Hickman On Last Ride To San Quentin Prays For Help
William Edward Hickman left Los Angeles for San Quentin aboard the Owl train, awaiting execution for the Marion Parker murder. Welby Hunt, Hickman’s cellmate, asks for prayers as they face capital punishment. A jeering crowd and heavy guards met the convoy at Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
Hunt
San Quentin Prison
INS
William Edward Hickpian
Marion Parker
Los Angeles
En Haute
San Quentin
Cal
William Edward Hickman
San Quentin Penitentiary
Southern Pacific
State Prison
San Francisco Bay
San Quen
Tin
Welby Hunt
C. Ivy ‘Thoms
Los ‘Angeles
Richmond
BDO
State Penitentiary
Seattle Girl Weds Dusky Prince in Hindu Ceremony
Miss Miller an American bride becomes Devi Shar mishta and gains equality of caste with her Holkar husband in Barwaha. The wedding at the prince's palace featured priests, garlands, and a lavish reception as the couple proceed toward further plans and possible throne restoration.
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Seattle
Dusky Prince
Barwaha
Mility
Miss Miller
Devi Sharmishta
Holkar
Maharajah
Holker
Indore
Europe
Detroit Kidnappers Take $10000 Ransom From Beverage Maker
Detroit police report a kidnap ring extorted ten thousand dollars from a beverage maker. The gang has operated for about a year, targeting rum dealers and gamblers. Authorities note 40 extortion cases and rising underworld violence, with many victims refusing to aid police.
Fourteen Year Old Girl Granted License To Marry
In Marshalltown a 14 year old girl named Julia De La Rosa received a license to wed San Brown, a 22 year old Negro, after parental consent from Mirichia De la Rosa. The town law blocks underage marriages but only a few such applications have occurred in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Brown Negro
Julia de la Rosa
Marshalltown
Mirichia De_ la Rosa
Merit Badges Awarded To Scouts In Seoul Event
Merits badges awarded to Boy Scout units including troop 18 and 20 in Seoul. Recipients listed include Denevan Dier, Gerald Crass, Robert Gackett, Warren Searles, James Estes, Jesse Walker, Harry Miler, and Robert Howe among others. Also notes a dog trail hunter incident near Minneapolis with a search for a missing boy and aid request by R. E. Wandies.
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Boy Scout Court of
BE Might
Denevan Dier
Wood
Robert Howe
Wan
Seoul
Rourst Sackett
Ireton Populace of 700 Nets Six Election Tickets
March 26 election in Ireton features six candidate slates, a rarity for its size. A complete slate of women candidates enters for the first time, under the slogan Every voter a candidate in the contest.
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Ireton
Southern States Defeat Esch On Rail Commission Confirmation
Washington March 17 Southern coal states pressed for lower lake cargo freight rates and led a Senate vote against confirming Jean J Esch of Wisconsin to a second term on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Esch, a co author of the Esch Gummins railroad act, had faced charges of political pressure influencing his vote switch on northern rate reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jean J. Esch
Wisconsin
Esch
Senate
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Southern Railroads
Neely
Watson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Fess
House
Death notices and obituaries from Waterloo area
Obituaries for Mrs. Walter Akin 79 of Waterloo. funeral details and survivors listed. Also death notices for William Andrew Jennings 74 of Gladbrook and Jonas Fairweather 43 of Waterloo with funeral plans. Music supervisor Major Doritzel visits Osage public schools. local officials named.
