Republicans aft Straws In Early Municipal Votes
Republican leaders watch New England municipal elections as gauges of national mood and potential senatorial contests. Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts Vermont Maine outcomes could herald party strength, with Hartford showing a notable Democratic gain and local issues like tariffs and prohibition shaping voter sentiment. The article notes Italian voters in Connecticut discontent and a textile strike in Rhode Island influencing results.
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Thy Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Anril
Eingland
New England
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
Maine
McLean
Banking and
Washington
Homer 5. Cummings
Wilson
League of Nations
Thomas J. Spellacy
Hartford
Tlartford
Hardiey
East
Nationa Republican
Lyon Family of Fourteen Children Taught School Early Days
A Black Hawk county family that settled near La Porte City in 1858 produced 14 children, 10 boys and 4 girls, all educated and all teaching at some point. The parents hired a home teacher as enrollment reached 14 with perfect attendance, sparking local pride and a Roosevelt correspondence honoring their service to education and community.
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Black Hawk County
Atta
Guttenberg
Clayton County
Cedar Township
Lyon Square
Roosevelt
Mt. Vernon
Lyons
Col. Hoosevelt
Fort Dearborn
Chicago
Shel
Milford H. Lyon
Billy Sunday
Winona Lake
Ind
la Parte City
State University of
H. C. Moeller
KE. B. Lyon
Lyon
E. C. Lyon
Edwin H. Lyon
George M. Lyon
Jancy Lyon
A. J. Lyon
F. W. Lyon
Lewis J. Luyon
Waterloo
BonneHe Lyon
EB. H
BE. B. Lyon
Burgess
J. H
Goodrich
Third Avenue West
Mr. Lyon
Election Preview in New York District Nearing Vote
The piece notes rising farm price pressures lifting some regions while the industrial east faces unemployment. It previews a national election in a New York district, sparked by Alanson B. Houghton’s ambassadorial move to Germany. Republican Lewis Henry and Democrat Frank Irvine, dean of Cornell Law, compete amid Prohibition stances.
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Middlewest
New York
Alanson B. Houghton
Germany
Houghton
Cornell University
Frank Irvine
Cornell Law School
Lewis Henry
New York Evening Post
Anesh
Morris Gives Medals to Longest Servers
Morris Motor Car company honors long serving staff at its twelfth anniversary banquet in Black's tearooms. Gold medals go to Richard Cheatham W F Burke and Edward Boyd for over ten years, while H F Rice and R I Moon receive five-year silver tokens. Seven members wear ten-year medals, four of them original employees. Imperial male quartet entertains as forty five guests attend. John J. Pershing holds the title of general of the armies chief of staff.
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Morris Motor Car Company
C. A
Morris
Black
Richard Cheatham
W. F. Burke
Edward Boyd
H. F. Rice
R. I. Moon
Imperial
Panui Davis
C. , Lamson
J. H. Hildebrand
Henry Iblings
C. J. Nelson
Cook Seeks County Attorneyship in Republican Primary
William A. Cook, a six year Gray County law practitioner, seeks the Republican nomination for county attorney in the Jane primaries. He is the second contender after Walter R. French, with a third possible entrant rumored. Cook, 48, and his wife with four children, lives at 412 Rober Avenue and is active in First Methodist Episcopal Church and several fraternal groups. He touts moral standards, legal experience, and administrative fitness. He has Denver and Kansas roots and a party background in Colorado and Iowa.
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Lewa
Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
Harvey
Harold C. Clase
Charles W. Lyon
Cedar Falls
Chicago
Ilinois
Iowa
Edwin H
Clara
Albert
Dickinson
William Penn Lyon
Edmund
Andrew J. Lyon
Independence
Charles W
George M
Marshalltown
Litegaravender
Marshall
Wallace Lyon
Harriet
May
Milford H. Lyon
Burke
Humboldt
William A. Cook
Black Hawk
Mr. Cook
Walter R. French
Cook
Hag & Wife
Rober A Avenue
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Masons, K. of P
Ben [Fur and A
Co. U. W
Denver
Colo
Ifo
Colorado
Republican County Central Committee
Lincoln Republican Club of
University of Kansas
University of Colorado
Waterloo Man Dies After Hotel Holdup
Confirmation arrives that Charles P. B. Cotter died from a gunshot wound suffered during a hotel robbery attempt at the Burlington hotel in Minneapolis. Cotter, once of Waterloo, built and ran local hotels and worked for the Illinois Central line, with deep Waterloo ties and family roots. The fatal shooting occurred about three weeks before reports reached his hometown.
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Charles PB. Collier
Minneapolis
Cotter
Burlington
Mr. Cotter
Waterloo
Maurice Cotter
Clone
McNeill Freed On Good Conduct After Fort Leavenworth Return
Local fingerprint expert A S Steffen returned from Fort Leavenworth with J F McNeill who faces a larceny charge. McNeill completed a federal sentence for drug peddling and will be held under good behavior. County attorney and district judge agreed to suspend indictment pending behavior. Brother in law from Minneapolis paid travel and care costs.
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A. Steffen
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Reno
Mnpense
Black Hawk County
McNeill
Minneapolis
Walter RR. French
Minneapolia
Bie
Racorda
Six More Yank Unita Bid Rhine Goodbye
Six more American units left Germany for Europe aboard the Cantigny from Antwerp, totaling 1,100 men and 52 officers, with 45 soldiers wives and 28 children also onboard. The departure reduces Rhine army strength to 2,600, or one sixth of its 4 year ago level.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Germany
Europe
Antwerp
Cantigny
Rhine
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John J. Pershing
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W. A. Cook
Jane
Mr. French
Aaving
Republicinn
William A, Cook
Bandit
Chicago Sunday Tribune
W. H. Reichert
Sycamore
Ellis Hotel
Our
Kistner Funeral Home
JLOME
Rynearson & Koch
Geta
Northey
Northey Mfg. CO
Waterloo, Town
Unique Cleaners
West Fourth ST
SOPRA
Ford
Detroit
Repass Automobile Co
Ford and
Fordson
West Park Avenue
Cedar Street
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