Day Raider Attacks Lax Enforcement in County Courts
Des Moines liquor raider John Hammond spoke in Dunkerton condemning Black Hawk county and Waterloo courts for lax enforcement and lenient fines on bootleggers. He accused physicians and pharmacists of profiteering and said states must legislate liquor out of existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Hammond
Dunkerton
John B. Hammond
Des Alpines
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Ham- Inelid
District Court
W. B. Small
John Robert
Towa
Iowa
Wei
Woman Burned In Sunday Morning Fire in Davenport
Mrs. Marie Williams, 27, severely burned as kerosene stove oil ignited while warming milk for her infant. Husband Ross Williams and their 5-year-old son Edmund were less seriously hurt when trapped upstairs. The child fled the flames to safety with George Fens at a neighboring home. The mother’s condition improved later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Marie Williams
Ross Williams
Rdmund
Willams
George Fens
Shooters Compete In Central Gun Club Shoot At Gates Park
Twenty one shooters attended a tim practice at Gates Park Saturday afternoon. Harry Limbert won the first event with 23 of 25. Jos Geer from Charles City claimed the second event with 24 of 25. Chapman triumphed in the thin event with a perfect 25. Ingersoll won the shoot after a tie with Crowell. Harman and Steege tied in the fish event with 24, Steege taking the cake win. The day featured multiple events with cakes as prizes and listed scores for several participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Gun
Gites Park
Harry Limbert
Jos Geer
Charles City
Chapman
Crowell
R. Js
Ingersoll
Harman
Henry Steege
Fteege
Marry Chapman
Tarry Shepherd
Incerset Sey Ninna
Harry Linthert
Tivnry Streege
Xiek Wehper
Boni
White
Sr Md
Mr. Getger
VinTre Shep
Seek Stranger in Deaths of Two Women in Home
Police seek an unidentified man over the deaths of Mrs. Josephine Goodwin and her sister Mrs. Elizabeth Anthony in Cedar Rapids. Both women, aged 59 and 45, were found dead in their home as investigators consider gas as the possible cause and explore a murder theory aided by a gas pipe missing section.
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Sioux City
Josephine Goodwin
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Anthony
Goodwin
Dr A Scott Dies Early Today in Waterloo Vet Career
Dr George A Scott longtime Waterloo veterinarian died at 5 a m at Hartman apartments after a long illness heart disease. Born June 12 1864 near London Ontario he practiced with his twin brother Thomas W in Waterloo then Independence Iowa and Chicago before returning to Waterloo in 1906 to establish G A Scott & Son Hospital at 311 Sixth Street East. Survived by widow Adetta F two sons L P and Arthur two brothers J W and T W and two grandchildren funeral Tuesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church Burial Elmwood mortuary note body at O Keefe Towne mortuary until funeral
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Chicago
Hartman
Canada
Scott
London
Ontario
Ontario Veterinary College
Park Hill
Ont
Waterloo
Thomas W
Jefferson Street
Park Avenue
Independence
National Stockyards
East St. Louis
Union Stockyard
Sixth Street East
G. A. Scott & Son
Lawrence P. Scott
Adetta F
L. P
Arthur
J. W
T. W
St. Paul
Bobbie
Joan
A. PL
Ie American Veterinarian Medical Association
Iowa Association
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Charles PD. Darling
J. R. Macartney
Elmwood
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Dayton Evolution Battle Forces Pastor to Resign
In Dayton Tennessee on July 13 the Scopes trial's second phase intensified religious tensions as Rev Charles Francis Potter was barred from speaking at a Methodist church sparking a clash with Bryan and Darrow. Pastor M H Byrd resigned after confronting his congregation over Potter's appearance and Bryan held a 7500 strong crowd on courthouse lawn amid debates over evolution and the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Dayton
Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
John Thomas Scones
Ldoe
Charles Francis Potter
West Side Unitarian Church
New York
Northern Methodist Church
M. H. Byrd
Potter
Byrd
Taylor
Miami
Bryan
Darrow
Morris Isle Y Camp Set To Open July Twenty Eighth
F P Rehmeier county YMCA secretary lines up local boys for the Morris Isle camp to run July 28 to August 4. Open to boys aged 10 to 11 between county residents not in Waterloo. Fee is 5 dollars for seven days. Four new cabins with screened windows and porches will house 80. first 39 sign up will stay in cabins, others in tents. Applications due by July 12.
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F. P. Rehmeier
Y. MC. A
Morris Isle
Waterloo
Rehmeier
Uncle Harry Urges Walking Over Cars For Health And Ideas
Uncle Harry extols walking as a healthful habit and source of ideas, noting that cars harm leg activity. He recalls walking three to six miles daily, cites mental freshness from morning air, and mentions figures like Coolidge Edison Thoreau Dickens as walking enthusiasts.
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Uncle Harry
Joe
Jon
Jimmy
Helen
Coolidge
Les
Edison
Thoreau
Charles Dickens
London
Dad
Harry
Executive Council Opens Hearings on Farm Land Values
Des Moines July 13 The state Executive Council began a two week session as a board of assessment and review to set valuations for Iowa properties and the mill tax after hearings. The first week focuses on farm land valuations with farm organizations likely to argue current values are too high. The second week railroads and transmission lines will present views. This year the council must consider earning power of farm lands as ordered by the last assembly.
