London storm leaves Oxford Circus roofs ripped up
A miniature tornado tore through London at Tendon and Oxford Circus with unroofed buildings shattered glass and falling masonry. Buses driven backward by wind and a collapsed roof at the labor exchange caused chaos but only two injuries were reported. Floods devastate southeastern France with millions of francs damage as 500+ houses inundated and Lyons to Geneva rail lines cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Englad
Oxford Circus
Labor Exchange
College of Music
France
Lyons
Grenoble
Geneva
Briancom
Denstiment
Dickinson Lees Huge Republican Victory November 6
Dickinson Lees reports a Canopus club talk by ant t about the middlewest election impact. The speaker claims the Republican party supports strict immigration law enforcement with no future leniency, arguing laboring men prosper when foreign labor competition is curbed, benefiting business and national welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
United States
Parachute Jumper Survives Crash at Georgia Fair
James J. McFadden leaped from a balloon during the Georgia state fair spectacle. His parachute failed to open and he plummeted onto a large circus tent, suffering a concussion but escaping more severe injury as he awaited hospital release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
James J. McFadden
McFadden
Woman in Auto Crash Near Floyd Improves at Home
Mrs. Z B Canty 87 Franklin Street Waterloo injured in a Sunday night auto crash near Floyd Indiana continued to improve at home. She suffered bruises and cuts from flying glass while riding with Mr and Mrs F H Clark of Waterloo The party was returning from Breevill Tenn Canty was taken to Cedar Valley Hospital Waverly by Sheriff P A Saddier and remained there until yesterday The Clarks were not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. B. Canty
Franklin Street
Floyd
Hard Home
Althe Sill
Canty
Waverly
Sherif P. A. Saddier
Clarks
Parsons Sues For Divorce In Waterloo Case
Catherine Parsons files for divorce from Guy Parsons after a Sept 29 1925 Waterloo marriage. She cites desertion and cruel treatment, seeks injunction against contact, alimony of 850 monthly, and restoration of her maiden name Catherine Gallagher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Parsons
Guy ©. Parsons
Waterloo
Temperatures Forecast For Early Week
Weather notes show Monday highs near 30s with Tuesday and Wednesday continuing cool. Cold nights dip to near freezing with no major precipitation expected and modest warming by midweek in the region.
Vampire driver forges others from fronway
A large warmg car crowded a party of focal men on primary 13 near Manchester. Frontress, Robinson, Henry Miller, Harry Miller, Walter Murray, Harold Smith and Harold Miller were thrown into a ditch after a vehicle swerved into their path. Robinson injured hip, Miller ribs, Frontress chest with minor serious injuries. The unknown driver sped away. Also: Leo J Mooney faces assault hearing Thursday in municipal court. Clinton Tourmer is the complainant.
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Manchester
Iocal
Greeley
Modern
Woodmen of America
Teeling
E. Hi. Frontress
Bert Robinson
Harry Miller
Walter Murray
Harold Smith
Harold Miller
Manchester & Oneida
Mr. Robinson
Henry Miller
Leo J. Mooney
Clinton Tourmer
Multiple Local Deaths Reported in Waterloo Area Obituaries
Obituaries from Waterloo and nearby towns record deaths of Flora Bowman Murray at age 57 in Los Angeles after earlier life in Neosho Falls and Cedar Falls. Edward Louis Eckenrad at 57 in Waterloo from gall bladder trouble. Lawrence S Bockmeter at Marble Rock aged 19. Samuel E Marshall 64, killed in a fall in Waterloo. Mrs Doleta Gilbert of Albany Street who died after surgery. and George E Osborn of Kansas City noted as a visitor with Waterloo ties. Burial plans and surviving relatives listed.
