Flood Sweeps Southward With 180 Dead In Wake
Boston reports a massive flood across New England with over 150 dead and thousands displaced. Springfield, Hartford, and Vermont towns faced severe devastation as rivers rose and relief efforts began. Troops from Fort Ethan Allen assisted in Montpelier while Major General Preston Brown took personal charge to coordinate aid.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Swene
Springfield
Connecticut
Hartford
Vermont
Winooski
Lamoille
Burlington
Bolton
Fort Ethan Allen
Preston Brown
First Corps
Crea
Coolidge
Bee
Montpelier
Armistice Day Talk by American Legion Commander
Becker-Chapman post commander Harry M. Reed addressed Rotary Club at Hotel Russell Lamson luncheon on Armistice Day. He argued the war price is the price of liberty and cited 25,000 in hospitals as ongoing costs of victory. Reed called the Legion a service organization of men who served the country in need. N B Barber spoke on Rotary education, with music by Cotton Blossoms Singers from Piney Woods Mississippi. Laurence Jones, principal, spoke on the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Reed
Becker- Chapmen Post
American Legion
Rotary Club
Russell Lamson
Reed
Sre Sill
Sockleggers in Cedar Rapids Police Roundup
In Cedar Rapids Texas two men allegedly known as sockleggers were arrested after police found a half pint of alcohol in each sock and additional alcohol secreted in a sleeve. The suspects identified as B. P Hell and Gienna Gesler faced charges related to bootlegging devices and illicit spirits.
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Cedar Rapids
Errest
B. P Hell
Gienna Gesler
Dozen Hurt In Collision On Side Street
A mangled scene unfolded when a collision on a side street injured about a dozen people. Rescue crews worked through smoke and debris as witnesses described tangled vehicles and a chaotic site. Authorities expect a full investigation into the crash and road closure details.
State Loan Company to Occupy Entire Second Floor
An OCR fragment notes Riviera State Loan Company will occupy the entire second floor of a building. The readable text is garbled with personal names and stray phrases, but the core fact references the occupancy by the State Loan Company on the building’s second floor and a related, unclear sentence about a person named Nee and other nonsensical insertions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Loan Company
Riviera
Steffen Works On Zwingle Crime Pageant Clues
Dubuque county officials pursue fingerprint evidence to identify the Zwingle slayer, with Detective Emil Steffen photographing and developing prints from the McKitrick home. Aimed at linking items to a killer, Steffen plans a full report to Sheriff James Kennedy after lab work in Waterloo. The murder, likely a Tuesday evening robbery, left Mrs. Elizabeth McKitrick dead in her Zwingle residence.
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Dubuque
Elizabeth McKitrick
Zwingle
Emil Steffen
McKitrick
Steffen
Waterloo
James Kennedy
Dubuque County
Actress Charges Mother Is Insane in Anger Trial
A Los Angeles actress, Lee Corbin, accuses her mother of insanity amid a domestic dispute. The case involves disputed statements and claims of poisoning. Corbin asserts she faced threats and seeks legal resolution.
Mortuary notices from Cedar Rapids area with multiple obituaries
Obituary notices for Wayne E. Brown of Cedar Rapids and William H. Stevens, plus others, detailing birth years 1852 and 1830s, residences Waterloo and Cedar Rapids, marriage to Glaydis Stoneman, career in groceries and retail, and survivors. Services listed at O'Keefe Towne chapel and Kistner chapel, burial in Elmwood and Lincoln township cemeteries, with church affiliations noted. Miscellaneous fragmented lines mention a Joseph Diefenbach, Immanuel Lutheran church service, and later notices with disjoint data and scattered names and addresses.
