Massive storm sweeps east with snow and hail damage
A sweeping wind and snow storm from the Mississippi to New England caused destruction across multiple states. Peoria and Pekin suffered building collapses killing two watchmen. Mackin and Wheeling reported injuries. Snow fell heavily in northern New England and Duluth recorded 4.5 inches. Ohio towns faced hail damage and property loss with injuries in Wheeling.
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Chicago
Mississippi
New England
Peoria
Maccoms
Wheeling
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Amillifack
Ilinois
Pekin
Ra‘clac
Wis
Duluth
Woodsville
Nal
Iowa
Stanwood
Cedar County
Clarence
Stes
Dewitt and
Clinton
United Press
Boston
Mass
England
N. H
Conred
Portland
Augusta
Maine
Montpelier
Stirlington
Rutland
Eastern
Ohio
League of Women Voters Sidesteps on Birth Control
Richmond Virginia April report on the League of Women Voters avoiding a birth control debate after President Sherwin ruled against it. The group instead backed legislative steps for a national framework to promote wide distribution of power and safe, economical production, plus federal aid in education and broader economic programs.
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Richmond
Sherwin
Ma Shoals
Department of Liperation
Tragic Automobile Collision Claims Young Veteran
A fatal car crash near Llevdieys involved Young Gibt and RMR Wik with 148 aboard. Webb, Ja. Apel 20, died instantly, while two companions Beye Sheins, 7, and Ralph Raper, 24, were injured.
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Webb
Apel
Wilfréd
lLevdieys
Beye Sheins
Ralph Raper
Prince of Wales Travels Fast Train Through Nigerian Heat
The Prince of Wales arrived in Tbadan after a tiring journey from Kano. At his request the train was sped up to escape heat, causing the coach to rock, with plates tossed from tables and his electrician hurled from a window. He will attend a brief function before continuing to Lagos, 120 miles away.
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Associated Press
Tbadan
Nigeria
Prince of Wales
Kano
Lagos
Dubuque Citizens Warned About Furs and Rugs Scam
Two men posing as British sailors with no funds toured Dubuque offering faux furs and rugs at bargain prices. They claimed genuine sable and seal items but officers found replicas and dyed rabbits. After quick exposure by Chamber of Commerce and Ad Club, the pair fled. authorities in Chicago are seeking them.
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Dubuque
Chamber of Commerce
Ad Club
Mississippi
Chamber
Ad Tit
Cily
Chiragu
Col Forbes Taken to Sister’s Home in Boston
Col Forbes, once head of a military erale, is described as under treatment for neural issues. He was carried out on a stretcher and taken to his sister’s home in Newton for care.
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Col. Forbes
Sister
Boston
Maes
Charles R. Farb
United State
Orerale
Aera el
Poe Wat Cape
Newton
Nse Faney
Stele
Unclear fragmentary notice from old newspaper era
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and events in a historic page. Readable pieces reference an annual event and a winner, with scattered personal names. The incomplete text lacks clear dates places or organized facts to determine a full summary.
Chores on Food Carls Vern Os White
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a Carls Vern Os White item with scattered names and phrases. The readable portions reference a person and assorted terms but lack a coherent event, date, or place to form a full news item.
State Briefs Des Moines and Cedar Rapids Snapshots
Des Moines reports two robbers escaping with 43 after a garage battle with A. R. Evans a former policeman Evans wounded one robber with an automobile axle in the clash Cedar Rapids covers Edward Bassett of Davenport high school winning district finals in the national oratorical contest with Mary Barton of Mason City and Kathryn Mannatt of Cedar Rapids advancing to Madison Wis for the national round Robert O Shaughnesy and Donald Willard both of Chicago arrested for theft will be sent to Dubuque to face a federal grand jury under the Dyer Act George S Washburn prominent Burlington builder dies after months of heart trouble Creston notes George W Brotherton Jr longtime postmaster dies Denison cases against C L and D E Vosson receive venue change request Iowa City elects Allin W Dakin Mason City as president of Scabbard and Blade with Stanley Corning as vice president Stapleton Creston treasurer and Stevenson Council Bluffs secretary
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Des Moines
A. R. Evans
Evans
Cedar Rapids
Edward Bassett
Davenport
Mary Barton
Mason City
Kathryn Manatt
Bassett
Madison
Wis
Robert O’shaugnegsy
Donald Willard
Chicago
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Burlington
Creston
George W. Brotherton, Jr
Denison
Egainst c. L
D. E. Vosson
Iowa City
Allin W. Dakin
Scabbard and Blade
University of Iowa
Mex Stanley
Corning
Herbert J. Stapleton
Crestan
Harrys S. Stevenson
Council Bufts
Serretary
Bishop Brown Barred From Preaching at Bouwerte Church
A dispute in New York centers on Bishop Brown's access to preach at Bouwerte Church after Bishop Manning barred him. Dr. William Norman Guthrie and others debated the permit, with local church leaders and community figures weighing the issue amid tensions in Loveland Ohio and Cleveland area congregations.
