Clarksburg West Virginia Shaped By Davis Nomination
Washington correspondent Mark Sullivan recalls Clarksburg now seen as a town of romance and old American virtues as John W. Davis returns home to pursue a presidential nomination. He notes local history of Pike Street and Davis’s shy, studious nature plus West Virginia lineage through Shaver and regional origins.
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John W. Davis
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Law Office
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Tinelines
Clem Shaver
Old West Virginis
West
Old Virginia
Shaver
Courier Delivery Time Notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o clock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 3100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 20 p m.
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Plenass
State Boards to Consider Budget Plans in Des Moines
Budget preparation steps include a meeting with Budget Director E. L. Hogue at 10 a.m. Monday. State boards must file detailed two year revenue and four year expense estimates by Sept 1 and face public hearings before a single bill is drafted for the January legislature.
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United Press
Des Moines
Board of Control, Education and Budget
E. L. Hogue
Hogue
Mason City Opens North Iowa Fair
Mason City Aug 9 The North Iowa fair opened with automobile races led by Sig Haudhal holder of the world speed record.
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Mason City
Iowa
Sig Haudhal
Colorado Progressives open state convention with La Follette ticket
About 250 delegates from across Colorado gathered in Denver to endorse the La Follette Wheeler third party ticket for November. Leaders said presidential electors would be chosen by the party executive board and that backing Gov. Sweet would fail. Plans for an extensive campaign follow the La Follette visit to Colorado.
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International News Wire
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Conference For Progressive Political Action
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Dla
Gov. Sweet
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
T U
Psychic driver Hayward Thompson charms crowds in city streets
Thousands witness a Maxwell tour de force as Hayward Thompson, aided by a masked driver, steers through traffic with flawless precision. He visits Waterlog Laundry and Kistner mortuary, writing names and messages on windows, while police ensure the ethereal act remains orderly.
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Maxwell
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Rhief
Witm
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Chrysler
Thompson Jamnith
Mit
Cury
Kistner Mortuary
Park Avenue
Bluff Street
Kingarey
Floods and Earthquakes Rack Orient and Asia
Disaster reports from Formosa and Asia describe floods drowning 700 Formosans and widespread destruction. An earthquake in Turkestan kills 41 and devastates thousands of homes. In China floods threaten famine across Hunan, Chilihi, and other provinces with extensive agricultural loss.
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Turkestan
China
London
Perghana
Moscow
Constantinopls
Mirace
Thraces
Associated Press
Peking
Kwangsi
Sinklang
MM. T. Liang
International Relief Committee
Hunan
Chilihi
Lightning Kills Girl as Tree Lightning Pierces Pavement
Aug 9 report from Chieangea describes a freak storm incident where lightning followed a tree root and surged through pavement at high speed. A unidentified girl, described only as a young person, was burned to death by the ensuing flame.
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Chieangea
Middle West
Lizette Benthim
Gibbons stops Bloomfield in third round at Wembley
Tom Gibbons American light heavyweights knocked out Jack Bloomfield English rival in the third round of a scheduled 20 round bout at Wembley Stadium London. Bloomfield was groggy after the second round with Gibbons scoring a left to the head and right to the chin. Gibbons finished Bloomfield with a decisive uppercut and rights, Bloomfield bleeding from the nose as he fell.
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Associated Press
Wembley Stadium
London
Tom Gibbons
Jack Bloomfield
Bloomfield
Grogey
Gibbons
Tom
Rose Gibbons
Bloomfield B
Detentes
Phil Scott
Andre Anderson
Fang Moon
United Erese
Moan
Wells
Beckett
Goddard
Miss Cummings and Burns Set for Western Golf Final
Miss Miriam Burns of Kansas City and Miss Edith Cummings of Quinetsia will meet in the finals of the women's western golf championship at the Onwentsia club Monday. Burns led with a 37 on the first nine despite a waterlogged course, building a three stroke lead while Klotz fought back. Burns ultimately won 3 and 2.
