Sound Principles and Headlines From 1925 The Spotlight
In this Des Moines column, C. Cole reports from the fifth Iowa district with a nod to President Coolidge on export plans grounded in sound economics, while sections mock phony jewelry, reflect on 1926 New Year reservations, and note a Deaths and safety tally in Chicago. A back-page vignette surveys India, Manhattan, and a teenage misdeed.
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C. Cole
Congress
Iowa
Washington
Des Moines
Coolidge
Cole
Points West
Tests to determine poison in peaches in Keokuk case
Keokuk Iowa December 28 AP Tests were made to determine whether glue or arsenic poisoning from juice of one can of peaches caused the death of Beatrice Baldwin three years old and made three other children ill Two other Baldwin children show signs of improvement while a neighborhood child ill at the same time is in serious condition
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Keokuk
Beatrice Baldwin
Baldwin
Griswold Checks Stream Pollution
Des Moines reports that state health officials led by Dr Don M Griswold have completed northern Iowa stream pollution surveys and will extend checks through central and southern areas with engineers surveying rivers after months of work in the northern region.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
Don M. Griswold
Mason City
Iowa
Maytag Business Doubles for Year
Newton Iowa December 29 The Maytag company reports a 101 percent rise in business for the past year announced by chairman F L Maytag at a three day convention of workers. The year’s business totals 35 million dollars with a 50 million dollar program planned for 1926. The company plans to donate two hundred thousand to causes in line with quotas.
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Newton
Maytag Company
F. L. Maytag
Soufflé Falls Ten Floors to Death in Alabama Hotel
In Birmingham Alabama Dee 29 Joseph Og t Grand Rapids Michigan University student reportedly fell to his death late last night while with companions at a hotel. Witnesses say he was drawn against an elevator door with such force that a hinge broke and he plunged down the shaft.
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Hirmingham
Ala
Dee
Joseph
Grand Rapids
Mich
University of Michigan
Driver Kills Man and Speeds Away in Council Bluffs
Dec 29 AP report shows John Alberts, 63, a UTE farmer, killed while waiting for a street car. An unidentified driver struck him and fled the scene. Alberts had visited an undertaker earlier in the day to arrange his relative’s burial.
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Council Bluffs
John Alberts
Alberts
U S Arms Delegates Surprise Geneva Conference
Reports from Geneva indicate surprise and dismay in League circles over a plan to send President Coolidge and top officials to the preparatory disarmament conference on February 15. Officials say it would be impractical to field eminent representatives for the preliminary session. Cardinal Mercier, 74, underwent surgery in Brussels for a lesion of the stomach. EB Peterson, 33, a switch tender from Iowa, was killed by an east coast line train in New Smyrna Florida. his body was found in three pieces.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Coolidge
Kellogg
Commerce
Hoover
Hughes
Florida
New Smyrna
Fia
Peterson
Cromisiowx City
East Florida Coast Line
South Dakota
County to Spend 1926 on 14 Miles of Roads
Black Hawk county plans a 1926 road program totaling about 24 600, including grading and graveling on 14 miles to link Dunkerton to Pairbury Jubilee and Eagle Center to Hudson areas. The plan mirrors 1925 progress with 14 miles improved and primary roads fully paved, plus a new tractor and blade to clear snow. maintenance funds allocated district by district and state primary road funds cover primaries.
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Dunkertoan-Pairbank
Eagie Concor
Lester Township
Waterloo
Oelwein
Independence
Oel- Wein
Jesup-Jubilee
St Porte City
Nathan Nearhey
H. W. Miller
T. D. Teeter
Matt, Ahles
Frank ‘S T. Bentley
State Highway Commission
Black Hawk County
Hudson
Cedar Malls
Dewar
Bremger
la Porte City
Brandon
Thru Canly
W. D. Johnston
Johnston
Palm Beach Society Leaders Hoard Gems In Safe
Palm Beach society leaders place gems in banks after thieves strike at Horace H. Wark residence in Madison. Dime store diamonds and synthetic gems rise in popularity as real jewels go into security. Mrs James Donohue of Woolworth wealth declines to store her gems amid the wave of winter resort crime.
