Mexican bride annulment case shocks Iowa town
Montezuma Aug 19 The romance between Mexican laborer Flores and Laverne Skrayer a 14 year old girl ends as Jouvenne Shroyer Flores files for an annulment of their marriage The mother Mrs Shroyer pleaded guilty to perjury and received a ten year penitentiary sentence The affair triggered threats of violence and a police case before Flores fled leaving the bride to face an annulment suit and a charge of concealed weapon protection the couple had married after a license was secured under false age statements
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Montezuma
dJamey Flores
Laverne Skrayer
Jouvenne Shroyer Flores
Searshore
Flores
Miss Shroyer
Lores
Scarsboro
Grinnell
Attgrey
Two Amendments Before Electors
Des Moines report on Iowa voters facing two amendments: woman suffrage in June 1946 and prohibition related to manufacturing or keeping intoxicants. Clerk B W Garrat urges electing a legislature sympathetic to reform, opposing re-enactment of a death-penalty decree and praising universal freedom and government by the people.
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Des Moines
B. W. Garrat
Supreme Court
Iowa
Towa
Wounded Feelings Valued at 2000 in Keokuk Suit
Keokuk August 19. Bailey seeks 2000 in a suit against Keokuk Electric Co. Easley alleges he was ejected from a car after a conductor accused him of intoxication, though he says he was not drunk. He claims public humiliation and having to walk to Keokuk after missing passage. The event is dated around August 31, 1915.
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Keokuk
Baim
Iis
Easley
Keoku
Plainuil
Bailey
Aged man loses arm in rail yard accident
Clinton August 19 Milton Flampson an elderly resident of DeWitt street lost his right hand and forearm Tuesday morning at 10 15 oclock when struck by a Milwaukee railroad switch engine in the yards He was gathering coal and did not notice the approaching cars The crew heard his screams and he received first aid before being taken to Agatha hospital where doctors amputated his arm just below the elbow.
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Clinton
Milton Flampson
DeWitt Street
Milwaukee Railroad
Agatha Hospital
Beer theft adds twist to interstate liquor case at Northboro
Shenandoah August 19 motorists stole beer from W. O. Boylan superintendent of schools and church deacon. He held liquor seized for James Teague of Westboro on writ for debt to Northboro Lumber. Unable to dispose without harming his name he pondered options. Robbers arrived in a car at midnight and took the beer.
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Shenandoah
W. OO. Boylan
Northboro
Boylan
James Teague
Westboro
Supervisors Split on Roads What Event at Meeting
Des Moines Aug 19 Supervisors opposed to hard surface roads and the state highway commission failed to force an officers election at the supervisors convention yesterday morning The proper time is today Opponents argued no need to change the schedule while President Dunlap and current officers favored hard surfaced roads and backed the resolutions He appointed a resolutions committee including W Jones Lewis a J D Buser Muscatine W D Straver Black Hawk A P B Phister Winneshiek F I Whitford Tama W J Rowney Mahaska R T Y Clarke Dallas Frank Vorhees Ringgold Grant True Pottawattamie Thomas Byrne Humboldt and Henry Metz Woodbury
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Des Moines
State Highway Commission
Johnson Road
jNo
Dunlap
W. @. Jones
Lewisa
J. D. Buser
Muscatine
W. D. Straver
Black Hawk
A. PB. Phister
Winneshiek
F. I. Whitford
Tama
W. 3. Rowney
Mahaska
R. TY. Clarke
Dallas
Frank Vorhees
Ringgold
Grant True
Pottawattamie
Thonas Byrne
Humboldt
Henry Metz
Woodbury
Beall Maude Talley obituary in West Union
Mrs. Maude Talley Beall wife of Walter H Beall publisher of the West Union Argo Gazette died after months of illness started in 1973 cancer surgeries She was 41 and active in the Woman’s Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church She served four years as treasurer in the Upper Iowa conference The funeral was held in West Union and the remains will be taken to Mt Ayr for interment today.
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West Union
Maude Talley Beall
Walter H. Beall
West Union Argo-Gazette
Upper Iowa
West Gaion
Mt. Ayr
Waterloo Merchants Oppose Stevens Bill To Fix Prices
Local merchants in Waterloo rally against Representative Stevens New Hampshire measure to prevent price discrimination and publicize prices. Consumers and sellers fear standard pricing would curb competition, raise manufacturer control, and hurt bargain sales and profits across retailers.
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Stevens
New Hampshire
Waterloo
Neal Jackson
Frank Bros
Jackson
American Free Trade League
Senate
The
New York Globe
Track and Train 4. C. Accountants Meet in Chicago
Three delegates from Waterloo travel to Chicago for a meeting of T C accountants. Crowther Boat and Shapland represent the local shops and plan to return tomorrow. Corn prospects fall to seventy percent after recent rains. Farmers fear only thirty percent of ideal yield. Railroads aid Booze Censor R D Manson as he conducts a crackdown in Mason City.
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4. C
Chicago
T. C
Waterloo
K. G. Crowther
K. H. Boat
B. G. Shapland
Ilinois Central
Railroads
Mason City
Express
R. D. Manson
Rail attempts at escape and court action on Lockard case
Court hears pleas to remove Charles Lockard amid reports of prior confinement near the penitentiary. Local railroads report a strong grain movement with a new Chicago Great Western train added between Clarion and Carroll. Notes include staff movements in Ottumwa and Sioux City and a massive 40‑ton capacity wagon shipped to Vinton for engine relocation.
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Vutan
Charles Lockard
Hiss
Fayette
Bett
Lockard
Chicago Great Western
Clarion
Carroll
North Waterloo
Frank Gill
Shorea Freight Department
Ottumwa
CG Ll. Peterson
Sioux City
Walter Larson
I. C
Cedar Rapids
Shores
Vinton
WANTS FEDERAL SURGE ARRESTED FOR OPPRESSION
Jown City Aug 19 Charging ton M T Wade judge of the United States court with oppression D T Blodgett of Des Moines sought a warrant for his arrest before Justice Samuel Hayes in an Iowa City court and potential grand jury indictment Justice Hayes refused to issue the warrant Blodgett calls the judge's offense a refusal to issue
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Jown City
Chargington
M. T. Wade
United States Court
D. T. Blodgett
Des Moines
Samuel Hayes
Iowa City
Hayes Restried
Blodgett
Soap Free Hair Care Advice From An Advertisement
An old advertisement recommends using ordinary refined coconut oil in place of soap or shampoo. It argues soaps and most shampoos contain alkali that dries the scalp and brittle hair, while coconut oil cleanses hair and scalp, rinses clean, leaves hair silky and easy to manage, and is inexpensive and long lasting.
Pimples and Skin Eruptions Danger Signs of Bad Blood
Pimples itching skin rashes and scrofula indicate impaired blood. The ad promises S. S. S. tonic purifies and revitalizes blood to relieve long standing cases, claiming quick results. It urges readers to obtain S. S. S. from druggists or write to the company in Atlanta, Ga.
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S&s. S
Atlanta
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