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Wayne E. Brown
South
Elevents Street
Cedar Rapids
Nettie M. Brown
Locust Street
Waterloo
Rowley
West High
Gates Business College
Glaydis Helen Stoneman
Hecker H. ©. Company
W. R. Mitchell
Helene Brown
D. E. Davis
Milwaukee
Wis
Elmwood Cemetery
O'Keefe & Towne
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Invites County Supervisors
The Waterloo W C T U extended a first ever invitation to the county supervisors to attend a district conference at First Evangelical Church on Thursday November 10 with services at 10 30 a m 1 30 and 7 30 p m The plan to accept was unclear but talks by Nathan North and possibly County Attorney F W Edwards were suggested as part of the program The supervisors had previously hosted about 80 W C T U members seeking discussion on law enforcement and road patrol issues
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Board of
AU Rehvisors
First Evangelical Church
Courthouse Square
B F
Waterloo Union
Board of County Supervisors
Woman's Christian Temperance | Union
Evangelical Church
Auong
Eic
Yapp
Nathan North
F. W. Edewards
Dis Jtrict Court
Mi. WC
Way
Ar Sole
ATR
Contal
Expert Tests Jail Steel to Make Sure Tools Won't Cut It
Testing of the new containment system was to be conducted this afternoon. Engineers evaluated how tools interact with steel plates and restraints to ensure cutting is prevented and safety standards are met.
Minnesota Shade Better Declared By Umpire Reid At Sat Bend
Umpire A G Reid praised the Minnesota Shade Better contest in a Sat Bend, Indiana game remarking the teams were most perfectly matched despite early errors. The tight 9 thrilling minutes saw Mainiveiglin miss a cone down early by inches.
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Minnesota
A. G. Reid
Sat Bend
Ind
Mainiveiglin
Conehdown
Weekend Iowa accidents claim four lives
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy Limited derailed near Osceola Iowa injuring ten plus as eight cars left the rails. Four teens hospitalized with serious injuries include Mary Bevan and James East among others. Traffic on the line continued on undamaged track. Other regional fatal incidents include Gale Porter’s hunting accident death near Des Moines and Grace Maple killed by an auto at Onslow.
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Osceola
Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Colorado
Here
John Debert
Chicago
W. Hackett
Mary Bevan
James I. East
Berkeley
Cal
G. B. Edmund
Trafic
Boy Winter
Des Moines
Gale Porter
Benton Skinner
Porter
Skinner
Oyo
Swan
Auto
Onslow
Grace Maple
Ralph Conley
Jones Coounty Schools
Conley
Muscatine
Carl Buster
Grandview
Cedar Rapids
E. S. Glasier
Milwaukee
Glasier
CG Hasier
Former Waterloo Mayor Gnagy Returns on Stretcher
A. E. Gnagy, ex mayor of Waterloo, now seriously ill at Colonial hospital Rochester, Minn, will be transported back to Waterloo today and placed in Allen Memorial hospital. He has recovered enough to travel on a stretcher, accompanied by Mrs. Gnagy, arriving at 9 p.m. via the Chicago Great Western.
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A. E. Gnagy
Fletcher Avenue
Waterloo
Colonial Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Allen Memorial Hospital
Gnagy
Altho
Chicago
Modern Woodmen Plan Member Drive In Waterloo
Officers of Waterloo camp No 2059 Modern Woodmen of America will meet with the membership committee at 7 15 p m today in Blacks tearoom to plan a campaign for new members The goal is 0 candidates for a joint initiation with East Waterloo camp No 5321 about Jan 1
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Waterloo
Modern Woodmen of America
East Waterloo
Flames trap man in hallway fire at 913 Washington
Fire broke out in a home at 913 Washington. Neal Collins was trapped in his room as flames and smoke filled a narrow hallway and stairwell. Firemen arrived with a ladder, evacuated Collins, and extinguished the blaze. Damage was estimated at 1236 dollars.
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Neal Collins
Washington
Aremen
Charles Koudletz
Collins
Marriages and Divorces in Iowa Decline in 1926
Des Moines reports from the U S Department of Commerce show 20 966 marriages in Iowa in 1926 and 4 080 divorces, both down from 1925 levels. Annuities total 22 marriage annulments. Judge Lester L Thompson cites wartime unions and quick alliances as factors in the divorce decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United Staties Department of Commerce
Lester L. Thompson
Gomez Execution Ends Mexican Revolt Chapter
Mexican capital marks the end of a political revolt as Gen Arnulfo Gomez and his nephew Cot Francisco Gomez Vizcarra are executed after a late Friday ambush by federal forces. Three other officers Gen Adalberto Palacios Col Salvador Castanos and Major Francisco Meza Perez were shot after a summary court martial.