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Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
Fia
Horace H. Wark
Madison
James Donohue
Woolworth
New York
You May See Venus Flirting With Sun Saturday Afternoon
In Iowa City on December 28, Prof. G C T. Wylie of the University of Iowa astronomy department says Venus may be visible Saturday afternoon January 2. At 2 o clock the planet should occupy the same position the sun held at 11, shifting with the sun so that at 2 the Venus position matches the sun’s noon position.
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Towa City
Venus
Tt. Wylie
University of Iowa
Qelwein Hunter Dies After Accidental Gunshot Wound
Qelwein Indiana December 24 special Paul Gardner 20 died at city hospital at 11 pm Monday from a gunshot wound in his thigh received as he tried to pry a ferret from a rabbit warren with the butt of his weapon. Gardner's companion Sidney Everett also about 20 carried the injured man to a farmhouse after attempting to check the bleeding with a makeshift tourniquet. Surviving Gardner are his widow and a small child. He was an apprentice at Chicago Great Western shops here.
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Qelwein
Paul Gardner
City Hospital
Gardner
Sidney Everett
Mainge
Chicago Great Western
Condition of Colonel Coolidge Unchanged
The report states Colonel Coolidge remained in the same condition after a comfortable night. Nurse May Johnson said he slept fairly well and was generally restful. He remains bedbound due to faulty circulation causing paralysis of his right leg.
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Plymouth
Police Arrest 600 in Gambling Raids in Detroit
In Detroit Michigan on December 29 police arrested over 600 men after vice squad raids on five gambling resorts. Imone Pace was found on the eighth floor with warning signals. 32 men were seized there and 371 more in a secret third floor room.
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Jyetroit
Mich
Imone Pace
Miami Ski? Cold Wave Reaches South but Misses City
Miami, Florida, December 29, 1949. The city felt the tail end of a national cold spell but did not freeze as winds shifted, preventing frost from materializing. Citrus groves in the Miami district kept fires burning to ward off predicted frost damage.
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Miami
Fla
Waterloo Shivers Hit The Midwest With 23 Below
The cold wave grips cities from Waterloo Iowa to Chicago as temperatures fall to 23 below zero in Waterloo, with several towns recording single digits below. Parts of New York and Des Moines see rising temperatures as relief promises arrive tomorrow. Billowing stories tell of frozen cars and stricken households.
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Ralph B. Slippy
United States
Waterloo
Iowa
Mercury
Bull
Webster City
Charles City
Mason City
Associated Press
Des Moines
Keokuk
Weather Bureau
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
Middlewest
Chicare
Three Dead Men Found Near Oklahoma Railroad Track
In Muskogee Oklahoma police investigated the discovery of three men found near a railroad track. No identification marks were present and investigators sought to determine if the deaths were from a train accident or another cause.
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Muskogee
Okla
Courier delivery deadline and reprint policy notice
The notice informs readers the Courier should be delivered before 5 30. If the paper is not received by then, call 5100 for a copy. Phone inquiries must be made to this office before 6 30 PM.
Poet Sergei Essenin Ends Life in Leningrad
Moscow dispatch reports Serge Essenin, famed poet and former husband of dancer Isadora Duncan, committed suicide in Leningrad. The 1922 marriage ended years earlier. Essenin left a final poem in blood, marking his death as a notable literary tragedy.
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Dancer
Moscow
Serge Essenin
Tsadora Duncan
Leningrad
Isadora Duncan
Pershing to Return Home. White House Clarifies Tacna Arica
Gen Pershing will formally announce his early return to the United States at the state department. The White House says President Coolidge will not withdraw as arbitrator in the Tacna Arica dispute.
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Washington, D. C
Gen. Pershing
United States
State Department
Whites House
Coolidge
Cedar Falls Aims to Produce Corn Sugar in Old Plant
Cedar Falls announces plans to manufacture corn sugar as part of Iowa’s crop utilization. The old Harris & Cole Bros building at 26th and Main will be used, with Cedar Falls Commercial club securing an option on the former factory. News was sent to Emil Webbles of Town State Bankers' Association for transmission to the agricultural conference in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Pawnee Trig & Rubber Co
Cedar Falls Commercial Club
Emil Webbles
Town State Bankers’ Association
Des Moines
Harris & Cole Bros
Tire
Twenty-sixth
Main
Ocean City Fire Hits Seaside Resort Hotels
A devastating blaze swept Ocean City Maryland as wind aided flames destroyed the Atlantic and Seaside hotels, water works, and electric plant. Damage nears one million dollars with water supply failing and firemen struggling to control the fire. Communications with nearby towns were cut off.
