Mystery murder tied to crippled astrologer Covell case
The Crippled astrologer Arthur Covell and his 16 year old nephew stand indicted for Mrs Eva Covell’s murder on Sept 2 and the assault of Alton Covell. Cramped by injuries, Arthur awaits trial as authorities reveal alleged plans for further killings and robberies guided by horoscopes and occult schemes.
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Coquilie
Ore
Fred Cavell
Arthur Covell
Eva Covell
Alton Covell
EF. C. Church
J. C. Kendall
Inewe i
Allen Covell
Marshfield
Fred Covell
Covell
May
Oregon
BE. J. Preseey
Presney
Bandos
Corelle
Marsh
Field
OWA WILL BATTLE Purdue Without Parkin S Services
Iowa City faces Western Conference opener against Purdue missing star quarterback Leland Parkin due to knee trouble. Coach Jones names Fry as QB while Purdue drills in rain. both teams in good condition as 17 100 fans expected.
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Associated Press
Towa City
Ilowa
Purdue
Leland Farkin
Jones
Fry
Parkin
Hawkeyes
Iowa Field
Wellman
Meyer
Stewart
Claypool
Murphy
Rosenburg
Harner
Taube
Spradling
Iain
Lowa City
Oel
Phelan
Iowa City
Iowa
Ehru
Hawkeye
Hawks
Altho
Boilermakers
Doc” Miller
Ironmen
Hancock
Otto
Thea
Old Man Who Thinks He Can Buy Love Is Fool Says Stokes
New York Oct. 14. Bart Dodge Stokes, 73, in his first interview in five years, claims he loved his young wife Helen Elwood Stokes who married him at 63 when she was 21. He says she sold her youth against his wealth and broke their bargain, while he faces a high profile divorce suit and a bitter court battle. He vows to fight on, asserting youth never truly loves for money and that age must pay for his past.
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Jack Carberry
New York
Cnon
Bart Dodge Stokes
Wonsder
Helen Elwood Stokes
Stokes
Gretna
N. J
Supreme Court
Jeremiah Mahoney
Samuel Untermyer
Saides
International News Wire
Booneville
New York Courts
Hoy D. Williams
Judge Mahoney
New York Supreme Court
Helen Hilwood Stakes
C. A. Meservey
Isador Shapiro
Bunceton
Ed D. Wallace
San Francisco
W. BE. D. Stokes
Wallace
Washington
Waterloo Leads All in Y M C A Memberships
Waterloo topped all towns in the campaign for Y M C A memberships with 806 members at the central branch after raising 25 dollars per member this includes men and boys. A further 100 memberships are expected by Monday evening. The railroad branch earned 275 memberships, placing second. Boone and Keokuk followed in third and fourth.
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Waterloo
Central Branch
Railroad
Boone
Keokuk
Dr J E Moore to Attend Des Moines Clinic Session
Dr J E Moore of Waterloo will attend the Des Moines General Hospital field membership clinic at Moines next Tuesday and Wednesday October 16 17. Sessions will be held in Savery. Dr S J Taylor president and surgeon in chief will welcome delegates. Lectures include Insulin Treatment by Dr Taylor and Modern Uses of Moray by Dr E J Trepery.
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J. B. Moore
Waterloo
Taylor Clinic
Des Moines General Hospital
Moines
Savery
Taylor
E. J. Trepery
Endurance Ride Centered Avon Hosts National Test
Avon hosts the national endurance ride from Oct. 15 to 20 with eight Morgans trained by H. E. Fretz. routes cover 60 miles daily over five paths under the American Remount Association. Norfolk Star and Ninta from Colorado Springs join the field. winners split $1,750.
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Avon
Genesee Valley
Vermont
UH. E
Jack
Fretz
Alpine
Tex
American Remount Association
War Department
Remount Service
Bureau of Animal Industry
Mor
Bru
Colorado
Brentmoor
Colorado Springs
Norfolk Star
Ninta
Shiverick
Two Auto Thieves Jailed at Dubuque
Dubuque Iowa January 13 James Livingston twenty four of Dubuque and Robert Ferguson twenty one of Rock Falls were held for alleged theft of an automobile owned by Louis Schultz. Police say the pair are wanted at Sterling Illinois for stealing an automobile. Investigation of possible connection with a store robbery at Manchester Iowa began today.
