Death toll on coast as second storm comes up
San Francisco Feb 1 QNS estimated death toll of 32 with five more likely to die and nearly 50 injured as California recovers from one of its worst storms. Thirteen dead from an avalanche near a southern California Edison camp 75 miles from Fresno. 14 more died in Los Angeles area rail accidents. Thousands homeless, property damage in the millions. High winds and seas wrecked wharves, bridges washed out, telegraph lines down, roads undermined. New storm threatens with further damage as California slowly steadies. another disturbance expected within 48 hours.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Southern California Edison Company
Fresno
Los Angeles
Altho
Weather Bureau
Hangchow Loss to South et Hangchow Loss to
A damaged article fragment discusses Hangchow facing losses to South et al and mentions Chang Tsu Wu Pei Fu and northern marshals with references to Chinese protests, British ministerial notes, and concerns over British troop dispatch to Shine as a territorial autonomy issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hangchow
South
Chang Tsu
Pei-Fu
China
Peking
Isague
Confession Reveals Motive Behind Fatal Waterloo Shooting
Fortney and brother-in-law Acker recount a plan to confront McCaffree over alleged harm to Mrs Fortney. They pursued him after learning she was not returning, leading to a confrontation where Fortney claimed no intent to kill, only to beat him.
McCaffree killed at his farm garage
Walter McCaffree was attacked by Frank Fortney in McCaffree’s Waterloo area garage after arriving from Judson. They fought, then Fortney struck with a nail board, hitting McCaffree twice in the head. McCaffree collapsed, later found unconscious at dawn, covered with a robe near the shed.
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Walter McCaffree
McCaffree
Fatal Night Fray Ends in McCaffree Slaying
Fortney and Acker, men from Waverly, fought McCaffree over a woman near the Shell Rock river. McCaffree died from a crushed skull and a broken leg after a heavy club blow. Fortney is jailed awaiting possible charges while Acker is not held. Funeral services drew 200 to 300 locals.
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McCaffree
Jortney
McCaffrée
Shell Rock River
Acker
Fortney
Rortney
A.m
Bremer County
Hallowell
Fred Acker
Waverly
Koch Chapel
Wortney
W. A. Simmons
Baptist Church
Film Actor Weds In Los Angeles Society Romance
Andre von Mattoni known as the blonde Barry, a film actor, married Elvira Kress ler, a wealthy Santa Monica society girl, in Los Angeles today. The union ends a year of romance and marks a high society wedding note in California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Andre von Mattoni
Barry
Germany
Elvira Kressler
Santa Monica
Ex Kaiser Duan Trip Disputed in Geneva Dispatch
A Geneva dispatch reports a disputed visit by the former Kaiser Duan, with unclear timing and details. The wire notes uncertain arrangements and awaits official confirmation from involved parties.
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Jondon
Locateno
Geneva
Five Killed in Texas Plane Accidents
Fort Worth Texas February 47 news reports two crashes killing five people. J C Gorsins 27 civilian aviator died, Coggins, Quincy Burnett former Fort Worth police captain also killed near a ranch. At Camp Stanley Cadet John W G Green Lieut Benedict A Coyle and Private Rudolph C Bartel died when two planes collided during training. Green piloted a training plane at the range when it struck the other taking off. All victims died at the scene. Green survived by mother Mrs Agatha Green of Chicago and a Detroit based Bartel sister. Goggins belonged to a prominent Fort Worth family.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. C. Gorsins
Texas
Coggins
Quincy Burnett
Here
Treut
John
Rudolph C. Bartel
Camp Stanley
Cadet Green
Lieut. Coyle
Bartel
Coyle
Massachusetts
Agatha Green
Chicago
Kinsinger Leads in Checker Meet as Finale Nears
Kinsinger of Grundy Center regains the lead in the annual state checker tournament, closing day in Courier hall with 85 points. Cihak of Waterloo follows with 79, France of Valley Junction 66, and Wise of Waterloo 82. Remaining matches and final standings shape up as the event concludes.
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Kinsinger
W. HH. Kinsinger
Grundy Center
Courier Hall
A. L. Cihak
Waterloo
T. France
Valley Junction
H. Johnson
Glidden
Pts
W. H. Finsinger
A. . Cihak
France
Clarence Wise
Henry Mitchell
C. HL. Johnson
P. ER. Moore
Toledo
E. Wieckenberry
Rolfess
Erees J. HW. Miller
W. OS. Ward
David Millar
DOWS
A. RR. Gilbert
Iowa Falls
W. Cook
Qoeheyedan
Foo SH BE
la Goss
E. C. Crates, Gelweins
F. OR. Smart
Son of Toledo Woman Killed in Coast Snowslide
Reuben Barnt, 44, son of Mrs. D. R. Barnt of Toledo, was killed in a snowslide in southern California on Tuesday. Word reached his mother at Toledo via Fresno, Cal. He had never lived in Toledo but had visited with his mother many times. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
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Courier Special Service
Toledo
Reuben Barnt
D. R. Barnt
California
Forced to Keep Boarders Wife Seeks Divorce Court Plea
Mary Garthoff alleges cruel treatment and that Pr W Garthoff can earn 40 to 45 weekly while she supports herself and two sons by boarding at Lime Street. Married July 10 1916, she seeks custody of the children, household goods, 200 temporary and 1,000 permanent alimony, 5 weekly support for the boys, and an injunction restraining him from molestation.
