Reform Group in Army Ousts Aged Salvation Chief
London Jan 17 General Bramwell Booth head of the Salvation Army is ousted by the high council as a reform faction led by Commander Evangeline Booth takes control. Court action may be needed to install a new commander while Booth vows to resist and the army faces constitutional questions.
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Jen
INS
Figgins
Salvation Army
High Council
Bramwell Booth
Booth
Southwold
Selvation Arms
Sunbury-on-Thames
England
Reform
Evangeline Booth
B. J. Hay
General
Just
William Booth
W. Bramwell Booth
Lil
Bremvyell Booth
The
Rockefeller Faces Showdown at Standard Oil Indiana Board
John D. Rockefeller Jr trains to fight for control of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana as he contests Col. Robert W. Stewart for the chairmanship. The dispute triggers heavy stock activity and public attention while Rockefeller’s image as a disciplined, honest heir is scrutinized.
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Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Wall Street
Robert W. Stewart
Standard of Company of Indiana
Standard
Otl
New_York curb exchange
Whiting
Ind
Match T. Rockefeller
Florida
Financial Giants in Battle for Control of Standard Oil Co
The article portrays Major Stewart a longtime Standard Oil executive, describing his rise from general attorney to chairman in 1918 and his iron-handed leadership. It notes acquisitions like Midwest Refining and Dixie Oil, expanding stockholders from 4,600 to over 62,000, and stresses Stewart’s dominance amid Rockefeller pressures while highlighting personal quirks and family ties.
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Standard Oil Co
Velt
Rough Riders
South Dakota
Stewart
National Guards
Standard Ol
Pierre
Cowen
Chicago
Iron Han
Colonel Stewart
Standard of
Indiana
Midwest. Refining Company
Dixie OM Company
Standard of Tae
Gelf
Gall
Standard
John D., Jr
Fire Alarms Reported at Residence on Conger Street
Thursday at 9 05 am fire crews responded to a chimney issue at the residence of C W Marlow 214 Conger. No damage was reported. The advertisement notes a caution about insurance and mentions Uertunn O Miller with phone 2664.
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C. W. Marlow
Hetter
Uertunn O. Miller
Judge Zeuch Aims Army Aid to Enforce Prohibition
Des Moines report cites Polk County district judge Herman Zeuch proposing use of the U S Army to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment. He urged military involvement to ensure liquor laws are upheld, called for more liquor courts, and favored coordination of federal and state enforcement.
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Des Moines
Dudot
Herman Zeuch
Polk County District Court
Zeuch
Military Mile
Werth
Cameras Busy As President Signs Kellogg Briand Pact
In the White House east room President Coolidge signed the Kellogg Briand antiwar treaty after cabinet and Senate observers, with cameras rolling and Mrs Coolidge watching. Secretary Kellogg counter-signed amid camera instruction, marking a historic act lauded by supporters in Washington and Paris.
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Washington, D. C
U.F
Dawes
Senate
Coolidge
East Room
White House
Great East Room
Borah
President Coolidge
Sec Tatary Kellogg
Kellogg
Senator Borah
Paris
U.P
Ariistide Briand
Champer of Deputies
Foreign Affairs Commission
Washington
D. C
O. Levinson
Chicago
American Committee For
Hammill Urges Modern Tax System and State Upgrades
Governor Hammill calls for a modern tax system with a one and one half mill three year levy to fund grading bridging and graveling of 800 to 1000 miles of secondary roads a centralized purchasing agency a budget secretary and streamlined titles statutes. He also backs a judicial office building at the capitol expanded penal facilities town job programs and farm education plus national issues including tariffs inland waterways and a farm board.
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The
State Highway Commission
Capitol
Statehouse
Legislative Council
Iowa
Credle
Hammill
Mormuary MARY SPENCER KNIGHT obituary notes
Mary Spencer Knight 7 1510 Hawthorne Ave died at 7:30 am in a local hospital from complications of age born June 15 1841 near Galena Illinois came to Iowa in 1866 survived by daughter Mrs Wv L Herren son Carl Knight Jackson Mich 14 grandchildren and many great grandchildren body at Petersen Bros mortuary also John R Bentley died in Nashua at about 7 am of scarlet fever and complications traveling salesman for Gamble Robinson with northeastern Iowa territory survived by widow and son Billy. body at O'Keefe Towne Funeral Home. Funeral plans listed.
