Record Snowbound Winter Delays Streets and Trains
The region endures an old fashioned winter with heavy snow, drifts, and cold snapping power. Trains run late by 15 minutes to an hour, buses resume service after road clearance between Alison and Rockford, and Cedar River may flood as snow melts. Letters from farmers describe limited mail delivery and impossible travel to nearby towns. Bobsled travel returns as autos vanish, while rail yards seek switchmen due to the extreme cold.
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Jack Frost
Cedar River
Alison
Rockford
Mason
Toad
Cedar Rapids
Coolidge May Marches Toward $100000 Post
The piece notes Coolidge may accept a $100000 job after his term ends and discusses whether he should join the Public Ledger and related newspapers’ operations. It references possible duties, time constraints, and presidential precedent set by Roosevelt and Taft.
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Coolidge
Double execution in Parish Prison shocks Franklin town
In Franklin Louisiana two women Mrs Leboeuf and Dr Dreher were hanged after death sentences upheld by federal and circuit courts. Last meals, final talks, and family pleas marked the day as the community reeled. Relatives prepared for burial while stores shuttered in a town of 4500 with a predominantly black population.
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Liberty
New Orleans
Pecot
Altho
Franklin
McFarlane to Attend Dubuque U C T Jubilee Event
Arch W. McFarlane of Waterloo will be among guests of honor at a Dubuque United Commercial Travelers council twenty fifth anniversary meeting. Iowa state officers and others will attend the Saturday evening event.
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Arch W. McFarlane
Waterloo
Iowa
United Commercial Traveler
Dubuque U.C. T. Council
Dubuque
George Boysen 80 Dies in Dike After Illness
George Boysen age 80 died in Dike at 10 a m after a 10 day pneumonia illness. Survived by three sons and two daughters: Edward who resided with him Herbert Mrs Chris Lyndegaar d and Mrs O O Krog Cedar Falls. Funeral and burial details not given in readable text.
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Courier Special Service
Cedar ‘Falls
George Boysen
Edward
Herbert
Chris Lyndegaard
Krog
Dike
Nels
Cedar Falls
Bond To Prevent Padlock On Bass Restaurant
A $1,000 bond was ordered to keep the 106-7 Oneida street property from being padlocked for a year due to liquor law violations. Al and Sadie Bass formerly occupied the place. injunctions since 1927 led to transfer and contract dealings. Owners Vasil and Damyan Stoyanoff were found to have knowledge of activities, with the property used as a rooming house and restaurant.
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Oneida Street
G. W. Wood
Sadie Bass
Jess ‘Taylor
Vasil and
Damyan Stoyanoff
Temperatures and Friday Morning Readings
Fragmented text shows scattered temperature data for Thursday night and Friday morning. No coherent values or locations are readable to form a reliable summary.
Man suffers broken back in Waterloo auto crash
W. C. Bunn of Waterloo, a Standard Battery salesman living at 614 Sumner Street, is hospitalized after a Monday night crash near Cedar Rapids. He sustained a fracture of the seventh vertebra when a car driven by Kendrick P. Jolly of Waterloo skidded on an icy road and overturned. Bunn, resting comfortably, was struck by a falling sample case and is encased in plaster. Joey, a passenger from the International Shoe Co. vehicle, escaped injury. Two X rays were taken with another planned to aid diagnosis. The accident occurred as two traveling men were entering Cedar Rapids from Waterloo.
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W. C. Bunn
Sumnerstrest
Standard Battery & Electric Co
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Bunn
Kendrick DP. Jolly
Home Park Boulevard
International Shoe Company
Joey
Rockford Declines Valley League Franchise Bid
Keokuk remains in contention as Rockford turns down the Mississippi Valley League, signaling possible league expansion among Waterloo Cedar Rapids Dubuque Burlington Rock Island Davenport and Keokuk, with Keokuk poised for formal acceptance at a Cedar Rapids meeting.
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Rockford
Valley League
Keokuk
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Davenport
City
Ottumwa
Beokuk
Hill
The
Courier Today
Lkely
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk Wil
Prince Ola Leaves Paris to Aid Afghan Return
Paris February 1 Prince Ola an 18 year old eldest son of former King Amanullah of Afghanistan departed for Moscow on his father orders abandoning studies in Paris. He said I am ready to pick up a rifle and help restore order and if anything happens to him I am prepared to fight for the crown and lead my father's troops.
