Judge from Cow County to Sit in Hickman Hearing
Jury selection began in Los Angeles for William Edward Hickman's trial on kidnapping and murder charges. Judge J. J. Trabucco, from Mariposa County, presided after Judge Carlos A. Hardy disqualified himself, with defense challenging jurors over religious and death-penalty stances.
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Cal
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Willam Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
J. J. Tyaburco
Mariposa County
Dex
Richard Cantillon
Keyes
Trabucco
Man
Jerome Walsh
Councl
Parker
Hickman
Kansas City
Cow
California
William Edward Hickman
J. J. Trabucco
Los Angeles Superior Court
Carlos A. Hardy
Hardy
Hoover May Lose Strength in Ohio by Willis Action
The article discusses Hoover facing diminishing support in Ohio as Willis exerts control in the organization. It notes antagonism toward Hoover from Willis and allies, and suggests Hoover could regain strength if supporters in Ohio mobilize and lead an energetic campaign amid strong intra-state opposition.
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Hoover
Ohio
Willis
Will
Wills
Larac Ohic
Hraver
New York
Heraty-Britann
Towan Loses War Veteran at Topeka Home
Ewing Cowell, 47, Civil War veteran and former Republican national convention delegate from Iowa, dies at his Topeka home. He enlisted at age 13, served in the Forty-sixth Iowa and Fourteenth Town Infantry, and had lived in Davenport before moving to Topeka three years ago.
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Topeka
Kan
Ewing Cowell
Abie
Lows
Chicago
Harrison
Tows Infantry
Davenport
Yma
Slugs Salvation Worker Refused Room After Theft
Sioux City January 26. An unidentified man refused a Salvation Army bed, then robbed clerk Mrs. Viola Bhoop of $2, struck her in the mouth and knocked her down before fleeing.
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Sioux City
tPi
Salvation Army
Viola Bhoop
Bombs Hit Homes of Mayor Thompson Aides in Chicago
Dynamite bombs exploded almost simultaneously from a speeding car, damaging the homes of Charles C. Fitzmorris the city comptroller and Dr William H. Reid the commissioner of public service. Police view the attacks as gangland retaliation linked to city leadership. The Fitzmorris residence suffered heavy damage while the Reid home sustained minor harm. John Po Allen, a recent aldermanic candidate, occupied the building near the Reid blast. No one was seriously hurt.
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Lodey
Thompson
William H. Reid
Public Service
Fitzmorris
Hyde Park
Windermere
Detective Bureau
Reid
Garfield Boulevard
Althe
Dr. Reid
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Allen
Esea
Pehip
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Same & Durpolice Department
Michael Hughes
Tires
Lee County Grand Jury Calls for City Jail Reform
Keokuk Iowa January 28 The Lee County Grand Jury reports city jail conditions are deplorable and urges the district court to take steps to remedy the end. The report describes the jails as unsafe and delaying justice.
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Eokuk
Keokuk Gorge
Lee County
Erand
MD Rankin
First Iowa district solid for Gov Lowden
The First district of Iowa will vote solidly for Frank Lowden, the Republican candidate for the presidency. A conference of district party leaders in Burlington, Iowa, indicated the choice and set the tone for the bloc.
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Iowa
Gov
Lowwden
Burlington
Frank
Lowden, Iinois
Temperature summary for midweek forecast
The record shows a high of 0.94 on Wednesday and a low around 2 on Wednesday night into Thursday. The rest of the text is garbled and unreadable.
Farm Bureau Aims for 1000 Members in County Drive
Twenty members from Orange West Waterloo and Mount Vernon townships met at Black's tearoom with county agent J L Uban to map a county wide campaign for 1000 members or 60 percent of farmers in Black Hawk County. Four two man teams canvassed yesterday two more out today and ten teams planned for tomorrow.
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Orange
West Waterloo
Mount Vernon
Black's
J. L. Uban
Black Hawk County
Negro lecturer late in arriving for lectures here
William Pickens a New York City negro lecturer failed to reach Waterloo in time for noon Lions club talk and an afternoon women’s assembly. A message said train connections failed at Keokuk Ta. He would arrive at 7 p.m. to speak at a mass meeting at the African Methodist Episcopal church under the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. RP L Billings filled in at Black’s tearoom.
