Deadlock in 1928 Republican Convention City Vote
Washington, Dec 7 AP reports a deadlock in selecting the 1928 Republican National Convention city. On multiple ballots Kansas City and San Francisco lead, with Detroit and Chicago also receiving votes, but no majority reached.
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Washington
D. C
Kansas City
San Francisco
Kanean City
San Franciess
Detroit
Chicago
Maryland
Wisconsin
Vermont
Main City
San Francisos
Chieng
Wrehington
Philadelphia
Cleveland
San Antonio
Blizzard Threatens to Maroon Waterloo
A severe winter storm disrupts Waterloo with blocked highways as coal and food supplies strain. Des Moines and Chicago forecasters warn of zero to 15 degree lows with heavy snow and northwest winds. A Rock Island freight train is held, and road crews deploy rotary snowplows while dairies and wholesalers scramble to maintain essentials.
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Waterton
Waterloo
W. BD. Johnston
Rock Island
Manly
St. Paul
Des Moines
Euch
Iowa
Northwest
Sioux City
Charles City
Tes Moines
Dubuque
Edpety
Keo
Chicago
Dec
Middlewest
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Blizzard Lashes Minnesota Nebraska and Colorado Prompting Closures
A severe snowstorm blanketed the Midwest and plains with two to three feet of snow in places. Roads and communications were cut as towns in Colorado and Nebraska faced blizzard conditions, while Minnesota and the Dakotas reported record cold and school closures in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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Colorado
Huron, 8. D
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Alliance
Neb
Oklahoma
Colorado Springs
Collins
Colo
Nebraska
Lincoln
Easter
Omaha
Z -Communication
Valentine
Minn
Northwest
Norwiich
South Dakota
St. Cloud
North
Calgary
Alberta
Dee
John Hucalul 7
U S Business on Sound Base Says Treasury Report
Treasury report asserts a sound U S business base after World War II costs show 35 119 622 144. Secretary McJoy reiterates tax legislation aims including limiting reductions to 225 million and removing the surtax from government securities to align corporate and individual investors with tax exempt state issues. He urges passage of the alien property bill and farm loan act amendments from last session.
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United States
House
Ways and Means
Mcl. Joy
Congress
Depositors to Get Christmas Present from Iowa Loan & Trust
Des Moines readers learn the Iowa Loan & Trust Co. bank will pay a 10 percent dividend totaling about 450000 to depositors within 15 days as part of a plan that raises total reimbursement to 50 percent within a year. The bank closed a year ago, leaving roughly seven million dollars of deposits tied up.
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Des Moines
Iowa Loan & Trust Co. Bank
Lester Thompson
Yowa Loan & Trust
Man Rahn Found in Cell After Mother’s Death
Fred Rahn was located by police after a weeklong search. Rahn, sought for intoxication, was found in a city cell as a family tragedy unfolded with his mother Mrs. Arthur Rahn of Port Dodge, Iowa, dying a week earlier. He claimed he stopped for drinks before turning himself in.
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Fred Rahn
Rahn
Arthur Rahn
Port Dodge
Thomas Morris
Morris
Dunkerton Family Hosts Basket Dinner Party From Aredale
The A L Hardman family who moved to a Dunkerton area farm were guests of honor as friends from Aredale and nearby towns held a Sunday gathering. About 16 attended for dinner and a day of visiting. Guests included Mr and Mrs George Sigenfritz and others from Aredale Dumont Clarksville and local communities.
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Courier Special Serties
Dunkerton
A. L. Hardman
Aredale
Hardman
George Sigenfritz
Jack Rabber
Vesta Lynch
Henry Brown and Sons
Neva Wilson
Dumont
Burel Igenfritz
Clarksville
Henry Wedeking Dies at 65 in Clarksville Home
Henry Wedeking aged 65 of Clarksville died about 11 a.m. today at his home. He is survived by his widow, two sons and two daughters. Funeral plans are not listed in the fragment.
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Henry Wedeking
Clarksville
Courirt Epedial Beret
Dec
Advertising Club Dinner at Campbell Bakery Plant
Members of the Waterloo Advertising club and their wives will dine at 6 30 Friday evening in the Campbell Baking company new plant at Third avenue and Commercial street They will tour the bakery after the meal W F Schrag will speak on Baking and two or three musical numbers will be provided
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Waterloo Advertising Club
Campbell Baking Company
Third Avenue
Commercial Street
W. F.schrag
Wabash River Floodgrounds Cut Roads East of Mt Carmel
The Igwet river ferry at Mt. Carmel halted as the Wabash river rose 1.3 feet and flooded roads to the east. The stream stood about 20 feet above its normal level overnight, with flood stage at 16 feet.
