McCormick Heiress to Wed Swiss Architect in Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick plans to marry Howard Kreon a 28 year old Swiss architect and gardener in Chicago in February Kreon arrived in the United States with Mrs McCormick and has worked on plans for zoological gardens donated by her He will reside in Chicago and wed under Illinois law. Mathilde McCormick daughter of Harold McCormick and Mrs McCormick also to marry Swiss riding master Max Oser in coming days prompting her father to remarry to witness the wedding planning.
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Chitago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Howard Irenn
Land Pe
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Krenn
United States
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Drake Hotel
Kreon
Dr. Jung
Zurich
Switzerland
Harold F. McCgormick
Ganona Walska
Paris
Max Oser
Mathilde
Courier Delivery Notice with Late Paper Remedy
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 35 30 oclock. If the paper is not received by then, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p.m.
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Cartier
Hoarded Gold Believed To Lure Wisconsin Slayers
Sauk City Wisconsin August 22 gold in large quantities was stored in the Balzer home where Julius Balzer and his sister Marz were beaten to death and another relative William left unconscious. A Civil War veteran, John Balzer hoarded gold after the conflict fearing paper money would collapse. A neighbor said the treasure may have drawn the attackers and was likely in the house at the time of the murder.
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Trial of Klansmen to Proceed Without Kleagle Presence
Los Angeles will see the trial of alleged Ku Klux Klan members proceed Monday with 36 absent. Nathan F. Baker, former Kleagle and leader of the Inglewood raiders, collapsed Thursday and cannot appear for at least 90 days. The state agrees to proceed against others while Baker is reindicted and tried separately.
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Ku Klux Klan
Jury Deadlocked in Labor Leaders Trial in Whitney Case
In Saratoga Springs New York on August 12 Charles Firestone attorney for Evan Burrows Fontaine moved Supreme Court Justice Borst to compel service of papers on Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. The jury in the Vanderbilt Whitney labor leaders conspiracy case remained deadlocked at noon with 11 to 1 for acquittal on two counts and a possible dismissal planned later.
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New York
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Justice Borst
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
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Chicago
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Unsafe for Harold and Bride in Chicago
Chicago, Aug. 12. Under Illinois law Harold F. McCormick and Ganna Walska are not legally married. They face arrest if they return to the state before Dec. 25 a full year after McCormick's divorce. Attorneys say any citizen may file a complaint to cause their arrest if they live together here.
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Ganna Walska
McCormick
Adriatic Aims for New York After At Sea Explosion
The White Star liner Adriatic, 1000 miles at sea, reported an explosion in its coal bunkers causing two ties lost and injuries to five crew members. A crew member was missing and the cause is believed to be coal gas spontaneous combustion. the ship was heading toward New York with a scheduled arrival around 3:40 p.m. Sunday.
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New York
Weather outlook for WRER week begins Monday
Washington Aug 12 Weather outlook for the week ahead covers the Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys with considerable cloudiness variable temperatures and scattered local showers.
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Washington, T. C
Upper Mississippi
Missouri
Weather Summary for Iowa Cities Dated Aug 12 98
Cherus City reports 38 clearing skies with roads improving. Des Moines and Mason City note dirt roads rough with rutting in places. Central Iowa sees showers, with a general shower across the region expected to ease by afternoon.
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Agriculture Weather Bureau
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Algona
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Dubuque
da Arne Re
Wis
Mason City
Waverfly
Sudmary
Cherus City
Mlondy
Bes Moines
Iowa
Acting Governor of Nebraska $8 a Day Strike Guard
Lincoln Aug 12 The Nebraska lieutenant governor Pelham A Barrows serving as a $5 a day strike guard for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad says the role still honors the office but provides no pay due to a rejected appropriation. He notes the lack of funds despite acting as chief executive during Gov McKelvie's absence and outlines financial strain with only a few dollars in the bank.
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Neb
Pelham A. Barrows
Nebraska
McKelvie
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Barrow
Guards at Boone Qto Armed Before Trains Could Run
Transcontinental traffic across multiple routes crippled by protests as big four brotherhoods demand removal of armed guards. Agreement reached in Boone to strip firearms from yard patrols by 6 p.m. last night, preventing a full train shutdown.
