Throst to be hanged as Fort Madison prison prepares meals
Earl Throst, sentenced to death for the December 1941 murder of schoolteacher Inga Magnussen, remains indifferent and focused on meals before his Friday execution. Warden Hollowell reports no appeal or clergy request as officials and witnesses travel to Port Madison to witness the hanging.
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Fort Madison
Hangiman
Earl ‘Threst
Hei Davis
Alamakee
Ives Magnussen
Thrust
Hollowell
J. Magnussen
Magnussen
Throst
Cnmple
Iowa
Wankon
H. E. Taylor
Piper
Shafer
Davis
Port Madison
Earl Throst
Inga Magnussen
Sherif Davis
Edgar Morstad
Ole Thompson
Dick Dunlevy
Ben Soebakken
E. Woodmansee
E. F. Medary
Baller
Wilt Klingtell
A. &. Burdick
John McNeill
A.D. Larson
J. E. Sadler
Trost
Miss Magnussen
Postville
Post- Vile
Waukon
Taylor
the &Aliens
Orrie Cross
Eugene Weeks
Dog That Ate Bills Could Not Swear It On Stand
Evanston furniture dealer Isaac Hirsch, age 72, was convicted in federal court of attempting to defraud the government after alleging his dog chewed and ate portions of $38 in restitution. Officials doubted the claim and the jury agreed with a light fine of 210 due to his age.
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Chicago
Isaac Hirsch
Evanston
Herrin Trial Halted as Juror's Wife Seeks Wifes Bedside
The second Herrin riots trial stopped today when Mrs Nathan Barnes wife of a juror sent for her husband to tend his ailing wife Judge Hartwell announced a recess at the start of the morning session to allow Barnes to visit his spouse at bedside.
Witness Testifies Mrs Eberle Claimed Self Defense
In Oskaloosa Iowa March 8 the Mrs Paul L Eberle murder case nears trial. Prosecution to rest by tomorrow noon after 12 to 14 former witnesses testify on the deadly sedan shooting linked to Eberle’s fatal wounding of her husband. Mrs Clyde Perkins described Mrs Eberle’s state after the incident and her claim that she shot to protect herself and baby from harm.
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Oskaloosa
Everle
Clyde Perkins
Extra Judge to Help Sentence Criminals in Des Moines
Des Moines reports an extra judge will be brought from a rural district to Des Moines to clear crowded criminal dockets. Four district judges will begin work Monday in the crime division period as the Supreme Court approves the move after an application by County Attorney Vernon Seaburger.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Vernon Seaburger
Leeper Granted $35,000 Bond in Murder Case
Iowa City news says Robert Leeper, charged with murder of Roy Wertz, father in law, is ordered admitted to a $35,000 bail. Habeas corpus action seeks liberty. Mrs Leeper bond cut from $25,000 to $15,000 while Mrs Wertz, widow and co defendant, remains at $25,000 bond.
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Leeper
Iowa City
Marek
Robert Leeper
Roy Wertz
I. Faville
Towagu Creme Court
Independence Man Injured Between Trailer and Coupler
John J. Grogs of Independence suffered a deep cut to his left ear and bruises after his head was caught between a trailer and its coupler on a large truck. Vertie Cone freed him and took him to Independence for medical care as the crew worked between Waterloo and Independence near Jesup.
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Independence, Ja
March
John J. Grogs
Vertie Cone
Independence
Waterloo
Jesup
Le Valley Released on Bonds Provided by Mason City Men
C. J. LéVailey former cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank at Sheffield was released after 24 hours in jail on $3,500 bond. He was freed at 5 PM as C. H. McNider and Dr. T. T. Blaise of Mason City posted the sureties. Le Valley and Storck, mayor of Sheffield and assistant cashier, are bound over to await grand jury on fraud charges.
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SheMaid
Blakesburg Man Elected Iowa Threshers Leader
Des Moines reports Jones Blakesburg Jr was chosen president of the Iowa Threshers Association for the coming year at the annual meeting. He succeeds L Snook Fort Madison who led for 14 years. W Young Grand River was named president elect F H Depping Waukon is second vice president and Sc E Reese Corning secretary.
