Going to the polls in a nation divided by apathy
A reader friendly survey of election mood across states with two thirds of the Commonwealth voting. It notes no strong national issue, recalls President Coolidge voting in Northampton, and follows seismology news from Manila to San Francisco while quizzing modern life on nervous strain and public behavior. It highlights privilege in questioning age and weight at polls, mentions veteran voters in Maine and Brooklyn, and contrasts pro versus college-spirited football. Queen Marie of Roumania tours North Dakota, greeting farmers en route to Spokane.
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Wholehouse
Coolidge
Washington
Northampton
Mass
Butler
Dean Brown
Yale Divinity School
Charleston
Maine
Brooklyn
Lincoln
Marie
Roumania
United States
Canada
Spokane
Mandan
N. C
North Dakota
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Iowa Horses Dominate Pacific Stock Show Prizes
Portland Oregon November 2. Iowa breeder J O Singmaster Keota and Maple Grove Percherons swept draft horse awards at the Pacific International Livestock Show. Singmaster’s string won both senior and grand championships, plus senior and grand champion mare, junior champion mare, reserve champion stallion, and reserve champion mare.
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Portland
Ore
J. O
Singmaster
Keota
Maple Grove
Singmaster String
The
Iowan
Good Home Brewer Better Than Poor One But Pays Same
In St Louis on November 2 Judge Faris fined liquor law violator James J. Gallagher $800. Gallagher argued his home brew was well made and sold cheaply. The judge replied that a man who makes good home brew and sells it cheaper is a better citizen than one who makes poor brew and sells it at a high price.
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St. Louis
Faris
James J. Gallagher
Dubuque Seeks Lower Electric Rates After Review
Dubuque city council, in a meeting yesterday, voted to push for a reduction in electric light and power rates. Officials said the move follows an investigation showing Dubuque Electric Company charges exceed those in other cities.
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Dubuque, Ta
Dubuque
Child Burnings Kill Three After Oil On Fire
Bern Kentucky November 2 Three children were burned to death at their home when the oldest eleven threw coal oil on an open fire to revive dying embers Nellie Harrison eleven Susan Harrison seventeen months daughters of Deland Harrison Ella Lake six months grandchild of the Harrisons The tragedy occurred at the Harrison home near Bern Kentucky
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Bern, Ky
Here
Nellie Harrison
Susan Harrison
Two Iowans Win Expo Music Honors
Philadelphia reporters note two Iowa entrants Paul Fedderson of Belle Plaine and Alice Spencer of Mount Vernon won honorable mention in the Sesquicentennial exposition music contest. Fedderson, a baritone soloist, and Spencer, a pianist, were among contestants aged 10 to 24.
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Philadelphia
Paul Fedderson
Belle Plaine
Alice Spencer
Mount Vernon
Fedderson
Aliss Spencer
Fast Train Derails at Columbus Canning Plant
The Fioneer Limited, a fast Milwaukee and St. Paul train, was derailed near Columbus Wisconsin last night while speeding westward. The engineer and fireman were injured as the train left the tracks and struck the wall of a local canning factory.
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Columbus
Wis
Fioneer Limited
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Middlewest Enjoys Clear Autumn Voting Weather
Cloudy skies, snow and rain gave way to clear autumn weather as Middlewestern voters went to the polls. Forecasters predicted a large turnout due to the favorable conditions and widespread participation anticipated today.
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Chicago
Million Voters Rush To Cast Their Ballots In Chicago
Police arrested two men with revolvers, ousted an election board member, and detained gangster Vin cent Drucci amid early polling disturbances in Chicago. Voter turnout topped one million statewide, with Cook County expected near 750000 ballots as Brennan and Smith vie in a wet dry Senate race amid fair weather and heavy Midwest interest.
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Chicago
INS
Election Board
Vincent
Schemer
Charles Thompson
Thompson
Illinois
Cook County
United States’ Senate
George E. Brennan
Frank L. Smith
Hugh §. Magill
Brennan and Beer
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Dakotas
North Dakota
Herrin
Ill
Body of Houdini Reaches New York
The body of Harry Houdini arrived today in an airtight bronze coffin from Detroit and was taken to a funeral parlor. Mrs Houdini, in collapse, was assisted from the train in a wheelchair as relatives, actor friends, and organization representatives met the train and bowed as the coffin was moved to an undertaker's car.
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New York
Harry Houdini
Detroit
Airport renamed in honor of fallen pilot Bettis Field
Pittsburgh officials announce the McKeesport airport near Dravesburg will be named Bettis Field in memory of Cyrus K. Bettis the army pilot who died in a Bellefonte crash earlier this year.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh McKeesport
Dravesburg
Bettis
Cyrus K. Bettis
Bellefonte
McPherson May Have Planned to Leave City, Prosecution Theorizes
Los Angeles November 2 Officials at the district attorney's office disclosed a theory that Aimee Semple McPherson originally intended to go away and not return. They cited a cryptic "wuff" letter to Kenneth Ormiston and a trunk shipment from Pasadena containing expensive clothing as supporting evidence, suggesting the return was prompted by rumors. The theory noted the trunk sent from the Maryland hotel on May 6, two weeks before her disappearance, and referenced a radio man's trunk and the letter asking why she ever let me come back. The case continues.
