La Follette Surges in Courier Presidential Poll
The Courier's presidential poll shows La Follette passing 300 votes with Davis at 184 and Coolidge leading, as 33 counties report. Statewide totals reflect party affiliations and county breakdowns with Black Hawk and other counties contributing, while towns like Gilbertville join the participation list.
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la Follette
Pol
Couriers
Nowa
Courier
Coolidge
la Foliette
Davis
Courier’s
Cooldkill
ReyPublican
Democratic
Roosevelt Progressive
Black Hawk
Bremer
Butler
Mitchell
Buchanan
Chickasaw
Grundy
Hardin
Fayette
Tama
Polk
Washington
Benton
Cedar
Dubuque
Floyd
Buena Vista
Proud
Hamilton
Cerro Gordo
Clayton
O'Brien
Avis
Republican
Butter
Adair
Delaware
Harrison
Kossuth
Adair County
Ic Love
Gilbertville
Inwa
Es Tows
Towa
County Board Moves to Protect Paving from Trucks
County board acts after complaints about paving damage from vehicles. Notices ban tractors with specific implements on treated surfaces. Penalty set at up to 1000 pounds or five years imprisonment for offenders.
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Avg
Departments Arranged in New Paul Davis Dry Goods Home
The Paul Davis Dry Goods Company moves into a newly built seven story structure, with departments on each floor from hosiery and jewelry on the first to ready to wear and millinery on the third, home furnishings on the fifth, and offices and a lunch room on lower levels. Hawkeye Oil occupies most of the sixth floor, with seventh and eighth floors hosting outside offices. Construction aims for completion around November 1.
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Paul Davis Dry Goods Company
Paul Pavia Dry Goods Comfking
Vieles
Vertising
Paul Davis Company
Hawkeye Oil Company
Loeb and Leopold Seek New Target After Franks Murder
Chicago reports Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, awaiting sentence for murder, attempted to kill attorney Mumline K. Buchman in 1920 after Buchman allegedly spread gossip about the pair at the University of Michigan. The canoe incident near Charlevoix ended with Buchman swimming to shore. Crowe’s office disclosed the confession after the grand jury indited the teens. Justice Caverly to render verdict soon amid public interest as stormy weather brews offshore from Washington.
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United Press
Chicago
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Mumline K. Buchman
Iti Wis
Offic of State
Robert Wo. Crowe
Buchman
Dickie Loeb
Bessip
University of Michigan
Leafpold
Loeb
Nathan
Lake Michigan
Chicago Law Fur
Dickie
Charnevoix
Mich
Caior
Crowe
Sid
John BR. Caverly
Tern
Justic
Criminal Court
Caverny
New Type Boulevard Lamps to Replace Old on Davis Block
City orders new style five globe boulevard lamps to replace the south side Fourth Street and Commercial Street glowers from Commercial to Union Station and in front of the Paul Davis building. Abutting property owners pay for the east Park Avenue East and Fifth Street West sections. William Webb notes the conversion brings the system to a new standard as delay stems from cable shortage.
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Five-Globe Boulevard Electroliers
Fourth
Commercial Street
Union Station
Commercial
Paul Davis
Park Avenue East
Fifth Street
William Webb
City Electrician
Sweetman Electric Company
Webster to Show Legion in Iowa is No Gimme Bunch
Ben Webster, newly elected head of the 50 000 member Iowa American Legion, says the organization must avoid becoming a gimme bunch. He aims to emphasize service as the pivotal policy while guiding membership drives across region posts. Webster will divide duties among three vice commanders: H C Miller of Waterloo, Horace Wil of Sioux City, and L M Ryan of Audubon.
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Mason City
Ben Webster
Towa Legion
Bion
Sesson
States
Webster
H.C. Miller
Waterloo
Horace
Wil
Sioux City
Lom
Davis Will Start on West Tour Sunday
Final preparations for the first tended tour of his campaign were made here today by John W. Dav ie turning westward tomorrow he will set out on a trip that will obey him as far as Denver and Seid jieep him in the west for about five weeks. Just how many addresses he will deliver is undetermined.
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Locust Valles
John W. Davie
Denver
Seid
Riot guns added to police equipment in city trial
Two special 12 gauge Winchester riot shotguns were tested by Police Chief Leighton and officers Mark Rechtfertig P K Walker and Ralph Davis. The guns, shorter than standard models, fire six shells and are touted for stopping vehicles by shooting tires and for pursuing burglars after dark. One or two guns will ride in patrol cars and a six-gun cabinet was bought for storage.
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Ace
Bsiehton
Mark Rechtfertizx
P. K. Walker
Ralph Davis
Leighton
Chinese Business and Banks Move to Avert War Cloud
Shanghai dispatch notes Chinese business and financial groups uniting in 52 organizations to press for a peace parley amid looming Chinese war. Gen Wu Pei-fu sends troops to aid Chi Shieh Yuan, while rival Wu and Chang Tso-Lin clash fears ease as floodwaters block assaults. About 60,000 Chi Shieh-Yuan and 40,000 Ta Yung-Hsiang forces converge near Shanghai with potential targets at Woosung forts and Lung Hua arsenal. trains run late as tensions rise.
