Mystery Fire in Dead Man's Flat Puzzle 10 Police
Chicago dispatch reports police probing a mystery fire that killed Pep Reynolds Parsons, a wealthy broker, at his North Side apartment. Parsons and wife Mrs Parsons, singer and motorist, and James King Jiremian were present earlier. King survived a fall from a window as he helped Parsons home, while Mrs Parsons sustained burns and claimed uncertain arrival times.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pep Reynolds Parsons
Biremen
Parsons
James King Jiremian
King
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Dee Parsons
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Cedar Falls
Funa
Dee Reynolds Parsony
Kathering Wyth
Coolidge Fights U S Aid to States on Roads Debate
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania led a push to curb federal road subsidies while western senators defended funding as essential to independence. The balance of support versus state rights and economy played out in Senate votes, with only Cummins of Iowa and Borah of Idaho opposing subsidies along with Reed.
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Virginia
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La Porte City Boy Drowned Recovering Ball
La Porte City boy Brerstte LeRoy Hetts drowned Saturday afternoon when he jumped into a pond near town to recover a ball. His body was recovered within minutes and resuscitation continued for hours. He was born November 4, 1912, and lived with relatives, survived by father Charles Betts and siblings. Burial at Westview cemetery after services at the Tutt residence.
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Porta City
Brerstte LeRoy Hetts
Theta
Ju. J. Tutt
Lal Porte City
Thomas R. Marshall Dies After Heart Attack in Washington
Reports from Washington confirm former Vice President Thomas R. Marshall died following a heart attack. The Senate chamber hushed as mournful tributes mixed with recall of his witty jabs and ceremonial self-restraint. Born in Indiana, Marshall’s death ends a long public career marked by sharp humor and steady political presence in postwar debates.
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Flo
Wilson
St. Louis
Marshall
Tom
Lois J. Kimsey
Angela
Mever mix
Marshall Owas
Phi Gansana Vesta
Phi Beta Kappa
Thomas R. Marshall
Washington
Mumor Quetix Barthosamy
Valle
Yvica
al Wers
Waterloo auto race sighted by local residents
Waterloo residents recount a Saturday auto race seen by Morris Groenwerk of Palais Royal who returned from Indianapolis after witnessing the Memorial Day event. He calls the race the grandest yet and notes strong crowds and keen public interest amid a list of local attendees including Mr and Mrs 0 Berrs, Mrs Greenberg and Miss Pauline Mocker.
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Morris Groenwerk
Palais Royal
Indianapolis
Ind
Thom
Groenberg
Orater
Mra
Berrs
Greenberg
Pauline Mocker
Jow Loomis
G. A. Reed
Mr. and
M George
Jackson
Weekend motor crashes claim several lives in Midwest
A weekend crash spree ends for six in Indiana after a car train collision near Willow Branch. Earl Flutchins, 106, survives with serious injuries. Fleische Hutchins, 48, his wife Milizie 45, daughters Margaret 16 and Gladys 13, son Donald, and Arlene Lumbers 15 sustain severe injuries. Separate incidents include Lawrence Piper 17 Hurt near Berwick Indiana after a motorcycle skid, and Clifford McKeane crushed under his car in Griswold Iowa. In Fort Dodge, Mrs Jud Jacobson 24 dies when her car overturns. Esther Ferguson 22 is hospitalized.
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United Press
Hiamillon
Earl Flutchins
Willow Branch
Ind
Ohio
Cincinnai, Indiana & Western
Karl
Fleische Hutchins
Milizie
Margaret
Fort Dodge
Ila
Jud Jacobson
Spirit Lake
Esther Ferguson
Ida Grove
Terrell
Building Here for May Totals in Waterloo
May building activity in Waterloo rose with a brisk month as building commissioner Charles Wasson reports total cost estimates around 12.4 thousand dollars. January and February show smaller figures while March and April recorded higher values. permits for residences totaled 74,600 dollars for the past month. The snippet also includes scattered, unclear OCR fragments about lot purchases and livestock values.
