Walton Leagues Delegates Return From McGregor Convention
Waterloo delegates to the Izaak Walton League of America annual state convention at McGregor return home after a successful three day meeting. About 80 attendees witnessed sessions, a fish dipnet dinner, and a Washington boat excursion to Winneshiek bottoms. Officers were elected, and numerous conservation resolutions were adopted, including fish and game preservation and anti-pollution measures.
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Waterloo
Izaak Walton League of America
McGregor
G. W., Wood
Elate
Winneshiek Preserve
McGreer
Lansing
Wedmenay
Washington
Rockley
Hudson River
Ida Grove
Iowa
Hi VV. Peterson
Tes Moines
State Board of Health
Taid
D. D. Conger
Pete
State Board of
Ileal
Will
Nfe
Wonton
America
Body of Maharies Boy Still Sought by Police Scouts
Police and scouts continue to search for the body of Maharies boy as a bloodhound trail follows a woman's path from a thicket near the river. A fresh scent led investigators downstream toward the area named by witnesses, but no body has been found yet.
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Maharies
Little Joe
Bloodhound
Ma Iharies
Sim Galloway
MBN
Peine
Thompson and Wig Families Dine at Local Tearoom
Mrs J R Thompson and Mrs Charles Wig join Mr and Mrs Hey Hamp for dinner at a Bulests tearoom in the evening. The gathering includes STS OP HR and Thompson family members and other guests reaching into a lively social occasion.
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Thompson
Charles Wig
Hey
J. R. Thompson
Martuacn Ella Pat Corn Passes at Home
Elia XII daughter of Cornelius 3F died at 6 a.m. at home in Grange Township cemetery service held at Prefersen Bros chapel. Surviving two sisters and two brothers. Known to many in Waterlon and Milwaukee. Willie Johnson attended last birthday of Kamans Johnson.
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Ella Pat
Elia XII
Cornelius
Prefersen Bros
Attern v. A
Riouch
Ruria
Grange Township
Johnson
Founsen
Palmolive
Diet
Easthampton
J. Johnson
Mahy Tsons
Waterlon
Era
Milwaukee
Willie
Kamans Johnson
Ann Luther Admits Spending Living on White Funds
In Los Angeles Aug 3 defense lawyers prepared to press Ann Luther for more details of startling admissions in her $100000 breach of contract suit against Jack White. Luther described spending 3500 of Whites money on a New York shopping spree after five days acquaintance and said White claimed he would advance only for her.
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International News Wire
Los Angeles
Cal
Ann Luther
Starling
Artress
Jack White
Millonaire
Miss Luther
White
New York
Loa Angoins
Jack van Generoun
Tiat
Lila Attorney
Misa
Luther
Miga Luthor
Allogs
State Board Plans Park Improvement Near Tracy
Aug. 8. The state board of conservation authorizes firstime improvements to Theodore St. Clark state park four and a half miles northwest of Tracy. A 40 acre tract donated by Mrs. B. K. A. McCornack in memory of her father becomes park land. Contract for a well and several tables for picnics and camping parties has been let. The park will grow into an attractive camping spot as funds permit. The board envisions a lagoon and groves for activities and future amenities will be added by early settlers Thasborg and Clark from Ohio, linking the area to Tama county history.
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Traer, Ja
State Board of Conserve
Theodore St. Clark
Traey
A. McCornack
Sioux City
North Tanna
Ohio
Clerk
Leandar
Toledo
Tamir Reunty
Velng
Mail Plane Delivers Serum To Rockford Patient
A Rockford patient in urgent need of serum received life saving aid via a mail plane. Local agencies coordinated with Chicago transport crews to speed the medicine to the patient as physicians worked to stabilize the case.
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Rockford
Ill
Aus
Air Inailines
Hay Pearce
Hare
Ayr
Veton Dearce
Eherga
Eat Rockford
Maninging SR Tassa
Philedeitihya
Ted Thanehea
Chicago
Insurance Agents Convention in Bes Moines Local Meeting
Insurance Agents of Bes Moines Co will hold a convention here with Des Tito Annuity Co reps and First National officials. Thambaugh and agency staff oversee the territory and will attend. Lunch arrangements and meeting times are noted for attendees and locality events.
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Bes Moines Co
Ortiicastarninws
Dess Tito
Annuity Co
Thambaugh
Anis
Appieatis
Witerbus Ranex
Mem
Sal Donn
Mail plane lands near Muscatine after storm stop
An airmail plane forced to land in a field eight miles south of Muscatine during a rain storm at 4:20 PM. The craft, not part of the U S air mail service, touched down as the plane rose 20 minutes later. The pilot then headed toward Chicago after the incident.
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Sam Deim
Fatine
Defasse
United States Air Mail Service
Chicago
Final agreement nears at int conference
London reports a final agreement on the experts plan for the Ruhr evacuation and broader reparations talks. Optimism centers on German contact with France and Britain’s PM MacDonald traveling to Scotland before a London meeting. Paris says Herriot to Paris Saturday to consult cabinet on France’s stance.
