Mentor and protege at Columbia Rockne signs three year plan
Columbia university announces Knute Rockne, famed Notre Dame coach, will train Columbia grid athletes for three years, signaling a major experiment in college football. The move prompts speculation on Notre Dame versus Columbia while a denial from South Bend and New York City is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Knute Rockne
Four Horsemen of Notre Dame
Columbia Grid
South Bend
New York City
Rockne
Columbia
Percy Haughton
Notre Dame
President Coolidge Faces World Court and Tax Cut Debate
Washington dispatch traces President Coolidge’s comprehensive state of the nation message and the expected congressional moves. It notes World Court approval appears likely with a six month Senate session ahead, while warning that early forecasts may shift due to emergent events and previous League of Nations battles. It points to key senators missing and hints ongoing political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark, Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Congress
Courier Home Delivery Deadline and Reprint Policy
The Courier is to be delivered before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by then call 5100 before 6 30 p.m. A copied paper will be sent. Report delivery errors to the office promptly by phone.
Good Fellows Party for City Needy Children Dec 25
The Good Fellows club will host a Christmas party for city children with no other festivities. Donations of fruit foods toys and clothing are being collected at 310 1 3 Fourth Street West with transport arrangements handled by Miss Lillian Hileman from Sheldon Engine Co. The event aims to bring many youngsters to the clubrooms for a special lunch and entertainment.
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Good Fellows Party
Business & Professional
Good Fellow
Lillian Hileman
Sheldon Engine Company
Ehairman
Transportation Committee
Iowa
Good Fellows Club
Clinton Feve
Danan Nhinna
Twelve Winthrop Citizens Seek Fees for Drug Store Case Subpoenas
Twelve Winthrop residents traveled from the town 34 miles east of Waterloo to Waterloo to testify in municipal and district court drug store liquor cases. They were told fees, $2 per day plus 10 cents a mile, would be paid by the county, but costs from the cases must be settled first. Witnesses may pursue legal action if fees are not honored. the list of witness names remains uncertified by John Hammond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Waterloo
Clerk of Courts
J. W. Thompson
Cook
McCoy
Eva Weires
W. A. Cook
the Inquirer
John B. Hammond
Municipal Court
Inquirer
A. McCoy
John Hammond
Hammond
Colunty Board
Dunkertas
Vermont Tops Nation in Thrift Savings
Washington December 12. Treasury figures show Vermont leads the nation in savings with 172,588,000 in accounts for a population of 355,000, a per capita of 4896.15. By contrast Iowa shows 176.10 per person with 176.10 per capita and other states vary, illustrating wide regional thrift differences.
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Turiet
Horatio
Vermont
Kansas
Iowa
Conlider
Washington,d. C
Treasury Department
Ghia
Indiana
MichiGan
Thompson's Tale to Grand Jury Told Returns to Prison
Toledo Iowa December 12 Special No indictment of Lynus Pinkerton as an accomplice in the murder of Traer marshal Frank Mommer was expected today. Manley Thompson, brought here with his son Ronald from Fort Madison, testified before the grand jury and will be returned to prison after. Thompson is serving a life sentence for the murder of the night marshal during a robbery at the Pinkerton case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
HH. C. Oakes
Ira Dd. Perry, Jr
Chicago
Perry
Ilinois
Alee
Oakes
Perry Company
Iowa
Ferry
George BE. Gorman
Gorman
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Parole Board
Dacker
Ira D. Perry
Joliet
Ill
George E. Gorman
John Stege
Detective Bureau
Flally
Davenport
Ira D. Perry, Jr
Toledo
Lynus Pinkerton
Manley Thompson
Frank Mommer
Traer
Thompson
W.C. Harrison
Aon
Ronald
Fort Madison
Brand
Built
Pinkerton
Foater
Bandits Kill Man Protecting His Wife in Chicago
Louis Romini, French war veteran, died from a heart shot when he attacked bandits who planned to search his wife for money in her stocking. The gunmen fled after the killing. Police later wounded a second suspect during a drugstore hold up. Walter Scott and John Fecht identified Matthew Lusk as Romini's killer.
