In Spotlight on Slavery and Prohibition Era Debates
A dated editorial mix links slavery era clashes to post eighteenth amendment tensions. Sullivan predicts a dangerous national split if prohibition sparks constitutional conflicts. Also notes pollution worries on the Shell Rock river, Durkin case, Kansas prison revolt, storm reports, and Coolidge at White Pine Camp facing rain and mosquitoes.
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Mark Sullivan
Ullivan
United Sta
Coolidge
White Pine Camp
Adirondacks
Political issue seen in sanctity of constitution
A Washington dispatch discusses a northern wet movement using the liquor question to spur black voters in the South. The piece warns a coordinated effort could echo Reconstruction mistakes and cites Senator Borah as a notable critic of the fourteenth amendment era policy.
Delivery deadline notice for Courier service
The notice states home delivery by 35 30 o'clock and offers a replacement copy if the paper is not received on time. It provides a phone contact to call for issues with carrier delivery and emphasizes reporting before a specified early morning hour.
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P. Me
Hold Station Agent for Embezzlement After $200 Theft
Ames Iowa July 10 A grand jury will hear charges against William H. W. Earp former station agent of the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern railroad in an embezzlement case tied to a $200 theft during a station robbery. An audit of company books was ordered to uncover a $6000 shortage. Earned no liberty under $3000 bonds.
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Ames
William HW. Earp
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad
Earp
Mrs Budlong Plans Law Course to Appeal Fight
Mrs Hilton J Budlong says if her millionaire husband wins the legal separation she will study law this summer to prepare to argue her own case before the Rhode Island Supreme Court. She dismissed her counsel earlier, claiming she will fit herself to continue the fight personally.
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Newport, R. LL
INS
Hirlton J. Budlong
Rhade Island
Supreme Conve
Supreme Court
State B. P. W. Holds Meet at Des Moines
Des Moines July 10 AP The Iowa convention of Business and Professional Women's clubs opened with welcome by Mrs. C. H. Morris Des Moines councilwoman Routine business occupied the morning session and officers were to be elected this afternoon The state convention is preliminary to the national convention opening Monday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Business and Professional Women's Clubs
C. H. Morris
Arrest in fatal crash case in Mason City
Hugh Booth, indicted for failing to report an accident, was arrested on his Mason City return from Texas. The 2 year old case involves the death of Mrs. Ivan Flyon in an August 16 1825 crash. Booth had vanished after the accident and had been sought since.
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Mason City
Hugh Booth
Texas
Ivan Flyon
Booth
Deputies Approve Caillaux Plan Of Financial Reform
Deputies support the Briand government after a confidence vote. The chamber rejected a socialist measure 324 to 202, then backed the finance policy 269 to 247. A cabinet decree to enact financial legislation was approved for immediate use, with Redding, Cal reporting summer campers routed by a snow sleet storm.
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Joseph Caillanux
Redding
Cal
Here
Fire devastates Washburn as three buildings burn
Residents recount the swift blaze that destroyed the Schaefer hardware store and adjacent buildings, causing about 8000 dollars in damage. Firefighters from Gilbertville, Waterloo, and La Porte City saved homes as water shortages hampered efforts. Origin undetermined as rain aids battle and a motorist damages a radiator rushing to the scene.
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Washburn
Tuly
Frank P. Schaefer
Schaefer
Corncrsb
Anna Kemp
Gilbertville Fire Department
John Ovad J
Gilbertville
John Bornong
Farry
Waterloo
la Porte City
Golinvaux Lake
Thiry Lake
Gotinvaux
Tryig
Dawes Home Plans Speaking Trip West
Vice President Charles G. Dawes and Mrs. Dawes arrived in Chicago aboard the Twentieth Century Limited. A large delegation welcomed them including Dawes's adopted children Virginia and Dana. Dawes will rest in Evanston before departing on a western speaking tour.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Twentieth Century Limited
Virginia
Dana
Evanston
Schoolteacher Missing at Mexican Resort
Edward Gallagher, a schoolteacher from Marysville Kansas, is reported missing after visiting a Mexican resort near Mexico City. He was at the U S Consulate Tuesday morning and planned to return to the desert area. authorities have had no word since.
