Notable pilgrimage from Shenandoah to Niagara Falls draws thousands
More than 1 600 people from 175 cities in six states left Shenandoah Ia on four special trains for Niagara Falls. The Kiwanis club sponsorship highlighted educational value and travel benefits, drawing overwhelming reservations and praise for community service. A light anecdote followed about a missing $200 pocketbook found on a hotel plane and returned to its owner.
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Shenandoah
Niiagara Falls
Kiyanis Club
America
Shenandoah Ki Wenians
Fate
Niagara Alls
New Prohibition Plan Faces Skepticism in D C
A Washington readers’ note discusses the new enforcement regime for prohibition, noting dry leaders fear promises lack while praising organized effort. It highlights skepticism about promises and the role of propaganda, with emphasis on a West Point trained head and renewed enforcement machinery.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D.C
West Point
Flint
Prohibition
Jem
Henry George
San Felice
Refuses Tax Report Costs Bert Price His Truck License
Des Moines July 15 the state railroad commission announced that refusal to file operating cost and receipts reports for taxation led to cancellation of Bert F Price’s motor freight license. Price hails from Osceola.
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Des Moines
Bert F. Price
Osceola
Commission
Delivery Deadline Notice for Courier Service
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5:80 o'clock if you fail to receive it on time call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6:30 p.m.
Evolution Experts Sworn to Tell How Man Has Descended
Dayton Tenn July 16 These are the expert witnesses for the Scopes defense already under oath Dr Giaynard Metcalf zoologist Oberlin Dr H S Newman zoologist University of Chicago Dr Winterton Curtis zo ologist University of Missouri Dr Fay Cooper Cole anthropologist University on Dr AG Lipman dean of the school and agriculture Ws university New Brunswick NOT NJ Wilbur Nelson Tennessee state geologist Dr William M Goldsmith Southwestern University Winfield Kansas
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New Brunswick
Not
Wilbur Nelson
Tennessee
William M. Goldsmith
Southwestern University
Winfield
Kan
Short Interviews With Home Folks on July Heat
Waterloo residents recall scorching July weather with 13 days above 100 this month. July 24 reached 100, after four hot days and two cooler days. Slippy notes other heat benchmarks from 1946 and 1921, with multiple days posting temperatures over 100 and highs near 103.
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Waterloo
Ralph
Kansas City Aviation Contract Signed For 2 Million
Telegraph briefs report a syndicate underwriting deal with Antony Fokker to manufacture a 2 million dollar aircraft in Kansas City. Washington DC Senator Robison supports repealing inheritance tax and lowering surtaxes to 20 or 25 percent. London notes novelist Mary Cholmonderey dies in Kensington. Aventine opposition accuses Mussolini of complicity in Matteotti murder and other fascist crimes.
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Kansas City
Antony Fokker
Kansas
Washington, D. C
Robison
Arkansas
London
Mary Cholmonderey
Kensington
Aventine
Mussolini
Matteotti
Bandits Rob Store of 50 000 in Gems
Five bandits entered Stanley's jewelry store on the upper west side during a storm, forced clerks at gunpoint into a rear room, and looted the vault of diamonds and jewelry valued at more than 50 000, escaping with the valuables.
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Bandits
New York
Stanley
Upper West Side
Des Moines Opposes Higher Telephone Rates
Des Moines residents face a planned rise in telephone rates as Mayor Carl Garver orders the city legal department to pursue steps to block the increase. The mayor said the city would take the matter to court if needed to stop the hike.
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Des Moines
Carl Garver
City Legal Department
American Women Injured in English Bus Crash Near Langham
Six American women were injured when a touring motor bus skidded on the Norfolk Moors near Langham Norfolk. The bus struck buildings and was wrecked. The injured, identities not yet confirmed, were expected to travel back to London by train. the worst injury was a broken collarbone.
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International News Wire
London
Langham
Norfolk
Lover's Lane Murder Sparks Drive Against Parked-Car Necking
Ottumwa reports Harry Overturf was shot and killed in a private lane by an unknown man after challenging occupants of a parked car. Sheriff notes Ford with Goodyear tires as a possible vehicle. motive linked to lingering “spooners” in the lane. The incident prompts officials and farmers to condemn necking in parked cars and call for action.
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Lover's Lane
Associated Press
Ottumwa
Harry Overturf
Spooners
Querturf
Ife
Spooners Aman
Verturi
Overturf
H.C. Richards
MISSISSIPPI BOASTERS COMING TO VISIT IOWA
Des Moines on July 16 reports a Mississippi business group of over 100 will visit Des Moines and Ames on August 26. They will travel by special cars and display a full exhibit of Mississippi products. Alta Vista reports Herman Serbtoesser, 25, injured in a car crash near the Minnesota line last night. skull fracture, he was taken to a hospital.
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Des Moines
Lade
Tennessee
Altho
Mississippi
Amesaout
AUF
Alta Vista
Herman Serbtoesser
Minnesota State Line
Serbtoesser
Pledges Trade to Railroad Restore Train Service Atlantic to Griswold
In Griswold Iowa on July 16 a petition circulated by the Cass county farm bureau asks the Rock Island line to restore and improve train service between Atlantic and Griswold. Farmers and local businesspeople pledge to ship by rail and not by trucks when possible to protect roads, aiming for two trains daily, better freight and mail service.