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Chicago
Louis Romini
Lusk
Romini
Rich Man Borrows Gun to Kill Himself
C Bateman a wealthy Mansfield retired farmer, following his cousin William Howe, died by his own hand after entering a Champaign hardware store and testing a small caliber rifle in the basement before shooting himself.
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Champaignu, Ui
I. C. Bateman
Mansfield
Bateman
Willam Howe
Murders Falling Off in Des Moines
Des Moines police chief James Cavender reports crime decreasing with only three murders in the past ten months. In November, police made 77 arrests, fewer than November 1924, while auto theft shows the only rising activity over the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James Cavender
Pelice
John Gruss to Have No Band at Funeral
John Gruss will have no band at the double funeral for himself and his wife. Gruss collapsed while negotiating with a band master for music and his daughter said the couple would be buried together Monday without band music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gruss
Chicago
Gruss
Weather Outlook For Week In Upper Mississippi Valleys
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday calls for snow in the north and rain or snow in the south on Monday and again later, with generally fair conditions otherwise. Temperatures expected to run below normal most of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
Mississippi
Missouri
Governor Nellie Taylor Ross as possible Democratic president
Bishop N. T. Thomas of the Protestant Episcopal church introduced Gov. Nellie Taylor Ross at an inaugural program at the Episcopal cathedral in May Be President Laramie. The Republican bishop said she can settle what a woman can be elected to the highest office in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wya
Dee
Nellie Taylor Ross
Thomas
Protestant Episcopal Church
Ruilio Station
Episcopal Cathedral
United States
Short Interviews With Home Folks The first telephone line in Iowa
A. T. Jones, cashier of the local exchange, notes the 1879 toll line between Mason City and Clear Lake. He recalls the early long distance talk progress from Clear Lake to Mason City and mentions banker George Frost extending the line to the courthouse. The first toll was charged a year before the Burlington to Keokuk telegraph link in 1876.
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Iowa
Mason City
Clear Lake
A. T. Jones
Waterloo
George Frost
Burlington
Keokuk
Islands Battle Cholera Spread Across Southern Islands
Government health officials report an alarming rise in cholera in the southern islands with eleven new cases and five deaths yesterday. Record-keeping remains difficult as authorities struggle to compile case details.
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Manila
Dev
French Force Said Annihilated by Druse Rebels Near Damascus
Arab sources claimed a French force of over 1,000 was practically wiped out to the east of Damascus. Damascus notables reportedly refused to meet France Civil Commissioner Henry de Jouvenel to discuss a peace settlement.
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Jerusalem
Druse
Damascus
Notabies
France
Henry de Jouvenel
Stolen Mail Bags Disrupt Berlin Express Flight
Berlin authorities reported four mail bags containing American checks and securities totaling 2,560,000 disappeared from a train at Hamburg. The bags were later found after a feverish search revealed the mail car door had become unfastened.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Aviation Students Injured in Kelly Field Crash
San Antonio December 12. Lieut. John L. Hitchins of New York City and Lieut. Richard W. Gibson of Butler, Pennsylvania, Army Advanced Flying School students at Kelly Field, were seriously injured when two airplanes collided a few feet above the ground. Both planes were wrecked.
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San Antonio
Tex
INS
John L. Hitchins
New York City
Richard W. Gibson
Butler
Army Advanced Flying School
Kelly Field
Stephenson Case Motions Overruled by Judge Sparks
In Noblesville Indiana on December 73 the judge overruled motions to vacate the verdict grant a new trial and arrest judgment in the D G Stephenson murder case of Madge Oberholtzer Indianapolis.
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Noblesville
Ind
D. CG. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Teday
Will ML. Sparks
Statler Asks Search for Missing Yacht Miramar
New York December 12 The Coast Guard and naval communications offices were asked by E M Statler hotel owner to begin a search for his steam yacht Miramar which left Charleston South Carolina with 12 men on November 20 and has not been heard from.
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New York
Coast Guard
Naval Communications
Toy
E. M. Statler
Miramar
Charleston
S.C
Rinre
Spinach and Jazz Band Offer Youthful Hint in Chicago
Mary Garden, back in Chicago for a season of grand opera, urges sunlit living and spinach as a key to staying young. She proclaims spinach one of the best aids to retaining youth and herself loves the leafy greens despite fashionable surroundings.