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Paris
INS
Prince Ola
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Moscow
Hold Rev Kid Wedge for Mental Observation
Oakland Del Feb 1 Rev Frederick R Kid Wedge a Presbyterian minister and former pugilist was held for observation by alienists after admitting a desire to strangle his bride or throw her from a hotel window during their honeymoon week.
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Oakland
Del
Frederick R
Kid) Wedge
Mortuary notices and obituaries for local residents
Mrs Ray Johnson aged 21 of 822 Fairview avenue died of pneumonia at a local hospital at 2 p m after four days admission. Margaret Burns born in La Crosse Wisconsin lived in Waterloo for a year and left Waverly earlier. Survived by husband and a son Duane Ray born in December. Funeral arrangements announced. Mrs B A Walters 51 died Wednesday. services Sunday at 1 45 p m from home and 2 pm at Church of the Brethren. Rev A P Blough officiating. Burial Elmwood. Leo John Billings 47 Rainbow driver died yesterday. funeral Sunday at 2 30 p m at Kistner chapel. Rev Len Harris officiating. Burial Patrview.
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Ray Johanson
Ray Johnson
Fairview Avenue
Margaret Burns
la Crosse
Wis
Waterloo
Lef Waverly
Duane Ray
Kearns Mortuary
Tr. A
Walters
B. A
Washington Street
Church of the Brethren
Seventh
South Streets
A. P. Blough
Elmwood
Petersen Bros
Leo Join Billings
Leo John Billings
Rainbow Driver
Kistner Chapel
Len .C. Harris
Central Christian Church
Patrview
Waverly Banker declines budget director post
Waverly banker Guy Q Van Derveer cashier of the State Bank of Waverly declined Governor Hammills offer to be director of the state budget. He cited personal sacrifice required and said he could not leave his business. Hammill said the choice was to be sent to the senate by February 13 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of BE Hogue of Blencoe.
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Des ‘Moines
INS
Guy Q. van Derveer
State Bank of Waverly
John Hammill
Hammill
Today
van Derveer
Senate
BE. L. Hogue of
Blencoe
Hanson Withdraws from Contest for Postmaster Office
C A Hanson secretary and traffic manager of the Chamber of Commerce withdraws his application for postmaster here. The race now has six men and one woman: Harold B Plumb acting postmaster Frank T Bentley Knapp F Matthews Frank A Holmes Ralph A Barron E J Bruher and Mrs Jessie M R Jones. Hanson cites uncertainty of tenure and his duties at the Chamber of Commerce which serve water and business interests of Water Joe as reasons for stepping back.
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C. A. Hanson
Chamber’ of Commerce
Harold B. Plumb
Frank T. Bentley
Knapp F. Matthews
Frank A. Holmes
Ralph A. Barron
E J. Brueher
Jessie M.R. Jones
Hanson
Chamber of Commerce
Joe
Pike Undergoes Appendectomy in Presbyterian Hospital
George E. Pike, a member of Pike Stan Zimmerman Frank, underwent an appendectomy at Presbyterian Hospital after a Wednesday night attack. His condition was reported as good today and he had been in his usual health earlier Wednesday. Paris reports Marshal Ferdinand Foch’s condition improving after a brief relapse, described as quite satisfactory this morning.
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George E. Pike
Fourth Street West
Pike, Stan, Zimmerman, & Frank
Presbyterian Hospital
Pike
Paris
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Negro Pays 2.50 for Seat at Ax Man Trial
Report from Courcil Binifs Feb 1 describes how seats for the Luke Bird ax murder trial draw speculators. Despite the cold crowds wait for opening time at 2 PM, one negro secures a seat while another offers $2.50 to swap in.
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Ax Man
Courcil Binifs
Luke Bird
Big Boy
Tising
Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower Dedication
President Coolidge praised a new era of spiritual progress as he dedicated Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower a gift from Edward W Bok. He said wealth supports humanitarian art and education but real progress comes from beauty and public spirit shaping homes towns and civic life.
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Mountain Lake
Coolidge
Mountain’ Lake
Edward W. Bok
Bok
America
Endowed College
State University
Poll taxes due to Arbuckle & Arbuckle at bank building
City Clerk Charles Mac Kay announces delinquent poll taxes for 1928 are out of his jurisdiction. Payments must be made at Arbuckle & Arbuckle in the First National Bank building, with Myron Arbuckle and Ben G Howrey, attorneys, handling the matter.