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Pr Shanghai
Shanghai
Foreien
Chinese General Chamber of Commerce
Manking
Chi Shieh-Yuan
Wu Pei
Chi Shish-Yuan
Lu Yung-Hsiang
Tuchun
Chekiang
Chi
Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Gen. Wu
Chibli
Ching Tso-Lin
Ta Yung-Hsiang
Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Chi-Shieh-Yuan
Woosung
Lung
Embargo on Arms to Cuba Is Raised
President Coolidge lifted the embargo on arms shipments to Cuba by proclamation. Officials cited the end of the internal disturbances in Cuba as the reason, marking a return to normalcy after months of emergency measures.
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Cuba
Washington, D. C
Ave
Coolidge
Dawes Presses Equalized Return Plan in Nebraska Tour
Charles G. Dawes, Republican vice presidential candidate, urged a nonpartisan commission to equalize agricultural earnings and industry, arguing temporary price boosts mask permanent needs. He spoke at the University of Nebraska and planned talks with Gov. Charles W. Bryan and Gen. John J. Pershing, with campaign stops across Nebraska and Iowa.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Charles G.dawes
Jvice
Evans
Charles W. Bryan
Dawes
University of Nebraska Memorial Stadium
Gov
Bryan
Gen. Dawes
Blazehouse
Pershing
France
John J. Pershing
Thie City
Coolidge
Repiration Commission
Republican Party
Dodge Brothers Sell Record Daily Output Tops 1000 Cars
Harter B Hull of Dodge Brothers' distributing reports Detroit amid robust fall auto demand. Detroit factories push daily production near 1000 cars, surpassing previous records by about 400. Ford leads in volume, with Hudson Essex Cadillac and Lincoln also noted for strong output and bright fall prospects.
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Detroit
Harter B. Hull
Dodtze Brothers’ Distributing
Motor City
Hull
Dodge Brothers
Ford
Hudson-Essex
Cadillac
Linecoli
City in Brief Blarts Boon
City in Brief notes a string of local social and travel items, mentioning library closings for Labor Day, residents returning from trips to Sioux City, Joliet, Chicago, and Wisconsin, and various moves and appointments. It lists names such as Miss Evelyn Colby, Mrs. H. B. Colby, Mrs. J. A. Hoskins, H. H. Miller, and others, along with venue mentions like The Dells and Prairie du Chien. A note about Rotary meeting cancellation and Labor Day picnics appears alongside brief advertisements and notices.
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Virginia Troup
Sioux City
Evelyn Colby
H. B. Colby
Joliet
Silver Cross Nurses’ Training School
H. H. Miller
Minneapolis
Leaf Las
Minz
Little Babe Clause
Marjorie Clause
Chicago
Carl Lehman
Rotary Lab
Rotary Reserve
Faye Barr
Vera Barr
Kansas City
Police Find Nearly All Stolen Machiins
Police report nearly all stolen automobiles recovered in Waterton area. From April to August 45 cars were reported stolen. July and August recoveries left only two missing Ford vehicles from March 27 and August 12, per ELA Leighton and Sergt. Mark Rechtfertig.
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Waterton
Io Ela. Leighton
Sergt
Mark Rechtfertig
R. A. McFarlana
Repass Auto Company
Early Settlers of County Gather in Annual Reunion
A gala throng of pioneers and later generations gathered today at the G W Hanna homestead grove two miles west of town for the Black Hawk County Early Settlers association reunion. Elders recalled changes from wagon roads to autos and electric street life while Gen Hanna led the program amid a feast of garden produce and warm greetings.
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Sater
G. Wanne
Black Hawk County
Early Settlers’ Association
John Tiller
GW. Hanna
Henry Ch. Mullan
Charles Mul 40
Hanna
Phil c. Hanna
Henry
Marion Mullan
Charles Mullan
Mulan
Altho
Hanna Grove
Mary Sellen
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Mary Jessmore
James B. Perry
McHenry
Ill
Henry W. Grout
Milnois
New Hampshire
Gen. Hanna
Fifty Years Ago column stirs memory of L A Cobb
The Courier recalls L A Cobb a 19th century Waterloo figure famed as a watch inspector for the Chicago Great Western and Rock Island railroads and father to a son. Cobb, who died in 1888, also ran a lumber yard in 1856, a ghee store, and once owned the citys first electric light plant, prompting amusement at his enduring activity.
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J. A. Cobb
Chicago Great Western
Rock Island
Courier
Cobb
L. A. Cobb
Mutual Baseball Club
Waterloo
Union Depot
Easley Clothing
Fitat
L. A. Cobb, Jr
Drop in Temperature Promised for Sunday in Waterloo
The State Weather Bureau forecast showers tonight and cool cloudy weather tomorrow easing the heat that has lingered in Waterloo and the surrounding area. Friday’s high reached 91 degrees, with a drop to 74 last night. Today began cloudless and hot with noon at 90 and rising.
