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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1925

Page

8

Inauguration Eve Unfolds As Nation Learns Result

The article reports the electoral college winner Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Daw, with detailed scenes of the joint congressional announcement, and notes the tradition and pageantry surrounding the voting process. It also covers diverse items from prison reform criticisms to Scout activities and regional tensions in the Near East.

Concreas United States Calvin Coolidge Massachusetts Charles G. Daw Ilinois

Home Owners of America Become Security

Senator Fess notes a rising trend in Americans owning securities alongside homes. He cites that over 70 million Americans, with families, now own securities, forming a conservative political base. The piece discusses disgust with large trusts and the growing investor class shaping policy.

Home Owners OF America Security Iwners Norris General Electric Company Fess Ohio Mucler United States Steel Corporation Hadley Yale Washington Hes

Edison at 78 Missed Birthday Interview in East Orange

East Orange marks Thomas A. Edison turning 78 still away in Port Myer Florida. The village’s famed inventor left Tuesday for his winter home with no birthday interviews this year. Edison credits health to a job he loves, no alcohol, fresh air, and not taking troubles to bed.

East Orange Thomas A. Edison Edison Port Myer Pla

Chinese Withdraw from Opium Parley

Geneva Feb 11 The Chinese delegation withdrew from the Far Eastern Opium Conference as it reconvened today. S. Alfred Sze the chief Chinese delegate said the withdrawal was due to the conference's failure to adopt a system to suppress opium smoking in the Far East.

Associated Press Geneva S. Alfred Sze Far East

Stock Runner Becomes Curb Market President

David M. Page, who started on Wall Street at 16 as a stock runner earning $6 weekly, will become president of the New York curb market at age 41. His elevation has the backing of the governors with no anticipated opposition.

New York Wall Street David M. Page

Senate Committee Cans House P O Bill

Washington February details show the Senate postal committee voting to substitute the Senate postal pay and rate increase measure for the Treasury backed bill passed by the House yesterday.

Senate Washington, D. C Teday House

Eliot Puts Three Americans on 10 Man List of Noted Educators

Charles W. Eliot selects top educational figures from the last 500 years. The Unity campaign backs a 7 40 000 endowment as three Americans, five Englishmen and two Frenchmen lead the list, including Horace Mann and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The booklet Men outlines the selections made for the University of Chicago request.

Eliot Unite Press Chicago Charles W. Eliot Emarinus Starvard University Unity At Horace Mann Herbert Spearer Eva Renan Robert Darwin Ralph Waldo Emerson Lantis Aristotla Galen Leonarda Da|vinci Milton William Shakespeare John Locke

State bill to insure counties against treasury losses

Des Moines reports a Senate bill by Senator J D Buser of Muscatine County to require a flat ten thousand dollar surety bond for each county treasurer with state insurance covering losses exceeding ten thousand dollars through cross county assessments. The measure cites questionnaires showing few losses over the limit since county checkers were installed.

Des Moines Senate J. D. Buser Muscatine Board of Supervisors Buser

Diana of the Dunes Buried Quietly in Sooty Gary

Diana of the Dunes dies after nine years living among sand dunes by Lake Michigan. She requests cremation and scattering ashes from Mount Tom, but the wish cannot be granted. She will be buried by her brother and sister in Gary. Her husband Paul Wilson, a poor fisherman, cannot fund cremation.

Gary Mount Tom Diana Lake Michigan Paul Wilson Wilson

Coolidge Arranges Livestock Meeting

In Washington on February 11 President Coolidge directs R A Cooper and A Williams of the farm loan board to meet cattlemen and others in Los Angeles on February 16. The gathering will discuss livestock financing and aid the organization of stock dan companies as part of the president's agricultural commission plan.

Washington, D. C Coolidge RA. Cooper A. Williams Farm Loan Board Los Angeles Tdan President S Agricultural Commission

Greece Protests to League of Nations

The Greek note to the League of Nations on the matter of Athos and Constantinople has been forwarded to the league, the administration announces today.

Near East Constantinople Greece Ant League of Nalio Turkey League League of Nations Athos Areh Constantinople I

Avalanche Kills 15 in Trebis Port Purkisi Area

An avalanche near Trebis and the Purkisi port on the Black Sea killed 15 people and destroyed multiple houses and cattle. Rescue efforts continued as officials reported losses in the foggy dawn.

