Clark sounds warning against Tak and hate plot in Iowa
United Press reports Ames attorney Howsard Clark telling the Stacy Downty Gid Settlers reunion that a well defined movement aims to raise freight rates, repeal the federal inheritance tax, and cut large income surtaxes. He urges fair railroad rates and opposes indirect taxation while signaling a likely 1920s political shift toward Clark’s Senate candidacy against Cummins.
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United Press
Axwell
Dés Moines
Reuntion
Jesuada
Lalor Te Ve
Clark
United States
Albert 8. Cummins
East
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nteratate Commerce Commission
State of
Iowa
Congress
Cistern death ruled self harm in Mattoon edges case
In Mattoon Illinois on August 3 authorities ruled Miss Cora Stallman’s death a suicide by attempting to drown herself in a cistern. Physicians concluded heart disease caused death at the moment the body hit the cold water after water was found in the lungs. The diary and odd conduct prompted the inquiry and the attorney general’s office pursued the unbalanced theory.
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Mattoon
Cora Staff
Miss Stallman
Kitty Githooley Pinched in Dope Raid in Chicago
Aug 5 report reveals arrest of Kitty Githooley dubbed Queen of Nar ratios in a narcotic palace style operation. Authorities say the nationwide bust nets about $20,690 in royalties and a further $10,000 in other assets seized.
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Kitty Githooley
Chicago
Kitty
Plan Big Radio for Hotel at Honolulu
Plan announced to erect a 5 000 watt radio station at Wiki Fou hus to serve hotel and town, with Mutual Tel company backing funding and operation. Four directors of the concern yesterday approved the project, estimated at $200 000, contingent on community support for operation and maintenance.
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Honolulu
Vonelulu
J. A. Bal
Mutual Tel: Company
Ratisiio
Wiki
Fou Hus
Imoests
Serpent in Genesis Redefined by Bible Expositor
Dr. Campbell Morgan declared the Genesis serpent is not a creature but a shining image of evil. He argued saints in the Bible were ordinary workers, not cloistered figures, citing Ephesians and Romans to support his point. The address drew a large crowd at River View Park during the Bible conference.
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Coder Falls
Aug
Q. Campbell Morgan
Riverview Park
Ife
Sie
D. Gordon
New York
Cuty
Gordin
G. Campbell Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Pauls Jetter
Mystery man identified as victim in lab blast plot
An unidentified New York worker tentatively identified as the slain man whose burned body was found in the Pacific Cellulose laboratory after an explosion. Berkeley chemist Charles Henry Schwartz faces a murder warrant as investigators pursue an insurance hoax theory amid suspect links and a contested victim identity.
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Associated Presss
Martinez
Cal
New York
Sharif R. R
Weal
A A. B. Tinning
Schwartz
Theodore Benitis
Walnut Creek
Benitis
Benkis
Beauls
Martingz
Charles Henry Schwartz
Sebwarts
Monessary
Otlumiva Alan to Head Iowa Afoose
Otlumiva Alan named to head Iowa Afoose at a weather session held yesterday in Ottawa. Gustave Atuehen and Emmet J ines named first and president respectively with Myer Recker as treasurer while Davennort and Sean contributed to the roster of officers.
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Otlumiva Alan
Iowa
Afoose
Sean
Ottawa
Bestienit
Gustave Atuehen
Davennort
Emmet J Ines
Myer
Recker
Writer Ilm in Rome Totin Temple faces family crisis
A Washington based writer known as Sanuketo suffers a severe personal setback as relatives desert him during an illness. The article notes his widely acknowledged career and the impact of the crisis on his recovery efforts.
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Ilm
Washington
Rome
Director McVeigh resigns Molokai leper colony post
John D. McVeigh retires as superintendent of Kalaupapa Molokai after decades guiding the leprosy settlement. Ralph L. Cooke succeeds him as superintendent and Dr. Arnold Marshall takes the medical post. McVeigh cites changes like a soap factory, motion pictures, and chaulmoogra oil as key reforms and predicts the camp may close within 20 years if early treatment is pursued.
