Murder of Bradley Institute English Head Stuns Peoria
Miss Jennie Constance, 42, head of the English department at Bradley Polytechnical Institute, was found beaten to death near an Evanston residence. A pipe was recovered. investigators believe instant death followed by dragging to the yard. Constance, a Northwestern summer student since July, was pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy and prominent in women’s clubs.
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Ang
Jennie Constaned
Bradley College
Agnes Beats
Marguerite McKee
Chicago
Jeanie Constance
Bradley Polytechnical Institute
Peoria
Constance Mved
Northwestern University Library
Constance
Margaret -Constance
Northwestern University
Peoriz
U.R
Bravey: Polytechnic Institute
Death of George Brennan Democratic Chief Shocks Party
George Brennan longtime Democratic chief dies in Chicago after a week illness from tooth infection and septic poisoning. Brennan, a key strategist for Gov. Al Smith since 1924, helped secure Smith’s nomination and led major campaign efforts including the Houston convention maneuvering. He planned to attend Smith’s Albany ceremonies before death.
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Brennin
Chicago
INS
George’ HE. Brennan
al Smith
New York
Brennan
Gov. Smith
Houston
Smith
James A. Reeds
Sam Houston
Nal
Brennen
Albeny
Road ruling ends Dyersville routing dispute
Manchester Va August 8 A ruling by the attorney general says Dyersville mayor E J Van Fleet erred in casting the deciding vote when the town objected to the highway commission routing. The plan now moves the road north of Earlville, paving to complete the county surfacing. The Commercial Club opposed the council’s settlement which would have shifted costs to the town.
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Courier Special Service
Manchester
Reneral
Dyersville
Highway Commission
Earlville
Four Corners
Bryant Paving Company
Corporaton
E. J. van Fleet
Iowa Bank Gains Reported in Deposits and Reserves
Des Moines on August 8 reports by Banking Superintendent L A Andrew show Iowa banks boosting deposits by 3 625 596 10 and cutting bills payable by 1 521 340 93 versus year end 1927. The June 30 1928 consolidated statement covers 704 town and savings banks 398 state banks and 14 trust companies with total resources of 640 679 159 17 and an average reserve of 15 6 percent.
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Des Moines
Towa
L. A. Andrew
Andrew
Scrap paper rate cut approved by chamber group
CG A Hanson of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce reports that the Illinois Central Railroad will reduce the scrap paper rate from Waterloo to Minneapolis from 19 cents to 16 cents per hundred. The Western Trunk Line committee authored the reduction and it will be entered into rate books.
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A. Hanson
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Central Railroad
Waterloo
Minneapolis
Western Trunk Line Committee
Monumental Robert Ellis Mourned In Waterloo Yet
Mrs. Robert Ellis, 26, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hang of 1109 Hawthorne avenue, died in Minneapolis on August 1. She was born July 6, 1902, in Williams town Indiana, moved to Waterloo in 1924 and joined First Methodist Church and the Woodbine Circle lodge. She married Robert Ellis on February 14, 1927, in Minneapolis. Survived by her husband a son and a brother Harold Have. Funeral arrangements to be announced by the late home at 824 Third Avenue West with Rev. W. P. McCormick of Westminster Presbyterian Church officiating. Also notes the Walker funeral for Alon Walker founder of Walker-Schubert Lumber Co., who died Monday of pneumonia in Brainerd. Burial in La Barta City.
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Robert Ellis
Robert Elis
Blis
Robert Hang
Hawthorne Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Ces Opal Hang
Williamstown
Waterloo
First Methodist Church
A Woodmine
Hauy
Harold Have
Walker
F Funeyal
Alon
Aber
Harry Simon
Clyde Davis
Harry Israel
Barry G. Northey
William H. Ferviers
Third Avenue West
W. PR. McCormick
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Binal
la Barta City
Mr. Walker
Dhe
Walker-Schubert Lumber
Brainerd
Unclear OCR Weather Temps for Tuesday and Wednesday
Fragmentary weather text mentions temperatures for Tuesday and Wednesday with unreadable phrases. No clear figures or locations available. cannot determine specific highs, lows, or regions from the readable content.
Brennan Abl as Bosses in Illinois Political Scene Die
George Brennan a Chicago and Illinois Democratic leader died in Chicago. Marsh, former national treasurer, recalled Brennan as a skilled organizer with a schoolteacher’s manners who guided political figures and business interests through government affairs. He praised Brennan’s direct mind and vast knowledge, noting he could not be replaced.
