McAdoo Platform Outlines Anti corruption Drive and Reforms
Chicago is the stage as supporters rally for former Treasury secretary William G. McAdoo for the Democratic nomination. A platform calls for corruption purge in Washington, a national referendum on foreign policy, tax cuts, labor code, and veterans bonuses, among other progressive measures. The assembly also denounces Smear campaigns and reiterates support for McAdoo leadership.
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Associated Pros
Chicago
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Tar Day
McAdoo
Washington
Wall Street
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve System
Veterans
AieAdog
Tribune
Tom ‘Arthur
Great Falls
Mont
Seeley
McAdge
Walsh
Montana
Teapot Dome
Continental OO
Chicago Daily Tribune
the Tribune
Arthur
Sam
Mutual Oil Company
Continental
Silas Strawn
Thomas Gregory
William Hearn Suffers Ptomaine Poisoning
Mrs. J. W. Hearn of 308 Gable read reports in local papers that her son William B. of the ninth field artillery had surgery for appendicitis and learned he and eight comrades were recovering from ptomaine poisoning after eating hamburger sandwiches blamed for the illness. The man had been moved from the national guard to the regular army, and the recruiting office had begun spreading the tale before Mrs. Hearn received word.
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J. W. Hearn
Gable
Fort Des Moines
William B
Ninth Field Artillery
Hearn
National
Hard Times Party Hosted by Miss Timmerman
Miss Florence Timmerman entertained ten young women at a 2 hard times party at the J J Rainbow home last evening. The group enjoyed decorations and supper with hot mush and milk. Checkers and dominoes provided entertainment.
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Florence Timmerman
J. J. Rainbow
Local Justices Refuse Phone Marriage Requests
Across Iowa brief items note a justice saying he must meet couples in person before officiating by telephone. Other reports mention Rural Mail Carriers convention plans in Des Moines and a police department record arrest total of 298 last week.
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Council Bluffs
Kumbokit
Cedar Rapids
J. OH. Bowers
M. C. Watermar
Greeley
W. A. Kresensky
Ems Fen
Insurance quiz outlines alleged irregularities in five firms
A committee hearing is urged to trace dividends, examinations, and reports for Inter-Ocean Cedar Rapids Des Moines Life and Annuity Des Moines National Fidelity Life Sioux City Hawkeye Security Fire Des Moines and North American National Fire Des Moines. The inquiry seeks dates, amounts, legality of dividends, and details of mergers transfers and mismanagement. It notes fire companies escape blue sky law and references North American Fire 1922 records.
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Inter-Qcean
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Life & Annuity
Des Moines
National Fidelity Life
Sioux City
Hawkeye Security Fire
North American National Fire
Tes Moines
Insurance
Tawa
Knoe
Grain Belt Hall Insurance Company
Hawkeye Security
State Life
Liberty Life
Royal Union
Poetit
Insuranceé Commissioner
Green
Haleen
Central Trust Company
Des Moines Re-Insurance Fire Company
Insurance Department
Hoe-Insurance Fire Company
Des Moines Re-Insurance Fire
Republic
Senate
Prescription bill may be held over till after recess
The Iowa Senate delays action on code bill 283 restricting liquor prescriptions delaying vote until after the recess. The committee cites abuse of the permit system and rising prescription liquor volumes with 1923 totals showing a sharp rise over 1922. County data show permitting increases and vary by county.
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Associated Press
Res Moines
Pet
Besin
Homkey
Woodbury County
Dubuque Counnty
Scott County
Black Hawk
Lee
Polk
Pottawattamie
Webster
Taz
Compensation Bill Likely to Be Held Till Next Session
Des Moines report says a workmen’s compensation code overhaul may stay on the house calendar with the measure likely postponed to the next regular session. The house labor committee seeks quick action on a redrafted bill opposed by critics who warn it could nullify court rulings and disrupt current benefits.
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Des Moines
House Labor Committee
Capitol
Supreme Court
House
Senate Committee
Fire chief receives $5 appreciation check
Ray Tiller, fire chief, accepted a $5 check from George Sitts as thanks for firefighters who battled a La Porte road home fire. The contribution was deposited into the firemen’s pension fund for the department.
Miss Pankhurst Home Lover Seeks Time With Mother
Miss Christabal Pankhurst told Dr. J R Macartney she plans to return to Toronto to study scriptures and be with her mother. She emphasized belief in Christ’s second coming and outlined future speaking engagements in Minneapolis Carnegie Hall New York St Louis Dallas Los Angeles San Francisco and Seattle.
