Sioux City Private Serves Three Days For Drill Absence
Private Cecil Brooks, 18, jailed three days for failing to report to Thursday drill with Company F, Fourth Infantry United States guards. He had only 8 cents and a jackknife, refused to borrow $3.75 to pay the fine, and accepted the sentence rather than ask others. Captain Swanson stresses needed discipline amid low attendance.
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Sioux City
Cecil Brooks
Uni
Fourth Infantry
United States Guards of Sioux
Home Guard
A. F. Swanson
Fi Company
Brooks
Ant Atuc
Dealy Motor Company
F Rompany
Swanson
Milton Perry Smith
United States
Auto Salvage & Wye
Third
Jackson Streets
Executive Council May Raise All Land Assessments in Iowa
Des Moines July 12 Consider able adjustment of land valuations will be necessary as reported to the state auditor by county auditors when the state executive council meets July 15 to pass on those county assessments. High land prices and late county reports mean figures may be below recent averages. Public utilities roads and telegraph assessments will be reviewed first. Livestock prices likely push estate valuations higher than ever before.
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Des Moines
Clinton Girl Sent to Jail for Theft of Wrist Watch
Laura Rebelsky, 18, of Clinton, takes a wrist watch from a friend’s dressing table in Davenport. Arraigned in police court on larceny charges, she is jailed for 28 days. Andrea McBade, with her, took earrings. Deserter Nick Knauer killed himself in Sheldon jail after being arrested as a Camp Dodge deserter.
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Clinton
Davenport
Laura Rebeisky
Rock Island
Mabel Friederickson
Miss Friederickson
Clinion
Andrea McBade
Sheldon
Nick Knauer
Camp Dodge
Army
ApTa
Boy Tries Acrobatics on Live Trolley Incident
Boone July 12 Chariva Deering Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles Co Bearing of Des Moines burned on hands arms legs and face cut after contact with live wire and thrown from a box car He was camping with YMCA boys at Rivera tamyo near Wolf Camp and attempted to chin himself on the trolley He was taken to Eleanor Moore hospital where wounds were dressed and he returned to camp
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Boone, Fa
Chariva Deering, Jr
Charles Co Bearing
Des Moines
Charles
Riveratamyo
Eleanor Moore Hospital
Officer Held For Selling Liquor In Des Moines
Des Moines reports police sergeant Charles Hall indicted for owning and keeping liquor for sale after an investigation into alleged bootlegging. He allegedly aided in staged liquor heists and resale to bootleggers, with federal inquiries suggesting crooked deals among several officers. The probe, involving the department of public safety, may expand to more officers as reporters questioned about seized liquor resales and the stance on grand jury hearings.
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Des Moines
Charles Hall
District Grand Jury
Hall
J. W. Davis
Eighteenth Street
United States Department of Justice
Altho
Tthe Department of Public Safety
Department of Justice
Judge Appalled at Divorce Evil in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Judge Hubert Utterback urging a third public representative for divorce cases to curb the divorce evil. He cites 616 filings this year, likely 1,200 by year’s end, and notes many cases involving residents seeking publicity avoidance. He recalls 98 cases four years ago and 390 degrees granted.
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Des Moines
Hubert Utterback
Storm King Despoils Crops Across Northwest Iowa
Sioux City reports a tornado like wind at 6:40 am injuring trees, poles and buildings, especially at Bronx City Country Club with damage over $1,000. Nearby LeMars and Correctionville sustain crop and property losses from hail and wind, while Merrill and correctional areas record damaged crops and downpours.
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Sioux City
Bronx City Country Club
Jackson Street
Country Club
LeMars
Fersong
Merrill
Here
Navy to Build World Largest Dirigible Hangers
Washington July 12 The navy will start two giant dirigible hangars on the seaboard to house airships of the Zeppelin type. Two hangars about 890 feet long 250 feet wide and 150 to 200 feet high will cost about 3.5 million dollars with steel construction likely and erection in eight months. The order includes purchasing a Zeppelin type airship abroad up to 2.5 million with a domestic build at 1.5 million and a British model may be flown to the United States by American crew. Negotiations with foreign nations have begun and an improved American built machine will follow experiments.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Taylor
Parks
Seaboard
New Jersey
Daniela
Mrs A B Jones Noted Poultry Producer in Fama County
Traer Iowa July 12 Mrs A B Jones one of the county’s most successful poultry raisers reports a profitable business with 400 old chickens and 590 young ones. She sold 218 dollars worth of eggs in May and has earned 700 dollars from eggs in the past six months.
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Traer
Fama County
A. B. Jones
Accidents in Grundy County Reported This Week
A Grundy Center notice lists several accidents including a seven year old’s hand crushed in a pulley and a two year old burned by a gasoline torch explosion. Also reported are a local man’s return from Camp Dodge after discharge and a marriage at the M E parsonage. Stout to host a homecoming on July 18 for returning power workers.
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Chamberlain
Grundy Center
Fred Koch, Jr
Bas
Fred Koch
Wellsburg
James Connell
Bert Watson
Reinbeck
Babs
Pasaing
Fremont Wells
Camp Dodge
Grundy County
France
Chas. Owen
Oregon
M. E. Parsonage
FL Fisher United
Theodore Weisfley
Ida Kelly
Vinton
Stout
Trans-Pacific Wedding Ties Japanese American Society
Tokio June 4. A trans-Pacific marriage united American architect William M Vortex and Miss Makiko Hitotsuyanagi in a largely attended ceremony. The bride, a Japan Women’s University graduate, and the groom were supported by both Japanese and American society, with rites conducted in Christian form.
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Tokio
Mall
William M.vortex
Makiko Hitotsuyanagi
Sugenori -Hitotsuyanagi
Banshu
Japan Women's University
Belief of Rheumatic Pains Advertises Chamberlains Joint Aid
When you have stiffness and soreness of the muscles and aching joints making movement painful, try massaging the affected parts with Chamberlains joint ointment. It will relieve the pain and make rest and sleep possible.
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Chamberlain
Submarine Cable Plans Reported to Link Japan and U S
Tokyo June 6 The project to lay another submarine cable between Japan and the United States progresses with strong official and business backing. Four routes are under study, with Vancouver or San Francisco as landings and Honolulu on two routes. Investigators cite a 35 percent annual rise in Pacific traffic, as experts from the Imperial University and navy engineers conduct the studies.
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United States
Bryn Mawry
Associated Press
England
Japan
Kakichi Uchida
Kumakichi Nakajima
Shibusawa
Britains Object to Slang in Photoplay Subtitles
London readers object to slang captions in American photoplays. A renowned London critic praises a new American film, but lambasts the subtitles for their slang.
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London
Fewer Divorces in Benton County for Year Ending June 30
Winton July 32 The clerk of course reports 41 divorces granted in the year ending June 30, slightly fewer than in recent years. Ruth Bassett wed at Holmes House by Rev. A W Phillips. both reside near Mt. Auburn and plan to farm locally. Wheeler and Miss Emmal Markland married recently. Wheeler sold his hardware store for health reasons and will relocate. Smouse brothers C C Smouse and others are discharged from the army and back home after overseas service.
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House
France
W. Wheeler
Emmal Markland
Wheeler
Miss Markley
Seret
C. C. Smouse
Wyath
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