Two Foes of Road Bonds Win in Special Election
Iowa voters approve a six vacancy special legislative session to decide a $160 million road bond issue. Democrats and Republicans win seats in both houses. Moen and Helgason unopposed, while debates center on the bond plan and highway commission seats.
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Bonds
Des
Moines
Benats
James. M. Hayes
Dubuque
Clyde
Lansing
Republicvn
Layes
T. J. O'Donnell
Newton
M. R. Hammer
House of Representatives
T. J. Campbell
of. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Adah Thompson
Moen
Inwood
H. F. Desh. Ocheyedan
Skoine
J.B. O. Helgason
Armstrong
R. B. oGrone
Estherville
Ith Vonly
Lindy Flies Over Old Airmail Trail with Record Cargo
Lindbergh lands after a long flight from St Louis to Chicago carrying 10 000 mail pieces. A reception crowd of thousands lines the field. Lindbergh dodges security and departs in his red monoplane amid a hurried scene with trucks and media.
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Shangar
Lindbergh
Nidil
Springfield
Peoria
St. Louis
Mail Inc
Eld
Filer
Chicago
Youth Seeks Alibi in Assault Case Across States
Edward Garriveau of Oconto Wisconsin is jailed for assault against Theresa Hahn of Marquette. He plans to prove he was in Parkersburg Iowa until Feb 11, then Clifton, denying Marquette attendance at the time of the Feb 10 attack. Garriveau was arrested in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Elksder
Edward Carriveau
Oconlo
Wis
Theresa Hahn
Marquette
Mar‘quette
oTwo
Garriveau
Parkersburg
Carriveau
Clifton
la Crosse
Night Watchman Murder Case Shocks Keokuk
Lewis, a 31 year old Black man, is held in the county jail and to be questioned today by officers in connection with the murder of Beri Paris, 31, a Keokuk Box night watchman found shot to death. Bloodhounds traced a trail from the scene to the suspect’s house.
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Meakuk
H. Lewis
Tere
Beri Paris
Keokuk Box Company
Lewis
Cement Plant Auction To Raise Funds In Iowa
The Pyramid Portland Cement plant at Valley Junction with 3000 barrel daily capacity will be sold March 30 to cover 1 056 000 in principal and interest. The facility has been under receivership since October 25, 1927, and was among Iowa's largest. Eight fishermen drowned when the trawler Petonia collided with the steamship Siva in the North Sea. one crew member survived.
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Des Moines
Pyramid Portland Cement Company
Valley Junction
Hhands
Iowa
Petania
Traider
Siva
Unclear Temperature Notes Lead to Fragmentary Data
The readable text shows scattered mentions of temperatures labeled as maximum and minimum for days, with garbled phrases and stray letters. No coherent locations, dates, or numeric values to fix the record into a proper news item.
Toad in Cornerstone Delivers Courtroom Drama in Eastland
Eastland Texas February 21 a toad once sealed in a cornerstone during courthouse dedication in 1887 becomes the center of a dispute among zoologists and locals. Judge Edward J Pritchard presided as witnesses described the creature’s behavior while experts questioned whether the toad could survive in the stone conditions.
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Eastland
Tex
Edward J. Pritch
HA. Parks
Hobos questioned on sugar sack loot report
Police investigated a mysterious freight robbery after Fred Rahn reported two men aboard a freight train near Fort Dodge with a sugar sack full of cigars pens wallets and other items. Arrests were made but several suspects were released or being questioned.
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Fred Rahn
Fort Dodge
Rahn
Chris Hunley
Kansas
Gily
Charles West
Des Moines
Hunley
West
George Phillips
Yipton
Okla
Willan
Hughes
Colfax
Davenport Woman Dies in Auto Crash
Davenport woman dies in Morrison crossing collision when a Northwestern train struck the automobile she and her husband rode in. Harold D Bennett of Davenport Ia died in Sterling hospital from injuries. Bennett remains hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Davenport
Sterling, Tl
Harold D. Bennett
Sterling Hospital
Northwestern
Hy Husband
Morrison
Bennett
Supreme Court Hears Wire Tap Search Question
Washington a Feb 24 United States Supreme Court justices considered whether telephone eavesdropping by prohibition agents on suspected bootleggers was an illegal search and seizure of the home under the fourth and fifth amendments. Attorneys for Roy Olmstead and 18 Seattle men convicted of Wolstead act conspiracy argued wire tapping invaded the home.
