First comprehensive tests to measure draft animals pulling power
Des Moines August 27 The first comprehensive tests to determine the pulling power of draft horses and mules began at the lawn state fairgrounds and will continue four days. Three classes of teams will be tested with a dynamometer to record pulling power and compare horses, mules, and other draft animals for future agricultural use and vehicle efficiency.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Auk
Lawn State Tary- Grounds
Town State College
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Horse Association of America
Wayne Dinsmore
H. S
England
California
Iowa State College
Ames
United States
Lester
Iowa
Junior City Tennis Tournament Set to Start Saturday
Waterloo announces a junior city tennis championship for players under 21 from local bars. Entry fee 50 cents, trophies for winner and runner up. FW Richardson directs with Walter Lee and John Corson assisting. Aiming for 30 entrants. first rounds Saturday, later rounds by Wednesday or Thursday, with finals likely midweek.
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Waterloo
FW. Richardson
M. CG. al Is In General Charge, Assisted By Walter Lee and Tohn Corson
Cedar Falls Pioneer Woman 78 Dies In Des Moines
Anne Falkenberg 78 a longtime Cedar Falls resident died yesterday at the Danish Isthmian home in Des Moines. Her son Peter J will bring the body back to Cedar Falls for the funeral at Danish Bethlehem Church under Pastor A H Kil egaard. Born in Denmark in 1845 she came to America in youth and later lived at the Danish Institution about seven years.
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Cedar
Anne Falkenberg
Des Moines
Eter J
Dea Moines
Bethlehem Church
Kil@egaard
Falkenberg
Denmark
America
Chicago Opera to Open 1320 Season with Star Cast
The Chicago Civic Opera opens November 8 with tenor Fernand Augseau making his American debut and stars like Anne Homer Mary Garden and Feodor Chalapin among the regular roster. Revivals include Zaza with Mary Garden and Cleopatra, under Giorgia Polacco as musical director, with the season extended by a week and ballet led by Adolph Bohm.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Fernand Augseau
Chicago Civic Opera
Mary Garden
Armelita Galli Curci
Florence MacHeth
Mary AleCormis
Cyrena Vah Gordon
Georges Hakejlanois
Tito Sclipa
Wdith Mason
Feodor Challapin
Giorgia Polacco
Boris Godunoff' Ani
I Africana
Meyerbeer
Hovellies
France
Germany
Italy
Pronesen
Moussorgsky
Boris Godunois
Adolph Bohm
Anna Ludmila
Exhume Body of Boy to Confirm Identity at Troy Mills
Authorities grant permission to exhume a buried boy in Troy Mills Iowa to determine if he is William Whiddie or Ralph Sexton. Parents of Sexton believe he may be alive after missing from Eldora training school. Exhumation planned despite storm. officials aim to end family suspense.
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Nes Moines
Rodney PP. Fagan
Laws Poard of Health
Troy Mills
Oto
William Whiddie
Ralph Saxion
Hove
Eldora
Saxion
Will Wark
Cedar Rapids
Mrames R. Wirdie
Venter
Tror Mills
Ralph Sexton
Hailstorms Kill Chickens Near Oskaloosa
Severe hail swept Mahaska county last evening, stripping cornfields and tree leaves. Reports say the hail was heavy enough to kill a number of chickens on farms north of Oskaloosa.
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Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Pinchot Urges Avert Coal Strike Through Private Talks
Governor Pinchot calls for urgent private conferences to avert a coal strike. He stresses the public’s double stake: preventing a costly shortage and achieving a fair settlement. Miners leader Phillip May says he can act if invited, with talks set for 2 PM and 9 AM sessions. The scene drew press and film crews as Mrs. Pinchot attended, and leaders prepared to discuss terms confidentially.
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Pinchot
Minoray
Phillip May
Bladine Talks Europe Trip No Mix in Affairs
Lars Bladine, internal revenue collector, spoke to Rotarians about a European tour visiting England, France, Germany, and Norway. He praised most of Europe, warned about Ruhr conditions, described a French trench and German barricade, critiqued German money and urged restrictive immigration. He urged America to let Europe settle its own problems.
