Physicians Fight Tetanus After Murphysboro Disaster
In Murphysboro and nearby Desoto towns physicians and nurses race to curb tetanus infections after a severe storm. Water mains carry unboiled water and placards warn residents to boil water. Antitetanus serum arrives by air from Chicago St Louis and Indianapolis for wounded victims including William Simmons a traveling salesman from St Louis who was pinned by debris.
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Murphyshoro
J. E. Hess
Ft. I
Murphysboro
DeSoto
Larry, Orr
Medical Board
Il Ans
Aaj. Gan
Bush
Haryin Hospital
Chicago
St. Louis
Indianapolis
William Simmons
St.Louis
Ayroke
Thros & Book Store
Unidentified Dead Put in Refrigerator Cars in Storm Zone
In the storm zone many dead were placed in refrigerator cars as relief efforts spread. towns like DeSoto Illinois and Parrish Illinois reported heavy casualties, with hundreds killed or injured and schools destroyed. Medical supplies and aid arrived as responders rushed to treat the injured and shelter the homeless.
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Red Cross
St. Louis
DeSoto
Ill
Parrish
Gorham
Watch Firet
Ilinois
Onty
St Lewis
Margheysboro
Cedar Rapids
Tob. Benton
J. Paytington
Thompsonville
Paducth
Thompsville
Pare
Partington
Constantis
Leonard Schepp to Give Fortune to Boys Home Project
Leonard Schepp 84 of New York nicknamed Cocoamit King begins gifting his $2,506,000 fortune to his office staff, with $22,900 in a single day. Donations range from $300 to $5,000, and the bulk will underwrite a boys home for ages 13 to 18 to train them for productive lives.
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Leonard Schepp
New York
America
Cheyenne Rodeo Lures Court Fight Over Teapot Dome
Cheyenne Wyoming March 21 The Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce hosts an impromptu rodeo while the Teapot Dome lease trial resumes with limited final arguments. Judge Kennedy may take up to two months to issue a decision. Admiral Latimer declined to produce certain telegrams over public interest claiming national defense concerns.
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United Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chamber of Commerce
Teapot Dome
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Navy Department
Department of the Interior
Latimer
Washington
Kennedy
National Defense
Harry FP. Sinclair
Albert AG. Fatt
Iowa House Appropriations Committee OKs Hogue Budget Bill
Des Moines March 21 The house committee on appropriations reported for favorable passage the Hogue budget bill authorizing about 29 million dollars for 1925 to 1927. Key changes include funding for a University of Iowa heating plant and replacement fund, with university and agricultural college appropriations kept. Adjournment hopes faded as leaders foresee votes after a busy legislative week.
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Associated Press
Statehouse
Des Moines
House Committee On Appropriations
Hogue
House
BE. L. ‘Hogue
Pew Chanies
Curler
Appro Pristians Connmitttes
University of Iowa
University
Agricultural College
Amts
Scandal Suits in London Near Close Courts in Recess
London reporters await the resumption of two gossip fodder cases. Mrs Dorothy Menzniston sues her husband for alimony, while Muriel Waterhouse sues David Wilson Barker for fraud in misrepresentation.
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London
Dennistony
Elistal Witthans
Dorothy Menz Nistoun
Momelas
Col. Dentisiaun
Birketts
MF Histoun
Muriel Waterhouse
David Wilson Barker
Son Barker
Sdr
Sixty Boys and Girls to Receive Day-Old Chicks
Sixty youths aged 10 to 18 in Ta waits plan to receive healthy day-old chicks from the Town City Kiwaais. They will rear the birds at a cage for villages and sell eggs. The program aims to foster agricultural skills and potential earnings.
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Kiwaais
Friends Rally to Raise Funds for Wilson Operation
Gerald Wilson a 20 year old paraplegic from Gitman Iowa suffers from paralysis after black measles. Kansas City surgeon believes operation there could enable walking within six months if money is found. Dave Manville and Charles Hagerty pledge to raise 1900 for travel and treatment with county court contributing 15 monthly for six months and a benefit play planned to raise 500 more.