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Brown
Bouwerte
New York
Wiliam Norman Guthrie
William Monjeemercyr Brown
Loveland
Aturds-on-the-Sauwerie
Ordh
Manning
Thierens
Tee van
Avie
Ann Ghince
Cleveland Biskegy
Vishep Freow
Cmnteh
St. Merk's
Enurek
Ex-Dragon Arrested for Murder of Miss Qhorisoltzer
An ex Dragon is jailed in Indiana on murder charges following the death of Miss Miele Qhorisoltzer. Investigators say the arrest came after a grand jury indictment and police reports detail the suspect’s involvement in the fatal incident. Authorities note the case remains under investigation with formal charges pending.
Quake Forecast Study Aims To Predict Destructive Events
Washington April 20 government plans an exhaustive scientific study of earthquakes to predict tremors and timing. Conducted by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, the project seeks advance notice of probable times and places of quakes, with heavy earthquakes expected along the Mississippi valley and Atlantic coast within the next century. Rain’s role in crust alteration and geological evolution is cited as central to tectonic changes, while experts note variability in tremor strength.
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International News
Washington, D. C
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
United Scates
Altho
Willie Bowie
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi River
Bowie
Pacific
Atlantic
Far West
Tom
Mississippi Valley
Toountains
Continents
Torm Mountains
President Aims to Return Washington to Quiet Spotlight
A past era of limited publicity is discussed as a model for government contact with the press. The piece notes Wilson era attention to Washington amid world events and suggests a restraint on tariff discussions until Congress acts, hoping for a calmer public tone.
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Neveland
McKinley
iWhite House
Thea Tech
Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Afta
Conlidge
Washinton
Europe
Congress
OSY
Herald-Trifune
Avoca Depot Hotel Burns to Ground in Fire
Early morning fire destroyed Avoca's Depot Hotel and contents with about 15000 loss. Warland and Walnut fire companies aided, preventing spread to more than a dozen businesses. Insurance estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Avoca
Warland Walnut
Tipe
Wieleaniha
Lewis
Marines to Protect Americans at Ceiba in Honduras
Washington reports one hundred five officers landed from the cruiser Denver to Ceiba Honduras to protect American lives and property amid revolutionary unrest. In Nicaragua Honduran insurgents are said to have captured Orayene near San Salvador and march toward Comayagua as martial law is declared. the State Department approves sale of rifles machine guns and ammunition to Honduras for government protection.
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Associated Press
Washington, DD. C
Denver
Spet Service
Ceiba
Honduras
Manigua
Nicaragua
Orareyee
San Salvador
Comayagua
Tegucigalpa
Tapical
Gregorio Ferrera
State Department
Washington
Hogue Denies Tuition Boost Likely Across Iowa Schools
Des Moines April 20 Ek L Hogue budget director denies any basis for claims of tuition increases at the University of Iowa Iowa State College at Ames and the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls due to legislative budget reductions W H Gemmill secretary of the state board of education had suggested such a rise might become necessary, but Hogue refutes the assertion.
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Des Moines
University of Iowa, Iowa
State College
Ames
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Ek. L. Hogue
W. H. Gemmill
State Board of Education
Smith Named to State Budget Board of Appeals
Des Moines April 20 B M Smith of Winterset former state senator was appointed by Gov Hammill to the State budget board of appeals. He succeeds Joseph Mattes of Odebnit who died last week.
Mortuary services for Mrs Francis M Fry noted
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Francis M Fry list services at 2 30 p m tomorrow at Oriente Towne funeral home with John Robertson Macartney officiating. She died at home after apoplexy following long illness. She was born December 7 1851 in Lycoming County Pennsylvania and had lived in Waterloo since adolescence. Survived by husband two daughters four sons two brothers and two sisters.