Frequent Quarrelers Mr and Mrs Kelley Patch It Up Again
Mr and Mrs E Kelley of 723 Washington Street agreed to resume married life in municipal court as charges of wife desertion were continued by Judge George J Gager. Kelley testified that six or seven divorce suits had been filed, one of which took but ended in remarriage. He noted a divorce suit pending in Polk County district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Kelley
Washington Street
Kelley
George J. Gager
Polk County
King of England Acknowledges Gift and Funeral Return
A Buckingham Palace private secretary notes the King’s receipt of a Rebecca vase sent by William Raab and expresses appreciation for the gift. Meanwhile John Cher returns from Brandon Wisconsin after attending the funeral of his brother Aker, aged 47, leaving a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
John Cher
Butler Woenus
Brandon
Wis
A. G. Aker
Watoo
Herman Theratic
Aurnst Hahn
Explosion Kills Three Near West Union
Three youths were killed and another injured perhaps fatally at West Union near Clarksburg West Virginia at noon today when a can of nitroglycerine exploded. The blast occurred in a nearby area and authorities investigated the deadly accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
West Union
Here
Hutson Ames campus tenor sings on radio
Laurence Hutson son of Mr and Mrs M E Hutson of 419 Western Avenue and student at Iowa State College Ames was heard last evening over the radio at the birthday party of the Ames Alumni Association. He sang a solo and as a member of a quartet, and will take part in the presentation of The Crucifixion at Ames this spring.
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Laurence Hutson
M. E. Hutson
Western Avenue
Iouwa State College
Ames
Senate oil bond slush quiz heads back to capital
Chicago report on the Teapot Dome probe shows a dull session tracing only 3000 of 943 percent liberty bonds. Testimony focused on 1921 to 1924 Chicago Republican fund contributions while Irl Hinsley and A V Leonard challenged reports of an agreement to avoid filing campaign finance reports in 1923. Wilbur W Marsh will testify in Washington or Chicago next week regarding these charges.
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Chicago
U.R
Senate Teapot Dome
Washington
INS
Irl G. Hinsley
Fred W. Upham
Upham
Wilbur W. Marsh
Marsh
A .Y. Leonard
Wipham
Leonard
Ther Tooth
National Democratic Committee
A. V. Leonard
Frederick W. Uphem
Republican National Committee
Nye
Hipsley
Tetum
St Patrick’s Day Observed Across Waterloo Traditions
Saint Patrick, patron of Ireland, is noted as born unknown and died on March 17. Centuries later his day fills Lent with emblems, green attire, sham rocks, Irish songs, and themed window displays. Radio and theatre programs join churches in honoring St Patrick.
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Saint Patrick
Ireland
Ulster
St. Patrick
Waterloo
St. Patrick's
Committee Vote Gives Beck Seat
Washington DC March 17 The committee ruled that elected representatives should not be excluded from their seats without due constitutional action. James J Mt Beck was permitted to retain his seat as a Republican representative from Pennsylvania after Ware left the seat following questionable expenditures and a tightened approval process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
James J Mt. Beck
Pennsylvania
Beck
William S. Ware
Senate
Doctor Will Talk On Rejuvenation In Atlantic Rotary
Mid-Continent Petroleum salesmen from Waterloo attend a two day conference here led by R W McDowell and Harry Moore. Kenry C Wurster chaired the event with regional managers presenting sales updates to staff from across the state. A Chicago visitor, May Duffy, arrived for a family visit in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Waterloo
R. W. McDowell
He Oi Company
Harry Moore
New Harford
Kenry C. Wurster
Ag Inc
B. Brocksus
Webager
Cngago
Val
West High stages lively Cabbages comedy night
At West High auditorium the Dramatic club presented Cabbages a sparkling one act comedy with dialect scenes led by Miss Agnes Thom. Dorothy Hielmes and Raymond Williams shone as a Rich family couple while Jean Ralf Mary Pollard and others contributed strong turns. The program also featured Widows and Their Lovers with Keith Love and Edna Carney and Diamond-Frosted Paralysis a brisk caper with Miller Edward Rohlf and Margaret Noonan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West High School
Covening
Agnes Thomas
Sud
Uneir
Dorothy Hielmes
Wilhelmina Grossmeier
Raymond Williams
Gus
Grossmeier
Jenks
Jean Ralf
Mary Pollard
Dorothy Harsleip
Tom Payne
Robert Cunningham
Keith Love
Lancelot Briggs
Edna Carney
Curtis
Marian Lawson
Briggs Park
George Wartey
Ingoldsby
Briggs
Alice Vaughan
Wallace Henderson
Frederick Scheel
MacKay Father of City Clerk Dies in Texas Home