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Mexico City
Edward Gallagher
Marysville
Kan
Gallagher
United States
Laois
Report 120 Killer in Bulgar Border Battle
Unconfirmed reports from Rustchuk on the Bulgarian Romanian frontier state that 126 people were killed in fighting in the village of Starnselo. The dispatch notes prewar size and price details for San Felice cigars as advertising copy.
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Bulgar
Sofia
Rustchuk
Starnselo
Divorced Parents Battle Over Body of 9 Year Old Son
Omaha July 10 AP burial of Walter Schumacher nine was halted when his divorced parents Henry W Schumacher of Omaha and Agnes Schumacher of Columbus Ohio claimed the body. After a custody order placed him with Mrs A Kimler in Omaha the boy died from appendicitis. The mother arrived to demand burial in Davenport Iowa. Judge Day refused jurisdiction. Body placed in a receiving vault as legal questions persisted.
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Omaha
Neb
Walter Schumacher
Henry W. Schumacher
Agnes Schumacher
Columbus
A. Kimler
Davenport
Interurban crash injures three seriously in Davenport
Davenport July 10 Three persons remain in serious condition in local hospitals after a head on collision between a passenger car and an express car on the Clinton Davenport and Muscatine Interurban near Riverside. Seven others suffer minor injuries. Seriously hurt are John Heimick 70 attorney Davenport William Mess 34 Princeton and Eastied about the face Mrs Evi Berg Clinton. Cause not yet released by railway officials.
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Davenport
Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine
Riverside
John Heimick
William Mess
Princeton
Evi Berg
Clinton
Men Fined for Sharing Liquor With Girls in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls July 10 two men Clark A Lau and Roy Shoemaker both Cedar Falls were fined 100 dollars and costs each by Justice R J Murray on illegal possession charges. They were arrested July 5 and heard later. Testimony showed they shared liquor with two young girls who became intoxicated.
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Cedar Falls
Clark A. Lau
Roy Shoemaker
R. &. Murray
Parisians urged to join debt parade by veterans
Paris July 9 The city is placarded with notices from French war veterans calling citizens to join a peaceful demonstration tomorrow morning against the settlement of the French debt to the United States. About 20 4710 participants expected in the early hours to prevent the march from extending beyond Thannois. Government likely to adopt a passive stance.
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Paris
United States
Thannois
Tiny Tornado Destroys Stand on La Porte Road
A miniature twister accompanying a late afternoon storm demolished Harold Haynes’s refreshment stand on La Porte road near the city limits. Haynes, his wife, and their year-old son escaped serious injury as the wind lifted the stand, twisted his garage, and scattered broken bottles. Debris and damaged crops marked the aftermath, with minor injuries reported. Lightning sparked two small blazes, one on a street car at Washington and Eighth streets and another at F Guyer’s home on Grant avenue, both quickly controlled with slight damage. Precipitation neared .82 inches, easing the heat wave and bringing a rare restful night.
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Harold Haynes
la Porte
Robert
Haynes
la Porte Road
Murphy Farm
Smedley Gardens
Waterloo
Washington and
Eighth Streets
F. W. Mc Pike
F. L. Guyer
Grant Avenue
Guyer
Weekend Weather Ideal for Outings
Des Moines predicts fair cool conditions with scattered showers. The Iowa weather bureau says motorists and golfers have ideal weather for weekend forays with just enough moisture to refresh the countryside.
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Des Moines
Iowa Weather Bureau
Rains Break Heat Wave Across Iowa State
Des Moines reports light showers and a cooling breeze ending a central Iowa heat wave. July runs 25 degrees above average with officials noting cooler conditions today after a hot spell.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Outlook for Washington DC Week
Washington DC forecast shows milder days Monday and Tuesday with warmth contrasting by midweek. Periods of shower activity likely in the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys with cooler conditions returning later in the week.