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Lars Bladine
England
France
Germany
Norway
Europe
Mr. Bladine
United States
Ruhr
Battile Fields
Meney
Kirkwood Film Star Thrown From Horse Saturday
Los Angeles Aug 27 James Kirkwood film actor was reported near death at his Beverly Hills home after being thrown from a horse late Saturday. Physicians say he has a fracture of the orbital base and brain concussion with an even chance of recovery. he has been unconscious since the accident. Lila Lee, now his wife, remains at his bedside.
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Los _Angeles
Cal
James Kirkwood
Beverly Hills
Kirkwood
Lila Lee
U S Won't Appeal Reading Trust Antitrust Case
Washington August 2 Attorney General Daugherty announced the government will not appeal the Reading Company antitrust dissolution case. The action ends a landmark government challenge under the antitrust laws.
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U.S
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Daugherty
United States Supreme
Reading Company of Pennsylvania
German-born Mrs. Auger dies in Waterloo after illness
Mrs Mathilda G Auger died at 1130 p m Saturday at her daughter’s home 102 Linwood avenue from apo plexy after a brief illness. Born in Germany March 6 1849 she married Fred Auger and lived in Grundy county and Chicago before moving to Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Surviving are seven daughters and one son plus a sister in Germany. Body at Petersen Bros mortuary as funeral plans await word from daughters on a camping trip.
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Mathilda G. Auger
J. J. Zellinger
Linwood Avenue
Germany
Fred Auger
Chicago
Grundy County
Auger
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
St. John’s Lutheran Church
J. S. Baikie
J. BR. Theimer
Oklahoma City
J. L. Seilinger
W. S. Benarden
la Porta City
W. C. Behrens
John Behrens
George Behrens
John Auger
Reinbeck
Laura Kroeming
Petersen Bros
Simmons Brand Klan Riot Heads Gunmen Outlaws
Atlanta dispatch reports Hiram Wesley Evans and Ku Klux Klan members linked to the Carnegie Pennsylvania riot face potential loss of citizenship. Simmons denounces gunmen guarding the imperial wizard as provoking lawlessness. In Carnegie the clash with townspeople left Thomas Abbott dead and many klansmen arrested or fined. Police recovered over 300 firearms amid the four block riot.
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United Press
Atlanta
Hiram Wesley Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Carnegie
William J. Simmons
Ay. Evans
Pennsylvania
Col. Simmons
Simmons
Imperial Palace
Klan
Pittsburgh
Samuel H. Gardner
Thomas R. Abbott
Atlasburg
Washington County
W. H. Evans
Abbott
Sam D. Rich
King Kleasle
Forsythe Farm
Mitnor
kKlansmen
Glendale Bridge
Holdups Net $10,000 At Comiskey Yard
Chicago police report two armed bandits robbed jewelry valued at $10,000 from Mrs. Grace Comiskey in the yard of the Comiskey residence. The assailants, described as two negro men, fled the scene after the theft. The incident occurred last night as Mrs. Comiskey and former pitcher Big Ea Walsh were threatened in the yard.
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Chicago
Grace Comiskey
Charles Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Big Ea
Walsh
Comiskey
Girl Fails to Press Charges in Chicago Attack Case
Chicago August 27. Charges that Cyril M. Adler 24 son of a Sears Roebuck & Co. executive attacked Miss Sylvia Wagner 15 were dismissed when the girl failed to appear against him in police court today. The concealed weapons charge against Adler was held in abeyance. None of the girl's relatives appeared when the case was called.
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Chicago
Cyril M. Adler
Sears Roebuck & Co
Sylvia Wagner
Adler
Six Die In Auto Train Collision At Rail Crossing
Six people were killed and a seventh seriously injured when their auto was struck by a railroad train at Gray's Crossing near Binghamton New York on Sunday. The accident occurred in a dense fog.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Gray's Crossing
U C Flyer Kills Driver on Crossing in Cherokee
Cherokee, Aug. 27. Jeary Meuwenberg, driving a trick, was killed when an Illinois Central flyer struck him at the crossing. The incident occurred this morning and the engineer was killed on another report from Suman, Ind. Lov enber, Garrett, Ind., engineer of Baltimore & Ohio express No. 13, was killed when his train left the track after plunging into a washout near here early today. the entire train and 15 express cars derailed.
