Woman Dies at Mount Auburn Home Aged 67
Mrs Dora Jenks 67 of Mount Auburn died this morning in her bedroom likely from heart disease or apoplexy. Her son James Jenks a barber in Waterloo awaited her arrival in Mount Auburn before learning of the death. The body was found fully clothed, bed unused, and her husband had died years earlier. Other children include Goldie Calkin and Bud Jenks. Frank Jenks resides in La Porte City.
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Waterloo
Dora Jenks
Mount Auburn
Belle Plaine
James Jenks
Fourth Street West
Rock Island
Frank
la Porte City
Kellogg Quizzed by Committee on Pact Against War
Washington December 7 The house ways and means committee agreed to report out the Austrian debt for ratification The terms proposed by Under Secretary Mills call for 20 annuities of 1 337 140 with an option to substitute lower cuts from 1929 to 1969 The report will likely be sent to the house this afternoon and taken up Monday Coal Hearings Dec 14 Watson Bill for federal regulation of the bituminous coal industry moves to hearings December 14 before a senate subcommittee The bill would form a bituminous coal commission oversee consolidations and licensing of interstate producers and aims to conclude hearings in the short session
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Washington
D. C
U.P
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Mills
Austria
Washington, D. C
Watson
Senate
Interstate Commerce
Assassins Shoot Police Chief Dead with Gun Volley
A Chicago Heights police chief Leroy Gilbert is killed in a volley by assassins. Vigilantes firing from spotlit cars hit Scanlon in the forehead as Soderberg drives to the hospital. Horn and Dunn report being fired on from the same area shortly after.
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Leroy
Gilbert
Chicago Heights
Scanlon
Alvin A. Soderberg
Soderberg
C. F. Horn
Jack Dunn
Navy enlistment follows mischief with girl in Sutherland
George Plantz, 22, of Sioux City, visited a 15-year-old girl in Sutherland. Her mother objected and Plantz was arrested. He then enlisted in the navy after learning sailors were not stationed near Sutherland, and the charge was dropped.
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Sioux City
George Plantz
Plantz
Sutherland
Navy
Woman to Try for Lady Heaths Record
San Francisco dispatch reports aviatrix Mrs. Marie McPherrides Thaden plans to attempt the women’s altitude record, held by Lady Heath of England. She will solo take off from Oakland airport in a Travel Air bi plane around 2 pm, aiming to exceed 23,000 feet set two months ago.
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San Francisco
Marie McPherrides Thaden
Lady Heath
England
Thaden
Oakland
Travel Air
Barred soliciting at Polk county jail in Des Moines
Des Moines dispatch reports Sheriff Park Findley introduces a system barring lawyers from soliciting in Polk county jail. Each booked prisoner receives a card to list the attorney he wishes to attend to his interests, and the chosen barrister will be called.
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Des Moines
INS
Polk County
Sheriff Park Findley
Temperatures: Thursday and Friday readings in garbled data
Forecast garbled data shows attempts at high 30s and lows around 40s with multiple errors. No clear civic locations or dates extracted.
Dash to Consul's Office Paves Way for Egypt Wedding
The 8 am documents arrived at the Carr home in Manchester and Miss Carr signed as papers sped toward Chicago. Gerald Stimson drove 250 miles to the British consulate in four and a half hours, reaching Michigan Avenue by 12 40 pm. The voyage proved smooth with little traffic. A 15 day notice rule for Americans wed Britons remains fixed by Parliament. Mrs. Carr will accompany her daughter to Cairo as boxes of trousseau travel from Manchester. Borland, an oil executive and former interpreter in Syria, now heads Cairo operations for Shell Oil and arranged a home in the city. The wedding is planned for January 22 in a church.
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Carr
Manchester
Miss Carr
Chicago
Gerald Stimson
Stimson
Michigan Avenue
Trousseau
Cairo
Lading
Jennie C. Ricker
Herbert M. Reed
Borland
Syria
Shell Oil Corporation
Howe Sues for Divorce on Cruel Treatment Claim
Isabelle Howe filed suit against John R. Howe for divorce alleging cruel treatment. They wed June 11, 1924. she seeks alimony of $10 weekly. The item appears in city brief advertisements along with other notices and local society items.
