Lindbergh visit stirs fair timing and a Quebec wedding
Des Moines reports Lindbergh’s arrival plan clashing with fair gate policy and a costly visit funded by Guggenheim. It also details the Stillman and Lena Wilson wedding in Grand Anse Quebec with days of festivity, dances, and large receptions, plus a New York strike threat and other brief snips on public affairs and a boxing dispute.
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Bud” Stillman
Lena Wilson
the Woods
Grand Anse
Quebec
Black Hawk County
Smoot Urges Quick Special Session Over Flood Relief
President Coolidge faces pressure over flood relief with Smoot pushing a fall special session. The issue, seen as less about date and more about urgent aid, prompts Manufacturers Record to urge immediate congressional action. Officials debate whether to call a special session as reports describe southern devastation and credit shortages.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D.C
Smoot
Fiood
Coolidge
South
Manufacturers Record
Baltimore
Journal of Commerce
Wall Street Journal
New York
New York Times
L. G C. Speer
Times
Coollidge
Congress
Washington
Senator Smoot
White House
Hoover
President Coolidge to award Distinguished Flying Cross
President Coolidge plans to confer the Distinguished Flying Cross on Clarence Chamberlin, the New York to Germany flyer who piloted the first Atlantic crossing with a passenger. Eligibility hinges on showing attachment to the army or navy via reserve corps membership, a criterion Congress authorized for aviators.
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Rapid City
S. C
Coolidge
Clarence Chamberlin
New York-to
Chamberlin
Atlantic
Cashier of Dike Bank Killed by Runaway Horses
George P. Boysen, 44, cashier of the Dike Savings Bank, was crushed to death at 11 a.m. today at the Earl Dietrich farm four miles northeast of Dike while attempting to stop a runaway team. He was there with an insurance agent handling hail-loss adjustments. Survived by widow, son Glen, and daughter Alpha. Father George Boysen lives south of Dike. Cousin Mrs. Edward Larsen of Waterloo. Body taken to Cedar Falls.
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Courier Special Service
Dike
George P. Boysen
Dike Savings Bank
Earl Dietrich Farm
Here
Boysen
Dietrich Farm
Glen
Alpha
George Boysen
Edward Larsen
Mulberry Street
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Married Woman Held for Mulching Suitors by Mail
Mrs. Elizabeth May Robinson, 40, held in St Louis jail on federal charges of using the mails to defraud. Authorities say she wrote letters to men posing as a single woman to obtain money, including from J J Maxey of Melbourne Florida who advanced some funds for living expenses. Bail set at 2000. she denies taking money but says she obtained funds for a business venture.
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St. Louis
Elizabeth May Robinson
Wichita
Kan
Florida
Maxey
Robinson
Des Moines Wives Stranded in Omaha
Two Des Moines women Mary Yorty Reinhart and Betty Hopkins Clark were stranded in Omaha with no funds and uncertain husbands. Mary Yorty Reinhart's husband Lewis Reinhart is said to be en route from Denver to Des Moines to answer a motor car theft charge, while Leonard Clark is believed to be in Minneapolis. The men left three days ago seeking work.
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Omaha
Neb
INS
Des Moines
Mary Yorty Reinhart
Betty Hopkins Clark
Altho Lewis Reinhart
Denver
Leonard Clark
Minneapolis
Road contracts total $2,000,000 in Iowa counties
Ames Iowa July 26 Road construction contracts in Iowa counties totaling about 2,000,000 were under consideration today by the state highway commission. The deals cover bridge construction graveling grading paving drainage work and some construction in Lacey Keosauqua and Wildcat Den state parks.
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Ames
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Lacey, Keosauqua
Wildcat den
Courier Delivery Cutoff Notice
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please call 5100. A copy will be mailed. Phone calls should arrive at the office before 6 30 p m.
Lindbergh Wall Totowa Fair May Not Be Allowed
Des Moines backers face a deficit dilemma over Lindbergh’s Aug 29 appearance at the state fair. He attends free of charge, but admission pricing could lose crowds and raise costs, threatening the event’s finances.
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Totowa Fair
Des Moines
INS
Committee of Five
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Union
Guggenheim Foundation
Lindbergh
Heiress Chauffeur Romance Declared False Alarm
Lovell Maine July 26 Charles E Gremmels Morristown New Jersey says rumors of an heiress chauffeur romance are false He states Frank Youmans Jr not a chauffeur and may never be He notes the couple have known each other long and plans for them to visit Lowell next week amid family yacht travel and business ties in New Hampshire
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Gremmels
Lowell
Youmans
New Hampshire
State Agent Probes Assault on Farmer
Cedar Rapids Iowa July 26 State Agent H M Stoner leads search for assailant of Wilkes Williams a wealthy Clayton county farmer near Clermont No new clues found Williams underwent surgery yesterday by two surgeons who report no chance of recovery though he may regain speech He nods when asked if he knows who attacked him in his reading office near his residence Saturday night He cannot write though strong enough to walk Surgeons removed several bone fragments from his fractured skull.
