Coolidge Picnics With Farmers From Neighboring States
Ardmore S D July 16 President Calvin Coolidge met thousands of farmers from South Dakota Wyoming and Nebraska at the annual picnic. Gov William J Bulow urged enactment of the McNary Haugen farm bill and relief for agriculture noting the west’s discontent. The president planned a visit to the Ardmore station to view dry farming experiments before Bulow spoke and picnickers enjoyed races a bowery dance and a baseball game.
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Ardmore
S.30
West
Calvin Coolidge
William J. Bulow
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
American Federation of Labor
Her
S. D
United States
O. B. Wallace
Coolidge
Joe McDonald
Gov. Bulow
Mooney Testifies Against fur Thief at Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa July 16 The trial of Glen MacDonald continued as Don Mooney serving 10 years for a Waterloo auto theft testified against MacDonald and implicated W A Starn merchant policeman yesterday Mooney also said Hardy Friend helped haul the loot including 50 women s fur coats and 100 fur chokers to Chicago and turned over £350 to MacDonald
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Marshalltown
INS
Glen MacDonald
Don Mooney
MacDonald
Anamosa
Waterloo
W. A. Starn
Hardy Friend
Mooney
Chicago
Deming Man Charged With Illegal Transport Of Liquor
Francis Stels of Deming Wisconsin was charged with illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor. County Attorney F W Edwards filed the information today. Stels was arrested by Detective Ralph Davis and Officer Warren Buckley with one pint of whisky.
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Francis Stels
Deming
Wis
F. W. Edwards
Stels
Ralph Davis
Warren Buckley
Dude Ranching Season Opens in Wyoming
A Wyoming opening of the dude ranch season draws eastern visitors to Jackson Hole and other western areas. About eighty ranches list guests from eight to two hundred per season, with horseback riding, roundups, calf branding, rodeos, hiking, camping, fishing and mountain climbing as chief amusements.
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Wyoming
Jackson Hole
Wyom
Pioneer Teacher Judge Lawmaker Dies at 73 in Des Moines
Des Moines mourns Judge Solomon F. Prouty a pioneer town legislator and jurist who died at 73 after a long illness. Born in Ohio, he moved with his parents to Knoxville as a child, became a teacher at 16, studied at Central and Simpson colleges, taught Latin and sciences, served in the Iowa House in the 18th General Assembly, advocated railroad pass abolition, and later became Ninth Judicial District judge and two-time congressional candidate.
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Des Moines
Solomon F. Prouty
Pioneer Town
Congress
Prouty
Ohio
Knoxville
Pella
Mahaska County
Central College
Simpson College
Indianola
Central
Iowa House
General Assembly
Ninth Judicial District
Griswold bond proposal for memorial building defeated
Griswold Iowa July 16 a proposed 23000 bond to build a memorial community building was defeated two to one. The measure was sponsored by the American Legion post in Griswold.
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Defeat Legion Project
Griswold
American Legion Post
Sharkey Signs on Dotted Line for Promoter Rickard
Jack Sharkey and manager Johnny Buckley signed a provisional contract with Tex Rickard to defend the heavyweight title in 1928 if the Boston fighter defeats Jack Dempsey next Thursday and dethrones Gene Tunner. The deal mirrors Dempsey’s pact with Rickard, securing the promoter’s control of the title program for at least another year.
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New York
Jack Sharkey
Johnny Buckley
Tex Rickard
Boston
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunner
Dempsey
Rickard
Tattooed Paperhanger Starts 112 Mile Marthon to New York
Hugh A Thompson a 34 year old tattooed paperhanger began a 112 hour nonstop style run from Detroit city hall at 7 am bound for New York He aims to cover Ontario and reach Niagara Falls by 5 45 pm after visiting towns including Geneva Auburn Syracuse Albany Hudson Poughkeepsie Yonkers and plans to meet Mayor Walker at New York city hall at 2 am Thursday He will take five minute rest rubdowns hourly and eat on the fly.
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Detroit
Hugh A. Thompson
City Hall
New York
Windsor
Thompson
Ontario
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Geneva
Auburn
Syracuse
Albany
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Yonkers
Walker
New York City Hall
Five Men Arrested in Traer Liquor Raids by Federal Agents
Five men, Eddie Deal Fritz Meyers Conrad Gibson Harold Ott and A E Cassavak, were arrested or placed on $500 bonds after liquor raids in Traer conducted by federal agents led by M L Healey deputy marshal Cedar Rapids and J E Dempster federal commissioner Waterloo. The arraignments and bond status were set with court appearances to answer charges. Dempster did not know the seized liquor amount at the time.
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Eddie Deal
Fritz Meyers
Cedar Rapids
Conrad Gibson
Harold Ott
A. E. Cassavak
Traer
M. L. Healey
J. E. Dempster
Waterloo
United States District Court
Dempster
Althoit
Traer residents named in local business notes
Caslavak owns a drug store, Ott runs an automobile business, Meyers operates a cafe, Dea! is a painter, and Gibson works as a laborer, all listed as residents of Traer.
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Caslavak
Ott
Meyers
Dea
Gibson
Traer
Cedar Falls Man Severely Injured by Ice Crushing Machine
Cedar Falls July 16 A A Harvey of Jensen Harvey Ice Cream Co suffered severe head cuts after slipping at an ice crushing machine and being struck by the equipment Passersby found him outside stunned and several stitches were needed
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Courier
Cedar Falls
A. A. Harvey
Jensen & Harvey Ice Cream Co
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