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Pr. W. Garthoff
Iarl
Bernard
Lime Street
Mary Garthoff
Burns Fatal in Ottumwa Home Fire
Mrs. Elizabeth Schultz aged 79 died from burns suffered around 7 PM in her Ottumwa residence. Authorities believe she poured kerosene on live coals in the kitchen stove, a fatal accident before neighbors could aid her.
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Ottumwa
Elizabeth Schultz
Sandhill murder case surfaces after 14 years
Oshkosh Nebraska February 17 Nearly fourteen years after the disappearance of Benjamin Franklin Boyer western Nebraska homesteader county authorities led a search for his grave in the Sand Hills northeast of the county. Mrs Minnie Boyer and Henry Boyer nephew and common law husband of Boyer's widow arrived from Kearney and face murder charges if the grave is found. Henry and Tom Boyer allegedly killed Boyer and buried him by a barn light of the moon. Henry earlier told a minister after choosing religion that he and Tom planned the kill and Mrs Boyer corroborated the account.
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Oshkosh
Neb
Benjamin Franklin
Boyer
Western
Nebraska
Garden County
Minnie Boyer
Henry Boyer
FL A. Dutton
Kearney
Henry
Tom
Frank
Bechtelheimer Leads Charge On Half-Cent Oleomargarine Tax
Des Moines hosts a public hearing on a proposed half-cent inspection tax for oleomargarine. The three hour session drew merchants, dairy men, and oleomargarine makers debating the bill. Bechtelheimer of Waterloo backed the measure for Iowa Dairymen. opposing voices included Cunningham of Dubuque Huntington of Council Bluffs Murphy of Davenport and Lee Johnson of Sioux City.
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Des Moines
R. G. Clark
State Dairy Department
Olco
Dés- Moines
C. A
Bechtelheimer
Waterloo
Iowa
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
DJ. Murphy
Davenport
Lee Johnson
Sioux Turers
Congress Debates Radio Bill and McNary-Haugen Act
Congress today tackles theMcNary Haugen bill and a radio measure while committees resume hearings on the Smith case and the Muscle Shoals issue. The Agriculture committee reviews the McNary resolution to probe further, and the Public Lands and Forestry Service contracts are examined alongside Oregon timber and railroad inquiries. Interstate commerce weighs railroad consolidation.
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Elections Committee
Smith
Agriculture Committee
McNary
Congressional Commission
Public Lands Committee
Oregon
Timber and Railroad
Forestry Service
McNary-Haugen
Patents Committee
Interstate Commerce
Jugs Evidence in Hotel Guest Case
Police hold three one gallon glass jugs found in a hotel room as evidence against Claude Spiker who had been arrested for illegal possession. A half pint head was alleged in his possession and officers Urie and Michael had made prior arrest. Ada May Weeks, musical comedy star, recuperates in a sanitarium from a nervous breakdown in New York.
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Claude Spiker
Spiker
R.A. Michael
New York
Ada May
Miss May
Wilson Potter
Philadelphia
Rebels Rise Reported in Durango Uprising
Mexico City Feb 17 mobilization of troops in Durango to quell a new uprising in the northern Durango state was reported. The Chihuahua zone local military commander says one rebel chief has surrendered.
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Mexico City
INS
Duranco
Durango
Mhihuahua
Kroeger Baber Marriage License Listed
Marriage licenses issued for Hugh Kroeger of Dysart and Elsie Ann Baber of Garrison.
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Hugh Kroeger
Dysart
Elsie Ann Baber
Garrison
Funeral rites for Mrs Susan F Grady in Orange township
Funeral services for Mrs Susan Fike Grady who died yesterday morning at her home in Orange township will be held at the Church of the Brethren in Orange tomorrow at 2 p m. A prayer service at 1 30 p m will precede with Nev A P Blough officiating. Burial will be in Orange cemetery. Four sons J T Grady Herman B Grady Samuel R Grady and Charles W Grady survive, all living on farms near Waterloo.