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Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Prohibition
Roy Olmstead
Seattle
Local obituaries and notices from Waterloo area
Mortuary notices report Thomas Swyers 73 stationary engineer at Wagner hotel died today at 6 30 am from complications born June 3 1854 in Blair county Pa survived by widow and three children and 16 grandchildren body at Hileman Gindt mortuary. Also Paula Hostetler died today at Presbyterian hospital after mastoid operation first anniversary of her son Max born March 14 1904 Nashua Indiana survived by husband son parents and several siblings. Louis Chaparas 47 of Cedar Falls listed with marriage license and other local names. Deaths of Dagmar Bawn Alma Dagmar, Walter Ramburn, Edna Thierer Dysart, Alfred Dietzel, L L Benton, L Roy Carpenter, Dertha Schmidt, Leo James Moods, Laura Belle Madden noted. Brooks flies from Detroit toward Miami on second nonstop attempt. Dr J Arthur Young receives word of brother Dr J M Young Cedar Rapids physician death.
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Thomas Swyers
Wagner
Sycamore Street
Blair County
Gren
Mtanhood
Standard Steel Company
Burnham
Clara Sager
Waterloo
Leysi Order of Moose
Churea
Charles Sayers
Campbell Avenue
Esther Woomer
Yecagerstown
St. Whitney Road
Hileman & Gindt Mortuary
Paul Hosteller
Norimer Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Max. Weale Herren
Nashua
C. L. Herren
Paul Hostetler
Mary Knichh
Hawthorne Avenue
William E. Herren
Denver Street
Carl Herren
Newton Street
M. Rowley
Cedar Falls
Eric H. Kethe
Kethe
Earl Wilcos
Third Street
Wid
V. W. Hellmand
Petersen Brns
Lolis Chaparas
Louis Chaparas
Lafareti
Licens
Gili- Loyd Asher
Alfred J. Dietsel
Mabel Benton
Watertoo
Chicago
L. Roy Carpenter
Jeli Dertha Schmidt
Leo James Moods
Laura Belle Madden
Sumner
Bishop of Tamaulipas Arrested in Mexico City
In Mexico City on February 21, Bishop Jose Armora of Tamaulipas and three others including Rev Manuel Campa and Prisciliano Garza were arrested. Armora was hiding in Federico Escobar's home, with charges not disclosed. Police will decide if Armora faces the attorney general.
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Mexico City
Tamaulipas
Atrest
Jose Armora
Federico Escobar
Manuel Campa
San Luis Potosi
Prisciliano Garza
Monterey
Armora
Roberto Cruz
Department
Interior
Armom
Campa
Garza
Late Entering Jail Man Says Nuptial Rite Delayed Arrival
John Lawrence Bird known as Jay Bird admitted to Deputy Sheriff W F Dilworth that he delayed reporting to the county jail because he married yesterday. Bird began a 90 day sentence for bootlegging after the ceremony at Independence. He sent a wedding letter to Miss Marguerite M Pierce daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Pierce of Mulverry Street. The ceremony was performed by Rev R V Gilbert at the Presbyterian church parsonage in Independence.
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John Lawrence Bird
Jay” Bird
W. F. Dilworth
Benedict
Bird
Marguerite M. Pierce
Elizabeth’ Pierce
Mulverry Street
R. V. Gilbert
Presbyterian Church At
Independence
Indiana AG vows to press on with anti Klan case
Indiana Attorney General A L Gilliam said reports of a revived Klan in Michigan City and elsewhere are a laugh and that he will continue taking depositions from former Klan leaders to oust the hooded group from Indiana. A mass meeting was planned for Wednesday as the Klan reportedly reorganizes in Michigan City with offers to reinstate members for a small fee.