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Dubuque
Jamesi Livingston
Robert Ferguson
Rock Falls
Louis Schultz
Sterling
Manchester
Waterloo doctor Dr Jane Bell dies after apoplexy
Dr Jane Bell secretary of Waterloo College of Chiropractic died at her home in Waterloo at 11 p m due to apoplexy born Fond du Lac Wis Nov 17 1852 married William G Bell in 1901 he predeceased her 1911 she taught in Cedar county schools later became nurse and chiropractor educator in Waterloo till 1920 survived by nieces and nephews funeral at O Keefe & Towne parlors with Rev Curran. body to Tipton for services Monday then burial at Clarence Iowa. separate obituary for George H Cameron aged 30 husband of Eva May Shott died of acute dilation of the heart at 11:20 p m at 227 Washington St survivor list and funeral details given.
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Jane M. Bell
Jane NM. Bell
D. C
Waterloo College of Chiropractic
Hiehl
Jane Bromell
W. H. Bromwell
Fond du Lac
Wis
William G. Bell
Anna Faust
B. J
Fred Faust
Waterloo
Louis Ohrt
la Porte City
Frances
Ada
Ruth Bromell
Joseph
Marry Bromell
Tipton
O'Keefe & Towne
A. B. Curran
Grace M. E. Church
George Herbert Cameron
Washington Street
Illinois Central
Iere
Cedar Falls
Eva May Shott
Lilabelle
Lucille
Aaron
Sioux City
Clarence
Arkansas
Chauncey
Frances Hiedloss
Millie
Mary Melrose Hanpa Free Methodist Church
F. M. Smith
Old Barclay Cemetery
Trustees Kick Off Campaign to Boost Penn College Endowment
Twenty trustees of Penn college subscribed 10000 to launch a drive aimed at raising 500000 for the endowment. The action occurred in Oskaloosa Iowa on October 13 as the trustees committed funds to fund an aggressive fundraising campaign.
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Oskaloosa, Ta
Penn College
Giants Fall to Yankees In Fourth Game
In a tense game the New York Yankees edged the Giants with strong pitching and key hits. Stengel and Ruth produced critical moments as Shawkey and Pennock held the visitors to limited baserunners, while Dugan and Meusel sparked late action for the Giants.
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Yankees
Meusel
Kelly
Grandstand
Pipp
Snyder
Ward
Frisch
Pankees
Giants
Young
Shawkey
Stengel
Jeff
Ruth
Dugan
Sweden's Northern Mines Struggle Amid Ruhr Fallout
A despatch from Kiruna explains how France's Ruhr occupation and German demand collapse hit Sweden's iron ore trade. Ore flows to Narvik and Lulea shrink, rail freight slows, and Arctic towns fear layoffs as Britain stores ore and Chilean competition rises with new Bethlehem ships planned.
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Kiruna
Arctle Circle
Sweden
France
Ruhr
Germany
Arctic
Norway
Kfruna
Norvig
England
Bethlehen Steel Company
America
Lulea
Gulf of Bothnia
Narvig
Arctic Circle
Kituna
Warvig
Gellivare
Tidewater
Narvik
Lapland
Lawland
Lutea
Nargig
Mesaha
Superior Wis
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
Spain
Moroccco
Chile
Bethlehem Steel ,Company
United States
Bank of Kentland Reorganizes After Closure
Kentland Indiana October 13 The Bank of Kentland a discount and deposit bank once led by Gov Mc Cray was closed by its board headed by new president William Darroch The move aims to reorganize to escape associations and publicity Darroch declined to claim the bank is in good condition saying if it were it would be open.
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Kentland
Ind
Discount and Deposit Bank
Gov. McCray
Indiana
McCray
William Darrooch
Darroch
Moving Away After Feud Ended in Tragedy
Walter Bardsley, recently acquitted in the murder of neighbor William S. Zimmerman, plans to move his family to Kansas to escape the Bardsley Zimmerman feud that ended in violence. In Dubuque, Wesley Harrett faced grand jury on seven-store burglary charges with a $1500 bond. In Moville Iowa Bernard Weather was convicted of assaulting a 12 year old girl and sentenced to five years. Sheffield bankers face mortgage crises as families risk loss of homes with mortgage burdens. William Storck, father of C C Storck and former bank president, remains nearly penniless.
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Newla
Walter Bardsley
William S. Zimmerman
Kansas
Bardsley-Zimmerman
Dubuque
Wesley Harrett
Barrett
Sioux City
Bernard Weather
Moville
Sheffield
C. J. Legallay
C. C. Storck
William Storck
Sale men start work on Waterloo chapter
Larry Be Kiester was elected temporary president of the local chapter of the International Association of Salesmen at a luncheon meeting. C. B. Cheaney elected secretary and treasurer. The biz meeting Monday Nov 15 will feature a charter presentation to the Waterloo chapter and permanent officers vote. Ernest K Meredith of Des Moines, the national director, attended. Also Cedar Falls news reports G W Williams won the horseshoe tournament with Jens Petersen, Otto Bake, and Bert Rogers among top finishers.