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Susan F. Grady
Susan Fike Grady
Orange Township
Church of the Brethrens
Orange
A. P. Blough
Orange Cemetery
Herman B
Samuel R
Charles W. Grady
Waterloo
Funeral Service for William FP Daniels in Waterloo Area
Funeral service for William FP Daniels, former Waterloo resident, will be held at St. Joseph's church in Columbus at 8 a.m. Saturday. The body leaves his home, where he died yesterday, for burial in Waterloo. Survived by widow, two children, a brother and three sisters. no close relatives in Waterloo.
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William PL Dantets
William FP. Daniels
Columbus
Ind
Waterloo
St. Joseph's Church
Farmer Who Sold Fatal Booze Held for Manslaughter
Columbus Junction Iowa report says farmer Snell is held on manslaughter charge after Edward Thompson Jr died following a drinking party at Snell’s farm. Suspicion rests on bootlegging and a beating incident connected to Thompson and others who sought liquor.
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Columbus Junction
AMS
Edward ‘Thompson
Snell
Davenport
Thompson
Milan
Tillnois
George Oaks
Louisa
Wayne Jones
Henry’ Simmons
Warny Moran
Columbus ’Junction
Maganda
Delaware Judge Elected Hawkeye Trustee
Judge William H. Boyce of Wilmington Delaware was elected trustee of Hawkeye Oil Company of Delaware at a creditors meeting held in Wilmington. The former Delaware Supreme Court judge will administer the bankrupt firm’s affairs as creditor actions on the adjudication were continued until further order by Referee John Biggs Jr.
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William .H. ‘Boyce
Wilmington
Del
Hawkeye Oi ‘Company
Delaware
Boyce
Supreme Court of
State of
John Biggs, Jr
Jimmy Risk Leads Horseshoe Pitchers
In St. Petersburg Florida on February 17, Jimmy Risk of Montepelier Indiana continued his winning streak at the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association tournament. He defeated O R Stark of Lansing Michigan 50 to 4 and B H Bliss of Rockford Wisconsin 60 to 2. The event notes the highest ringer percentage record as Patt Mossman Eldora Iowa led last year with 91 7. Frank Jackson Kellerton Iowa, the present champion, defeated Harry Robinson St. Petersburg 50 to 5 and Co Davis of Columbus 50 to 45.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Jimmy Risk
Montepelier
Ind
R. Starkweather
Lansing
Mich
BH. H. Bliss
Rockford
Patt Mossman
Eldora
Frank Jackson
Kellerton
Harry Robinson
Davis
Columbus
Contract for Conductors Home Let in Cedar Rapids
The general contract for the construction of the Railroad Conductors home for aged and infirm members was let to a New York company. The home will be at Savannah Georgia and the project cost is $242,000. Construction work starts March 1.
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Cedar Rapids
Order of
New’ York
Savannah
Jail third suspect in auto theft ring Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Feb 17 Les Gresham an alleged member of an interstate motor theft ring is jailed here today. He is implicated in the thefts by H B Mack of Atlanta and F W Diehl of Cedar Rapids who were recently sentenced to ten years in prison on their pleas of guilty.
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Cedar
Rapids
Les Gresham
Perce HL
H. B. Mack
Atlanta
F. W. Diehl
Cedar Rapids
Rotary speaker urges service to bridge nations
Bruce Gates district governor of Rotary International told Lions club members in Black's tearoom that service is the rent we pay for space in a community. He said service clubs strive to break down misunderstandings between people and communities and that international groups will aim to reduce tensions between nations.
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Bruce Gates
Rotary International
The
Lions Club
Foremanship class formed for Rath foremen
Arrangements were completed today by J. W. Lynn of Iowa State College to institute a foremanship class for 26 Rath Packing foremen. The course mirrors the six week program at the Y M C A for foremen from John Deere Tractor, Headford Brothers & Hitchins foundry, and Construction Machinery. Rath foremen will meet Monday and Thursday afternoons in the administration building, and the course should conclude around March 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lynn
Engineering Extension Division
Iowa State College
Ames
Rath Packing Company
Y. M. GC
John Deere Tractor Company
Headford Brothers & Hitchins Foundry
Construction Machinery Company
International telephone service to open for public use
The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company will open an international line between Nebraska Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota and England Scotland and Wales to the public at 7:30 a.m. next Saturday. For now subscribers may talk up to 12 minutes, with service from 7:30 a.m. to noon. Charges are 81 dollars for the first three minutes and 27 dollars for each additional minute.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota
Bell “Telephone Company
England
Scotland
Walea
First Aid Teacher Rescues Woman From Gas Asphyxiation
Rudolph Thoensen, a first aid instructor and telephone company employee in Davenport, resuscitated 73 year old Mrs. B B Beuck after she collapsed from a gas stove incident. Police say he has saved three others here in six months using first aid, including two asphyxiations and a voluntary poisoning attempt.
