Man Convicted Slaying Mother Takes Own Life
Emerson, convicted of beating his mother to death and throwing her body down an elevator shaft, escaped guards near Kellerton two miles northeast of Creston, hanged himself under a highway bridge. Coroner's jury ruled death by hanging. His wife remained in Des Moines as authorities awaited her arrival.
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Prevs
Y Kellertas
I Emerson
Tinggard County
Mount Ayr
Here
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Crestan
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Creston
Will Wallace
Greenfield
Teal. Hayner
Union County
Will McFarland
Kellerton
Hmerson
Frank Allen
Hi Y Bridge
Samuel Bailey
Mount Ayre
Ringgold
Fife
Wobbly Austria Will Surrender to League
Vienna dispatch reports Dr. Carl Renner stating German Austria must accept the foreign ministry and will surrender to the League of Nations, as its future existence grows more difficult than pessimists expected and the nation trusts the league.
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League
Renner
Associated Press
Copenagen
Vienna
Carl Renner
Seitz
Foreign Ministry
League of Nations
Weimar Assembly Votes Confidence in Government
Reports indicate a large majority in Weimar for confidence in the current government. The dispatch notes parallel actions in Montana and Berlin reflect broader postwar diplomatic activity.
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Weimar
German National Assembly
Belena
Mont
Montana House of Representatives
Berlin
Hungarian Peoples Commissaries
Col. Cunningham
Washington, D.C
Reserat Wilson
Sig
Wednday
Subscriptions Arrive as Athens Group Plans Drive
A chaotic notice from Athens details a subscriber drive amid misread names and uncertain totals. Officials urge participants to confirm mailing lists and deliver iron dollars to ensure late entries are honored.
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Athens
Branmole
Hospital Finance Drive Extends Across Black Hawk County
The county campaign to raise at least 140000 for a new Presbyterian hospital site moves forward with organizers arranging rural solicitations. Tr W H Bickley and H C Moaller plan countywide drives, appointing Grant Miller for Orange township and Birney Allen for Water loo township, with a precampaign committee coordinating donor pledges and requisition cards for team captains.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Harry G. Heart
W. H. Bickley
H.C. Moaller
Black Hawk Cownty
Bickley
Grant Miller
Mr. Monk
Dangers in Canning Compounds Warned by Specialists
The bureau of chemistry warns home canning products sold under various trade names may harm health. Salicylic and boric acids in powders are unnecessary for preserving fruits and vegetables which can be canned safely with proper methods. Federal law bans harmful preservatives in foods within its jurisdiction and most states restrict their sale. department bulleins detailing safe canning without preservatives are available free from the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.
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Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Apriculture
Union
Department
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Air service honors Wright on tenth anniversary
Washington July 30 Major General Charles E Menoher director of the air service sent a congratulations to Orville Wright marking the tenth anniversary of the delivery of the first airplane to the U S government by the Wright brothers.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Orville Wright
Charles 8. Menoher
United States
Wright Brothers
France May Hold Up Tent Pact Until U.S. Acts
Paris July 30 The Franco German peace treaty ratification may be delayed until the United States Senate acts on the Franco American military treaty. René Viviani as committee chairman notes execution could be ready for August 11 with debate lasting about three weeks in the chamber and senate. A vote might be postponed to late August if U.S. action is not completed.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States Senate
Thore
Chamber of Deputies
Rene Viviani
Chamber
Senate
Uniegs
United States
Divorce Sought by Wife Over Felon Husband
Bertha Jenkins files for divorce from Fay Jenkins claiming he was convicted of a felony shortly after their 1918 marriage. She notes separation began July 14 last year and that his youth required a guardian to consent to the union due to his parents being deceased.
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Bertha Jenkins
Fay Jenkins
Reformatory
China Minister S Ordered Home From China Mission
A Washington dispatch reports Paul S. Reinsch American minister to China was summoned to Washington to report on Shantung and Siberian questions. A Japanese statement anticipated soon would refute charges by Chinese and American backers while asserting Japan will restore Kaïu Chau sovereignty after peace treaties.
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Washington
The
Tribune
BAYB
Paul S. Reinsch
China
Peking
Shantung
Siberian
State Department
Japan
Mrs. A Lockwood Dies After Fall in Greene
Mrs. A Lockwood 71 of Greene dies from injuries after a fall last Wednesday. She was born in Rockford Illinois and moved to Coldwater Township Indiana before settling in Greene. Survived by seven children Bert Topeka Kane Minnie Minneapolis Hal Charles City Clyde Edna Wiegand Greene Cora Worley Aredale Harley Cedar Rapids. Funeral plans pending arrival of her son in Kansas.
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Coldwater Township
Lockwood
Bert
Topeka
Kane
Minnie
Minneapolis
Minn
Hal
Charles City
Clyde
Edna L. Wiegand
Greene
Cora Worley
Aredale
Harley
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Church
Bulgarian Bolshevism Spreads in Bulgarian Towns
Berlin sourced reports via Copenhagen describe Bolshevism spreading through Bulgaria with demonstrations reported in major towns. The dispatch notes activity and growing influence as of July 30.
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Moscow
Bulgaria
The
Associated Press
London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Wilson Found His Brest-Litovsk at Versailles
Count Czernin, former Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, says in excerpts from an interview that he urged peace before Romania joined the war and that at Brest Litovsk he pressed for understanding but failed. He likens his mission to Wilson’s at Versailles, claiming Wilson sought peace but Foch held military supremacy.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
Count Czernip
Austria
Count Czernin
Roumania
Ludendorff
Brest Litovsk
Receivership Sought for Farm Property Lease
Walter J. Peck seeks a receivership and lease cancellation in a suit alleging Philip Bolte rented acres last September on halves and refused to harvest grain. On the premises are 28 acres oats 18 corn 10 wild hay and 6 barley. Peck asks appointment of a receiver and lease nullification.
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Philip Bolte
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