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Th. Atng
Onwentsia
Miriam Burns
Kansas City
Dorothy Klotz
Chicaso
Edith Cummings
Quinentsia
Mra
Lea Mida
Chicaza
Miss Burns
Miss Klotz
Bnkes
Misa Khity
One Bootlegger Tells on Another in Iowa Jail
Mason City Iowa Aug 9 After tipping police where a car of liquor could be found Chris Paris was found guilty of transporting in police court and held to the grand jury on bootlegging. Testimony showed he was on the scene before officers arrived bought 49 gallons and drove away. County Attorney says it was a case of bootlegger hijacking. Paris offered to aid in getting a Cedar Rapids transporter Jack Witacil will h0 gallons. Witacil serves 20 days in county jail.
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Mason City
Chris Paris
W. Pf. Builer
Paris
Cedar Rapids
Jack Witacil
Witacil
Two Trainloads Federals Reported Wounded in Brazil
The Brazilian federal forces pursuing Sao Paulo rebels suffered heavy losses with reports of two trainloads of wounded arriving at Sao Paulo City. Earlier dispatches noted a federal column moving toward Tilarare near Parana state after Botucatu fell, while other rebel forces held positions near Balucatu.
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Associated Press
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Ate.t
Sao Paulo
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Parana
Balucatu
La Follette Men to File Petitions After Convention
In Des Moines Iowa Aug petitions will replace the name of La Follette on the November ballot. J G Lewis head of the Town Federation of Harbor says the plan aims to avoid a penny question of legality after a conference with Attorney General Ben Gibson. Five hundred signatures are required for each at large elector and 25 for each of the 11 district electors chosen by the convention.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
1St
Follette Dee- Cars
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Ihe
Ted
Lewi
Town Federation of Harbor
Iowa
Lewis
Ben Gibson
la Follette
Batlote
Storm tolls rise in Midwest tornado damage
Descriptions of deadly storms across Wisconsin Indiana Illinois and Iowa report twelve deaths and many injuries with extensive property and crop damage. Areas including Des Moines Davenport and Tipton suffer roof collapses and electrical outages while a dynamite boat strike and the Burlington fair interruption highlight widespread disruption.
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Des Moines
Nebraska
Town End
Wisconsin
Ray Lytle
Granger
Lyte
Des Molinos
Polk City
First Methodist
Wagner Paris
W. A Coon
Sigourney
Tipton
Lyla Sinafeld
Davenport
Burlington
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
William E. Erwin
Russell Steinbaugh
Lafayette
Frank Putek, Jr
John Dragenitz
South Bend
Carl Loveless
Petersburg
Fort Dodge
Associated
Pre
Ile Fort Dodge
Omaha
Sioux City
Eay Claim
Wis
Coolidge to Take Vermont Vacation
President Coolidge will leave Washington after accepting the Republican nomination to visit his father in Plymouth Vermont for 10 or 12 days with Mrs. Coolidge and their son John. He confers with Butler as party leaders urge a vigorous nationwide campaign and test a new device syncing radio voices with motion pictures for nationwide broadcasts.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Plymouth
Butler
Middle West
East
Mr. Coolidge
la Vollette
Wisconsin
Buller
Ote
National Committee
Sudionees
Bergen
Murderess Marie Maharies linked to river death of six year old
Early reports say Marie Maharies admits killing her stepson Nicholas Maharies. Police plan to hold her without bail as prosecutors press first degree murder charges. The body of Nicholas, found in the river after an earlier storm of search efforts, was recovered by a volunteer group and a Carnegie medal recipient, with community frenzy at the scene.
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Irs
Marie Maharies
A. C. Neilson
Murederess
Nicholas Maharies
Francis Hurd
River Street
Posse
G. R. Witt
Freman
Witt
Ilord
Wanna
F.C. Sage
Lee Smith
Sydney D. Smith
Manuel Hurd
Arthur Fhirries
Lloyd Avery
Guy Boss
Roy Morain
Nick
Harry Maharies
Bealive
Miur‘deress
Om Saan Twa
Seek Leo Koretz in Germany in extradition inquiry
Federal officers in Chicago extended the search for Leo Koretz after letters to his wife were traced to Germany. The seven million dollar swindler is under international pursuit for mail fraud conspiracy and larceny, with authorities seeking possible extradition.
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International News
Wired
Chicago
Department
Germany
Leo Koretz
Koretz
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