Storm on Florida coast kills and injures score
Tampa reports 10 to 123 workers killed and many injured as a bunkhouse collapses during a west coast storm. Firemen and police battle debris, with damage to West Coast Fertilizer plant. Miami floods subside, area hotels and businesses suffer extensive losses. Storm warnings extend from Punta Gorda to Boston as the disturbance moves northeast off Florida.
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Tampa
Fle
Iavis Island
West Count Fertilizer Company
St. Petersburg
Bradentown
Worl Myers
Lakeland
Miami
Fla
Mami
Hiakeeh
Jacksonville
Punta Gorda
Florida Peninsula
Boston
Growth of Cooperation Spurs Postwar Prosperity in America
A 1920s analysis credits widespread cooperation across industries and railroads with slashed waste, steadier building and rising wages. It notes standardized lumber sizes, mass production gains, and a democratization of goods, claiming living standards now exceed those of past elites. It warns of postwar depression avoidance as a side effect.
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Washington
America
Ford
Merrick
Ciere
Abraham Lincoln
Advancements of science lift American civilization forward
The article discusses how science and electric power expansion transformed American life, enabling vast production and comforts. It highlights the role of science in increasing electricity transmission and cheap production, adding massive industrial capacity, with prohibition noted as an element in the commerce department's report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Commerce Department
Berald-Tripune News Service
Locarno Treaties Signed at London for World Peace
Slovakian foreign minister praised Locarno as solving Europe’s problems and urged nations to solidify internal affairs before prosperity follows. Emile Vandervelde hoped house cleaning would ease ties with the United States, while Count Skrzynski called the pact a chance for unprecedented peace and disarmament, predicting a new international spirit.
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Europe
Emile Vandervelde
Minaister
United States
Alexander Skrzynski
First 1926 Hearse License Sold In Black Hawk County
Early morning lines formed at the Black Hawk County treasurer’s office as D Radermith led the queue for 1926 license No 1 for a hearse. By 9:30 am about 281 licenses were issued and the crowd remained steady with notable attendees including E M Lichty J A Robinson and CL WW Kline. The brisk sale surpassed 1024 figures from two years ago and reflected strong demand for automobile permits at year start.
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Black Hawk County
Towa
D. Radermith
O'Keefe & Towne
E. M. Lichty
CL WW Kline
East Schools
J. A. Robinson
Motions Filed for New Trials in Two Cedar Falls Suits
Two Cedar Falls civil suits see motions for new trials in district court today. In the Thomson case against B H Stiles damages were $3500 awarded for an automobile accident that caused Andrew Thomson's death. In the Grow case against H M Merrill damages were $460 for losses to Grow's purebred ducks. Both plaintiffs are Cedar Falls residents.
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Cedar Falls
Lincoln
William Thomson
Andrew Thomson
B. H. Stiles
Oscar Grow
H. M. Merrill
Grow
Merril
J. B. Newman
Stiles Wi Aumens
Ames College Requires Student Auto and Study Checks
Ames College will investigate students autos and studies. Dean J E Foster urges full disclosure of vehicle ownership, license numbers, and other details to the dean of men. The action aims to curb unscholarly relations linked to grades, with President ko A Pearson endorsing the move.
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Ames College
IUP
J E. Foster
Lawa State College
Ety Ten
Dean of Men
Ko A. Pearson
High School Speakers Explain Tuberculosis Efforts
Speakers will visit East High East Junior T and West High to outline the Tuberculosis Association’s fight against the white plague through fundraising and public education. George F. Tike and Superintendent H.C. Moeter will speak at East facilities while Principal Fred A. Klass addresses West High. Community volunteers canvass the business district collecting seat offers and selling theatre party seats, with Mrs. J. P. Jones and Mrs. Estes leading West side sales and others directing East efforts.
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Feat Sale Camparings
George FE. Tike
East High
H.C. Moeter
East Junior T
Fred A. Klass
West High School
Oia
LAA
Seatstern
Cutivaes
Frank Amustmcent Company
Aulmauné
J. P. Tones
Estes
East
Farmers and bankers meet with Jardine on corn surplus
Chicago December 1 AP Secretary William M Jardine of agriculture meets with Iowa bankers and business leaders to discuss government aid for farmers facing record corn surpluses. They seek credit mechanisms to move excess corn into livestock and evaluate intermediate credit bank support amid waning prices and uneven local finance.