Archie MacKay aged 67, an early Dubuque resident and father of City Clerk Charles G. MacKay, died suddenly at 8:15 a.m. at his Lufkin Texas home after a stroke. Born February 21, 1861, he lived in Mobile before moving to Dubuque after the Civil War. survived by son Archie of Lufkin, daughter Mrs. Etla Rube of Houston, and eleven grandchildren. funeral arrangements not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Andrew Jennings
M. FB. Hildebrand
Gladbrook
Hugh Smith
Berich Avenue
Willam A. Jennings
Brant
Wis
Medora Ellen Taylor
Delhi
Earlville
Smith
Hildebrand
Platteville
Fairden
Archie MacKay
Dubuque
Charles G. MacKay
Lufkin
Tex
Ward
Mobile
Ala
Elizabeth Smith
Texas
Archie
Etla Rube
Houston
Equitable Building Sells at Sheriff Auction for $19,490
The Equitable Building at Park Avenue and Commercial Street, owned by Mrs. Hattie Bunt with George H. Bunt and Pioneer National Bank, sold today to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for $19,490. The property fronts 70 feet on Commercial Street and runs 80 feet deep, with two structures: a 44 by 90 foot brick building and a 26 by 75 foot frame building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable
Park Avenue
Commercial Street
Hattie Bunt
George H. Bunt
Pioneer National Bank
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Commercial
SohN Deere to Meet Newton Team Tonight
John Deere indoor baseball team from Newton, Iowa, faces the Maytag team tonight. Petersen Bros. chap and Myers will form the John Deere battery for game one, with Farson and Myers for game two. The Maytags previously defeated John Deere in both games of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
Newton
Maytag
Petersen Bros
Farmhouse Burns with 3500 Loss
Fire destroyed the William Lester farmhouse on Martin road near Nihe city limits. Loss estimated at 3500 by Fire Chief Ray Tiller. Firefighters from No 4 station and Oak Lawn Falls avenues responded at 11 15 am after sparks caused by roof failures. Neighbors saved furniture and some second floor items. barn and other buildings were saved from embers.
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William Lester
Nihe
Martin Road
Ray Tiller
Tiller
Oak Lawn
Falls’ Avenues
Boy Scout Camp Periods Start and End Sundays
Interurban rates for taking Boy Scouts to the summer camp between Janesville and Waverly have doubled. Camp will start and end on Sundays to ease parent transport, with the first period opening June 17. Seven day periods run June 17 July 8 July 14 and Aug 5. four 4 day periods June 24 July 15. Waterloo scouts pay 5 per seven day period. others pay 6. Materials costs extra. James Nielsen Town City returns as director. four junior instructors planned. Morning instruction with five afternoon tests and recreation in the afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Waverly
A. F. Jury
Scout
Court of Honor
Waterloo
Waterloo Council
James Nielsen
Wright is Elected Head Iowa Sheet Metal Contractors
John G. Wright, owner of Wright's tin shop, was elected president of the Iowa Sheet Metal Contractors Association at the close of the Iowa State College three day course in Ames. N A Lichty appointed secretary, J B Beckman treasurer, John V Ed Eng retiring president named director, and John Gilley elected president of the salesmen's auxiliary. The convention approved a July outing at Clear Lake and voted to affiliate with the national group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Wright
Wright
Iowa Sheet Metal Contractors’ Association
Iowa State College
Ames
N. A. Lichty
Te Hardware and Sheet Metal Dealers’ Association of
Waterloo
Leonard E. Hanson. Boone
J. B. Beckman
Des Moines
John V. Ed Eng
Ottumwa
John G. Gilley
Waterloo Register Works
Contractors' Association
Clear Take
National Association
Walton League Pays Fairweather Tribute
In a Waterloo Izaak Walton League meeting, resolutions memorialize John CG Fairweather of 2419 Latavesta Street Waterloo who died in 1928. The group notes his fraternal support and generosity and mails a token of remembrance to his widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Izaak Walton League
John
Snank Writon League of America
Boy Hurt When Auto Strikes Child Near Home
Raymond Snyder a 7 year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Snyder of 206 Iowa street was struck on the mouth by an automobile driven by Lawrence Kopel of 213 Webster street in front of his home last evening. A physician dressed the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Snyder
Charles A. Snyder
Iowa Street
Lawrence Kopel
Webster Street
Kopel
Special Agent Licensed in Gricago to Wed Waterlooan
Fe jourier Special Rerviced Onrago reports a marriage on September 17 in Waterloo. Wes King and Daisy Margrotz of Waterloo are the couple, with notices for Neisey Kang of Washington Street and other local names in this brief society item.
