The Glorious Fourth and National Birthday Reflections
The piece recalls Fourth of July celebrations with homemade fireworks and dangers, notes the US birthday at 152 years, and mentions President’s birthday quietly marked in Wisconsin woods by Silent Cal. It also covers Olympic tryouts in Philadelphia with Morgan Taylor and Frank Cuhel, Nobile’s polar expedition concerns, corn growth reports, a windstorm’s damage, boxing champion Stribling, and US victory in the Gordon Bennett race.
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Philadelphia
Morgan Taylor
Grinnell
Frank Cuhel
University of Iowastar
Amsterdam
United States
Taylor
Cuhel
Newmark
Delivery note for Courier requires timely receipt
The notice instructs subscribers to have The Courier delivered before 4 30 PM and to call Sid if the paper is not received by that time A second instruction asks customers to phone the office by 6 30 PM to arrange re delivery or correction for carrier errors
Amundsen and crew rumored rescued near Spitzbergen
London reports say Roald Amundsen and five companions may have been picked up by the Albion near Spitzbergen and are en route to Tromsoe aboard the cutter Icebreaker Grinds. Nobile remains aboard Citta Di Milano with the Italia crew in distress.
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London
Cins
Roald Amundsen
Tromsoe
Norway
Albion
Amundsen
Spitzbergen
Worth East Land
Lundborg
Cape Platen
Rilser-Larsen
Luetzow Holm
Louise Boyd
California
Greenland
Umberto Nobile
Citta di
Milano
Ife Italia
Roalt Amundsen
Nobile
Norges
Anvundsen
Foyn Island
Suars
Amsterdam Isand
U S Army Balloon Unofficial Bennett Trophy Winner
The U S Army balloon from Ford airport to Kenbridge Virginia after 472 miles won the Gordon Bennett international race according to unofficial figures by the National Aeronautics Association Capt W F Kepner and Lieut W Breckson landed seven miles past the French Blanchard balloon near Cove Newfoundland French landing caused probable automatic disqualification Charles Daluis in the German Barmen covered 462 miles near Chase City Virginia America would gain permanent possession if figures stand confirmed.
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America
Unite States
Ford Sutport
Detroit
Cap W. OR. Kepner
Liew W. ©. Ereckson
Kenbridge
Wy Va
Blanchard
W.P
Uniteed States Army
Ford Airport
National Aeronaus Association
W. FE. Kepner
W. ©. Breckson
Nut Cove
Charles Dalius
Hugo Kalen
Barmen
Chase City
Ten Years Ago in the Service
Fred G. Clark recounts two years in the service with hard labor and glory not venturing east beyond Ohio. He describes training camps in the south including Camp Logan near Houston and Camp Pike in Arkansas with segregated African American units. He enlisted at Fort Snelling in May 1917.
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Fred G. Clark
Fourth Street West
Ohio
Camp Logan
Houston
Tex
Illinois National Guard
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Clark
Fort Snelling
Policeman Kills Young Tire Thief in Chicago
Chicago July 4 1921 Charles Scherer 20 son of real estate dealer John F Scherer was shot and killed by a policeman who said he caught the youth with two companions stripping a car and ordered them to surrender. Scherer ran and was shot as he fell. Charles Weise 18 surrendered and a third boy Charles Nottbohm escaped. Weise said they planned a Fourth of July motor trip to Michigan with a car but bad tires forced the theft attempt.
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Chicago
INS
Charles Scherer
John F. Scherer
Politeman
Sergi
Oh Callanan
Scherer
Shrer
Charles Weise
Weise
Charles Nottbohm
Judges Freed of Alter Charges
Chicago July 4 three Chicago criminal court judges were vindicated by a special inquiry from charges they patted with crime. Judges Otta Kerner Emmanuel Ever and Stanley Klarkowski were exonerated after weeks of investigation. Prosecutor Loesch had accused them of waiving felonies and helping defendants plead to minor charges for a better record for State's Attorney Robert Crowe.
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Chicago
Criminal Court
Frank d. Loesot
Chicara Crime Commission
Otta Kerner
Emmanuel Ever
Stanley Klarkowski
Loesch
Robert, E. Crowe
Baseball results fragment from American and National leagues
The readable portion shows scattered names and scores from a baseball game section noting Philadelphia and players such as Rufling, Hofmann, Ehmke, Rommel, Grove, and Cociarane among others. The text is garbled with multiple misspellings and incomplete lines.