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Isabelle Howe
John R. Howe
Man Sought for Attempt to Kill Wife and Burn Home
Clarence Shoemaker, 29, wanted on a warrant for attempted murder after allegedly kidnapping and beating his ex wife Lois Shoemaker Schmidt and threatening to burn her home at 703 Fletcher Ave. She says he forced her to stay in a room on Fourth Street West, then planned to reconcile, while a federal liquor charge also ties him to Austin, Minnesota. Police set a watch over the home as investigators pursue Shoemaker and two others named Taylor Mayo and Earl Nichols assist. Ball for assault to murder fixed at $10,000.
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Clarence Shoemaker
Lois Shoemaker
Lois Schmidt
Fletcher Avenue
Schmidt
Fourth Street West
P. K. Reed
Mason City
Fourth Street
Shoemaker
Austin
Minn
California
Northwood
Mississippi River
Harry Mayo
Earl Nichols
Troomers
Ball
J. .C. Beem
Republican Central Committee Banquet Set for Next Thursday
Members of the Black Hawk County Republican central committee will dine and socialize next Thursday evening at Black's Tea Room. The exact attendance is unknown. Chairman Pressey H. Frank said the gathering honors the committee’s work in the recent presidential campaign with no set program.
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Black Hawk County
Republican Central Committee
Black
Pressey H. Frank
Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern opens 37 Commercial storage garage
A garage for eight cars at 37 Commercial Street by Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern railroad is completed at a cost near 1600 dollars. It will store passenger cars trucks and busses owned by the company for depot use and maintenance.
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Commercial Street
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad
100 Families Seek To Adopt Foundling Baby Ruth
Sioux City Iowa Dec 7 Ins baby Ruth an unidentified foundling abandoned by her mother in a local hotel will be adopted by one of more than 100 families unless the mother claims her by December 17 authorities announced.
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Sioux City
Ruth
Master Builders of Iowa Banquet Tuesday Night
The Master Builders of Iowa will hold their annual banquet Tuesday night at Black's Tearoom, as part of a three day convention opening Monday. Convention sessions will be at Hotel Russell-Lamson with headquarters there.
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The
Master Builders of
Iowa
Black’s Tearoom
Russell-Lamson
Getting too fresh study sparks student debate
Chicago reports that Merton oO Phillips Jr a University of Chicago postgraduate student promoted a controversial degree path calling it a method to earn a PhD. Several young women allege impudence and insult amid the dispute.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Merton Oo. Phillips, Jr
University of Chicago
Phillips
San Pedro
Cali
Quinault
Here
Weaver
Darrell Wegner
International Falls
Minn
Butte
Mont
Pautz
Medford
Wis
Ed Erickson
Bowman
N. D
Amanullah
Chambery
France
Goddard
Man Confesses to Furnace Slaying at Asylum Site
Lake Forest, Dec 7. James Kelley, known by several aliases, confessed to fatally burning Elfrieda Knaak in Lake Bluff and attacked himself during a court appearance after an hour of questioning by State's Attorney Col. A. V. Smith. Kelley had been an Elgin asylum inmate from Oct 27 to Nov 10 and could not recall key details of the case.
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Lake Forest
INS
James Kelley
Elfrieda Knaak
Lake Bluff
Lake County
Col
A. V. Smith
Lawrence Doolittle
Kelley
Elgin Insane Asylum
Knaak
Edna Kelly
Smith
Sunday Schools Open to Children Again as Sick List Drops
City health officer Dr J R Thompson reports a sharp three week drop in contagious disease cases. Sunday schools and motion picture theatres will reopen to children next Sunday. He thanks ministers managers of theatres and parents for cooperation and urges immunization against diphtheria before Christmas to complete the decline in scarlet fever and diphtheria.
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J. R. Thompson
U. C. T. Has Full Saturday Schedule
United Commercial Travelers of Waterloo map a busy Saturday with several meetings including a Christmas party at Hotel Russell Lamson. Children are special guests with food and presents promised. The day starts with a noon members meeting at Black's tearoom, then an executive session, followed by a 2:30 p.m. wives meeting at Black's tearoom before the party.
