Three-Ring Circus of Political Fights in Ward Pennsylvania
A chaotic scene unfolds in Ward Pennsylvania as three major aspirants for the United States Senate contest with Volstead, Pinchot, and Pepper all vying for support. Ware leads on a dry split despite pledges, while tensions rise across Chicago and Ohio jail profiteering fuels public outrage. Crown royalty arrives in New York as international disarmament talks loom and fame shadows coach Yost in rail lore.
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Pennsylvania
Blaiken
United
W.os. Ware
Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
WW. CG. LG
George W. Pepper
Mellon
Ware
Bankers to Hear Talk on Iowa Farm Values
Storm bake. Ta, May 18. The annual meeting of group 2 or the town Bankers association will be held here May 34. John Thompson of Des Moines will discuss farm values.
Extra Boards To Count Votes In 36 Of 40 Precincts
In Black Hawk county four hundred five men and women will receive and count ballots at the June 7 primary. Thirty-five of 46 precincts will use double boards, eleven single. The 1924 Republican vote for U S senator totaled 9,047. Democratic total 9,467. Voters show limited enthusiasm. primary candidates include Burton Sweet and J C Murtagh. Closing filing is 3 p.m. today. county party officers list remains.
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Black Hawk
Vngts
Waterloo
Sadar Wills
East Waterloo
Big Creek
Blick Taink
Lester
Grange
Posner
Burtow
Sweet
Smill W. Brookhart
Unitedtates
Dan-F_ Steck
Lesa. Ee
UBB
Blick Nawk
DI Denison
Charles O. Keyes
Burton B. Sweet
Murtagh
Wartertoo Attorne
Cummins-Broart-Clark
Bischt
Coolidge
San Fellelle
Davis
General Rain Boosts Crops Across State
Des Moines reports general rain across the state on May 18 aiding crops after weeks of drought. Heaviest amounts fell in northwest counties. meteorologists estimate average rainfall near one half inch as a weather system over northern Missouri moves eastward, foretelling more rain in eastern regions.
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Des Moines
Portance
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Missouri
Crown Prince Adolphus sails to New York on Gripsholm
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Louise voyage aboard the Gripsholm after a farewell reception for 600 persons in Gothenburg Liweden. The ship heads toward New York with accompanying party members and officials aboard.
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Gothenburg
Liweden
Crown Prince
Gustavus Adolphus
Crown Pris- Ceres
Louize
New York
Gripsholm
Wateroo Burlington Game Postponed By Rain
Rain halted the Waterloo Burlington baseball game this afternoon. President W J Keefe announced postponement. A doubleheader between Waterloo and Burlington will be played Thursday. Other games Marshaldawn Ottumwa at Marshalltown and Rock Grinane Moline were also rained out with rescheduled plans.
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Waterloo
Two Boys Die in Barn Fire Near New London
In New London Iowa May 18 fire destroyed a large barn on the Connep farm injuring two young boys Dale and Harold Connep five and three respectively. The two were in the barn loft and could not escape the flames. Charred bodies found later. Origin of the fire undetermined.
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New London
Frank Connep
Dale
Harold Connep
Miles E&s
Hare
Kiwanis Excursion Fund Not in Danger
Shenandoah Ia August 18 Managers of the Kiwanis excursion to London today issued a statement denying rumors that funds for club reservations are at risk. They said deposits are not with the First National Bank and that the fund remains secure despite the bank’s closure.
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Kiwanis
Shenandoah
London
First National
West High Alumni Meet Tonight for Memorial Plans
West High Alumni association members urged by Bruce Gates to attend tonight at 7:30 in the West High auditorium. Preliminary plans for a permanent memorial to Tate Sloane Wallace, superintendent of schools, will be discussed. Arrangements for the annual banquet and election of officers are on the program.
