Towner Accepts Porto Rico Post to Begin in April
Washington report says Representative Towner will resign from Congress late March to take the Porto Rico governorship. The $10,000 yearly post plus $15,000 for the governor’s residence, and a special election in Iowa’s Eighth district will follow. Several candidates, including Frank Payne, are discussed as possible successors. Governor Kendall says no special call will be issued until resignation is received, with 20 days’ notice required for a special election.
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Washington
Caterino Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Towner
Porto Rico
Harding
Congress
Guy- Kendali
War Weeks
Bandholtz
Iowa
Porto Riso
Payne
Associated Prensa
Centerville
Appanoose County
Frank
H. M. Towner
Sorning
Appelar
Des Moines
Horace Mann
United States Senate
Payns
Centarrillo
B. W. Garrett
Leon
State Supreme Court
Clyde M. Stanley
Senator Johnsons Duplicit Debate on World Court Proposal
The article contrasts Harding's limited international court plan with Borah's call for a strong permanent court with power to curb war and enforce international law. It notes Borah's stance as a decisive alternative and cites a New York Tribune report of a Bar Association committee recommendation supporting U S participation in a permanent court.
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Senate
Borah
Harding
Starding
United States
Johnson
New York Tribune
New York
Committee On International Law of the
Association of the Bar of the City of
Root
Permanent Court of International Fuattce
Knights of Columbus pledges to be read at Capital Hill Church
Des Moines on March 1 1921 obligations pledged by Knights of Columbus members will be read from the Capital Hill Church pulpit by Frank S. Cam sfort and his deputy. The reading follows Rev N C Carpenter who challenged churchgoers to explain why they are Klan members.
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Des Moines
Knights of Columbus
Capital Hill Church of Chinai
Frank Sf. Camsfort
Knights of Calcibus
N.C. Carpenter
Ku Klux Klan
Comfort
Columbus
William Hesse Injured In Runaway Accident
Cedar Falls March 1 Special Willim Hesse was thrown from a wagon when the tackle failed and his right leg fractured He was taken to Sartor T hospital for treatment and will likely return to his farm west of town tomorrow The accident occurred at Fourteenth and Main streets
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Cedar Fall
Willim Hesse
Jig
Sartor T Hospital
Llesse
Fourteenth
Main Streats
Five Members of Family Hurt When Auto Leaves Grade
Shenandoah Iowa March 1 five members of the Herman Hirst family were injured when their auto went off a 25 foot embankment. Mrs Hirst with a broken hip crawled to the road to summon help. The injured were taken to a hospital. Mrs Hirsts arms were broken and she has a skull fracture. One child has a broken leg and two daughters were badly bruised. Both Mr and Mrs Hirst are in critical condition.
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Shenandoah
Herman Hirst
Mrr
Hirst
Mrs. Isabel Blake 98 Dies at Cedar Falls Home
Mrs. Isabel Blake, 98, died at 621 Twenty second Street West this morning in Cedar Falls. She had resided there three years. Services and interment in Tallview cemetery, Waterloo, will be announced.
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Isabel Blake
Cedar Falls
Specelal
Twenty-second Street West
Tallview Cemetery
Waterloo
Marie
Lund Schot
Marie Lung Sehou
Danish Nazareth Lutheran Church
Bluff and
East Ninth Streets
N. M. Andreasen
Elmwood Cemetery
Petersen Bros
Jail Whisky Case Heads To Jury In Des Moines
Clyde and Everett McMurray face trial for stealing 47 cases of bonded Ugner from the county jail. Prosecution contends the high jacking plan was hatched at William Mc Murray’s home, former jailer and father to the defendants. Defense counsel James Parsons to speak this afternoon, with County Attorney Seeburger slated to close for the state.
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Des Moines
Clyde
Everett McMurray
William McMurray
Ladd
James Parsons
Seeburger
Sonnicksen QO. K.ed by Vocational Board
Sonnicksen appointed as director of vocational education by Miss May Francis was approved by the vocational board after a two hour session in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
S. Gc.sonnicksen
May EF. Francis
Throst to Die Next Friday in Fort Madison Hang
Des Moines March 1 Carl Llewhn Throst convicted slayer of Igne Magnussen in Allamakee county teache r to be hanged at 7 30 a m Friday March 9 at Fort Madison penitentiary by warrant issued yesterday by Gov Kendall
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Des Moines
Carl Llewhn Throst
Igne Magnussen
Allamakee County
Teseher
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Kendall
Van Tassel Burial Held in Fredericksburg
Albert Van Tassel died Tuesday at Charles City after cutting his throat with a razor. Funeral services were held this afternoon in Fredericksburg following the discovery by his son's family when he failed to answer the noon meal call.
