In the Spotlight of TODAY'S News 4-CENT
A century of postal rates sparks applause and silence as McKellar testifies on the impact of one and two cent cards. Rotary peers face slurs from Lewis and Mencken while Keck defends fellowship and business aims. Coolidge enjoys Northampton memories, and a Salida wreck prompts reflections on railroad safety amid ongoing tech and human factor concerns. Corraling bootleggers expands Des Moines reach with Omaha headquarters and new enforcement leaders. A Chicago alienation suit highlights marital strain over a husband’s attention and time.
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Moptarian
Gles
Rotary Club
Kiwanians
Sinclair Lewis
Th. Lb. Mencken
Charles HB. Keck
New York Club
Probe on Bureau Chief Dismissal Rocks Congress Fight
John O D Miller, head of the National Co operative Milk Producers fed eration, urged a congressional probe into the removal of Dr Henry C Taylor, chief of the bureau of agricultural economics, amid a dispute over co operative marketing bills. Miller said the group represents 340 000 to 450 000 milk producers and linked the action to support for the Dickinson bill versus the commission bill. He warned that if public servants backing the commission bill stay in office, a wider inquiry into Congress handling may follow.
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Associated Press
New York
John OD. Miller
National Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation
Henry C. ‘Taylor
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Taylor
Jardine
Miller
Jin Congress
Commission
President's Agricultural Commission
Congress
Department of Comurerto
Dickinson
Department of Agriculture
Colions
Burglars Hit Jesup Meat Market and Woods Cafe
Burglars entered Roberts and Son meat market and Woods cafe in Jesup during the night, forcing windows at both locations and stealing 16 dollars from the meat shop and 324 dollars from the cafe. No clues were reported.
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Jesup
Roberts & Son Meat
Woods Cafe
Divorce and Annulment Granted Simultaneously in Sioux City
Flora Morris, formerly Flora Burnaugh, was granted a divorce from Richard Morris and an annulment of her marriage to Charles Burnaugh in the district court. She had married Morris in 1907 at Omaha, Burnaugh in 1912, and a recent discovery that Morris was alive and not legally divorced prompted both petitions. The actions were entered on the same day.
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Sioux Gily
Flora Morris
Flora Burnaugh
Richird Morris
Omaha
Charles Burnaugh
Morris
Burnaugh
Petitians
Conduct Rites for Child Auto Victim
Funeral services will be held in Storm Lake Iowa for Evelyn Marie Walton, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walton, who was killed in an automobile collision Wednesday. The Waltons had been returning from the Alta fair when their car collided with a vehicle driven by E. Kelly.
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Storm Lake
Evelyn Marie Walton
Vo. Walton
Windy City Boys Don Topcoats As Mercury Drops
Windy City residents donned topcoats as a sudden drop in the thermometer sent temperatures toward the sixties. Forecasters warned of gusty winds, with a slow daytime rebound expected after the season’s heat. The cold snap followed an unusually hot spell.
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Windy City Boys
Mercury
Divert Interest to State Sinking Fund Ordered
Des Moines reports that the state treasurer planned to divert interest on public money into a state sinking fund to cover public deposit losses from three bank failures. Certificates for 132,073 dollars were received from the banking superintendent, and county treasurers were ordered to remit 234 percent of August and September deposits to the state treasurer. The move follows a new law drafted by Rep Lovrien and Sen Broukhart.
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Des Moines
R. E. Johnson
L. A. Andrew
Lovrien
Humboldt
James Brouokhart
Washington
Keokuk Man Heads Missouri Baptists
Keokuk resident L. Underwood was elected moderator of the North Missouri Baptist association at its sixtieth annual session in Keokuk. Rev. St. Mark Jones Canton Ma is vice president with Rev. C. B. Johnson Moberly and Rev. S. W. Embree Macon as secretaries and Rev. Paul Baker Monroe Mo as treasurer. The convention session ends tonight.
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L. Underwood
Keokuk
North ,Missouri Baptist Association
St. Mark Jones
Canton
C. B. Johnson
Moberly
S. W. Embree
Macon
Paul Baker
Monroe
Salesman Killed When Car Tips Over in Albia
Albia August 21 UP James J. Smith traveling salesman Cleveland Ohio near death after car driven by wife skidded and overturned along the Harding highway last night Mrs Smith slightly injured in the accidentcaused by a skid and rollover on the road needed details from the crash scene and medical status remains uncertain as officials investigate the cause of the mishap
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Albia
James J. Smith
Cleveland
Sitec
Harding Highway
Insurance Man Leaps to Death. Wife Critical After Collapse
Fred G. Hark a 34 year old insurance salesman leaped from the fourteenth floor of a Chicago loop office building. Police said financial difficulties led to the act. His wife an invalid collapsed and is reported in critical condition.
