Dublin's Kevin O'Higgins Assassinated At Mass Near Black Rock
Kevin O'Higgins vice president of the Irish Free State cabinet and minister of public justice and foreign affairs was shot as he walked to mass near Dublin. He imparted a forgiving description of his assassins before dying. The incident sparks immediate cabinet session and a nationwide mood of mourning as Ireland reflects on the fragile political moment.
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Treland
Kevin O'Higgins
Irish Free State
O'Higgins
Black Rock
Dublin
Free State Council
Free State
Ireland
Michael Collins
MacSwiney
London
JINS
Belfast
Evening News
Mass
O’higgins
Eamon Fleming
Ministry of Finance
John Machveill
Education
Fileming
Kevin
de Valera
League of Nations
Geneva
Eamon de Vallera
Kevin Christopher O'Higgins
Test
Devel
Outlook Rosy for Continuation of Prosperity Says Survey
Washington reports strong confidence that prosperity will continue into 1928 with no general interruption. Reasons include Federal Reserve stability, better statistics, rail Delivery speed, and reduced risk of currency panics. Experts note productive capacity exceeds demand yet expect consumption gains, steady employment, and gradually lower prices benefiting buyers.
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Federal Reserve System
South
Florida
Mississippi
America
Washington
New York Herald-Tritune
Mrs Malone files for divorce in Paris from Dudley Field Malone
Doris Stevens of Omaha sues Dudley Field Malone a leading U S divorce lawyer in Paris. She asks the president of the civil tribunal of the Seine for permission to file the suit as the proceeding is initiated today.
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Paris
Dudley Field Malone
United States
Doris Stevens
Omaha
Fifty five Year Old Man Charged with Bigamy Blames Fake Lawyer
A Cedar Rapids man, Alex Dickinson 55, and his wife Emma 51 were jailed on bigamy and adultery charges after detectives traced their second marriage to a fake attorney and a bogus divorce decree. Dickinson said a phony lawyer caused the remarriage in Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls. He met the man in a hotel weeks earlier and paid 25 dollars for a supposed divorce, then married Emma Louis Dickinson in Cedar Rapids. The case links to a fraudulent decree signed by a non existent judge.
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Alex Dickinson
Cedar Heights
Jefferson Street
Emma Louis Dickinson
Dickinson
Cédar Rapids
F. W. Edwards
Emma M. Louis
Dilworth
Cora L. Dickinson
John T. Sullivan
Roland Merner
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Louis
Cedar Rapids
John Deere ‘Tractor Company
Tractor Company
Waterloo
Sapiro sinks Ford libel suit settlement near
Aaron Sapiro, Jewish cooperative organizer, said settlement with Henry Ford over a 1,000,000 libel suit would be practically complete by nightfall. He praised Ford's retraction of attacks on Jews as sincere and effective, though he refused to disclose settlement details.
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Chicago
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Ford
Sapiro
Funeral service for Mrs. Ray Bailey set for Tuesday
Jesup Iowa July 11 The funeral for Mrs. Ray Bailey who died Sunday in Barclay township will be held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at the family home Interment will be in the township cemetery Mrs Bailey died of tuberculosis She was 37 years old Survived by her husband four sons and four daughters
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Courier
Jesup, Ja
Ray Bailey
Barclay Township
Cemery
Clemenceau Returns to Bed After Bronchitis Attack
Paris July 11 Georges Clemenceau the famed wartime premier was able to be up today after lying in bed five days with bronchitis.
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Clemenceau
Paris
INS
Georges Clemenceau
France
Tremendous quake rocks Jerusalem injuring many
A strong earthquake struck Jerusalem today, cracking walls of many houses. A Jewish Telegraphic Agency dispatch reports many persons injured but provides no casualty details.
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Washington, D. C
Jerusalem
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Delivery deadline for Courier at home before 5 30
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If due to carrier error or other cause you do not receive your paper by that time, phone 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Waterloo airport plans hinge on private funding
Waterloo civic groups push to finance a proposed airport with three field options near the city. Grant highway field backed by Standard Oil aviation experts as best site. others include Cable and Kane fields. Total cash needed about $54,000 including equipment. state law limits city ownership, private subscriptions sought ahead of a mass meeting with Ernest Jones speaking.
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Waterloo
Hotel Russell-Lamson
John Porter
Standard Oil Company
Grant Highway
Lee Bradley
C. A. Bowers
Cable Airport
Hudson Road
W. W. Klingaman
Kane Airport
Cedar Falls Road
Perry E. Canfield
Bradley-Bowers
Klingman
Illinois
Grant Field
Best
Richard H. Lees
G. G. Budwig
Porter
Budwig
Lees
Kiwanis Club
Ernest Jones
Information Bureau
Division of Aeronautics
United States Department of Commerce
Cobham May Fly With Levine and Drouhin to U S
London July 11. Sir Alan Cobham may accompany Charles A Levine and Marcel Drouhin on their planned Paris to New York flight. Levine met Cobham but did not discuss details. The start hinges on arrival of equipment from New York with an imminent Paris departure to finalize plans.