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Aul
Worst Hhigh School Alumni Association
Bruce Gates
West High
Tate Sloane M. Wallace
Whtel
Heli Saan
League Parley Opens In Geneva On Disarming Plans
Geneva May 1 AP The United States presses regional armament reduction as the best path. Hugh Gibson leads the American delegation at the League of Nations disarmament conference with 26 countries represented. Russia absent. Germany’s future armament debated amid Locarno tensions and fears of European security gaps.
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League of Nations
Preparatory Commission On Disarmament
United States
League
Germany
Versa
France
Asa Way
Yost
Babe Rith
Geneva
Hugh Gibson
League’ of Nations
Switzerland
Assembly
Hugh
Gibson
Almerican
Count Bernstein
Coemany Wanis
Count von Bergstorf
iPrance
Russia
Causanne
M. Verovsky
Poland
Marshall Pilsadski
Ler Alfies
Thusaia
Japan
Italy
Spanish Troops Occupy Krins Former Camp
Madrid May 18 War office reports Spanish troops have occupied the former headquarters of Adh-El-Krin, with Krim moving his base to Setriff inside the Rift Country, an area noted for difficult access. In Greenfield Indiana on May 28 Cappy Visions recalls pioneer days after Mrs Minnie R W Skinner 41 of Longs Prairie Minnesota died in a covered wagon tragedy while traveling with her husband and five children.
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Madrid
War Office
ATLL
Hit Tatmaesin
Adh-El-Krin
U Fian
Krim
Setriff
Oes
Greenfield
Minnie RW. Skinner
Longs Prairie
Minn
Skinner Wa
Delivery deadline notice for Courier newspaper
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o clock. If through error of the carrier boy or other cause you fail to receive your paper by that time please phone and a copy will be sent. Caller must reach this office before 6 80 pm.
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Pease Thome
Dows Woman Jumps From Car After Lights Fail
Mrs. Frank Roberts of Dows died from a fractured skull and injuries after leaping from a car when its lights failed. The crash occurred Friday night while returning from an operetta where their daughter was music director. The car lights failed and the woman became hysterical before leaping from the vehicle.
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Dumont
Frank Roberts
Dows
Lowell
Burrows
Anis Place
Miiv
Roberts
Denies Knowledge of Plot to Kidnap Vanderbilt Heiress
New Yorks INS reports a plot to kidnap Gloria Vanderbilt, a year old heiress. The baby's mother Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt denies knowledge of the plot and says she plans to sail for Europe with Baby Gloria, denying that departures were rushed. A governess reported a suspicious youth near the carriage in Central Park.
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New Yorks
INS
Gloria Vanderhilt
Gloria Morgan Vanderhilt
Central Park
Vanderbilt
Europe
Gloria
Rip Saw Publisher Flees to Wisconsin
Duluth reports AP says L Morrison publisher of the Rip Saw fled Duluth for Superior Wisconsin in an ambulance from the St Louis hotel room early today. A state warrant from Mayor George J Leach Minneapolis charges Morrison with violating the Minneapolis obscene literature ordinance.
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Duluth
Minn
APY
L. Morrison
Superior
Wis
St. Louis
George J. Leach
Minneapolis
Morrison
Polish revolt leader Pilsudski heads new government
Warsaw reports from May 18 say Marshal Pilsudski now leads a revolutionary Polish cabinet after toppling the former government. His troops seized Bank Polski assets to fund the revolt as rival factions clash in Poznań and Warsaw amid ongoing upheaval and counter claims from Berlin and other centers.
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Poland
Marshal Pilsudski
Berlin
Gen Hater
Pilsudski
Posen
Haller
Stabtes
Marshal Pilsunski
Halter
Lodz
Kalisz
Ussarsun
Warsaw
Stanislaw Plaller
Defuel Witos
Pleevinski al M. Pas- Aros
Thaller
Mareshal Pilsanski
Reyott
Bartel
Agembly
Gov. Water
Wilsaw
Wilds
Poseny Take
Silsvul
Josef Pilsudski
Kails Polski Bro
Bank Polski
Labor feud linked murder and drunken driving women
New York reports the body of William J. Mack, organizer for the United Seafood Workers, found with two bullet wounds on the lower east side. Authorities tie death to a labor feud and recall a prior union death nearby seven months earlier. Des Moines reports two intoxicated women, Bessie Burns and Winifred Maider, held after a stolen car crash.
