Five Held After Des Moines Mad Car Drive Killings
Five people were jailed in Des Moines on manslaughter charges after a drunken road chase from the city. Charles Christiansen, 42, Story City, died when Ralph Switzer, 41, also of Story City, crashed into his roadster. Anders Jorgensen, 51, Audubon county relative, was critically hurt. Arthur Restvedt, 29, Blanche Jackson, Fred Maywell, 35, and Mrs. Rabel Weaver, all Story City, were detained as companions of Switzer.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles Christiansen
Story City, Jr
Ralph Switzer
Story City
Anders Jorgensen
Audubon County
Arthur Restvedt
Blanche Jackson
Fred Maywell
Rabel Weaver
Switver
Youths Caught With Booze Phonograph and Violin
Two motorists, Yorn Webster and Ralph Bodker of Waverly, were arrested at 4 25 am for intoxication bootlegging and illegal transportation after police found a gallon of alcohol, three empty bottles, a phonograph and a violin in their car. Their arraignment in municipal court was continued to 2 pm. Also, Jos Knipp and Glen Russell were fined 8 50 and costs for a drunken fight. Waterloo police sought a Dodge car with a Tama county license involved in other incidents, and a separate report notes a crash into a boy and a plate glass window in Dubuque.
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Yorn Webster
Ralph Bodker
Waverly
Jos Knipp
Glen Russell
Waterloo Auto Supply Company
EJ. Kennedy
Tama County
Fourth Street
Kennedy
Waterloo
Dodge
Dubuque
Black Hawk County Lcense
McGregor Physician, 82, Dies. State Medical Pioneer
Dr. H H Clark of McGregor Iowa dies at 82 after six weeks of heart disease. Born October 12 1842 in Pennsylvania he served in the Ninety second Illinois Mounted Infantry during the Civil War. A Northwestern Medical College graduate he moved to McGregor in 1876 and ran a private hospital for 20 years. He helped form Iowa’s first board of health, served 13 years on it, and was president of the first state board of medical examiners.
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McGregor
H, HH. Clark
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Hillnois
Ninety-second Tiiinoia Mounted Infantry
Northwestern Medical College
Chicago
Iona Board of Health
Clark
State Board of Medical Examiners
Waterloo Folk Supply Share of Passengers En Route to Florida
Drift of traffic to Florida as a Winter resort marked here by Illinois Central city agent W L Buckler. He says 65 tickets sold for Florida points since Dec 1. A telegram from Chiczgo notes heavy southbound traffic requires the Floridan through train to operate in sections. One train carried 335 passengers bound for Florida points. The latest southbound travellers were Mr and Mrs Daniel LaForce en route to Miami.
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Florida
W. L. Buckler
Illinois Central
Nec
Ghicuzo
South
Daniel LaForce
Miami
Debutante Sophia Brownell Heads East for Stage Career
Sophia Brownell, a San Francisco debutante and heiress to a $4,000,600 estate, travels to New York to pursue acting with support from her grandmother amid opposition from wealthy parents. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Eric Brownell, whose home is a famed San Francisco show place.
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Sophia Brownell
San Francisco
New York
Edward Eric Brownell
Ikes Seek to Make Waterloo Icle Chapter Lead
Waterloo Ikes launch a campaign to build the largest Izaak Walton League chapter in Waterloo aiming to double the current 255 members. Secretary Ernest Koepke cites state president Judge George W. Wood’s leadership as a motivator, with a banquet set after February 1 and a list of captains for the drive.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Ikes
Ernest Koepke
Iowa
Ikes
Cedar Rapids
Koepka
George W. Wood
Eam
KH. Wright
Cliff Hallowell
Jack Casebeer
John Jago
W. A. Hendry
Burr Lichig
A. C. Willford
Fred Wray
J. Cihak
Adolph Feissner
Ton Gauthier
J. C. Murtagh T
Stecher Set for Bout as Route to Mann Title Shot
New York wrestling card features former world champion Joe Stecher meeting Dick Lutze in a Curley promotion. The bout aims to propel Stecher toward a championship clash with Wayne Mann, who has surged after defeating Strangler Lewis.
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New York
Joe Steacher
Jack Curley
Dick Lutze
Notre Dame
Wayne
Big) Mann
Strangler Lewis
Thrift Week Draws Attention in Waterloo Schools
Public schools in Waterloo will emphasize thrift on regular bank days during National Thrift Week. No special programs are planned, as the city stresses savings habits year round. Teachers note Benjamin Franklin's birthday, Saturday, and credit his success to thrift.
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Waterloo
Benjamin Franklin
Russian Prince to Sing on Opera Stage in U S
Prince Obolensky, once a Russian landowner now a refugee in England, sails to the United States to pursue a career as an opera singer. He funds his trip with a series of London recitals including a private event at the Duke and Duchess of Rutland home.
Indian gets fame wherever he goes
Washington January 19 Joe Cosley an Oneida Indian lives in seclusion on Cosley lake Glacier national park near the Canadian boundary. He is the Rocky mountain region trapper acclaimed by Blackfeet Kootenal Blood and Flathead tribes as champion and called Panther-on-Snow-Shoes. He traps 200 miles of lines each winter and brings 5 000 to 8 000 dollars worth of furs to Kansea Montana each spring. He says he enlisted with Canadian forces and earned medals after sniping 600 Germans. A ring he bought for his fiancée was retrieved from a tree by snowshoeing 60 miles back to the cabin. Cosley Lakd near Cosbey Lake inspired the name. He is 46 with possible Spanish blood.
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Washington, D. C
Altha
Joe C. Cosley
Cosley Lake
Glacier National Park
New York
Indian Department
Jie
Rocky Mountain
Kootenal
Cosley
Lake McDonald
Rocky Mountains
Kanspell
Mont
Griliah
Cosby
Joe
War
Cosbey
Get back that lost weight with Tanlac tonic
An old advertisement touts Tanlac as a万能 tonic to restore strength and weight. It claims to cleanse the blood, improve digestion, restore color to the cheeks, and help the body regain vitality, citing vast numbers of grateful users.
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Tanlac
Tuberculosis deaths decline in Rome over 20 years
In Rome in the last two decades the tuberculosis death rate rose from about 2,500 to 2,550 annually, while population doubled. The result shows a decline of nearly 40 percent in deaths from tuberculosis.
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Rome
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Waterloo, Iowa
Dets
Olsol
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Hart Schaffner
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Wen
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