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Washington, DC
Ippi
Missouri
Jail Man With Bottle Capper Held On Liquor Charge
A man was held at the police station charged with possessing utensils for liquor manufacture after authorities found a bottle capper in his home. No alcohol was found and filing is described as a first of its kind by the booze squad.
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Dex Movies
ENS
F.C. Abel
Short Interviews With Home Folks Cedar River park beach crowds grow
The Cedar River park beach drew its best crowds in years as a crowded afternoon showed high attendance. Chairman A C Sherwoad noted limits are tight but sand will be filled between rock piers to create a larger shallow area within a year or two. The park aims to make Cedar River beach the state’s finest with future improvements.
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A. C C. Sherwoad
Park Commission
Cedar River Park
Fred Wray Named on Library Board in Waterloo
Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts announced the appointment of Fred H. Wray, cashier of Pioneer National Bank, to the Water loo public libraries board to fill the vacancy from Sloane M. Wallace’s death. The term expires July 1, 1928. Reappointments include Mrs. Raymond Folk W. P. Hoxie and Jackson McCoy for six-year terms, subject to city council confirmation. Other library board members are Mrs. 4. B. Boies Frank J. Manion J. J. Fressle A. Who farce and Mrs. A. A. Zimmerman.
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Fred H. Wray
Pioneer National Bank
Waterloo Public Libraries
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Sloane M. Wallace
West Schools
Wray
Tibbitts
Raymond Folk
W. P. Hoxie
Jackson
McCoy
4. B. Boies
Frank J. Manion
J. J. Fressle
A. ©. Who Farce
A. A. Zimmerman
Portuguese Coup Names Reformist Minister to U.S.
Lisbon July 10 An orderly reshaping of the Portuguese revolutionary government under Gen Carmona continued today. Commandante Ochoa, who led an earlier coup, was appointed as the new Portuguese minister to the United States.
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Lisbon
INS
Carmona
Commandanta Ochoa
United States
Seek Peddler for Attack on Woman Near Danbury
In Danbury Iowa a search is under way for a traveling peddler accused of attacking Mrs Wenzel Kohout at her home five miles west of town while her husband worked in the field. Kohout revived and gave details of the assault. In Lincoln Nebraska a freight wreck left one man dead after a Rock Island train derailment in the suburbs.
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Danbury
Wenzel Kohout
Here
Kohout
Lincoln
Neb
Upy
Explorer party swept into sea near volcano in Alaska
Washington July 14. After battling breakers off Unimaki island and landing beneath a belching volcano, all members of the American nature association expedition to the Aleutian islands were saved by radar. With camera gear and provisions aboard, the party tried to land a base at Shishaldin volcano as waves swept three into the ocean. rescuers brought them to safety.
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Washington
DD. C
INS
Unimaki Island
Alaska
American Nature Association
Aleutian Islands
State reports against consolidating Iowa engineering schools
A six month investigation by a special commission urged against consolidating the Iowa State College of Engineering at Ames with the University of Iowa in Iowa City. It found no money saving and warned public opinion favors keeping separate campuses with tailored curricula and new surveys to coordinate goals among institutions.
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Des Moines
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Special Commission
Boata
Board of Education
Forty-first General Assembly
Iowa Etate College
Iowa
Teachers College
Cedar Malls
Samuel P. Capen
University Buffalo
Edward C. Hilion
Purdue University
George F. Zook
University of Aran
Board of Education and
Go. Hammill
Smith-Hughes
Iowa State College of Agriculture
State Teachers College
Iowa State College For Agriculture
State University of Iowa
Towa State College
State College
Department of Horticulture
Board of Educationn
Sernoz S
Lowe State College
Cedar
Pines
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