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Chicago
Bankera
William M. Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Jardine
Illiois
Saiys C. C. Davis
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Iowa
EB. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Chica
Board of Trade
Gov't
Hawkeye
Noel clemency denied for Montclair killer in New Jersey
In Trenton on December 1, the state court of pardons refused clemency for Harrison W. Noel of Montclair, condemned to die for the murder of a Negro taxi driver. The case follows the killing involving Raymond Pierce and the shooting of six year old Mars Daly in Montclair.
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Trenton
N. J
Court of Pardons
Harrison W. Noel
Mont Clair
Raymond Pierce
Mars Daly
Obituary notices for Fry, Cross, Summerhays, infant
Obituaries detail Perley Fry of Waterloo born 1876 died at six pm from carcinoma after two months illness. Survived by widow, father, four sons, two daughters, three brothers and two sisters. Funeral Thursday at 3 pm in O Keefe Towne Funeral Home, burial at Fairview. Also Ivan Kenneth Cross of Waterloo died at home. survived by parents and siblings. Joan Summerhays infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Summerhays of Vinton died yesterday and was buried in Calvary cemetery. Body brought to Kistner funeral home.
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Perley Fry
Perley F. Fry
Seventh Street West
Rock Island Railroad
Mr. Fry
Waterloo
Francis M. Fry
Logan Avenue
Clyde Fry
Hazel Darden
Rockford
Daniel
Earl
Regen
Maxine Fry
Aliso
CG. J. Fry
James A. Fry
Longmont
Colo
den Fey
Oakland Cat
Mra. Terman Fisher
Cedar Falls
P. H. Lehman
Chicago
O'Keefe & Towne
R. Macartney
Fairview
Ivan Kenneth
Ross
Ivan Kenseth Cross
Marshall E Cross
Hogle Street
Kistner
Pendias
Eugene
Harold
Melville
Tueila
Joan Semmehrtays
Joan
Summerha
Thomas W Summerhays
Vinton
Calary
Attorney Indicts Kip Rhinelander in Closing Arguments
In White Plains New York on December 1 Leonard Kip Rhinelander heir to a storied New York family was called a degenerate and a sophisticate by attorney Leo Parsons Davis defending Alice Jones Rhinelander in closing statements of the marriage annulment case Davis accused Rhinelander of arousing devotion then luring his bride to a hotel and urged the jury not to annul the marriage based on dexterity or discrimination.
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White Plains
N. Y
INS
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
Leo Parsons Davis
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Davis
Rhinelandjer
New France in Africa dream sparks global push
In a Damascus scene described by a San Francisco dispatch, France builds a “New France” in Africa with soldiers from Indochina and the Levant. Ambitious plans cover Algeria to French Congo asMediterranean migration challenges Paris. French scholars push immigration limits echoing Johnson Act fears.
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San Freucisco
Cal
Damascus
Druse
Preach
France
Setiesambian
Syria
Africa
New France
Quebec
Great Lakes
Mississippi
New Orleans
Algeria
Morocco
French Soudan
Tehad
Sengambia
Ivory Coast
French Nigeria
French Congo
Paris
Tunis
Royal
Italy
Aimetica
Jury Selected in Des Moines Peoria Booze Shipping Case
In Des Moines on December 1 the government prepared for trial against 19 residents of Des Moines and Peoria for violating the national prohibition act. Jury selection was completed and U.S. Attorney Ross Mowry outlined the prosecution's evidence. Defendants are charged with transporting liquor from Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co. Peoria to Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Peoria
Til
Ross Mowry
United States
Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co
Woman Killed by Fall from Window at Des Moines Hospital
Mrs. Aevilia Grant Rolfe of Iowa was almost instantly killed when she plunged from a sixth story window at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. She had been in poor health for some time and had been admitted about 20 days ago.
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Des Moines
Aevilia Grant
Rolfe
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Grant
Linden church men reform after three-year inactivity
The Men's Brotherhood of Linden Church reorganized at a church meeting last night. P. A. Marble was elected president, with Edson Gillette as vice president, Frank Chapman as secretary, Earl Chapman as assistant secretary, and Carl Stecher as treasurer. Committee chairs were Essaws entertainment Q A Zwehike refreshments Fred Teeter membership O T Brooks visitation John Uker.
