Ruth custody fight follows Babe Ruth tragedy
Boston dated summary notes that Dorothy Ruth, eight, may not be Babe Ruth's child claims by his relatives spark custody petitions. Ruth denies meeting Dr Kinder and says his wife moved to Boston before her death in a Watertown fire. An autopsy proceeds as investigators seek clues from a diary found near the fire scene.
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Boston
U.P
Judson Bannigan
Babe” Ruth
Dorothy
Ruth
Watertown
Wellesley Edsms
George Herman Babe" Ruth
Johanna McCarthy
Brooklyn
Alice Harvey
Edward H. Kinder
George
Burgess Magrath
Suffolk County
Magrath
Altho
George L. West
Edward Doherty
Bushnell
George Herman
Kinder
Dr. Hinder
New York
Hotel
Touraine
Daugher
La Porte Woman Dies of Influenza
La Porte City January 16 Mrs Emanuel Narber dies at home from influenza and pneumonia after a short illness. She leaves a husband a son Fred and a daughter Mrs Indz Glime. Funeral arrangements not listed.
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la Porte
Courier
la Porte City
Emanuel Narber
Fred
Indz Glime
Brain Tests from N Y Evening Post Offer Mental Challenge
An old column advertises a ten item word meaning test with near synonyms and opposites, instructing readers to mark correct pairs and refer to the specified answers. It lists a few incident notices about property damage and an automobile-related report with partial details and no major injuries.
Rural Carriers Endure Deep Drifts to Maintain Mail Service
Rural carriers battle snow drifts around Waterloo and Cedar Falls to deliver mail. Drivers report roads blocked by four foot deep piles and require farmer assistance to reach rural routes. Some areas like Black Hawk road remain closed six miles from Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Eagle
William Graham
Wilson Junction
Leonard
Lawrence Hanson
Cedar Heights
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk Road
Bowman Farm
Fairfield Girl Sports in Snow in Bathing Suit
Miss Ella Ashby 16, a Fairfield high school student, braved the cold to play in the snow wearing only a bath suit, galoshes, and a smile as the snow blanketed the ground and temperatures hovered near zero.
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Fairfield
Tadan
U.F
Ella Ashby
Ashby
Stevenson’s Body Arrives From Arizona in Waterloo
The body of William J. Stevenson vice president of James Black Dry Goods died Thursday in Phoenix Arizona arrived in Waterloo this morning. He was taken to the family home 220 Independence Avenue Mrs Stevenson and a son Kenneth attended the journey. Family and friends will be at the home at 1 20 p m Thursday for a service conducted by Rev Thomas F Niven pastor of First Presbyterian church. Services at the First Presbyterian church are set for 2 p m Burial will be in Palrview
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William J. Stevenson
James Black Dry Goods Company
Tasthursday
Phoenix
Ariz
Waterloo
Independence Avenue
Prospect of a one cent gas tax to fund county roads
State Representative John M. Bixter and H. Berry prepared a bill to raise the gasoline tax by one cent and place it on file in the Iowa House. The extra cent would fund county and township road construction and maintenance with half the funds to each. The House debated clerk allotments, while the Senate introduced five bills by Senator Lange and Senator Wilson, none of prime importance.
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Statehouse
Des Moines
Iowa
John M. Bixter
Adams County
H.&. Berry
Monroe County
House of Representatives
House
Berry
Senate
Otto F. Lange
Libuque
D. L. Wilson
Shenandoah
Wilson
Ooe
Lange
Bank's Depositors Lost or Strayed Listed for Contact
About 1,000 depositor names with unknown or changed addresses were pasted today by Paul Wilson, examiner for L A Andrew, Waterloo Bank & Trust Co. These are unredeemed checks. Lists were posted in Lafayette building lobby, Black Hawk county courthouse, public libraries, and YWCA building. Public urged to inspect lists and report current whereabouts to Wilson at 610 Lafayette building.
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Paul Wilson
L. A. Andrew
Waterloo Bank & Trust Co
Lafayette Building
Black Hawk County
Wilson
Guests Fross Waucoma Visit Local Hosts
Mrs Yom Lynch and Mrs James Scallen of Waucoma hosted this week for Mrs Lynch's daughter Mrs Robert Obele and Mrs Roy Rust. Scallen's daughter Miss Afacela, Gates Business College graduate, heads to Washington DC for a stenographic post at the US Patent Office. Ivan Welch remains bedbound since October with heart trouble following influenza and pneumonia.
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Fross
Ivan Welch
Dawson Street
Congress Today in United Press Senate and committees actions
Senate considers naval cruiser building bill and first deficiency appropriation bill. Indian affairs committee continues Burke investigation. Post office and post road bill on calendar. Merchant marine and Interstate commerce committees hear on various safety and tariff issues. Immigration committee hearing on a resolution.