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Indianapolis
INS
A. L
Gilliam
Michiggan City
Big Sulk
Indiana
Michigan City
Slayers of Officers Sought. Iowa Search Expands
Des Moines reports the hunt for John Burns and Samuel Baxter, accused of killing two Lafayette County deputy sheriffs, has widened into western Iowa and Nebraska. Police say the youths were seen in Des Moines last Sunday and abandoned a Fort Dodge stolen car. Drottz identified the pair, described as Indiana youths, as the suspects being transported to Pendleton state reformatory.
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Des Moines
Feo
INS
John Burns
Samuel Baxter
Lafayette
Towa
Nebraska
Fort Dodge& NN
Drottz
Fort Dodge
Indiana
Pendleton
Mrs Lindbergh to be honored by educators in Boston
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh mother of the Atlantic conqueror will depart Detroit in a government plane on Saturday weather permitting for Boston where she will be honored by the National Education association. She will be accompanied by Miss Maud Dawson fellow teacher at Cass technical high school.
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Detroit
Mich
Evangeline Lindbergh
Boston
National Education Association
Lindvergh
Maud Dawson
Cass Technical High
Flood control talks at White House breakfast
Washington guests including Nicholas Longworth and Congress leaders discussed flood control legislation at a White House breakfast with President Coolidge. Army engineer Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin attended as part of the briefing.
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Washington, D. C
Fed
White House
Coolidge
Nicholas Longworth
Tilson
Connecticut
Madden
Llingis
Appropriations Committee
Snell
New York
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Movie Actress Sues Actor Husband for Divorce Decree
Ruth Sharp Fleck files for divorce from Walter D. Fleck in Black Hawk county district court alleging cruel and inhumane treatment. Petition notes marriage about two months ago in the West and a police encounter at a local apartment. Fleck, a publicity man and actor with minor roles, was connected to the Trousdale Players.
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Ruth Sharp Fleck
First Street
Walter D. Fleck
Trousdale Players
Waterloo Theatre
Black Hawk County
Roger Birdsall
Fleck
West
Yankees No Longer Regarded as Easy Path
Americans in Paris face higher prices as the franc stabilizes around four cents while shops and cinemas push costs. Tourists balk at 200 francs champagne and 150 to 200 dollar Paris gowns, often buying fewer items or copying Paris models back home, altering spending and perceived value.
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France
Paris
America
Montmarta
New York
Auto Plunge Kills Woman. Man Found In Daze
In Missouri Valley Iowa on February 21 Josephine Jones of Omaha died when the car she rode in plunged down a hill and rolled 180 feet to the street. Her skull was crushed. Companion Paul Pressley aged 28 of Omaha was found wandering in a dazed state. A watch on the girl stopped at 3:03.
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Missouri Valley
Josephine Jones
Omaha
Paul Pressley
Sleuth Chief's Son Jailed for Reckless Driving
Hermatt Cline Jr son of Los Angeles detectives chief was sentenced to 36 days in jail by Judge Reed for reckless driving. The judge condemned the youth for violating the laws his father enforces.
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Los Angeles
Fed
Hermatt Cline, Jr
Reed
Loomis Pleads Guilty in Local Liquor Possession Case
Franklin Street resident F. Loomis pleaded guilty to local possession of intoxicating liquor before Judge J C Beem in municipal court. Beem set July 2 for sentencing after a raid uncovered a quantity of liquor at Loomis's home. Loomis had initially faced liquor nuisance charges.
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F. Il
Loomis
Franklin Street
J. C. Beem
Municipal
Beem
Naval programs debated by House naval committee
A three hour House naval p rograms committee meeting on February 21 considered compromise naval building programs but reached no decision. The panel plans to resume deliberations Thursday.
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Ington
House
Reed Opens Democratic Campaign In Dallas Rally
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri launched his stump campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in Dallas urging voters to drive the Republican party from power. He blamed tariff policy and Hoover’s food administration for farm woes and charged Frank Lowden with secretly shaping Missouri’s 1920 delegation.
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Dallas
Tex
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Texas
Harding
Hoover
Europe
Lowden
Republican Party
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
Canton Police Chief Freed of Murder Charges in Mellet Case
Former Canton Police Chief Sejanus A. Lengel was acquitted when Judge W F Lones directed a verdict of acquittal. Lengel had been previously convicted, then retried after Floyd Streitenberger refused to testify. Mellet was shot on June 16, 1926 amid an anti vice crusade in Canton.