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William Pickens
New York City
Waterloo
Lions
W. Co
Keokuk
African Methodist Episcopal Church
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Pickens
RP. L. Billings
Des Moines
Lions Club
Linns Clubs
New Trial Sought in Insurance Suit Over Settlement
Bert Backes seeks a new trial and to set aside a directed verdict in a $4 080 insurance dispute with Union Mutual Casualty Company Dr Maines heard the case in Grundy County Judge GW Wood reserved decision J N Blass Cedar Rapids and Harold Thompson Des Moines appeared for parties Berkeos lost a leg in an accident and was paid a $1 000 policy then sought to overturn the settlement.
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Bert Backes
Union Mutual Casualty Copany
Maines
GW. Wood
Grundy County
J. N. Blass
Cedar Rapids
Harold &. Thompson
Des Moines
Berkeos
Mekan Broker Dies at De Moines
Des Moines investment broker and merchant R. Man BA, who led the Town division of a local movement, died early today at a hospital after three onsets. Funeral plans not yet announced.
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Des Maines
Jins
R. Man
Ane Investmient
Ple
Slomiat
Eight to Be Sanity Tested Before Chair
Eight prisoners condemned to the electric chair in McAlester Os amended to receive sanity evaluations. Governor H. S. Johnston ordered the examinations in Oklahoma City, signaling a final review of their mental fitness prior to execution.
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McAlester
Okla
H. 5. Johnston
Oklahoma City
Jury Awards Record Debt in Pagy County Case
Judge Fo Mant of a district court awarded $64 994 91 to the Brotherhood of American Yeomen against the estate of Alfred Falk. Falk borrowed $80 000 from the lodge. Willam A Turner was appointed receiver of the estate.
Missing Smith college girl fears ransom report surfaces
New York reports a girl resembling Frances St John Smith, daughter of a New York millionaire, is held for investigation in New York. Police say no ransom evidence exists and experts recall the Dorothy Arnold case as a similar unsolved disappearance.
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Oliver Iil
Frances St. John Smith
Smith Colfese
St. John Smith
New York
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Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Hore
Langdon Marvin
New York City
Miss Smith
Miss St. John Smith
Dorothy Arnold
Alice Corbeth
Arnold Case
Brentano's
Fifth Avenue
Doctor Guilty of Second Degree Murder in Iowa Case
In Cedar Rapids Iowa Jesse J Cook was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of Eva Thompson 19 of Oxford Mills The jury delivered the verdict in about three hours and Cook faces a 10 to life sentence at the state penitentiary His wife Eva Cook is jailed on a similar charge and a separate case follows on the docket
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Cedar Rapids
Jesse J. Cook
Oxford Junction
Eva Thompson
Oxford Mills
F. L. Anderson
Eva Cook
Dr. Cook
Miss Thompson
Fire destroys much of Sheldahl business district
An early morning blaze in Sheldahl destroyed half the business area, damaging five buildings. The estimated loss exceeds $26,000 as wind spread flames from a barber shop to the city hall post office newspaper office and another structure. Barber Joe Marvelli was rescued after being overcome by smoke.
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Sheldahl
Yadan
Joe Marvelli
Four Die When Gas Lantern Explodes in York Area Home
A mother and three children died after a gas lantern exploded in their York PA home late last night. Two other family members escaped with their clothing in flames, with the injured Mrs Mary Williams noted as the head of the household.
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York Springs
Here
Mary Williams
Ling
Ruth
Auto crash near Gowrie claims fourth victim
Fort Dodge Iowa January 24 The fourth death from a Monday night automobile accident near Gowrie occurred when L R Richards a Jefferson car salesman died of his injuries. Frank Morehead and Wes Owens of Jefferson and Co E Bruder of Churdan were killed when the car struck two parked tracks and overturned.
