Seven Bodies Found After Kentucky Coal Mine Blast
Clay Kentucky Aug 4 three unidentified bodies were found early today in West Kentucky Coal No 7 mine where an explosion yesterday left seven dead and nine missing. Names identified yesterday were James Meyers George Cole Mark Townsend and Arthur Shelton. Rescue progress hampered by destroyed shaft brattices. air poor and one rescuer overcome by afterdamp. Sixteen miners rescued. doctors nurses ready at entrance for emergencies.
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Clay
West Kentucky Coal Company
James Meyers
George Cole
Mark Townsend
Arthur Shelton
Byrd Sampson
G O P 1928 Race Set Without Coolidge Dictum
The Republican race for 1928 appears to open with no clear nominee as Coolidge stays aloof. Leaders expect fights over successors and factionalism, with Hoover and Dawes as top contenders while Coolidge himself remains distant from naming a candidate. Dawes, a banker, earns business support despite backing McNary-Haugen.
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Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Taft
William Butler
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Dawes
New York
Heraic-Tribune
Gibson Blames Britain for Geneva Parley Delays
Kellogg attributes Geneva talks failure to Britain's stance on cruiser strength and reconciliation of divergent views. He hints at an early agreement unlikely before the 1931 meeting, leaving the basis for hope unspecified amid ongoing stalemate.
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Gibson
Geneva
Kellogg
Britain
Bloodhounds Track Missing Woman Alma Sieck
Bloodhounds are being used to trace Alma Sieck 34 who disappeared from her Walnut IA home Tuesday night. Searchers, including farmer posses, comb a cornfield as authorities pursue any sign of her location.
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Atlantic
Alma Sieck
Walnut
Funeral for Col W W Whitenack in Marchattown
Funeral services for Col W W Whitenack who died at the Soldiers home in Marshalltown will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in E F Kistner chapel with Rev A A Moore officiating. Officers of Black Hawk lodge and G A R will take part along with patriotic orders and Odd Fellows. The body will be moved to Cedar Rapids for burial in Oak Hill Cemetery beside his wife. Woman's Relief corps will assist.
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W. W. Whitenack
Col
Soldiers
Marshalltown
E. F. Kistner
A. A. Moore
Union Congregational Church
Black Hawk Lodge
Robert Anderson
Odd Fellows
Cedar Rapids
Oakhill
Woman's Relief Corps
Fourteen Hurt As Freight Tops Pile In Ditch Near Covington
Covington Iowa August 4 Fourteen men four unidentified were hospitalized at Cedar Rapids after a Chicago Milwaukee freight train toppled into a ditch. Several injured regarded as serious. list of injured includes Thomas Cleary Michael Sullivan Martin Fogarty John Liston Theo Hampton Sam Duketz John Foley Martin Higgins Jerry Coggwell and others. The riders were headed to Marion to collect wages and some were hoboes. A car loaded with stucco buckled causing ten cars to derail along the right of way. Crews will remove wreckage today to determine any further victims.
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Covington
Cedar Rapids
Chicago& Milwaukee
Here
Thomas Cleary
Bridgeport
Michael Sullivan
Chicago
Martin Fogarty
St. Louis
John Liston
Theo. Hampton
Sam Duketz
Hammond
Ind
John Foley
Roxbury
Mass
Martin Higgins
Jerry Coggwell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jne
Atkins, In
Mariona
Indict Land Bank Head for Stealing Over a Million
Kansas City federal grand jury handed down an 88 count indictment charging Walter Cravens president of the Kansas City joint stock land bank with misapplication of more than 1 million dollars of bank funds. Secretary Miss Alice B Todd was also indicted. Most counts allege funds diverted to Missouri Hydro Electric Power Company through false entries.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Joint Stock Land Bank
Walter Cravens
Federal Grand
Alice B. Todd
Missouri Hydro-Electric Power Company
Youth Dies Result of Airplane Crash Near Lambert Field
St Louis Aug 4 Frank Kish 21 McKeesport Pa died in a hospital at Overland Mo from injuries suffered when the airplane carrying him and Richard Aikin Denver fell 400 feet near Lambert field Sunday Both youths were injured but not thought to be fatal earlier reports.
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St. Louis
INS
Frank Kish
McKeesport
Overland
Richard Aikin
Denver
Lambert Field
Train strikes auto near Knoxville. four killed
A Memphis Special passenger train derailed at a Bearden grade crossing five miles west of Knoxville. Milas Williams, chauffeur for coal operator C. A. Griffin, and Williams' three children were reported killed in the crash.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Memphis
Southern Railway
Bearden
Here
Milas Williams
C. A. Griffit
Wiliams
Child Dies of Burns In Home Fire Incident
Vivian Stader aged five died from burns received while playing with a miner's lamp at her grandfather's home in Carlisle Ta on August 4. The accident occurred last night when she ignited her clothing, leading to a fatal fire in the residence.