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United Press
Senate
Indian Affairs
Burke
Tlouse
Merchant Marine Committee
Iadia
Interstate Commerce
CWWIL
Actiags and
Act
Immigration Committee
Funeral services for Mrs Chris Koch announced
Mrs Chris Koch Hudson dies at local hospital Monday. Funeral set for Thursday 1 30 p m Petersen Bros chapel and 2 p m at St Ansgar Lutheran Cedar Falls officiated by Rev Jorwen son. Burial Elmwood. The body will lie in state. CORA MARGARET Harmon infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Harmon Dawson Street dies shortly after birth at local hospital. Surviving half brother Louis and half sister Jane Trainer. Body at Petersen Bros mortuary.
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Ches Koch
Chris Koch
Hudson
Petersen Bros
St. Ansgar's
Dansh Lutheran Church
Qatar Jorwenson
Cedar Fars
Burtt
Elmwood
Peterser Bros
Cora Margaret Trarmon
Corn Margaret Harmon
Lloyd H. Harmon
Dawson Street
Focal
Louis
Jane Trainer
Petersen Bros’ Mortuary
Mme Serrec to Hold Charm School in Waterloo
Beauty expert Mme Janette Serrec will conduct a five day charm school at the Plaza theatre January 29 to February 2. She will answer questions from a stage box and perform cosmetic demonstrations for Waterloo women, with free lectures afternoons sponsored by the Evening Courier and Plaza theatre.
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Mme. Serrec
Charm School
Mme
Janette Serrec
Plaza Theatre
Waterloo
Jin
United States
Evening Courier
The
Courier’s
Milk dump clashes with strikers shake Lake County
Dairy farmers halted wagons and dumped milk into snow as strikes widened at Bowman Dairy near Waukegan Illinois. Receipts fell to near zero while McHenry County farmers reportedly debated federal intervention.
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Chicago
Farmijer
Lake County
Lake Cownsty
Bowman Dairy Company
Waukegan
McHenry County
Woodstock
New York Garment Firms Predict Feminine Silhouette Shift
New displays by Garment Manufacturers of America show a move away from boyish shapes toward softer feminine lines for spring 1929. mannequins with long hair parade new gowns with frills and bright colors. retailers from across the country, about 2000, approve the trend away from the hourglass silhouette and masculine touches that reduced profits.
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New York
TNS
Garmacuot
America
Grandma
Mercury Rises From Record Low As City Warms
After days of extreme cold the temperature climbs from minus 22 to two degrees above zero by 2 am. The cold wave breaks, trains resume normal schedules and roads clear, easing travel for motorists who faced dangerous conditions recently.
Chicago Girl Engaged to Accomplished Athlete
Chicago on January 16 reports the engagement of Miss Mildred Priess of Chicago to Louis Behr of Rockford, a former University of Wisconsin athlete. Behr was basketball captain, won the Kenneth Sterling Day prize for character, and served as president of the Phi Sigma Delta fraternity.
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Chicago
Mildred Priess
Louis Behr
Rockford
University of Wisconsin
Haseen
M. Priess
Bet
Kenneth Sterling Day
Phi Sigma Delta
Temperatures for Tuesday to Wednesday
Weather notes show Tuesday maximum and minimum temperatures, then a sequence of times for Wednesday. The readable items include 7 a m, 11 p m, and 3 p m references though some parts are garbled. No clear locations or named entities appear in the legible text.
Poem by George H. Henderson on Waterlo o Elks
George H. Henderson a former Waterloo man now at the Elks National Home Bedford Virginia wrote The Clique a poem honoring early Water loo Elks and their members G E Pickett Cal Kingsley H B Boles Robert Murphy M J O Keefe and others The poem praises faithful dues paying brothers who attend meetings visit the sick and avoid tricks while critics call them the clique
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Waterloo
G. E. Pickett
Cal Kingsley
H. B. Boles
Robert Murphy
M. J. O'Keefe
Géorge H. Henderson
Elks National Home
Bedford
Henderson
H. E. Weatherwax
Henderson 4 Weatherwax Insurance Agency
James JL. Henderson
Park Avenue West
Judge Warns Auto Drivers Who Push Cars Near Fire Plugs
Municipal Judge George J. Sager and Police Chief Charles Mohlis outline a campaign to stop motorists who push other cars into restricted areas or fire plugs while parking. They warn violators will face court action and urge police cooperation to curb this practice. The chief advises pushing the obstructing car back to position if it blocks a fire plug or restricted zone.