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Philadelphia
Noa Rufling
Hofmann
Rewing
Ehmke
Rommel
Grove
Cociarane
National
Petsourgh
Padale
Ie Crean Nate
Musburgh
Tyces
Man Injured While Helping Rescuer in Midnight Crash
Donald Pint of 294 Vine Street was run down by Kenneth Cook Sunday midnight and remains in a critical condition with a crushed leg and severe fractures. Dr. F. W. Porterfield said Pint has shown slight improvement but may lose the leg if no operation is possible. Cook, jailed in county custody, faces charges of failing to report the accident and failing to aid an injured party, with a potential two-year term.
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Porterfield
Fiat
Feg
Kenneth Cook
Jesup
Cook
Ralph ‘Travis
Plan New Probe of Sinclair Oil Operations
The Senate Public Lands Committee readies a new inquiry into Harry F. Sinclair and his Salt Creek royalty oil deal. A subcommittee will inspect the Salt Creek field sale to Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing and review lease fraud risks in the Teapot Dome era context.
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Washington, D.C
Senate Public Lands
Harry F. Sinclair
Wyoming
Salt Creek
Sinclair Crude Oi Purchasing Company
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Wag
Galt Creek
Interior Department
Sirs Committee
Testimony in Slayer's Sanity Case Declared in Iowa
In Cedar Rapids Oscar W. Fatters 42 faces a district court hearing to decide if he is sane for trial in the 1914 murder of Hugh Double. Fatters has spent years in the Anamosa insane ward and seeks release to stand trial in Washington county.
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Cedar Rapids
Oscar W. Fatters
Washington County
Hugh Double
Anamosa Reformatory
Fetters
San
Rain Dampens Plans for Waterloo Fourth Celebration
Rain early on Independence Day delays outdoor events in Waterloo but fails to dampen patriotism. A doubleheader between Waterloo Hawks and Marshalltown at MV Park may be played if conditions allow. Indoor program at Memorial Hall features George Pike, while Sunnyside Club, Pat's Pond, and Electric Park host dinners, dances, and fireworks.
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Waterloo
America
Hanna's Grove
United Spanish War Veterans
Charles C. Pierer
Fred Willier Camp
Tim Memorial Hall
George
EB Pike
Waterloo Hawks
Marshalltown
MV League Park
Sunnyside Country Club
Streller
Pat's
Pond Playground
Electric Park
Cavanaugh Ends Run for Senate After Primary Defeat
Fort Dodge reports State Senator FH Cavanaugh, after losing renomination in June, will not pursue an independent bid this fall. Fellow loser Dr. J W Kime remains in the race as an independent against C E B Anderson of Stratford, who was nominated.
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Fort Dodge
FH. FE. Cavanaugh
J. W. Kime
C. Eb, Anderson
Stratford
Parachute Jumper Dies In Fourth of July Display
Minna July 4 Frances Clark 20 of Minneapolis was fatally injured when her parachute failed to open during a jump from a plane piloted by Tom Lane of St. Paul. The 1,200 foot plunge stunned 1,500 spectators at a community Fourth of July celebration.
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Alexandria
Minna
U.R
Frances Clark
Minneapolis
Tom Lane
St. Paul
Berengaria Boat Train Collision Kills Engineer in Caen
An American passenger boat train, Berengaria, collides with another train at Caen station en route to Paris from Cherbourg. The engineer is killed and baggage destroyed as the Berengaria, traveling from New York to Southampton, forges its voyage.
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Paris
Berengatia
Caen
Cherbourg
New York
Southampton
Heat Blamed for Railroad Wreck Near Atkins
Intense heat caused a Milwaukee railroad freight train derailment near Atkins Iowa. An unidentified woman was killed and ten freight cars derailed. The dead man was about 80 years old though his identity could not be determined.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Nelwaukee Railroad
Atkins
Temperatures and Rainfall Report Missing Details
Weather notes show minimums for Tuesday and Wednesday with inconsistent words and a forecasted rainfall of about a quarter inch. The fragment mentions rain tonight and a Tuesday night low but lacks full data and place names.
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Wight
Flagpole Sitter Appeals as Heat Brings Danger
Ben Fox clings to a 65 foot flag pole atop the 14 story First National Life Insurance building in St Louis as a heat wave worsens. He says the ordeal would end if his first appearance here had not drawn crowds and he reports a rocket nearly exploding near him while appealing July Fourth revelers to redirect their rockets.
