Winn Hanged for Slaying Husband of Aged Sweetie
Chicago April 15 John Walton Winn 40 was hanged for the murder of Albert Nusbaum a contractor. The death march began at 6 54 pm trap sprung 7 02 am pronounced dead 7 14 Winn left a note to his sweetheart Grandma Eliza claiming innocence and vowing to meet in heaven. Nusbaum widow serving life for her role in the crime.
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Chicago
John Walton Winn
Albert Nusbaum
Winn
Eliza
Nusbaum
Joliet
Harold S. Hulvert
Leopold Loeb
Hulbert
Mothers and Sons Honor Annual Hi-Y Luncheon
About 125 mothers and sons attended the first annual Mother-Son luncheon at First Baptist Church, hosted by West-Hi-Y. Rev W D Endres spoke on J M Barrie rising from poverty with his mother’s support. Eugene Harker chaired. Daniel Jensen played trombone solo Air Castles. Dorothy Elsworth accompanied. Dortha Miller performed two xylophone solos At Dawning and Old Black Joe.
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First’ Baptist
West - Hi-Y Club
W.D. Endres
Central Christian. Church
J. M. Barrie
Eugene Harker
Daniel Jensen
Castles
Dorothy Elssworth
Dortha’ Miller
Joe
Mrs Willis Wightman Confronts Telegram Hoax After Husband's Death Report
Mrs Willis Wightman of St Paul fainted at the Postal Telegraph office upon receiving a telegram stating her husband was dead. She traveled to Kansas City after learning the telegram lacked a signature and verification failed. The Wightmans formerly lived here.
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Willis Wightman
St Paul
Minn
Sycamore Street
St. Paul
Kansas City
Wightmans
Auction Clears Caward-Dart Assets After Receivership
The Caward-Dart Manufacturing plant at 640 Ansborough avenue was sold at public sale by receiver FE Innes for 4780 dollars. RB Schultz bought the wall of machinery for 3900 dollars, Ralph Miller of Pioneer National Bank acquired book debts for 800 dollars. About 20 attendees watched as liabilities reach about 49000 dollars with the building owned by Hawk Eye Oil. Schultz has no immediate plans for the machinery purchased.
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Caward-Dart Manufacturing Company
Ansborough Avenue
Innes
Schultz
Commercial Street
Ralph Miller
Pioneer National Bank
Hawkeye, Oil Company
Conard-Dart Company
Gladbrook Group Tests Eldora Pit Clay for Light Brick
Eldora April 15 tests run to gauge clay from a coal mine north of town for Gladbrook Brick company. The aim is to mix local material with Gladbrook clay to produce a light color brick.
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Gladbrook Concern
Eldora Pit
Courier Special Service
Eldora
Here
Gladbrook Brick Company
Gladbrook
Road conditions update for county routes and towns
The report lists several highways with passable statuses including No 69 to Grundy Center No 14 to Marshalltown No 11 to Oelwein No 13 from Manchester to Cedar Rapids No 59 to Traer and Toledo No 57 to Dike and No 14 to Parkersburg No 20 west No 10 Waverly to Allison and Hampton and No 20 east from Manchester impassable and No 20 east from Manchester impassable.
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Grundy Center
Marshalltown
Oelwein
Manchester
Cedar Rapids
Traer
Toledo
Dike
Parkersburg
Waverly
Allison
Hampton
Building Permits and Economic Entries
Building permits list garages at 1316 Kimball costing 2.00, 1143 Williston at 200, and 1621 Jefferson at 100. A stray literary quote follows: a humorous exchange from Answers London about poverty and spats versus suede shoes with worn soles.
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Kimball
George “R. Potters
Williston
Wv. L. Currier
Jefferson
London
Browning on Lincoln a Plain Honest Whig Contemporaries View
Illinois senator Orville H. Browning who served in Lincoln era diaries from 1850 to 1881 reveal a plain honest view of Lincoln. Browning and Lincoln clashed over slavery, favored Judge Edwin Bates for president and he noted Lincoln’s emancipation move and assassination shaped his outlook. Browning believed Lincoln was the best friend the rebels had yet feared missteps by both sides.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Orvile HH. Browning
Illnois
Lincoln
Mnois Historical Society
Browning
Illinois
Douglas
Andrew Johnson
Charles Seward
Pepysian Chronicle
Hechton Lincoln
Edwin Bates
Missouri
Bates
Bea
Wludge Bates
Washington
Lincon
Every Nurse Knows This Father John's Medicine Claim
An old fashioned family medicine advertises Father John's Medicine as a safe tonic to restore nourishment for patients who fail to gain weight after illness. The copy claims the medicine builds new flesh and strength without alcohol or harmful drugs and that nourishing elements are easily absorbed by a weakened system, with steady weight gain observed.
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Father John
First Edition of Don Quixote Found in Mexico
Francisco J. Santamaria a leader in the Mexican Society of Geography and Statistics has acquired a copy of the second volume of Don Quixote de la Mancha said to be the first Seville edition printed in 1732. The discovery is hailed here as a notable literary find.
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Mexico City
Francisco J. Santamaria
Mexican Society of Geography and Statistics
Seville
Discovery of a Rare Cervantes Volume Revealed
An extended search ends with a first volume of Cervantes reportedly found in Mexico and purchased by an American millionaire. It is now in the Hispanic Society of America in New York City. Santamaria had long hoped for its existence and has informed the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language.
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Cervantes
The
Hispanic Society of America
New York City
Santamaria
Royal Academy
Cranks Seek Redress From President Over Laundry Row
Washington April 15 A New Jersey Chinese laundryman besieges the White House seeking intervention in a shirt cleaning quarrel with a rival laundyman. He demands that President Coolidge inform his competitor that the U S is a free country and that Marines be called out to protect his washing. The daily problems at the White House doorstep mostly come from recent immigrants or new citizens who view the president as the man who dispenses justice.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
New Jersey
United States
Secret service handling violent petitioners at White House
Describes how White House security, led by Richard Jervis, manages disordered petitioners seeking audience with the president by routing them to St Elizabeths Hospital for containment. Recounts past cases from the Roosevelt and Wilson eras and notes cellulose acetate used on airplane wings for transparency waterproofing and inflammability.
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Secret Service
White House
Richard Jervis
Roosevelt
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