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Novolulu. Ug
Walaupapa
Molukai
John D. McVeigh
Ull
Konalulu
McVeigh
Coljoy
Kallht
Toc Lts
Mermnland
United States
Ings
Low Temperature and Drouth Hold Fowa Corn Back
Aug 4 AP report says corn makes poor progress in a third week of drought. Unusually low temperatures lessen deterioration in the drier western counties, with corn conditions among the poorest since 1894 in several Mississippi River counties. Oats show scattered signs of activity but full returns lag, while yield estimates for corn and oats are expected to be below the year’s average.
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Drouth
Weather Bureau
Mary
Mississippi River
Stroke of Apoplexy Kills Judge McHenry
Judge McHenry, 63, died suddenly from apoplexy in Des Moines while enforcing a curfew ordinance. He had served 23 years on Drake University law faculty, and was associated with the city Railway company. The curfew restricts children under 18 from street activity after 9 p.m. without parental accompaniment.
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Des Moines
UPI
Jatn Jennes
Mehenry
Polk County
Judee McHenry
Ity Railway Company
O the Law Veehoo
Drake University
Sweet Singers of Waubeek Shot by Disturbed Farmer
Cedar Raids, Ia. Aug. 5 AP A. W. Brown farmer of Waubeek fired buckshot at Grant Merritt and Ted Cook after being awakened by their singing He says he meant to fire over their heads and did not intend to injure them Both victims escaped serious harm Brown jailed and to be arraigned this afternoon
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Cedar Rauids
A. W. Brown
Waubeek
Grant Merritt
Ted Cook
Brown
Brown S
Donwors
Rail Mergers Seen As Aid To Owners And Farmers
Hearings on the Nickel Plate merger have stretched out as full publicity is sought for merger details. Editors expect consolidations to spread, offering better service and relief for western farmers if approved, with more consolidations likely nationwide.
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PAGE
N.Y. Hersold-Trihaney
Death Row Guards Declared Lane Not Cell Crazy
Guards on death row speak about Scott Lane and deny he is insane amid questions of reprieves and meal allocations. A guard recalls offering what he believed were the final meals, only to learn they were not. The exchange reflects confusion over Lane's sanity and potential future clemency.
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Death Row
Scott Lane
Auto Victim Dying Near Hawarden Iowa
Hope for the recovery of Miss Ruby Pocklington twenty three daughter of Wi ver Pocklington who was injured in an automobile accident July twenty nine was given up today. She has not regained consciousness since the crash.
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Hawarden
Ruby Pocklington
Wiver Pocklington
Daly
Paris Denies Published Rif Peace Terms By Abd El Krim
Paris sources reject an AP report claiming France and Spain offered terms to Abd-El-Krim granting Rif autonomy and border details. Officials say autonomy terms may be real, but frontiers and army provisions are propaganda. Italy monitors, and a Madrid peace terms release could follow to prevent misinterpretation.
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Associated Press
Paris
AUB
Foreign Office
Abd-El-Krim
Spain
Rif
Morocco
Riff
Quai d’Orsay
France
Rome
Italy
Algeciras
Madrid
Iowa Boys See Chicago First on Long Truck Trip
Twenty seven Iowa youths left Burlington July 27 aboard a 1,200 mile truck journey to Springfield Alabama their homeward leg. Under guide George Ly Townsend they toured Chicago visiting a baseball park the zoo and the field museum yesterday as part of their sightseeing on the trip.
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Iowa
Chicago
New America
Springfield
Burlington
George Ly. Townsend
Zoo
Melon tax plan called wicked scheme by Iowa club
Des Moines reports Benjamin C. Washington and a local club denounced the Melon tax reduction plan as a wicked scheme. In Waukee, Mrs. Mary E. Kennedy died Monday night and is believed to be the only Iowa woman drawing pensions from two wars, 20 years apart. Her husband served in the Mexican War and her son was killed in the World War.
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Des Moines
Benjamin C
Washington
D. C
Waukee
Mary E. Kennedy
Mercury Drops in Fair Weather Ahead of Thursday
Cooler weather arrives with 77 degrees recorded this afternoon after a bright morning. Clouds obscure the sun as scattered showers and some rain are forecast before night. Tuesday’s temperatures ranged from 89 high to 57 low, with little change expected Thursday.