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United Commercial Travelers of
Waterloo
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Black's Tearoom
Big Ten Track and Field Meet Set for Iowa City
The 1929 Big Ten outdoor track and field championships will be held at Iowa City on May 24 and 25. Other announced dates include indoor championships at Northwestern March 8 and 9, tennis at Ohio State May 23 and 24, wrestling at Purdue March 15 and 16, fencing and gymnastics at Illinois March 8 and 9, golf at Minnesota May 28 and 29, cross country at Ohio State November 23, and swimming in Chicago March 15.
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Chicago
Iowa City
Northwestern
Ohio State
Purdue
Ilinois
Minnesota
Fort Madison Woman Club Leader Faces Embezzlement Charge
Emma G Enyeart president of the Fort Madison Business and Professional Women’s club was to have a hearing on embezzlement suspected to involve about 6000 dollars taken from Hinde and Dauch Paper where she worked in the local branch. She was arrested in Davenport and returned by a deputy sheriff. A second charge of passing a worthless check was filed.
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Fort Madison
U.R
Emma G. Enyeart
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hinde & Dauch Paper Company
Enyeart
Davenport
Grave Alice Daughter of Poet Dies at 78
Miss Alice Mary Longfellow, 78, daughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, died at her Cambridge home today. Known as the Grave Alice from her father’s poem The Children’s Hour, she was the eldest child and had lived at the Longfellow home all her life.
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Cambridge
Mass
Alice Mary Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Jail Man Sought for Slaying Wife
Ed Loose is in Rock Island county jail accused in connection with his wife’s death in Burlington Iowa. He was arrested at a brother’s home in Rock Island after arriving from Chicago, claiming he did not know his wife was dead.
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Rock Island, Hl
Ed Loose
Burlington
Rock Island
Chicago
Breaks His Ankle and Is Taken to Jail
Des Moines on December 7 report John Creaut broke an ankle after falling while trying to board a freight train. Peirce said he was intoxicated. He was treated at a hospital and then taken to a cell, an about face he calls insulting.
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Des Moines
John Creaut
John
Peirce
Warrant Issued in Desoto Girl Murder Case
A warrant charging second degree murder was sworn out today against Sol Hohenthal 59 a wealthy retired merchant in whose bachelor apartment Pearl Potoskey 25 a St Louis beauty shop proprietor was found dead Sunday night Hohenthal surrendered and was released on 10000 bond.
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de Soto
Dec
Sol Hohenthal
Pearl Potoskey
St. Louis
Hohenthal
Residence Burns on Cotter Farm in Mt Vernon Township
A fire destroyed a Cotter farm residence in Mt Vernon township last night while tenant A H Shere and family were away visiting. Neighbors saved little, removing only a stove cabinet chairs and a few work clothes. The Shere family moved to a vacant nearby house and neighbors supplied essentials. The house and most contents were insured and the fire burned about two hours, drawing onlookers from miles around.
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Frank Cotter
Mt. Vernon Township
A. H. Shere
P. R. Henry
Shere
Lucy Phelps
European Y M C A Man Tells of Effort to Cool Hot Spots
D A Davis administrative secretary for the Y M C A in Europe spoke at Black's tearoom about the hot spots of Europe. He argued atheism in Russia, warned of dangers in central Europe and fascism in Italy, and urged support for the Y M C A world program costing about 1.8 million dollars annually to cool tensions and foster fraternal relations among nations.
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Black's Tearoom
Europe
D. A. Davis
Russia
Davis
United States
Italy
League of Nations
Parkersburg R N Chooses Officers
Parkersburg Ja Dec 7 Royal Neighbors of America Oakdale camp elected officers last evening. The lineup includes Ida Lawrence oracle Kathryn Christensen vice oracle Gertrude Wilson past oracle Alice Ackerson chancellor Pearl Thrasher recorder Jennie Camp receiver Emma McClellan inner sentinel Dena Buss outer sentinel Goldie Rose marshal Lyla Card musician Nelle Strickland Lizzie Christopher Viola Kemmerer and Ruth May officers to be installed in January by Izetta Lawrence and Ruth May respectively.