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Cedar Rapids
H. M. Stoner
Wilkes Williams
Clayton County
Clermont
Williams
Altho
Corn Borer Renewed Attack in Indiana Townships
Fresh infestation of the European corn borer in Noble Allen and Whitley counties Indiana has been positively identified. Frank Wallace state entomologist announced the finding today in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Noble, Allen
Whitley
Indiana
Frank Wallace
Ambassador Herrick Under Knife Again in Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick, 73, United States ambassador to France, was operated on again today in Cleveland. It marks the second operation within 10 days. Surgeons said he reacted well with no complications feared.
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Cleveland, O
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
Tragic Bus Collision Claims Clarksville Man
Henry Lerhoff 24 of Clarksville died at Mercy Hospital in Waverly after a Sunday night crash near Shell Rock. He suffered a fractured skull loss of left eye severed nose and exposed leg bones. Survived by four brothers and one sister. Funeral Thursday at Lutheran church with Rev. W. A. Siefkes officiating. Others in crash include Ralph Sisson 16 Howard Leonard and Thelien Stevens of Cedar Falls. Sisson conscious, Leonard remains unconscious, Stevens discharged.
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Waverly
George Roofe
Clarksville
G. A. Hammen
Luth Éran
W. A. Siefkes
Ralph Sisson
West Eighth Street
Howard Leonard
West Sixth Street
Thelien Stevens
Tremont Street
Cedar Falls
Sisson
Leonard
Stevens
Fundamentalists Soft Pedal Religion While Asking Funds
Des Moines university officials praised the Iowa Baptist convention action to drop fundamentalism talks in fund raising. The state meeting at Iowa Falls ordered theology questions to be set aside on association programs and barred discussion of articles of faith linked to resignations at the college since its takeover by fundamentalist church factions.
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Des Moines
INS
Des Moines University
Iowa Baptist Convention
Iowa Falls
Trial of Doctor in Raymond Case Set for Oct 4
Los Angeles physician Dr. W J Sullivan is slated for trial on October 4 on charges of covering up the death of Ray Raymond the musical comedy star. Judge Bowron set the date when both sides were unready. Dorothy Mackaye Raymond’s wife previously faced the charge and is in San Quentin. Her lover Paul Kelly who inflicted the injuries that led to Raymond’s death is also in the same prison serving a manslaughter term.
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Los Angeles
Cal
INS
W. J. Sullivan
Hollywood
Ray Raymond
Superior Court
Bowron
Dorothy Mackaye
Raymond
San Quentin
Paul Kelly
Midwest Gunmen Caught in Buffalo
Two young men in Buffalo, Ralph Williams and Wallace Johnston, confessed to police that they are Howard and Robert Hostettier. They admit to gas station holdups and face charges of larceny and murder pursued by midwestern cities.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Ralph Williams
Wallace Johnston
Howard
Robert Hostettier
Investigation Opens Into Glenwood Home Abuse
A seven year old boy from Burlington is reported beaten and maltreated at the Glenwood state school for the feeble minded. The state board of control orders a special session and an investigation, with Fred Bryant and local officials traveling to Glenwood for hearings.
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Burlington
Richard Bryant
Storm
State Institution
Glenwood
Fred Bryant
American Legion
State Attorney General's Office
State Board of Control
Lad
Bryant
Thru County
H. M. Ofelt
Tomor
Tow
Des Moines
INS
A. McColl
Richard
Altho
McColl
G. N. Hall
J. H. Strief
Bernice Sweet
Burlington Hospital
Romania unity grows as Averescu backs Bratianu
In Bucharest on July 26 Gen. Averescu, once Bratianu’s opponent, publicly embraced the premier and recognized the regency, signaling near total political unity around young King Michael. The gesture, made before the full senate of about 300, aligns Averescu’s faction with Bratianu and the regency, despite past enmity.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Roumanian
Michael
Averescu
Bratianu
Bratiano
Ferdinand
Senate
Carol
One Juror Picked in Triangle Killing Trial
In Franklin Louisiana on July 26, jury selection resumed for Ada Bonner Lebouef Dr Thomas E Dreher and James Beadle charged with murdering James J Lebouef amid a love affair dispute. One juror William Bartell a Patterson farmer millwright was chosen. judge James D Simon planned night sessions.
