Rotary District Convention Opens in Fort Dodge
More than 100 Rotarians attend the eleventh district convention opening Monday in Fort Dodge Iowa with 63 Rotarians and 949 Rotary Annes. A special Winds Central train will carry delegates and wives with a dining car and piano lounge en route to the two day session. A roster lists many attendees including Mr and Mrs H H Barrick and J G Ralston among numerous couples and individuals from Waterloo and other Iowa communities.
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Waterloo
Rotary Annes
Mort Dodgs
W. W. Wyant
Fort Dodge
Independence
Qilwein
Charles City
Cedar Falls
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Grundy Center
Hast High Auditorium
Wells Carpenter Four Dies After Poisoning Incident
Funeral services are set for Wells Shir ley Carpenter four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W L Carpenter. He died from effects of a rat poisoning compound mistaken for candy. Rev ALB Curran will conduct at Grace M By church Saturday at 2 20 p m Burial will be in Fairview. Elder brother Louis seven years old is ill at St Francis hospital but improving after arsenic poisoning scare.
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Wells
Shirley Carpenter
W. L. Carpenter
Alb. Curran
Grace M
Fairview
I Louis
St. Francis Hospital
W. G. Blackley
Chicago
Hugh McCartney
A. &. Lichty
Chiicago
J. W. Lichty
B. F. Puterhaugh
Elmer Smith
Black
Hawk Street
J. B. Thomas
F. B. Cowles
Salt Lake City
Utah
I. EB
Siple
East Park Presbyterian Church
C. NM. Ransier
Des Moines
the Daughters of American Revolution
Independence
W J Bryan Named Newest Millionaire
William Jennings Bryan, prominent three time presidential candidate, reportedly reached 65 and is now rated a millionaire after earnings in Florida real estate, per Judge C H Slama who visited Bryan at his Miami, Florida home.
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Saes
William Jennings Bryan
United States
C. H. Slama
Wahoo
Bryan
Miami
Fla
Fudge Slama
Florida
Dry Worker in Row Over Canned Heat in Des Moines
A heated hearing before the House Committee on Suppression of Intemperance centered on canned heat. Capt James P McGovern of United States Industrial Alcohol argued that former Des Moines Police Chief John B Hammond, now prohibition lobbyist, aided sales and failed to curb the staff during his tenure.
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Des Moines
James P. McGovern
United States Industrial Alcohol Company of
Baltimore
John B. Hammond
House
McGovern
Hammond
48 Cincinnati Cops Held in Bribe Case
Indictments were returned by a United States special grand jury for 48 Cincinnati police officers on bribery charges. Chief of Police William Copeland received the indictments via Marshal Stanley Bothwick who ordered the defendants to appear and answer the charges.
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Cincinnati
Police Department
United States
Chargas
William Copeland
Mershal Stanley Bothwick
Marsha
Bothwick
Cot. Copeland
Mike
Unite States
Four Flashes of News Names Spotlight Ambassador Matsudaira
Matsudaira, Japan, presented credentials to President Coolidge as Spotlight Ambassador. Former Congressman James H. McLafferty of California was named assistant secretary of commerce. Miss Gladys Joel of New York, active in the gutomobile accessory business, cited by Sir Charles Higham as an exemplar of American business women. Rabbi B. B. M. Browne, 72, arrested in New York City for sending letters seeking 10,000 dollars to influence Coolidge.
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Matsudaira
Japan
Coolidge
James H. McLafferty
California
Gladys Joel
New York
Charles Higham
London
America
B. B. M. Browne
New York City
President Coolidge
City in Brief Highlights Local Happenings
Community notes from Waterloo include optical ads, visitors from Chicago, and residents at local homes. Reports cover hospital recoveries, DAR delegates from Independence, injuries from a Cedar Rapids crash, marble matches, and a dog poisoning spike. Police handle tramp migrations, a tour group meeting, and a found Dodge roadster near 1132 Kimball avenue.