Flapper Witness Testifies in Hill Murder Trial
Esther Hamlin, an office assistant to Dr. H. O. Hill, testified about Harry Hill's trip to Chicago on Aug 22 the morning his mother was found buried in the Streator home basement. She described the morning events and said she saw the typewriter later returned from Chicago.
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Uriel
Harry Hill
Streator
Esther Hamlin
Ir. H. O. Hill
Harry
Chicago
Miss Hamlin
O. J. Roberts
John H. Edgecomb
George A. Dicus
Hill
Neon
Longtime Waterloo Resident Mrs Schmidt Dies After Illness
Mrs Christian Schmidt 72 of 1004 Independence Ave Waterloo died early today after an extended heart illness. She was born Elizabeth Brandestetter in Maquoketa Indiana on December 2 1855 and married Rev Christian Schmidt in Merrill Indiana March 27 1873. Surviving daughters Emma and Mary Schmidt brother Jacob Brandesletter sisters Caroline Schmidt and Mary Kress five grandchildren and one great grandchild. The funeral is arranged at Peterson Bros mortuary.
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Independence Avenue
Elizabeth Brandestetter
Maquoketa
Merrill
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Waterloo
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First Evangelical Church
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Mary Schmidt
George Epp
The
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Cleveland
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LeMars
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George
Mary Kress
Mendota
Lucille
Florence Schmidt
Evelyn
Roger Schmidt
Logan
Vernon Schmidt
Long Beach
Cal
Robert Schmidt
Fire Starts From Ashes In Paper Box In La Porte City
A fire in La Porte City caused by ashes placed in a cardboard box on a chair in Ed O'Brien's apartment damaged the Bailey building and neighboring tobacco shops. Fire officials say an unauthorized alarm to Waterloo fire department created the response. No fatalities reported.
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la Porte City
Ed’ O'Brien
Bailey
O'Brien
Aruna
al Igou
Bellinger
Brauier
Emma Bailey
Wargo
N. D
Waterloo Fire Department
la Parte Ciyfre
Ray Tiller
Frank Andrews
Waterloo
Iowa Grain Dealers Endorse Lowden at State Convention
Iowa grain dealers at Cedar Rapids endorse Frank Q. Lowden for national farm relief and support McNary-Haugen principles. They back inland waterways plans, oppose a 100 million state road bond, and push farm organization nominees on any control board. Directors were mostly re elected. Oscar Helme fills the second district seat.
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Cedar Rapids
Farmers | Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Farmers National Co-operative Elevator Association of Iowa
Grain Dealers Association
Oscar Helme
Marcus
D. W. Thomas
Rembrandt
Grain Dealers Convention
Frank Q. Lowden
McNary-Haugen
Representative Farm Organization
Board of Control
Dickinson
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
Mississippi
Presbyterian hospital amends articles in Waterloo
An amendment to the articles of incorporation of the association governing Presbyterian Hospital was filed in the county recorder’s office. The name changes to Presbyterian Hospital Association of Waterloo, membership set at contributors of $100 or more, and no proxy voting unless a written proxy is filed 30 days before the meeting.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Eva Brebner
Synodical Presbyterian Hospital Association
Presbyterian Hospital Association of Waterloo
Farm Loan Board Nominees Reported Favorably by Senate Panel
President Coolidge's picks for the Federal Farm Loan Board Eugene Meyer George H Cooksey and Floyd H Harrison were moved out of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee in a 10 to 4 vote. The nominees face further Senate action in Washington D C.
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Coolidge
Federal Farm Lan Board
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Serate Banking and Currency Committee
Eugene Meyer
George H. Cooksey
Floyd H. Harrison
Legislator Chester Good Sentenced for Burglary
State Representative Chester Good was sentenced in circuit court to four to fifteen years for complicity in a burglary at a private Detroit residence in May 1926. The case was heard in Detroit, with the judge noting the defendant’s political status as context for the verdict.
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Midh
Chester
Good
Ban on exportation of arms to belligerents debated
Washington January 26. The Burton resolution prohibiting export of arms to any country at war without Congress consent was favorably reported to the House by the foreign affairs committee. Health officer Dr. S. T. Beach of the Illinois Central System visits Chicago to inspect sanitary conditions and lectures first aid to company employees. Marriage licenses issued to John Broppelmoore and Mauile Whicox of Clarksville Tennessee.
