Former Empress of Germany Dies in Holland
Augusta Victoria, former German Empress, died in Doorn Holland at 6 am. Her death followed heart disease and came a year after her first attack. The ex-emperor stood by her side as she passed, with her body to be moved to Potsdam for burial and a simple funeral planned near her former home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Kaiserin
Dryander
Doorn
Thursay
Berlin
Altho
Potsdam
Wild Park Station
Ainess
Associated Press
Holland
Umpress
Augusta Victoria
Doorn Castle
Nevetheless
Haesier
Jymans
Victoria Louse
Vienna
Roorn
Haesner
Jon Keller
Doomie
Ogrn
Ameron
Wim of Triany
Prussia
Netherlands
Amerongen
Kaiserin's
Mily
William
Joachim
Emperor Thesas
Burlington Police Chief Accused of Bootlegging Ring
Burlington Iowa April 11 reports say a grand jury began investigating charges that Councilman W C Ogden the superintendent of public safety led a bootlegging operation and took bribes from gamblers and moonshiners. Patrolman James Brown allegedly confessed to operating a still with Captain Jala Litteich supplying the still and distributing moonshine. Both officers are ordered dismissed and Brown implicates Ogden as the ring leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Burlington
W. C. Ogden
Public Safety
James Brown
Civil Service Commission
Brown
Jala Lilteich
Ogden
Flareback to Winter Short Not Dangerous Across Iowa
Damage from the weekend freeze was less than first feared with apples and premature vegetables worst hit while grains escaped significant harm. Iowa forecasts call for fair and warmer weather this afternoon with the local weather bureau expecting the crisis of the little winter to pass. A second item reports the discovery of a charred body in the ruins of rval Dooley’s burned farmhouse in Schuyler county Missouri, found Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Des Moines
Sioux City
Burtington
Iowa
C. D. Reed
Reed
Associated Press
Moulton
Rval Dooley
Prosperous
Schuyler County
States May Enforce Own Narcotic Laws
The Associated Press reports Davenport Iowa April 11 that Minnesota Supreme Court decisions uphold state narcotics enforcement. A violator convicted under state statutes not covered by federal law remains affirmed, while state laws remain enforceable even when federal acts exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parser
the Associated Press
Davenport
Henry
Byre Aesociated Press
Singer
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
O Callaghan to Face Deportation or Stay in U S
Secret ary Davis orders Donal J O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork to depart by June 3 or be deported if he does not leave. The stowaway-turned-visitor arrived Jan 4 to testify on Ireland conditions and may lose refugee status. Attorney says O Callaghan will stay while habeas corpus option is prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Davis
Donal J. O'Callaghan
Cork
United States
Committee of 160
Ireland
State Department
O'Callaghan
U. S
Philadelphia
Michael Francis Doyte
Department of Labor
National League of Women Voters Opens Second Convention
National League of Women Voters holds its second annual convention in Cleveland as it prepares to propose federal and state bills. Key goals include maternal and infant care funding, price controls, and making oath of allegiance a voting qualification. Mrs. Maud Wood Park leads the national league with Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt as honorary chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Crase
Cleveland
National League of Women Voters
Lo Gal
Thade
Congress
United States
National League
League
Maud Wood Park
Washington, D. C
Carrie Chapman Catt
Landis Sends Youth Who Robbed Bank to U S Training School
Francis J. Carey 19 of Ottawa Illinois who stole 96000 was sentenced by Judge K M Landis to one year at the national training school Washington D C Officials in Congress urged impeachment as the court blamed bank officials for the crime Carey was forced to support his mother on ninety dollars a month salary The judge made no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Francis J. Carey
National City Bank
Ottawa
National Training School
Washington, D. C
K. M. Landis
Congress
Landis
Carey
Farm groups meet to frame farm legislation program
Washington April 11 The executive committee and state delegations of the American Farm Bureau federation opened a series of meetings to draft a legislative program for Congress. Delegates will discuss tariff taxation rural credits and price controls as part of a broader farm agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Canoe Capsize Drowns Two Men at Clinton Island
Clinton Iowa April 11 Lester Breroe 26 bookkeeper for Cudahy Packing and James Brooks 24 factory worker drowned in canoe capsize near Little Rock Island Breroe body recovered Brooks body not found search continued yesterday afternoon Illinois United Press report
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Clinton
Lester Breroe
Cudahy Packing Company
James Brooks
Somer