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Des Moines
Tco Jones
Blakesburg
Iowa Threshermen's Association
L. Snook
Fort Madison
W .Young
Grand River
Vhe
F. H. Depping
Waukon
Sc. E. Reese
Corning
Funeral services for Monsignor Brady held in Dubuque
Funeral services were held in Dubuque today for Right Rev. Monsignor T. G. Brady vicar general of the Dubuque archdiocese who died Monday in a La Crosse hospital. Bishop Drumm ings was celebrant of the requiem mass was said.
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Dubuque, Fs
T. G. Brady
Dubuque
la Crosse
Drummings
Near East described as an ice volcano by American bankers
A Rome meeting delegation from the International Chamber of Commerce described the Near East situation as a volcano. American businessmen led by Oliver Sands of the American National Bank of Richmond, Virginia, warned of volatile economic and political conditions as war rumors and guerilla activity circulate across Jugo Slavia Bulgaria Italy Lithuania and Greece.
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Rhine
Jugo-Slavia
Bulgaria
Italy
Lithuania
Soviet
Russia
Greece
Near East
Athens
International Chamber of Commerce
Rome
Mediterranean
Oliver Sands
American National Bank of
Independence Tax Line Changes Ownership
Wolgate Broa purchased the tax line of Fred and Smith in Independence on Monday. Smith had operated the business about a year. The Wolgate Stm bought the tax equipment of A. J. Gerdes more than a year ago. Mr and Mrs Smith will leave for California soon.
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Independence
Wolgate Broa
Fred
Des Moines Briefs Spill Across State Headlines
Des Moines reports detail seven Bergens seized in a raid including Clyde Mc Murray awaiting sentence for burglary with his brother Byarett after a break in to a county jail booze room and liquor theft. Other items note shoe retailer campaigning for clerk education, and political shifts in Dubuque and Tama counties.
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Des Moines
Clyde McMurray
Byarett
T. F. Jaques
Dew Motoes
Harry Jacob- San
HP. Hardy
Winterset
Ira L. Welch
Griswold
Chris Larson
Marshalltown
E. A. Grimwood
Oxford Dunation
American Business Delegation Seeks Aid Amid Crisis
In a dispatch from the Near East, American delegates urge prayers and funds as fires of the volcano claim lives. The party includes George Reynolds of Continental Commercial Bank, August Learie of Minneapolis, Frank Fay of Pittsburgh, and Silas Strawn of Montgomery Ward & Co. Chicago.
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United States
Lfe
George Beynolds
Continental Commercial Bank of
Chicago
August Lear
Chicago Seeks Laws to End Slaughter in Streets
Chicago traffic deaths rose to 168 since January 1 as Judge Francis Borrelli urged new legislation to curb reckless driving. He warned that sporadic enforcement cannot stop the slaughter and called for a permanent solution.
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Chicago
Francis Borrelli
Speeders’ Court
Tractor used in double murder horror explained by experts
Pathologists inspected the Bastrop case bodies Watt Daniel and T F Richard found in Lake LaFourche December 22. They say the immense farm tractor with seven foot wheels and steel cleats could have stretched the bodies and crushed limbs. Investigators speculate motive linked to kidnappers releasing one man and keeping another, with Daniel thought to have died during surgery.
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Ameociates Press
Bastrop
Perrone
Watt Daniel
T. F. Richard
Lake LaFourche
Man Who Stirred World Protest Starves in Prison
Nicola Sacco speaks from his deathbed like a doomed man. He laments injustice, recalls his conviction for murder tied to a radical era, and urges freedom for his fellow inmate while expressing love for his wife and child.
Medical Students Sell Blood to Pay Tuition at Johns Hopkins
In Baltimore, Johns Hopkins medical school students reportedly sell blood for tuition at 50 dollars a transfusion. Dr. John G. Huck says over a hundred students have volunteered, with each donor's blood typed and stored for matching transfusion needs.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Medical School
John G. Huck
Huck
Borah to Stay Home Through Summer
The article notes Senator Borah will remain in Washington during summer while focus shifts to European finance and American farming. It discusses Meyer and Hughes, their travels, and the potential impact on public debate in the fall amid European conditions and Harding administration concerns.