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Cherokee, Ta
Jeary Meuwenberg
Illinois Central
Suman
Ind
Lovenber, Garrett
Here
Army Fliers Move Toward Coast to Photograph Eclipse
Dayton Ohio Aug 27 Lieuts A N Stevens and John A Macready launched toward the coast on the first leg to San Diego where on Sept 10 they expect to photograph a solar eclipse. They will fly at 18000 to 20000 feet and must perform the work in under a minute as the moon's shadow crosses the earth at more than 1000 miles an hour. Stevens leads the McCook field aerial photography section. The test uses a special DHHB photographic airplane.
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Lowell 11. Smith
John GB. Richter
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Cal
Deaviland
Robert G. Erwin
O. R. McNair
Virgil Hines
Frank Seifert
Smith
Richter
Jane
John A. Macreaily
Oakley Kelley
Associated Press
Dayton
A. N. Stevens
John A. Macready
Lieut
Stevens
McCook Field
Iowa Airman and Passenger Killed at Lizard Lake
An Iowa pilot Tom Stearns and passenger Martha Carpenter died when Stearns’ plane crashed near Lizard Lake resort 35 miles northwest of Port Dodge at 6 30 p m on Sunday. The aircraft disappeared after takeoff following a sightseeing flight with Carpenter aboard. Witnesses believed the motor stopped causing loss of control. Stearns a Havelock resident and army aviator was 20th Lake passenger to perish in such rides.
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Associattud Press
Port Dodge
Tom Stearns
Martha Carpenter
Rodman
Lizard Lake
Here
Stearns
Havelock
Laborer Digs Up Big Hoard of Gold
Hagerstown Maryland August 27 Penniless yesterday a laborer named Houser found a tin box by a roadside while digging with a pick. He claimed $10 000 in gold and up to $90 000 in greenbacks and will seek treasury experts to count the money. Neighbors pressed for partage amid mountain curse threats to share the wealth.
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United Press
Hagerstown
Touser
Houser
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Bergdorf
Washington
Treasury
Robert BE
Lee Waters
Waters
July production dips show slight decline in goods
Washington Aug 27 the federal reserve board reports July saw a 1 percent drop in production of basic commodities and a 2 percent fall in employment. Railroad freight remained strong and retail sales declined seasonally. New building activity fell more than normal.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Slaying Conviction and Local Notices Across Iowa
In Sac City a 25 year sentence was given to Anna Maelkt 21 colored for slaying Rose Ash 22 Wall Lake. Farmington votes Sept 17 on selling the electric light plant to Iowa Electric for 15000. Ames notes Canadian roads are 10 years behind US, and police use postcards to urge nights locked. Decorah marks seventieth anniversary of Big Dance Lutheran church. Cedar Rapids Rudolph Ceppl dies at 4 p m heart failure while playing baseball. Town judge Huffman faces divorce suit for cruel treatment. Muscatine boy Oliver Hoskins 9 drowns on the Mississippi shore. Des Moines Richard Ballard of Davenport Illinois wins three silver cups at Fort Des Moines encampment.
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Sac City
Anna Maelkt
Rose Ash
Wall Lake
Rockwell City
The
Highway Commission
Ames
Decorah
Here
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Rudolph Ceppl
Henry Jamer
Mason Guy
Willliam F. Huftmab
Supreme Court of Town
Myrtie Huffman
Muscatine
Oliver Hoskins
Des Moines
Richard W. Ballard
Davenport
Citizens Military Training Camp
Fort Des Moines
Rio Grande Flooded by Two Cloudbursts
Two flood waters from cloudbursts at Palomas and Leasburg in New Mexico are expected to reach El Paso today. The flood is estimated at 6,800 second feet, about one third below the peak levels seen in the Rio Grande over the past two weeks.
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el Paso
Tex
Palomas
Leasburg
N. M
Rio Grande
Two Aviators Fall Near Fayette Narrowly Hurt
Oelwein Iowa August 27 two Kansas City aviators escaped serious injury when their plane clipped wires during takeoff near Fayette Iowa and crashed into a telephone pole. The propeller left wing and wheel were damaged but both fliers suffered only minor bruises as they continued their journey to Wisconsin. A message from Ohio was sent for a replica and the airmen were en route from Kansas City via Oelwein.
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Oelwein
Kansas City
Fayette
Ohio
Wisconsin
Rohde Promoted To District Sales Manager At Clothcraft
C R Rohde promoted by Joseph and Feiss Co Cleveland makers of Clothcraft clothing to district sales manager with Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota as territory headquarters remain Waterloo He has been with the firm one year and his promotion came as a happy surprise.