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Christabal Pankhurst
Ministerial Association
J. R. Macartney
iMa
Toronto
Miss Pankhurst
Christ
Carnegis Hall
Tork
Pacific
St. Louis
Daifts
Tex
Los Anceis
San Francisco
Bellingham
Wash
Macartney
Mark Matthews
Senille
Misa Fankhurst
Waterloo
Dr. Macartney
Train Derailment Sparks Fire After Bridge Fall at Ludwigstadt
Four railway workers died as a freight train derailed on a high bridge at Ludwigstadt near Coburg. The locomotive and cars plunged into the village below, igniting a large fire and causing widespread damage.
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Berlin
Ludwigstadt
Coburg
Shooting at Kiwanis Club Triggers Panic at Hotel Mee seli
A gunfire report in the Hotel Mee seli lobby drew crowds as Police Chief P. EB. Walker tested a bullet proof coat worn by W. A. Hanscom of the Protective Garments Corporation New York. Hanscom described the suit as able to stop any revolver up to 44 caliber steel jacketed bullets.
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Hotel Meeseli-Jamson
P. EB. Walker
Walker
W. A. Hanscom
Protective Garments ‘Corporation
New York
Ctesrea
Hanscom
Proposed Rule for Debate Closure Is Killed by Committee
Des Moines reports that Senator Thurston Clark county sought a five minute debate rule for each member except the sponsor. The senate rules committee rejected the proposal, aimed at brief debates on Bible reading and eugenics law, as three to four hours of debate occurred before passage.
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Des Moines
Thurston
Clark
Senate
sTates Committee
Physicians Draft New Eugenics Bill Des Moines Iowa
Three physician members of the Iowa house drafted a new eugenics bill aimed at effective results without being obnoxious. The measure followed talks with state physicians and the attorney general. Representatives E B Cole Harrison Iowa, Powers Page, and T L Wolfe Lina opposed the prior eugenics bill adopted last week.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Constantinople Introduces Compulsory Marriage Medicals
Regulations from Constantinople require a doctor’s examination for all would be couples. The medical report must be accepted by municipal authorities before marriage is permitted.
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London
Constantinople
Daily Mail
Periscope Note from National Capital With Cal Coolidge Visit
Washington scene from February includes President Cal Coolidge visiting his secretary Edward T. Clark and statistician Roger Babson. A persistent door ringer and a missing hat episode unfold as Coolidge and his party move through the corridor. A Methodist temperance board comments on Paris Olympic preparations and athletes.
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Washington, D. C
Edward T. Clark
President Coolidge
Clark
Roger Babson
Jhell
Babson
Calvin Copiiuige
Losis
Calyachdee
Cnat
Interior Department
Secret Service
Temperance Board
Paris
Ethletes
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Millionaire Strong Man Joins Providence Fire Department
William T. Bull, heir to the late Br. Bull and son of a renowned cancer specialist, has served as a Providence fireman for four months. City rumors said he worked in the automobile trade with Eddie Rickenbacker, but Bull is described as the department’s veritable strong man after leaving his wife.
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William T. Bull
Br. Bull
New York
Newport
Providence
Eddie Rickenbacker
Yate
Buffalo Bill
Fce
Vets urge Howell to head Navy in Denby’s place
Omaha dispatch reports Spanish American War veterans urged President Coolidge to appoint Senator R Beecher Howell Nebraska to succeed Secretary Denby as head of the Navy Department. Howell an Annapolis graduate and veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars also serves as Republican national committeeman from Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Forby
Coolidge
R. Beecher Howell
Nebraska
Denby
Navy Department
Howell
Annapolis Naval Academy
Vulcan Engineer Named President of Mining Institute
William Kelley of Vulcan Michigan an engineer banker and industrialist was elected president of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the institute meeting held in New York on February 19.
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New York
William Kelley
Vulcan, Mich
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Obituaries From Davenport Area Mortuary Notices
Anna Marie Olson 43 died at St Francis hospital from complications. She was born January 1 1881 in Wimnoda Wisconsin and married Jom Hiden Berger in 1897 at Port Washington. Surviving include husband two sons four sisters five brothers and other relatives. John Gill Sr died at home from paralysis aged 78 with burial at Eagle Center cemetery. Robert Edward Weldon infant son of Paul and Mrs Weldon died in New York City. Timothy J Hartigan father in law of Mrs Thurlow Lithe died of pneumonia in Rochester New York leaving widow three daughters, a brother and five grandchildren.