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INT
United Press
London
Versailles
Chancel Jor Marx
Stresemann
Herriot
MacDonald
Posaldte
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Ritz
Associated Press
Paris
Harriot
Noion
Ruhr
Webber Leads Perfect 25 In Waterloo Trap Practice
Eighteen shooters from Illnois Neutral Club and Waterloo Gan club competed at Waterloo Gan grounds near Byrnes Park. Nic Webber from 21 yards won the large cake prize after a perfect 25 in a 25-target handicap event. White and Saunders tied for second with 23x25, then lost shootoff 21x26.
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Waterloo Gan Club
Byrnes Park
Illnois Neutral Club
Nic Webber
Hol Whiteshen
White
Saunders
Wetarloo Gan Club
Umnejs Central Cid
Osterday
Dance Pavilion Collapse Kills Seven Black Elks at Lake
In Bucksys Inka Ohio a dance pavilion collapsed during the Black Elks main ball. Seven Black attendees are confirmed dead and four others are reported injured. Bodies recovered from the wreckage as rescue efforts continue.
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Lake
Guekeyys, O
Negro Elks of
Ohio
Mary Miles Minter Returns to New York for Films
New York report states Mary Miles Minter is back in the city after years in Hollywood. She plans to look for a home and may resume movie work if offered roles, though she has had no offers yet.
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Mary Miles Minter
New York
Hollywood
Cal
Central Christian Defeats First Evangelical 8 to 4
Central Christian topped First Evangelical 8 to 4 in a Sunday league baseball game. Brand and Barber and Krause and Smith pitched for their teams, with Central Christian scoring in the fourth inning on a string of hits.
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Central Christian
Evangelical
Schonl
Central Christian Clearch Tea
Wirst! Evangelical
Ries Wers
Barber
Krause
Smith
Fanus
Central Christian Penpher
Jning
Elgne Furs
Baby Drowns in Bathtub During Birth in City
In San Francisco an infant born to Mrs Lucy Prestilege while she bathed drowned in the tub. Doctors were summoned but could not save the baby. Local medical officials note the incident as one of the more unusual cases in recent records.
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San Francisco
Lucy Prestlege
Countess and Countess in Hospital after Car Collision
Countess Hart Count and Countess Dario Den tics de Frasso of Rome are seriously injured in Glens Falls New York after their car, driven by Mrs Amond T Baker, collides with another vehicle. Mrs Baker and the chauffeur are uninjured.
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Dario Dentics de Frasso
Roma
Italy
Glens Falls
Foremerly
Claude Graham- White
Quelish
Dudder
Amond T. Baker
Minit
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Iowa Storm Drags Down Trees and Floods Towns
A severe storm swept across Iowa causing heavy rain and damaging winds. Clinton Marengo Ottumwa and Marshalltown report downed trees and uprooted branches while telephone lines and roads suffered disruption. Flooding and interrupted railroad service followed with widespread property damage and evacuations.
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Cinton
Clinton
Fang
Iowa
Rifle School at Camp Perry Opens August Twenty-Eighth
A national rifle and pistol training school will open at Camp Perry Ohio from August 28 to October 22 under the War Department. Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa leads with Lt Col Brookhart and Captain F G Banham as chief instructor. The program aims to train citizens over 16 to handle rifles pistols and revolvers and to certify instructors for home communities. Special provisions accommodate police officers amid concerns over gun handling by lawmen and criminals.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Camp Perry
War Department Board
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Brookhart
Regular Army
Reserve Corps
F. G. Banham
United States Infantry
Tyson Leads Shields in Tennessee Senate Race
Memphis Tenn August 8 Gen L L Tyson of Knoxville held a 12339 vote edge over Sen John Shields after early returns counted more than 130000 ballots in yesterdays Democratic primary for the United States senate. Gov Austin Peaghan led over John Neal as Peck led Thatch and Beasley in the gubernatorial races.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gen
Ll. D. Tyson
Knoxville
John K. Shields
United States
Austin Peaghan
John Neal
T. F. Peck
P. H. Thatch
W. N. Beasley
Seek Minnesota Banker as Check Up Shows 75000 Gone
Mankato Minnesota Aug. AVnile authorities continue search for Wrank A. Lodwiz missing cashier of the First National Bank of Minnesota Lake. Preliminary bank audit reveals defalcations of 75000 in the last year. Embezzlement charges filed after a federal examiner reviewed the books as Ludwie disappeared the same day.
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Mankato
Minn
Wrank A. Lodwiz
First National Bank of Minnesota
Bunnies and Hawks Postpone Doubleheader Play
Rain drenched grounds halted Cedar Rapids and Waterton action with a doubleheader moved to tomorrow. The Moine-Darlington game was called off due to rain. Marshalltown-Nook Island and Dubuque matches were also affected as weather stalled play.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterton
Marshalltown-Nook Island
Actress Sues Miss Linden Over Assault Claim in New York
Beautiful Australian actress Miss Linden files a $250000 lawsuit in New York City alleging Robert M. Catts, a millionaire theatrical magnate, beat her in his luxury apartment after a disagreement about a new play. Catts denies knowing her. his rooftop conservatory is described as a show place.