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Waterloo
State Weather Bureau
Mercure
Marriage Licenses Listed for Waterloo and Nearby
The notice lists multiple marriage licenses issued in Waterloo and nearby areas including Ernie O Howard and Cora May Wing, John Anderson and Jenny Moline, Ralph E Balsh and Ella Tacobs, Paul He Baumgartner and Irene Woodyard, Robert Bryan and Bessie Hall, Teeple and another party. Consent of parents was required for the first couple. Separate item notes state Russian Soviet efforts to recover czarist properties in China were discussed by the state department.
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Ernie O. Howard
Waterloo
Cora May Wing
Watering
John Anderson
Jenny Moline
Ralph E. Balsh
Ella Tacobs
Paul HE. Baumgartner
Irene Woodyard
Robert Bryan
Banton
Bessie Hall
Teeple
Washington
China
State Department
Coolidge-Prince Briefly Together at Noon Luncheon
Prince and Coolidge met briefly at a noon luncheon as aides rearranged plans. The prince announced he was in the United States for rest and would not rise early. He traveled by special train to New York with a guarded royal party and reporters awaiting details.
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Page
United States
Pirate Dent
Pennsylvania
Burden Estate
Long Island
New York
David Boyle
Ashington
Alock
Harry Dutrieulle
Electric Park Will Attract Waterloo Labor Day
Waterloo Central Labor union hosts a Labor Day celebration at Electric Park with races contests boxing exhibitions and dancing. Visitors from across the region plan daylong attendance and family picnics with ample accommodations for meals and gatherings.
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Electric Park
Waterloo
Labor Day
Howells Return From Eight Weeks Western Tour
Mr and Mrs W B Howell and daughters Mae and Margaret return from an eight thousand mile tour of the western states begun July 11. They were met in Ogden Utah by Evangelist Rev Harry O Anderson who accompanied them through Yellowstone park. The party visited Portland San Francisco Los Angeles and Oakland where Mr Bowell’s relatives welcomed him in his first return there in 45 years.
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G. Doerfler
Sioux City
Doerfler
Waterloo
Anna Mae French
Cecil Bickley
Harald Gieger
No. 1
W. H. Garfield
First Baptist Church
Webster City
Charles Glockner
Alta Vista Avenue
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Lloyd Rummelaart
W. H. Acker
H. N. NeFarlane
Chicago
Colorado
San Tsa Jbel National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park
Pikes Peak
Denver Mountain Parks
Cutheran
Congregational
Plenney
Spee
W. B. Howell
Mae
Margaret
Howells
Ogden
Utah
Harry O. Anderson
Yellowstone Park
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Oakland
Cal
Marital Woes Prompt Two Divorce Petitions Filed
Enola Margrets sues for divorce from J Margret whom she wed July 29 1909. They have two children Geraldine and Darreil aged 10 and 12. Mrs Margretz seeks custody and $10 alimony. Ida B Hoskins petitions for divorce from George Hoskins alleging misconduct after a July 13 1921 marriage at Sibley Ja and a Dec 26 1922 separation, seeking an injunction to stop molestation.
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Enola Margrets
J. Margret
Geraldine
Darreil
Margretz
Ida B.hoskins
George Hoskins
Sibley
Death of George Stannard at 77 in Waterton home
George Stannard 77 died at 5 20 p m yesterday at his daughter Mrs Emma Cox 414 Jefferson street He was born December 12 1847 in Albany New York married Frances King in 1869 at Galesburg Michigan Mrs Stannard died in 1914 since then he lived with his daughter He was a Civil War veteran serving with Michigan troops Surviving children are Rastus West Union Ohio Charles F Minneapolis Mrs Leona Coulter Chicago Cal Mrs Art Wills Kathryn ND and Mrs Emma Cox Waterton Funeral arrangements await sons arrival
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George Stannard
Emma Cox
Jefferson Street
Albany
N. Y
Frances King
Galesburg
Mich
Stannard
Decedent
Michigan
Rastus
West Union
Charles F
Minneapolis
Leona Coulter
Chica
Cal
Art Wills
Kathryn
N. D
Waterton
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Dunkerton
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Prairie du Chien
H. S. Hatton
U. S. Navy
Des Moines
Bee McElhinney
Hackensack
Minn
Jows
BD. A. Harter
J. BR. Snavely
Hammond Avenue
Ruth Mf Hess
Harvey J. Hess
New York City
Parsons School of Art
Jamies W. Smith
Black Ifawi County
H. A. Snyder
Snyder
Mrs.Smith
Hawkeye
Gay
Quest & Smith
Charles Wasson
William H. Sanford
J. C. Hartman
Mr. Sanford
Jonas County
Math Becker
Robert
Raymond
College of the Divine Word
Hanna’s Brove
Arly
L. A. Cobo
Federal Tires
Waterloo Vulcanizing Co
East Fifth
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