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George R. Murray
Flora Bowman
Neosho
Falls
Kan
Cedar Falls
George J. Murray
Kathryn
Helen
Waterloo
Los Angeles
Cal
Murray
Roy PF. Ferry
Portland
Ore
Ella. Simons
Butte
Mont
Frank Bowman
Lewistown
Angeles
Abby
Edward Louis Eckenrad
Lincoln Street
Carrolltown
New Hampton
Elma Cooke
Waverly
Nashua
Petersen Bros. Mortuary
Samuel E. Marshall
Washington Street
Kistner
J. Arthur Young
First M. E. Church
Whiclating
West View Cemetery
la Porte City
George £. Osborn
George Eg Osborn
Kansas City
D. B. McBraidy
Wellington Street
Osborn
Smith Rests Day Before Start of Two Week Campaign
Albany dispatch notes Governor Alfred E. Smith enjoys a quiet day at the executive mansion with his menagerie and finalizes plans for a Boston speech as his eastward drive begins. The campaign focuses on the Atlantic seaboard states with Hoover moving west and Senator Curtis visiting the east. A special two week eastbound train is prepared, including the private car J Nicholas and staff facilities, for intensive campaigning starting tomorrow.
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Albany
N. Y
U.R
Alfred
Smith
Executive Mansion
Boston
Maryland
Massachusetts
East
Herbert Hoover
Pacific Coast
Curtis
New York
Hoover
North Atlantic Seaboard
Hasbeer
the &J. Nicholas
W.W. F. Kenny
New Yellow Coaches for WCFN Soon in Service
Three new Yellow coach buses arrived at Waterloo from Pontiac Michigan and will join the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Norther railway system. The eight cylinder W type buses carry 25 passengers each and will operate on the Mason City route with two of the new machines and one on Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Norther Railroad
Waterloo
Pontiac
Mich
A. H B. Johnson
W. G. Lamb
H. B. Kehler
Yellow
T. R. Meinecke
Two-Day Program of Radio Politics
The Associated Press notes a two day slate of political broadcasts. Tonight features Democrats Senator Carter Glass and Republicans Senator Charles L. McNary with other GOP figures and women’s committee leaders on Wor and Columbia. tomorrow includes Oswald Garrison Villard John W. Davis Alfred E. Smith Homer Cummings James J. Davis and Charles Evans Hughes across multiple networks and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter ‘T. Glass
Virginia
Richmond
WABS
Columbia
Charles Ll. McNary
Oregon
McNary-Haugen
Chicago
Kyw
Midwest
Alvin T. Hert
Min
National Republican
Thomas G. Winter
Home Makers
Department of Women’s Division
Republican National Committee
WOR
Columbia Network
Democra
Oswald Garrison Villard
WEAF
Jonn W. Davis
WHAS
Louisville
Southeastern
Alfred E. Smith
Boston
WIZ
At & P
Homer S$. Cummings
Connecticut
James J. Mavis
Secretary of Labor
WABC
Charles Evans Hughes
WBBM
WCCO
Minneapolis
WDAY
Fargo
Mother of a Whole Village Dies in Spain
Antonia Fernandez Lopez died in San Jorge at age 97 leaving five children 30 grandchildren 48 great grandchildren 15 grandchildren in law and 37 other relatives The family totals 135 the village population Over her tomb the inscription Here lies the mother of a whole village
Public Service Co Buys Frush Company in Jesup
The Iowa Public Service company announces the purchase of the Charles Frush Electric Company in Jesup with takeover on November 1. No changes in management or policies are planned. Frush Electric has supplied Jesup with power for 10 years at wholesale from IPS. Consideration not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Public Service Company
Charles Frush Electric Company
Jesup
Cass Sedan Collision Trial Over Lights Neglect
In a $35 000 auto suit plaintiff alleges L G Cass and daughter Mrs Ratna Burk owned a heavy sedan without lights when it struck Eugene Appleby’s truck at Eleventh and Commercial at midnight May 7 1927. Appleby suffered severe head injuries while Carlson testified seeing the crash and the sedan backed from the curb. Building permits follow with several furnace and garage entries listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Cass
Eugene Appleby
Eleventh
Commercial Streets
Appleby
L. Cass
Ratna Burk
G. W. Wood
A. B. Lovejoy
Carlson
Slayer Ends Life at San Quentin Prison
Leong Ying, sentenced to death for murdering 11 countrymen, hanged not by execution but by suicide in his San Quentin cell. He strangled himself with a towel early today, after a death sentence had been set for November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin Prison
Cal
INS
Leong Ying
Brain Tests at Evening Fest Highlight Name Matching
Paper presents a multi group name test with crossing out names from previous groups. Instructions emphasize sequence rules and cross-ref logic across groups 1 through 4 with final answers on society page.
