OBEX Out By One Vote In The Episcopal Ritual Debate
In New Orleans the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church removed the word obedience from the marriage rite by a one vote margin. The wife need not promise obedience though she may choose to obey, a shift described as restoring freedom and altering a rite long debated. The change prompts reflection on gender roles within the ceremony and church tradition, with somber notes on the mood as the decision was announced.
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House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
New Orleans
Coolidge Keeps Hands Off Coal Strike Till End
Washington reports a sustained policy of noninterference as the coal strike enters its eighth week. Officials say no emergency warrants presidential action or new Congress authority, predicting the strike may last into spring while substitutes like oil and coke avert public hardship. Local committees and substitutes loom as the main response channels.
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Mark Sultavan
Washington
D. C
Congress
Hak
Coolidge
Ce ‘Ron
Pennsylvania
Wreats
Senator Gerry and Mrs Vanderbilt Wed in London
United States Senator Peter G Gerry of Rhode Island and Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt wed at a Princes' Row register office in a three minute civil ceremony. The couple then received a brief benediction at Chapel Royal Savoy and planned a continent honeymoon with Mrs. Gerry’s daughter, Mrs. John Francis Amherst Cecil, present.
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London
United States
Peter G. Gerry
Rhode Island
Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt
Peter Steusvesant
George W. Vanderbilt
Register
Princes’ Row
John Francis Amherst Cecil
Washington
Gerry
Chapel Royal Savoy
Percy Young
Five Railroads Targeted in Massive Beer Shipment Case
Chicago dispatch reports federal prosecutors will seek indictments against five railroad corporations in a sweeping prohibition case. About 50 individuals and several Eastern breweries face charges as agents trace a beer syndicate moving $725000 worth in one month from the East to Morton Grove.
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Chicago
APJ
Morton Grove
Moon
Olson
Grand Jury
Istrict
Burglary at Sycamore Street Store Reports Cash Theft
William Adams reports a break in at his 1445 Sycamore Street store at 4 20 am with about 100 dollars in cash stolen. Entry was gained by kicking out a rear panel. One suspect has been arrested for investigation.
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William Adams
Sycamore Street
Locarno Pacts OK'd by German Cabinet
The German cabinet approved the Locarno treaties with President von Hindenburg presiding then sent Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann to the Reichstag to brief the foreign relations committee on the agreements and their meaning, amid debate.
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Berlin
von Hingenberg
Leminisia
GhanecHor Luther
Stressemann
Reichstag
Foreign Relations Committee
Lost Boy Freezes in Michigan Storm
A severe snow storm swept Negonee Michigan area and left five boys stranded. One boy, fourteen year old Waimo Maki, was found frozen to death. Another boy, Aimo Johnson Ty, suffered frostbite to feet hands and face and was found wandering toward a farmhouse. The remaining three boys reached their homes Sunday night.
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Negonee
Mich
Waimo Maki
Aimo Johnson
Wealthy Chicago bootleggers flee to escape blackmailers
Chicago October lettered report details a blackmail ring terrorizing bootleggers gamblers and businessmen. Louis Smith faced a choice of paying 5906 or death for aiding Anselmi and Saliece while other wealthy bootleggers paid sums up to 70000 to flee to Canada and Florida after threats tied to a Roose alliance.
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Chicago
Old Ironsides Honored in Area Schools
Urban schools stage Constitution Week programs honoring the USS Constitution. Oliver Wendell Holmes poem featured. Students invited to donate pennies and nickels to restore the frigate. Elks lodge sponsors roughly $1,000 for Waterloo area schools. Central School plans a morning assembly with songs, a violin solo, readings, and a history sketch. Navy recruiting aids postered the business district with Old Ironsides imagery.
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Great Britain
Oliver Wendel Iolmes
Utks
Elks Lodge
Waterloo Lodge
Festin
Dysart
Ackley
Waverly
Central School
Ralph Mor
Esther
Jeai Blough
Two Youths for Holdup and Killing Held
Clarence Hinman aged 18 and Albert Sunde aged 20 are jailed here in a major robbery and shooting case from earlier in the month. They face charges tied to an attempted holdup and shooting of Karl McKenzie on Oct 1, the killing of Lois Sterne on Oct 6, and the theft at Walding confectionary store on Oct 10, with one man killed and another wounded.