Prowlers Evade Police In Night Dispatch
At 2 30 a m a report from 1130 Independence Avenue said a man acted suspiciously near several houses. Shortly after, another prowler was seen in the 1600 block on Sixth Street West. A chaotic municipal court session followed with a drunk and several violators. Mr and Mrs Fred B Tay Franklin Street announced the birth of a grandson, Charion Purinton Taylor, born Tuesday to Charles Taylor and wife of Saranac Lake.
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Independence Avenue
Sixth Street
Fred Taylor
Grantpa
Fred B. Tay
Franklin Street
Charion Purinton Taylor
Charles Taylor
Saranac Lake
Obituary notices and funeral updates from McBain area
Mrs. Raymond Gates 44 of McBain Route died after a stroke. She was born Ger. 74 1885 in Cedar County and married to Raymond Gates about 13 years ago. Survived by her husband and a brother Foster Willey. Funeral and burial plans announced noting time change and church service details. Also funeral for Mrs. C G Crabtree scheduled at First Methodist with altered time. Lincoln circle and Deborah society to attend. Body to be taken to Yinten for burial.
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Raymond Gates
Waterloo
McBain Tr
Ward
Foster Willey
Mulberry Street
Willey
McBain
Gates
Mae Willey
Cedic
Independence
Funerat
C. G. Crabtree
First Methodist Church
Tony
R. F B. Hurlburt
Hampton
Lincoln Circle
Gal Ro
Deborah Society
Taleet
Yinten
Final Playground Contests at East High Saturday
Waterloo playground athletes will hold their final meet at East High field on Saturday August 22. Events run from 9 30 a m with morning and afternoon sessions across four boys and three girls classes. Entries close August 15.
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Waterloo
East High Field
Victor Read
Court Overflows at New Hartford Bigamy Hearing
A large audience filled Justice Norman Mack's court as Mrs. Minnie Moore faced a bigamy charge. The hearing moved from the justice office to the town hall due to crowd size. George Moore, her husband, is also charged with bigamy. Both are held on $50 bonds. The trial delayed chautauqua opening. decision expected at 2 PM next Monday.
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New Hartford
Minnie Moore
Norman Mack
George Moore
Mack
Moores
Moore
Liberty
World War Veteran Rewarded In Mother's Will For War Service
Will filed for probate honors Evans C. Lawser for three years of world war service and divides Mrs Cynthia C Williamson's estate into fifths to Gordon D Sawser Elsie M Lee Floyd I Sawser Maude E Weedin and Evans C Lawser with executrix Mrs Lee named. Other probate items include pledges to First Presbyterian Church and wills by Kittie Saman Margaret Peters and B B Bunnell as executor.
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Cynthia C. Williamson
Evans C. Lawser
Toe Gordon D. Sawser
Elsie M. Lee
Floyd I. Sawser
Maude E. Weedin
Lee
Kittie Saman
First Presbyterian Church
L. Sassawan
Ralph Sassaman
Margaret Peters
Charles
Thomas
Lewis
Frank Peters
Emma Church
Joseph H. Zahn
Elizabeth Zahn
B. B. Bunnell
Sioux City Celebrates Emancipation Day Parade
Sioux City Iowa August 5 local reporters describe a mammoth emancipation day celebration with a parade bands and speeches. more than 700 people attended the event showcasing community pride in the occasion.
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Sioux City
Ackro Colony
British Swimmer Beaten by Chilly Channel Tides
Dover Aug 5 Tens of thousands of spectators cheered Col Freyburg the British swimmer as he failed to reach Dover from Cape Griz Nez. After 16 hours 40 minutes in the water the tide forced him to quit a quarter mile from shore. He had hoped to beat Enrique Fiarabocchi’s 1923 distance but grew exhausted as the outgoing tide drove him back nearly a mile. Mile Sion, a 48 year old Frenchwoman, was close to her goal before cold water forced her to quit. Gertrude Ederle waited for better conditions.