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Mexico City
Upi
Arnulfo Gomez
Alessio Robies
Gomez
Francisco Gomez Vizcarra
Col. Vizcanes
Calles
War Department
Adalberto Palacios
Col
Salvator Castanos
Francisco Meza Perez
J. Gascobar
Callex
Teorelo
Obregon
Mexico
Vizearra
Castanos
Vizcarra
Rooles
Rome
Armistice Sunday Service Honors Legionnaires
Becker-Chapman post No. 138 American Legion observed Armistice Sunday at Grace Episcopal church. Post commander Harry M. Reed spoke on the Legion’s work and Armistice day. Rev. Roy L. Smith urged remembrance of war costs, noting 25 000 men in government hospitals. A male quartet, a tableau, and three legionnaires in uniform performed. Henry Dallman played taps.
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Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Grace McLhodist Episcopal Church
Harry M. Reed
Roy L. Smith
Flandeys
Henry Dallman
King Fined $100 for Drunken Driving
Emmetting of 2313 Mulberry Street was arrested yesterday afternoon by Special Agent Kenneth Farrell of the Elinnis Central millroad on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty before Judge George J. Sager in municipal court and was fined $100 plus costs or 36 days in county jail and began serving the sentence.
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Mulberry Street
Kenneth Farrell
Elinnis Central Millroad
George J. Sager
Infant Covert Slightly Improves After Fatal Crash
Marilyn Jeanne Covert, a week-old baby injured when an auto wreck killed her mother Mrs. Robert Covert, Oclwein, shows slight improvement. Reported today, doctors hold continued hope for the infant's recovery from the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Jeanne Covert
Hor
Robert §. Covert
Oclwein
Monetary Parley to Propose Post gold Standard Reform
Des Moines will host the national monetary conference November 12 to 14 to propose currency reforms ending interest as a feature and establishing a monetary standard not based on gold. Secretary Reed announced the plans on November 7.
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Des Moines
Alli
Reed
Woman Fractures Heel in Stairway Fall
Mrs Tl Po Rava of 624 Beltimovt Street fractured the bone in her left heel after stumbling on stairs to her basement. She was reported resting comfortably at Presbyterian Hospital today.
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Tebe
Tl. Po Rava
Beltimovt Atrool
Sie! Wast
Presbyterian
Temperatures For Monday Morning And Afternoon
Weather notes list temperatures for Monday at 7 AM 28 degrees and 2 PM 34 degrees. A terse line of unreadable text follows, including garbled words that do not alter the day’s basic forecast.
Farmer Injured While Operating Corn Husker Rod
Clyde Danskin, 40, a farmer north of Colo, Iowa, is hospitalized in Marshalltown with severe injuries after his clothing was torn off by the takeoff rod of a corn husking machine on Saturday. His condition is listed as serious.
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Nevada
Clyde Danskin
Farmer
Colo
Marshalltown
Danskin
Party Will Honor Two Couples on Silver Anniversary
Nazareth Lutheran church in Cedar Falls observes silver wedding anniversaries of Mr. and Mrs. Nels T. Nielsen and Mr. and Mrs. Gotfried Jensen with a dinner and program this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Nazareth Lutheran Church
Nels T. Nielsen
Gotfried Jensen
Hyde Park Proposed as Future London Airdrome
London and Hyde Park are discussed as a future airdrome within about ten years. Viscount Castlerasse cites Berlin Tempelhof and Croydon as precedents, arguing Hyde Park could boost tourism and city prosperity while offering a pleasant attraction amid urban commotion. Paris airport access is noted as a nearby comparison.