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Wabash River
Mt. Carmel
Til
Congress Debates Urgent Deficiency Bill and Tax Reform
The Congress faces urgent deficiency bill discussion while hearings on flood control continue. Republican committees proceed drafting proposals as the Ways and Means panel works on tax reduction. Senate deliberations focus on Smith Ware seating and a conference between regulars and insurgents on organization.
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Flood Control Committee
Republican Committee On Committees
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Smith-Ware
Cana
Fifty Gallons Denatured Alcohol Stolen in Heist
Police investigate a theft from the Bartley Shepherd Oil station at Fourth and Sumner streets where a 50 gallon barrel of denatured alcohol used as antifreeze was taken. Detectives pursue the thief, unsure if the culprit sought a drink or a car use.
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Bartley~ Shepherd Oil Company
Fourth and
Sumner Streets
Boy Scolded Slays Mother and Wounds Others in Ohio
St Clairsville reports 15 year old Andy Dykes killed his mother after a reprimand for not attending school and wounded his father and a farm hand. Authorities expect surrender but the youth remains in the hills where he spent much time.
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St. Clairsville
Andy Dykes
Furnace Fire Destroys Newkirk Church North of Alton
Fire from an overheated furnace razed the Newkirk Dutch Reformed church eight miles north of Alton causing about $25,000 in damage. The Alton fire department arrived too late as wind fanned the flames.
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Alton, Ta
Newkirk
Here
Alton
Fie
Woman Killed by Hit and Run Driver in Des Moines
Mrs Betty Smith 68 died in a Des Moines hospital from injuries after a hit and run struck her and dragged her 20 feet last night Police began a search for the motorist Rev O M Yagsy pastor of First Evangelical church read the marriage service yesterday for Miss Esther Florence Hasler and Joseph Edward Messerli at Cascade Iowa his home and the bride lived in Waterloo at the home of Mr and Mrs Gord Faust 1207 Second Street West
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Des Moines
Betty Smith
Messerli-Hasler
O. M. Yagsy
First Evangelical Church
Esther Florence Hasler
Joseph Edward Messerli
Birds Helped by Winter Weather Advisory
With rain sleet and heavy snow reducing food, compassionate residents are urged to place suet and feed birds. People will tie suet to trees to aid wildlife during harsh conditions.
Tragedy in Hawarden as two men die in truck crash
In Hawarden Iowa a blinding snowstorm caused two trucks to skid and overturn killing Marshall 20 from Elk Point and injuring McVay 20 who also resided in Elk Point. A church supper at First Methodist Episcopal was postponed to tomorrow due to the storm.
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Hawarden
i/Pj
Harold Marshall
Finn MecVay
Elk Point
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Oldtime Resident and Telephone Executive Visits Waterloo
Charlies E Hall, a Northwestern Bell veteran born in Water loo and former Waterloo boy, visits Waterloo to interview old residents about early telephone service and to plan a history of Iowa’s telephone development. Hall has worked in Davenport and for the Bell and Northwestern companies and nears retirement.
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Charlies E. Hall
Onaha
Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company
Waterloo
Hall
Orange Township
Davenport
Bell Telephone Company
Iowa
Northwestern Company
Ades
Rev Thomas Niven to be installed as First Presbyterian pastor
Rev Thomas Niven will be formally installed as pastor of First Presbyterian church under Waterloo Presbytery on Thursday December 15. The ceremony at First Presbyterian church is open to the public with Rev W J Niven of Rochester Minnesota brother of the new pastor taking part. The service will be led by moderator Dr J A Laurie with Rev W A Ganfield preaching, Rev W J Niven delivering the charge to the pastor and Rev HR Ferguson delivering the charge to the congregation.
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Thomas Niven
First Presbyterian Church
Waterloo Presbytery
W. J. Niven
Rochester
J. A. Laurie
Cedar Heights
W. A. Ganfield
Carroll College
Waukesha
Wis
HR. Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
William BP. McCormick
Westminster Church
Ames Man Wins Iowa Pork Production Championship 1927
Adolph Larson of Wellman in Washington County won the Iowa championship for pork production 1927 by producing 12 litters of pigs averaging 69.5 pounds short of a ton each in 189 days. The litters averaged 1,830.5 pounds earning Larson a $200 first prize. Norton Cade, his neighbor, took second place and $150. 250 hog raisers entered the contest.