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Fredericksburg
Albert van Tassel
Charlies City
Fig
Court orders teeth cleaned in custody case at Chicago
In Chicago on March 1 a judge oversaw periodical tests of three children of William Brass Tdoyd in a custody dispute. Lloyd sought modification for full custody, alleging neglect and health concerns with expert witnesses supporting the charge. Mrs Ward accused the father of inappropriate sexual education and unsuitable reading material.
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Chicago
William Brass Tdoyd
McDonald
Liard
Lloyd
Ward
Pricking Pimple on Lip Fatal to Cedar Rapids Girl
Miss Lorraine Dempsey, about 21, died at 5 a.m. after infection followed pricking a lip pimple with a needle. She was a sophomore at the State University of Town, living with her parents Mr. and Mrs. D B Dempsey. Her aunt is Mrs. Lois Watts of Sunnyside avenue. Her mother was Miss Jennia Campbell before marriage. The note mentions olive trees at their living area.
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Lois Watts
Sunnyside Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Lorraine Dempsey
D. B. Dempsey
Lorraine
State University of Town
Jennia Campbell
Lois Watta
Woman Doctor and Philanthropist Dies in Los Angeles
Sioux City dispatch March 1 reports Dr Agnes Eichelberger founder of the Florence Crittenden home and noted physician and charity worker died yesterday in Los Angeles. Her death removes a leading woman in medicine and social welfare.
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Sioux City
Agnes Eichelberger
Wplorence
Crittenden Hone
Contra
Weal
Los Angeles
Davenport Burglars Net $10 After Six Visits
Burglars who visited several Davenport businesses and private homes earned about $10 from around six visits. Other briefs note a new Masons temple planned in West Union to cost 260,000 with cornerstone date undecided, plus local crime, court awards, and civic notes across Iowa.
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Davenport
West Union
Fayette County
Masons
L. M. Mason
Mra. J. G. Mason
Wyoming
Jens City
Charles Wilson
Rarey & Wirth Automobile Co
Wilson
Automoble
Dubuque
Frank Bosvall
Portland
Ore
John Bosvell
Des Moines
Header
Creston
South Dakota
George Cooley
Tabor
Katrina Ludloff
Indianola
Ten Rules for Wife to Make Homelife Happy for Hubby
New York March 1 The New York Legal Aid Society issued ten commandments for husbands and now declares a decalogue for wives. The rules urge not being extravagant keeping a clean home keeping personal appearance pleasing not accepting attention from other men not resenting reasonable discipline of children by the father not spending too much time with the mother not taking neighbors advice not disparaging the husband smiling being attractive in small ways and being tactful.
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New York
New York Legal Aid Society
Senate Passes Antinarcotic Resolution
The Senate passed the Porter antinarcotic resolution authorizing negotiations with foreign governments to curb opium and drug production. The measure, already approved by the House, calls on the president to urge countries where such substances are produced to cut output for medicinal needs.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Harvey Denies British Balfour Note Payment Links
London March 1 Amb Harvey’s assertion that Britain was not asked to guarantee and never guaranteed any US war loan drew attention at the Pilgrims dinner honoring Stanley Baldwin. He argued the US did not intend to ruin others by cancelling debts and noted 90 percent of US war loan contributors were of British descent. London officials voiced displeasure and declined to comment.
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London
Ambassador Harvey
Great Britain
United States
Great Brittain Hersel
Werenine
Col. Harvey
Stanley Baldwin
Washingon
Harvey
Hace Ming
Altho
Foreign Office
Sleep in Pullman Costs Him 62000 Dollars
Louis Fichlander a Washington real estate dealer reported to police that a packet containing 62000 dollars disappeared from under his pillow in a Pullman sleeper car. The bundle held 57 thousand dollar bills and 10 ten hundreds. He offered a 5000 dollar reward for the recovery and said he carried the money en route to Savannah Georgia to close a deal.
