Tremendous fire destroys six city clocks in Fall River
A colossal blaze in Fall River Massachusetts last night wiped out six city clocks and damaged banks, hotels, theatres, and offices with losses estimated above 15 million dollars. Fire departments from Providence and Boston joined in, bringing the flames under control around 2 30 this morning after eight hours. Smaller fires caused by embers traveled two miles but were subdued without major trouble.
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Iowan Leads Marines in Rebel Cleanup in Nicaragua
Captain Roger W. Peard from Iowa led a marine troop in five fights over two days near San Albino and El Chipote, killing seven rebels and counting fresh graves along their route. The advance coincides with a U.S. backed election supervision debate in Nicaragua, as Chamorro advocates resist foreign oversight and McCoy observers seek a lighter role.
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San Albino
Buena Vista
Jicaro
Chamorro
Archibald
el Chipote
United States
Emiliano Chamorro
Nicaragua
McCoy
Runearsan Elected Plumbers' Secretary
Cedar Rapids Iowa Feb 3 The annual Iowa Master Plumbers association convention adjourned last night naming officers for next year James Zahyobsky Mason City president M Orr Sioux City vice president Ed Vernentin Davenport treasurer HH Rytearson Waterloo secretary Lou Pray Fort Dodge and Ed A Rosene Des Moines were named directors to succeed B Batiry and F S Poclka Cedar Rapids
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Iowa Master Plumbers' Association
Fort Dodge Ehusen
James L. Zahyobsky
Mason City
M Orr
Sioux City
Ed . Vernentin
Davenport
HH. A. Rytearson
Waterloo
Lou Pray
Port Dodge
Ed A. Rosene
of Moines
McCormick Denies Divorce Knowledge
Har old F. McCormick the Chicago millionaire says he knows nothing about a divorce action reported from Paris involving Madame Walska. He states he has not been informed of any such action and casts doubt on the reports from the Freveh capital.
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Harold FF. McCormick
Harvestey Manualacurer
Chicago
Paris
Madame Ganna
McCormick
Madame Walska
Freight business boosts western lines in 1998 over 1927
General Superintendent W Scott Williams notes freight traffic in January 1998 rose 10.7 percent from January 1927, and bushires also up 1 percent from December. Increased grain shipments last month, 108 percent higher than the prior year, suggest farmers' conditions have improved, as cited by industry figures amid related ads.
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Western Thnots Central
W. Scott Williams
Courier delivery cutoff and remedy notice
The Courier will be delivered before 6:20 p.m. If the paper does not arrive by then due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 for a replacement copy. Phone calls must be received before 6:38 p.m. to ensure service.
Old Gardener on Defense in Harry Hill Trial
Ottawa Feb 3 A 73-year-old German gardener Peter Busch testified in the Harry Hill murder trial. He described being asked by defense attorney Arthur Shay about moving dirt from the basement and whether any grave was dug. Busch answered no and denied guiding anyone to conceal a body, detailing interactions around the Hill home basement scene.
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Til
Peter Busch
Harry
Bliga
Shay
Gare Dener
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Flo
President Feeds IZ Congressmen At Breakfast Table
President Coolidge hosted a morning legislative breakfast in Washington with invited guests including Representatives Colton Utah Republican Vincent Michigan Republican Gifford Massachusetts Republican Williams Texas Democrat McFadden Pennsylvania Republican Wingo Arkansas Democrat Rayburn Texas Democrat Moran Pennsylvania Republican Sinnott Oregon Republican Evins Montana Democrat.
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Vincent
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Gifford
Massachusetts
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Wingo
Arkansas
Rayburn
Democrcy
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Moran
Pennsylvania
Sinnott
Oregon
Evins
Montana
Clinker Fire Kills Pioneer Woman in Ia. Home
Around February 3 in Around Ia a woman, Mrs. John Pingel aged 84, died after her nightgown caught fire from a clinker that fell from a heating stove as she refueled it. Her son Emil Pingel heard screams and tried to help but the garment burned quickly and she died several hours later.
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Emil Pingel
Bandits Beat Aged Man for Cafe Cash
Gedar Rapids Iowa Feb 3 Tutus Cubs 76 collapsed in a Marion cafe hospital after bandits attacked him last night in an alley near his lodgings. He was beaten about the head and carried the day's receipts though the amount was not learned.
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Marion
Gibbs
Germany Opposes 13 Months in Year Calender Reform
Geneva Feb 3 The German government notified the League of Nations it favors a fixed Easter date but remains unalterably opposed to rewriting the calendar to assign 13 months to each year.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Picketts to deliver keynote at GOP state convention
Des Moines Feb 3 Charles E Pickett Waterloo will be the temporary chairman and keynote speaker at the Republican state convention set for March 7 Willis L Stern Republican state chairman announced Pickett’s acceptance. He was among Town’s delegates at large to the Republican convention eight years ago and seconded the nomination of Frank Lowden at the State convention. Stern said Pickett will give a keynote that will please Iowa voters and project well to other states.