Little Rock Island
Braroe
Brooks
Big Bill Haywood and 78 Associates Sentenced
United Press reports a Supreme Court ruling upholding convictions of Big Bill Haywood and 78 IWW members in Chicago for es pionage and selective service law violations. The court ruled they received fair trials and denied a rehearing. Seizure of raid papers in 1917 was deemed legal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington, D. C
Big Bill
Haywood
IW. W
K. M. Landis
Chicago
Supreme Court
Roads Improve Across Several Minnesota and Iowa Towns
Weather Bureau reports drying weather aiding road repairs in towns including Albert Lea Alcona Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Water Town and Waverly. Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Tuesday aiding highway work progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department_of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Albert Lea
Minn
Alcona
Chirles
City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Water- Tod
Waverly
Wife Unkissable Sparks Hugh Cosgrove Divorce Suit
Hugh E Cosgrove filed for divorce from Helen Vaughn Cosgrove daughter of John Culkin Carthage Illinois alleging she displayed great austerity of temper and did not permit a kiss during their first year of marriage. The suit was filed in Chicago with Cosgrove citing marital unhappiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Helen Vaughn Cosgrove
John Culkin
Carthage
Tll
Hugh E. Cosgrove
Governor appoints State Osteopathy Board members
Des Moines April reports Governor Kendall announced the appointment of the state Board of osteopathy. Members named are R. G. Gilmore of Sioux City J. Chrestansen of Keokuk and H. J. Marshall of Des Moines. The board operates under a new law governing state osteopaths as a separate examining body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Apriil
Kendall
State Board of Osteopathy
R. G. Gilmore
Sioux City
Chicago Man Appointed Second Aid to Hays
Washington April 11 United Press reports the White House announced a recess appointment of Ed J. Shaughnessy a Chicago railroad expert and former colonel in France to be second assistant postmaster general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ded
Groat
United, Press
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Potsdam
United Press
Washington, D. C
Shaughnessy
Chicago
White House
France
Transportation Corps
Boy Risks Life for Dog in Flaming House
Harold O Grady and his brother Ray lived near the Livingston warehouse which burned for a loss of 100000 dollars. Their father rushed into the home to rescue them and Harold reentered to save his dog as walls collapsed. firemen aided in pulling him out with the dog safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Proes
Chicago
Harold O'Grady
Harold
Ray
Livingston
Four Men Sought After Highland Park Officer Slain in Chicago
Rifle squads hunted four men in a car after James Rafferty a Highland Park policeman was shot fatally in Chicago. Rafferty identified an assailant as Tommy O Conner before dying. The car fled north toward Waukegan with shots fired at pursuing officers and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iBy
Associated Press
Chicago
James Rafferty
Highland Park
North Shore
Rafferty
Tommy O'Conner
Chicara
Ing
Waukegan
Postal Clerk Blames Wages for Mail Robberies
Chicago April 16. low pay and poor conditions in postal service blamed for mail robberies totaling £7190 in under a year. Union secretary Ley George argues night shifts and wartime labor conditions drive loss, urging early action by Postmaster General Hays. Assistant Postmaster John T. McGrath cites civil service staffing strains as a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Ley George
Chirare Postal Clerks’ Union
George
Hays
John T. McGrath
Turks Press Greeks in Southern Sector After Brusa Gains
Paris dispatches report Turkish forces push the Greeks in the southern sector as Mustapha Kemal Pasha retakes Asian Karahissar, a key Bagdad railway junction. Greek losses in the north total about 6,200 killed and wounded as divisions suffer heavy attrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Asia Minor
Brusa
Foreign Office
Constantinople
Asita-Katahissar
Farmhand Shoots Divorced Wife Then Kills Himself
Jack Lacey a 2 farmhand shot and seriously wounded his former wife at the Grebhow home in Sanborn and then killed himself with a shot through the head. Mrs. Lacey, at Primghar hospital, may die. The couple were divorced and the shooting followed Lacey's reconciliation attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanborn
iBy
Preas
Jack Lacey
Hane Grebhow
Lacey
Davis Seeks Teeth in Arbitration Law
Washington April 11 The Davis administration pushes for labor arbitration rules with enforceable terms. He proposes laws to compel both sides to bargain in good faith and to honor arbitrator decisions, while stopping short of mandatory arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Davis
Stri
Oklahoma Wins Big Suit Over Oil Lands