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Gitman
Gerald Wilson
Kansas City
Wilson
Dave Manville
Charles Otto Hagerty
Manville
Hagerty
Hunt Holds Serim Hearings at Omaha and Des Moines
Des Moines reports Hunt former head of the Iowa Farm Bureau and now an interstate commerce commissioner met with Farm Bureau officials to discuss Iowa farm conditions. He had just finished a serum industry hearing in Omaha and expected reforms to place the serum business on a better footing and praised Farm Bureau efforts for western farmers.
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Des Moines
Hunt
Lowai Farm Bureau Federation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farm Buredia
Iowa
Omaha
Jie
Irm Bureau
Washington
Windwest
Negro Gets 25 Years for Bank Holdup In Iowa Case
A Des Moines man known as Ace was sentenced to 25 years by Judge Apple for part in the Booneville savings bank hold up. He was being taken to Fort Madison with the sheriff 40 minutes after sentencing.
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Adelti
Oliver
Spring Brings Cold to Cornhusker State
Weather in Nebraska this March brings chill despite spring hints. Readers report cold winds, lower temperatures, and unsettled skies. Children play outdoors with marbles amid the brisk air asmei.
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Cornhusker State
Diphtheria Epidemic Reported North of Nome
Dr. Artis Weteh, physician of Nome, reports a diphtheria outbreak spreading among residents north of Nome near the Bieckland river. The epidemic has prompted measures and word from authorities about containment and care.
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Nome
Artis Weteh
Bieckland River
Shepherd Arraigned in Murder Case With One Witness
Chicago March 1 The arraignment of William D Shepherd and Dr Charles C Waiman on the indictment charging murder in the death of William Nelson McClintock was adjourned until Monday noon No pleas were entered One witness Faiman testified Stewart for Shepherd urged bail arguing the indictment does not show a capital offense since typhoid germs are not a poison under Hinots law
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Charles C. Waiman
Wiliam Nelson McClintock
Faiman
Hoe
William S. Stewart
Shepherd
Stewart
Former Iowans killed by Tornado
Des Moines reports say two former Iowans died in the Murphysboro Illinois tornado. Frank Keoh formerly of Boone and Ernest Buck formerly of Cedar Rapids were killed in the disaster. Mr and Mrs Nipper of Cedar Rapids were injured when their home was blown away.
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Des Moines
Murphysboro
Frank Keoh
Boone
Ernest Buck
Cedar Rapids
Beer bars open under new BC liquor law in Vancouver
Victoria B C March 21 beer by the glass to be sold in Vancouver starting today with the opening of 18 hotel beer bars under a new British Columbia liquor act. Previously beer was sold only in bottles to permit holders.
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Victoria
B. C
Vancouver
British Columbia
Earl of Ypres in critical condition in London
The Earl of Ypres Lord French remained in critical condition after a bad night in London. Doctors reported he endured a troubled period following the air raid two days earlier and noted his prior service as field marshal of the British army during the war.
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London
Earl of
Ypres
Lord French
Hit Skip Motorist Sought by Police Des Moines
Des Moines police search for a motorist who struck Izetta Marshall on a downtown street last night. Marshall, 10 years old, sustained serious injuries as a result of the hit and run according to police surgeons.
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Des Moines
Izetta Marshall
Rat Poison Dose Threatens Louis Carpenter Life
Louis Carpenter seven as a rat poison victim shows a frail condition at St Francis hospital with hopeful notes from attendants. Wells Carpenter four, the brother who died, had funeral services at Grace M E church conducted by Rev A Curran. Neighbors and playmates attended with simple floral tributes, and the family faced hardship as burial followed at Fairview.