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Wilbur W. Marsh
Houston
Todas
George Brennan
Tilinois
Chicago
Marsh
Brennan
Roger Sullivan
Illinois
Don
Homer Miller Retires From Des Moines Banks
Homer Miller, veteran Iowa banker and president of the Iowa National Bank and the Des Moines Savings & Trust Company, retires today. Clyde B. Brenton becomes first vice president as Miller halves his duties due to illness and plans to split time between California and Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Homer Miller
Iowa
Iowa National Bank
Des Moines Savings & Trust Company
Jone
Clyde B. Brenton
Miller
Iowa Bankers Association
California
Man Killed Near Colfax Believed from Des Moines
The body of a young man, likely Marion Parsons of Des Moines, was found three miles west of Colfax on the Rock Island right of way by a section crew at about midnight. He lay five feet from the tracks with a crushed skull. It is believed he was struck by an engine or fell from a freight train. A card showing the Manhattan hotel in Des Moines served as identification.
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Colfax
Marion Parsons
Des Moines
Here
Rock Island
Smith Ponders Bid to Visit Iowa City
In a letter to local officials George Combs vice chairman of the Democratic national committee said the invitation for Alfred E. Smith to visit Iowa City and deliver a campaign speech is being seriously considered with a definite announcement expected soon. St Louis votes $2,000,000 airport bond with 31 2 to 1 approval. Police notes report Mary McEnroe seeking search for her 18 year old son Craig, and Forrest Ragan fined $100 for driving drunk with fine suspended.
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Towa City
George Combs
Democratic National Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Mary McEnroe
Walnut Street
Pollen
Craig
Forrest Ragan
Eleventh Street East
Fire Alarm Causes House Fire at 440 Cherry
Fire alarms report a Wednesday blaze at Ed Kiles residence 440 Cherry caused by a smoking furnace. No injuries or damage beyond the home interior. Advertisement note mentions a sale item by Merman C. Miller with contact number 2404.
Fingerprints Upset Theory in Mellus Slaying
Los Angeles Aug 8. Police fingerprint expert L Barlow announced bloody prints found in the Mellus home bathroom did not match Leo Kelly the butcher boy accused of murdering society matron Mrs Myrt le Mellus last Sunday. Captain Herman Cline ordered fingerprint records of everyone connected with the investigation.
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Los Aulgeles
Cal
Sergi
L. Barlow
Mellus
Leo Kelly
Myrtle Melus
Wilshire
West Side
Herman Cline
Marathon Dancers Endure Heat in Des Moines
Des Moines faces heat as 15 couples remain in the week long dance marathon. With two male dancers still partnered by fatigue, the event nears its 160th hour and each dancer must find a partner within 12 hours or drop out. Participants grow more fatigued and confused by the relentless pace.
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Des Moines
No Word from Ship in Distress After Boiler Explosion
San Francisco Aug 8. Naval radio stations reported no word from the Stanley Dollar a 41711 ton Dollar One freighter believed disabled in mid Pacific after a boiler explosion. Water supply exhausted Tuesday 30 crew members in need of aid. The Stuart Dollar and the President Grant were in the vicinity of the disabled vessel which sailed from Aberdeen Washington July 19 for the orient.
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San Francisco
Cal
U.P
Naval Radio
Mid- Pacific
Stuart Dollar
President Grant
Aberdeen
Wash
Jay
Orient
Alleged Bomber of Mexican Congress Surrenders
Mexico City Aug. Carlos Castro Balda, sought in the May bombing of the Chamber of Deputies and the assassination of President-elect Alvaro Obregon, turned himself in after a 5,000 paso reward was offered. Police allege Balda and Manuel Trejo planned the attack and Trejo supplied the pistol used to kill Obregon.
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Mexico City
CMNS
Carlos Castro Balda
Chamber of Deputies
Alvaro Obrezon
Balda
Manuel Trejo
Trejo
Jose
Leon ‘Toral
Obregon
Father Dies in Dive for Baby in Mississippi Rescue
Davenport Iowa August 4 Louis Bodor 45 a Hempstead New York airplane expert drowned yesterday while diving to save his baby son Jimmie who had fallen into the Mississippi river Bodor with his wife and four children were visiting relatives en route to California the child was saved from the river by Bodor sacrifice noted in a dramatic rescue scene
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Davenport
Jimmie
Mississippi
Louis Boder
Hempstead
N. Y
M. Z Bodor
California
Brain Tests for M. J Evening Post Quiz
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Iowa corn crop in fortnights ahead of 1926
Iowa's corn crop is two weeks ahead of last year with roasting ears reported from early fields. Moisture largely adequate but future temperatures will decide if the crop is assured. Threshing slowed by soaking rains and grain spoilage. Yields in small grains good to excellent but deteriorating in wet heat. Pastures at peak for season with new grasses growing. alfalfa seeded. Corn cribs mostly empty as oats fed. stocker and feeder cattle in demand amid tight supply.
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Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Deputy Charged With Assault in Court Dispute
Council Bluffs Aug 8 Deputy Sheriff O A Kinsell faced municipal court on a charge of assault and battery against Edward Morrow Omaha World-Herald reporter. The incident followed an argument at the Lukehart home after Kinsell ordered Morrow to leave the scene. A deputy county attorney prepared the information.
