Rioting Rocks Klan Meeting in Eastern Town
In North Brookfield Massachusetts a clash between Ku Klux Klan members and anti Klan demonstrators erupted in the town square. police were overpowered and weapons were used as hundreds fought near a farm where the meeting was to be held.
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Associated Press
North Brookfield
Mass
Ku Klux Klan
Steven Quill
Edmound V. Downey
Martin Bergen
Ston
Vergen
Hard Hitting Teams in Pennants This Year in Both Leagues
Chicago White Sox abandon hitless tactics as pennant races hinge on team batting. Washington and Pittsburgh lead leagues with high averages while individual stars like Walter Johnson and Tris Speaker pace the hitters. The piece notes rising batting trends across the American and National Leagues and highlights key players and stats.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Washington
Pirates
Senators
Athletics
St. Louis
Walter Johnson
Dutch
Dutch" Reuther
Hank Severed
Sam Rice
Goose” Goslin
al Simmons
Harry Heilmann
Detroit Star
Tris Speaker
Ty Cobb
Speaker
Cobb
Paschal
Yankees
Heilmann
Simmons
Bob Meusel
Johnny Mostil
White Sox
H. Rice
Wingo
Detroit
Sisler
Lamar
Philadelphia
Appointment of C W Hunt Faces Opposition in Trade Commission
Des Moines reports the appointment of Charles W Hunt of Logan Iowa to another term on the federal trade commission is likely to provoke opposition in the senate. Hunt backed moves to curb publicity of complaints before the commission drawing fire from progressives who accuse the group of throttling the process. He previously served as Iowa Farm Bureau Federation secretary and was recommended by Senator Cunoyns.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles W. Hunt
Logan
Federal Trade Commission
Brookhart
Congress
Hunt
Washington Y
Senate
Humbrey
van Fleet
Progres
Sives
Iowa Farn’ Bureau Federation
Ile
Cun Oins
Norris
Nebraska
Confrese
Iowa
Fetmers
Huston Thomson
Methodist Union Urged by Laymen in 1900s Call
Laymen of the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Episcopal South churches urged unification. The General Laymen Association statement, signed by George W. Dixon, urged admission of laymen into annual conferences and to advocate unity and support for the world service commission.
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the Assernated
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
General Laymen'’s Association
The
George W. Dixon
World Service Commission
Lawyer's Widow Plans College Study in New York
Ida Hedges widow of Job B. Hedges noted witness lawyer and 1912 New York gubernatorial candidate enrolls for a second year at Columbia University extension classes. She follows economics and history, studying four afternoons weekly, since her husband died in February.
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New York
Ida Hedges
Job B. Hedges
Hedges
Columbia University
Air Ministry to Fit Metal Cap on Runaway Dirigible R-22
The British Air Ministry plans to replace fabric on the nose of the dirigible R-22 with a metal hosecap to strengthen the airship during flight and while moored. After the damage from the mast breakaway, the forward section was dismantled and about 60 feet rebuilt with 2,000 feet of duralumin lattice girders installed.
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London
Baseball leaders and standings in the 1925 season
Bottomley at .375 is runner up. Me Finnis Pirates and Schultz and Hressler of Cincinnati hit .874, .860 and .051 in limited play. Fournier sits third at .355 with Wheat close. Hazen Cuyler and Max Carey duel for steals as Hornsby hits his 37th homer and leads slugging. Other top batters include Cuyler, Burrus, Harper, Roush, Stock and Cox.
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My Bottomley
Metinnis
Pirates
Schultz and
Hressler
Cincinnnati
Jack Fournier
Dodgers
Zack Wheat
Hazen Cuyler
Max Carey
Carey
Hornsby
Cuyler
Pittsburgh
Blades
St. Louis
Burrus
Boston
Harper
Philadelphia
Roush
Cincinnati
J. Wilson
Stock
Brooklyn
Cox
Sowing Fall Wheat Dates Released by Drake Iowa Counties
Dr. Carl J. Drake at the state experimental station announced safe fall wheat sowing dates by county after pest risks were reduced. The list begins September 17 for Allamakee to Clinton and continues September 24 for Monona to Linn with September 25 for Warren to Jasper. Additional southern counties are expected to receive dates soon.
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Lows
Carl J. Drake
Dr. Drake
Leir
Clayton
Monona
Crawford
Carroll
Greene
Boone
Star
Marshall
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Cedar
Clinton
Warrison
Shelby Audubon
Guthrie
Mallas
Poly
Jasper
Poweshiek
Towa
Johnson
Drake
Freshmen Enrollment Planned at Morning-id College
Nearly 250 freshmen will enroll as regular classes begin Sept 17. Registrar Ethel Murray announced the start of Freshmen Week with about 200 freshmen already registered and more joining daily. Changes in teaching staffs include Katherine A. Parkhill from Oberlin College named head of the physical education department. most other shifts are in assistant roles.
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Sioux City
Morning-id College
Mies Ethel Murray
Katherine A. Parkhill
Oberlin College
Miningsside
Baby clinics report high improvement in defects
In Wapello Iowa on September 16 fifty Sheppard Towner baby clinics examined ninety two infants. A check up of last year’s examined children shows seventy two percent of defects eliminated or improved during the year.
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Wapello
Sheppard-Towner
Fremont County Supervisors Accused of Improper Purchases
In Des Moines reports, Fremont county supervisors face accusations for buying thousands of dollars in building materials in 1924 without prior public advertising. Kringel and Kyner released figures showing lumber from Standard Bridge Company 20856.17, steel 24156.67, bridge lumber 4316.56, and concrete culvert pipe 46170.96 from Wilson Pipe Company.
