SnowPlows Ralled Roads Snow Wires Down Across Streets
Snow plows were deployed as a heavy storm hit the area. Telegraph wires failed briefly, rail service delayed, and trains faced lateness on routes toward Chicago and Dubuque. Central snow plow crews prepared, with cars moving slowly and drifted streets easing later. Wild ducks faced blizzard winds near the river as snow fences were removed to clear rifts.
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Chievo
Galaw
Postal
Waterloo
Kansas City
Dubuque
Mwneis Central
Chicago
Dinois
Central
Great Western
Michaesports
al m
Autour
Postala Velegraphompany
Who
Uist. Ws
Cedar Rapids
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
Mullan
Snowstorm Paralyses Eastern Towns and Damages
Severe winds and 15 foot snowdrifts halted traffic from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes. Fifteen-foot drifts cut lines, toppled derricks, and damaged foundations while 25 people were injured and about 30 homes in Beaumont, Texas area anchored against the storm. Damages reach into the thousands as forests and fields face heavy losses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
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Ile
Heaumont
Houston
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Mississi
Venti
Mare
Belated Winter Return Bets Severe Agricultural Blow
A state report warns spring wheat acreage may fall and oats sowing halt if snow lingers. Fruit growers benefit as cold avoids late frosts. Kansas official predicts a record wheat crop of 200,000,080 bushels if conditions hold. Train snowbound events and interurban disruptions also noted across several states.
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Ciation
Algo
J. C. Mahjer
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Pekin
Fire loss declines with two major blazes this month
Fire activity drops overall with a total loss of about 4 208 dollars reported for March. Two serious fires caused injuries and one fatality, including at the W. A. Slippy residence and a blaze on Landed and Brag streets.
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Mareh
Waigrloo
Pearnar
Sanoin
Rpebr
Mets
Cal Brag
W. A
Prurth
van Mateh
Suppe
Wuris
Rosathe
Meldintey School
Tre
Nebraska’s Dry Mood Tests Proposed Change in Law
Omaha dispatch argues Nebraska’s rigid prohibition law could survive any reform to allow doctors to prescribe liquor under the Volstead Act. It notes dry sentiment dominates state politics, with two U.S. senators aligned with prohibition and a wary electorate resistant to opening any crack in the ban.
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Mark Selivas
Omaha
Nebraska
Andy
Noe
Western Drys
St John’s up 24 active Boy Scout troops in Waterloo
A new Boy Scout troop was organized at St John’s Catholic parochial school in Waterloo, bringing the total to 24 active troops. Robert Carr is named scout master. F. G. Wayne from Omaha is expected to attend as director. Leaders plan training Friday at First Presbyterian and a special weeklong course to cover methods and tying.
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St. John’s
St. John’s Catholic
Waterloo Vounel
A. F. Jury
Toda
Robert Carr
Mids
St. John School
St. Mar Catholic School
Stout
Waterloo
Eoumeth
First Presbyterian
Wifh
Jock Snively Acme
F.G. Wavie
Mack's
Baitus
Rob Ordey
Tive Davie
Picturesque Civil War Veteran Dies in Fire
A Civil War veteran, 46 years old, identified as Myers, died last night in a fire that damaged his shack near the river in Grove. Residents watched as the blaze spread though the cause remains unclear and the weather conditions are noted as calm.
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Tit Grove
Maren
Tompus Myers
Dames
Venich. Org
Ida Grove
Myers
Motorbus Driver Near Death From Carbon Monoxide
Near Ames Iowa a motorbus driver identified as Mahos or Mabas is near death from carbon monoxide poisoning. He was found unconscious beside his bus with the engine running at about 7 30 a m by workers from Kuhlman garage while both he and Oty Jensen had been smoking during two days of repairs. Jensen reported to L. C. Pandages president of Ames Transportation that Mahos planned to follow soon after testing the bus. The man, about 35, single, lives in Ames and was irregularly employed as both mechanic and driver.
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Grandy Cetter
Mareh d
del" Malus
Ames ‘Transportition Company
Kuhlman Garage
Mahos
Oty Jensen
Union Printer Since 1865 Dies at 82 in Marshalltown
The Des Moines Union Printer and longtime head of the Typographical Union in Des Moines, Swander, died at 82 in Marshalltown. He served as a unionist from Civil War days, helped ship wounded troops aboard the Union transport, and spent years in Des Moines before moving to Marshalltown where he passed away at a local hospital after a long career in printing.
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Marshalltown
Arison
Jenry Hoek
Ing Lome
le House AP
Des Moines
Biie
Roelf
Swander
Rock Island
Pines
Cairo
Ill
Allison
Wden
Join Warner
Pittsburg Landing
Tenn
Mound City
Alexander F. Swainder
Rock Island’ County
Ilinois
Three Youths Sentenced for Auto Theft Ring
Cedar Rapids report states Louis Steffanelli 19 Emil Weber 17 and Lloyd Geist 18 confessed to stealing eight automobiles over two weeks from Sterling Utah indicating an organized ring. They received indeterminate sentences up to 20 years in Anginesa reformatory. John Trumbull LT the fourth member got more time to plead.