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Anna Marie Olson
St. Francis Hospital
Decedent
Wimnoda
Wis
Jom Hiden Berger
Port Washington
William
Olson
Waukegan, Lil
Marie
Frenihress
Theodore
Harold Herger
Millwaukee
H. B. Saber
Terry
Mont
Maris Frontress
Waterloo
Elizabeth Street
Manchester
Margaret Norvis
Mone
Vera Art
Ferry
Harry Sater
George Saber
Mitchell
S. D
Henry Saber
Peter Saber
Joseph Saber
Cedar Falls
Hey
Har Lather
John Gil, SR
John Gill
Hig
Seventh Street
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Eagle Center Cemetery
Mr. Gill
Trier
Germany
United States
Kenosha County
Wisconsin
Mary Fritz
Brighton
Iowa
la Porte City
Margaret Strubin
Kenosha
Chris Struber
EB. P. Newhalsen
BJ. Goffett
Susie Gill
J. F. Gill
Mathew
Catherine
St. Toseah's Rosary —Society
Gill Home
Robert Edward Weldon
Robert Edward
Paul T. Weldon
New York City
Waldens
Sam_ Collins
Locust Street
Sacred Heart Church
Timothy JT. Hartigan
Timothy 7
Hartigan
Thurlow D. Lithe
Fourth Street East
Rochester
N.Y
Match Drops Upon Bed Little Girl Narrowly Escapes Fire
Jewell Trets, year old daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Calweh of 827 Mulberry nearly burned when a bed caught fire at 2 pm The child was placed in bed upstairs about an hour earlier and allegedly used matches causing the blaze Her cries woke her parents who found her in smoke after she had left the bed Firemen arrived with chemicals and extinguished the blaze which caused little structure damage
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Jewell Trets
A. H. Calweh
Mulberry
Wien
Wildflower Musical Triumph Heads to Waterloo
The 60 member cast and chorus of the Big Hammerstein production Wildflower arrived from Mason City with two carloads of scenery. The show, already lauded in Mason City, plays at the Waterloo theatre tonight and is billed as a major road hit with spirited scores, strong singing, and elaborate staging.
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Mason City
Waterloo Theatre
Hawk
Debated Question on Attending Church Services
First and Grace M E church boards held a joint meeting to debate the resolution urging children to attend church services. The affirmative was led by Mrs J S A Colagan and W R Jameson, the negative by Mrs W B Small and B Reed, with the affirmative winning. Miss Leola Strope spoke on Bible study in high schools and Mrs Harry T Fisher on the Sunday school objective.
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First
Grace M. FE
Grace M. BE
Js.a. Colagan
W. R. Jameson
W. B. Small
B. Reed
Leola Strope
East High
Harry T. Fisher
Wife seeks guardian for husband of seventy
Ida Minard files against her 70 year old husband claiming he is a spendthrift and asking for a guardian of his property. She alleges he spends freely and cannot account for several thousand dollars. She cites his interest in 12 1 2 acres near Long Point Tl worth about 1900 dollars yearly and 3000 dollars received as compensation for a fatal accident in June.
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Ida Minard
Aged Woman Damaged By Fall On Icy Des Moines Sidewalk
Des Moines reports an elderly woman 74 identified as Mrs. E Crill suffered a fractured hip after a fall on an icy sidewalk. She was found dying before her home and remained on the ground about an hour before a passerby found her. Doctors at City Hospital questioned her chances of recovery. Five other people also sustained minor injuries in related slips.
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Des Moines
E. Crill
City Hospital
Absent Minded Aid Forged Chief Walker Check
A forged four dollar seventy cent check to Northwestern Bell Telephone Co signed with Chief P. E. Walker s name was discovered at Waterloo Bank. The chief denied issuing the check and detectives investigated while Sergt Mark Reehfertig, the chief s secretary, admitted writing the check and signing the chief s name.
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P. E. Walker
Waterloo Bank & Trust. Co
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Wallace to Attend Educators Meeting
Stoane M. Wallace superintendent of west schools and Miss Mabel Henderson primary supervisor will attend the annual meeting of educators.
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Wallace
Educators’ Meeting
Stoane M. Wallace
West Schools
Miss Mabe
Henderson
Common Ailments of Middle Age Aid Promoted by Capsule
Advertisement notes that middle age ailments in women include nervous conditions irritability melancholia pains and aches back dizziness headaches and hot flashes. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is claimed to help and a survey of 121000 women reportedly shows 98 percent benefited.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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William Hearn
Leo Stack
Senate Investigating Committee
Harry ®. Sinclair
Frank A. Vanderlip
Lafe
Harding
Marion
Black Jawks County Trankers’ Association
Russell- S Amson
Iad
Guest
Kiwanis
Providence Fire Department
American Institute
Grace M. E. Church
Beauty
Danderine
Bayer
National Education Association
Sessious
Congress Hotel
Rowles
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