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St. Louis
D.p
Ben Fox
First National Life Insurance
Amy
Fox
Fourth of Jilly
Picnic Delayed by Rain in Nashua July Weather
Nashua Iowa July 4 due to rain the Illinois Central Picnic with the Nashua Commercial Club was postponed to next Sunday after a smaller Waterloo turnout. Four coaches delivered picnickers this morning as the program including an address by H G Schwietert of Chicago, dinner, ball game, sports, and parade of floats will be repeated next Sunday with the same order.
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Nashua
Illnois Central
Nashus Commercial Club
Waterloo
H. G. Schwietert
Chicago
General Department
President Quiet Fourth Plans at Superior Summer White House
President Coolidge to observe Independence Day and his fifty sixth birthday with Mrs Coolidge and John Coolidge at the summer White House in Superior Wisconsin. He plans a quiet day with likely birthday cake ceremonies and few visitors. He declined invitations to public Fourth of July events in town.
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Superior
Wis
Caltin Goslidge
Italian Fliers Seek New Brazil Flight Record
Italian seaplane pilots Capt. Arturo Fecrarln and Maj. Carlo P. Del Prete, en route from Rome to Brazil, passed over Casa Blanca Morocco after a nonstop night flight. They hold a 58 hour endurance record and aim to extend it on the current west coast Africa route.
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Casa Blanca
Morocco
Rome
Brazil
Arturo Fecrarln
Carlo P. del Prete
Tinsi—Cani
Arthury Terrarian
Maor Carla P. Nel Prete
Wight
Voda
Africa
Brazl
Salles
Boone Teacher Dies in Des Moines After Operation
Des Moines July 9. Miss Margaret Elizabeth Heaps, 38, of Boone, a schoolteacher, died yesterday at a local hospital after an operation. She had recently returned from New York where she pursued postgraduate work at Columbia University. She leaves her mother Mrs Mia Heaps and her brother George Heaps Jr head of the Iowa Coal Operators Association.
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Des Moines
Margaret
Elizabeth Heaps
Goone
New York
Columbia University
Miss Heaps
Mia
George Heaps
Boone
The
Iowa Coal Operators Association
Honeymoon Flight Plan Ties Paris Paris to New York
Mrs Bernadine Guttman Kangun a former Northwestern University student plans to fly from Paris to New York next week as part of her honeymoon. She met Lieut Murray Kangun aboard a vessel to Europe and they were married in Paris on June 12.
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Bernadine Guttman-Kangun
Northwestern University
Paris
New York
Murray Kangun
Europe
Aluminum production path explained by county official
Deputy treasurer Arthur I. Bunn reports after visiting bauxite mines near Little Rock Arkansas. He describes ore processing from bauxite to refined aluminum in St. Louis and notes five tons of ore yield one ton of aluminum. He cites historical and current consumption levels.
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Waterino
Arthur I. Bunn
Little Rock
Ark
Bauxite
St. Louis
Sailor Killed as Harbor Collision Strikes Navy Craft
In San Pedro California a collision between the tanker District of Columbia and a navy motorboat carrying shore duty sailors from the U S West Virginia killed seaman second class H D Cook and left seaman second class H E Hale missing. The motorboat sank and most sailors leaped overboard. The incident occurred late last night in the harbor.
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San Pedro
Cal
Colimbia
H. D. Cook
H. E. Hale
Automobile Fire Destroys Sedan on La Porte Road
Dawn blaze on La Porte Road below Waterloo destroyed a sedan by fire at 4 am. Owner G. W. Eslinger of Fort Dodge Iowa, two women and a man were in the car. The women, reported to police, did not disclose their names. Fire origin undetermined. The flames prevented rescue efforts.
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la Porte Road
Waterloo
GW. Eslinger
Ft. Dodge
Car Thief Returned After Cross‑State Flight
Dale Smiddy, 18, hired a car from Rent-a-Car on Wirth and Jefferson streets and drove to Dubuque, Gary Indiana, Kansas City, and Geary Oklahoma. He surrendered to county authorities in Oklahoma City after running out of money among strangers. The vehicle was recovered and returned.
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Dale Smiddy
Rent-a-Car Company
Wirth
Jefferson Streets
Dubuque
Gary
Ind
Kansas City
Geary, Oki
Shertt W. PF
Bidworth
Oklahoma City
Scuddy
Policeman Struck by Lightning in Dubuque
A derecho and storm across Iowa and nearby states caused extensive damage from hail and wind. In Dubuque Patrolman Max Bera was struck by lightning while reporting to headquarters and is in serious condition at a local hospital.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Waukee
Dubuque
Max Bera
Council Bluffs
Wint
Northiwestern Bell Telephone Company
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