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Men's Brotherhood of
Linden M
P. A. Marble
Brotherhood
Edson Gillette
Frank Chapman
Earl Chapman
Dassistant
Carl Stech
Essaws
Q. A. Zwehike
Fred Teeter
O. T. Brooks
John Uker
Garage Permit Issued by City Commissioner
A building permit was issued by Commissioner Charles Wasson for a garage to be erected at 357 Idal Street by Charles Pager Wind. The project cost 300 dollars with a 6 dollar cost noted.
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Charles Wasson
Charles Pager
Mrs Moore and daughter depart for Los Angeles winter
Mrs BE L Moore and her daughter Miss Madeline left for Los Angeles to spend the winter. A brief society note describes their travel plans and anticipates easing into the California season.
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California
BE. L. Moore
Madeline
Los Angeles
Pinchot plan to end coal strike rejected by operators
Philadelphia dispatch reports Gov. Pinchot's plan to end the anthracite suspension rejected by mine operators. A letter to the governor says no basis for a sound settlement exists and prior wage talks failed. Miners union says the plan was accepted only due to the emergency. Legislation to seize mines being discussed in Congress.
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Philadelphia
Pinchot
Atlantic City
Pinghot
Jobe L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Sea Board
Borah
Berger
Boy, 8, Sole Survivor of Crossing Crash in Which 9 Died
Memphis dispatch reports William Oxford, eight, the sole survivor of a fatal crossing crash near Achillon station Arkansas. Nine people died when their car was struck by a Frisco line passenger train. The boy remained in critical condition as authorities identified the victims: Clem Oxford, 35 and his four children, Lawrence Oxford, Clem’s brother, and his wife and two children.
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Boy
Memphis
Tenn
William Oxford
Achillan Station
Ark
Clem Oxford
Lawrence Oxford
Clem
Prisoners Strike For Better Meals In Chariton Iowa
Prisoners sentenced for violating the prohibition law and assigned to toil on county grounds and streets have gone on strike. The county board had set 20 cents per meal, which the workers said was too light for the labor. The board refused to raise the allowance.
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Chariton, Ta
County Board of Supervisors
Light Company Gets Franchise in BremerCounty
Des Moines dispatch reports the Central Power and Light Co of Charles City received a state railroad commission franchise to construct and operate a new utility facility in Bremer County. Light company representatives, led by E Doxey of Charles City, appeared before the commission to advocate the project.
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Bes Moines
Central, Power & Light Co
Charles City
Rairoad ‘Commission
Sreustiasig Jing
Bremer County
E_ Doxey
Commission
Light Company
Graham and Smith Awarded Letters at University of Iowa
Two Waterloo boys Donald M. Graham and Paul E. B. Smith received football letters at the State University of Iowa. Graham earned an I and Smith a secondary letter. Both are sons of Waterloo residents Mrs. James M. Graham of 130 Sheridan road and Mrs. F. W. Smith of 215 Bluff street respectively.
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Waterloo
Donald M. Graham
James M. Graham
Sheridan Road
Paul EB. Smith
F. W. Smith
Bluff Street
State University of Iown
Iowa City
Graham
Smith
Codicil Alters tenor of Odell will executors named
A codicil dated May 15 last changes the Odell will executed jointly by Lilla M Odell and Frank D D Odell. The original 1907 will left property to the survivor. The codicil names Clair Martin of Cedar Falls as executor and trustee, with income to the brother. Miss Odell died at Cedar Falls on November 24.
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Lilla M
Frank DD. Odell
Clair Martin
Cedar Falls
Odell
Traffic Court Fines Set in Morris Greenberg Case
In a first session after a long gap, the municipal court with Judge J. C. Reem fined Morris Greenberg $3.50 plus costs for speeding. case continued from yesterday.
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Morris Greenberg
J. C. Reem
Thousands Males in Waterloo Face Poll Tax Suits
City Clerk Charles Mackay reports the final day for 1926 poll tax payments drew nearly 300 citizens who paid about 31,606. Over 1,000 delinquent men remain, with collections to be pursued by attorneys and a certified list to the county treasurer for property assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mackay
Building Permits Hit $44 620 in November Local Totals
Forty-one permits were issued in November totaling 44 620 for new construction. Five residences, four business buildings, a factory addition, 22 private garages, seven houses remodeled, a warehouse remodeled, and installation of 40 heating plants were approved by Commissioner Charles Wasson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wasson
Cirs
Wasson
Missing Des Moines Girl Arrested in Omaha
Des Moines girl Ethel Brewer aged 19, arrested in Omaha with Stanley Harrison and Roy Arthur on charges of transporting a stolen car from Des Moines. She allegedly met the two men and F. Smerson, held in Council Bluffs on forging charges, and joined them here. Des Moines police have been seeking her since she left Des Moines about ten days ago.