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Arbuckle & Arbuckle
First National Bank
Charles MacKay
Myron Arbuckle
Ben G. Howrey
Man in reformatory wife seeks divorce
On March 10, 1928 Harold Frisbey was sentenced to serve two years in the state reformatory for carrying a weapon concealed without a permit. Today his wife Annabelle filed suit for divorce alleging her husband has a felony conviction as grounds for separation in Iowa.
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Harold Frisbey
State Reformatory
Annabelle
Towa
Blind Man Identifies Chicago Robber In Court
In Chicago a blind man testified in court identifying Richard Boehler as the thief. The witness described the assailant saying stick em up and taking a watch. The jury was to hear the case the following day.
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Chicago
Richard Boehler
Fred Leonardi
Sald Boeh
Nore
Leonardi
Deaf Hear With New Radio Ear At Canton School
In Canton on February 1, twenty deaf children at Henry Martin school experienced the first test of a radio car device invented by E A Myers of Pittsburgh. An ordinary telephone receiver placed by teachers over the heads allowed the children to hear human voice and respond. Within about half an hour the pupils spoke simple words and heard themselves.
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Canton
Henry Martin
E A. Myers
Pittsburgh
Myers
Brenton Named to State Bank Board Seat
Des Moines Feb 1 Glyder Brenton president of the Iowa National Bank was named by Governor Hammill to fill the unexpired term of Homer Miller on the state banking board. Miller has moved to California Brenton will serve until June 30.
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Des Moines
Glyder Brenton
Iowa National Bank
Hammill
Homer Miller
State Banking Board
Miller
California
Brenton
Two Linn County Men Are Candidates for Supreme Court
Linn county has two candidates for appointment by the governor to the Iowa supreme court bench should a new ninth judgeship be created by a bill now in the house. They are District Judge F. L. Anderson and John M. Grimm. Cedar Rapids Feb 1. Reverend Clark P. Parker 55 long time pastor of First Baptist and former Kiwanis leader died of acute gastritis after a brief illness. Lindy Off for Florida. Curtiss Field Feb 1 Col Charles A Lindbergh left New York for Florida to begin a flight to open a new air mail route to the Panama canal zone.
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Cedar Rapids
Clark P. Parker
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Lindy
Florida
Curtiss Field
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Panama Canal Zone
Wreck Investigation At Cedar Rapids Police Report
An investigation was scheduled to determine the cause of a wrecking of a C M S B P and P gasoline coach near Cedar Rapids Iowa on Wednesday injuring 21 passengers. Other items note coastguard cutters near Bermuda with a stranded British steamer, a protocol signed in London re Chinese tariffs, a Chicago cold water fatality, a men’s club program in Black's tearoom, a Los Angeles trip for J Arthur Young and family, Mrs. W B Stoner improving after influenza, and the death of Col Thomas H Birch former minister to Portugal in New York.
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Cedar Rapids
Bircit
New York
Thomas H. Birch
Portugal
PIRE ALARMS RECORD TWO INCIDENTS IN TOWN REPORT
PIRE ALARMS notes two events on Thursday and Friday. At 5:21 p.m. W R Brown and 2105 Mulberry reported a spark on wooden shingles causing minor damage valued at five dollars. On Friday at 6:33 a.m. an automobile owned by H J Brunk at 440 Summit backfired causing slight damage. Advertisement urges insurance and lists Herman Miller with phone 2404.
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W. R. Brown
H. J. Brunk
Summit
Groundhog predicts early spring amid stormy forecasts
The article notes a groundhog may not see its shadow due to snow and cloudy skies, signaling an early spring. It reports tonight and Saturday as cloudy with snow and rising but light temperatures, while regions like Webster City and Des Moines record record cold lows, framing a frigid winter pattern.
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Des Moines
Bureau
Webster City
Charles City
Sioux City
Davenport
Dubuque
Keokuk
Train wreck injures several near Mazamante Wisconsin
West bound Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train derailed half a mile east of Mazamante Wisconsin last night. Most injured passengers were in the two rear sleepers which overturned into Shallow Creek. A broken rail is blamed. Charles City Iowa residents M W Ellis Mrs Ellis and Frank Fisher aboard escaped injury.
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Mazamanié
Madison
General Hospital
Tena Monsen
Everlyne
W. Ells
Charles City
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mazamante
Wis
W. ‘Ellis
Frank Fisher
Charles’ City
Mgr. Ellis
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Germany
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