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Davenport
INS
Rudolph Thoensen
B. Beuck
Police Department
Homse
Thoensen
Gas prices raised at Sioux City stations
Sioux City service stations raised gasoline prices to the new level of 19.1 cents per gallon, plus a 2 cent state tax. The move affects a large number of stations operated by oil companies in the city.
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Sioux City
Sioux ‘City
Western States Paving Wins Clinton Area Highway Contract
Clarence news reports Western States Paving of Davenport won a $30,361.40 bid for a mile and a half of paving, securing the first link in the Lincoln highway project from Clinton county to the Linn county line.
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Clarence
Western States Paving Company
Davenport
Clinton County
Linn
Divorce Petition Filed Against Rene A. Brown
A divorce petition charging cruel and inhuman treatment was filed in Des Moines district court against Rene A. Brown, auditor for the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. Mrs. Brown seeks the family residence and alimony. The Browns married in Boone in 1921.
Three Days Cough Signal and Creomulsion Claim
An advertisement extols a three day cough as a danger sign and promotes Creomulsion as a two fold remedy that soothes and heals inflamed membranes while inhibiting germ growth. It claims creosote is a major healing agent and guarantees relief with money back if not, urging readers to ask their druggist.
Margadant Bros Move Meat Market to New Location
Workmen began remodeling the rear 35 by 20 feet of Wilson & Sweitzer shoe store at 220 Fourth Street West to create a meat market connected by two large doors to Margadant Bros grocery at 222 Fourth Street West. Margadant Bros will transfer their meat department from the Pinkerton block to the new site around March 1.
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Wilson & Sweitzer Shoe
Fourth Street
Margadant Bros.’ Crocery
Margadant Bros
Pinkerton
Hogs and Checks in Atlantic Iowa Release
Joe Wandon of Lewis Iowa was freed after a 66 day hog theft sentence but was immediately taken by an Oakland officer for a bad check charge. The incident occurred in Atlantic Iowa on February 17 as reported by INS.
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Atlantic
INS
Joe Wandon
Lewis
Oakland
Lawyer's Office Robbed at Fourth Street
Milton Fields, attorney, reported a break in at his office at 3031-2 Fourth Street during lunch. A sneak thief stole two $1 bills, three stenographic notebooks, a new necktie, and two bank checkbooks before police were notified.
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Milton Fields
Fourth Street
Fields
Missing Six Days 16 Year Old Girl Lillian Davis
Lillian Davis, 16, of 1227 Howrey Avenue, has been missing since Friday afternoon while on an errand for her grandmother Mrs J W Murray. Police seek help after relatives searched a week without success. Davis is 5 feet 4 inches, 125 pounds, dark eyes and hair, wearing a blue coat with tan trim dark dress light stockings and black pumps. Her mother Hazel Davis died years ago. Frances Robinger also mentioned in letter seeking forgiveness after running away last November.
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Lillian Davis
Howrey Avenue
J. W. Murray
Miss Davis
Lillian
Hazel Davis
Frances Robinger
Joe ‘Robinger
Bath Street
Frances
Subcommittee Debates Mine Pay Amid Wage Contract Talks
A miners and operators subcommittee in Miami faces pay envelope issues as it works on a plan to replace the Jacksonville agreement, which expires March 31. The joint conference will act on the committee’s report once finalized.
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Miami
Flat
Jacksonville
Moone's Emerald Oil Ad Promotes Skin Cure Claims
An old advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a万能 treatment for eczema and skin diseases claiming immediate itch relief after one application and healing of persistent cases after few uses. It emphasizes safety, antiseptic power, and odor elimination, noting pharmacists dispense the original bottle and Robert Drug Co. stocks it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Moone
Robert Drug Co
Receiver Acked for Caward-Dart Co on $144 Debt
A petition filed by plaintiffs with offices in the Caward building seeks a temporary receiver for Caward-Dart Co. on a $144.53 municipal court judgment unsatisfied. Judge Boies set a February 23 hearing after the judgment was transcripted to district court. petition alleges the company is heavily involved financially and has recently manufactured oil burners.
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Caward-Dark
Staves
Elwell
HL. B.” Boies
Caward
Use Electricity to Save Mabel Normand
Santa Monica Cal Feb Nearing the crisis in her life the condition of Mabel Normand screen comedienne was reported unchanged today. While her husband Len Cody remained near her bedside physicians resorted to diathermy electrical machines and electricity was inducted into her body in Jan in an effort to curb the ravages of pneumonia.
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Santa “Monica
Cal
Mabel Normand
Comedienne
Len. Cody
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