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Mary Spencer Knight
Hawthorne Avenue
Galena
Iowa
Carl Knight
Jackson, Mich
Petersen Bros.’ Mortuary
Joan RE. Bentle
John R. Bentley
Nashua
Mr. Bentley
Gamble-Robinson Company
Masonic Order
United Commercial Travelers
Travelers’ Protective Association
Wattkon
Billy
Minneapolis
Minn
Waterloo
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Babe Ruth Breaks Down At Dead Wife's Bier
Boston scene details funeral day for Mrs Babe Ruth who died in Watertown last Friday. Crowds and 28 policemen watched as Ruth viewed the body in a bronze casket, then attended a solemn high mass. Autopsy ruled death from suffocation and incineration in the Watertown house fire.
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William Woodford
Helen Woodford
Ruth
Home Run King
Edward Hinder
Watertown
Mass
Babe
Boston
U.P
Babe” Ruth
Babe Ruth
Woodford
Wfe
Wenttforg
Abot
John P. Peeney
Feeney
Michael H. Crowley
Crowley
Arthur
Miller Hugennts
New York Yankees
Jacobs Ruppert
Herb Pennock
Lou Gehrig
Richard A. Burke
Pas Augustine's
South Boston
St. Augustine’s Church
Old Calvary Cemetery
Mattapati
Thomas
Michael
Nord
Katherina Woodford
May Tighe
Elizabeth Woodford
Joanna BicCarthy
Edward H. Kinder
One Million Code Words Helped Win the War
Captain Allan Johnson told the Lions club at Leeks Tearoom that about one million code words via cablegrams passed through Washington in November 1918, the war’s peak month. He described how couriers aboard ships carried confidential messages between the General Staff and General Pershing, and praised Gen March, Secretary Baker, Lansing, Polk, and President Wilson for their work and routines.
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Washington, D. C
Allan Johnson
Lions Club
Leeks Tearoom
Johnson
Gen. March
Newton D. Baker
Robert Lansing
Frank Polk
Wilson
Water floods tracks after auto hits fire hydrant
Hundreds of gallons cascaded onto streetcar rails near Electric Park when a car skidded into a hydrant, breaking it at the base. Water and street railway crews worked to halt the flow with temporary measures while officials coordinated with water works. Building permits issued for a heating plant at 835 Steely and a business entrance at Fifth West. Mrs. Emma Erickson, 86, ill with pneumonia at daughter’s Campbell Avenue home.
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Electric Park
Gattle Congress
Freeman Aldrich
Clarence Huston
Fifth West
West Waterloo School Board
Riverview School
Erickson III
Emma Erickson
E. “Hanson
Campbell Avenue
Hurley McGuire Form New Flavor and Extract Co
Formation of the Hurley McGuire company to manufacture and sell extracts flavors and bakery and fountain supplies was announced today by Ivcank Hurley. The factory at 1700 Lafayette street has produced extracts and flavors for a year. James McGuire becomes part owner and moves from Masonville TA with his family. Hurley is a Morris resident. The firm employs five people and produces about 125 cases weekly with thirty varieties of extracts and flavors.
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Hurley-McGuire Company
Ivcank Hurley
Lafayette Street
Hurley
James McGuire
McGuire
Masonville
Morris
Brain Tests for University Applicants in Evening Post
This clipped page shows an intelligence test exercise with analogy questions labeled No 820. It asks to select the fourth word related to a third, within a three minute time limit. Answers are to be found on the society page.
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Ocean
Peninsula
Three Suspects Held In Memorials Theft At Burlington
Burlington Iowa police questioned three suspects after memorial markers for soldiers were stolen from a park. Barry Chanen, a junk dealer, was charged with receiving and aiding in concealing stolen property. Clyda Wheatley and Har Rinert confessed to stealing the markers and selling them to Chanen. Chanen posted bond. Miller also noted as recovering from an eye abscess, with improved condition.
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Burlington
American Legion Post
Barry Chanen
Chanen
Clyda Wheatley
Har Rinert
Herman Miller
Herman C. Miller
Sheridan Road
Iowa City
Friends and Foes of Mason System Await Meeting
Harry Mason and supporters await the county board meeting Monday to resolve his dual offices dispute. An Attorney General opinion says Mason cannot hold both road patrolman and constable positions, limiting him to enforcing travel laws outside cities. Mason plans to attend and will follow the board’s decision, refusing to name which office he would surrender.
