entries.
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E. T. Hansen
Hansen
S. H. Williams
Newers Decorating and Advertising Company
Marshalltown
States organized for relief work under Hoover plan
Walter S. Gifford announced appointment of state representatives in 24 states to act as liaison officers with President Hoover's unemployment relief effort. He urged governors to form state relief committees to coordinate local resources and ensure efficient administration of funds for the coming winter.
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Washington
Hoover
Walter S. Gifford
Gifford
Iowa
W. H. Maytag
Newton
Edison Treated in West Orange for Declining Health
Thomas A. Edison, 84, remains unable to recover from a collapse five weeks ago and is "slowly and definitely failing," according to Dr. Hubert Howe. The physician cautioned there is no immediate danger, noting Edison could still live, but progress remains uncertain.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert 8. Howe
Dr. Howe
Odd Fellows Picnic Draws 150 In Wellman District
About 150 members of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs attended the district No. 92 picnic in Wellman. They enjoyed meals, speeches by Rev. T. C. Kennedy and others, games between area teams, foot races, a hall program with a Wagamon children playlet, a folk dance, minstrel stunt, readings, and dancing music by the Ruegsegger Brothers.
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Wellman
Odd Fellows and Rebekahhs
T. C. Kennedy
George Bell
Dewey
Kalona
Theodore Zillmer
Eardley Bell, Jr
Anna Younkin
Riverside
Fannie Meeks
Oddfellowship
Rebekah Lodge
Washington
Wagamon
Doris Zeck
Dorothy Ruebsam
Will Wagamon
Carl Ruegsegger
Ruegsegeger Brothers
Charles Fishburn Leaves for Grand Island Neb
Charles Fishburn departed this morning for his home in Grand Island Nebraska after visiting his cousin Mrs Lydia Tucker and other relatives in the area.
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Charles Fishburn
Grand Island
Nebr
Lydia Tucker
Alabama Police Chief and Ex-Mayor In Fatal Hartford Shooting
In Hartford Alabama on September 49 J C Roney 35 chief of police and J H Radford 55 former mayor shot each other to death. The exact details are unclear but reports say the incident occurred while Roney was sprinkling the street in front of Radford's home.
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Hartford
Ala
J. C. Roney
J. H. Radford
Roney
Radford
Riot at Utah State Prison Ends After Hour and a Half
A prison riot at the Utah state penitentiary lasted about ninety minutes. One convict was killed and two guards were held briefly before release. Many convicts were armed and shots were fired at guards and reserves with no officer fatalities.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah State Penitentiary
Corn largely safe from frost in Iowa as damage expected limited
Iowa reports indicate corn ripening under a September sun with nearly half already safe from frost and over half expected to be out of harm's way by September 15. Rains last week aided pastures and gardens though too late to help most corn.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
the Bulletin
Saia
America Favors Armament Truce
Washington on September 9 reports an authoritative policy stance showing the United States sympathetic to Dino Grandi’s proposal for a naval building holiday until the general disarmament conference under League of Nations auspices in Geneva. Mr and Mrs V D Hochstetler and daughter Nadine of Kalona visited on business.
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Washington
United States
Dino Grandi
League of Nations
Geneva
V. D. Hochstetler
Nadine of
Kalona
Stanwood Band Concert Comes to Crawfordsville Friday
Frank McCoy brings the 30 piece Stanwood Iowa band with his brother John for a Friday evening concert in Crawfordsville. People from Washington Mt Pleasant Olds Winfield Wayland and nearby towns expected. The free concert starts at 7 30 p m just north of the bank with a chicken supper for the band members planned by local businessmen.
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Crawfordsville
Frank McCoy
Stanwood
Iowa
John McCoy
McCoy
Frank
John
Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Olds
Winfield
Wayland
Bank
Lorain County Hen Egg Record Sets July High
Lorain County, Ohio, reported 4,000 hens laying 62,026 eggs in July, setting a new local record. The output signals strong poultry activity across the region.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Grandson Born to Hendersonville Family Sets Local Record
In Hendersonville North Carolina a baby boy weighing 100 pounds is born to Mr. and Mrs. E C White. Mrs Zebulon Brookshire, 35, is believed to be the region’s youngest grandmother as Mrs White is only 17.
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Hendersonville
N. C
E C. White
Zebulon Brookshire
Kidnaping gang smashed in Midwest arrests in Decatur
A kidnaping gang terrorizing the Midwest appeared broken as five men were captured in Decatur and Chicago police stint. The group allegedly held James Lynch and James Hackett for ransom totaling 125000. Three suspects arrested at a South Side club named Monte Moore Morris Lutrell and Jack Kisslinger. Two more identified as Joseph Whites and William Wallace.
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Decatur
Chicago
James Lynch
James Hackett
Blue Island
South Side Country Club
Monte Moore
Morris Luttrell
Jack Kisslinger
Moore
Joseph 4Yfites
Shelton Gang
Illinois
William Wallace
Unemployed Riot Breaks Out in Cleveland Job Lines
Several thousand men gathered at county store yards in Cleveland seeking county highway district jobs. Clashes erupted as late applicants tried to push forward, police were called, windows and warehouse doors were damaged, and several people injured or overcome by exertion.