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Francis M. Fry
Francis’ Fry
Logan Avenue
Oriente & Towne Funeral
John Robertson Macartney
First Presbyterian Church
Hast Park Church
Martha J. Grasstey
A. M. Grassley
Waterloo
H. Grassley
Dependence
Louis Blackmen
David Hayward
Constance Wilson
Indianapolis
Ind
Oda Byers
Jefferson Street
Floyd County
J. G. Quimby
G. F. Byers
Nellie Jenness
James Quimby
Nora Springs
John Quimby
Mason Sity
Charles Quimby
Plane City
Elmer Quimby
Portland
Ore
Nellie Quimby
Nora
James FB. Smith
James Edward Smith
Sunnyside Avenue
England
Winter Davis
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Seecurity Benefit Association
Stanley
Robert
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Charles W. Baxter
Elmwood
Petersen Bros
Kent Cooper Named General Manager of Associated Press
New York April 20 Kent Cooper is announced as general manager of the Associated Press succeeding Frederick Roy Martin who resigns effective Wednesday. Cooper has served five years as assistant general manager and 14 years with the AP, entering as a traveling inspector after invitation by Marylie Stone. He brings broad experience across AP bureaus in the United States and abroad. The AP marks its 25th anniversary in its present form with sessions and broadcasts.
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Associated Press
New York
Kent Cooper
Frederick Roy Martin
Martin
Cooper
Frank B. Noyes
Waldorf
Nice
Dawes
Noyes
John Mc Sormack
WEAF
WIZ
WWJ
Detroit
WOO
Philadelphia
Ba SC Tan Eaw
Press Association
Melville Stone
Maryilie Stone
Associat Eg Press
United States
Newspaer
Associatedress
People Still Love Home and Fear God Says DAR Chief
Washington April 26 The Daughters of the American Revolution president general Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook opened the society convention noting that love of home and fear of God remain fundamental to American life. She praised responsible leadership and social betterment while pointing to a small minority of self indulgence as the exception in a nation with great promise for future generations.
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Washington, D. C
Anthony Wayne Cook
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
America
Mrs Ida B Wise Smith to Speak in Lincoln
Mrs Ida B Wise Smith of Des Moines, president of the Iowa W C T U and national superintendent of Christian citizenship, will visit Lincoln on Monday April 27 to address the all day W C T U institute on Citizenship and Its Relation to Temperance.
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Lincoln
Neb
Wmrs
Ida DB. Wise Smith
Des Moines
Iowa
W. C. T. Ulnd
Christian Citizenship
W. C. T. I. Institute
Factories of Iowa Increase Output in 1924 Census
Washington reports Iowa manufacturing. Biennial census shows factory output at $690,043,000 in 1924, up 32.3 percent from 1921. Wage earners averaged 71,742 in 1923, a 25 percent rise from 62,274 in 1921. Slaughtering and meat packing led with $162,682,000, butter production $67,972,118, and railroad repair and car construction employed about 14,255 on average in 1923.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Department of Commerce
Frank Fowler Addresses Newer Rotarians at Club Meeting
Frank Fowler spoke to the Rotary club focusing on service obligations for members who joined in the past year. Walter P. Jensen, Kiwanis president, invited Rotarians to join Kiwanis tomorrow noon at Hotel Russell-Lambert to hear Cameron Beck, personnel director of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Frank Fowler
Rotary Club
Beig
Rotary
Walter P. Jensen
Kiwanis Club
Russell-Lam
Cameron Beck
New York Stock Exchange
Boulevard Stop Plan Popular With Motors
Waterloo's boulevard-stop system began on Fourth Street from Wellington Street to the city hall, a 22 block stretch. Motorcycle police reported few infractions, mostly overlooked as drivers adjust to the new rule. The plan is generally popular.
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Waterloo
Fourth Street
Wellington Street
Mll
Turks Renew Diplomatic Ties With Japan
Constantinople dispatch says the Turkish government will renew diplomatic relations with Japan. Boulousgi Bey is named charge d affaires in Tokyo to handle the liaison and formalities.
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Japan
London
Exchange
Constantinople
Boulousgi Bey
Tokio
Classmate of Wilson at Princeton 15 Dead
William Roger Wilder 67 prominent New York lawyer and Princeton classmate of Woodrow Wilson died at his home. He was a longtime leader in alumni activities. Also Cedar Falls report: a special meeting of the Sunday-school board of Iowa conference in Zion Evangelical church tomorrow afternoon called by Rev. O. M. Yagey. 15 to 20 pastors and lay workers expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Roger Wilder
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Cedar Falls
Fire Claims Life in Cottonwood District Blaze
Jerome, April 20. G. H. Brooks of Los Angeles was burned to death when a fire swept Cotton Swan area destroying several business buildings ten dwellings and a hotel early this morning. Local authorities investigated the blaze and a damage survey followed.
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Jerome
Ariz
G. H. Brooks
Los Angeles
Cottonswan
Here
Vote for church union endorsed by North Indiana conference
Anderson End April 20 The North Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference voted unanimously for the union of the North and South branches of the Methodist church signaling a decisive step toward church unity and affecting regional ecclesiastical alignment.
