Millionaire Orphan McClintock Death Sparks Inquest
Chicago December 24 The body of William McClintock heir to a $1,000,000 fortune will be exhumed to verify typhoid fever as the cause of death three weeks ago. His fiancee Miss Isabelle Pope awaited a marriage license as inquests begin, with lawyers Crowe and Coroner Wolf probing the case at the request of Judge Harry Olson.
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Assocated
Chicago
William McClintock
Isabelle Pope
Crowe
Wolf
Harry Olson
McClintock
William JD. Shepperd
A. F. Reichmann
Misa Pope
Shepperd
Rufus B. Stolp
Sheppard
Albuquerque
N. M
Shepnerd
Hill
Olson
Piancee
Reychmann
Miss Fone
Miss Pope
McClintock'sother
William Hickling
Christmas Spirit Brightens Community Christmas Observance
Christmas services will be held across Christ and St. Mark's Episcopal churches and Sacred Heart St. Mary's and St. Joseph's Catholic churches with midnight rites and choral music. Prisoners will be remembered at feasts while police and fire departments maintain duties with shifted reliefs. Chief Leighton orders 24 hour platoons and heightened vigilance for the holiday.
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Christ
St. Mark's Episcopal
Sacred Heart
St. Mary's
St. Joseph's Catholic
Police
E. A. Leighton
Tiler
Bandit Takes Man's Money Wife Auto and Four Children
Youngstown police pursued a robber who stopped Newton Preble near Newcastle Pennsylvania and forced him from his car. The bandit drove off with Mrs Preble and their four children including a one year old infant, heading toward Youngstown with 100k in cash.
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Bandit
Youngstown
Newcastle
Nuward Prebie
Preble
Woman Robbed of 100000 in Jewels at Parkway Hotel
Two youthful robbers held up guests and employees at the Parkway hotel in Chicara breaking safes and stealing more than 100000 in jewelry and cash. Mrs. Hart reported a pearl necklace valued at 85000 among the losses while hotel management boxes contained 2600 to 3000. Other thefts include 16000 from a pawnshop and 93000 from the Sheridan Park Club as six men looted and tied staff near Mayor Deyer's residence.
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Associated Press
Chicara
Parkway
Orly
Harry Htart
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Hart
Dick Potter
Charles Healy
James Brady
James Travers
Cherkroom
Benjamin Adin
West Madison Street
Lirée
Sheridan Park Club
William BE. Deyer
Guilty Verdict Questions Mental State in Poison Case
The article reports on a jury verdict in a poisoning case involving Mrs. Sweetin and her husband, with defense claiming Hight is mentally unsound and deserving humane treatment. Witnesses allege Mrs. Sweetin confessed to administering poison via tomato soup, oatmeal and candy, while prosecutors push for accountability.
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Hight
Altho
Flight
Sweetin
Hammond Not Agent of County W C T U
Cedar Falls claim denies that John B Hammond and other state agents operate in the county under the Black Hawk County Women's Christian association. Mrs M J Philpot, president, and Waterloo union officers deny responsibility for Hammond's activity.
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Cedar Falls
John B. Hammond
Black Hawk County
Movie Star Ill in Paris Delays Hospital Transfer
Motion picture actress Misa White fell ill with appendicitis in Paris and could not be moved from the Crillon hotel. Doctors described her condition as critical though not certain to worsen, delaying a trip to the hospital. Marriage licenses list several names including Tracey Kunoche Locke Cooke Holmes Wood Taylor Anderson and Gillette.
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Paris
White
Crillon
Misa! White
Thomas H. Tracey
Manchester
Mabel
Kunoche
Cedar Falls
Carroll P. Locke
Des Moines
Fean Cooke
Waterloo
Orvil W. Holmes
Vinton
Leah Wood
Ernest. Taylor
Dora Anderson
Ray ‘Gillette
Bertha Peverill
Good Fellows Deliver Aid to 40 Needy Families
Members of the Business and Professional Women's club and the Good Fellows distributed clothing fruit candy and toys to about 40 needy families. Each child received underwear stockings mittens and outerwear with a total expense of 140 for the party and clothing. Funds were focused on the most in need after personal investigations and donations to the Salvation Army were arranged for further help.
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Tatut
Aes P
Nuabers
Audi
M.C. A
Acoal
Salvation Army
Elizabeth Kenney
Club
Lila Marchaim
Business and Professional Women’s Club
The
Good Fellows
Ruth Damelin
Ruby Elam
Mia
Edna Leil
Wanda Dawm
Pauline Bassarear
Imperial conference eyed for Geneva protocol questions
United Press dispatch notes the Baldwin government seeks March talks with India and dominions on Geneva protocol issues. Rome denies a warship to Tangiers. James J. Davis plans Canal Zone return after South American tour. Otto Belloc dies in Argentina airplane crash during study of local birds.