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Chicago
Fred G. Hark
Mississippi Barge Line Posts June Profit
Eric Ashburn, head of the Inland Waterways, announced that the Mississippi Warrior service on the Mississippi and Warrior rivers netted a profit of 36.61 for June and about 43,000 for July. The federal barge line operation was reported as profitable.
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Mississippi Warrior Service
Mississippi
Warrior Rivers
Bury
Eric
Ashburn
Inland Waterwa
Than
Freight traffic up 3.8 percent from 1924 first half
Washington AP reports freight traffic for the first six months of 1925 reached 242,509,796 net ton miles, up 7,752,890 net ton miles or 3.8 percent over the same period in 1924.
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Washington, D. C
Kendall to Broadcast Legion Drive Appeal
Des Moines announces former Gov. Kendall, state chairman of the endowment fund campaign, will explain the drive’s purpose on Tadig station WIIO Monday night.
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Kendall
Legion Drive
Des Moines
Aus
American Lazion Endowment Fund Campaign
Noted Rotarian Faces Off With Sinclair Lewis
New York Rotary officials vented over comments about Sinclair Lewis calling him overbearing and out of touch. Charles F. Kook, president, said Lewis is a writer with bold claims who misrepresents small towns, while other writers lack factual balance.
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Sinclair Lewis
New York
Rotary
Lewis
Charles Fh. Kook
Rotary Club
Ll. Mencken
Offland
Zenin
Woman found alive in Dubuque linked to Miller case
Police identify a Dubuque detainee as Jeanette Miller, missing since July 27 and linked to a charred body found near Carlisle. She faces shoplifting charges after being arrested at Stamyfer's store while using the alias Mabel Madison. Authorities weigh connections to a bogus check case in Des Moines and other relatives await updates.
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Jeanette Miller
Carlisle
Dubuque
Shay
Washington Street
Dixon
Miller
Stamyfer
Mabel Madison
Racine
Wis
Courier
J. W. Giellis
de Courier
Weo
Waterloo
Ciellis
Leighton
Jeanette Mister
Stout
Victoria Hotel
Fuly
Grillis
Des Moines
Dubuine
Russell Yogel
Vogel
Sherif Park Findley
Polk County
Mary Crist
Duduque
Vogel Tlyn Jeffrey Ballivam
Carl
T. W. Baker
Minneapolis
Coolidge Back in Old Home Town in Northampton
President Calvin Coolidge visits Northampton Massachusetts meets old friends and neighbors before continuing to Sweampsceek. He and Mrs Coolidge stay overnight at Mrs Elmira Goonhue's home after a 145 mile drive from Plymouth Vermont. He signs the Belgian debt agreement shortly after arrival.
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O“Le Priends
President Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Jim
Goodhue
Northhrampton
Wife Sues Boss Over Alienation of Affections
Mrs Helen Louise Dandeno sues boss Henry Torstenson claiming his company induced her husband to neglect home life by long hours and late poker games. She seeks $160,000 damages and separate maintenance from Frederick Dandeno, the husband, in Chicago filing.
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Chicago
Tielen Louise Dandena
Henry Torstenson
Frederick Tandena
Torstenson
Dadena
Torstensen
Helen Louise Dandeno
Dandeng
Frederick Dandeno
Honest Face Keeps Girl From Jail in Beresford
Miss Edna Rhodes of Maquaketa South Dakota and Miss Caroline Kriege of Sioux City faced a traveler's baggage mix up in Beresford. Police traced a loaded grip claimed by a traveling man and halted a potential legal action after the pair insisted they were honest.
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Sioux City
Edna Rhodes
Maquaketa
Beresford
Rhodes
Lews
English River Baptists Hold Annual Convention
English River Baptists gather at South English for their annual meeting. Prominent ministers from across the state will address attendees. The slate of churches linked to the English River association includes Ollie Sizourney Herdrick Wiehland What Cheer South English and Freniemnt along with Marsters Veyergyad Leuport and Marin Tivinedhte.
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Ollie
Sizourney
B Herdrick
Wiehland
What Cheer
Courier Delivery Notice Troubleshoot Ahead
The Courier delivers to homes before 30 o clock. If the carrier fails to deliver or if you do not receive the paper, call the office at S100 for a replacement copy. A service is provided to address delivery errors and ensure prompt replacement.