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Patterson
James D. Simon
U. S. Newspaperman Sets Flight Record
Baltimore Sun publisher Van Lear Black arrived at Croydon airdrome after an 18 600 mile journey in under 200 flying hours setting a new world record for passenger flying.
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London
van Lear Black
Baltimore Sun
Croydon
Know Your City Donald Street Tales and History
The article describes Donald Street in Waterloo known as Lovers Lane. It notes a sandy difficult road, nightly parked cars, and bootlegging history. It highlights local awareness among young people of the area and its shadowed trees along the side road.
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Donald Street
Waterloo
Sand Hill
Donald
Birger Attorneys Preparing Appeal Deny Confession
Charles Birger and co defendants await a Thursday hearing on a motion for a new trial after a jury convicted Birger of the murder of Joe Adams West City mayor. Co defendants Art Newman and Ray Hyland received life terms. Birger’s lawyers deny reports he confessed to plotting Adams death. Sheriff's seizure of three alleged stolen cars at Birger's home reported.
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Benton
Charlie Birger
Illinois
Charles H. Miller
Birger
Joe Adams
West City
Art Newman
Ray Hyland
Adams
Harrisburg
Lige Turner
Charles Birger
Ottumwa Man Morgan McClelland Dies in Chicago at 53
Ottumwa Iowa July 26 Morgan T McClelland sales director and treasurer of John Morrell & Co died at 2 24 am in St Luke s hospital Chicago after several weeks illness heart trouble He was 53 and served as Parsons College board president and Y M C A director leader of First Presbyterian church building committee and other civic roles He survived by his wife and two children Funeral arrangements not yet set
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Ottumwa
Morgan T. McClelland
John Morrell & Co
St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago
McClelland
Parsons College
Fairfield
First Presbyterian Church
Delegates Gather for American Legion Auxiliary Convention
About 450 delegates are arriving in Fort Madison Iowa for the American Legion Auxiliary convention with state officers registered for the opening session. Tonight Senator S W Brookhart is set to speak followed by a reception at the legion home hosted by Mrs. Donald Mac Rae and Frank Miles, former local residents.
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Fort Madison
Auxiliary
American Legion
United States
5. W. Brookhart
Legion
Donald MacRae
Frank Miles
Ias
Ruth Nets 33 Four-Base Hits in Season Total
Babe Ruth belts his 32nd and 33rd homers in a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium as the Yankees defeat the Browns 15 to 1. Ruth adds two solo shots off Milton Gaston with Koenig on base and with bases empty. The season tally reaches 100 Yankee homers.
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Ruth
Yankee Stadium
New York
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
Yankees
Koenig
Milton Gaston
Kiwanis Tourists Leave for East Shenandoah
Four annual Kiwanis club summer tour travelers depart Shenandoah. About 854 residents, mostly women, ride three special trains toward Washington D C with side trips to New York and Norfolk planned. A reception for Clarence D. Chamberlin and party is set for July 30 by the Town society in Washington.
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Shenandoah
Washington, D. C
Kiwanis Club
New York
Norfolk
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Town Society
Washington
Despondent Over Health Ends Life in Garage
Atlantic July 26. Carl G. Taylor, 30, shot himself in the head with a .22 rifle in the garage at his father in law J. O. Perry's home. In a note to his wife he said continued ill health caused the act.
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Atlantic. Ja
Carl G. Taylor
J. O. Perry
Taylor
Siren Wins Long Yachting Classic
Siren, a Q class sloop owned by Karas Brothers of Chicago, won the Chicago to Mackinaw Island race the longest freshwater cruise. Elapsed time 89 31 58, corrected 3 52 04. Sandtone and Joyant finished second and third.
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Chicago
Siren
Karas Brothers
Chicago-to- Mackinaw Island
Sandtone
Joyant
British-Naval Conference Faces Breakup At Geneva
Geneva reports say the tripartite naval talks teeter toward failure as Britain protests U.S. misrepresentation and contemplates limits on cruiser tonnage. W. C. Bridgeman and Viscount Cecil delay return awaiting cabinet instructions. Daily News attacks Britain’s stance against plans for 70 cruisers or 400,000 tons.
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Geneva
Tripartite Naval Conference
W. C. Bridgeman
Earl Cecil
London
Viscount Cecil
Great Britain
Admiralty
Daily News
Five Drowned in Menominee River at White Rapids
Five men drowned this morning in the Menominee at White Rapids when a cofferdam crib they rode began to capsize and they leaped to escape. Two men were saved by the crew.
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Menominee River
Menominee. Mich
Menominee
White Rapids
Gov Smith Becomes Grandfather Again in July Birth
Albany reports Gov. Smith is a grandfather once more as his daughter Mrs John A Warner welcomed a seven pound daughter early today. This marks the governor's third grandchild.
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Albany
N .Y
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