Waterloo Falls weighs five cent toll on Cedar Falls calls
Waterlo o Falls officials defend a proposed five cent toll on Cedar Falls telephone calls effective November 1. C B E Campbell of Northwestern Bell argues the Cedar Falls Water loo line costs are rising and calls may drop 70 percent without the toll. City leaders plan to discuss the issue with the council and seek broader civic input.
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Waterno
Cedar Falls
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
A. E. Gnaey
Altho
C. B E. Campbell
Cedar
Waterloo
M Camp‘bell
Cedar Fells
Campbell
A. ¥. Weigel
Gallagy
Weigel
Greater Waterloo Association
Lloyd George Seeks Another House for Three Months Only
London report says Lloyd George and her husband prepare to move from 20 Downing Street. A furnished town house will be rented for three months, suggesting a return to Downing Street by then. Large crates of records and effects are packed as a moving van is awaited.
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London
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Livya George
New Peace Effort In Ireland Reported
Dublin October 23 peace negotiations between the free state and irregular factions continued under Rev Walter Thomas after the De Valera plan failed. No predictions were offered as fighting trends slow and public sentiment tires of war. Also, a San Bernardino fire near Arrowhead hospital escalated with 250 firefighters fighting to stop spread to nearby ranches and buildings.
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Dublin
Free State
Togtcess
Walher Thomas
de Valera
Battle Forest
San Bernardino
Cal
Arrowhead Hospital
Courier Delivery Notice for Missed Papers
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5:80 attack if through error of the carrier or other cause you fail to receive your paper by that time please phone 332d and request a second copy of the paper with payment. Phone calls must reach this office before 6:20 p.m.
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Uma, Plesse
Pe Kent
Bishop Bars Duke of Marlborough Excluded From Conference
London Oct 23 The bishop of Oxford barred the Duke of Marlborough from the Anglican diocesan conference over his divorce and remarriage to Miss Gladys Deacon of Boston, deeming him a nonconformist under church law, triggering significant social reaction.
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Bishop Bars
Duke of Marlborough
London
Oxford
Anglican Church
Gladys Deacon
Boston
Two Ku Klux Klan members donate $25 in Clinton
In Clinton County two masked Klansmen visited the Salvation Army hall Sunday evening and presented the army with a $25 envelope and a letter praising its work. Other items include strikes, court actions, and weathered regional notes from Des Moines to Paris.
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Salvation Army
Clinton, Ia
Mu Klux
Tenement Fire Kills Fifteen in New York Blaze
A five story tenement at One Hundred Tenth Street and Lexington Avenue burned rapidly killing fifteen and injuring seventeen with about 150 homeless. Fire marshal and homicide bureau investigated origin under the main stairway while several family members perished leaping from windows. Rescues saved many, Frederik Strokach credited with saving eighteen lives before severe burns.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas Brophy
John R. Hennis
Homicide Bureau
Tenth Street
Lexington Avenue
Abraham Sugarman
Silver
Frederik
Strokach
Fialice
Fairbank Child Killed by Horse on Grandfather Farm
Harold Rechkemmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rechkemmer, was killed when kicked by a horse on his grandfather’s farm near Fairbank Saturday. Services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev. O Sandbach officiating, and interment followed in Fairbank cemetery. The boy wandered from his father to the pasture. the accident had no witnesses and he lived about two hours after being found.
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Fairbank
Harold Rechkemmer
Carl Rechkemmer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev
O| Sandbach
Laughter Sparks Fatal Quarrel Over Speech Impediment
In San Francisco on Oct 23 a boyish laugh at an impediment in speech allegedly sparked ill feeling between 17 year old William Lynch and Thomas J. McCormack. Lynch says after multiple fights McCormack threw a knife and was killed. Lynch claims self defense.
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San Francisco
Cal
Thomas J. McCormack
William R. Lynch
McCormack
Lynch
Fred
Janney Secures Option on Ellis Hotel Property
G C Janney receives an option to purchase the Ellis hotel and Armory building on Fifth and Sycamore streets, with plans for a 12 story, 400 room fireproof hotel including lobby, offices, salon, ballroom, and convention hall. A slogan promises a room for a dollar and a half. Plans for adjacent properties are also in preparation.