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New York
William J. Mack
United Seafood Workers’ Union
Whitey” Britt
Mack
Des Moines
Bessie Burns
Winifred Maider
C. R. Laird
British Miners 10 Take Red Million Sent by Moscow
Moscow dispatch says A I Pak, secretary of the British Miners federation, accepted Soviet funds for strikers with thanks. The News agency notes money was transferred to England to aid the miners, while the British Trades Union Congress had previously refused the sum once collected, estimated at about 1,008,000 dollars.
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Moscow
Auto accident suit seeks five thousand dollars damages
Dr. Frank C. Richmond files in United States district court at Keokuk a suit against P. Johnson alleging permanent injury to a finger after a collision where Johnson drove an automobile into Richmond's car. The plaintiff seeks five thousand dollars in damages.
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Mort Madison
UPI
Frank C. Richmond
United States District Court
Keokuk
P. Johnson
Johnson
Richmend
Davenport Woman Killed on Atlantic City Beach
Milantic City May 18 Mrs Fannie Deaman of Davenport was killed when she was thrown from a hearse while riding on the beach today She had come with her husband a delegate to the National Electric Light Association convention Brokers loans… weaker text about brokers loans held by banks for week ending May 12 total 2 490 250 000 versus 2 489 991 000 previous week
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Milantic City
N. U
Fannie Deaman
Davenport
Sha’ Y
National Electric Light Association
Brokers Loans
Washington D. C
New York City
Federal Reserve
Wiioyut Jin
Tort Ral Roxaine Board
Forest fires rage across Minnesota and Manitoba towns
Dozens of fires sweep timberlands across Minnesota and Manitoba. Flames threaten Duluth and Winnipeg area towns while rail lines and supplies face disruption. Two workers die in the Elk and McKean County fires as tens of thousands of acres burn and millions in timber are destroyed.
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Duluth
Nin
Toita
Duluth’ &' Iron’ Range I
Compa
Pee Pie
Minnesota
Nesota
Lown
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Lake Superior
Lake Supe
Cloud Bay
Fort William
Port Arthur
Haines
Elk
McKean
Fe Teele
James
Bear Creek
Uimberland
Interviews With Home Folks Brothers 60 Years In Waterloo
Aaron Israel, once in Cincinnati clothing trade, urged settling in Waterloo Tas a village. He borrowed little, started a store with George Miller building a storeroom, later joined by brothers. It has been a rough 60 years, but no disappointment in Waterloo.
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Cincinnati
Aaron Israel
Tere
Uggested
Waterloo
Tas
Hassling
George Miller
Waterton
British Railways cut trains to save coal
London May 18. Facing a possible coal shortage, British railroads announce drastic train service reductions. Miners federation leaders engage in ongoing talks with government about renewing subsidies to avoid wage cuts. Four meetings between miners and Prime Minister Baldwin are planned for tonight.
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London
Miners Federation
Liders
Promitr Baldwin
Police Seek Suspect After Attack on Dorothy Guyer
Findlay authorities joined in an energetic search for an unidentified assailant who struck Dorothy Guyer, 17, daughter of Prof. William Harrison Guyer, president of Findlay College, at the Guyer home across from the campus late last night.
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Findlay
Ins
Antione
Dorothy Guyer
William Harrison Guyer
Findlay College
Guyer
Amundsen May Soon Fly Out of Nome for Home
Nome Alaska reports Capt Roald Amundsen plans to depart Nome by airplane for home though he would not confirm it. Leonard Sapelia the famous river man and Ellsworth backers of the Norge expedition also plan a Cape Horn vacation and a swift return is not expected.
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Nome
Alaska
Alay
Roald Amundsen
Lincely Ellsworth
Ameri
Norge
Horth Pole
Cape Uorn
Leonard Sapelia
Ariver
Ellsworth
Eitries
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