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Grundy County
Roy Hartong
Kimball Avenue
Bake sales announced for March weekends at local churches
Community notices advertise bake sales at Walnut Street Baptist, First Evangelical, and First Brethren churches. Events include at Piggly Wiggly, Margadant's grocery, and fairs on March 21 and March 26 to 28 with proceeds benefiting organizations such as the American Legion Auxiliary and local congregations.
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First Evangelical Church
Margadant’s
Bazar and
Red Cross Chapter Sends 100 to Relief Fund
Cedar Falls reports the local Red Cross chapter sent 100 to the St. Louis relief fund for tornado district aid. The campaign for contributions continues with additional funds expected as Dora will be forwarded 2s 300n.
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Cedar Falls
RED Cross
St. Louis
Dora
Widows Add New Burden to Patient Taxpayers
London reports that British war widows remarry at higher rates than expected. The 1924 pension budget assumed 7 percent would remarry, but only 4 percent did, forcing the exchequer to cover an extra 10 million dollars in pensions.
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London
Ministry of Pensions
Spanish women push into higher education at Madrid university
Spanish women slowly seek higher education at the University of Madrid. In the 1922 23 academic year there were 363 female students versus 60 in 1917. Pharmacy attracted 128 women philosophy 105 science 78 medicine 4? and the law. They are cited as good students with brighter work than men by university authorities.
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Madrid
Sfarch
Citizens Camps Train Americangs Urge Veterans Opt for programs
Maj Gen Duncan in Omaha outlines 1925 citizens military training camps open to war veterans aged 13 to 31 with new rules expanding officer qualification in the Organized Reserves. Camps at Fort Leavenworth Fort Des Moines Fort Snelling and Jefferson Barracks provide free meals uniforms lodging and travel. Endorsed by Presidents Coolidge Harding and others, C M T C aims to raise citizenship through discipline and physical strength.
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George B. Duncan
Seventh Corps
Omaha
War Department
Pew
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Des Moines
Fort Snelling
Minn
Jefferson Barracks
Duncan
United States
Best
Rosevall
Haarding
Coolidge
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Bira
Campbell
R. J. Hoxle
C. Hebbs
L. D. Arfiler
Airs
R. W. Waite
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H. Beverstock
Charles M Young
Harry G. Northey
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Ayn
C. KR Hoxie
Herman C. Miller
Nnc
C. C Lindner
Carleton Sias
J. EL Sweeney
Ty Wilson
Perrott
B. Lichty
Jot Hanson
George B. Miller
EW. Watson
S. D. Moora
L. Py. Sinnard
J. W. Rowntree
Witty
OB Alaynard
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John J. Robert
G. E Bickley
Austin Burt
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G. BR. Spensley
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Milfer
IL. B. Plumb
Wells Carpenter
W. J. Bryan
Ambassadir
Matsudatra
James H.palafferty
Upin Gyadys
Joey
Rabbi Edi
Drowme
Sea Buchanan
G. R. Bedessem
Lehigh Portland’ Cement Company
Cedar Rapids
Roy Clipping
Raymond
John Christiansen
Falls Avenue
Commercial
Eleventh Streets
Clarence Jeffries
James Gordon
Washington Irving School
Lincoln Park
Lowell I School
Boston
Clinton P. Shockley
Park Avenue
West
Harriett Wightman
Magon City
Gannon Camp
R. H. Williamson
First Baptist Church
Fred Wood
DeSoto
Wood
Elkville
Williammson
Tha City
A. Leighton
Association of Iowa Chiefs of Police
Tourists’ Service Federation
Fhe ‘Federation
Iowa
Loren Walker
Presbyterian Hospital
Walker
Tan
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Walnut St. Baptist Church
Amércan Legion Auxiliary
WEIL
Amerigang
William 3. Lohman
Washington Monument
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Leavitt & Johnson Bldg
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Rochester
Warwick
Woods
Morgan & Sullivan
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