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Washington, D. C
Louis Fichlander
Washington
New York
Fichlander
Savannah
Warren Resigns as Ambassador to Japan Handed to Harding
Charles Beecher Warren delivered his formal resignation as United States ambassador to Japan at the White House. President Harding planned to act on it but did not take immediate action. Warren will remain in the United States after returning from Tokyo.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Beecher Warren
White House
Harding
United States
Japan
Warren
Tokio
City Hall Employes on Trial for Theft
Chicago report says Henry Wulff and Alvin Schneider, former city clerk staff, face trial for embezzling 82000 while in city employ. Wulff allegedly related to a prominent local political figure. case selection follows prior public spotlight and ongoing investigations.
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City Hall
Chicago
Henry Wulff
Alvin Schneider
Wulff
REO
Auto Manslaughter Case Nears Finish
Final arguments in the case of James R. Hodges charged with manslaughter in the death of Mrs. Aaron Anderson near Stanton Tyne when his automobile crashed into the Anderson machine were heard in district court. The trial was expected to go to the jury late that afternoon.
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Red Ork
James R. Hodges
Aaron Anderson
Stanton Tyne
Anderson
Confiscation of Liquor On Scripps Yacht Ohio
Officials at Los Angeles harbor seized 168 bottles of liquor from the palatial $300,000 yacht Ohio controlled by Scripps. The yacht carried Scripps and a large party of guests on a world tour when the government seal was placed on the confiscated liquor.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor
Ohio
Village in Battle with Bandit Gang
Berryville Virginia residents fought two pitched battles with robbers who dynamited the post office safe early this morning and escaped with stamps. One robber is believed wounded.
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Berryville
Obituary notices from Waterloo area obit listings
Catherine Loonan widow of Thomas Loonan an early Lincoln township settler dies in Hudson after a week of grippe and pneumonia funeral at home before interment Elmwood Waterloo. several children grandchildren and siblings survive. multiple other death notices follow including J C Ackerman Marie Lund Schoot and Ralph Wetlaufer with funeral details and burial plans.
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Thomas Loonan
Catherine Loonan
Lincoln Township
Hudson
Elmwood Cemetery
Waterloo
The
Baptist Church
Catherine Glenny
Sligo
Ireland
America
Rockford
Lit
Blackhawk County
Loonan
James
Thomas
C. W.bedford
Hubert
Sioux Falls
T. A. McManus
Harry G
Shenandoah
Frank Yoonan
AEG
Chicago man opens camera shop here
F. Cihak of Chicago has leased 189 Bride Street, formerly Hamilton camera shop, and plans a March 15 opening. The store will carry Kodaks Camettes and supplies with photo albums and will offer amateur finishing. new fixtures have been purchased and will be installed.
Waverly Pastor to Speak at St Mark's Tonight
Rev. James H. Dew Brittain of Waverly will deliver a Lenten sermon at St. Mark's Episcopal church at 7 30 p m today. Tomorrow evening the vestry will hold its usual meeting with Rector Dr Thomas Horton at 423 Baltimore Street.
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James H. Dew Brittain
Waverly
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Thomas Horton
Baltimora Street
Zee
Railroads Grant Clerks Increase
About 150 Waterloo railway clerks face a new eight hour day rule across Illinois Central Rock Island and Great Western lines effective today. Clerks gain overtime pay reversing a year old loss while Illinois Central already offered eight hour days. The clerks union did not strike when wage cuts were imposed last June and sought a raise which the board denied. No official word yet from W S Williams on Western lines but expect announcement soon.
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Waterloo
Railroad Labor Board
Illinois Central
Rock Island
Great ~Western
Illinois Central Railway
W. 8. Williams
Western Lines
Ot S. C. Railway
Meadow Lark Signals Early Spring Nearby
Mrs. A J Jones reports a meadow lark in her backyard at 7386 Cottage Street marking an early spring sign following the robin sighting. The bird was detected early today, reinforcing the seasonal shift toward spring.
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A. J. Jones
Cottage Street
The
Courier
Palmer Talks To Lions On Work Of Blind School
Dr. F B Palmer superintendent of the Town College for the Blind at Winton spoke to Lions club members at Black's tearoom about the school. He praised reading by sightless methods and self reliance as keys to a good education. He noted blind graduates gain acceptance to universities and become teachers musicians piano tuners factory workers and business people. He also mentioned wills involving Emma Beck and Sarah Turner with property bequests and executrix appointments.