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Carlisle
Vivian Stader
Federal Reserve Banks Cut Rediscount Rate
Washington reports the New York and Boston Federal Reserve banks will reduce rediscount rates to 3 1 2 percent from 4 percent. The move was announced today by the Federal Reserve Board.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Boston
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Weather snippets from an ambiguous historical page
Readable fragments show temperatures for Wednesday and Thursday with max around 80 and min near 53. Additional garbled timestamps and stray letters render details unclear.
President Hears Sioux Stage Frontier Coronation in Deadwood
Three hundred Sioux in war paint welcomed President Coolidge to Deadwood in a ceremony aimed at crowning him Chief Leading Eagle. The event echoed 1876 Black Hills gold rush days with re-created scenes of Custer’s last stand and Wild Bill Hickok.
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Deadwood, & D
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Frontier
Chauncey Yellow Robe
Rosebud
Standing Bear
Kills-A-Hundred
Crazy Horse
Little Big Horm
Custer
Wild Bill Hickok
Deadwood
Sacco and Vanzetti Doom Still Feared Worldwide Reactions
Widespread protests and guarded embassies followed Massachusetts governor Fuller’s death sentence ruling for Sacco and Vanzetti. Officials and unions urged action, while supporters in Paris Rio de Janeiro Copenhagen and Chicago organized protests and ultimatums to press for reprieve.
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Ment and Immigration Bureau
U. S
Turin
New York
Council
Boston
Sacco-Vanzetti
Alvan T. Fuller
Executive Council
Charles S. Smith
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzettd
Chicago
INS
United States
Sacco
Vanzetti
International Labor Defense
James T. Cannon
France
England
Belgium
Germany
China
Cannon
Copenhagen
Internatonal Federation of Trade Unions
Paris
Congress
Music Charms Lions At Noon Club Meeting
Lions club members enjoyed a musical program during their weekly recreation hour after lunch in Black's tea room today. Rosendahl and Mrs. Alice Brown Shores sang, accompanied by Mrs. A. A. Hoffman. Dr. A. A. Hoffman led the program.
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Music Charms
LIONS
Lions Club
Black's
Rosendahl
Alice Brown Shores
A. A. Hoffman
Million Offered to Name Actress in Chaplin Divorce
Liza Grey Chaplin refuses a roughly one million dollar cash settlement and still wants to name a prominent actress she says Charles Chaplin was unduly familiar with. The hearing on attorney fees for the Young firm occurred in Los Angeles Superior Court, with the case now set for August 22.
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Los Angeles
Liza Grey Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Lyndol L. Young
Young
Chaplin
Young & Young
Towa Sugar Plant Auctioned Over $534,329 Judgment
The Towa Valley Sugar company and the Iowa Valley Operating company, Belmond, Iowa, are to be sold at auction today under a federal order by Judge George C. Scott to satisfy a $534,320 judgment held by Union Trust of Cleveland. The firms have operated in Iowa for 10 years with principal holdings in Wright and Kossuth counties. operations have been shut down since the judgment.
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Fort Dodge
Towa Valley Sugar Company
Iowa Valley Operating Company
Belmond
George C. Scott
Union Trust, Company
Cleveland
Iowa
Wright
Kossuth
Scott
Gun Discharged in Play Leaves Boy Seriously Wounded
On a farm near Vinton Iowa, 10 year old Leland Halgren was shot in the left arm and side when 9 year old Robert Lent found a small gauge shotgun and, after telling him to "stick em up," fired it. Leland may recover.
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Vinton
Leland Halgren
Robert Lent
Robert
Leland
Scratched Pimple Nearly Kills Youth
Des Moines report of Billy Mountain twelve male, who became ill two weeks ago after a nose pimple drew blood and led to poisoning. Doctors had despaired but he showed improvement today. He has been hospitalized since onset.
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Des Moines
Billy Mountain
Gets Warrant for Chief of Police Des Moines Suburb
Aug 4. Clara Carlin of Valley Junction, Des Moines suburb, swore out a warrant for Ledger J. Hearn police chief after he allegedly swore at her during a dispute over a boy breaking a tree limb. Sheriff Findley had the warrant but had not served the chief early today.
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Des Moines
Ledger J. Hearn
Valley Junction
Clara Carlin
Park Findley
Des Moines Pastor To Join Aimee McPherson Team
Rev. John Goben, longtime pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle in Des Moines, plans retirement as he may become a central states field worker for Aimee Semple McPherson. Rev. Willard H. Pope of Sherburn, Minnesota, will succeed him on August 21 after Goben's week in Los Angeles advising on Angelus Temple reorganizations.