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Cedar Rapids
Marah
T Louis Steffanelli
Emil Weber
Lloyd Geist
Horie
Sterling
Anginesa Reformatory
Angereon
John Trumbull
Beng
Durkin’s Wife Quits Him to Go on Stage
Irma Durkin, wife of Chicago gangster Martin Durkin jailed on murder charges, signed a 31 week stage contract announced today. Durkin reportedly received a letter from Irma saying she was through with him, amid rumors he rekindled with former lover Betty Werner.
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Durkin
Chicago
Irma Durkin
Echoas
Martin Durkin
Ammunition Dump Found in Dublin After Raid
Police discovered an arms cache in Dublin including 25 live bombs, rifle rounds, 10 000 detonators in boxes, barrels of gelignite cordila, 4000 bomb parts and moulds, five revolvers. No arrests were made.
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Dublin
Farmer Disappointed at Pen Visit Request
An Indiana farmer received a five year maximum for selling $1,590 worth of mort pared value. The zaak farm near Dornellsen in Usis county had courted a trip to Port Madison and bay Hood, but he could not secure the excursion.
March building total shows increase over preceding two months
Building permits for 32 structures were issued in Waterlog during the month ending today, per City Building Commissioner C. D. Was Sou. The value of permits rose to 30,578.85 compared with the totals of the prior two months and the same month last year.
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C.D. Was-Sou
West High Clubs Plan Fellowship Meeting
Two West High clubs and the Friendship club expect 17 attendees tomorrow for an informal program at Music and Tales. The UWI-Y hubs rehearsed last night the THINnStrel show, with proceeds to fund a cabin on Martis Isle and other mission work.
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Rhe Ichirell
Bhack
Y. M
Martis Isle
State song voice contest draws wide entry from towns
Pussyfoot Johnson draws attention as singers from Sedar Parls Osage Waverly Oelwein and surrounding territory enter the state contest. Twenty four entrants compete with an elimination test at the Plaza theater Wednesday morning with the winner earning a year’s tuition at the Massaie Arts Conservatory and a chance to go to Des Moines for the finals.
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Piazz Theatre
Waterloo
Sedar Parls
Osage
Waverly
Oelwein
Watatloa
Masaie
Des Moines
Peoria
Two Struck by Car Seek $20,000 Damages
The notice states that M. Trizen dine and his 13 year old son from Frank Heid claim twenty thousand dollars in damages after a car driven by Reid allegedly struck them as they were riding their own bicycle.
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Jurlington
Ta. Mare
M. Trizendine
pFrank
Heid
Reid
Fleth
Froedlich Teves Estate Leaves Widow and Children
The will of TR Froehlich, a La Porte farmer, who died after a bogspring accident when his horse fell on him, leaves $2,060 each to his sons Jacob and Thel, and a daughter Zilda Loui, with the remainder to his widow Zilda Loui. The will was signed Friday, the day before his death.
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Froehlich
la Porte
Jacob
Theley
Wisdow
Zilda Loui
Froehlien
Mrs Ida Lambert dies after 19 days of illness in Mason City
Mrs Ida Lambert widow of Theodore A Lambert died yesterday at her home after a 19 day illness. Born Ida Rankin in Myron Iowa in 1862 she lived there until marriage to Theodore A Lambert in Watkon and moved to Mason City in 1899. She leaves two nieces Mabel Sharp Decorah and Mrs Shimerhara Willow Springs and a nephew in Fort Wayne. Funeral at O'Rente Towne chapel at 2 p m with Rev CG W Harrop officiating. burial in Fairview beside her husband.
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Ida Lambert
Theodore A. Lambert
Frank
Ida Rankin
I Myron
Wankon
Theodore AL Lambert
Watkon
Allert
Vine
Alps
Mabel Sharp
Decorah
Corn Shimerhara
Willow Springs
A. K. Bray
Towi City
Lambert
O'Rente & Towne
W. Harrop
Linden Methodist Episcopal Busih
Inrral
Pairview
Court Grants Injunction Over Use of Word Klan
Federal Judge Thomas Slick in South Bend Indiana issued a permanent injunction restraining the Independent Klan of America based in Muncie from using the name Klan. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan had sued claiming prior rights to the name.
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South Berd
Ind
Thomas Slick
Independent Klan of America
Muncie
Klan
Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Poe
Atlanta
Slick
Butcher's One Happy Thought Great Help After His Slaughter
Chicago reports a butcher named Joseph Nemeraw faced a missing cash register payment of 51.60. He claimed a dramatic plan, shouting police and murders to provoke two officers into a staged hold up in a basement game, then faced a judge with the tale.