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Harry Mason
County Board
Mason
John Fletcher
Jury Rules for Bank in Note Suit for 1471 Dollars
A district court jury returned a verdict for First National Bank of Black River Falls Wisconsin in a suit against Ida Holsters and Louis A Heisler to collect on a promissory note. The bank was awarded 1471.61 dollars with 6 percent interest from April 16 1928. foreman was Charles H Frimkey. The Holsters claimed they signed as accommodation and were not personally liable.
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First National ‘Bante
Black River Falls
Wis
Ida ‘Oc
Louis A Heisler
Charles H. Frimkey
Foeh Continues to Show Improvement
Paris dispatch reports General Poch showing slight and continued improvement in his battle with heart disease complicated by kidney trouble. The morning bulletin, signed by Drs. Deventere Heltz-Boyer and Degennes, notes improvement over the last three days.
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Paris
INS
Poch
Bremer Singers Win Quartet Contest at Farm Bureau
Des Moines Jan. 17 JINS The Bremer county farm bureau quartet won the rural quartet contest at the Town Farm bureau federation convention. Clear township tour of Sac county took second, Lost Island quartet of Faln Alto county third. Eight quartets representing various farm bureau groups paraded.
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Des Moines
Jins
Bremer County
Farm Bureau
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Clear Township
Sac County
Lost Island
Faln Alto County
Temperatures and timetable noted for Wednesday and Thursday
Weather data shows maximum Wednesday negative seventeen and minimum Wednesday night thirteen. Thursday forecasts include a reading of eighteen at 11 am and a 3 pm value, with some garbled text in the source.
Congress Today Considers Naval Bill and Tariff Revisions
Congressional sessions discuss appropriation skills and naval cruiser bill. Committees probe Thidian affairs and interstate commerce coal hearing continues. Banking and currency panels review executives. Tariff revision and grain standards act amendments noted. Benecia bridge bill referenced.
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Thidian Affairs
Interstate Commerce Committee
Banking and Currency
Agriculture ‘Committee
Benecia
Cal
State Ike Directors Delayed in Getting Down to Business
Iowa chapter Trans. Walton League of America directors met at Hotel President to discuss sewage disposal stream pollution and the proposed revision of the state fish and game department. A. Og. Wilford of Waterloo presided as several directors arrived late, with plans to elect a permanent secretary and set a yearly action plan. The 1839 convention bid from Orhyeln was noted. Directors present included Ivan Hasbrunck Jefferson R. S. Sherwood Parkersburg WW. Ewinger Bur Hogton Frank Goodwin Mason City H. Tipton Marshalltown Harry G. L. Erwin Grand Junction and T. W. Townsend.
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State Fish and Game Department
Iowa
Walton League of America
A. OG. Willford
Waterloo
Orhyeln
League
Ivan’ Hasbrnuck
Jefferson
R. 5. Sherwood
Parkersburg
Ewinger
Bur Hogton
Frank Goodwin
Mason City
H. ©. Tipton
Marshalltown
Harry GL. Erwin
Grand Junction
T. W. Townsend
Former Evangelist Freed in Slaying Case at Elkhart
Harvey L. Smith, once an evangelist and circus barker, was found not guilty of murdering beauty culturist Genevieve Stultz. The state alleged he abducted and killed her at the behest of Mrs. Charles Rey, whose husband faced a lovers’ dispute. Smith admitted taking $50 to remove Stutz from town but denied murder. Stultz’s body was found in a lime pit near Elkhart after months missing, with arrest records tracing to Atlanta.
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Elkhart
Ind
Uph
Harvey L. Smith
Genevieve Stulla
Smith
Stutz
Charles L. Reyher
Fire destroys three story Odd Fellow building in Alola
A blaze yesterday gutted the three story Odd Fellow building in the business district of Alola causing an estimated loss of $25,000. Fire officials reported quick response but the structure was damaged beyond repair and no injuries were announced.
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F. Hall
Mother’s Friend Promises Easier Childbirth Aid
An advertisement touts “Mother’s Friend” as an external lubricant to ease labor for expectant mothers. It claims three generations praise it and offers a free booklet titled Things to Know Before Baby Comes. Sold by drug stores nationwide from Bradfeld Regulator Co. in Atlanta GA.
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Bradfeld Regulator Co
Atlants
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