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Royal Neighbors of America
Oakdale
Ida Lawrence
Oracle
Kathryn Christensen
Gertrude ‘Wilson
Alice Ackerson
Pearl Thrasher
Jennie Camp
Emma McClellan
Inner Sentinel
Dena Buss
Outer Sentinel
Goldie Rose
Lyla Card
Nelle Strickland
Lizzie Christopher
Viola Kemmerer
Izetta Lawrence
Ruth May
Take Axman Suspect from Polk Co Jail
Des Moines reports Jake Bird, linked to the Omaha hatchet murders, was not in Polk county jail. Sheriff Findley says Sheriff Lainson of Pottawattamie county took him out last night and may have returned him toward Council Bluffs, possibly dropping him en route.
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Des Moines
Jake Bird
Omaha
Polk County
Lainson
Pottawattamie County
Park Findley
Findley
Council Bluffs
Brain Tests From The Evening Post Society Page
Four lists repeat three times with a property filter. Identify nonconforming names in each group for items about generals presidents capitals authors and poets as the page hints at. Answers appear on the society page.
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Grant
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Pershing
Wellington
Mercury, Inc
New York
Paris
Berlin
Poland
Athens
Europe
Milton
Byron
Kipling
Dickens
Lowell
Tennyson
Congress Today Deliberations Move Across Capitol
Senate continues Boulder dam debate as Secretary Kellogg explains the multilateral treaty to the foreign relations committee. Leaders confer on radio legislation. House considers treasury and postoffice appropriation bill. Ways and Means takes up Austrian debt. Naval Affairs reviews Marine corps personnel. Census weighs reapportionment bill.
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Senate
Boulder Dam
Kellogg
Foreign Relations Committee
HOUSE
Treasury and Post Office
Ways and Means
Naval Affairs
Marine Corps
Census Committee
Waterlooans Kin Teaches Same S S Class 61 Years
R E Giffen of St. Clairsville Ohio is credited with teaching the same Sunday school class for 61 years since 1869. He married Anna M Bentley 55 years ago and both remain in good health. Relatives report near perfect attendance in worship. Edwin Mesick of Waterloo began attending First Baptist Sunday School in 1857 and has a 71 year record.
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R. E. Giffen
St. Clairsville
Edwin Mesick
Commercial Street
Waterloo
First Baptist Sunday School
Radio Man's Lost Wife Found With Her Mother
Ruth Orr 22 wife of C R Orr radio station WHO Des Moines operator found at her mother's home in Omaha. She had disappeared last week after a dispute with her husband and said she came to Omaha to work in a store following the tiff.
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Omaha
INS
Ruth Orr
C. R. Orr
Des Moines
Myrtle Pettit
Orr
Drake University
Scientist Shaffer Visitor At Local Shaffer Home
Dr. Sherman S. Shaffer chief of the chemical research department of a Houston petroleum company is the guest today and Saturday in the home of his parents Rev and Mrs Thomas P Shaffer at 506 Broad.
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Sherman S. Shaffer
Chemical Research Department
A Petroleum Company
Houston
Tex
Thomas P. Shaffer
Broadway
Heir Sticks To Job Despite Inheritance News
Sioux City reports Fari Miller a 36 year old millwright learned yesterday he is heir to an English uncle’s $78,000 estate but plans to keep his mill work. In other news, a skull and over 100 bones of an armored dinosaur were found, marking the first US discovery of this prehistoric monster.
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Sioux City
Dec
Altho Fari Miller
England
United States
Seventeen Die As Chile Steamers Collide
Seventeen persons were known to have drowned when the Chilean steamship Quintero sank off Punta Patache after a collision with the America. The America stood by and rescued the Quintero’s captain and most of the crew.
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Iquique
Chile
Punta Patache
Here
America
Rescue vessels recover bodies from Quintero sunk
Reported salvaging operation aboard rescue ships near Quintero after the Quintero sank. Three bodies were aboard the rescue vessels, lifted from the water as part of the recovery effort.
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Iquique
America
Gilman Re elected Vice President of Rivers and Harbors
Stewart Gilman of Sioux City was elected vice president for Iowa of the Rivers and Harbors Congress meeting in Washington D C on December 7.
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Harbors Congress
Washington, D. C
Stewart Gilman
Sioux City
Iowa
the Rivers and Harbors Congress
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