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Os Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
District Attorney
Vofce
Ocean Park
Los Angeles
oMciala
Keres
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Pasadena
Loot Mail Truck Held Up Near Destreham
Two carloads of bandits stopped a United States mail truck near Destreham early today and seized a pouch of registered mail. The robbers fled toward New Orleans after a brief exchange of fire near Harahan, where they were halted but escaped.
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New Orleans
United States
Destreham
Harahan
Alleged Slayer's Defense: Officers Killed by Themselves
Stark county court opens Joe Stimas trial for murder of Sheriff Litchfield and Chief Leo ard in a change of venue from Marshall county. The coal miner contends the officers killed themselves during a duel while mistakenly believing Stimas fired.
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Toulon
Stil
Litchfield
John Leonard
Joe Stimas
Stark County
Marshall County
Stimas
King Probes Slush Funds in Arizona
Phoenix Arizona November 2 Investigation of Republican expenditures in the Arizona senatorial campaign continued before Senator W H King Democrat Utah who hoped to conclude the hearing tonight and adjourn to Los Angeles where witnesses were summoned to testify in the Arizona situation The hearing moved to testimony on Republican expenditures after days with no evidence of large Democratic slush fund contributions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
W. H. King
Utah
Los Angeles
Blame Three Deaths on Firm's Failure
Relatives report that Mrs. Luffrerry Low Inwood forty? 30 killed her two children and herself in Hollywood California. Friends of the family attribute the act in part to failure of her father's Chicago firm which had already caused one death by its own action.
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Chicago
Luffrerry Low Inwood
Inwood
Hollywood
Cal
Bellamy Fined for Barring Negroes
Des Moines reports Ralph Bellamy the actor and theatre manager faced a fine after pleading guilty to refusing admission to Black patrons at his venue. A remitted fine of five dollars was imposed, the case rooted in segregation policies brought from Waterloo, Iowa.
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Des Moines
Ralph Bellamy
Waterloo
First New Hampshire town reports election results
Concord NH November 2 The first New Hampshire town to report results was Elbarth where 13 straight Republican ballots were cast and there was no Democratic vote.
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Concord
Nhs
New Hampshire
Elbarth
Bandits Loot Delaware, Lackawanna Station Safe
Four men entered the Morristown Delaware, Lackawanna and Western station this morning, assaulted a guard, blew open the safe and escaped with 5900 dollars. Police urged witnesses to come forward as the investigation began.
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Morristown
Delaware, Packawanna & Western
Venue change granted in Norris murder trial
Five Norris defense witnesses say an impartial trial is impossible as threats and entrenched opinions surround the case. A church meeting reviewed veniremen while Norris faces murder charges in Fort Worth with calls across Texas for a fair trial.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. Frank Norre Sineped
JD. Chipps
Norris
J. Frank Norris
J. B. Davis
Chipps
First Baptist Church
A. F. Flinkett
Dayton Moses
Widow Elizabeth Rogers Falls to Her Death in New York
Mrs Elizabeth Clark Rogers aged 52 of Brooklyn was instantly killed today after falling from a sixteenth floor window of the Florel Commodore where she had been staying since Sunday Her husband, a physician, died of pneumonia about two weeks earlier in New York November 2 1920 office of the P dispatch reported
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New York
Elizabeth Clark Rogers
Brook Iyn
Florel Commodore
Huntress Killed During Fox Hunt Near Brookville
Mrs. Fairman R. Dick formerly Gladys Roosevelt, cousin of a late president, was killed when her horse fell at a fox hunt in Brookville N Y Her horse toppled over at the barrier as several hunters followed. The Meadowbrook Hunts are a Long Island tradition.
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Brookville
N. Y
Fairman R. Dick
Gladys Roosevelt
Fort Worth City Manager Testifies in Norris Trial
State Ossian E. Carr of Fort Worth Texas testifies for the state in the ongoing trial of Rev. Frank Norris minister accused of murdering D. E. Chipps. Carr has been the target of Norris speeches and is a known figure in Waterloo where he once led Dubuque as city manager before moving to Texas.