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Chicago
Wastc
Mary Garden
Booze Thief Sentenced Again in Iowa Court
Edward V. Schnering, who stole 10 gallons of alcohol from the Black Hawk county courthouse in 1921, was sentenced to 39 more years in Fort Madison by Judge P. J. Nelson in Dubuque. He had prior terms for breaking and entering and larceny, with parole violations. Archibald Brooks and Raymond Whitney also received prison terms in the same Dubuque session.
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Edward V. Schnering
Fort Madison
Dubuque
P. J. Nelson
Schuerin
Black Hawk County
Schering
Sherif H.”T. Wagner
Schnering
Iowa
Archibald Brooks
la Crosse
Wis
Raymond Whitney
Winthrop
Bergdoll Sightings Reported in Florida Coast
St. Petersburg police investigate reports that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, famed draft evader, was seen in the city. Ex serviceman R. L. Knight says a man asked directions to the local American Legion post and claimed intent to surrender property in Philadelphia, or else cast doubt on surrender.
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St. Petersburg
Pla
INS
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
R. L. Knight
American Legion
Philadelphia
Grover Bergdall
Beggar's Day in Loop Nets 32.95 in Six Hours
A Chicago Tribune reporter measured panhandling proceeds in six hours in the Loop. The beggar earned 32.95 dollars, with one in twenty donors contributing to his cause. The proceeds were directed to the Good Fellowship fund.
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Chicago
Chicare Tribone
Good Fellowship Fund
IOWA PROGRESSIVE GLUBS INVITE NORRIS AND PINCHOT
In Des Moines a conference is planned with Progressive Republicans of Iowa inviting Gov Amos Pinchot of Pennsylvania Gov Blaine of Wisconsin and Senator George Norris of Nebraska. Francis Cutler secretary of the Associated Progressive Republican Clubs of Iowa announced the plan. A committee chaired by Joseph F Alenis will arrange the event and farm relief plus Progressive issues are expected to be discussed.
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Des Moines
Ber
Amos Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Blaine
Wisconsin
United States
George Ww. Norris
Nebraska
Pes Moines
Iowa
Francis (. Cutler
Associated “Progressive Republican Clubs of
Joseph F. Alenis
Cutler
Flee by Automobiles From Scene of Fighting
International train from Peking to Tientsin was shelled in the battle between Peng Yie Tsiang Li Ching Ling and Yungtsin forces north of Tientsin. Passengers fled by auto to Yangstsun Langfang, with some aboard aid and provisions. No injuries reported. protests lodged with Chinese government.
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Peking
Tientsin
China
Petinz
Fientsin
Peng Yie Tsiang
Li Ching-Ling
Yungtsin
Pehtsang
Koe Langfang
Tds
Eome
Langfang
Altho
Legation
We J. Calhow
William
S. Kalgan
Me Ge Taylor
Chicago
CG. S. Ward
EW. Foor
T. S. Miller
Holt
Mary Harper
Burkhardt
Nate
Yangstsun
INS
Li -Taing Lin
Feng Yu Hias
Inne
Kelier
Lucy Calhoun
Tiffany Blake
Donald Thompson
Hollywood
Ann Carter
New York
Mater
Connor
Accientsin
League of Nations
Feng
Yangssun
Peitsang
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Tray D. Perry, Jr
Clinton County
John D
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Prentice
UK Social Register
New York Society
Italy
Manitoba
Canada
Mexico
Illinois
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Drc
Mebniers
World Court
Senate
Wilson
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McCormick
Knox
Brandegee
Lodge
Cone
Harvester
San Feller
Henry George
Martin Cisars
Fiell
Aya
Leopold
Loe
PUNCH
The
Galloway Company
Marriet A. Cutler
Action of Parole Board
Slayer
UP For Life
Foguuc Vinivci
High Court
Ulinsis Supreme Court
Va D. Perry
William L. McKinley
Mittorney John J. Healey
Midwest
Ming
Goy
Nellig
Muss
Stephenson
Statler
New Fountain of Youth
Black Hawk Courthouse
Bergdoll
Florida
Progressive
Norris
Pinchot
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