Frederick W Upham Dies of Stroke at Palm Beach Home
Frederick W Upham longtime Republican fund raiser and adviser to President Harding died at his Palm Beach winter home after a cerebral stroke. He was 64. Upham, born Racine Wis, led Chicago’s lumber and lime business before entering politics. He served as western treasurer and national committeeman for Illinois, and was a key fundraiser. Funeral plans pending in Racine.
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City Clerk Finalizes Paving Assessment Certificates
Charles C. Mackay, city clerk, completes work on the 1924 paving project certificates. Each of hundreds of certificates carries 10 annual payment coupons with due dates and exact amounts. Certificates total about 160000 dollars and include eight figure assessments, to be paid yearly by the treasurer to Bryant Paving Company or certificate holders.
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Bryant Paving Company
Clark
Brookhart Fraud Charge Labeled Political Attack
The petition alleges fraudulent representation by S W Brookhart and others who deeded property to his brother for $1. Robert L Leach, ex-banking official, notes the $6,000 settlement with Farmers and Merchants Bank in Washington as equitable but questions motives. The article reports mixed political sympathy and banker depositors’ fate.
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Robert Leach
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Democrats Weigh Leadership and Antitrust Hope in Senate
Democrats face a riven path as dissension within their ranks grows over leadership and policy. They seek a unifying figure while eyeing antitrust and tariff issues to bridge factional divides and challenge Republicans, amid public calls for a return to stable governance.
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Agricultural Commission
Ice Cave Tragedy: Collins Found Dead in Crystal Cave
Rescuers believe Collins died in Crystal Cave after being trapped for days. Reports describe his attempted escape, the cave's perilous passages, and plans for his burial amid stalagmites chosen from the cave. Family and clergy discuss funeral arrangements and memorials within the cave setting.
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Land Cave Prison
Pleasant killing bill to protect crops gains Senate approval
The Iowa Senate approved a House resolution for a hunting season after declaring an open season to curb crop damage by pheasants. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Gunderson, allows a county game warden to set the season upon a petition by 160 farmers and to pay a bounty from game funds. The bill also contemplates transferring birds between counties.
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Lye
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Grimwood
Jones County
Monkey Pastor Uses Live Monkey In Evolution Sermon
In Norfolk at Park Avenue Baptist Church Rev. Dr. F T Holland preached Man of Monkey while a tethered monkey from the zoo sat near the pulpit as a living exhibit against evolution. The scene drew a full congregation as the minister challenged anyone to deny common ancestry with the animal. The sermon referenced a North Carolina bill to ban teaching evolution.
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North Carolina
State Briefs Shenandoah and Nearby Cities
State Briefs from several towns report a range of incidents. Carl Johnson, denied entry at a Shenandoah hotel, climbed a rear fire escape and is serving 20 days for intoxication in Cour Rapids. A dog at a state hospital in Iowa City is said to have bitten others and possibly rabies. Land values revive as Pehr Gutehenritter estate sells 120 acres of unimproved land for $220 an acre. Albert Garcia, 20, in Mass City, was found guilty of murdering Anna Sepriveda by a furious attack. In Mason City, youth Leonard Birk, 22, faces citizenship status questions after disturbing residents. A man knocked on doors in Mason City and fled. authorities pursue his relatives. John Sales district announces a new term in the state penitentiary. Tarahand reports a shooting by a man named Willam. the case involves an initiation by the Knights of Columbus. Additional towns Corning, Clarinda, and others list pending proceedings and health concerns related to a local figure health is rasigned on the cause.
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Mass City
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Annn
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Mason
Ape Seat
Mason City
Columbus
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Clarinda
Texas Legislature Seeks Way to Undo Ban on Ferguson
Texas lawmakers weigh routes to restore the impeached governor James Ferguson to office. The Senate proposes amnesty. Attorney General Moody says the amnesty is void and the legislature lacks power to enact it. Ferguson argues one Senate can reassemble an impeachment court and recall the verdict. The Attorney General’s Office declined comment.
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International Peace Move to Start in U S Church Leader Says
Sherwood Eddy, an international religious leader, opened a program in Des Moines urging that war is wrong and urging a movement for international peace to begin in the United States. He compared the fight against war to the abolition of slavery and noted racial tensions and the horrors of war from his travels.