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United Press
Tondon
Baldwin
India
Dominions
Rome
Tangiers
Barbor
Canal Zone
James J. Davis
United States
South America
Buenos Aires
Otto Belloc
Negro Boasts of Criminal Record in Courts Here
Mason City Iowa Dee B J Paterton commissioner of public safety was attacked last night at the police station while questioning Cleon Tracy a 20 year old negro Tracy was being questioned in connection with making advances to two young women on the streets Tracy was quickly subdued Tracy has been twice convicted of manslaughter once at Waterloo and once in Michigan Robert Tracy was sentenced at Waterloo to 10 years on his plow leg guilty to half another catered mat Hopkins recently released according to records of H T Warner Black Hawk county sheriff
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Mason City
Dee
B. J. Paterton
Commissioner of Public Safety
Cleon Tracy
Tracy
Port Madison
Waterloo
Michigan
Robert Tracy
Hopkins
H. T. Warner
Black Hawk County
Anderson Arrested Again on Extortion and Grand Larceny
William H. Anderson, released from Sing Sing on parole, was arraigned on four indictments charging extortion and grand larceny. Bail set at 5 000 dollars with surety. He reportedly told reporters he had no statement to make before leaving. A separate item notes a Dallas line steamer voyage for a cadet to sail December 2 for a four month world tour.
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New York
William H. Anderson
Sing Sing
Anderson
Wilt
Tour Worth
East London
Watertoo
Nec
Dallas
van Buren
Millionaire Hobo Stages Warm Christmas for Hobos
James Howe known as the Millionaire Hobo opened a hall in Los Angeles inviting hundreds of bundle stiffs and crews from boxcars. The event featured a tree, gifts, a meal, vaudeville acts, and no social divisions among hoboes as they slept on the hall floor after midnight.
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International News Wire
Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Claus
Santh Claus
Howe
Mmusical
California
Negro Pugilist Receives Eight-Year Murder Sentence
Frank Johnson, 32, a colored boxer, was sentenced to eight years in prison for the murder of Jess Jackson, a colored baseball pitcher. Johnson admitted in court to striking Jackson with a blow to the head after an argument.
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Dutique
Frank Johnson
Prion
Jess Jackson
Johnson
Jackson
Sioux City Heaviest Debits in Iowa Bank Week
Sioux City led Iowa cities in total debits to individual bank accounts for the week ended December 17, with 21,996,000 dollars. Des Moines followed at 17,705,000 and Cedar Rapids logged 9,798,000, marking Sioux City as the top spender among the state’s banks.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Newspapers Framed Says Baldwin At Senate Hearing
Arthur J. Baldwin head of the National Publishers Association testified before the Senate Post Office Subcommittee alleging the cost-distribution report targeted newspapers. He argued the second class mail rate hike aims to fund postal pay raises and claimed rural delivery subsidies amount to about 100 million dollars annually, justified as rural relief.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Post Ofice Department
Senate Post Office
Arthur J. Baldwin
National Publishers’ Association
Baldwin
Josep Stewart
Post Office
Congress
Mail Volume Sets Holiday Record at Fairfield Terminal
J. H. Musgrave says 20 carloads of mail in six cars is the largest holiday season volume and a national record at the Union Pacific mail terminal in Fairfield. In a Fairfield court B T Raines won against the First National Bank over a check with two figures. the smaller amount was written out. Cal W E Bailey of Sheldon was appointed deputy secretary of state, succeeding W T Fraine, effective immediately.
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Council
J. H. Musgrave
Union Pacific Mail
Fairfield
B. T. Raines
First National Bank
Raines
Des Moines
Cal
White House Christmas for President Coolidge
President Coolidge plans a subdued White House Christmas with only two guests Mr and Mrs Frank Stearns of Boston. They will light the national community Christmas tree sing carols and attend church services with a Wyoming grown turkey for dinner reflecting a quiet holiday amid family loss.
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Jess
Washington
D. C
Goolidge
White House
Calvin
Frank Stearns
Boston
Coolidge
New York
First Congregational Church
Rudolph Dubbert Returns and Deeds Property to Wife
Cedar Falls reports Rudolph Dubbert returned and deeded property to his wife after missing since November 2 while attending a beach show in Chicago. The incident drew local attention and spurred renewed interest in his whereabouts.
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Rudolph Dubbert
Cedar Falls
Chicago
Leanena
Deed Filed After Absence Not Explained
A man returned home this morning after being located in Granada 38. A deed transferring his property excepting the sporting goods store to his wife was filed at the courthouse. No reason for Duthbert's absence is given. Christmas visitors arrive in Waterloo to visit relatives.
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Granada
Duthbert
Christmas Gifts and Donations Highlight Holiday Spirit
Mrs. W. P. Walker, with daughter Evelyn Walker a teacher in Audubon county, returns home for holidays. Fifty rabbits donated by Joe Schiel hardware to the Salvation Army for Christmas dinners tomorrow. EC. L. Hosteter contributes fifty trees. A man at 324 Third street west also helps spread Christmas cheer.
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W. P. Walker
Evelyn Walker
Audubon County
Joe Schiel
Salvation Army
Tomorrow
EC. L. Hosteter
Third Street West
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Paliters Bee
Bob and
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Bea Hurlbut
Matheyn
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Ge Wailer
Cable Briefs
James Eads Howe
Mulligan
Free Flop
Jerry
Rom
Main Street
V. A. McBride
Ella Mae
Merle Walker
Wenatchee
Wash
Nox
Ideal Coal
Young Coal Company
IDEAL
Ment
Tinue
Walker - Schubert Lumber Co
A. Leath & Co
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