Love Pirate Slain Man Killed by Wife in Self Defense
Olive L. Jones 22, divorced, told police she shot OG L. Black in her Louisville apartment after he visited her daughter Clara and she feared a reconciliation. Black died from the shooting as Jones kept vigil, hid the body, and called her former husband for help. She was charged with murder.
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Moved
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Jones
Peterson Kills Father Then Ends Own Life in Family Dispute
Albert Peterson shot and severely wounded his father after the father refused to stop the son’s pleas to stop illegal activity. The elder Peterson had bought a still and set it up in the house to manufacture Christmas liquor. The ensuing quarrel over the distilling spurred the fatal act.
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Ili
Albert Peterson
Peterson
Application Blanks for Bonus in Des Moines Today
Des Moines Dec 26 application blanks for the Town bonus were mailed for statewide distribution. Sacks released at the post office and the Dos Moines Gupta will be delivered in the city before noon at Red Cross, American Legion, and county recorder offices. Distribution begins immediately at Iowa points. blanks will not be at the bonus board HQ.
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Des Moines
Dos Moines
Red Cross
American Legion and County Recorders
Iowa
Bonus ‘Board
Wilkins
Daugherty to retire at end of term
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Daugherty plans to retire after his two year term. Friends say an announcement may not come before March 4. Carmi Thompson is named as possible successor if true, though unconfirmed by Daugherty.
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New York
Washington
The
Globe
Carmi Thompson
Ohio
Former Motor Cop Placed Under Arrest
Cedar Rapids reports Clifford A L Blair formerly a motorcycle patrolman of La Grange was taken back to La Grange to answer a charge of criminal assault. Blair was arrested at his home on a telegram from TaGrange police chief L G Matthews. Blair claimed an alibi.
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Cedar Rapids
Clifford AL Blair
la Grange
Frank Yeahey
Naperville
L. G. Matthews
TaGrarge
Blair
Centenarians Will Dine with Meeker Centenarians
A New York dinner on December 25 honors Ezra Meeker with a group of sprightly guests aged around 9 years. One guest Chauncey De will be the host, described as 83 years old, and all attendees plan to present 100 word statements on why they have lived so long and why they should not live to 200.
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New York
Sprightls
Ezra Meeker
Chauncey de
New York Ends Christmas as Dryest Yet Amid Deaths
Police link six liquor deaths to bootleg liquor as New York marks the driest Christmas in history. Bodies sent for autopsy while prohibition agents confiscate liquor and Bellevue notes record low alcoholism patient count. Across reports, bootleggers sob over the tragedy and others celebrate a dry holiday in Washington and ongoing legal healing of Chief Justice Fat.
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New York
Morgua
Hellevue Hospital
Hqauor
Workers Party Plans Soviet Government For U S
United Press reports at a New York convention the Workers Party plans a Soviet style government, seeking to unite labor unions, farmers, and workers in a mass movement. The platform calls for confiscating control of raw materials and production to establish collective ownership.
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United Press
New York
Soviet Russia
Workers’ Party
Twas
Labor Temple
Lnke
C. E. Ruthenberg
Peace claims and new rule urged by Sir Harry Lauder
Sir Harry Lauder, addressing Rotarians and Kiwanis at the Hotel Russell, urged two new rules for peace saying unity is essential. He described wartime sufferings, emphasized friendship between nations, and urged a world where neighbors help each other to prevent further conflict. The event featured a large audience, humorous interludes, and songs by Lauder and supporting performers.
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Seoteh Yolnatrel
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Lawson
Yoou
Lauder
Europe
America
Kolker
France
Ote
United States
Frances
Uey
Christas
Motor Mishap Victim Agnes Nelson Remembered In Waterloo
Agnes Nelson, a Central School primary teacher and active church worker, was killed instantly Friday afternoon in an automobile accident near her Waterloo home during holiday visiting. Hundreds of friends mourn the tragedy at Eagle Grove Court as details spread.
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Waterloo
Eagle Grove Court
Agnes Nelson
Central ‘Spool
Sir Harry Lauder A Famous Scottish Entertainer
The article profiles Sir Harry Lauder born August 4 1870 in Portobello Scotland. It outlines his early work in flax spinning mills and coal mines then rise as a renowned entertainer touring Scotland Ireland the United States Australia and New Zealand. It notes his war service on the firing line in France and the loss of his son Capt John Lauder in 1916. He created the Million Pound Fund for Matmen Men to aid disabled soldiers and sailors. Lauder also wrote and performed his own songs.