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Anderson, End
North Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference
North
South
The
Methodist Church
Justice Says Jails Not Big Enough for New Law Violators
Justice John Redmond ruled that possession of liquor is not a violation of the law. Judge Redmond dismissed John Shipley’s charge, noting that if everyone with liquor were arrested the jails would be full.
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Lawler
John Redmond
Redman
John Shipley
Ball Players Begin Tryouts at Waterloo Camp
Dixon ball team opens training with players arriving in frigid Waterloo. Spurbeck Krupp Fansher Thompson Miller Gilberts Breen Goodwin Mack report in. Clarke shortstop and Joe McDermott slated tonight, Pete Groft tomorrow. Kelsey brothers plan 250 mile trip. uniforms distributed at park No.4 as manager Dixon starts sessions tomorrow.
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Waterloo
Spurbeck
Krupp
Fansher
Thompson
Miller
Gilberts
Breen
Goodwin
Mack
Stuart Clarke
Bais
Joe McDermott
Pete Groft
Spurbede F
Captain Allen Johnson Arrives in Waterloo Headquarters
Captain Allen Johnson, regular army officer and newly named senior instructor of the Sixty-seventh Infantry Brigade, arrives in Waterloo to establish headquarters. He just returned from duty in the Philippine Islands and will attend tonight's weekly drill of Company B, local infantry, at the armory.
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Allen Johnson
Sixty-seventh Infantry Brigade
National, Guard
War Department
Johnson
Philippine Islands
Sixty-seventh
National Guard
Iowa
Co. B
Red Line Denotes 100-Foot No-Fishing Zone by Dam
A deputy game warden marked a wide red line on the Cedar River breakwater to show the 100 foot no fishing zone from the dam. On the side near Fourth Street Bridge the line bears the warning Fish on This Side of the Line. The rule prohibits fishing within the distance of any dam.
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Cedar River
Thomas Waldron
Fourth Street
Waldron Thas
Cold Weather Delays Major League Games In East
Frigid conditions halted several big league games today in the east. The Giants faced the Dodgers in Brooklyn, the Phillies met the Braves in Boston, the Athletics played Washington in Philadelphia, and the Yankees met the Red Sox at the Polo Grounds, all postponed due to wind and cold.
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East
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Polo Grounds
Truitt Ingwerson Wed In Dubuque Cathedral
Edward B. Truitt of Independence and Mollie Ingwerson of Dubuque were married in the cathedral rectory in Dubuque on Saturday with no attendants. The bride wore a green travel suit and picture hat, with a rose corsage. The bride’s mother is Mrs Prances Ingwerson of Dubuque. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Truitt of Clinton, has been a resident of Dubuque for 20 years and works as a first trick operator and ticket agent at the Illinois Central station.
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WEP
Dubuque
Independence
Edward BE
Truitt
Mollie Ingwerson
Marre
Trubuque
Prances Ingwerson
Abraham Truitt
Clinton
Oeen
Illiois Central
Rebels Renew Activity and Explosions Reported in Several Regions
Cable briefs from Constantinople and Belgrade describe renewed rebel actions near Silvan and Karamache, with 23 rebels hanged in Diakekir district and 50 buildings damaged by a gasoline explosion. In Belgrade, credits were authorized for a major shipyard and port expansion at Sevanica, increasing Jugoslavia’s naval capacity. A large bachelor farewell dinner for Martin Moro de Alzagua, with guests from many nationalities, precedes his marriage to Gwendolin Robison in New York on April 24. In the Philippines, 135 Tepers have been treated with chaulmoogra oil over four years, announced by Governor Leonard Wood.
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Constantinople
Silvan
Karamache
Diakekir
Melbowne
Rus
Belgrade
Sevanica
Adriatic Sea
Jugo-Slavia
Vavis
Martin Moroco de Alzagua
Gwendolin Robison
Dew York
Manila
Philippines
Gove Ges
Leonard Wood
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Prince
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L. Meliar
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Chirenes DeMuy
Carls
Iiss
Gared- Mey
Rte
Ray Willan
Miele Qhorisoltzer
Tie Marian
Frente
Asville
Ephensan
Grand Klinek
Avoca’s Depot
Cruiser
Hogue
TRS
EDA
Margaret Smith
Mars Rarer Smith
I Hudson
Tiam
Brethren Church
Hudson Tomorras
Rimwonmk Cetetery
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Devedent
Tichamp Smith
Asears
Ireland
Dee
Roy Martin
God
Ida B. Smith
Princeton
Dixon
Cable Briefs
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