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Lisbon
LPJ
Sejanus A. Lengel
Canton
Don R.melett
Canton Daily News
W. F. Lones
Floyd Streitenberger
Ganton
Streitenberger
Lengel
Meller
Mellett
Young Boys Save Mother From Blazing Home
In Omaha Nebraska on February 22 two boys aged 11 and 9 rescued their bedridden mother from a burning house. They lifted Mrs. Robbins through a window and carried her 50 feet away while their nightclothes burned. Both boys suffered serious facial and body burns. Mrs. Robbins escaped unharmed. Robbins, a street car conductor, had left for work earlier, leaving an oil stove burning.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles Robbins
Melvin
Confine Blaze to One Room of House on Westphal Farm
Explosion of gasoline in a can at the Julius Westphal farm residence started a fire that burned several family members though not seriously. Fire confined to the room where the blast occurred. rest of the house was undamaged and the room suffered extensive damage.
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Westphal
Soutien
Julius Westphal
Former Boxer Shot Dead in Bronx Apartment
Police identified the victim as William Doyle a former lightweight boxer shot in a garishly furnished Bronx apartment. His widow confirmed the name and investigators dropped an initial theory that the location was an international crooks rendezvous.
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New York
Bronx
William Doyle
McMillan Takes Out Nomination Papers for State House Seat
Des Moines reports that J. E. McMillan of Clinton and another candidate filed for nomination papers with the secretary of state today indicating they will seek seats in the state house of representatives.
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McMillan
Res Moines
M—n
Riew
Clinton
Rep
J. E. Ne
Millan
Bootlegger Ira Reasely Held on Boone Arrest
Boone officers arrested Ira Reasely in Boone on February 21 for bootlegging after months of surveillance. He was held to jail on a $1,000 bond, and officers recovered cash from his person.
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Boone, Ta
Ira Reasely
Perry
Boone
Kiwanis Club To Send Two Delegates To Seattle Parley
Waterloo Kiwanis will appoint two delegates to the twelfth annual Kiwanis International convention in Seattle Washington June 20 as announced by secretary B L Holton. The event marks the group’s second western convention with tours to U S scenic wonders and Alaska after sessions of public affairs and Kiwanis business. Professor George Hendrickson urged members to provide living things for children at a luncheon talk. The West High quartet performed during the program.
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Kiwanis
Seattle
Wash
Russell-Lamson
B. Li. Holton
Far West
Portland
Ore
Wil
United States
Alaska
George O. Hendrickson
Department of Mology and Entomology
Town State College
Ames
Russell Lamson
West High String Quartet
Miss. Mildred Lice
Maxine Kessler
Margaret Gallip
Layeta Anderson
Alc
Virginia Troup
Canopus Club Sees Record Luncheon Membership Surge
The Canopus club reached its 75 member cap at a luncheon in Black's tearoom in Black's district. Captain Tuthill led a competitive canvass adding about 30 members, with Ware L. Oswald of Bradstreet’s explaining the firm’s financial rating system to attendees. The meeting drew the club’s largest attendance ever.
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Conopus Club
Dohm
Tuthill
Ware L. Oswald
Bradstreets Copany
Canopus Club
OKs Teacher Who Used Poker on Pupil
Des Moines report states rural Banks township Fayette county teacher Aliss Ruby Servoss was discharged after striking pupil Eula Pierce with a poker. Agnes Samuelson overturned the township board decision, confirming the superintendent L G Meyer’s prior finding of guilt and dismissal, reversing it.
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Des Moines
Aliss Ruby Servoss
Banks Township
Fayette County
Eula Pierce
Agnes Samuelson
Mother of 11 Children Seeks Divorce for Cruel Treatment
Louise Olds files suit against Golding P. Olds in Waverly Iowa alleging cruel treatment and threats. She seeks $25 weekly alimony and control of household goods stored in La Porte City plus an injunction. Children listed include Margaret Merrill Maxine Merris Mary Myrtle Mac and Maxwell. Married February 4 1924.