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London
Hyde Park
Viscount Castlerasse
Sunday Express
Berlin
Tempelhoferfeld
Barger
Unter den Linden
Croyden
Paris
Midwest Biscuit Plants to Merge Nine Firms Form United Biscuit Co
Plans for a merger of eight large middlewest biscuit companies with United Biscuit as the nucleus were announced in a letter from president K F MacLellan to stockholders. The merger forms a new company to be called the United Biscuit Company of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Biscuit Company
K. F. MacLellan
United Biscuit Company of America
Drake Musicians Broadcast Tonight on WOI Station
Drake university school of music faculty will radio broadcast a monthly program tonight from 8 to 9 o clock over WOI at Ames. The feature presents performances by Drake musicians and marks the first Monday night installment of the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
School of Music
Drake University
WOI
Iowa State College
Ames
Navy flier sets speed record in raging ship test
Lieutenant Alford J Williams of the U S Navy claimed a speed of 322.6 miles per hour in a test flight at Mitchell Field. Flying a converted racing ship from sea to land configuration, he beat prior records, plans to upgrade to a 1400 horsepower engine, and aims for an official record later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
New York
Alford J. Williams
Williams
Mitchell Field
Italan
Italy
Mario de Bernardi
S. M. Webster
Great Britain
Lieut. Williams
Building permits filed for moves and repairs in city
O F Howard moves a building from Garden Place to Locke Avenue. H Eickelberg files for a 200 dollar garage at 2118 La Fayette Street and a 100 dollar addition to a dwelling at 517 Glenwood. Louis Diekman seeks 800 dollars for repairing fire damage to a store at 1108 Conger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Howard
Garden Place
Locke Avenue
H. Vs. Eickelberg
Lafayette Street
RS. Eickelberg
Glenwood
Louis Diekman
Conger
Fire Alarms Reported In City and District
Sunday at 12 32 p m fire at J T Sullivan 625 Franklin street caused sparks on shingles damage 15 dollars. Sunday at 6 55 a m false alarm at Construction Machinery Company Beech street. Saturday at 5 50 p m automobile James Zervis 1406 Mulberry street short circuit in wiring damage 315 dollars. Better be insured than sorry Buy ton Herman C Miller Phorib 2404.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. Sullivan
Franklin Street
Construction Machinery Company
Beech Street
James Zervis
Mulberry Street
Quaker Oats Promotes a Full Breakfast Boost
An urging health ad claims a complete breakfast is vital to energy and mood. It touts Quaker Oats as a balanced source with protein and carbohydrates, vitamins, and a natural laxative-friendly effect, promoting Quick Quaker for speedy prep. Grocers offer two varieties.
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Waterbury
Barre
Duxbury
North Duxbury
Connecticut River
Bellows Falls
Westfield
Elige St Nee
Butea Y Tooncades
Ofan
Bill Eveatthy
Los Angeles
Wonry Lee Corbin
Corbin
Soho
Mildred Lutte
Ree Taneed
Tony Deb Positam
Merck
Travete
yGe
Mortuary
William H. Stevens
William H Stevens
Marshalltom
Floyd
Carl
George Brevens
Atkinson
Charles Stevens
Jefferson
Robert Anderson Post
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Porere Diefenbach
Jmeenet Srbwiten
Joseph Diefenbach
Florence Street
Immanuel Lutheran Church
A. H. Leumann
Brn
Elgin
Rye
Dewath
Jos
Srusband
Wale
Bent
Mabelie
Elsie
Basa Af Banta
Monica
Harold Dislenburh
Olahoma
Crs
Ohl
Facor WN
Foctiom
Daca Merate
Hartman
B. Uray
Sears
Ecumilda
Viola
Audrey
Teo
Liewelly
Keefe
Sacred Heart
Avis Aldoun
Bradley
Geant
Avenue
Bavi
Trwa City
Reater
Ofames Aldonn
I Alon
Waterlon
W.C
Rites Sunty
Northey
Edwards
John
Vane
Owa
Gov't
Legionnaires
King
Covert
Midwest Biscuit
Drake
Alford Williams
THE
Robert Drug Co
Carl Bickley
Pioneer Bank
Amrad
Standard Battery & Electric Co
Broadway
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