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Larry BE. Kiester
International Association of Salesmen
Greater Waterloo
C. B. Cheaney
Charles E. Anderson
R. A. Dunkelberg
Leo B. Laird
Waterloo
Ernest K. Meredith
Des Moines
Deaf World War Veteran Becomes Sioux City Reporter
World War I veteran William LaSalle of New York City, blinded and deafened by shell fire, lost both eardrums but learned lip reading and typing to become editorial staff at the Sioux City Tribune. He reads lips from 74 feet, supports a wife and two children, and holds honorary American Legion memberships in 79 posts.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Willam LaSalle
New York City
Sydney
Australia
Ypres
la Salle
Sioux City Tribune
American Legion
United States
British Turfman Doubts Papyrus Race Worthiness
J B Joel, a famed turfman, predicted before sailing on the Majestic that Belmont Park’s $100,000 race next Saturday may be postponed or cancelled due to Papyrus’ condition. He noted Papyrus, British derby winner, faced Zev, the American. Joel, who released jockey Steven Donoghue to ride Papyrus, said he abandoned sighting the race as the sporting quality was diminished by horse inequality and Papyrus was under trained and carrying heavy weight.
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New York
J. B. Joel
Majestic
Belmont Park
Papyrus
Zev
Joel
Steven
Donoghue
Garry
St. Louis Man Appointed Acting Prohibition Director
J. B. Taylor of St. Louis was named acting prohibition director for South Dakota to replace W. C. Knight, who resigned. The appointment takes effect October 15.
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Washington, D. C
J. B. Taylor
St. Louis
South Dakota
W. C. Knight
Taylor
Marriage License Notation Detected in OCR
Marriage license filing lists Frank FP Guiknecht of Hudson and Sacrie M Haven of La Porte City with Edwark R Strayer of Waterloo and Ethel Peck of Waterloo. No further details or dates provided in readable text.
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Frank FP. Guiknecht
Hudson
Sacrie M. Haven
la Porte City
Edwark R. Strayer
Waterloo
Ethel Peck
Booneville Bar Today in Glare of Stokes Spotlight
Booneville reports a display of legal focus as depositions in the Stokes divorce case move from New York to Missouri. Mrs Helen Hilwood Stokes arrives with counsel, plans to travel to Bunceton and then New York for further proceedings, denying aides’ testimony as false and asserting a San Francisco meeting in 1916.
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Booneville
Henry Ford Buys Up Entire Model Town in Michigan
LiAnse October 13 Henry Ford owns Pequaming nine miles north of LAnse a model town built in 1877 by Hebard Sons It includes 105 cottages two churches an amusement hall a school a club house and a park Rent is $31 a month with utilities and coal cost covered A doctor charges $1.50 monthly The town centers on Ford s one industry the sawmill and 40 000 acres of timber He becomes Baraga Countys largest taxpayer and may follow the Hebard program or change policy at Pequaming
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Associated Press
LiAnse
Mich
L'Anse
Henry Ford
Detroit
Charles Habard Sons, Inc
Peninsula
Pequaming
Ford
Hebard Corporation
Upper Peninsula
Iron Mountain
L’anse
Baraga
Hebard
Fequaming
Confessions Reframe Farmhand Murder in Nebraska
Milford Neb October 13 County Attorney McKillip said Mrs Adolph Vaigert repudiated her husband confession that he killed Antone Lana 26 A second confession showed the couple s 15 year old daughter who is soon to become a mother claiming she killed Lana after he attacked her for confessing to her parents about a betrayal Mrs Vaigert said she and her daughter beat Lana to death with a plank and fired shots in the shed All three face murder charges
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Milford
Neb
McKillip
Adolph Vajgert
Antone Lana
Vaigrt
Lana
Casey's Mother Knew Homerun Hitter Was Not Done
Kansas City Mo October 13 Casey Stengel the former worn out outfielder has redeemed himself in the world series by two home runs for the Giants. His mother Mrs Louis Stengel credits manager John McGraw for giving him a new chance and says she always believed in his ability despite doubters.
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Casey
Kansas Ciy
Charlie
Louis Stengel
Casey Stengel
Giants
McGraw
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