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Dover
Col
Preyburg
English Channel
Srt
Freyburg
Dover Cliffs
Jeanne Lion
Wonkin
Cape Griz Nez
France
Enriquel Firabocchi
Mile
Sion
Gertrude Ederle
Walks 125 Miles to Save Expense Money
Des Moines reports Joan Snyder a 17 year old Randolph Iowa high school boy encamped at Fort Des Moines in the citizens army camp chose to walk 125 miles to Des Moines to save government travel funds. He aims to spend more while in Des Moines while attending his first camp. Friday marks the first regimental review showing a week of army training progress.
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Des Moines
SAP
Joan Snyder
Randolph
Citizens’ Military Manine
Fort Des Moines
Snyder
Citizen
Waterloo Visitors Rescued by Fireman
Mr and Mrs Frank Cass of Kansas City Missouri arrived for a visit when their car skidded on a newly graveled road and overturned. A Des Moines fireman arrived shortly after and rescued the occupants. Mr Cass grew up in Waterloo and now manages a Pathe Film exchange in Kansas City.
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Frank Cass
Kansas City
Des Moines
Cass
Waterloo
Pathe Film Exchange
Chicago Swimmer Breaks World Back Stroke Record
Conrad Mila of Chicago lowered the world 440-yard back stroke mark by four fifths of a second at the Victoria Amateur Swimming club, clocking six minutes, one and one fifth seconds. Tommy Welburn of Victoria set a new Canadian open 100-yard freestyle record at 1 02 4 5.
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Victoria
B. C
Conrad Mila
Chicago
Blitz
Belgium
Mila
Tommy Welburn
Nebraska corn crop ruined by drought in state report
Lincoln Neb Aug 3 droght has wiped out Nebraska prospects for a bumper corn crop. State and Federal crop statistician A E Anderson said even a fair crop would need favorable weather in August. Also, Waterloo youngsters won highest honors at the Moose convention in Ames with demonstrative ritualistic work led by delegate George Weilein.
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Lincoln
Neb
Drouth
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Waterloo
Order of Women of Mooseheart Legion
Moose
Ames
George Weilein
Overnight Heiress Buys Forty Frocks in Shopping Spree
New York august 5 up be coming an heiress overnight Mary Louise Browning daughter of a Bohemian janitor went shopping on Fifth avenue in a sky blue Rolls Royce with Ed ward W Browning her new millionaire daddy. She was chosen from 12000 candidates as companion to Dorothy Sunshine nine years old. At Mary Spas Astoria she would have settled for one dress but today’s list included 40 gowns 20 pairs of luxury hosiery 10 pairs of shoes and many more items. Her wardrobe is to reach 150 gowns.
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New York
Mary Louise Browning
Fifth Avenue
Edward W. Browning
Dorothy Sunshine
Mary Spas
Astoria
Igingham
Browning
Ag Mary
Three Thousand Iowa Soldiers to Parade in Review
Des Moines reports three thousand Iowa National Guard troops will parade for Governor Hammill and Maj. Gen. Tinley tomorrow evening. The review begins about 6 15 PM and lasts roughly one hour. The 168th Regiment trained today while the 163rd takes range duty tomorrow and Monday.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Aug
John Hammill
Mathew A. Tinley
Seventh Corps
Camp Dodge
National Guard
Russia seen as future meat rival by Armour official
Omaha Aug. 5 AP Russia will be America's strongest meat competitor once a stable government is formed, said BE S Waterbury of Armour & Co at the fortieth annual convention of the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers. Meat industry leaders urged adherence to accurate advertising, sanitary handling, and elimination of unscrupulous dealers to sustain prosperity.
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Omaha
Neb
Russia
America
BE. S. Waterbury
Armour & Co
National Association of Retail
Lichty company repairs permit at Waterloo theatre
Building Commissioner Charles Wesson granted Lichty Company Inc a permit today for repairs to the Waterloo theatre. The project ceiling work totals about 1000 dollars.
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Lichty Company, Inc
Charles Wesson
Waterloo Theatre
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