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Town College For
Winton
F. B. Palmer
Lions Club
Black’s
Palmer
Iowa College For the Blind
Lions Club of
Vinton
Baum divorce case filed for custody and alimony
Florence M Baum filed for divorce from Claude A Baum whom she wed in Anaheim June 1 1920. She seeks custody of a 22 month old son, temporary alimony of 25 dollars weekly and an injunction to restrain alleged molestation at their Riverside Drive home. A clock line appears as filler text.
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Florence m. Baum
Claude A. Baum
Ana_masa
Honey 405
Riverside Drive
Winner of Alienation Suit to Accept Reduced Award
Mrs. Dorrit Stevens Woodhouse, who won a $465,000 verdict in her alienation of affections suit against her in laws, has agreed to a reduction to $125,000. Judge Moulton ruled the verdict excessive and ordered a new parity in the payment.
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Burlington, Vt
Dorrit Stevens Woodhouse
Lorenzo Woodhouse
Moulton
February permits total 275500 with Walnut Court boost
Fifteen building permits issued by Charles Wasson during February total 275 550 dollars. Five residences cost 522 500, seven remodeling jobs 3 050, one apartment building 250 000, two garages 300. Special permits cover 19 heating plants four gasoline tanks and one sign. Fees into the office 350 50.
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Charles Wasson
Walnut Court
New Chicago Postmaster Grant Miller Known Waterloo Inspector
Grant D. Miller, formerly visiting Waterloo’s postoffice inspector, is named to succeed Arthur C. Leader as Chicago postmaster after Leader left to run for mayor. Miller is famed as a capable federal inspector, often solving complex postal service problems and briefly making Waterloo a home base before continuing federal assignments nationwide.
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Chicago
Waterloo
Grant D. Miller
Arthur C. Leader
Miller
Uncle Sam
Mi Miller
Work on Dam Halts for Several Weeks
River stages rise slightly but not enough to worry officials say work may resume in two to three weeks or when water subsides. Workers remain on site removing the range concrete mixer from its east bank platform.
Cornell Student Delivers Readings at West High Assembly
Miss Vera Cates, a senior at Cornell College, entertained West High students with readings during an assembly. She previously studied with West High faculty member Miss Doris Valentine and is specializing in oratory before returning to Cornell yesterday afternoon.
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Vera Cates
Cornell College
West High
Cates
Doris Valentine
Cornel
A. G. Reid Nominated to Fill Sias Vacancy on West District Board
Nomination papers for A. G. Reid attorney to fill the West Independent School District board vacancy due to Carleton Sias term expiry have been circulated. Sias will not seek re election. Reid says he has not reviewed the matter and may decline. An unrelated T. and M Bootery ad notes new spring footwear.
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A. G. Reid
West Independent School
Carleton Sias
Fire damages building at Fenner Candy Company site
Fire originating outside the Fenner Candy company building at 1356 Sycamore street caused about 100 dollars in damage. The frame structure with sheet iron siding was partially detached and a pile of hindling against the wall caught fire from sparks. Insurance offered with Brongon Insurance Besney. Phone 1274.
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Fenner Candy Company
Sycamore Street
Sparke
Death Notice of Mrs Jo sephine E Brown
Mrs Jo sephine E Brown widow of Rev D r Brown evangelist died at home on February 26 in New York City. She formerly lived in Waterloo for 25 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Her brother Eugene Ostrander of New York City survives. Cause of death pneumonia is noted.
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Dena J. Fox
Waterloo
St. Petersburg
Fla
J. BR. Macartney
First Presbyterian Church
Lorena Seeman
Fox
Chicago
Loserhint
Josephine E.brown
Dr. Brown
Hegene Ostrander
New York
Brown
Taving Menberahin
First Baptist Church
Mantal Woes Lula Cook Sues for Divorce in City
Lula Cook filed for divorce from S. Cook in this city alleging cruel treatment. She seeks possession of community property, a restraining order to keep him from molesting her or approaching their home at 1628 Commercial Street, and the right to resume her former name Lula Coatts. The filing names their marriage in July 1920 and requests related relief.
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Lula Cook
Cook
Commerciall Street
Lul Coatts
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