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Griswold
Cass County Farm Bureau
Rock Islaig
Atlantic
Rock Island Railroad
Ex Millionaire Russell Scott To Be Hanged In Chicago
Russell Scott once a Canadian company head and alleged ex millionaire faces a Chicago gallows for the April 1924 holdup murder of Joseph Maurer, a 17 year old drug clerk. Scott cites a lawsuit by Dorothy Newbury as his downfall and recounts a life of flight, crime, and arrest after finding a key and an address in his room. He says his brother Robert killed Maurer and blames bootlegging and enforcement of prohibition for the tragedy.
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Russell T. Scott
Chicago
Joseph Maurer
Scott
Dorothy Newbury
Canada
Helen Bullard
United Press
Russell Scott
Casimir Gorney
Adolph Krol
Boston
Detroit
Windsor
Robert
Maurer
Russell
Mrs. Curran Dies After Auto Crash in Forsythe
Mrs. A. B. Curran wife of Grace M. E. Church pastor died at 1 30 a m in a Forsythe hospital from injuries suffered in an auto accident a week earlier on a highway 90 miles east of Forsythe. The Currans were returning from Glacier National Park with two daughters Blanche and Lela who were not seriously hurt. Mrs Curran fractured collar bone and right thigh plus internal injuries. Lela injured back. Rev. Curran uninjured. The front axle and wheel were broken. Mrs Curran had been improving after admission but did not recover. Surviving are husband two daughters two sisters and a foster brother.
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A. B. Curran
Grace M. E. Church
Forsythe
Mont
Forisythe
Currans
Glacier National Park
Curran
Henry Hussey
Des Moines
E. Ey Brewer
Waterloo
Trenglich Miners Clash with Town Police in Glyneeath
Five thousand miners surrounded the Glyneeath Welsh colliery in Glamorganshire at dawn during a local strike over the English coal crisis. Police were summoned after strikers refused to disperse, sixteen miners injured, work halted as miners laid down tools. No national strike declared yet. incident described as local disruption.
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London
Glyneeath
Glamorganshire
Bride Marries After Ice Packed Delay For Operation
Des Moines reports Mrs Frank Craddock previously Miss Maxine Mather married after surgeons operated for acute appendicitis to free her from ice packing that delayed the ceremony. The bride, daughter of Dr and Mrs W J Mather, planned an elaborate wedding despite illness. The groom hails from Humboldt, Iowa.
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Des Moines
Frank Craddock
Woman Ex-Cashier Sent Up for 10 Years
Miss N. Chillers, former cashier of the defunct Woodburn bank, was found guilty of fraudulent banking. She received an indeterminate sentence to be served in a reformatory at Fineell City. Judge Hf Carter ordered the term and a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court was filed.
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Oxeedh
N. Chillers
Woodburn Bank
TV Veryshare
Fineell City
Carter
Supreme Court
Scopes Trial Opens as Prosecution Seeks Exclusion of Evolution Testimony
In Dayton Tennessee on July 15 the prosecution pressed to bar scientific testimony on evolution. William Jennings Bryan Jr led for the state against defense expert witnesses while Arthur G. Hays argued for admitting evolution testimony as relevant. The morning session featured clashes over creation narratives and the role of expert testimony with courtroom exchanges and apologies between lawyers.
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William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Elder Bryan
Scopes
Fury
Associated Press
Dayton
Tenn
John ‘I. Scopes
Arthur G. Hays
William Jennings Bryan, Jr. Herbert &. Hicks
Ben T. McKenzie
Dudley Field Malone
William Jennings Bryan
A. T. Stewart
McKenzie
Hays
Maynard M. Metcalf
Metcalf
Clarence Darrow
Stewart
Malone
Raulston
William Jennings
Bryan
Darrow
Loeb- Leopold
Herbert E. Hicks
Pss
Chisman
Coolidge and Davis to Discuss Anthracite Field Situation
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis will meet President Coolidge after carrying confidential reports from federal labor conciliators on the anthracite wage talks at Atlantic City. He plans travel to Europe soon but may cancel if mining in the anthracite field is suspended.
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Washington, D
Atlantic City
James J. Davis
Lata
Srampscott
Coolidge
Davis
Europe
State to Purchase Fine Wooded Tract Near Des Moines
Des Moines reports the state executive council approved buying a wooded tract southwest of Des Moines known for walnut trees and diverse flora. The land, potentially convertible bayou to lake, will likely be preserved in its wild state.
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Associated
Lresa
Des Moines
Elbert?arm
Des Moines J
State Executive Council
Completed merger of Midland Life and Des Moines Life
Des Moines reports the consolidation of Midland Life Insurance company St Paul and Des Moines Life and Annuity Co. The merger is completed and announced by J J Shambaugh president of Des Moines Life.
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Des Moines
Midland Life Insurance Company
St. Paul
Des Moines Life & Annuity Co
J. J. Shambaugh
Mussolini Faces Worldwide Plot Report
London telegram says a fierce international campaign seeks to topple Mussolini. It cites occult forces from Wall Street to Vienna, Milan to Moscow, financing destabilization and covert Bolshevik like tactics within fascist ranks.
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Mussolini
London
Telegraph
Wall Street
Vienna
Milan
Moscow
Theti-Fascists
Tbeig Fivangial
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