Dollar Corn and Ancient Game Mark 1920s Headlines
The National Corn Growers Association meeting in Des Moines calls for a target price of 2.16 a bushel in Chicago, while critics warn against market control by a fraction of supply. A scam envelope game ends with the loss of all funds from Muscatine. Philppine independence debates continue as Gov. Wood vetoes a bill. Berlin recital attendance shifts amid radio rise. Iowa marriage licenses rise. Council Bluffs grows. General Andrews may resign if arid program stalls. Food prices climb as cabbage and potatoes surge, underscoring national tensions.
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National
Corn Growers’ Association
Les Moiines
Chicago
Congress Likely to Sit Out Coolidge Plans in Early Session
Washington dispatch reports limited support for enacting Coolidge's tariff and tax measures as Congress, led by Republicans under Longworth, reshapes rules but remains wary of disrupting prosperity. The world court, tax bill, and veterans' issues loom, with decisive action uncertain.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Congress
Coolidge
House
Longworth
Wilson
Roosevelt
Coolidgse
Seans
St Caystious
League of Nations
Asain
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Cootidze
Courier Delivery Timing Notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 20 o clock. If this error of the carrier or another cause makes you miss the paper by that time, please phone and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 20 pm.
Children of City Ask Good Fellows For Gifts That Build Into Dreams
Children plead for toys and essentials from the Good Fellows club as funds and gifts pour in for the city’s needy youths. Mary Melrose chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution contributed 50 gifts at Black's tea room, bolstering the drive to grant Christmas wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows Club
Wneg
Estella
Harold
Mery
George
Ciltd
Mary Melrose Chapter
Daughters of the Almerican Revolution
Black's Tea Room
Delinquent Tax Sale Surprises Farmers Groups
Short interviews with E Stewart secretary of Farmers Loan & Trust Co and CoA Hollis auditor of Leavyitt Johnson Trust Co reveal taxes paid at the last minute on many farms slated for sale. Stewart expected to bid on about 15 farms but most taxes were settled. Hollis notes fewer farms in their mortgage portfolio going to sale and a better percentage than in years past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Stewart
Farmers Loan & Trust Co
Coa. Hollis
Leavyitt- Johnson Trust Co
Stewart
Hollis
Town Fair Reports 1925 Profit and Expenses
A. Wt. Corey, secretary of the fair board, announced a 1925 state fair profit of $60,403.92 in a financial report presented before the state agricultural convention. Gate receipts totaled $343, p0S.83 with $43,717.90 from other sources. principal expenses included borrowed money costs, grounds maintenance, permanent improvements, and fair conduct expenses.
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Des Moines
Dec
A. Wt. Corey
The
Fair Board
Corey
Lincoln Way Through Marshall Is Paved
Opening today the east Lincoln highway permits through Marshall county with no detour. Paving is complete except for 1.25 miles in the east section awaiting spring due to wet cold weather and a half mile near State Center where railroad crossing location is still to be determined.
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Marshalltown
Marshall County
State Center
Air Mail Delayed by Bad Weather
Air mail planes at Jotalowa City have been delayed up to 12 hours this week due to bad weather. Pilots reporting difficulties traversing the Rocky Mountain region blamed the major cause for the schedule slips at the city air field.
France and Britain Reach Disarmament Conference Accord
Geneva report states France and Great Britain reached a full agreement on the program for the proposed 426 league of nations disarmament conference. The accord settles points including military contingents under article XVI mutual assistance provisions and follows President Coolidge's supportive message.
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Geneva
France
Great Britain
Coolidge
Fifth Arrests in Garage Theft Ring Details
Lloyd Girsch 22 of 617 Jefferson Street led an accessory department thefts probe at Quality garage after Homer Lumbus 32 Albert Jenkins 22 and William Saul 22 were arrested for larceny and petty larceny. Bond set at 1000 for Lumbus and 160 for the others. Prelim hearing at 10 a.m. Monday. Sam Silvers 33 was freed after proving battery purchase from Lumbus.
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Lloyd Girsch
Quality
Jefferson Street
Homer Lumbus
Albert Jenkins
William Saul
Lumbus
H. E. Miller
Hugh Orumine
R. J. Davis
Jenkins
Metropole
Saul
Wood vetoes island plebiscite bill in Manila
General Wood today vetoed the Philippine legislature bill for a plebiscite to decide the Philippines relation to the United States. The veto message said the move is not within the organic act granted legislative power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phlipein Freedom
Wood
Svek
Congress
Sia
Pinos
Mts Ak Sizaine
APC
Ws Tver
Manila
Qov Fen. Wood
Philippine
Philippines
United States
Fatal Rooming House Fire in Chicago Section of Near Loop
A deadly blaze in a two story rooming house in Chicago near the Loop left one woman dead and three others fatally injured while six more were seriously hurt. The fire trapped occupants as rescuers battled flames and ledgers and other items rained from second and third story windows. The building stood between Northwestern and Union stations.
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Chicago
near-Loop
Northwestern
Union
Consuelo Vanderbilt to Wed Smith January seventh
New York December 5 AP announces the marriage date of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt second daughter of Mr and Mrs W K Vanderbilt to Earl E P Smith. The ceremony will be held in early January with family members present and performed by Rev Thomas Mur on at St Patrick's Cathedral who wed the bridegroom's parents in Ireland.
