Missing girl kidnapped by two men found in Omaha
Helen Dorothy, 22, vanished after boarding a Omaha bound train to Kansas City and was found in an Omaha boarding house in a drug induced state. Her sister, Mrs G D Kibling, rushed to Omaha and located her. The two men who held her had left her with lodging until Saturday. She was penniless and poorly clothed. Rewards nearing $1000 had been offered for her return.
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Kansas City
Helen Dorothy
Phillip
Omaha
G. D. Kibling
Wyoming irrigation expansion linked to power line project
Cheyenne July 1 news reports the Mountain States Power company will build an 85 mile high voltage transmission line from the Guernsey US Reclamation Service plant to Parkerton to support irrigation and industrial growth in the North Platte valley. The $250000 project should take about 15 months and affect Glenda Orin Douglas Glenrock Parkerton and Casper as Governor Emerson pushed electric pumping for irrigation.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Platte Valley
Wyoming
United States
Mountain States Power Company
Guernsey
United States Reclamation Service
Parkerton
Glenda
Orin
Douglas
Glenrock
Casper
Frank C. Emerson
North Platte Valley
Waterloo Water Works Bonds Bid Resolution Passed
Waterloo city council met June 20 1927 to consider bids for forty two thousand dollar judgment funding bonds. Commercial National Company Waterloo was favored by resolution 6088 with bids open from White Phillips Spar Bechtel Farmers Loan Trust and others. All present approved the sale and adjourned.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk
Iowa
Glenn A. Tibbitts
F. G. Fish
L. A. Link
E. A. Mc
Bechtel & Co
Davenport
Farmers Loan & Trust Co
dIg
Commercial National Cmpany
Councilman Link
Commercial National Company
Fish
Ares—Fish
Link
McFarlane
Robinson
Blough
Lawson
Chas. C. MacKay
Lions Club elects Ronald Reed president after dinner meeting
Ronald G. Reed of 120 Mohawk Street was unanimously elected Lions Club president at the midyear meeting held after a dinner in James Black Dry Goods owner Black’s tearoom. Reed succeeds R. H. Garrison with John W. Gwynne as first vice president, Paul Eighmey second vice president, and A. E. Gragy secretary. Robert A. Cole named delegate to promote Waterloo airport. Next meeting set for noon Thursday July 1.
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Ronald G. Reed
Mohawk Street
James Black Dry Goods Company
Lions Club
Black
R. H. Garrison
John W. Gwynne
Paul Eighmey
A. E. Gragy
Robert A. Cole
Waterloo
Gem Thief Gets 25 Years Hard Labor
Arthur Barry pleaded guilty to burglary and grand larceny for stealing $90,000 in jewels from Jesse L. Livermore's King's Point home. He was sentenced by County Judge Lewis J. Smith in Mineola to 25 years at Sing Sing prison hard labor, and confessed to additional robberies of wealthy Long Island and Westchester homes.
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Mineola
N. J
INS
Arthur Barry
Jesse L. Livermore
King’s Point
Long Island
Lewis J. Smith
Sing Sing
Barry
Westchester County
Old Mosaic Law Involved in Kansas City Libel Suit
A Kansas City circuit court wrestles with ancient Talmudic rule in a libel case brought by Max Friedman against Rabbi Jehudah Braver and the United Synagogues. Friedman seeks 100000 dollars claiming a Hebrew circular barred his kosher slaughtering business. The judge rules Talmudic law will govern the evidence.
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Kansas City
Circuit Court
Jehudah Braver
United Synagogues of
Max Friedman
Friedman
Braver
Waterloo marriage licenses list names and ages
Marriage licenses issued to Louis H. Brandes and Lulu I. Gardner both of Waterloo. Arthur Appleby also of Waterloo and Blanche Cophagen listed as ages twenty two and twenty respectively. George Moody and Ethel Arnold appear as residents of Fredericksburg with ages forty three and unspecified.
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Louis H. Brandes
Waterloo
Lulu I. Gardner
Arthur Appleby
Blanche Cophagen
George Moody
Fredericksburg
Ethel Arnold
Floating seadrome proposed for Atlantic landing tests
Washington July 1 United Press reports government to test a floating ocean airport in the Atlantic in cooperation with Dupont Works engineers. A 400 foot square model ready, with possible larger 1200 by 800 foot design if successful. Navy interest and Langley carrier may attend tests over six months.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Atlantic Ocean
Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Ocean
Anchorage
Navy Air
Navy
Atlantic
Langley
Petrified forest trunks found in Texas reach immense height
Scientists report petrified remains of a prehistoric forest discovered in Texas. Fallen tree trunks tower up to 896 feet, suggesting a colossal ancient woodland and offering insight into past climate and ecosystem conditions. The findings prompt further study of regional geology and paleobotany.
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Texas
Ohio farm families show fewer children than prior generation
A survey indicates that Ohio farm families average two children fewer than those of the previous generation, signaling changing family size patterns among rural households and potential impacts on agricultural demographics.
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Ohio
Sui cide by dynamite shocks Platteville man
Horace Knapp aged 54 ended his life with dynamite last night while troubled by ill health and heat. His mangled body was found in a pasture on his brother's farm near Platteville Wisconsin.
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Platteville
Wis
Horace Knapp
Here
X ray micrometer measures atomic layers with precision
New York July 1 The x ray micrometer can measure distances at the atomic scale with accuracy to a hundred thousand millionth of an inch. The instrument primarily gauges spacings between atomic layers in crystals and aids studies of metals and alloys at a major electric company lab. The Institute of Chemistry notes these measurements help predict mechanical properties of metals.
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New York
Institute of Chem
Institute of Chemistry
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Hawaii
Richard Grace
Honolulu
San Francisco
Grace
Lions’ President
K. C
Elk Run
Gov't
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Entz Cafe
National Bank
Battle OF Music
Russell-Lamson Hotel Orchestra
Vern
Blumelodians
Turner’s Pavilion
Bremer, Iowa
A.com
the Fowler CO
Richard Hellmann
Incorporated
Chicago
Lady Food Products CO
Waterloo, Lowa
Clothing Service
Helms
Helms Clothing Co
East Fourth Street
Black Flag
Black Flag Co
Kills Roaches
Red Bucs
Union
Waterloo Fruit and Commission Co
Entz
the Better Meats
Bath
Heres
Post’s
Post
Branfla Ameres
Bran
P. Co, Inc
Thousand Island
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