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Co. R. Rorde
C. R. Rohde
Joseph & Feiss Co
Cleveland
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Waterloo
Sues for Death of Youth Killed by Kite Wire
Mrs Macy Rockwood files a $2999 suit in Sioux City alleging Sioux City Service Co negligent for not insu lating or warning, after her son Charles Rockwood was electrocuted when his kite wire touched a live line. The boy died almost immediately.
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Sues
Siouxity
Sioux City Service Company
Macy
Rookwood
Charles
Rockwood
Conference for Brethren Youth At Riverview Park Cedar hits
The eighth summer conference for Young People of the Church of the Brethren will be held at Riverview Park Cedar Falls. Waterloo and Orange districts will skip Sunday services to attend. Sessions will cover leadership training life work choices social etiquette church history Sunday School methods and recreation with daily prayer mission study and entertainment. Speakers include W J Heisey Shou Yang China and others from Iowa Indiana Illinois and Milledgeville.
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Iowa Church of the Brethren
Riverview Park
Cedar
Waterloo
Orange
A. P. Blough
W. J. Heisey
Shou Yang
China
L. W. Schultz
North Manchester
Ind
Irene Fierheller
Milledgeville
Elg3ig Emmert
Mt. Morris
Ill
I. D. Leatherman
Grundy Center
Parry Rohrer
Clarence Gnagy
M. G. Miller
Kingsley
C. H. Shamberger
Elgin, Ill
Lohman Named Athletic Physician for East High
Dr. F H Lohman, formerly of St Louis, appointed athletic physician for East High Schools for the next school year by the school board. He succeeds Dr Ben C Everall and is a Iowa University 1921 graduate who played football for Iowa in 1917 18 and 19 earning captaincy in 1919. East school board also chose Dr M Smith as school dentist for the coming year.
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F. H. Lohman
St. Louis
Ben C. Everall
Dry Ichman
Medical School of
Iowa University
City Hospital
Iowa U
East School Board
Dr. M. ©. Smith
Civil War Vet Sings and Jokes at Auditor's Office
Cedar Falls veteran Ho ward Corrin aged 99 entertained clerks and patrons in the county auditor's office this afternoon. Accompanied by his daughter he joked the deputy auditor, sang a Manx hymn in common meter, and claimed tax exemption for his Civil War service. He enlisted at Davenport at age 40 and was the nation’s second oldest Civil War veteran to reenlist two years ago.
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Howard Corrin
Cedar Falls
Corrin
Davenport
United States
Cars in Collision Over the Weekend
A number of automobile collisions were reported to the police Saturday night and Sunday with no injuries but extensive vehicle damage. Readings include B W Heddes of 1275 Ackerman colliding with W P D Wonthe of 518 Conger at Broadway and Riehl on Saturday night, Ray Bartlett Bassett of Tennessee colliding with W D Miler of 614 Mullan Avenue West, A H Roberts of 1229 Columbia struck by an auto at 6 30 p m Sunday six miles from Waterloo, Cloud Rivers of 222 Jefferson colliding with Verne Anton of 61 Linwood at Fourth and Lafayette streets, and J M Heathershaw of 18 Mulberry reporting his car struck by Frank Saller at Hammond Avenue and Eleventh Street.
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B. W. Heddes
Ackerman
W. PD. Wonthe
Conger
Broadway
Waterloo
Texas Judge Orders Oil Promotion Quiz
Federal Judge J. C. Hutchison Jr reconvened the grand jury and instructed members to begin an investigation into the use of mails in oil promotion. Local federal officials hail the action as the first step in a sweeping federal oil probe in the southern district of Texas.
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Houston
Tex
J. C. Hutchison, Jr
Ise
Texas
Editor of Headlight Visitor in Waterloo
Ji T Moore editor of the Headlight, Pittsburg Kans, is a Waterloo visitor with his wife and young daughter. They stay at the home of L B Wood, telegraph editor of the Courier. Moore has been touring the country by motor for nearly a year testing his eyes from office work which has seemed to injure them in recent years.
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JI. T. Moore
Headlight
Pittsburg
Kan
Waterloo
L. BE. Wood
The
Courier
Moore
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