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Prodigal Son Holds Out 11 Years at Philadelphia Jail
Frederick Livingstone from Lincoln Web left home after a quarrel with his father over college. He wandered 11 years, begged on the streets, concealed his identity to spare his family disgrace, and was jailed for three months in Philadelphia. His brother M F Livingstone of Rock Island arrives to claim him for a rest and a New Year reunion.
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Frederick Livingstone
Lincoln
Web
House of Correction
Prison Welfare Association
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M. F. Livingstone
Rock Island
Emerson and Stein Likely to Face Grand Jury in Theft Case
RA Emerson of Chicago and Arthur Stein of Atlantic Ta held on theft charges involving a Cadillac owned by Paul Davis. Identification linked Emerson to a Kansas City Kan bank and highway robbery case. Police chief Walker said the pair appear sought nationwide and will await preliminary action then likely be bound over for grand jury, possibly transferred to county jail.
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Paul Davis
Kansas City
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Earl Steffen
Waterloo
Kansas
Arthur Stein
Atlantic
Council Bluffs
KB. Walker
One Hurt as Speeder Crashes Into Truck
Marshalltown Iowa December 26 Charles Baker 43 Chicago Northwestern railroad employee living at Beane was fatally injured today two miles east of Nevada Iowa when a Bassline speeder carrying six employees crashed into a truck on a grade crossing. Baker was the only one hurt seriously and was taken to a hospital where examination showed a brain injury.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Beane
Nevada
Palrer
Marriage Licenses Include Cedar Falls And Waterloo Couples
Wallan T Frederickson of Cedar Falls wed Vera Foffal, Cedar Falls. Otho Taylor of Waterloo married Eva May Pullen of Waterloo. The licenses reflect local marriages between residents of Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
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Cedar
Vera Foffal
Cedar Falla
Otho Taylor
Waterloo
Eva May Pullen
Angora Told Turk Must Give Ground To Achieve Peace
Lausanne reports say Ismet Pasha urged concessions on disputed points to make peace possible as Lausanne talks resume after Christmas recess. Minorities talks to tackle final details with hopes for an early settlement. no signings before January. Venizelos thanks Red Cross for aid to refugees in Greece amid postwar turmoil.
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Liagganne
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Lausanne
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Ned Cross
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France rejects German frontier protection plan
London reports Premier Poincare rejected Germany’s 30 year frontier guarantee proposal submitted via the French ambassador in Washington. Paris says France would not accept a referendum based on the pact and fears a fake referendum. The Allied Reparations Commission also declared Germany in voluntary default for wood deliveries this year in a split vote.
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Woodrow Wilson Foundation and memoirs talk
The article discusses Woodrow Wilson's role in public affairs, the planned Woodrow Wilson Foundation funded by public subscription to honor his national and international service, and its stated purpose to award merit in democracy and peace. It notes a condition he reportedly set against building a monument and comments on possible first recipients.
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al Association of Nations
Bulky Report on Gallows Booze Party At Hanging
Attorney General Gibson will submit a bulky report tomorrow to Governor Kendall on the Fort Madigan drinking orgy alleged to have preceded the hanging at Orrie Cross on November 27. State agents questioned 41 witnesses over several weeks to verify the charges, with only one witness reportedly supporting claims of drunkenness by County Attorney Rippey and County Auditor Rhoades of Polk County.
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Fudge Atterback
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Rippey
Rhoades
Polk County
Trio of Progressives Back Borah Disarmament Plan
In Washington three Progressive Republican senators McNary of Oregon Brookhart of Iowa and Ladd of North Dakota voiced strong support for Borah s world economic and disarmament conference proposal and said they would vote for it as an amendment to the navy bill. Senate leaders Lodge Curtis and Watson sought Borah consent for a modification of the proposal amid broad administration encouragement.
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Brookhart
Iowa
Ladd
North Dakota
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Lodge
Massachusetts
Curtis
Kansas
Watson
Indiana
Sinn Fein Clubs Call for National Congress to Seek Peace
Dublin December 26 Sinn Fein clubs pass a resolution urging convocation of a national Sinn Fein congress to negotiate peace with the Free State government.