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Clarence Hinman
Alfred Sunde
Vamlage
Inn
Karl McKenzie
Lois Sterne
Walding Confectionary
Jury Venire Shortages Delay Oberholtzer Murder Trial
Noblesville Indiana reports difficulty assembling a jury for the murder trial of former Ku Klux Klaan grand dragon and two associates in the Madre Oberholtzer case. An adjournment was taken as veniremen ran low and sheriff Goodin opened a new call for jurors.
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Noblesville
Ind
Tesperts
Ru_Klux klar
Earl Klenck
Earl Gentry
Madre Oberholtzer
Oberholtzer
Sheriff Goodin
Oelwein Population Up 603 in County Census
Des Moines report from the state census bureau shows Fayette county at 29 432 residents, up 181 from the last count. Oelwein reaches 508a, an increase of 63 since 1920 when recorded at 7 450. details reflect broader statewide shifts amid imperfect OCR data.
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Des Moines
Orr
State Census Bureau
Fayette County
Ani Tel
Quiwein
Las Celyis
Courier Delivery Warning and Reprint Hotline
The Courier should be delivered before 4 30. If you fail to receive it on time due to carrier error or other cause, phone 3100. A spare copy will be sent. Calls to the office must reach before 6 30 p m.
Mellon Proposes Lower Rates for Small Taxpayers
Secretary Mellon presents a new income rate schedule to the House Ways and Means Committee proposing 1 percent on the first 3000 of taxable income, 2 percent on the next 1000, 3 percent on the next 4000, and 5 percent thereafter. Garner protests political influence at hearings as Iowa Tax Club witnesses urge inheritance tax repeal. Green defends decorum while others seek corporate and nonprofit tax changes during ongoing tax revision hearings.
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Del
House
Mellon
Green
Treasury
Melon
Metlon
Garner
Texas
Iowa
Lowan
Oldfield
Arkansas
Hawley
Oregon
Western States Taxpayers’ Conference
B. Louden
Fairfield
House wWiys and Means Committee
Lodiay
Congress
Tin
American Farm Bureau Federation
Countess Karolyi barred from U S lecture tour
Countess Karolyi wife of Michael Shirolyi former president of Hungary barred from entering the United States for a lecture tour. American consul general in Paris denied her passport and the State Department approved the action citing laws barring persons with known revolutionary views.
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Karolyi
Sheveen
Michael’ Karolyi
Americca
Countess Karoly
Shapuri Saklatvala
Great Britain
New York Harbor
Washington, D. C
Michael Shirolyi
Beans
United States
Paris
State Department
Cedar Rapids Drunken Driver Fined $100 Here
Norman Williams of Cedar Rapids was fined $100 and costs after arraignment before Judge Beem in a municipal court on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Williams, arrested at 7:25 p m after colliding with a machine driven by John Gibbs at Independence avenue and Line street, promised to pay this afternoon. the alternative was 30 days in jail. Gibbs and another witness testified.
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Norman Wiliams
Cedar Rapids
Beem
Winter Covers Central Ohio With Snow Blanket
Winter's icy mantle grips central and northern Ohio with three inches of snow after a night of rain and early morning clearing. Cold winds tighten the forecast for continued frigid conditions this afternoon and tonight.
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Columbus
Young Duck Hunter Killed by Companion
Newell, Ta. Oct 22. Peter Schmidt aged 16 was shot and killed by Claude Kladstrup while duck hunting Friday. Schmidt rose from a prone position in rushes directly before Kladstrup as a flock of ducks neared, taking the full charge of the gun in the head.