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Cleveland
Football squad trains on new field under lights
Coach Jim Shultz led the high school football squad in a long scrimmage on the new athletic field at night. Electricians inspected lighting and plan adjustments for dark spots while two evenly matched teams battled under flood lights.
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Jim Shultz
Iowa Couple Held in Colorado For Lodge Theft
Harry Cutler and Theda Palmer both of Iowa were held in Golden Colorado on suspicion of robbing the Bergen Park lodge filling station. They and accomplice Leonard Voight fled after striking attendant Harold Pendergast and taking about $11.
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Iowa
Colorado
Golden
Colo
Harry Cutler
Bancroft
Theda Palmer
Armstrong
Bergen Park Lodge
Cutler
Miss Palmer
Evergreen
Leonard Voight
Adena
James Virgins
Harold Pendergast
Farmers taxed and sales taxes urged in Santa Monica opinion
A Santa Monica correspondent argues against farm land taxes and tax on home sales, urging a sales tax on necessities and luxuries, a stiff inheritance tax, and criticizing taxes paid only after purchase with new financial strains.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Caseline
Two Gangsters Held in Decatur Kidnaping Case
Two gangsters were held in Decatur for removal to Chicago as members of a kidnaping gang that had seized John J. Lynch a wealthy Chicago turf figure and James Hackett a Blue Island gambler for ransoms totaling $125000. The suspects are Joseph Yates 38 of the Shelton gang of southern Illinois and Monte Moore released from Joliet prison in April after ten years for robbery.
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Decatur
Chicago
John J. Lynch
James Hackett
Blue Island
Joseph Yates
Shelton
Monte Moore
Joliet Prison
Mrs John Smith Pleads Not Guilty in Insurance Fraud Case
Mrs John Smith pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to defraud an insurance company and waived to the grand jury in Adel Iowa. Justice R K McNichols set bond at 1000 dollars and released her to return to Perry. Dallas County grand jury continues review of John Smith related fraud case.
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Adel
John Smith
Justice of Tec Peace
R. KE. McNichols
Perry
Dallas County Grand Jury
Explosion Maws Death Toll as Mining Plant Blast Claims Three
A blast at Safety Mining company plant in Benton Illinois killed three workers and injured six others. Manager W J McCleoh said the cause was undetermined as ten men worked in the single story building at 9:30 am.
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Benton
Randall Scarborough
Safety Mining Company
Benton, Ifil
W. J. McCleoh
Feared Two U.S. Airmen Lost at Sea
Seattle reports no word from Don Moyle and Deeil Allen after their Monday takeoff from Sabishiro Beach in a second hand plane bound for Seattle. Weather along the North Pacific worsened overnight with showers and 26 mph winds, delaying sighting by ships or land observers.
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C. A. Allen
Don Moyle
Tokio
Seattle
Japan
Harold Bromley
Pacific
U.S
Deeil Allen
Moyle
Allen
Tacoma
Boeing Field
Alaska
British Columbia
North Pacific
A. Allen
Taklo-to-Seattle
City of Tacoma II
Sabishiro Beach
Alaskan
Gulf of Alaska
Tacoma II
Falls City chimney sweep marks 52nd yearly visit
Falls City Nebraska welcomes Wash Coe of Kansas City Missouri for his annual chimney cleansing tour. This year he completes his 52nd consecutive annual visit, continuing a long running service to local homes.
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Falls City
Neb
Coe
Kansas City
Foot Inflammation From Needle In Salem Shoes
Mrs. Chif ford R. Parker had a inflamed foot after trying new shoes in Salem Oregon. A physician removed a needle from her foot, ending the incident.
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Salem
Ore
Death of Wayland woman Mrs Sebastian Gerig
Mrs. Sebastian Gerig 84 died at her daughter Mrs Minnie Sutter’s home in east Wayland after five months bedfastness. Funeral at Sugar Creek Mennonite church near Wayland at two pm Thursday. Survived by nine children including Mrs Jacob Eigsti of Morton Illinois and others from the Wayland area. maiden name Magdelene Goldsmith.
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Wayland
Sebastian Gerig
Minnie Sutter
East Wayland
Sugar Creek Mennonite
Gerig
Fewer pockets urged by George Matthew Adams
The columnist George Matthew Adams argues for simpler dress with fewer pockets, suggesting practicality and ease as benefits. His remark reflects stylistic and functional tastes in everyday wear.
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George Matthew Adams
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Grace VankEvera
F. A. Danner
Fred Harrington
Margaret Corbin
le Roy D. Weld
O'Brien Bakery
Lindsey's
Washington Band
American Legion
Charles A. Speer
Bert White
Rockhill
S. C
White
Mayte
Maytag Lowa
Edison
Lodge and
Rebekahs
Alabama
Salt
America
Stanwood Band
Ohio
Ileinoes
Middle West
Do-X Crew
New York
White House
Dr. von Prittwitz
Fritz Hammer
Air Leviathan
Rosies
Thio
Iere Lam
Ponder Plant
Texas
Dallas
Dupont Magazine
Henry Schaerdel
Here
Schaerdel
Billy Schaerdel
Schnerdel
Margaret Alice Stewart
Iowa State College
Ames
W. G. Stewart
Gabishire Beach
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