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Ames
Dee
Adolph Larson
Wellman
Washington County
Iowa
Larso
Norton Cade
Sixteen Awaiting Seat in Chair at Sing Sing Prison
Ossining December 7 The death house at Sing Sing prison holds 16 inmates awaiting execution by electric chair. Joseph Lefkowitz an east side clothing merchant sentenced to die for plotting the murder of his 20 year old partner Benjamin Goldstein added to the pending list.
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Sing Sing Prison
Joseph Lefkowitz
East Side
Brooklyn
Benjamin Goldstein
Four Fifths Iowa Corn Crop Husks Delayed by Snow
Four fifths of the Iowa corn crop was husked as weather slowed work last week. Severe temperatures delayed harvest, with conditions ranging from excellent in the west to poor in the southeast. Prices expected higher, little corn marketed, some counties shipping to market for livestock.
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Dee Moines
Charles D. Newt
Department of Agrpiles
Stocks End Rally as Bulls Regain Control
In New York on December 1, stocks closed with a strong rally as bulls regained control. Many shares had fallen sharply in early trading following President Coolidge's non candidacy stance and reports of weaker steel operations, but late-day buying erased much of the drop.
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New York
Coolidge
Two Men Die of Gas in Basement Room
In Fort Dodge Iowa a coroner's inquest will be held today into the deaths of Andrew Jordan five and Robert Scott sixty found dead yesterday in a gas filled basement room of a house. George Kramer, a meter reader, found the bodies while collecting a bill. The two men shared bachelor quarters in one room.
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Fort Dodge
Andrew Jordan
Robert Scott
George Kramer
Deering to Plead Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Judge H B Boles sentences Levi Deering to eight years in the penitentiary for manslaughter in the killing of Stanhope LaPrade. Deering was to plead guilty this afternoon in district court. Also, Charles Sibert would plead guilty to liquor nuisance and Cleasie Force of Janesville to plead guilty to hootlegging.
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H. B. Boles
Levi Deering
Stanhope LaPrade
Charles Sibert
Cleasie Force
Janesville
Two Leave Hospitals
Harold Bartlett of 12 Barclay Street North was discharged from Alley Memorial Hospital in good condition after a November 18 fall from a Central railroad locomotive he was painting. Florence L. Brinton, YWCA general secretary, leaving Allen Memorial Hospital after a major operation on October 31 and is reported feeling very well.
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Harold Bartlett
Barclay Street North
Alley Memorial Hospital
Bartlett
Second Canceling Machine at P O for Yule Business
Notice announces a second canceling machine at the post office to speed Christmas mail. It states mailing deadlines for cards and gifts by travel distance, urging earlier dispatches as Christmas nears, with specific dates for one to three days travel and local delivery.
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P. O
Clarksville Man Dies at Waverly
Martin Huber age 68 died around noon today in Waverly hospital after an operation on Friday for gallstone relief. A Clarksville resident for 34 years he was a tailor and retailer of clothing for 50 years. Surviving are his widow Anna Jones Bristow and two sons and five daughters from a former marriage.
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Courier Special Service
Clarksville
Martin Huber
Waverly Hospital
Anna Jones
Bristow
Temperature readings for Tuesday and Wednesday
Readings show a maximum Tuesday of .38 with a minimum Tuesday night. On Wednesday temperatures include 7 am 11 am and 3 pm readings.
Hughes Bans Ads for Co Ed Smokers
Ames reports a policy move banning advertisements depicting co ed smokers on campus. The notice signals future rejection of such ads at Iowa State University in December.
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Hughes
Ames. In
Dec
Iowa State
Obituary notices from Meyersdale paper report Lint death and local survivors
Obituary notices detail Mrs. Sarah Lint widow of Noah Lint dying on Thanksgiving morning in Greenville township at age ninety two. She left five daughters and three sons living in the east and was connected to Waterloo residents and Edward Beal. Interment followed in Greenville cemetery. Also notes William M. May dies at 76 at his Waterloo home after two years illness. Loretta Francis McGinnis, 16 months, dies. funeral at St Marys Church with burial in Calvary.
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Noah Lint
Edward H. ‘Beal
Sarah Lint
Noah, Lint
Lint
H. J. Bershiser
Martin Grady
Waterloo
Lizzie
Jessie Grady
Edward Beal
Stéead
Greenville Township
Francis
Clara
Greenville Cemetery
William M. May
Lafayette Street
Mendon
Mercer County
Walnut Street
Loretta Francis
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