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Bey
Phere
Morse
Senatorial Recount Delayed in Pottawattamie County
Washington D C Ati 21 AP recount delays in Pottawattamie county due to large precincts hinder progress in the Town senatorial contest. Poweshiek and Ringgold counties also recounting. In Council Bluffs, Steck lost 49 votes from clerical errors in ward five precinct two while gaining 133 votes in ward six precinct two. Brogkhart’s supervisor protested higher ballot counts than Steck’s.
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Washington, D. C
Ati
Pottawattamie County
Senate
Fottawattamie County
Poweshiek
Ringgold
Council Blytis
Pottawattamies County
Daniel F. Ste
Two Hurt as Miners Clash at Zeigler Mine
Zeigler Aug 21 Two miners were injured and several cars damaged when about 150 striking miners faced a picket line at the Bell and Zoner mine No. 1. Guns were shown but no shots fired. Most workers returned to work as deputies were summoned to guard the shaft. troops were not requested and the crowd dispersed amid tense streets and heightened alarm.
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Zeigler
Bell and ZoNer
Henry Dorris
Benton
Cariis Black
Springfield
Robbers Hit Jewelry Factory for Quarter Million Loot
In Chicago three armed men robbed Lavgarus & Sons jewelry factory late yesterday. They forced president Liz Lavarus to open safes on the seventh floor, took diamonds and valuables worth about 250 000 dollars, and fled in a car with a confederate as workers in a mining room were left undisturbed.
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Chicago
Lavgarus & Sons
Liz Lavarus
Courick
Ure
Headon Collision Kills 2 Trainmen
Two Denver and Rio Grande Western tourist trains collided head on near Granite Colorado, 40 miles from Salida, killing two trainmen and injuring several others. Rail officials blame a missed stop order. dispatcher Samuel L. Smith alerted hospitals and relief crews 15 minutes before impact.
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Salida
Colo
Denver & Rion Grande Western Railroad
Little Mountain
Granite
Cola
Denver
Salt Lake City
Hfe
Samuel L. Smith
Funds Collected for Officer Killed by Burglars
Des Moines reports an appeal to aid widow and two children of Ollie Thomas, slain city policeman. Chief Cavender urged help on radio, Des Moines Policemen's Benefit Association voted 1000 for relief and 700 reward. Police questioned several underworld figures with no arrests yet.
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Des Moines
Ollie Thomas
Shnt
James Cavender
Des Moines Policemen's Benefit Association
Cavender
Corn Products Co. Sold for $143000
A garbled AP report notes Corn Products Co. sold for 143000 with references to Adams, a district judge, bankruptcy context, and mentions of Otterback and a cooperative in America. The text is fragmented and unclear, but centers on a sale price and legal proceedings.
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Jace Hubert
Otterback
Yeserday
Adams
Larue
Ameria
Boy suffocated in Brooklyn apartment fire kills seven
A Brooklyn blaze trapped seven people, including Krisger Martin, in a fourth floor apartment. Five others were hospitalized as investigators determine causes and identity of the deceased in the deadly fire.
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New York
Martin
Krisger
Jmny
Motte
Brooklyn
Addicts Will Pay One Cent to Applaud Radio
A KENF official states addicts will pay one cent to applaud radio but not two. The discussion references postal rate reforms and a congressional committee hearing on privately issued portraits and a shift in post card values. Witnesses describe shrinkage in postcard use and related audience reactions amid delayed actions.
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K. D. McKeller
Tennessee
Joint Congressional Committee
Chicago
Henry Field Seed Company
Shenandoah
McKellar
Lee
KENF
Keane
Ny. and Vie Bad Postinot, "Xo Poerived $000 Rae In Apyrbties
Effern
Campbell to Lead Iowa Area in Prohibition Enforcement
A Washington August 21 Prohibition appoints 24 federal administrators to oversee enforcement, with A W McCampbell named head of the Fifteenth district including Iowa. The new force targets bootlegging through smuggling manufacture and diversion, with focus on importation and distribution as described by General Andrews.
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Des Moines
Nebraska
South Dakota
Omata
McCampbell
Ndminator
J.C. Pawlmer
Glenn A. Hranson
Washington
Lincoln Andrews
Washington, D
Prohibition
Treasury
A. W. McCampbell
Towa
Andrews
Canal Street
Amon
Palmer
Ona
Tes Moloes
Johun C. Palmer
Glen A. Brunson
Omaha
Fifteenth District
Paloer Tuts
Foristrigt
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