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Louis Carpenter
St. Francis Hospital
Wells
A. Curran
Grace M. E
Carpenter
Thei Brothers
Fairvlow
Sioux City Thief Steals $2 From Woman Juror
In Sioux City Louisiana a bold thief snatched $2 from a woman juror's coat in a courthouse cloakroom. The theft occurred within twenty feet of a defendant being tried for larceny.
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Sioux City
Iowa Dirt Roads Turn Soft and Muddy in March Report
Des Moines Automobile club reports Iowa dirt roads soft and muddy. Lincoln highway segments from Clinton through Cedar Rapids, Marshaltown, Boone to Council Bluffs described as muddy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines Automobile Club
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Marshaltown
Boone
Council Bluffs
Oxford Defeats Cambridge in London Field Meet
London March 21 Oxford beat Cambridge in the Queens club field meet. Seven Americans aided Oxford as KR L Hatt formerly of Harvard won the weight throw 41 ft 6 in and the pole vault 11 ft 6 in with C Lely from California second. Baker of Virginia placed third and W E Stevenson of Princeton won the quarter mile in 51 seconds.
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London
Oxford
Cambridge
Queens Club
Oxonians
KR. L. Hatt
Harvard
Hart
Lely
J Baker
Virginia
London Jam
W. E. Stevenson
Princeton
Flood peril looms as Griffin relief work stalls
Evensville dispatch reports Wabash River floodwaters closing in on Griffin Indiana. Weather official predicts the town could be surrounded within hours, hindering relief and risking pestilence while Red Cross mobilizes supplies and contemplates state troops aid.
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Evansville
Ind
Griffin
al Brand
Evansville Weather Bureau
Mount Carmel
Ill
Brand
Maysk
Morris Sonntag
Evansvill
Griffom
Calne Mayor Maintains Fair Deal With Coal Vendors
In Calne England March 21 Albert James Strange coal dealer continues daily coal rounds despite appointment of the mayor. The 4000 residents know and respect Mayor Strange who is praised as fair to competitors who also respect him. His rivals say he hinders none and seeks no advantage in office. Mrs Rudolph at Northwestern Medill School of Journalism studies. Chautauqua board meets Tuesday noon at Black's Bloomington Illinois with J Lear Chautauqua company representative to speak.
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Calne
England
Albert James Strange
Caine
Strange
Redolph
J. C. Rudolph
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Chicago
Chautauqua Board
Black's
C. BV
Hall
Bloomington
J. It Lear Chautauqua Company
Weather outlook for Washington week begins Monday
Weather outlook for the week starting Monday covers the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Expect mostly fair conditions with an unsettled period and possible showers at the start and near the middle of the week. Temperatures near or below normal.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Uboro
WIGTOR REED NAMED NEW PLAYGROUND HEAD IN WATERLOO
Victor Reed of Chicago appointed superintendent of Waterloo municipal playgrounds for 1925. He will arrive in April to lead the program replacing Gyon who resigned for Kentucky. Mrs Rudolph presided, with Tatehefer visiting for a conference with commissioners.
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Victor Reed
Chicago
Milowaukee
Waterloo
Black
Reed
Gyon
Kentucky
Mre
Cos. Rudolph
Rommix i
J. RB. Tatehefer
Phaetos Dise Aviation
Mayervannds
Des Moines Briefs Skip in State News Roundup
Des Moines reports J N Darling carbonist slightly improved by his physician. Iowa Salvation Army officers council attendance and remonstration noted. Colfax Methodist pastor Rev F J Neal received call from Brooklyn church but undecided. Dr Bertholdt L Alemann resigns from UI to join University of Chicago faculty. Senator Brookhart returns from Washington and will stay in Iowa until Congress resumes in September, possible South America trip.