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Chitaelty
G. C. Janney
Elis Hotel Company
Cha
Ellis Hotel
Armory
Fifth Street
Sycamore Street
Flyth Street
Sixth Straet
Janney
Holdara
Fifth End Sycamore
Fuoss Holdings
Sycamere
Government to prohibit booze in coast waters upheld
New York Oct 3 judge Hand upheld federal aim to ban liquor on ships of American registry and restrict foreign vessels from bringing alcohol into U S territorial waters The ruling supports Daugherty Volstead Act powers over maritime liquor traffic and denies injunctions from steamship firms while allowing limited on board stock for crew rations on eastbound voyages The decision notes bonds of 25000 each and signals ongoing Supreme Court appeal by steamship lines
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New York
United States
Learned Hand
United States District Court
Harry M. Daugherty
Mand
Tudga Hand
Ununard
Anchor
Internal Revenue
Treasury
Daugherty
Hand
U. S. Suprema Court
America
Land
Milent
P Hinva
Ambrose
New York Harbor
Judes Mand
Laborites Aim to Form First Labor Government in England
Labor leaders revealed plans to contest about 500 of 6154 constituencies in the forthcoming general election. They believe they can win enough seats to create the first Labour government in English history, as Labour currently holds 78 seats in the Commons.
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Fondon
Drt
lLabor
Laborita
England
Commons
Highways Report From Aerie Weather Bureau for Iowa Cities
The bulletin covers routes including Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Dubuque and Mason City. Terrain shows mostly good conditions with some rough stretches and clay roads while several areas report dry and clear pavement. Weather guidance notes general road safety and upkeep by the state department.
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Charles City
Algona
Cedar Pa
Davenport
Tes Maines
Dubuaque
Crosse
Wis
Mason City Serty
Harding Approves Move to Beat Klani
President endorses Texas Republicans aiding independent Democrats in a united bid against class division. Letter to H. B. Greager praises GOP cooperation with anti Ky lax, kan Democrats. Mention of George B. Peddy and Mayfield, with ant i imperial ties alleged. Flags new era in Texas politics as Republican and independent Democratic forces unite to oppose class-based factions.
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Under Press
Dallas
Tex
Texas Senatorial
H. B. Greager
State Republicasy
Puble
Hardhng
Pexas Republicans
Klin
Creager
Washington
George BE
Peddy
Texas
Warle
Mayfield
Algatfon
Republcan
Democratic Movement
Steel Industry Sees 8-Hour Day Feasible News
Washington reports a Federated American Machinists committee finds U S steel industries can shift from 12-hour to 8-hour days without raising labor costs. The panel estimates total labor costs would rise 3 to 15 percent, often less than current plant-to-plant variations due to equipment efficiency and location.
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Washington, D. C
American Steel Industries
Federated American Mu+ ehteering Society
I. C. Train Kills Five on Crossing in Hillsboro
Hillsboro Oct 23 Five persons are dead after an auto was struck by a train. The car was dragged for nearly a mile, with parts of the auto and bodies left along the track. Victims include Ruth Boyer daughter of the Montgomery county coroner Ray Keefe and his wife Annetter and their 5 month old baby and Lucilie Scott 20 a school teacher.
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Hillsboro
Ulinais Central
Ruth Boyer
Montgomery County
Ray Keefe
Annetter
Lucilie Scott
Baltic liner Boergrount wrecked in gale near Stockholm
Stockholm reports nine lives lost as the Baltic liner Boergrount was driven ashore in a gale. Several other ships foundered in the same storm with crews missing.
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Stockholm
Red Cross Aids Disabled Veterans In Iowa for Year
The American Red Cross reported aiding more than 500 disabled veterans in Iowa during the year. New and overlooked cases are being found monthly across the state, with 31 hospitals continuing to care for wounded and shell shocked veterans in cities including Atlantic Ames Burlington Cedar Rapids Cherokee Clarinda Colfax Creston Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Fort Dodge Independence Iowa City Keokuk Knoxville Mason City Monett Pleasant Muscatine New Hampton Oskaloosa Ottumwa Sioux City Woodward and Waterloo.