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Sen. Borah
Ar. Meyer
Europe
America
Mc Mayer
Harding
Meyer
Iowa Senate Bills Hit Wide Range of Reforms
The Iowa Senate considers numerous bills from state control of power in rivers to radio market information funded by 10,000 dollars. Other proposals lower chattel loan rates, bar school board members from certain purchases, and codify constitutional teaching in public schools. Also debated are poll tax exemptions for veterans, state fish sales proceeds, and revised school curricula plus increased chiropractic examiner pay. The military committee proposes 39,000 for Camp Dodge upkeep and 12,000 for the World War soldiers roster.
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State Railroad Commission
Forsling
Woodbury
State Department of Agriculture
Lake
Donhowe
Story
Garber
Adair
Iowa
Carter
Hardin
Rassler
Pocahontas
Knutson
Cerra Gorde
Eame
Galagher
Eliott
Scott
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Hosrid
Senate
Guades
Gilchrist
Cesena
Poweshick
Examining Board of Public Accountants
Senate Committee On
Camp Dodge
Smiles and Kinks Off Today's Wites
Collected short notes from Columbus Indiana and New York describe oddities. An Ogilville grocer claims he weighs 12 ounces per pound while markets say 16, a 29 year habit. In New York about 100000 viewers recall Harry F Young as a human fly. Only ten mourners attend his funeral, and a gold trowel marks the corner stone of a new bank building.
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Caumbus
Ind
Ogilville Grocer
New York
Harry F. Young
Large battle in Ireland between irregulars and Free State troops
Dublin reports heavy fighting on the mountains near Carrane with about four hundred irregulars attacking three Free State columns. Reinforcements were sent as casualties rise on both sides in ongoing clashes since Monday. A Republican deputy chief of staff Don Maloney was captured in Glen Aherlow. Bishop Harry of Cork urged rebels to suspend hostilities ahead of an election.
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International News Wire
Dublin
Free State
Carrane
Associated Press
Belfast
Don Maloney
Glen Aherlow
Maloney
Liam Deasy
National Army
Bishop
Cork
Ireland
Areh
Harry
Barry
1922 crop on farms. 37.6 percent of corn remaining
The U.S. Department of Agriculture projected March 1 1923 on farm stocks from the 1922 crop. Corn totaled about 1,087,412,008 bushels or 37.6 percent, with wheat 153,134,000 bushels and oats 421,511,000 bushels. Prices shifted: corn 74.3 cents, wheat 105.1 cents, oats 36.6 cents.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agticulture
Beazley
President Harding Plays Golf Aboard Indian River Cruise
President Harding comes ashore from the Virginia flotilla houseboat at noon in Melbourne Florida and plays a round of golf at Melbourne country club before continuing the cruise along the Indian River. Mrs Harding is greeted at Rockledge by her brother C B Kling during the stop.
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Melbourne
Fla
President Harding
Melbourne Country Club
Indian River
Rock Ke
Harding
C. B. Kling
Straitjacket Prevents Self Harm After Murder Verdict
New York March 8 Mrs Paul atta Saludes a 30 year old French woman found guilty of second degree murder of Oscar Martelliere was strapped in a straitjacket in Tombs to prevent further suicide attempts. Officials say her condition is serious after poisoning herself cutting her throat with a mirror and headbutting walls in her cell.
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New York
Paulatta Saludes
Oscar Martelliere
No Negro Miners to Work Mines in Ruhr
The French embassy denied any plan to send 5,000 American black coal workers to the Ruhr to replace striking Germans protesting the French occupation. The embassy stated Ambassador Trusser had not been approached and that it knew nothing of the proposal.
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Ruhr
Washington, D. C
Trusser
Plant Fire Devastates F P Barton Lumber near Charleston
Report from Charleston indicates nearly the entire F P Barton Lumber plant was destroyed by fire causing an estimated loss of 460000. The blaze gutted facilities and storage, prompting emergency response and insurance scrutiny.
