Porter as Democratic Senate Hope Quietly Unites Iowa Factions
In Des Moines on June 15, Claude R. Porter emerges as a likely Democratic U S Senate candidate, seen as a unifying figure for a fractured Iowa party. Porter, a former governor and federal attorney, recently joined the state board of education, with duties starting July 1.
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Claude R. Porter
Dor
United States
Iowa
Porter
New York
Oiive
Washington
Wilson
Centerville
Des Moines
Hammill
State Board of Education
Cummins
Altho
Two Sisters Wed Same Day After Shared License
Huntsville Alabama June 15 A sequence of three weddings deprived the White family of three daughters when Miss Tommie White 24 wed John K Gurney Miss Jesse White 21 married Fate Miller and Janie White wed Alvey Woods. The couples obtained licenses together and were married a couple at a time by Probate Judge Thomas W Jones. Four more unmarried sisters remain at the White home.
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Huntsville
Ala
Tommie White
John K. Gurney
Jesse White
Fate Miller
Janie White
Alvey Woods
Thomas W. Jones
Red Top Cab moves offices in city shakeup
The Red Top Cab company has moved its headquarters from 718 Sycamore Street to the lobby of the Hotel Russell-Lamson, with R. H. Young named manager. The Yellow Top Cab company led by A. L. Bradley has relocated from the Russell-Lamson lobby to the Hotel Ellis.
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RED Top
Red Top Cab Company
Sycamore Street
Russell-Lamson
R. HH. Young
Yellow Top Cab Company
A. L. Bradley
Hotel Ellis
Mystery Shrouds Burning of Auto on Shoo-Fly Road
At 2:30 a m Sunday Louis Win de rural route 8 and Maurice Wittick 20734 Fourth street witnessed a Ford coupe driven to a lonely spot on Shoo-fly road near the four bridges. The occupants poured gasoline on the car and set it afire while a second car with several youths fled. The charred coupe, likely new, lacked license numbers but engine details were recorded and sent to Detroit by Repass Auto to pursue clues.
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Arthur B. Reeva
Louis Winde
Maurice Wittick
Fourth Street
Shoo-fly
Pallee
Repass Auto Company
Detroit
Mich
Barby Girl Born With Two Teeth at Birth
New Rochelle New York June 16 Grace Agnes Hacker was born to Mr and Mrs Anton Kerk er weighing eight pounds and crying like any newborn. She arrived with two teeth in the center of her lower jaw marking a rare birth feature for a one day old infant.
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New Rochelle
Grace Agnes Hacker
Anton Kerker
Man with 825000 seeks obli for night in jail
Erie Pennsylvania June 15 A man carrying twenty six thousand dollars spent a night in jail by his own request. He gave the name Dr William J Rogers of Marion Indiana and asked officers to divert him to a banker to guard his money for the night. Police recovered twenty five thousand dollars from his pockets and returned it. No explanation was offered.
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Erie
William J. Rogers
Marion
Ind
Polica
Deaths by autos up in US in 1924 rise
New York reports May death toll down from last year but national data through May 16 show a six percent rise in automobile deaths compared with 1924. Metropolitan Life Insurance statisticians cite 16 million policyholders as cross‑sectional evidence. Deaths from auto accidents have doubled since 1923.
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New York
N. Y
York City
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
A. Shire
Automobile fatalities rise across decades since 1911
Since 1911 fatalities from accidents have grown sharply, with figures tripling since 1915, quadrupling since 1913, and increasing sevenfold since 1911. Auto deaths remain the leading cause of accidental death, surpassing railroad fatalities fourfold and exceeding accidental deaths from falls or drownings.
Waterloo Couple at Hoover Reunion
Mr and Mrs J H Hoover of 303% Third street east returned from Legrand Iowa where they attended a Hoover family reunion including Secretary Herbert C Hoover Saturday Forty nine members gathered with the Waterloo man noted as an uncle of the secretary Hoover said the reunion is a big event of the year for him He left Legrand for California.
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J. H. Hoover
Third Street East
Legrand
Hoover
Herbert C. Hoover
Waterloo
California
Auto turns over as driver tries to avoid crash
Elbert Matthews of Ottumwa and his wife narrowly escaped serious injury when their coupe rolled in Hudson center after an attempted dodge of an oncoming car. Both were cut and bruised, sent for medical care, then driven to Waterloo for repairs.
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Elbert Matthews
Ottumwa
Edgar G. Matthews
Leland Avenue
Hudson
Mrs. Matthews, Jr
Matthews
Waterloo
Matthews, Jr
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