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Des Moines
John Goben
The
Gospel Tabernacle
Central States
Aimee Semple McPherson
Willard H. Pope
Sherburn
Minn
Goben
Los Angeles
McPherson
Angelus Temple
Iowa Queries Questions and Answers Feature
Iowa Queries presents questions and answers supplied by the Associated Press through the State Historical Society of Iowa. The item highlights the collaboration sharing historical trivia and community interests, reflecting Iowa’s archival and journalistic partnership.
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Iowa
Associated Press
State Historical Society of Iowa
Coal counties named in Towa report six counties noted
The article lists six counties of Towa noted for coal production and asks readers five questions on related topics. It also asks which Iowa editor recently celebrated a twenty fifth anniversary. Other queries cover Centerville’s county and Carroll county seat, plus the automobile road entering at Clinton and leaving at Council Bluffs.
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Towa
Iowa
Centerville
Carroll County
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Jack Corey Faces Brace of Charges
Jack Corey was taken in custody today on bench warrants from Monday grand jury indictments. One count includes illegal possession of intoxicating liquor, bootlegging and illegal transportation. another charges him with operating a gambling house with a slot machine at the Forum building. Bonds were posted: 509 on the liquor charges and 3100 on the gambling charge. J Bird faced a related gambling indictment with a 100 bond, N W Carmen charged with liquor nuisance posting 500 bond. Of 32 warrants issued, six remained to be served by 2 p.m. today.
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Jack Corey
Forum Building
Corey
J. Bird
N. W. Carmen
Grand
Fatal Accident Ends Honeymoon Trip in Minnesota
Lamoni Iowa reports a fatal car accident halted a honeymoon camping trip. Gomer Davis seven, son of Mr and Mrs E R Davis of Moline Illinois, was run over near Waterville Minnesota on Monday. He and Gerald Davis, his newlywed cousin, were together with the couple’s parents who had moved from Lamoni. The Davises had accompanied the newlyweds to the lakes.
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Lamoni
Gomer Davis
E. R. Davis
Moline
Waterville
Minn
Edelson Employees Picnic At Island Park Beach
Edelson store workers will hold their annual outing after hours at Island Park Cedar Falls. The event features sports bathing and a communal feast as part of the picnic program.
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Edelson
A. Edelson
Island Park
Cedar Falls
Fire destroys four Ferguson business buildings in Marshalltown area
Four business buildings including the bank grocery store hardware store and a barber shop were razed by a fire at Ferguson six miles south of Marshalltown Iowa early today. Damage estimate not yet available and the cause is listed as unknown.
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Marshalltown
Ferguson
Here
Collar Capers Reported by Publicist Dean Inge
A boozy guest at a hotel quips about hospitality while a dignified clergyman refuses alcohol. The scene unfolds as the tipsy man insists on a drink, prompting a clash over propriety and a misreading of attire. The anecdote travels back from America via Dean Inge to St Paul’s publicist circles.
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Dean Inge
St. Paul’s
America
Shay
Weekly Scoluman
State Champion Wins Contest in Women's Tourney
Elizabeth Curtis of Clinton Iowa defeats Cedar Rapids Mrs F C Byers 4 up 3 in the sixth annual state women's golf tournament at Rock Island Arsenal club Davenport IA Aug 4. Curtis advances to semifinal to meet medalist Mrs E G Don while Frances Drake of Mason City faces Mrs Jean Pope of Rock Island in the other semis.
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E.G. Don
Rock Island
Miss Curtis
Don
Miss Drake
Pope
Four Reinbeck boys join Citizens Training Camp
Reinbeck Iowa August 4 four Reinbeck youths Miller Copley Charles Kahler Robert Ferguson and Harlan Agy left August 1 for a month of training at the Citizens Training Camp at Fort Des Moines the training is at government expense. Elmer Rickert received an oil bath when a tank car kerosene release sprayed him as a switcher warned and he left the manhole open. about 50 gallons covered the man.
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Courier Special Service
Reinbeck
Citizens Training Camp
Fort Des Moines
Miller Copley
Charles Kahler
Robert Ferguson
Harlan Agy
Chicago Great Western
Elmer Rickert
Elmer
Ackley Man Fined $100 for Liquor Possession
Cedar Falls August 4 Jay McCullough of Ackley was fined $100 and costs in Justice Ray Murray's court after being arrested on illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. He remained jailed at noon as friends worked to raise the fine. H H Hetland, also of Ackley and present at the arrest, will be in court tomorrow to face charges of driving while intoxicated and illegal transportation.