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Louise Olds
Must Gall Election to Fill Reid Green’s Place
Des Moines reports indicate a special election must be held under Iowa law to fill the vacancy created by W R Green’s appointment to a court of claims judgeship. Governor to declare within 10 days if Congress is in session. In London the probate court recognized four children as legitimate under the 1926 act, though born before their parents wed in 1870.
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Reid
Green
Des Moines
Spesy CIA
Iowa
Taw
W. R. Green
Coolidge
Court of Claims
Congress
London
Henry
Lady de Bathe
Centenarian Elizabeth Rock Dies at Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids records the death of Elizabeth Rock aged 100, lifelong resident since 1849. She arrived by stagecoach from Dubuque and was the city's oldest inhabitant.
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Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth
Rock
Australia Swept by Deadly Floods Across Regions
Fourteen dead and many missing as floods devastate Australia. Landslides occur. Grafton reports 3.75 million dollars in damage. Water reaches twenty feet in Murwillumbah. Kempsey under six feet of water. Macleay river overflows. railroad tracks between Dubbo and Nyngan washed out.
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Melbourne
Australia
Grafton
Murwillumbah
Macleay
Kempsey
Dubbo
Nyngan
Free Trip for Gold Star Mothers to France Likely
Washington Feb 21 The Buller bill gains House approval and is expected to clear the Senate. It would provide free transportation for gold star mothers and unmarried widows of soldiers buried in France for a two week visit under Red Cross auspices. The government would spend about 3 million dollars with aliens exempted on return.
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Prense
House
Buller
Senate
France
War Department
American Red Cross
Europe
Hickmans Insanity Testimony Taken in Trial with Hunt
In Los Angeles on February 21 the defense and state agreed that Hickman’s sanity trial depositions may be used in the Wickman and Hunt murder case. Judge Hubolt Craig heard the stipulation as a move to speed the trial for the slaying of G Ivy Thoms and referenced Hickman’s prior case for Mation Parker. A motion to move the trial venue from the courtroom to the holdup scene at a drugstore was opened and rulings were reserved.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Edward Wickman
Welley Hunt
G. Ivy Thoms
Hickman
Hubolt Craig
Middlewest
Mation Parker
Thoats
Craig
Wade Speaker at Iowa University Dinner on Coast
In Los Angeles 78 University of Iowa alumni held a banquet with Judge Carl I. Stutsman reading a greeting from President W. A. Jessup. Martin J. Wade, federal judge It Tews gave a summary of the university’s activities. Prof. G T W Patrick was unable to attend due to health.
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Los Angeles
Cal
National Iowaight
University of Iowa
Carl I. Stutsman
Charles Bundy Wilson
Germatt
W. A. Jessup
Martin J. Wade
It Tews
G. TF
G. Tf, WW
Patrick
California
Woman Hangs Self on YWCA Roof in New York
The body of a well dressed woman about 25 was found on the roof of the YWCA building on Lexington Avenue. She hanged herself using a rope from a chimney frame and a chair was left nearby, indicating a staged fall. Doctors said she had likely been dead at least two days.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
Picture Actress Sued for $60,000
Santa Ana Calif February 21 Priscilla Dean the screen player was named defendant in a $60 000 personal injury damage suit filed by Mr and Mrs Charles C G Ross La Habra Calif The complaint alleged Miss Dean caused a collision between her automobile and the Rosses vehicle in which first Mr Ross was injured. CALLED TO FLORIDA K M Denning left for Orlando today upon notice from his uncle Leslie Denning who is seriously ill in Florida.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Priscilla. Dean
Charles CG. Ross
la Habra
Gal
Dean
Rosses
First Ross
Florida
K. M. Denning
Orlando
Fia
Leslie Denning
Absurdities in Logical Statements Quiz at Evening Fest
A set of brain teaser questions prompts readers to find flaws in statements such as a Roman cornerstone dated with an incorrect inscription and a claim about pronunciation in English. The exercise, part of a university event, invites answers to evaluate mental rating.
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Rome
Julius Cesar
George Tying
England
George I
Britain
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