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Axworiated Press
Des Moines
Board of Supervisors
Fremont County
BE. Kringel
L. D. Kyner
McClune
Standard Bridge Company
Omaha
Wickham
Wison Pipe Company
Chemists Seek Alcohol-Absorbing Substances for Medicines
Washington reports Bureau of Internal Revenue chemists have tested substances to prevent alcohol in commercial products from being usable as beverages if diverted to bootlegging. Quinine and other chemicals failed to yield a foolproof, non extractable result. Patent medicine makers must submit samples for testing to ensure their products cannot pass as whiskey or wine substitutes. Inspectors verify physical properties and manufacturing capacity to block alcohol leakage into illicit channels.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Australia to appoint native born citizens as state governors
Sydney reports that New South Wales leads a regional push for governors who are Australian born. Queensland Tasmania South Australia and Western Australia have approved the policy with Victoria expected to follow. A memorial is being prepared to seek home authorities authority to appoint Australian born citizens to governorship posts.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
Tasmania
South Australia
West Australia
Victoria
Earthquake Uncovers Priceless Saint Portrait at Santa Barbara Mission
A 150 year old portrait of St. Francis of Assisi, valued at about 20000 dollars, was revealed when the Santa Barbara Mission walls cracked in a quake. The painting, long hidden behind varnish, will be restored in Los Angeles by Theodore N. Lukits who will carefully replace the canvas and strip layers to reveal the original artist.
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Losngeles
Santa Barbara
Francis of Assai
Los Angeles
Theodore N. Lukits
American Federation of Arts
Lukits
Lukita
St. Francis
Cornell college announces faculty changes and new heads
Mount Vernon Iowa Sept 18 Cornell college updates its faculty with Roy A Nelson as head of physics economics head Rudoph Peterson with a PhD from Iowa Norman I Himes new public speaking head and intercollegiate coach. Conservatory welcomes Helen Venn Ruth Pinkerton and Harold Baltz joining music faculty.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Roy A. Nelson
University of Illinois
Cornell
Udolph Peterson
State University of Iowa
Peterson
University
Norman
Himes
Harvard University
Harvard
Coolidge
Tie
Princeton
Yale
Amherst
Crown
Conservatory of Music
Helen Venn
Ruth Pinkerton
Harold Baltz
Eastman School of Music
Stresemann's Two Years as Foreign Minister Endorsements
German papers mark Gustav Stresemann's second anniversary as foreign minister with cautious praise. Taegliche Rundschau lauds his courage amid Ruhr distress and Poincaré's insolence, while National Zeitung notes Germany's progress under his policy and hopes for later popularity.
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Berlin
Gustav Stresemann
Taegliche Rundschau
Democratic National Zeitung
Ruhr
Poincare
Stresemann
Germany
National Zeitung
Suspect Held in Waterlooo Bootlegger Murder Case
Independence Iowa officers seek identity of a man arrested near Jesup on suspicion of complicity in the murder of Albert Hertske, a Waterloo bootlegger. Raymond Harris, of Philadelphia, claims the name, but officials doubt his link to the Gook murder. A phase seek for Malcolm Harbour continues.
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Associated Press
Independence
Blackhawk
Buchanan County
Jesup
Waterloe
Albert Hertzke
Andrew Malcolm Harbour
Iowa
Raymond Harris
Philadelphia
Lynna Pinkerton
Frank Mommer
Traer
Pinkerton
Willey
Vinton
Albert Hertske
Waterloo
Myrtle Underwood Cook
A. B. Gragy
Toledo
Ohio
Malcolm Harbour
Harris
Cooler Weather Expected Across Iowa This Week
Des Moines reports lower temperatures for Sunday and Monday as the weather bureau forecasts cooling across Iowa. A northwest disturbance from Helena Montana brings a snowfall and freezing temperatures, with showers early in the week and warmer periods later.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Helena
Mont
Washington
Mississippi
Missouri River
Rewards for Revealing Bandits Hideout in Bulgaria
In Haskovo August 26 Dimo Marcheff a goat herder received 40000 lire from the interior ministry for detailing the hideout of bandit chief Mitu Ganeff. He was a long time victim and supplied food to the gang. The district also awarded 200 sheep and a monetary reward, and Susaim village reserved land for a house for him.
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Haskovo
Bulgaria
Dimo Marcheff
Mitu Ganeff
Marcheff
Ganeff
Ministry of the Interior
Marebrefft
Haskove
Susaim
New Trial Asked for Bandits Holmes and Woods
Attorneys for Joseph Holmes and Jack Woods convicted of murdering Frank B. Rodkey at the Drake hotel during an attempted holdup filed a motion for a new trial. Arguments set for October 3. Holmes and Woods sentenced to death after the verdict at dawn.
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Chicago
Joseph Holmes
Jack Woods
Frank B. Rodkey
Drake Hotel
Holmes
Woods
Poultry embargo eyed by northwest Iowa dealers
Poultry dealers in Cherokee and northwest Iowa warn of a possible embargo on live Iowa poultry by other states. Post mortems indicate the disease results from over feeding mash as fowls are fattened for market.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Movie extra dies in balcony fall during fight scene
Hollywood, Sept 19 A motion picture extra named Max Marks died after a balcony fight scene went wrong. He fell fifty feet when the rope intended to keep him at a safe distance broke as the stunt was filmed.
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Associated Ress
Hollywood
Calif
Max Marks
Marks
Mussoliniana aims to spread fascism abroad from Milan
Rome reports a new magazine Mussoliniana founded in Milan by party leaders to extend fascist influence worldwide with collaboration from leading fascist sympathizers and authors. In London, Brantwood House in Coniston is to be sold, after John Ruskin’s 1885 deed to the Sevens.
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Rome
Milan
Ruskin
London
John Ruskin
Brantwood House
Coniston
Lancashire
Arthur Severn
Brantwood
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