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George J. Sager
Charles Mohlis
Sager
Mohlis
Po Hce
Coroner Probing Death of Girl in Twilight Sleep
A coroner's jury in Albuquerque opens an inquiry into the death of Helen Jaskew, 18, of Portales, at the New Mexico girls welfare home. Six girls reportedly received twilight sleep injections after being captured and confined. Bertha Lips, home superintendent, testified the injections were given at the order of Dr. Evelyn Frisbie to restrain the girls and prevent disruption.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Helen Jaskew
Portales
New Mexico
Fay Graves
Haskew
Bertha Lips
Evelyn Frisbie
Hoover to Probe Prohibition and Violations of Law
A historical critique cites rising deaths from alcoholic insanity, increased liquor prosecutions, and widening smuggling since 1920. It condemns enforcement excesses, calls for more funds and powers for prohibition authorities, and warns of tyranny extending into homes.
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Publc
Moderation League
Food Poisoning Hits 250 Women Students at St Theresa College
In Winona Minnesota over 250 female students at the College of St Theresa fell ill from food poisoning traced to breakfast served Sunday. Eleven nurses left the campus as glasses were resumed today. City health officer Dr W W Lindsay announced no serious injuries.
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Winona
Minn
College of St. Theresa
W. W. Lindsay
Almouneced
Dandruff Remedy Promises Complete Hair Health
An old article touts a home remedy using four ounces of plain squid arvow applied at night to dissolve dandruff. It claims in mornings scalp itching halts and hair becomes fluffy and glossy after a few applications. Available at any drug store, the remedy is described as simple and inexpensive.
Jersey City murderer to die in electric chair
Peter Kuzdinowski was sentenced to die by electric chair in the state prison during the week of Feb 24 for the first degree murder of Joseph Storelli in Jersey City. He was found guilty last Friday. Northampton and San Francisco items follow.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
Peter Kudzinowski
Joseph Storelli
New York East Side -Bay
Jersey City Meadows
Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
President Coolidge
Bolivia
Mankaw
Salvation Army high council debates Gen Bramwell Booth retirement
Sunbury on Thames England January 16 Ins The Salvation Army high council reconvened to discuss Gen Bramwell Booths reply to a proposal he resigns The general says Why should I retire The only ground is illness entrusted affairs to Commissioner Higgins He opposes agitation to change the Army foundation Building permits listed include E A Shirley repairs 800 Fish Sign Service remodeling 200 George Scully heating 516 Edwards Theodore Winninger heating 430 Reed Stanley Moore heating 424 Olay
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Sunbury-on-Thames
Eng
INS
Salvation Army High Council
Army Training College
Bramwell Booth
Booth
High Council
General Booth
Higgins
E. A. Shirley
French
Fish Sign Service
Fark Road
Fairview
George Scully
Edwards
Theodore Winninger
Reed
Stanley Moore
Olay
Craft's Lawyers Seek Block on Public Trial
A conference of attorneys met at the courthouse to discuss the state case against Harry H. Craft, a Spring Creek farmer accused of assault with intent to murder his wife, Verana Craft. Craft is held in the county jail. a psych hospital report found him insane. Relatives oppose liberty but favor care outside the men’s reform school, possibly at a state hospital for the insane. Attorneys J. W. Gwynne, W. M. Blough, and E. H. McCoy attended.
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Harry H. Craft
Spring Creek Township
Verana Craft
Psychapathic Hospital
Lowa
Craft
Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Connty
J. W. Gwynne
W. M. Blough
E. H. McCoy
Wreck Kills Fourteen in European Train Collision
A crash near Prusnila Station in Romania killed fourteen people and injured about forty as the Temesvar Paris Express derailed and was struck by the Temesvar Bucharest Express. Investigators say the Bucharest train’s engineer was likely intoxicated.
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Bucharest
Prusnila
Turnu Severtt
Roumania
Paris
Trai
Deputy Resigns Knights of Columbus Post
Towa City announces that R. Hart has resigned as seventh district deputy of the Knights of Columbus. Clement A. Hoyle, also from Towa City, is named to succeed him.
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K. CG
Towa
City
INSW
R. Hart
Towa City
Knights of Columbus
Clement A. Hoyle
Nine freshmen and sophomores post perfect averages
The registrar announced that nine first and second year students at the University of Iowa achieved perfect averages in the second semester of the 1927 28 school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Jain
University of Iowa
Keeps children from ever having bad colds
A Waterloo mother credits Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral with preventing and curing severe winter colds in her daughter Lucille. She began double strength doses at the first sign of illness, which eased breathing by morning and halted the cold by the next day.
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H. G. Grant
Waterloo
Lucille
Ayer
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