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Chicago
Joseph Nemeraw
Joseph
Iles
Chinese Ordered to Move Battle Three Miles from Peking
The foreign powers in Ching demanded that Chinese forces fight not closer than three miles from Peking walls to protect foreign residents. The order applied to both the national army and Fung Men commanded attackers as fronts ring the city tightened.
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Peking
National Army
Fung
Ching
SOS Silent Call From Missing Freighter Seeks Answers
A radio SOS from the missing vessel SS Blair was received with no follow up details. The ship owned by American Export Lines left Walterba Spain for New York March 20 and was due in April. The Iowa state health department plans county health units with federal aid to establish a statewide system.
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U.S
New York
S. S. Blair
Waclva
Spains
Washington D C Court Hears Trial With Jury
Court proceedings in Washington D C concluded with all arguments heard in the case against a firm linked to the bridge project. The plaintiff seeks 1700 with the defendant counterclaiming 7500 for wrongful attachment of property. A Sunday service at a local church is noted for Easter observances.
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Nk Ista Bridge & Row Co
Anvingt Te Brighson Construction Company
Firdee Ik. Ti
Stiles
District Court
Ehilm
Clerk Kills Bandit in Self Defense at City Store
Sidney Silverman a clothing seller at a Chicago store shot two men who tried to rob the shop. He killed one bandit named Becker, paroled convict, and wounded the other, while a store employee Fle Hinsell was shot in the arm. The accomplice Gary Schieln escaped.
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Chicago
March &T
MNS
Sidney Silverman
Silverman
Tries to Be Polite Lands in Hospital After Street Accident
A local man identified as Thert Disher remains in critical condition after an apparent street collision. Witnesses say a hat owned by TL Williams was struck during the incident. the driver did not stop.
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Disher
TL Wwris
Frances Grout Gym May Be Available for Children's Use
Plans emerged at a Varent Teacher association meeting to authorize a three person committee to study appointing a recreational director for Frances Grout School. The gym may be used by boys and girls with proper supervision, addressing concerns over outsiders renting the facility. A program of bird life slides and community singing accompanied the meeting.
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Frances Grout
Aclou
Varent Teacher Association
A. Zellhoefer
Bymnasium
F.C. Lerring
John Liffving
Lillian Lohner
Althea Waugh
Alisa Louisa Ragerniag
JC. R. V. Bassarear
Sugar Tariff Suggests 76 Cent Cut In Sugar Duty
A United States Tariff Commission report urged a reduction of 76 cents per hundred pounds in the sugar tariff. The recommendation was revealed by the Robinson Senate Committee amid political timing in July 1924. The two commission members Margin and Burgess defended the existing tariff, while the report had been kept secret by the president.
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Washington, D. C
Mare
INS
United States ‘Tariff Commission
Coolidge
Robinson Senate
Margin
Burgess
Ann Fierly
Countess Cathcart sails home on borrowed funds
Vera Countess of Cathcart departs New York for England aboard the Berengaria after the collapse of her play Ashes of Love. Financial strain forced her to borrow passage. illness of fiancé Ralph Neil and hopes for a future return with a new show prompted the voyage.
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York
Vera
Countess of Cathcart
England
New York City
United States
Ralph Neil
America
Uncle Sam Wants Big Tim to Settle in Chicago
Chicago March scene reports Big Tim Murphy, after completing a Leavenworth sentence for Dearborn station robberies, facing a $20 000 writ with threat of further action if unpaid. Also, Sioux City police chief Joe Young resigns as new council appointee takes over.
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Sam
Chicago
Big Tim
Murphy
Uncle Sam
John Law
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Dearborn
Cule
Sioux City
Joe Young
Young
Tom Taggert
Wa C
Bohn
Hazleton Community Notes Include Visits and Realignments
Local column lists daily social visits and family updates from Hazleton. Names such as Mrs. Dynn Silica and Mrs. Rose Dugan appear among relatives, funeral attendance noted, and Presbyterians plan a gathering with Greg Wilton. Calendar remarks reference upcoming visits and care arrangements for relatives.
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Hazleton
Alphons Lane
Farsilevalis
Clifford
Keddy Anu Fomus
Jens Nisttod Bey Psveonte
Aft
Neithes
Bree Harrington
Sunda
Kathrine Ant. Mazel
Gud Ades
Ana
Dari
Rose Dugan
Wabrety
Thinage
Byron Frounier
Community Notices and Gatherings At Mt Auburn
Fragmented OCR lists social events and names from Mt Auburn area. Mentions of anniversaries requests and visits to homes by residents including Mr Davis, Clark Wagner, Jimily Regie, Adolph Teinhart, and Merenv family. Scattered references to Peart qlingey Hemnhsry and Aletta obsere suggest local family milestones and gatherings.
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Miriad
Davis’ Beathers
Clark Wagner
Jimily
Regie
Cane Cinrante
Merenv
Adolph Teinhart
Mt. Warison
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