Oklahoma wins its suit against Texas in the Supreme Court over the title to oil lands in the Red River valley. The land is valued between 150 million and 190 million dollars. The United States government backed Oklahoma’s position and claimed riverbed land as public domain. The court sustained the Oklahoma claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Texxas
Red River Valley
United States
Temperatures Due for Rise Tomorrow
Weather bureau forecasts continued cold with frost across eastern states and northern Florida. A broad spell of fair conditions is seen for the next two days as temperatures rise again tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D
Mississippi
Florida
Weather Bureau
Congress Opens First Session Under Republican Control
Washington April 11 The Sixty seventh Congress convened at noon with Speaker Gillett re elected and Miss Alice Robertson the lone woman member in the crowd. Nearly all 435 members attended as hundreds of bills awaited introduction, led by the Fordney emergency tariff. Domestic agenda dominated as the Senate and House set plans for tariff, internal revenue, budget, and reorganization measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Soustess Akbein
Boarching
House
Congress
Harding
Senate
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
Claude Witchin
North Carolina
WSG
Mr.Gillett
Frank W. Mendell
Wyoming
Kitchin
Appland
Alice M. Robertson
Oklahoma
Miss Robertson
Gillett
Sworten
Jhhru
Jintao
Fordney
Wilson
Buc
Republican Party
Taft
White House
Governor Kendall Signs Cigaret Bill In Effect July 4
Governor Kendall signed the bill regulating cigar et sales, with a July 4 effective date due to a publication clause. The measure bans sales to minors with penalties up to 500 dollars or six months in jail, allows revocable adult licenses by local authorities, and notes substantial state gains from restricted consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Beassy
Gov. Kendall
Cireum
Man Held as Thief in Omaha Claims Ottumwa Home
Omaha police hold W. B. Harris of Ottumwa after a knife assault during a burglary attempt at a residence in Omaha. Harris, wounded by one of two Black suspects, had locked them in a closet before they fled. Harris allegedly had prior grand larceny time in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Ottumwa
Associated Press
Neb
Harris
Ottum Wa
Montana
Battle Rages As Dublin Hotel Hit By Irish Republicans
Dublin reports a 20 minute battle around the Northwestern hotel in Northwall with civilians armed with bombs and firearms attacking government auxiliaries. One attacker was killed and several wounded, two constables shot in Ki' dorrey near Cork died later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dublin
Northwall
Barty
Cork
Ireland
Ki' Dorrey
Here
Farmers and veterans win relief measures in Iowa assembly
Arch W. McFarlane lauds the thirty ninth general assembly for enacting relief for farmers and extending veterans exemptions. The soldiers' tax exemption of 600 dollars for World War veterans and expanded scopes for civil and Spanish War veterans were highlighted, while the proposed constitutional convention was defeated due to costs and farmer opposition. The cigaret license bill was praised for revenue and youth protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-ninth General Assembly
Arch W.mcfarlane
McFarlane
Iowa
Spain
Soap price cuts sweep markets in Chicago
Chicago April 11. The James S. Kirk & Co. cuts soap prices by 7 to 15 percent. A nine cent bar falls to six and a half. Other manufacturers expected to follow, with similar reductions across varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James S. Kirk & Co
First Iowa woman lawyer dies at 73
Mrs. Mary Hager aged 73, believed to be Iowa’s first woman lawyer, died in Chicago after a long illness. She was admitted to the Iowa City bar and practiced across the state. Hager was past president of the National Woman's Branch of the G A L R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mary Hager
Iowa
Chicago
Earthquakes Cause Landslides in Kansu River
Daily quakes in Kansu since the December tremor have produced 16 major landslides that dam the Tsingning river and threaten floods unless urgent excavation work begins. Investigators report the danger remains high after the April 11 dispatch from Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Fress
Shanghai
Kansu
Thei Tsingning
Paper Delivery Timetable and Error Remedy
The notice instructs readers the Courier is delivered before 5 30 and to call 330 if not received by then. If a carrier error prevents delivery, a replacement copy will be sent and calls must reach the office before 6 80 p m.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Erile
Wilhelm
Prince Adalbert
Upeng Convention
Towner
U.S
Big Bill” Haywood
Hubby
Naimes Osteopathy Board
Boy
Man Hunton
Connor
Ers
Harvest
la Agora
Mateh Keyrdda
William Jyler Page
Page
Assembly
Rainbow
General Assembly
Vigardt
H. H. Dodd
Elma
Howard County
Dodd
Waterloo
House of Representatives
J. J. Rainbow
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!