Hays Denies Plan to Re-enter Politics
In New York on March report from Los Angeles claimed Will Hays planned a political comeback. He said emphatically Most certainly not. Chicago March 3 two masked bandits robbed a telegraph operator at the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific station in LaSalle, near here, escaping with 419 dollars.
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Hays
New York
Los Angeles
Will H
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
LaSalle
City Fireman to Face Wives Assault Charges
A warrant was issued for Karl Minkel, city firefighter at station 4, on assault and battery charges filed by A. C. Neilson. Mrs. Minkel showed injuries and alleged he threw her from the house and down steps. A separate warrant was issued for Chris Lehman for larceny of eight chickens.
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O. B. Courtright
Municipal Court
Karl Minkel
A. C. Neil Son
Minkel
City of Waterloo Sued for 1060 in fall injuries
F Hansen seeks judgment against Waterloo for 1060 damages claiming injuries from a Dec 2 1922 fall at the Baltimore Fourth street intersection due to a curb 2 inches above the walk. He alleges pain confinement three days and 8 in physician costs. Cedar Falls joined as defendant. Leonard Fowler Service seeks return of signboards valued at 400 and 100 damages.
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City of
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Hansen
Municipality of
Baltimore
Fourth Streets
Leonard Fowler Service Company
Arch McFarlane Wins Lions Club Contest In Denver
Arch W. McFarlane former speaker of the house outclassed fellow Lions members in an Edison questionnaire at Black's tearooms Denver March 8 Stephen Brown exhausted his questions and McFarlane gained the lead as the session shifted to political data. Frank Murphy 88 is held on murder charges in the death of Mrs Bessis Woods 32 found with bullet wounds in a local hotel room.
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Arch W. Mcfarlane
House of Representatives
Edison
Cubs
Black
McFarlane
Stephen Brown
Iowa Register
Denver
Colo
Frank
Murphy
Bessis Woods
Anita Stewart says she and husband separate not divorcing
Anita Stewart stated she and her husband Rudolph Cameron are apart for a while but not divorcing. She told the Los Angeles Times that neither plans a divorce, adding she is not contemplating one and her husband shares that view.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Anita Stewart
Rudolph Cameron
Psychology of Pacific Races Study Urged by Union
Dr. Stanley Porteus urged the Pan-Pacific Union to sponsor a chair at the University of Hawaii for the study of the psychology of Pacific races to scientifically assess mental differences among Pacific peoples. Hawaii’s diverse population was cited as ideal for such a study, and the union will consider the proposal.
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Honolulu
Pan-Pacific Union
University of Mawaii
Pacific
Union
Stanley Porteus
Porteus
Hawaii
New Jerusalem: American Woman Publishes English Daily in Jerusalem
Mrs. Gatling, once a prominent suffrage figure in America, leads an American effort to print a new English language newspaper in Jerusalem. The press and materials were shipped from America for the publication named New Jerusalem, aiming as an independent daily with a growing circulation.
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London
Gatling
America
Holy City
New Jerusalem
France Overwhelmed by Red Tape for Visitors
A Patls dispatch notes France requires visitors to obtain a stay permit within 36 days and a passport based identity card with photos, domicile certificate, and police stamping. Foreigners risk fines or detention for lacking papers and may be turned back at the border for currency limits or license needs.
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Patls
France
Polices Commissaria
Police
Bra
Hs Sieberiana
Montmartre
Jjustice of
Commission Deg
S. Sar
Swiss Cheese Makers Use X Rays to Test Holes
New York March 8 Science solves when Swiss cheese holes are large enough for market. X ray photographs show if cheese is done and holes meet standard, saving millions on materials and preventing unsafe product from reaching buyers.
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New York
Science
i+ Tt
Striss
Wens
Doremus or Inches to Be Mayor of Detroit
Frank E. Doremus and Dr. James W. Inches were chosen by Detroit voters in Wednesday’s primary to compete for the mayoralty in the April election. The tainted wording mentions district results and suggestive context about the political contest.
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Doremus
Inches
Detroit
Mich
Frank E. Doremus
James W. Inches
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