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Des Moines
J. N. Darling
Iowa Corps
Salvation Army
F. J. Neal
Methodist Episcopal Church
Colfax
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ghurch
Chrys
Bertholdt L. Aleman
University
University of Chicago
Washington
Smith W. Brookfart
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Congress
Saptember
South America
Smithsonian and Buffalo Society to study earliest mankind
The Smithsonian Institution and the Buffalo Society of Natural History announced a summer study of mankind’s earliest existences in Asia Java Australia and South America. In Washington Secretary Davis reviews Charles Chaplin's mother’s immigration request after March 26. In Cambridge William Green says organized labor favors negotiations over strikes. In Santiago a national holiday welcomes President Alessandri back from Europe to resume office.
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Smithsonian Institute
Buffalo Society of Natural’ History
Asia
Java
Australia
South America
Washington, D. C
Davis
Charles Chaplin
Cambridge
Mass
Wiliam Green
American Federation of Labor
Santiago
Chile
Alessandri
Europe
Iowa Red Cross praises relief effort for Illinois tornado victims
International News Service from Des Moines reports Judge Hubert Utterback, chair of Iowa Red Cross chapters, thanked Iowa newspapers for leading relief drives. He notes over $6,000 daily is flowing to devastated Illinois areas, with $50,000 to $60,000 expected in 10 days. Ottumwa raised $1,006 last night as drives continue.
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International News Wire
Des Moines
Iowa
Illinois
Hubert Utterback
State Council of Red Cross
Utterback
Red Cross Relief Fund
Red Cross
Judge Utterback
Iowa Red Cross
Roosevelt Seeks Unity Amid Democratic Feud
The piece notes Roosevelt’s push for party harmony while factions in the Democratic ranks, led by McAdoo and Smith, clash over a proposed conference. It cites Robinson’s insistence on ending factionalism and warns any meeting would echo old feuds more than current principles.
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New York
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Robinson
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
McAdoo
France
Charred Body Found and Police Seek Murder Clues
Cleveland police report a charred body found at a home ruins site as possible murder after a fire. Victim identified as Mrs Catherine Liska who had recent divorce talks with her attorney. Fire crews recovered the body and investigators pursue leads in the case.
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Cleveland
Catherine Liska
Liska
Thompson to lead state sheet metal men for year
William Thompson of Waterloo was elected secretary of the Town Metal Contractors' association at the annual convention in Cedar Rapids. Walter Crishel of Cedar Rapids was elected president, Ed Gertz of Davenport vice president, and J. A. Backman of Des Moines treasurer. Dubuque was chosen as the 1926 convention city.
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William Thompson
Waterloo
Town Metal Contractors’ Association
Cedar Rapids
Walter Crishel
Ed Gertz
Navenport
J. A. Backman
Des Moines
Boubuque
Mortuary Notices Reported for Mrs R B Arthure and Infant Janet Butler
Local obituaries note the death of Mrs R B Arthure formerly of Waterloo at her Lockport home on Thursday. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 30 PM from Wikeman Giant chapel in Waterloo. Also listed is the death of George W Schellenger born July 1 in Waterloo died at Allen Memorial Hospital of carcinoma. Janet Louise Butler infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester M Butler of 201 Poplin Avenue died at Allen Memorial Hospital following an illness.
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RH. Arthur
R. B. Arthure
Waterloo
Lockport
Wikeman & Giant Chapel
Janet Louise Butler
Janet Jeoufse
Tester M. Butler
Poplin Avyenne
Wyant
O'Keefe & Towne Funeral
Mareliantown
Hare Ial
Democratic management of the war praised in postwar appraisal
The piece contrasts Republican and Democratic war management, noting Republicans failed to prove wholesale fraud despite investigations and renewed indictments. It cites civil recoveries as limited, while Democrats are said to have creditably managed wartime finances. Dawes’ “Hell and Maria” remark is highlighted to defend honesty. The forecast warns factionalism may persist, affecting 1928 prospects.
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Tey
Sisyear
Hils
Congress
Department of Justice
Dawes
America
Democrata
8. Y. Herald-Tribu News Service
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