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Boone Qto
Irish Free State Loses One Leader
Arthur Griffith, first president of the Dail Eireann cabinet under the peace treaty with Great Britain, died in Dublin after a relapse from influenza. Born 1872 in Dublin, he founded Sinn Fein and shaped early Irish political life, with Lloyd George expressing deep distress at his death.
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Nationality
Quebec arrests may shed light on Ambrose Small case
Toronto reports Sergeant Mitchell arrested in Perce Quebec a man named Max Phillips alias Herbert King in the Ambrose Small disappearance probe. Police chief and detectives refuse details. A woman is in custody but location of custody is undisclosed. Mitchell continues to handle the case from Montreal toward Toronto.
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Ambrose Small
Perce
Max Phillips
Herbert King
Dickson
Guthrie
Phillips
Small
Montreal
Dublin Rebels Fire Post Office in New Attack
United Press reports Irish rebels resumed fighting in Dublin as twenty rebels set fire to the post office damaging telegraph equipment while one guard was wounded and a raider captured. In Cork Free State troops completed occupation with fifty republicans captured and seven soldiers killed.
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Dublin
vVork
Cork
Free State
Dam Contract Set by Citizen Grid to Begin at Once
The Maine & Co. for Chzeny Gas & Electric Co. will construct a beartrap gate style concrete and steel dam across the Cedar River above Four Street Bridge. Preliminary work starts immediately with a rock-bed foundation and two hinged boilerplate platforms. hydraulic controls adjust water flow during floods. A Jackson hydraulic engineer will supervise from next week.
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Telegraphers on Big Four voting strike in progress
Telegraphers of the Big Four railroad continued balloting on a strike vote in Indianapolis Tad August 12. Edward Whalen, chairman of the Big Four division of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, said ballots would likely be in by today and indications pointed to near unanimous support for a walkout amid disputed working conditions.
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Family Murder Case Shocks Waste Cloud Area
Mrs. Meadie Hodell is jailed on charges of poisoning her father in law David Hedell and killing her husband Ronnie Hodell in a calculated crime. Also held are her mother Mrs. Alice Dudgeon and two brothers, with a farm hand named Robert Bennetty tied to the case. Confessions were obtained and officials await trials.
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International News Wire
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Lee
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Coal strike talks continue as miners press for settlement
Operators and miners engage in negotiations at Cloveliana in an effort to secure a settlement. Rail workers refuse to transport coal mined under state protection in Indiana until officials move transport of liability. Four companion mines in Pennsylvania have increased output more than fivefold since resuming operations.
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California Fruit Growers Face Massive Financial Loss
San Francisco August 1. Earthquakes and a labor strike crippled shipments from California growers. The four Wratherheas men walkout and the shopmen’s strike halted a major transcontinental arc, delaying perishables and threatening broader supply lines across western markets.
Brotherhoods Call Lewis for Attacks by Striking Miners
Gleveland Aug 12 The big four railroad brotherhoods blamed miners leader John L Lewis for attacks on coal trains run by brotherhood members and demanded immediate action to prevent further violence. The call came from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers as tensions rose over the strike.
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Big Four
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Santa Fe Passengers Stranded by Rail Walkout
San Bernardino Calif Aug 12 Temperatures near 120 degrees left Santa Fe train passengers marooned at Needles and Barstow with dwindling food. Rail officials planned a guarded effort to move them to San Bernardino that night as elderly travelers showed signs of heat prostration.
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Hooch Smuggling Aviator Captured in Mexico
Irving Davis, an American pilot, was arrested by Mexican authorities near the border at Laredo Taras while attempting to cross with 12 cases of whisky on a plane. Finance Minister de la Huerta announced the aircraft would be confiscated.
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Irving Davis
Laredo
Taras
de la Huerta
Railroads Accept, Unions Reject Harding Plan
Heads of seven railroad unions declared they would not accept the final strike settlement plan offered by President Harding unless all striking workers are reinstated with full seniority. The decision came after a White House conference with rail executives and government officials.
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