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Waterloo
Charles Wasson
Marehai
Food Suggestions During Hypnosis Affect Stomach Function
University of Chicago researchers report hypnosis can trigger gastric juice secretion in a sleeping subject, simulating a real meal. The study shows increased acidity and volume of gastric juice proportional to sleep depth, with heart rate rising under suggested danger and other physiological responses observed during hypnosis.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
A. B. Luckhardt
Robert L. Pohnston
Physiology
University Law School
A. J. Carlsen
Final Blessing Rest Ify Muriel Brewater Tale
Fragmentary verse recounts creation and human striving, invoking a jar of Messings and a gift of strength wisdom honor and dreams. It laments restless earthly search despite a higher soul and divine provision.
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Enolay
Eartty
Weather rounds May extremes mark erratic month
May closed with wide temperature swings from 101 degrees on May 22 to 25 degrees on May 7. Rainfall totaled 1.12 inches, about 1.5 inches below 1924, with 0.67 inch on May 10. Frost occurred on 22 nights, and 75 degrees plus occurred on 14 days. Through May revivals remained light at 3.33 inches year to date. Waterloo faces another heat wave with highs near 30 and lows around 17, plus brief showers and cooler weather forecast for Tuesday.
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Gore
Waterloo
Ralph
State Bureau
No Word Yet from Amundsen's Party
New York June 1 The North American Newspaper alliance announced through United Press that no word had been received from Roald Amundsen polar explorer and Lincoln Ellsworth American who departed Spitzbergen in two airplanes nearly a fortnight ago on a flight toward the north pole.
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North American
Alliance
United Press
Roald Amundsen
Polar Explorer
Lincoln Ellsworth
Spitzbergen
North Pole
State Briefs Des Moines Drowning and Fire Reported
Des Moines reports include Ralph Dove 23 drowning while swimming near Chicago and Cathying in a stream near Bertram. A 48 mile wind damaged telephone lines between Sioux City and Denison. A Des Moines federal judge plans to return to Iowa City. Fire destroyed two large sheep barns on Fairview farm near Odebolt owned by W P Adams. Police rounded up participants in a cutting affray in Keokuk. A $100 fine was given in Hampton for kerosene mislabeling by Drier Oil. Northwestern railroad said 30 percent of laid off workers would return to the shops in Boone.
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Lha
Federal Court
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Marion
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Sherwood
Bertram
Odebolt
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W. P. Adams
Middle- West
Hampton
Boone
Northwestern Railroad
Girl Wins Honor With Five Boys At St Mary High
Genevieve Walker led a mixed class of six graduates at St Mary High School commencement in St Marys church. Rev Father Plassmeyer conferred diplomas after a brief sermon. other graduates included five boys Glenn McDonough John McCarthy Basil Beal Jack Miller and Joseph Friedl. Next Sunday Our Lady of Victory academy and Sacred Heart school hold exercises with eight graduates each. diplomas will be presented by Rev Father Molloy.
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St. Mary’s Church
Ray
Theodosius Plassmeyer
Glenn McDonough
John McCarthy
Basil Beal
Jack Miller
Joseph Friedl
Father Plassmeyer
John Dolan
United States
Our Lady of Victory Academy
Sacred Heart School
Father McGreevey
Winona College
Schenkel
Grace McCloughlin
Mary Sullivan
Sc. Joseph's Church
East High 1925 Yearbook Editors Praised for Work
East Highs yearbook Orange and Black issued to students today earned praise for its thorough coverage of the years activities. Lucille Knowles serves as editor in chief with staff including Louis Walker Mary Allen Arlene Murphy Edna Steere Eleanor Hughes Lawrence Carrigg Edith Wyant Alice Weigert and Trene Redden. The volume is in brown and gold and dedicates the book to late dramatics teacher Carolyn McFarline.
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East High
Carolyn Mccfarlane
Lucille Knowles
Louis Walker
Mary Allen
Arlene Murphy
Edna Steere
Eleanor Hughes
Lawrence Carrigg
Edith Wyant
Alice Weigert
Trene Redden
Br. A. A. Boysen
Board of Education
GC. W. Kline
F. J. Miller
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