Campaign Starts Slowly as Parties Compete for Organization
Washington report notes slow start to 1924 campaign due to weak party organization. Republicans lead in setup but face internal changes including new national chairman Butler and shifts in finances. Democrats lag in readiness while La Follette supporters scramble to form a field.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Dodge
Vermont
Davis
la Follette
Follett
Coolidge
National Committee
Conlidge
Butler
Massachusetts
New England
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Trees and Flowers Fooled by Summer Bloom Second Time
Sioux City August 18 fruit trees and bushes are being fooled by the season with apple trees bursting into full bloom and annuals flowering again beyond their usual spring time as a second blooming this season is reported.
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Sioux City
Rates on Colorado Coal East Too High Reported
Washington Aug 18. Rates on coal from Colorado and northern New Mexico to Missouri River points and western destinations were found unreasonable and unduly prejudicial in a tentative report by Examiner William J Bel. A schedule of reasonable rates was proposed. The Interstate Commerce Commission has not ruled yet.
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Washington, BD. C
Colorado
New Mexico
Missouri River
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
William J. Keobel
Western Swedish M. E. Conference Opens Aug 20
Boxholm Iowa August 18 The annual conference of the Western Swedish M E church area and churches of Iowa Nebraska Kansas will be held here beginning August 20 Rev Carl Jensen of the local Swedish M E church has charge of arrangements here
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Boxholm
M. E. Church
Aea
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Carl Jensen
M. E
Davis plans Western tour to farmer regions Des Moines kickoff
Democratic candidate John W. Davis maps a West tour starting after Labor Day to win farmer support. He aims to cut farm costs with tariff revisions freight rate adjustments and boost cooperative efforts through the agricultural department. Des Moines is slated as his first western speech site.
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Bs United Press
New York
John W. Davis
Davis
Agricultural Department
Des Moines
Cloudbursts Hit Grundy Center and Reinbeck Areas
Cloudbursts struck near Grundy Center and Reinbeck flooding tracks and fields and blocking roads. Train engineer Frank Roberts described deep water on tracks near Reinbeck and impeded service to Waterloo. Communications failed, farms suffered inundation, and the weather hampered a planned game between Marshalltown and Waterloo.
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Grundy Center
Reinbeck
Frank Roberts
Barclay Street
South
Chicago Great Western
Des Moines
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Associated Press
Bock Island
Grundy Center-Morrison
Dan Richmond
M. C. Rew
Wayne Morrison
Beamen
Park Avenue
Virden Creek
Mars Shalltown
Haine
Hough Held in Fatal Bedford County Killing Case
Sioux City Iowa August 14 Carl Hough alias Harry Wilson held on murder charges in the killing of Lilian McKinney near Bedford Iowa. Police trace car bloodstains and personal items to the suspect and return him to Bedford for further questioning.
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Associated Cross
Sioux City
Carl Hough
Marry Wilson
Lilian McKinney
Herrick
Bedford
Bolles
Hough
S. D
M McKinney
Spencer, New
Rev. Williams
Spencer
Neb
Oakland
Clarinda
Haugh
Omaha
Hanet
Haneh
Sone
Cushing, In
Liem
Agamesa
Harry Wilson
John Beach
Elk Point
Beach
Fourth and
Jones Streets
Tom Barron
Tedford
Carl Waugh
Lillian McKinney
Werrick
Gillows
Lesieney
Gibson
Pernonus
Stumons
Orion Kergusen
West Liberty
Sfonx City
Yesterdy
Werbeck
Waterloo Ford Day Promises Parade and Prizes
A Waterloo event featuring a Ford parade with awards for largest out of town family most decorated Ford and best driver processes through town on August 20. Local firms back station promotion with prizes from clothing to hardware and fuel. Notable crimes and a murder roundup are noted with multiple suspects in Des Moines and nearby towns.
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Ododuv
Waterloo
Livazicsag
Hamelin
Fords
Repass Auto Co
Firma
Amy
Ashion Shop
Fifth Street
Ford
Endericth'’s
Crescent Market
ALC
Wilford
Kinney Shoe Store
Jive
Jonsob
Bartles- Shepherd
Itos Beauty
Fish & Linger
Oman
Kinney
Gotoh Auto Supply
Vgmar Ford
Metropolitan
Plante's Grocery
A. O. Stewart
Boston Cash and Carry
Rank Bros
Hose's Beauty Supply
Woman Fights Off Highwayman On City Bridge
Mrs. George Fravis fought a highwayman on the First Avenue bridge at 11 last night and saved her purse with quick blows after he grabbed at her throat. Her screams deterred the attacker as she fled, pursued briefly by two accomplices before they dispersed.