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Gricago
Waterlooan
Fe Ourier
Onrago
Ty Wes
King
Daisy Margrotz
Waterloo
Insanity Cell Portrait of Artist Gunman in Iowa
Loraine Trebon, confined in the criminal insane department at Anamosa state reformatory, writes poems from his cell while awaiting trial for assault with intent to murder his foreman at the Armstrong factory. Psychiatrists deem him insane and incurable, despite his claim of recovery, as he pleads for sunlight and contact with the outside world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loraine Trebon
Department For Criminal Insant
State Reformatory
Anamosa
B. E. Watson
Armstrong Facory
Lor Aine
Couxier
Loraine
Reason
Public Works for Unemployed Spurs Socialist Reading
Senator Wagner’s call for a government job program links four million jobless Americans to a constitutional right to work. The proposal cites public works at federal, state, and city levels to absorb surplus labor, tracing roots to Coxey’s Army and signaling a potential reform landmark in American policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Coolidge
America
Coxey
Jacob S. Coxey
Massillon
Washington
Capitol
Jacob
Brady Fined for Failure to Report Auto Accident in Ames
Ames Iowa March 17 AP M W Brady Kelley paid a 210 fine for failing to report an automobile accident. Brady backed his truck into Sam Cooper Marshalltown parked on Ames Street and damaged Cooper s car then left without reporting to police.
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Ames
APRI
M. W. Brady
Kelley
Brady
Sam Cooper
Marshalltown
Coopers
Mie
Brain Tests and Analogies for IQ Practice
A reader exercises with analogies and word completions. It presents pairs such as Book to chapter and world to earth, East to West and down to up, and asks for fitting words. It includes questions like Who is to where and Spot to Jeopard as zebra, with a variety of pattern challenges.
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Pal
Welby
Detroit
Hhuiater
Minneapolis
Ayere
Earry
R. E. Wandies
I. C
Mummary
Walter Akin
Pearl J. Akin
Eleventh Street
Phoebe Elizabeth Lighty
Chatsworth
Fairbury
Kansas
Graves Memorial United Brethren Church
T. J. Hazleton
M. BE. Whitney
Vinton Street
A. E. Whitney
L. C. Akin
Byron Street
P. J. Akin
J. O. Lamb
R. E. Sanford
Portland
Ore
Sand Point
Ida
Petersen Bros’ Mortuary
Graves Memorial
Tom C. Fairweather
Jonas
Waterloy Water Works
O'Keefe & Towne
W. OO Cinsholm
United Presbyterian Church
Fair-view
Line Women's Benefit Association
Casey Helia Furerat
Kmily
Tis
Jefferson Shiver
W. Whiteside
Free Methodist Ediureh
Elmwood
Gsage Crare
Major Doritzel
Cedar Raynds
Hee Tmeen Rams
A. Eagitr
Osage
Doetwel
Welfale
Mansas
Nebraska
Mrs. Kelley
Capital
St. Pat
E. W. Porterfield
The
Winds Central Railway
Tonitit
Atlantic
Rotary Club
Atlantic War
Porterfield
Warren Walt Watering
Leila Rose "Prosper
Atloh
Trent
Wakterloo
Matimarot
Railey
Siren C. Geoffrey
Olaf ML Rucker
Erme Punch
Grundy Center
Susie Buck
Grundy Collitesrerse
Cabbages
West School
A. MacKay
Equitable Building
Sohn Deere
Iowa Sheet Metal Contractors
Walton League
Fairweather
Boy
Auto
Neisey Kang
Ayetetin
Blue Heaven
Bird Songs
Lower
Mississippi
Ming
Teok Willi
Repubiicans
Bryan
James Reed
Missouri
New York
Tribuns
Farmer
Weeny Ee
Walsh
Massachusetts
Wig Dollowen
Doe
Evening Post
Roclely
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