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Courier Special Service
Cedar Falls
Jay MccCullough
Ackley
Ray Murray
H. HE. Hetland
McCullough
Red Terror Holds Its Grip on Canton
In Canton China Aug 4 agents report the red reign of terror continues. After a failed bid to kill Labor Commissioner Feng Cho Man a crowded union hall meeting erupted in chaos when a bomb landed on the floor but did not explode. Two reds were wounded in a police gun duel amid ongoing assassinations and reprisals by authorities.
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Hongkong
China
Canton
Feng Cho-Man
Lindbergh Lands in West Virginia
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Langinfield Moundsville at 2 20 p m EDT en route from Pittsburgh to Wheeling and was welcomed by Gov. Howard M. Gore. He and his party then traveled by motorcar to Wheeling for a brief address at the West Virginia State fair grounds.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pittsburgh
Langinfield
Moundsville
Howard M. Gore
West Virginia
City Police Crack Down on Loafers and Auto Petters
Town City Iowa Aug 4 ILP Car rying out the intended campaign of Iowa City business men to launch a cleanup in the city Chief of Police C F Benda has issued a warning that automobile petters and street loafers must cease to exist Habitual loafing on street corners and in parked cars under the shadows of trees in the residence district will be the particular brand of loitering the police officer will attempt to curb according to his order to all officers.
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Town City
Iowa City
C. F. Benda
Iowa Lowden for president committee heads to meet former governor
Des Moines Aug 4 Ten members of the Iowa Lowden for president committee led by Frank J Lund depart Des Moines for a conference with former governor of Minnesota and candidate. The meeting was arranged prior to President Coolidge announcing he would not seek the presidency.
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Des Moines
Frank J. Lund
Webster City
Iowa
Coolidge Unable to Attend Red Rock Monument Unveiling
Mrs. R. T. Johnson, Knoxville regent of the D A R, announced Coolidge cannot attend the Red Rock monument unveiling in Iowa. The executive offices at Rapid City informed that the former president will be unable to attend the ceremonies.
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Knoxville. In
INS
R. T. Johnson
Coolidge
Red Rock Monument
Rapid City
Simmons to Talk at Advertising Club on Big Game
Simmons, formerly with Stewart-Simmons Press and now with Rogers & Co. Chicago, will address Advertising Club members tomorrow at noon in Hotel Russell-Lamson on the topic Big Game.
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Simmons TO Talk. Co. V. Simmons
Stewart-Simmons Press
Rogers &Co
Chicago
Advertising Club
Russell-Lamson
Cold at Towa City Records August Chill
In Towa City Iowa yesterday temperatures fell to a new low since June 15 with 45 degrees noted. The August low last year was 54 degrees.
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Towa City
Political chiefs still suffering from shellshock
Washington, Aug 4. Nearly 48 hours of debate and speculation left practical politicians unsure if Calvin Coolidge will run in 1928. He says he does not choose to run. Rival speculation grows about support and candidate moves as Lowden and Hoover push openly while Dawes and others stay silent. Coolidge admires Hughes but faces opposition from League opponents.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Congress
White House
Mr. Coolidge
Frank O. Lowden
Herbert Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
Charles Evans Hughes
Nicholas Longworth
Gov. Lowden
Hughes
Hoover
Dawes
Coolidge- Dawes
League of Nations
World Court
League
Harding-Hughes
Cruelty Charged in Two Divorce Cases
Mrs Lenora Bing seeks a divorce from Clarence W Bing alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and asks custody of son Marvin LeRoy and $5 weekly alimony. C E White petitions for divorce from Helene Adrian White alleging cruel treatment. they wed Sept 5 1925 at Cedar Rapids and separated July 1927.
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Lenora Bing
Clarence W. Bing
Waterloo
Marvin LeRoy
C. E. White
Helene Adrian White
Cedar Rapids
Blood tests ruled valid evidence in paternity cases
Stockholm Aug 4 Blood tests to determine paternity can safely be used as legal evidence the medical faculty of Lund university has advised Sweden’s health department in Stockholm. The professors urge careful precautions and suggest fingerprint tests if results are inconclusive, as sometimes happens, to help prove blood relation.
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Stockholm
Medical Faculty
Lund University
Sweden
Department of Health
Divorce Ask After Wife Beaten by Farm Hand
Des Moines reports Mrs Pearl Letze seeks divorce from William Letze farm hand near Glidden Iowa alleging he beat and choked her into unconsciousness. She requests custody of four minor children. Married February 15 1910 in Omaha Nebraska according to the petition.
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Des Moines
Pearl Letze
Willam -Letze
Glidden
Omaha
Neb
Reed indicted in bootlegging case arrested on bench warrant
R. Be. Reed of La Porte City was indicted by the grand jury on bootlegging and illegal transportation charges. He was arrested today on a bench warrant in lieu of a $500 bond and is held for trial.
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R. BE. Reed
la Porte City
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