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Des Moines
Charles E. Pickett
Willis L. Stern
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Pickett
Yeo
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
Kansas City
Stern
Pieritt
Towa
Newspaper to Build 20 Story Building in New York
New York on February 3 reports the Daily News purchased a site on Party-second street between Second and Third avenues for a 20 story building to house the tabloid newspaper Liberty magazine and the New York office of the Chicago Tribune. Capital fan Joseph Dunleany left the municipal airport at 12:65 PM today en route from Chicago to Miami on a goodwill flight to South America.
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Fin
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Miami
Chicago
South America
Fire Devastates Fall River Business District. $15 Million Loss
A massive fire in Fall River Mississippi razed six city blocks centered on the Pocasset mill area, causing losses estimated between 15 and 30 million dollars. The blaze destroyed theaters, banks, hotels, and offices as outlying towns aided with water, while nearly all city services collapsed. Firefighters endured cold winds and low water pressure, with five injuries reported and no confirmed fatalities.
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Postal Telegraph
Italy Moves to One-Party State Under Suffrage Bill
The fascist grand council approved a bill abolishing universal suffrage and restricting voting to contributors to national progress, aiming to make Italy a one-party nation. Mussolini led the debate while presiding at the council meeting as the bill advances to the chamber of deputies for discussion later this month, with deputies facing a reduction in the chamber size from 960 to about 400.
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Cedar Falls in Contest for Blonde Beauty Title
In Waterloo a Riviera Brighton contest judges face a humorous dilemma as contestants claim blonde status amid a theme based on Anita Loos and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Suburban robberies in Chicago involve two 17 year old girls and two young men confessing to a string of thefts. authorities note changes in suspects’ ages and appearances.
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Alene Flint
Thelma Bradford
Sibyl Brooks
Miss Flint
H. W. Flint
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Glenn A.tibbitts
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Fe Sid Orhier Ovinas
Chicago
Nicholas Calles
Nector
Martin
Courier
Ham Leaves TL in Sanitarium at Vienna
Vienna February 3. Uh d Mamitton Lewis Chicago former United States senator visiting here is in a sanitarium recovering from a attack of congestion of the lungs. A report states he is improving.
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Mamitton Lewis
Chicago
United States
Ervenomis
Niagara Cataract Booms After Ice Jam
Niagara Cataract is booming again as the American falls are active after ice restrictions. An ice jam diverted water to the Canadian shore yesterday, sending less water over the American falls for two decades and restoring the roaring sound and spectacle in Buffalo.
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Buffalo
Niagara
Pipe Organ Music Soothes Officers Chasing Burglars
Police responding to a midnight alarm at the Palace Theatre 508 Sycamore found repair workers playing the pipe organ rather than suspects. No arrests were made as the robbers fled before officers could catch them.
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Diiver Charles Pickens
Palace Theatre
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Kills Husband for Remark She Didn’t Like
Sioux City reports say a woman, Mrs W Rogers, shot and killed her husband Arthur Slighty 29 in a hotel room after a quip or remark displeased his wife. The couple, formerly of Gasper, Wye, were part of a family group when the shooting occurred. Mrs Slighty is held by police pending investigation.
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Start Action to Oust Supervisors
Ouster proceedings to remove Marion county Supervisors Homer B. Clark and Peter Tusseling proceed with petitions signed by 42 voters. Charges cite 31 alleged mismanagement instances, no fraud. F. W. Reynolds, the third board member, is not named.
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Knoxville
Homer B. Clark
Peter Tusseling
Marion County
F. W. Reynolds
Mrs Snyder Leaves Jewels to Daughter in Will
Ruth Snyder’s will disclosed in New York today bequeaths jewels worth 1000 to her 10 year old daughter Lorraine and leaves property and securities valued at 18000 to Mrs Josephine Brown mother of the executed murderess. The will makes no reference to 95000 in life insurance on Albert Snyder, slain by his wife and Henry wudd Gray, her paramour.
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Ruth Snyder
Lorraine
Josephine Brown
Albert Sneder
Henry Wudd Gray
U S Radio Chairman Receives Side Salary
Washington Feb 3 GC H Caldwell acting chairman of the federal radio commission disclosed to the senate committee that he earns 7000 a year from McGraw Hill Publishing and 10000 a year from the government. He said the McGraw Hill sum is a retainer for later service.
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H. Caldwell
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Switchman's Body Severed at Waist in Creston
Creston Iowa Feb 3 J P His body entirely severed at the waist Joe Johnson 38 Creston a Burlingian switchman was instantly killed today when he fell beneath a tram Harold Hawker a switchman working with Johnson said the dead man was working from the top of a box car when jolted off his freight near the coupling and was probably thrown near the wheels He is survived by his widow.
Ten Years Ago in the Service in Brest Hospital
John Pettit recalls a spring 181 a visit to Brest France where he saw shell shocked soldiers housed in a well run hospital with women nurses by day and men at night He served with the Eighty second division which logged 453 KIA and 6864 WIA during heavy action and transport sickness cut his trench service
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France
John Pettit
Black Hawk Street
Eighty-second
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Senators Move to Arrest Robert Stewart Over Oil Inquiry
Washington oil hearings into the secret $50 million Continental Trading deal push to jail standards chief Robert W. Stewart for refusing to answer questions. Stewart balked at discussing profits and possible political bonds, citing need to tell the story to a judge and jury.
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Standard OH Company
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Canada
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Col. Stewart
Nye
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