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Eddy
Liberty Movement
Boston
Will Probe Crossing Accident in Which Family Was Killed
Toledo authorities investigate a crossing collision that killed four members of the George Stein family George Stein 28 Ida Stein 26 Harold Stein 5 and Arthur Stein 3. Stein stopped to yield to the first train section of the New York Central Twentieth Century Limited when the second section struck the car, killing the family.
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Japan Denies Secret Military Pact With Russia China
Tokyo reports deny Berlin dispatches claiming a secret agreement among Japan Russia and China. Foreign office asserts there was no joint military aid pact or deal to cede Saghalin in exchange for battleships and other vessels.
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Russia
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Japanese Foreign Office
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C C Blocks Move to Boost Grain Rate
The Chicago and North Western Railway proposal to raise grain and grain product rates by two cents per 190 pounds shipped from Kansas City to points in Iowa was rejected by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and present rates were ordered maintained.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
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Towa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Officers Nab La Porte Men as Car Thieves
Chicago police arrested Loren Walker of La Porte Indiana and Glen Carlton of La Porte City Iowa after a new sedan belonging to Ard Ton Cab company was recovered. Carlton confessed the car was stolen in Waterloo Iowa and both men are held as alleged thieves. The owners will travel to Chicago to retrieve the car and prisoners.
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Glen Carlton
Waterloo
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Willinavy
Cieage
Early Day Editor of OldWest Dies After Operation
M H De Young, longtime editor and press leader, dies at 75 in San Francisco after intestinal surgery. A former director of the Associated Press for 26 years, he built the Chronicle plant and helped form the modern newspaper system. He endowed the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and supported a vast art collection in San Francisco.
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United States
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Chronicle
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Golden Gate
Park
Thompson Funeral to Be Wednesday at Cedar Falls
Henry Thompson died after an apdicitis operation failed to relieve pain. He was 64, born in Denmark November 24 18. A Cedar Falls resident about 64 years, his wife died 23 years ago. Surviving are brother Thomas of Cedar Falls and seven children: Carrie Euphemin Ida Cedar Falls Mrs Tang Christensen Canby Minn N W Thompson Standard Atta T H Thompson and Mrs Laurence Carter Randlett Okla.
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Indians Use Buckskin Scarecrows For Glacier Farm Crops
Washington February 16 The Blackfeet farmers of Glacier national park reservation adopt scarecrows made from worn buckskin garments to protect crops from birds. U S government has built four mills to aid the reservation, as Campy s hell supervises farming efforts and classifies the Indians as raisers of wheat and other crops.
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Farmers' Council Asks Congress Ten Check Hoover
Washington February 16. George N Peek representing the American Council of Agriculture demanded a congressional investigation of Secretary Hoover’s influence over the Agriculture Department. He charged Hoover dictates policy and personnel, cites clashes with Wallace, and claims the agricultural commission report benefits exporters. He urged probing Hoover's ties to Julius Barnes and the McNary Hangen bill, warning of exporter interests and personnel losses.
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House Committee Seeks Experts Data in Aircraft Hearing
Washington and Minneapolis reports merge as the House aircraft committee resumes hearings to clarify the impact of anti aircraft guns with Lieut. Commander Badger of the naval ordnance bureau testifying. In Minnesota, Judge John F. McGee, known for harsh drug and liquor law penalties, is found dead with a pistol in his hand in the federal building vault. Coroner to investigate amid threats and family doubt over suicide.
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Prof A E Fish Speakers at Rotary on Public Address
Prof A E Fish head of the public speaking department at Iowa State Teachers College spoke to the Rotary club at the noonday luncheon in Totel Russell Lamson about the art of making public addresses. He outlined four elements of successful speaking attention interest desire and action and cited Lincoln s Gettysburg address as an example. He warned against early apologies which he said kills interest.
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Rotary Club
Totel
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Broadway Beauty Greta Nissen Set for First Film Role
Greta Nissen hailed as Broadway's most ravishing beauty arrived in Los Angeles on February 16 and will begin motion pictures immediately under a long term contract with a leading company. She will star in her first picture, it was announced. Webster at La Porte To Address American Legion Auditorium Tonight at 8 p m.
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American Legion
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Police hunt son of banker after death of co ed bride
Chicago police hunted Logan F. Pierce 22 son of a Chicago banker in connection with the death of his wife Nina Ruth Harding 20 of East St Louis The girl died after an illegal operation at a local hospital A coroner inquest was ordered and investigators hoped to hold Pierce overnight A midwife was also sought
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