Nation observes Harding with mass mourning rally
Des Moines joins the nation in a solemn day of mourning for President Harding. State offices halt. banks and industries stop. railways pause for moments as Drake University and Iowa institutions suspend activities and public services honor the late leader.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Harding
Fort Des Moines
Camp Dodge
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa State College
Ames
Marion
National Guard
O'Donnell
Robb
van Meter
One Hundred Thirteenth Cavalry Band
Funeral for Anson Hukill Held at First Congregational
Funeral services for Anson T. Hukill were held today at 1:46 p m at First Congregational church. A great throng of relatives and sorrowing friends attended with five autos laden with mourners. Pallbearers named Carlton Sias J E Gempster Frank Bentley Harry Dunlap D C Bandfield and Henry Grout. Rev Railo F Hurlburt and Rev J E Johnson led the services and burial followed at Elmwood.
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Anson T. Hukill
First Congregational Church
Carleton Sias
J. E. Gempster
Frank Bentley
Harry Dunlap
D.C. Bandfield
Henry Grout
Railo F. Hurlburt
J. E. Johnson
Elmwood
Kentucky Posse Heads to Rescue Dry Force
Hazard Kentucky August 10 Sheriff Holliday and a posse of deputies departed to reach a remote mountain area on Crockerills fork of Lost creek fifteen miles from Hazard where five prohibition enforcement agents led by R L Stewart are believed surrounded by moonshiners. Reports show 506 shots exchanged with no casualties. O honors Harding Waterloo post office employees marched to Lincoln Park for memorial services.
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Hazard
Holliday
Crockerills Fork
Lost Creek
Prohibition
R. L. Stewart
Harding
Waterloo
Lincoln Park
Mason City State Briefs Reflect Quick Police Action and Elections
The column reports police disturbance when a man awoke to find his still at his bedside, and notes 41 Argonne post delegates backing Harry Swan for the Legion state convention in Mason City next week. Frank Webster a 72 year old Des Moines photographer with 90 years in the craft died. State auditor mailed 71 106 bonus warrants as the board reviews claims not fully authenticated.
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Mason City
Steve Alambas
Bein
Alambas
Meines
Harry Swan
Pean Tie
Argonne Post
American Legion
Swan
Algotes Moines
Frank Webster
Iowa towns pay tribute with Harding memorials nationwide
Across Iowa cities from Keokuk to Ottumwa and Dubuque, citizens paused for memorial services to honor Warren G. Harding. Mayors closed businesses, churches held programs, and local leaders delivered eulogies as bells rang and hymns preceded momentous moments of silence.
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Burt Dodge
Fort Dodge
Birat Methodist Church
Scussor J. YP. Dalliver
Congress
Warren G. Harding
C. W. Kindley
Dreary
Harding
Cedar Rapids
Oriental Order of Hamiltty
Marion
Marshalltown
Riverview Park
C. Hi van Lin
Ios
Mason City
Marlon
Marding
Armory
Muscatine
First Methodist Church
W. HH. Rogers
First Baptist Church
Boone Ways
Boone, Ja
Boone
Haraung
Evers
L. E. Viets
J. P. Barron
Oral Catholic Church
F. FP. Travis
Nestor
Methodist Church
Coolidge
4. H. Doran
Boone American Legion Post
Dhurbuque
Duhuque
Dubuque
Warren
G. Harding
Washington Park
Davenport
Varigua
Trinity Cathedral
T. N. Morrison
Episcopal Diocese
Charles Grilk
A. 3
Dawson
Fellas
Col
D. J. Palmer
Newton
Jasper County
John E.cross
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Ames
Ll. T.rice
Ccasna
C. F. Curtiss
Division of Agriculture
Johns E. Foster
Towa City
Avg
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Charles M. Dutcher
Emma Harvat
University
Esther SirDowell Swisher
Department of Tangle
Leo C. Kerrigan
Tra J. Houston
Congregational Church
Jubilee
Ottumwa
Tama
EB. H. Harlan
Browning Cousins Held to Trial on Murder Charge
John M. Browning Jr. and Marriner A. Browning face trial for first degree murder after District Judge G A Iverson overruled a motion to quash. Each is free on 25000 bond and ordered to plead in court tomorrow. Ballantyne was killed in front of his home in April in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake Ci
Utah
John M. Browning, Jr
Marriner A. Browning
Benjamin F. Ballantyne
G. A. Iverson
Brownings
Liberty
Ballantyne
Marriner Browning
US Commissioners at Mexico City Prepare Return to Washington
American commissioners Charles S. Warren and John Barton Parne and Charles S.B. will leave for Washington soon, a special car has been ordered, and the final conference session was expected to close tomorrow morning.