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New York
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Eighteenth Annual Poultry Show Opens in Des Moines Coliseum
Des Moines marks the start of the eighteenth annual poultry show in the Coliseum. More than 3,000 fowls entered from 14 states compete. notable entrants include B D Mani an and competitors from Cedar Rapids Cedar Falls West Liberty and Motnes.
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Des Moines
B.D. Manian
Cedar Rapids
Fred Shellabarger
West Liberty
Oscar Grow
Cedar Falls
Art Johnson
Serafon
William Michael Des
Motnes
Reform Lenders Criticize In Church Report
A Methodist Episcopal church board report denounces lax enforcement of Prohibition and urges leaders to advance on all fronts. Dr. Clarence True Wilson calls for loyalty education while praising Coolidge’s policy. Lincoln Andrews vows to resign if progress stalls in two years. Officials plan tighter brewery permits and broader reform efforts.
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Washington, Dp. G
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Episcopal Shureh
Coolidge
Congress
Andrews
Treasury Department
Wilson
New York
Lincoln
National Customs Service Association
Lnn
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
E. O. Yellowley
Bst Yellentes
Yellowley
Washington
D. C
Methodist Episcobal Church
Imore
Board of Temperance
T He Methodist Episcopal Church
Cme
Clar
Count Seeks Custody in High Profile Child dispute
In Palm Beach the Belgian Count Ludwig Salm von A try is preparing custody papers after a split with Millicent Rogers. His attorneys say he wants the child protected as he fights for access while Mrs Rogers and her parents attend a social gathering. In New York Hoogstraeten plans a separate custody action to obtain access.
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Ludwig’ Salm
Subre
Palm Beach
Millicent Rogers
EH. Rogers
Europe
Sara
New York
Berlin Concert Market Faces Apathy And Loss
Berlin struggles with an oversupply of concerts and weak attendance. Fritz Kreisler is the only winter concert with advance sellouts as many artists perform on the same night, often with free passes. Audiences cite money shortages and attractive radio programs as reasons for low turnout.
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Berlin
Fritz Kreisler
Kreisler
Fritzreisler
Horns
Usten
Courtmartial struggles with Mitchell plagiarism claim
In Washington on December 9 the army court martial of Maj Allen Guilion halted efforts to prove Col William Mitchell copied sections of Winged Defense. Capt Thomas O Hart testified but the court ruled against opening that controversy, leaving the false in part rule debated by Maj Guilion to attack the accused as a witness.
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Washington, D. C
Willian Mitchel
Allen Guilion
Thomas QO. Hart
Col. Mitchel
Maj
Gultion
Deeds in Kingsley Deal Total $43,000
Deeds filed by Mar WH Kingsley to J W White for a buying syndicate including A H W, WLRL Coward, and Paul Davis. Transactions cover 39 lots in Kingbard Wis and 10 lots in Kingbard Wis with stated sums around 20 000. Also mention of undivided half of block 6 original plat Waterloo west.
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Irvin
Mar’ WH. Kingsley
J. W. White
A. H W
Wlrl Coward
Paul Davis
Kingbard Wis
Kingbard
Waterloo West
Clairvoyant swindles Muscatine man in bold banko scheme
A Muscatine man, unnamed by authorities, was duped for 1200 by a clairvoyant in a banko style ruse. One tale claimed 4200 of 5000 would free an Illinois prisoner tied to a treasure boat sunk near New Boston. The victim later found only blank slips in an envelope meant for a safety box.
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Muscatine
Mississippi
Muscatine, Ta
Dec
Illinois
Mississippi River
New Boston
British Gendarmes Clash With Druse Tribesmen at Boundary
British frontier gendarmes clashed with Druse tribesmen for the first time. A band pursued the French across Metallth boundary line Monday and refused to surrender arms, provoking gunfire in which several were wounded on both sides.
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Jerusalem
Metallth
Severati
Tragic Death of Woman Cavalry Captain in Russia
Moscow reports the death of Nadezda Budennaya wife of General Hallenwayz and commander in chief of the red cavalry. She fought beside her husband in battle and was wounded multiple times, reputedly the most dashing woman rider in Russia. Her loss follows dense combat evidence with reports of her courage and service.
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Moscow
Dec. S
Russia
Nadezda Dudennaya
Hallenwayz
Red Cavalry
Jacidint
Budennasa
Baron Wrangel
Uader
Iowa corn price crisis prompts governor to back cooperative plan
Des Moines reports Gov. John Hammill pledges personal support to the Iowa Corn Growers Association to control corn prices via cooperative marketing and urges business leaders to back a buy a crib of corn campaign, claiming it would move Iowa corn to markets and restore profits. The 1925 corn crop is valued at about 268 million, 16 million less than last year, with record yields yet depressed by market prices.
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Des Moines
John Hammill
Towa Corn Growers Association
Iowa
Frank Warner
Town Bankers Association
Warner
Charles D
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa Agricultural Society
Statehouse
Fp Mage Say
Leslie M. Carl
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Towal
Reed
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Towa
William Baldwic
Polk County
Department of Commerce
Nebraska
Baldwin
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Rona
Lincoln CG. Andrews
America
Gen. Andrews
Coolidge x
Yuten Master
Harvester
San Fetter
Hanty George
Mertin Cigars
Ttalidars
White House
Cowier News Room
Stuntzner
Mutvid Irving
Fred Moore
Lincoln Way
Marshall
Smith
Nactive Reform Lender
IN Church Report
Jr. Wilson
Methodist
Temperance Board
Courtmartial
Mitchell
Kingsley
Druse
Cavalry
Nadezda Budennaya
Red Army
Sturt
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