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Sinn Fein
Free State
Eyewitness to Identify Hooded Mob Members In Kidnapping
The State expects an eyewitness to name several masked mob members tied to the August kidnapping of five Mer Rouge residents. Investigators plan formal identification at an open hearing ordered by Gov Parker, with a Missouri farmer who witnessed the seizure said to be under protection. Open hearings to discuss coroner’s inquest, autopsy reports, and the farmer’s location are set after a New Orleans conference.
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Watt Daniels
Thomas Richards
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John “Hh. Parkar
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Hare
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Brakeman Murphy Dies After Yard Accident
Francis Murphy, 28, a Milwaukee railroad brakeman, was fatally injured during switching in Akron yards Sunday night and died at the hospital on Christmas day. In Portland, more than 150 people narrowly escaped in a four story apartment fire that gutted the Lillian buildings, forcing immediate evacuation in scant attire.
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Akron
Francis Murphy
Milwaukee Railroad
Portland
Ore
Christian General Feng Emphasizes Bible Teaching in Peking Guard
Peking is guarded by about 30 600 troops under Gen Feng Yu-Hsi, the Christian general. He says roughly 20 percent profess Christianity and expects about 6 000 to be Bible familiar. Feng, who led forces from Henan, notes his duty to acquaint soldiers with scriptures and cites biblical justification for his wartime actions.
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Chang Tso-Lin
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Wu Pei-Fu
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Pastor Flays Movie Mentor in Anger Over Arbuckle Return
Los Angeles clerics condemn Will Hays for backing Roscoe Arbuckle’s screen comeback. Rev Shuler leads ministers in a meeting to oppose Arbuckle’s return, saying society must protect children and reject his reentry. Rev Briegleb cites a private pledge followed by a swift reversal, accusing Hollywood and the reform effort of hypocrisy.
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Cal
Ministerial Union
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Patty
Arbuckte
Bob” Shuler
Arbuckle
Wie Hays
Gal Briegleb
Westlake Presbyterian Church
Will Hays
America
Streetcar Service After Midnight Is Commended by Public
Waterloo residents praise the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railway for midnight streetcar service after church services. Four churches held late services and riders used the cars until 2 am. Superintendent Maurice Welsh says the goodwill outweighed financial loss and notes very few accidents during the Christmas rush.
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Waterloo
Welsh
Two Additions Seek Extension of Car Lines
A petition from about 60 residents of Drowers and Taylor additions was received by city clerk Charles Mac Kay for council tonight. It requests extending street car service to Blowers Avenue toward Milton Street, expanding transit access in the area.
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Drowers and Taylor Additions
Charles MacKay
Blowers Avenue
Milton Street
Wife Locked Out Breaks Windowpanes at Police Station
A colored couple, brought to the station after neighbors reported ongoing quarrels, saw the wife break windowpanes when locked out by her husband. The scene at police headquarters ended with the pair granted freedom to seek nuptial compatibility as a belated Christmas gift, despite Captain Mortis’s initial failure.
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Tom Morris
Daniel Canid
Mortis
Youthful Elopers from Perry Jailed near Des Moines
Bes Moines Dec 26 After two romantic elopements from Perry Jr Leona Baker 16 and pretty and Will Fessler 21 are jailed as police await the girl’s Audubon parents. The parents say she ran away from a private school to marry Fessler at Perry. Police found them yesterday not at a local restaurant. Miss Baker had vanished once before about a month ago and was found by private detectives in Council Bluffs. Fessler a married brakeman was held for a time.
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Bes Moines
Perry, Jr
Leona Baker
Will Fessler
Audubon
Isin Fessler
Perry
Ihen
Miss Baker
Council Bluffs
Fessler
M Jattand
Lands in Iowa with 50 Billion Rubles
Sioux City reports Russian immigrant Lewis Pyckus arrived from Gomel on Christmas day with 50 billion rubles in tables he hopes to cash for about 2500 dollars. He plans to live with a local brother and attend night school. He owned an $80,000 store before Bolshevism and recently sold for about 2300 dollars.
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Sioux City
Lewis Pyckus
Gomel
Russia
Fort Dodge Women Held in Mason City
Mrs. L. R. Chapman and Mrs. 3. A. War Ten, both of Fort Dodge, are held on a shoplifting charge in Mason City. Police found much material tied to their rooms at a local hotel Saturday night and confiscated it. The women are accompanied by their husbands. Their hearing was set for today.
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L. R. Chapman
3. A. War- Ten
Fort Dodge
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