Ida Grove Attorney Clark Faces Grilling in Rathbun Pardon Probe
Des Moines March 26 Ida Grove attorney George Clark who helped obtain Ernest Rathbun's pardon from Gov Harding underwent cross examination by H W Byers special counsel before the house judiciary committee. Clark disputed payments and timing surrounding the pardon and admitted a $750 roll he gave his wife for a "special purpose." He denied improper dealings with Gov Harding and faced tougher questions over grand jury minutes tied to Rathbun and O Meara. Clark to be recalled for further testimony as hearings continue.
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Des Moines
George Clark
Ida Grove
Ernest Rathbun
Harding
H. W. Byers
Rathbun
House Judiciary Committee
Clark
Thad Snell
Ida County
Gov. Harding
Chicago
Snell
Clark Aso
Sioux City
Ed Campbell
Giber Ida County
Byers
William Rathbun,Jr
Glark
Grand Jury
O'Meara
Rathbuns
Tin Grove
Jltw
Rathbune
Grers
Heling
Charles Witt
Wilt
Supreme Court
Regular Hart Movie Thriller Staged In Bootleggers Capture
Fort Dodge Iowa March 26 a police chase ends with two men arrested after a two mile pursuit on the Hawkeye highway. A staged movie style thriller featured in real life saw Ben Sweeney and Taswell Steen stopped as they sought to bring a cargo of liquor into the city. Six shots were fired during the chase but no one was hit. Suitcases filled with Old Taylor liquor were seized and Sweeney had been fined previously in district court for illegal liquor sales.
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Fort Dodge
Hawkeye Highway
Ben Sweeney
Taswell Steene
Sweeney
Steen
Stean
Qld Taylor
Iowa Senate approves bank charter denial power and bans private banks
Des Moines March 264 Under a senate committee bill the state bank commissioner may deny a charter to any proposed bank if the community already has ample banking facilities or the prospective managers lack community confidence. An appeal goes to the retrenchment and reform committee whose decision is final. The measure also prohibits private banks in Iowa, not affecting existing ones. Senate vote 36 for, 6 against. names listed.
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Des Moines
Senate
State Bank
Iowa
House
Pitt
Harrison County
Friends of the Bill
Towa
Cessna
Meredith
Nelson
Rose
Taylor
Adama
Arnéy
Ball
Brookhart
Buset
Byington
Coburn
Fellows
Foskett
Frailey
Greenell
Hale
Haskell
Holdoegel
Kimberly
le Compte
Mitchell
Newberry
Parker
Price
Proudfoot
Ratcliff
Reed
Schaffter
Shane
Stephenson
Stoddard
van Alstine
Whitmore
Wilson
Pastor Krome resigns from First Presbyterian Ta Center
In Grundy Center Ta on March 26 Rev A P Krome longtime pastor of First Presbyterian church announces resignation to take effect in May. Congregation values his faithful leadership but supports his decision to move. The town reports farmers buy elevators replacing building plans with a local firm now managing the existing facilities. U G Clay elected manager. Two farm transfers include Harm Anewgan purchasing the Grantly farm near Stout at 2250 per acre and James Dalgliesh buying the 160 acre Thereman farm north of town at 225 per acre with possession March 1 1920.
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Hreg
U. G. Clay
de Filling
Harm A&wegan
Truntley
Stout
Women Seek to Add Beauty to Iowa Highways
The good roads committee of the Iowa Federation of Women's clubs plans to beautify state highways. They push roadside planting, oppose advertising signs, favor suitable guide posts under state supervision, and propose living memorials of trees and shrubs along the Lincoln highway this year. The plan includes a survey of Iowa’s highway landscaping to be endorsed by the state board.
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Davenport
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Ig Imade
jJowa
Lincoln Highway
Iowa Federation of Women's Club
Good Roads Committee
Soldier survives by sitting in coffin at funeral rites
Charles City Iowa reports Oren Wilcox a soldier in France with the airplane service who nearly was buried alive after an airplane crash. While unconscious in France his fellow crewmen thought him dead and prepared him for burial wrapped in the American flag before he recovered and returned home.
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Wilcox
Charles City
France
Oren Wilcox
Argonne
Men-tho-eze cold remedy ad promising fast relief
A vintage advertisement touts Men-tho-Eze as a chest applied remedy using goose grease turpentine and menthol oils. It claims relief in 20 minutes and positions the product as a national first aid for colds with 30¢ and 60¢ jar sizes, available through druggists or by mail from Dodgs Inc.
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Biind
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TA Bmers
Jae Jain
C. W. Barker
Amex
W. W. Darker
South Shaftsbury
Manrood
Peru
Waterloo
ROYAL
Hileman Motor Car CO
West Fifth Street
Watertoo
Velie Cars
Velie Motors Corporation
Moline
Illinois
Velie
Red Seal Continental Motor
Andy
Vex
Wintog
Absolu
Gler Bro
Avery Porchaser
W. Schuneman Co
Nujal
Nujol Laboratories Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
Broadway
New York
Natal Laboratories
Standard Oil Go
Namie
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