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Council Bluffs
O. A. Kinsell
Edward Morrow
Omaha World-Herald
Bert Dickasor
Clarence Luxehart
Kinsell
Morrow
Lukehart
Word-Herald
Luntrue
Coolidge Extends North Woods Stay Through Sept 10
President and Mrs. Coolidge will remain at Cedar Island lodge in the Brule region of Superior Wisconsin until about September 10 to enjoy fishing and isolation. Officials previously planned a Washington departure soon, with a potential return trip to Plymouth Vermont and then to the Green Mountains via a direct route.
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Superior
Wis
INS
Coolidge
North Woods
Wisconsin
Brule River
Cedar Island Lodge
Brules
Washington
Mr. Coolidge
Plymouth
The
Green Mountains
Saratoga Officers Summoned for Vice Conference
Saratoga County sheriff district attorney and Saratoga Springs public safety commissioner were summoned to appear before Governor Smith for a conference on alleged vice and gambling at the racing resort. An incomplete state trooper report on the investigation was received. the governor refused to disclose its contents.
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Albany
Saratoga County
Saratoga Springs
Guv Smith
Ford Wins Suit on Part Payment Plan in New York
In federal court Judge Henry W. Goddard dismissed Edward Moore of Washington DC’s suit against Ford Motor Company. Moore had filed in 1925 for an accounting on profits from Ford’s partial payment plan, with the case brought before Judge Goddard last May.
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New York
INS
Ford Motor Company
Henry W. Goddard
Edwards
Moore
Washington
Ford
Goddard
Fast Driving Ends Life of Contractor Gustafson
Des Moines reports the death of Martin F. Gustafson 39, a general contractor, in a street intersection crash. Witnesses say his track failed to round the corner and collided with the opposite curb, killing him instantly.
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Des Moines
Martin F. Gustafson
Gustafson
Gusstafson
Rotarians Set April Business Conference in Cedar Rapids
Ames Aug 8. Cedar Rapids chosen for the annual business conference in April by 100 Rotarians from 64 town clubs at the conference for executives here. The Ames club hosted as the conference opened yesterday at Iowa State College. Sessions ended today under direction of Clyde L. Hulsizer Des Moines district governor for Iowa.
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Ames
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College
Clyde L. Hulsizer
Des Moines
Ernor
Iowa
New Angles of Prohibition Revealed by Woman Talkers
Washington D C Aug Two new angles of the prohibition question in the presidential campaign were outlined in a radio debate last night by Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt Both day's speakers backed different candidates Mrs Roosevelt supported Alfred E Smith while Willebrandt signaled openness to changes from both parties The discussion suggested the Supreme Court might be asked to rule on any new prohibition law and hinted at shifts in party positions on enforcement and reform.
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Washington, D. C
WUP
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Smith
Willebrandt
Herbert Hoover
Railroad Tax Value Cut For Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern
The state executive council acting as an equalization board at Des Moines reduced the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railroad taxable value per mile from 52 800 to 2 350. The board also adjusted per mile values for 23 other railroads and terminal companies in the state, seven of which were electric lines.
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Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad
Des Moines
Purdy of Reds Injured Chasing Sisler’s Triple
At Braves Field in Boston on August 3, right fielder Purdy of the Cincinnati Reds crashed into the rightfield wall while pursuing Sisler’s triple in the first game of a doubleheader. He was knocked unconscious and taken to a hospital with fears of serious injury as the Braves won 6 to 3.
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Braves
Boston
Sisler
Purdy
Cincinnati Reds
Headon
Boston Hospital
Lou Henry Hoovers Early Prize at Local Skating Rink
Mrs. Wiliam E. Schollian recalls Lou Henry, born in Waterloo and later Mrs. Herbert Hoover, as a vivacious girl who won a first prize for best girl skater at a local roller rink. Neighbors remember family outings, a horse and buggy, and Lou Henry’s kindness to neighbors.
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Lou Henry
Herbert Hoover
Waterloo
Wiliam E. Schollian
Franklin Street
Lou Henrys
Henrys
Sixth Street
Lafayette
Mulberry
West Side
Lou
Lou . Henry
Henry
Byrd and His Men to Give Radio Talks Tomorrow Evening
Commander Richard E. Byrd head of the Byrd Antarctic expedition and fellow officials will deliver farewell radio talks to the American public. Byrd Brophy and others will discuss scientific aspects and future plans during a WEAF broadcast from 5 pm to 6 pm via the National Broadcasting Network.
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Byrd
New York
Richard E. Byrd
Richard Brophy
WEAF
National Broadcasting Network
Airline talks open between Minneapolis and Des Moines officials
Negotiations for a Minneapolis Des Moines airline opened today with three Des Moines representatives meeting Universal Airlines of Minneapolis. Des Moines delegates were greeted by Paul Goldsborough, president of Universal Airlines, and J S Lincoln, industrial secretary of the Civic and Commercial association.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Des Moines
Greater
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