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Ossian EG. Carr
Fort Worth
Tex
Frank Norris
D. E. Chipps
Carr
Norris
Ossian HE. Carr
Waterloo
Dubuque
Texas
Flo
Vice ring warned as McDermott talks in Don Mellett case
Canton Ohio November 2 A grapevine warning to halt silence of vice lords from Pittsburgh to Canton was issued as Pat McDermott agreed to talk He signaled his willingness in a conference with his brother Tom stating he would reveal who killed Don Mellett and who planned the “bumping off” if needed
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Canton
INS
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Youngstown
Akron
Toledo
Pat -Mc-Dermott
Pat
Tom
Don Mellett
Washington Waits While Nation Votes
Washington awaits the vote as millions cast ballots nationwide. President and most Cabinet members voted at home. Kellogg and Wilbur sent in mail ballots. Republicans set up private wires to relay results to national headquarters for speedy updates.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Washington
Kellogg
Navy
Wilbur
Republican
Sigmage
Coast Dry Chief to Quit After Vacation
Col Samuel I Johnson the prohibition administrator for the northern district of California and Nevada has submitted his resignation to the treasury. He will retire after a vacation of about three weeks.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Samuel I. Johnson
Ned M. Green
California
Nevada
Treasury
Johnson
Melgrove Man Dies racing train over bridge
Charles Harvey of Melgrove Missouri tried to beat an Illinois Central train across a railroad bridge south of Melcher. He failed to hear the approaching train and was struck and killed as the locomotive crossed the trestle yesterday afternoon.
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Melcher
Charles Harvey
Melgrove
Nock Island
Here
Harver
Waterloo Voter Turnout Dull in City Precincts
Election day in Waterloo saw a sparse urban turnout across 24 city precincts with many residents voting quietly while rural areas showed pockets of farmer participation. Officials noted light early voting in Cedar Falls and Orange, with expectations of a heavier afternoon in some precincts. Polls closed at 7 pm as results began to trickle in amid calm polling sites and minimal police presence.
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Waterloo
United States
Pepin
Hudson
Orange
la Porte
Dunkerton
Gale lashes Great Lakes wrecks ships near Cleveland
A 70 mile gale on the Great Lakes wrecked one steamer and halted three others from reaching Cleveland. The City of Detroit limped into port three hours late after battling freezing temperatures and huge waves. The Thomas Mayham ran aground at Trowo Harbors, Mich., and was broken by breakers, with all 23 crew saved.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Detroit
Thomas Mayham
General Transit Company of
Trowo Harbors
Mich
Jesup Man to Return From South America Soon
Jesup Iowa native Wilbur Van Eman who went to Barranquilla Colombo in January to work at Colegio Americano Para Varenes will sail home around November 19 as the school year ends. He will reach New York about two weeks after his departure.
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Jesup, Ta
Wilbur van Eman
Jesup
Barranquilla
Colombo
Colegio Americano Para
Varenes
New York
Man Dies Under Big Cement Block Near Madrid
Boone Ia Nov 2 LP J Har old Mason Cedar Point Ta an employee of the Milwaukee railroad was instantly killed near Madrid late Monday when crushed beneath a huge cement block. Mason was helping repair a culvert when the block slipped pinning him against the water flume. He was a member of an aviation corps unit during the world war.
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Boone
J. Harold Mason
Cedar Point
Milwaukee Railroad
Madrid
Mason
Election News Phone the Courier for results
Readers are urged to call the Courier at 5100 tonight or visit downtown to watch live results displayed on the Courier Election Screen. The notice promotes real time updates and urges public participation in following the tally as it unfolds.
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Courier
Leaps to His Death at Globe Hotel
John Leech aged 50 leaped from the fourth story window of the Globe hotel at 817 Fourth street Sioux City today. He was fatally crushed and died in a hospital.
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Sioux City
John Leech
Globe Hotel
Fourth Street
Woman 101 Votes in Hokith Minn Novy
A 101 year old woman named Dorothy Reed Smith Dunham walked unaided into the voting booth and cast her ballot today in Hokith Minnesota.
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Hokith, Minn
Novy
I A
Ure
Alves
Dorothy Reed Smith
Dunham
American Legion Band to Entertain Courier Guests
The 80 member American Legion Band will perform for Courier guests gathered in front of the building, delivering a sounds and social event as spectators listen and enjoy the music.
Removal of all Tate special agents in Iowa
Des Moines Nov 2 The net of Attorney General Ben J Gibson in laying off six games due to insufficient funds to pay salaries draws speculation at the state house. The order is effective Nov 15 and will let Gibson’s successor select a new force. Gov Hammill says none of his men will be axed. Named laid off are George Atkins Des Moines A K Nugent Cedar Rapids W J Blake Clermont and P F Griffin Des Moines. Removal leaves the department with few men for state investigation work.
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Des Moines
Ben JT. Gibson
State Bureau of Investigation
State House
Gibson
Hammill
George Atkins
Ties Moines
A. KE. Nugent
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Blake
Clermont
J. Griffin
Aera
Gener
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Frances Stevens Hall
Edward Hall
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Eleanor Mills
Louisiana
King
Bellamy
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Vice Ring
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CARMS
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Methodist -Episcopal Church
Cedar Falls
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Cedar, Falls
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Frank Lees G. C.P
P. H. Frank
Republican County Central Committee
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Frank W. Edwards
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