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Omaha
Neb
Ethel Brewer
Des Moines
Stanley Harrison
Roy Arthur
F. Smerson
Council Bluffs
Gunman and Victim Both Face Charges in Omaha Killing
In Omaha, Fred Williams, 40, a printer, is charged with first degree murder for shooting and killing his wife and wounding a roomer, Louis Wauttilier. Weymiller will face a statutory offense. Williams has children from a former marriage in Sioux City. Weymiller’s home is in Minneapolis. he is a Minnesota University graduate.
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Omaha
Neb
INS
Clurder
Fred Williams
Louis Wautillier
Verymiller
Williams
Sioux City
Lat Weymiller
Minneapolis
Minnesota University
Brookhart Concedes Votes to Steck in Iowa Senate Contest
Washington D C UP report states J G Mitchell counsel for Senator Brookhart concedes 1 273 Steck votes previously contested as valid under law. Mitchell says they do not wish to confuse the senate with any contest.
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Washington, D
Deeg
J. G.mitchell
Brookhart
Iowa
Daniel F. Steck
Senate
Mitchell
Kindles Fire With Kerosene Near Death
Mrs. Thomas Roberts of Williamsburg lies in critical condition after her clothing caught fire when she threw kerosene onto a stove. Her husband aided in extinguishing the flames as the blaze caused extensive burns on her body.
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Williamsburg
Thomas Roberts
Here
Swedish Court to Visit Des Moines Tonight
Des Moines on December 1 hosts Count and Countess Wachtmeister of Sweden. The count is chamberlain to the King of Sweden. The countess was formerly Miss Beulah Hubbett of Des Moines. They will be feted at the Hubbard mansion.
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Des Moines
Sowa
Wachtmeister
Sweden
Beulah Hubbett
Hubtel
Lake Charles Fire Destroys Grocery Block. Deaths Reported
Fire in Lake Charles Louisiana destroyed about a third of a block in the business district early today with estimated losses of around 1 million dollars. One or more women are dead and two others seriously injured, with several additional injuries reported.
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Lake Charles
Roadman Speaks at Linden Dinner
Dr. Carl Roadman pastor of Grace M E church delivered the principal address at the Father and Son banquet held at Linden Methodist Episcopal church. About 50 fathers and sons attended. He stressed father son companionship and boys living up to their father's expectations. A Zuehikelea assembly sang and Chester Marble sang a vocal. The meal was provided by the church women with Mrs. Ross Wilbur as committee chair. Six more church banquets are planned soon at several local congregations.
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Carl Roadman
Grace M. E. Church
Linden Methodist Episcopal Church
Roadman
A. Zuehikelea
Chester Marble
Ross Wilbur
Church of the Brethren
Burton Avenue Baptist
First Presbyterian
Trinity
American Lutheran
First
Saint Luke's English Lutheran
Conopus Club Nominates Officers for Primary Election
Primary nominations for officers of the Conopus club were made at the Black’s Tea meeting in Black’s Tea Room. Officers will be elected December ao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conopus Club
Monte Saunders Liquor Case Continued in Court
Hearing on charges of illegal possession and liquor nuisance against Monte Saunders was postponed by Judge J. C. Beem after defense counsel sought more time. Saunders is set to appear in district court tomorrow to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court for violating a liquor injunction. Police found sixty two gallons of liquor under Saunders' bedroom floor during the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Saunders
J. C. Beem
Saunders
Monte
Student Supply Store Inventory After Bankruptcy
An inventory of the Student Supply Store at Cedar Falls was taken yesterday under the direction of I. E. Jordan, appointed receiver in bankruptcy proceedings in the federal court for the southern district of Iowa. Lyle R. McCarty of Iowa City, owner of stores in Cedar Falls and Iowa City, arranged the appointment through referee F. A. Cooper of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
I. E.jordan
Sourn District of
Iowa
Lyle R. McCarty
Europe watches dry law Laurie tells Kiwanis
Rev. J. A. Laurie pastor Cedar Heights Community Presbyterian church spoke to Kiwanis about his Europe trip. He said European nations observe America to see how prohibition unfolds and claimed German money is being sent to the United States to support anti prohibition groups.
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America
J. A. Laurie
Cedar Heights Community Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis
Europe
Laurier
United States
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