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Red Cross
Bell Cross
Atlantic
Ames
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Checokws
Clarind
Colfax
Creston
Davenport
By Moines
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Independence
Tawa City
Keokuk
Knoxville
Mason City
Monnet. Pleasant
Muscatine
New Thampston
Oakdale
OtLamwa
Sioux City
Woodward
Waterloo
Five Women Face Death in Murder Trials
AAP reports on multiple murder cases across cities, focusing on Peggy Beal and others facing the death penalty. The Kansas City trial of Maria Neal, with five expected witnesses for the defense, is highlighted along with related cases in Wackensack, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Los Angeles, detailing defendants, alleged motives, and court proceedings.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Maria
Peggy" Neal
Springfield
F. Warren Anderson
Stulph Sr. Batshaw
Bevel
Reat Fas
Shea
Ander
Tin
Gio
Jane of Hearts
Anderson
Teal
Bert
Beal
George Cline
Charles Scullion
Alice Thornton
Bergen County Criatinal Court
Jack Bergen
Miss Thurnton
Scullion
Bergen
Cline
Motion Picture
Ton
Mra
Phillips
Tety Koster
Philadelphia
Maus
Catherine Rualer
Modiste
Oscar Rosier
Dlay
Mildred Geraldine Reckitt
Maurice J. Speleer
Commonwealth
International News
Cleveland
Maher
Champion
Maurfea Hernon
Common Pleas
I. Belton Kennedy
Big Lion Hunt Still on at Michigan City
In Michigan City Indiana on October 23 a wild region near Lakeside remains on the hunt for a large lion. The local women stayed indoors as a new posse led by Deputy Sheriff J S Marley forms to track the beast with over one hundred hunters already in pursuit. Wolves terrorized Leesburg area northwest of Warsaw Indiana as a marsh fire drove a pack from swamps. a large dog owned by Nay Teenle was killed.
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Michigan City
Ind
Lakeside
Mien
J. 5
Marley
Pearla
Warsaw
Tnd
Leesburg
Nay Teenle
U S Officer and Army Plane Seized Over Whisky Cargo
At Laredo Texas customs and a U S marshal seized a United States Army airplane while Mexican liquor was being loaded. An Army officer and his mechanic were arrested and the aircraft is held at the local aviation base. This marks the first reported Army plane seizure in a prohibition case. Ten or more sacks of liquor were seized.
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Laredo
Tex
U. S
Unite States Army
United States Army
Mercy killing by wife’s uncle ends in suicide
In Rockford Illinois on October 28 Curtis Smith aged 69 killed 67 year old Genoa resident Chom ug Cornwell by beating and strangling him with a pendulum and then killed himself with poison after leaving a note calling it an act of mercy. The bodies were found Sunday morning in Cornwell’s bedroom by his 16 year old son Edwin.
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Rockford
Chomug Cornwell
Genoa
Curtis Smith
Cornwell
Smith
Bly Son
Hdwin
Billions Lost by Government in War Fraud Probes
Washington October 23 government figures show billions paid on fraudulently awarded war contracts will not be recovered due to inability to prove dishonesty and conspiracy. Officials say profiteers in league with some officials hid traces as government agents pursue about 400 civil and criminal cases across federal courts.
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Waslington
Cagea
Department of Justi Ce
Mits
War Department
Shipping Board
Bonar Law becomes Conservative premier in Britain
London reports Bonar Law accepted the premiership ending the coalition era. He urged peace economy and stability, pledged to honor Ireland talks, and avoided detailing policy until later in the week. Labor and Liberal groups prepare for a busy political week with conventions and potential election dates under debate.
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Associated Press
London
England
Winnigter
Andrew Bonar Lavy
Altho
Cobinet
Bonar Law
Ley Woul
Seatehman
Tend Deneles
Wrechisa
People of
British Commonwealth
Asvard
Bonat Law
Ireland
Siys
Marquis Curzon
Chamberlain
Suverd
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