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Baltimore
Mid
Ocean City
Deter City
Radio Fans Force Repairs on Car Lines
Fort Madison city voters press the street railway to fix several damaged track spots after a large petition from hundreds of radio listeners. Mayor J A Tower, a radio enthusiast, approved the request and ordered repairs to quiet the nuisance.
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Fort Madison
Fort Madison Street Railway Company
J. A. Tower
Wheeler Indictment Dismissed on Appeal
The District of Columbia supreme court sustained the demurrer of Senator Wheeler Montana to the indictment accusing him of conspiracy to defraud the federal government in obtaining oil and gas permits in his home state.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wheeler
Montana
Cooks to Conference 10 Map Sound Economic Policy
H W Miller, a county board member, recalls four years of driving to meetings by car and the switch to horse drawn travel during a snow drift, noting the long, easy ride by automobile today. He describes a winter journey of six miles in 45 minutes versus 14 to 15 minutes by car.
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COOKS
H. W. “Miller
Waterloo
French Cabinet Backs Doumer on Financial Plan
Paris AP reports the French cabinet will back Finance Minister Doumer in his budget plan. He cites a deficit of 2,800,000,000 francs and proposes higher income taxes, tax on course operations, tobacco price hikes under government monopoly, export tax, and a temporary stamp tax. Revenue funds a sinking fund and Bank of France reimbursements, with remaining amount balancing the budget.
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Paris
Dowmer
Bank of France
Brookhart Bill Aims World Peace and Crop Help
Des Moines reports Senator Smith W Brookhart will propose a cooperative plan for world peace during debate on the world court in the next Senate session. The measure aims to regulate exports and imports to ease agricultural surplus and expand foreign markets to boost U S agricultural prosperity.
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Des Moines
United States Senate
Smith W. Brookhart
America
Senator Brookbart
Waverly Man May Reopen Tire Plant
Reports from Fort Madison say the Perfection Tire Rubber Co. factory once closed and in bankruptcy will reopen in a few weeks. H. D. Murphy of Waverly leads the effort to lease the plant, with plans to hire about 350 workers.
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Fort Madison
Perfection Tire « Rubber Co
H. D. Murphy
Waverly
Autos Kill 100 More for Year in Chicago
Chicago reporting a grim toll as autos and flood debris fill streets. A tragic tale from a family of five hid on a roof before perishing, with the coroner tallying rising deaths across the year amid the disaster.
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Chicago
Vienna
Austria
Torea
Nator
Waterloo Girl Divorces Rich Husband Over Lingerie Find
Lucile Mac Kagley, 18, former East High debutante, filed for divorce from Chicago real estate heir Frank A. Vanerstrom after returning to Waterloo with her three year old son. The split followed a year of separation beginning October and was finalized December 22, 1925, amid a quiet Waterloo scene. The couple’s marriage had been celebrated in June 1923, ending after an extended vacation and a private hearing before Judge George Fred Trush. The article notes the divorce was granted after her discovery of lingerie in her husband’s apartment and her decision to end the marriage.
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Waterloo
Lucile Mac Kagley
East High School
Herman Kagley
Frank A. Vanerstrom
Chicago
Town State College
George Fred Trush
Chicago Court
Altho
East High
Ron
Arthur H. French
Fourth Street East
Waterton
Iowa farmers and bankers meet to discuss farm surplus plan
Des Moines December 29. Leaders from Iowa business farming and politics gathered as a twelve member committee appointed by President Webbles outlined steps to overhaul the rural economy. A telegram from President Coolidge urged a sound economic plan to handle surplus farm products while opposing government price fixing. The conference heard perspectives from farm marketers and the Iowa congressional delegation as they debated removing discrimination against corn sugar in food laws to boost demand and exports.
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Towa
Senate
House of Representives
Coolidge
Iowa
Webbles
Webbies
Cyrenus Cole
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