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Newell
Peter Schmidt
Claude Kladstrup
Schmidt
Rindstrup
New Guinea Fliers Hop Off in Storm
four fliers bound for New Guinea for an airphone exploration trip left Des Moines at 11:15 amid light snow. They plan to fly to san Francisco and then sail to New Guinea. Randolph Page, air mail pilot, delayed several hours east of Omaha due to bad weather.
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Des Moines
Fesrite
New Guinea
Oelock
San Francisco
Randolph Page
Air Mail
Omaha
Barbershop Bomb Shakes Chicago Police Station
A blast shattered windows at a police station across the street from a barber shop run by a woman. The explosion caused partial wreckage to the shop and prompted police and labor authorities to inspect the scene.
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Chicago
Pussyfoot Johnson Aims to End Turkish Prohibition Tides
Pussyfoot Johnson arrived in Constantinople to meet with prohibition leaders and address the Green Crescent convention. He plans to lecturing for three weeks on U S. prohibition during his stay, noting the group’s membership has doubled in a year.
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Pussyfoot
William
Johnson
Green Crescent
Turkey
Hellespont
United States
Mr. Johnson
Constantinople
Swilliam
Direen Crescent
The
Greek Troops Shell Bulgarian Village
The Greek forces reportedly advance into Bulgarian territory and occupy Patrick and Percy, with Bulgarian officials reporting artillery fire and five sentinels killed. Sofia seeks joint inquiry with Athens as protests are sent to the League.
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Patrick
Percy
Sofia
Bulgaria
Demirhisasar
Senor Romero
Saloniki
Associated Press
Bulgarian Telegraphic Agency
Vilage
Petrich
League
Vienna
League of Nations
Pelrich
Extortioners Given Pen Terms and Fine in Chicago Case
Two men who threatened wealthy parents to extort money for their children received clearest sentences in criminal court. Harbert Cotman, originator of the plot, drew from one to twenty years in the penitentiary, while Richard Reno, who delivered the threats, was sentenced to one year and fines.
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Chicago
Harbert Cotman
Richard Reno
Waa
Boy's Neck Broken in Football Practice
Spencer, Jr., 72, received a broken neck in football practice yesterday afternoon and died before reaching the hospital. Also mentions an audience granted by the pope to Arch Bishop Keane and Bishop Heelan in Iowa.
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Spencer, Jr
Wesley Coughenour
Iowa
Rome
Nope
Keane
Dubuque
Heelan
Sioux City
Ouster trial witness says $60 rent on offices billed to county
Testimony shows County Attorney Cook sought returns of seized liquor as evidence deemed insufficient for convictions. Scott, state agent, admits error in returning liquor. Judge Wood testifies for defense, while Cook's conduct and rent dealings are challenged. Hammond and Ham mond present as prosecutors. The case continues with questions about bonds and liquor seizures.
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Tty Scott
Cook
Cook Flint
Peter Potts
John Faulkner
Ralph Beck
Hese
George Y. Hammond
Scott
J. E B. Risden
Shite
John B. Mammond
Risden
Des Moines
Ki. H. McCoy
George W. Wood
Tistiset Court
William A. Cook
Applegate
Board, of Supervisors
Black Hawk County
Arbuckle
Earl Vincent
Cowin
Timony
Nuneral
Naval
John B. Hammond
Hammond
W. FP. Rusgell
Cate
Salesman Stocker in Multiple Alienation Suits
Sioux City case file centers on Melvin M. Stocker, a Omaha salesman, facing criminal charges and four alienation suits by former wives or others. Accusations include alienation of affections involving Mrs. Katherine Nell, Mrs. Bes Johnson Stecker, and Miss Grace Archer. Stocker was arrested with Archer in Sioux City and custody battles followed. one suit was dropped, another settled for about 4000, and Stocker reportedly plans to remarry Archer in Jamaica.
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Sioux City
Morton Stocker
Melvin M. Stocker
Omaha
Neb
Wisstad
Katherine Nell
Bes
Johnson Stecker
Chinagen
Cor
Hess Stecker
Grace Archer
Sloan
Stocker
Miss Archer
Reuss Johnson
Stocker No
Sim
Stock i
Jamaica
Hispargais
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