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Cedar Rapids
George Fravis
First Avenue
Davis
Mars to be photographed as Earth approaches
Shen the Lowell observatory near Flagstaff Arizona uses the 24 inch refractor and 40 inch reflector to study Mars during its near approach to Earth on August 22. Scientists Dr. W. M. Slipper Prof. O. Lampland Prof. Co Slipner and Dr. W. W. Coblentz will observe with visual and photographic methods to analyze Martian atmosphere temperatures and surface changes.
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W. M. Slipper
0. Lampland
Co. Slipner
W. W. Coblentz
United States Bureau of Standards
Cedar Rapids Woman Dies in Gas Stove Explosion
Cedar Rapids date August 18 Mrs Arthur Paul is reported fatally burned after a gasoline stove discovered to leak and explode while she prepared a menu. Her husband tried to smother the flames as her clothing burned away and she sustained extensive injuries. Paul also suffered serious burns on hands and arms.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur Paul
Paul
Jobless Man Shoots Self Amid Job Offers
Avital Atkinson, 54, a longtime hotel clerk known in the Galena area, killed himself with a revolver after despondency over unemployment. He had recently received offers from Watering and Chicago hotels. Atkinson formerly worked at the Ju lien hotel in Dubuque before it burned, then held posts in Rockford and Chicago.
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Dubuque
Avital
Watering
Chicago
Atkinson
Graat Fork
Galena
Wihout Fundys
Rockford
Strand Hotel
Water Supply Threatened by Colorado Forest Fire
The most serious forest fire of the summer rages near Wassler on the Colorado and Southern railroad threatening Denver’s waterworks system. Forest rangers and railroad crews battle flames in an effort to control the blaze.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Wassler
Colorado & Southern
Former Kentuckian dies by own action in Davenport
Wilbur Breathitt, 42, son of a Kentucky judge, long known in Davenport as a police character, ended his life Sunday morning by inhaling illuminating gas. He leaves a son practicing hawl[y] in Kentucky.
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Davenport
Wilbur Breathitt
Kentucky
Arrests Made Over Sunday Opening Laws
Des Moines reports three grocers arrested for violating a Sunday closing order. The men named were V. Bisignano, Charles Morasco, and Tony Morasco. They were released on $100 bond pending arraignment.
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Des Moines
V. Bisignano
Charles Morasco
Tony Morasco
Epipear
Evacuation of Offenbourg and Appenweier Begun
Trench troops began evacuating Offenbourg and Appenweier with expected completion by tonight. Premier Herriot cheered returning to Paris at Saint Lazare. British PM MacDonald urged France Belgium to speed evacuation per international talks.
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Prana
Strasbourg
Mike
Mvauur
Offenhoure
Appenweier
Herriot
Paris
London
Saint
Maghomild
MacDonald
Great Britain
France
Theunis
Belgiuu
Belgium
MacDonald Adel
London Fonrereyeo
800 Mile Hop Seen as Last Best Hope for U S Fliers
The U S round the world fliers face a direct 800 mile Reykjavik to Cape Farewell hop due to gear failures and weather delays. Commander Lowell Smith and Lieut Erik Nelson aim to start as soon as practical with Italian pilot Lieut Locatelli possibly joining.
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Cape Farewell
International News Wire
Washington
Reykjavik
Iceland
Cape Parewell
Greenland
Elobe
War Department Today
Lowell Smith
Hight
Erik Nelson
United Press
Globeflier
Lieut
Locatelli
Hanoa
French Indies
Pedro Zanni
Canton
Coolidge Rakes Hay On Vacation Day In Vermont
President Coolidge joined a rustic exercise in Plymouth Vermont as he tried dirt farming with handmade woolen rakes. The outing included a visit to a grave site marking Calvin Coolidge's passing five weeks earlier and a day meant for rest and relaxation.
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Plymouth
Coolidge
John Coolidge
Catrin
Vermont Hills
Calvin Coolidge
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