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Des Moines
State Executivea Council
Board of Assessment
Iowa
Executive Council
General Assembly
Ice Cures Sunstroke Victim Returns North
Duluth Minnesota July 13 The ice cure for sunstroke rapid recovery of L. J. Chapman Kansas who was brought from Missouri in a refrigerator car loaded with eight tons of ice. Officers of the steamer America returning from Washington Harbor Isle Royale Lake Superior said Chapman walked ashore from the steamer yesterday and exclaimed How's this for a comeback He was restored from a collapse caused by a Missouri heat wave and his physician Dr L M Lyons Kansas City called the recovery swift and remarkable
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Duluth
Minn
L. J. Chapman
Kansas
Missouri
America
Washingston Harbor
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
Chapman
Ll. M. Lyons
Kansas City
Broken Main Floods Subways in Gotham
New York July 13 underground river formed in Manhattan after a 20 inch main broke at Forty second street and Fifth avenue. Three Grand Central tubes flooded for a half mile with water up to six feet deep. Police barred traffic between Sixth and Madison avenues and Forty first to Forty fifth streets. Tenements and businesses flooded but builders say no collapse risk.
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New York
Manhattan
Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Grand Central Railroad
Sixth
Madison Avenies
Fortieth
Forty
Shanghai riots seen by former minister in China
James V. Latimer, ex-missionary now in China, reports to Teed Oak Iowa that Shanghai university is a Bolshevik hotspot funded by Russia. He notes May 30 killings by foreign police, widespread propaganda, active schools, and tense relations as legations and Peking officials seek solutions. Riots spread to Kiukiang Hankow and Chinkiang as foreigners consider evacuation.
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Teed Oak
Shanghai
James V. Latimer
Red Oak
China
Lattimer
Shanghai University
Russia
Mr. Latimer
Nanking Road
Bevery
Students’ Union
Shanghai Volunteers
George Hu
M. CG. A
Kiukiang
Hankow
Chinkiang
Chinese Chamber of aQmamierca
Peking
Neighbors Help Widow Save Corn Crop After Fatal Death
In Nevada Iowa July 13 Mrs Ivan Ahrens widow of a young Story County farmer drowned recently saw over 85 acres of corn laid by by 23 neighbors. Each with a team and cultivator finished the crop in four hours yesterday. wives served a picnic after the work.
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Nevada
Ivin Ahrens
Story County
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets For Summer Advantage
These Folks Just Laugh At Hot Weather features a bold ad praising McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a summer aid. It claims strength, vigor, and better digestion due to vitamins, promising ease of use and money back if ineffective, with endorsements from druggists and a customer letter.
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America
Dorcors
McCoy’s
Wangler Bros
C. J. Millar
Robert Drug Co
Luther Botn
Clerks Hills
D. C
McGoy
Two Reserve Fliers Die in Plane Crash Near Westbury
Westbury New York July 213 First Lieuts Charles R Hickey Brockton Massachusetts and Albert C G Perry Marlboro Massachusetts were killed today when their airplane crashed during Mitchell field two weeks training. They were reserve officers making photographs of bomb targets at about 300 feet when the machine nosedived and burned. ON MOTOR TIP Mr and Mrs Tomb Tiller left Sunday for a weeklong motor trip to northern Minnesota.
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Westbury
N. Y
First Llouts
Charles R. Hickey
Brockton
Mass
Albert CG. Perry
Marlboro
Mitchell Field
Mission Festival Draws 1500 at Immanuel Lutheran
More than 1,500 attended the Immanuel Lutheran church annual mission festival at the Cattle Congress grounds. Rev H Prekel hosted with speakers Rev A G Webbeking from Westgate Ia and Rev Theodore Klatu of Sumner Indiana. A free noon dinner and a 50 voice choir marked the event. Proceeds nearing 350 supported Missouri Synod mission work. The program ran from 10:30 AM to after 5 PM with sermons in German and English.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Cattle Congress Grounds
Missouri Synod of the
German Lutheran Church
H. Prekel
Germany
A. G. Webbeking
Westgate
Theodore Klatu
Sumner
Reo
Immanuel Church
Wrinkles Vanish in Fifteen Minutes Experiment
A home remedy claims to erase facial wrinkles and age lines in under 15 minutes by mixing powdered tarkroot with lemon juice and applying it to the face. The ad promises immediate firming, smoothing, and a younger appearance, stating the mixture is harmless enough to eat and costs under three cents per treatment.
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Supreme Court
Municipal Court of
Central Gun Club
Gates Park
George A. Scott
McKillip Veters
Evolution Battle
Ice
Broken
Gotham
RED Bank
Consuelo Vanderbilt Earl
Consuelo Vanderbilt
K. Vanderbilt
Earl Smith
Marie of
Roumania
Carol of
H. F. Greten
German Immanuel Lutheran Church
Japan
Mt Iouk
Shiga- Bn
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