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London
INS
Sir Alan Cobham
Charles A. Levine
Marcel Drouhin
Paris
New York
Levine
Alan
Jackson Mum on Campaign Check in Stephenson Scandal
Indianapolis July 11 Gov Ed Jackson named in D C Stephenson scandal via a published check dated Sept 12 1923 for 2500 said to have been given by the former Klan grand dragon A slip with this note accompanies the check claims it was the first one fourth of 10000 given personally for primary expenses Jackson silent Osawatomie Kansas July 11 Gov Ed Jackson Indiana said he has no comment when told of the 2500 check held for publication in connection with the case Jackson was visiting relatives in Osawatomie
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Ed Jackson
D. C
Indiana
D. ©. Stephenson
Jackson
Fair politicians to see Coolidge at summer White House
Envoys of the National Woman's party travel from Maine to the Black Hills of South Dakota to meet President Coolidge at the summer White House. Gail Laughlin, a Republican legislator from Portland, chairs the delegation and serves as spokesman. The party's national convention ended with an equal rights demonstration urging support for the Lucretia Mott amendment before Congress.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
INS
National Woman's Party
President Coolidge
White House
Black Hills
South Dakota
Gail Laughlin
Portland
Maine
Woman’s Party
Pilot Killed in Air Collision Near Duncan Field
San Antonio July 11. Two Army pilots died when their aircraft collided 2000 feet above Duncan Field. Second Lieut. William L. Howarth 25 of Kelly Field Illinois, died as his plane spiraled downward during the crash. Lieut. Frank G Irvin managed a safe landing in his damaged craft with a portion of Howarths plane still attached to the wing.
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San Antonio
Tex
Duncan Field
William L. Howarth
Hold Clarinda Man for Drug Robberies
Harry Thompson of Clarinda Iowa will face a breaking and entering charge for robbing two doctors offices in Iowa City last week. He was arrested Saturday after the Dr A W Bennett office was entered and drugs and four dollars were taken. Thompson, currently in hospital treatment for a drug habit, reportedly confessed to plans for more robberies and implicated another man who remains at large.
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Iowa City
Jay
Harry Thompson
Clarinda
Thompson
A. W. Bennett
Soils Delegates Will Visit Ames
Two hundred representatives from nearly every country at the international soil conference in Washington D C will visit Ames and Iowa State college next Monday. The party will arrive at Nevada by train and be met by an Ames business delegation for transport here by automobile.
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L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
St. Paul
American Council of Agriculture
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Montana
Ames
INS
International Soil Conference
Washington, D. C
Iowa State College
Nevada
Assassination of Ireland Leader Kevin O Higgins Shocks Dublin
Dublin reports state Kevin O Higgins, vice president and minister of justice, was shot in Black Rock and died after saying I forgive them all. Cabinet convened as civil war fears rose amid arrests in Ireland and rising unrest across the Free State.
Paper Mill Street Through Waterloo Then and Now
Know Your City recalls Paper Mill street in Waterloo once busy, now nearly deserted with no sign marking its exit from Commercial street. The route once led to a ruined paper mill by green water, into a ravine once part of a mill race, then to Riverview park and a wooded Cedar riverbank stretch.
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Waterloo
Commercial Street
la Porte Road
Riverview Park
Paper Mill Street
Jury Panel Called for Lengel Trial in Canton
A panel of 45 names was summoned for jury service in the first degree murder trial of S A Lengel former police chief. Lengel is charged with complicity in the assassination of Don R Mel lett Canton newspaper publisher last July. County Prosecutor Henry W Harter said he intends to demand the death penalty.
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Canton, O
S. A. Lengel
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Henry W. Harter
Figure 200 Dead in Saxony Flood
Dresden reports more than 200 dead in Saxony floods with Berggiesbuebel village cited where three dozen perished and a mother went insane on recognizing her children. Reichswehr sends troops as authorities mobilize police fireguards and doctors for rescue amid disease risk and contaminated water. Relatives search mountain valleys and stations as bodies are collected.
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Berggiesbuebel
Reichswehr
Vanderbilt Rides for Reno Decree
New York July 11. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. heads to Reno to sue for divorce from Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt. He plans to establish residence and seeks a decree after six months if unopposed. Vanderbilt says his wife refused to sue. they have been separated for over two years. Littleton is half-sister of lawyer Martin W. Littleton. The couple wed in 1920 at St Thomas church in a famed social event.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Reno
Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
New York
Rachel Littleton
France
INS
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Martin W. Littleton
St. Thomas’ Church
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