Constantinople Fen Purkisi Trebis Black Sea

Licensing of Real Estate Men By Iowa House Bill

Des Moines Feb 11 The Iowa House introduced a licensing bill for real estate corporations brokers and salesmen with a three member governor appointed board. Initial license fee 10 and renewals 5. aim to curb questionable practices and ensure honesty.

Statehouse Des Moines House State Banking Department Representative Center Iowa City Iowa Realtors Venter Governor's Board Wold Larrabee William Larrabee Tawa Clyde Yeolittle Ovelaware County Slemmons Achanan Reed Howard County Grand Army Republic Java Rigby Cedar Mills Appanoose County Ipromoits Bowman Gowthiel Statehouse Lona Black Hawk Senate Sha Clinton Howman Secretary of the Treasury Molon Brookins Congress Cavanaugh Webster County Horshem Dubuane

Miller assists in freeing Floyd Collins from Sand Cave

Newspaper reporter Collins William Burke Miller of Louisville earned praise as the standout hero of the effort to rescue Floyd Collins from Sand Cave in Cave City Kentucky. Miller endured many perilous trips, and his small stature helped him free Collins before a second cave-in forced a retreat.

William Burke Skeets

Allen Memorial Hospital Opens Public Inspection Day

Allen Memorial hospital invites public inspection Sunday evening at 6 PM after public viewing hours Saturday 1 to 3 PM. Rev Bauerneind and Mrs Bauerneind with hospital board nurses and staff will guide visitors through wards operating room solariums and kitchens. The hospital on Lo Ban avenue has about 100 beds and will later host patient admissions with regular hospital services.

Allen Memorial Hospital Deaconess Society of the Evangelical Church Bauernfeind Henry 8. Allen Pasadena Cal Mgr. Bauerneind Lo- Ban Avenue

Rescue Efforts Nearing Breakthrough at Sand Cave

In Kentucky Missouri region near Bonny Creek workers feverishly deepen the Collins shaft as 12 days trapped explorer Floyd Collins waits in a rock cavern. An amplifier test shows no life yet while doctors warn timing remains critical and rescue crews brace for a possible tunnel connection under a biting wind and rain.

Sand Cave Floyd Collins Collins Military Board of Inquiry Deer Pit City Bloyd Collins H. K. Carmichael Cava Altho Carmichael M. EB Posey State Highway Commission Floyd Collings H. T. Carmichael H. G. Lane Wests Ivera Cirenc

Butler County Girl Dies of Smallpox After Skipping Vaccination

Mietta Knoll, 18, the sole unvaccinated member of her family, died at her Bristow Dumont area home after a 10 day illness. J F P Jungkunow, Bristow banker, is critically ill with smallpox. The outbreak led to quarantines in three city families and five rural ones, with no public gatherings except school.

Bristow Mietta Wnoll Dumont Miss Knoll Dumont Consolidated School J. F P. Jungkunoz Bristow Banker Burlin Surfus Aredale

Truck Crash Into Lake Okoboji Sparks Cold Water Rescue

Two truck drivers escaped drowning when their heavy truck broke through thin ice on Lake Okoboji near Arnolds Park Iowa. They managed to exit the vehicle and seek safety after the crash into the open water.

Arnolds Park Lake Okoboji

French Air Mission Plane Crashes on Takeoff

In French West Africa the second plane of the air mission to Lake Tehad crashed on takeoff. Sergeant Vatdaele, the pilot, was killed. Col Vattemin, the commander, Capt Dagnoux and Sergeant Knecht were injured.

French West Africa Lake Tehad Vatdaele Vattemin Dagnoux Knecht

Wall Street Chases Durant In Cast Iron Pipe Corner

Wall Street watches William C. Durant return from California with a market eye on cast iron pipe. Reports claim a corner in pipe pushed profits toward 22.5 million, as Durants paper gains surged and traders speculated on his influence with bankers and General Motors.

Wall Street Durant Nina New York William C. Durant Dumant Thenancial Statrini California Thea Broad Altoft SEC Iran Tecama General Motors Corporation Bears

President Signs Arms Parley Call

President Coosidre signed the naval appropriation bill today in Washington D C. The measure includes a request for another arms conference and reflects ongoing defense funding debates.

Wastington D.C Bebo Coosidre

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