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Mexico City
Charles
Warren
John Barton -Parne
Washington
Will
Woman Victim Slain In Capitol Hill Robbery Spree
Denver July 10 A schoolteacher Miss Helen May Hodgin 35 Wilcey Kansas was found in a Capitol Hill district pool of blood after a blackjack blow. Her watch and handbag stolen. Three homes looted nearly 1000 dollars. Five pedestrians robbed. Shots exchanged as bandits tried to steal Samuel Collins car.
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International News Wire
Denver
Colo
Tabe Ely
Helen May Hodgin
Wilcay
Kans
Samuel Collins
Towa City Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday at Home
Miss Charlotte Putnam Stone, born in McConnelsville Ohio, observed her 100th birthday in Iowa City today receiving a small group of friends. She enjoys good health despite years confined to her couch after a hip injury and traces her heritage to Col. Jonathan Stone and Gen. Rufus Putnam. She survived the Buckeye Bell disaster on the Muskingum River over 70 years ago.
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Iowa City
Charlotte Putnam Stone
Miss Stone
McConnelsville
Col
Jonathan Stone
Rufus Putnam
Muskingum River
Slayer of Arizona Postmaster Hanged After Appeals Fail
Florence Arizona August 10 Montel Martinez was hanged at the state penitentiary for the murder of J Frank Pearson postmaster at Ruby Arizona in a border bandit raid in August 1921 The trap was sprung at 624 and Martinez was pronounced dead 11 minutes later The condemned man faced execution without emotion after efforts by Arizona and Mexican groups to secure clemency failed with the state board of pardons and paroles.
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Florence
Ariz
Montel Martinez
J. Frank Pearson
Ruby
Martinez
Arizona
Mexico
State Board of Pardons
Yparples
Smoke From Field Kitchen Wafters Cemetery at Marion
Smoke from an army field kitchen drifted through the Marion cemetery where President Harding will be interred. A detachment of regular troops will guard the remains for six months as required by law, and possibly longer. The McKinley tomb had troops on duty for nearly two years to deter souvenir hunting and disturbance.
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Marion
Harding
McKinley
Assassin of Villa Reported Captured
A suspected Villa assassin, possibly Deputy Jesus Salasher of Durango, is believed arrested near Laredo, Mexico, according to a message to President Obregon. The report places the arrestee among the late general Pancho Villa's former bandits.
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Mexico City
Pancho Villa
Mexico
Laredo
Obregon
Jesus Salasher
Durango
Sleuth Baffled by Shot That Riddles No Bananas Record
Seattle detective William Peterson reports a street shooting in front of the Pantages Building. A phonograph in a store entrance was struck, a bullet lodged behind the phonograph, and the ball appears to have been fired from an office in the same building. No tenant could identify the shooter. a dentist joked about bananas, noting the shot came before dinner.
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Seattle
Wash
William Peterson
Pantages
Phonograph
Harding insured in six companies for total of 52100
New York August 10 President Harding life insured for 52100 with six companies. The largest policy for 15000 was with Mutual Benefit on a 15 payment plan taken out in 1914. The statement notes he held several policies over the years starting at age 15.
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New York
Harding
Presidents Need Adequate Recreation For Public Good
An editorial argues leaders need regular rest to avoid fatigue affecting judgment. It cites Wilson and Roosevelt, notes summer heat and work load, and urges public support for longer vacations to preserve effective governance.
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Wilson
White Horse
White House
Congress
Waslington
Roosevelt
Washington
New York Tribune
Marion Swelter Yet Crowds Gather for Harding Tribute
Thousands gathered in Marion to pay tribute to Warren G. Harding as the sun shone in the morning. A light breeze cooled the crowds before clouds formed and rain threatened later in the day.
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Marion
Warren G. Harding
Hundreds Attend Harding Memorial Services
A large crowd gathers for memorial exercises honoring President Warren G Harding. Speaker Mr. Pickett extols Harding’s leadership, tolerance, and constitutional devotion, stressing the living purpose of a memorial and the need for national unity under party government.
Harding's Body Reaches Haven of Silent Tomb
Crowds gathered in Marion to honor Warren G. Harding as his casket lay in the ivy vault. President Coolidge prepared to return to Washington while Mrs. Harding faced moving personal effects from the White House.