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Margaret Linden
New York City
Robert M. Catts
New York
Catts
Miss Linden
Pershing Begins Final Inspection Tour of Army
General John J. Pershing launches a nationwide inspection tour of military camps and training facilities. The itinerary covers Des Moines Camp Grant Chicago and stops in New York and Denver as he completes plans for the defense mobilization test on Sept 22 with visits through August 18 and August 30.
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Washington
John J. Washington
New
Perford
York
Denver
Pershing
Des Moines
Camp Grant
Chicago
Mail Sack Stolen From Train Recovered Near Independence
A mail sack dispatched from the Independence post office Wednesday evening was found along the Illinois Central right of way just west of town yesterday. The sack had been cut open and its contents scattered when discovered, according to local newspapers.
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Independence
Illinois Central
Wisconsin Woman Declared Insane After Child Homicide
Mrs. Leah Schlosner, 28, shot and killed her two children in Menomonia Wisconsin after a quarrel with her husband. Medical examiners ruled her insane, confirming a dramatic case of presumed mental illness.
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Wisconsin
Menomonia
Wis
Leah Schlosner
Moose 10 Picnic at Vinton August 25
Waterloos Loyal Order of Moose plans the district picnic in Vinton on August 26 with events at the fairgrounds. Activities include a 11 a m band parade, a Waterloo Moose band concert, a Vinton Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids lodge baseball game, speeches by Rodney Brandon and Judge J Willis Pierson, and dancing under an orchestra led by Harry Wyant.
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Waterloo
Loyal Order of Moose
Vinton
George Weilein
Cedar Rapids
Winton
Mooge
Fairgrounds
Booze Syndicate Busted in Midwest Whiskey Ring
Sioux City Iowa Aug 8 A booze running syndicate active between here and Chicago in fast cars was busted by Sheriff Paul Beardsley and federal officers. They seized $18,000 worth of alcohol and whisky under a garage belonging to I L Klass. Five thousand cases of Seatch Whisky were found in a cave and Joe Shulkin was arrested after seven 60 gallon barrels were seized in a warehouse where he stored the liquor. The syndicate had been under watch for months.
Bank Robber Is Killed in Battle with Posse
In Sedan Kansas a sheriff's posse killed one bank robber and wounded another after a gun battle with three suspects tied to a bank robbery in Altamount Oxia three weeks earlier. A third fugitive escaped in an automobile as officers pursued the trio.
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Sedan
Kan
Jess Buree
Edgar Downs
Ghuries Aetee
Altamount
Oxia
Four Bank Officials Indicted in North Dakota
Bottineau August 8 four officials of the now closed state bank of Maxbass North Dakota were indicted by the county grand jury. Former cashier August Sutherland was charged with receiving deposits knowing the bank was insolvent. Frank Rinkel Antler Paul Norberg Newburg and B H McDonald Maxbass were indicted for permitting Sutherland to receive deposits while they knew the bank was defunct.
Boswick denies asking probe into sister's death
Madison Aug 8. H Boswick of Hau Claire says he did not request District Attorney T G Lewis to investigate his sister Grace Pease's death, which involved her body found in Lake Mendota. He calls reports of a murder claim false and says his mission in Madison concerns settling his sister's estate.
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Madison
Wig
H. Boswick
Hau Claire
Mra
Grace Pease
Lake Mendota
T. G. Lewis
Elevator Fire Destroys 50,000 Bushel Structure at Council Bluffs
A massive blaze at the Semular Bisbon elevator in Council Bluffs destroyed 25,000 bushels of corn and left the 50,000 bushel facility a total loss. Damage was estimated at $60,000 with the fire likely caused by defective wiring.
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Council Bluns
Bandits Steal Six Cylinder Car on Lincoln Highway
Two masked men armed with a shotgun and revolver stopped Charles Noyes four miles east of Marshalltown Iowa on the Lincoln highway at 3 this morning and forced him to surrender his six cylinder roadster. They fled in the car and the Ford used to block the road. Noyes walked to town and took a train to Dog Movies.
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St. Edwards
Lincoln Highway
Marshalltown
Tasker
Charles Noyes
Telephone Company Seeks Rate Increase in Wisconsin Towns
Wisconsin Telephone petitions the Railroad Commission for higher rates in Tanerville and Hudson, raising the tally to five cities including Appleton, De Pere and Green Bay. Hearings expected before year end in the affected towns.
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Telephone Company
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Telephone Company
State Railroad Commission
Tanesville
Hudson
Appleton
Depere
Green Bay
Waterlog pattern order notice from Evening Courier
To obtain up-to-date patterns, send 15 cents per pattern to the Fashion Department of Evening Courier. Include self addressed return and allow ten days after receipt for delivery.
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Fashion Department
Evening Couridr
Waterloo
Zanni Arrives Calcutta After Rain Soaked Flight
Major Zant, Argentine round the world aviator, reached Calcutta amid rain and low clouds after a forced landing 128 miles from Orientia. He resumed the journey despite risky hopping conditions as wet ground made takeoffs perilous.
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Calcutta
India
Zant
Argentina
Zanni
Allahahed
Isii
Orientia
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