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Ronness
House
Foreign Affairs , Committee
8. T. Beach
Chicago
Ilinois Central System
Anops
Arctic flier Mrs Wheeler first to fly Arctic circle
Mrs D M Wheeler of San Diego completes a pioneering Arctic flight becoming the first woman to cross the Arctic circle. She flies from Fairbanks in Alaska aboard a single engine plane to reach her remote property, operating a gold claim while advancing aviation history.
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Sal
Arctic Circle
Alaska
Fairbanks
Havana Congress Delays Slowed by Interventions
The Havana conference debate centers on Pan American union aims and Argentina proposed advisory tariffs powers. U S officials predict Argentina plans fail. debates note current U S export duties and duty free Latin imports. Argentina faces resistance over agricultural quarantines and fruit fly concerns with Spain quoted.
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Pan-American Union
Washington, D. C
Havana
United States
South America
Argentina
Spain
Department of Agriculture
German fascists name S Parker Gilbert emperor of Germany
Berlin residents awoke to posters praising S Parker Gilbert, the American banker linked to the Dawes plan, as a proclaimed Kaiser of Germany on the eve of the former Kaiser’s sixty ninth birthday. The placards mocked the Kaiser’s rule and depicted Gilbert with symbols of munition and finance.
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S. Parker Gilbert
Kaiser
Berlin
Navy and War Chiefs Testify Before Committees
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur appears before the naval affairs committee and Secretary of War Davis testifies before the flood control panel. Senate continues debate on the Jones shipping bill and handles the Wilson Ware election contest report. Banking and currency panel reviews farm loan board nominees.
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Wilbur
Naval Affairs Committee
Davis
Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Farm Loan Board
Brain Tests con. Yale Evening Post item
A newspaper puzzle asks readers to identify middle words in jumbled sentences. Examples show how rearranged phrases reveal the central word, illustrating a common test format used in exams.
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Brain Tests Con. Ys. Evening Post, Inc
G N Clark Dies at Fort Madison Board Member
G Norman Clark Democratic member of the Iowa state board of control died at Fort Madison after a brief illness that began during a Mason City trip. He was about 54, survived by his wife and son, a New York resident.
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INS
Norman Clark
State Board of Control
Fort Madison
Clark
Mason City
Board of Control
Hammill
New York
Plague Ravages Hyderabad as City Struggles with Hygiene
Reports from Hyderabad in the Bombay presidency describe escalating plague deaths with about 100 daily fatalities and more than 110 new cases each day. In the past month a city of 75 000 people has seen around 3 000 deaths, highlighting severe public health crisis and resistance to modern hygiene measures.
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Hyderabad
Presidency of
New Governor General En Route to Philippines
Henry L. Stimson, visiting Chicago en route to Manila, says the governor general’s role is to carry out orders and ensure smooth Philippine affairs. He states he has no views on independence and would not let them matter. He plans to sail from California on February 3 aboard the President McKinley.
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Philippines
Henry L. Stimson
Manila
Airedale dog halts Rock Island express. hunt underway
An Airedale escaped from a baggage car and caused the Chicago bound Rock Island express to delay, with baggagemen pursuing through freight yards. A $100 reward was posted for the dog's return as it was said to have been purchased in the Orient and shipped to its New York owner.
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Councy Bluffs
Rock Island
Orient
New York
Eastern Canada Endures Winter's Worst Gale-Blizzard
Montreal reports a brutal blizzard with whipping winds and mountain-high snow drifts. The weather bureau warns of colder temperatures and stronger gales while Quebec City faces severe travel disruption amid a major winter storm.
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Montreal
Weather Bureau
Quebec City
Bagley approves sale of city's electric system to Iowa Railway
Bagley Iowa voters authorize sale of the municipally owned electric plant to the Iowa Railway and Light Corporation in a special election held yesterday. A twenty year franchise was also granted.
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Iowa Railway & Light Corporation
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