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Harding
Haven of
Cleveland
Black Horse
Center Street
State Street
Marlion
Associated Press
Merion
Marion
Warren Harding J
President Coolidge
Washington
Coolltge
White House
The
Land
Inspections Doubled Under New System
Des Moines reports July 1923 inspections more than double July 1922 under the department of agriculture. Seventy inspectors last year produced 5,522 inspections. this July 32 inspectors achieved 12,676, a 139 percent increase. Maud Dudley travels to Omaha with aunt Mrs J W Krapfel for vision treatment.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Head of Advertisers Association Drowns
George B. Sharpe, 46, president of the Association of National Advertisers and ad manager of Burroughs Adding Machine, drowned today at Algonquin Park resort about 200 miles north of Toronto, according to word received by dualness associates.
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Cincinnati
George B. Sharpe
Association of National Advertisers
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Algonquin Park
Toronto
Dualness Associates
Memorial Services in Manila for President Harding
Thousands attend official memorial exercises in Manila over the death of President Harding. Officials and military units gather at Ayuntamiento and McKinley plaza with wreaths as Gov. Gen. Wood and other dignitaries deliver brief addresses.
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Manila
P. I
Harding
United States
Thirty-first Infantry
Regular Army
Ayuntamiento
McKinley
America
Gen
Wood
Justice Johnson
Palma
Araulio
Crossfield
Harrington
Rumored Coup to Seat Rupprecht Emperor in Germany
Paris dispatch reports preparations for a monarchist coup in Germany. Prince Rupprecht General Ludendorff and about 20 generals met at Sauingen 19 days ago to review military groups and discuss the possibility of Rupprecht leading the royalist faction.
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Paris
Germany
Zurich
Prince Rupprecht
Ludendorff
Sauingen
Prints Rupprecht
Royalists
Longtime Waterloo Mortuary Notices Include Baldwin Reichert Noss
Obituaries from Waterloo area announce the deaths of Dee A Baldwin wife of Ernest W Baldwin aged about in Waterloo following tumor surgery. John Henry Reichert father of local residents dies near Hamp ton. Calvin Noss 63 dies at St Francis hospital after influenza illness. Surviving relatives listed. services at First Congregational church and Petersens parlor arrangements noted.
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Huth A. Baldwin
Ernest W. Baldwin
Berteh Avenue
Presbyttering Hospital
Ae Decease
Duratd
Rockford
Ernest V. Baldwin
Lake Mills
Waterloo
Decedent
First Methodist Episcopal Church
King's Daughters
Helen Gould
Woman's Club
Melchoir Court
No. 8
Tribe of Ben Hur
Kenneth Vernon Baldwin
Caroline McGraw
Byron McGraw
Shopisre
Wis
Sarah Fisher
Lela May Ayera
Dorothy Kenyon
Metal Seacvices
First Congregational Church
Rollo F. Hurlburt
Elmwood
Petersen Bros
John Henry Reichert
Frank W
William H
Hamp
Cardinal Richalmy
Ton
Franklin County
Turin
Italy
Reichert
Hanover
Germany
Rotterdam
Holland
America
Clayton County
Dremer ‘County
Kansas
Iowa
Hampton
Henry
Edmund
Ernest
John Burbank
Lincoln
Neb
Henry Schlomer
G. H. Nordman
B.D. Nordman
Clarksville
J. Frank W
W.H
Calvin Noss
St. Francis Hospital
wiUness
Perry County
Repass Automobile Company
John Myers
Elmer Garvin
Spencer
William Noss
Barnard
S. D
Edison Faiths Life Beyond Death Amid Harding Funeral
Edison told the Associated Press in Marion that he seeks truth about the great beyond and life after death. He said the soul exists after death, but the form and means of it are unknown, and he does not believe spirits return to earth. He affirmed faith in a supreme being and in the Christian religion while acknowledging limits of demonstrating life after death.
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San Francisco
Harding
Army of Progress
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Associated Press
Marion
Thomas A. Edison
Warren G. Harding
Edison
Earth
Mr. Harding
Fen
Pickpocket Arrested Near Harding House
In Marion Ohio on August 10 a pickpocket was arrested near the Harding residence as a crowd awaited President Coolidge. The man was handcuffed and hustled away, drawing brief disturbance.
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Marion
Harding
President Coolidge
Snake on the Loose in Muscatine Bog Sparks Police Alert
A 13 foot python escaped from a cage during Wortham carnival acts in South Muscatine and fled along the Muscatine slough. Police Chief Fred G Bikey was notified after the carnival left town and reward money was posted. Locals are urged to search the slough and report sightings.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Slough
Fred G. Bikey
Wortham
South Muscatine
Carnival Company
Mississippi River
Carnival
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