Fish Placed in Cedar River by State Wardens
W E Albert state fish and game warden and a Manchester hatchery crew, with John C Jago deputy warden and four Izaak Walton league members, released ten bushel baskets of fish into the Cedar River from Lansing Hawkeye No 2. Species include pike and pickerel over 12 inches, bass over 10 inches, crapples, silver bass, and catfish 8 to 22 inches. This marks the first such stocking here since last spring as part of a state program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Dem
W. E. Albert
Mississippi
Lansing
Hawkeye No. 2
Tine Great Western
Toay
Upper Mississippi in Autumn Named One of U S Wonders
A. G. Williord of the Izaak Walton league praises the upper Mississippi from McGregor northward as a national park level attraction. Judge George W. Wood and others joined the trip with boating, hunting, and river views described as enchanting. The Mayo brothers built a new river steamer costing over 250000, described as palace furnished.
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Mississippi
U. S
A. G. Williord
Izaak Walton League
McGregor
George W. Wood
Waterloo
Fred Bell
Id Pryor
Mason City
Iowa
Mme
Altho
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
Willford
Getting Out Vote for Road Bonds Is Urged at Meeting
A drive to mobilize support for the 100,000,000 state road bond issue was launched at a luncheon in Black's tearoom. Led by W. P. Parrott, district director of the Town Good Roads association, the gathering included Senator Arch W. McFarlane and Representatives C. A. Hollis and E. M. Licshty. Voters were urged to consider the separate ballot item on election day and not overlook it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
W. P. Parrott
Town Good Roads Association
Arch W. McFarlane
C. A. Hollis
E. M.licshty
Recollection of G F Barsalou on Waterloo 1882
Rev George F Barsalou, pastor of First Congregational Cedar Falls, shared reminiscences of Waterloo in 1882 with Canopus club members. He recounted a boyhood river incident in which a woman threw stones and pebbles at a large fish, leading to a killed monster and disputed ownership.
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Waterloo
Canopus
George F. Barsalou
First Congregational Church
Cedar Falls
West Side
Stoddard Named Receiver for Morey’s Store in Receivership
Lottie K. Stoddard was named temporary receiver for Morey’s Inc. at 227 Fourth Street East after applying for receivership. Bond set at 5000 dollars. She claims 6000 dollars against the company, with TM. B. Greenburg as president who signed waiver of notice. Hearing scheduled for 3 p.m. October 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie K. Stoddard
Morey’s Inc
Fourth Street East
R. W. Hasner
B. Greenburg
Greenburg
Sullivan & Sullivan
Kid Care Violations Lead to Fine and Suspended Costs
Fred Nicholas of 1604 Jefferson Street was arrested Saturday after neighbors claimed he allowed baby goats to roam. He pleaded guilty yesterday to the charge and was fined $1 by Judge J. C. Beem, with the fine suspended on payment of costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Nicholas
Jefferson Street
Olaint
J. C. Beem
Costa
Torchlight Rally Planned for Cedar Heights GOP Event
An oldums Republican rally with torchlight parade band music and speeches will be held at the Cedar Heights public school for Waterloo township at 7 p.m. Thursday. George E. Pike will deliver the principal address with several other talks on the program. Two bands and a kazoo band will lead the parade and Miss Etta Belle Storer will lead campaign songs. About 500 residents are expected to attend.
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Cedar Heights
Waterloo Township
Wiliam Galloway
Thomas Eaton
George E. Pike
Waterloo
Ettabelle Storer
Black Hawk County
Urges Publishers to Deny Publicity to Space Beggars
Will V. Tufford of the Inland Daily Press association urges publishers at its October meeting to stop printing free publicity. He cites years of failure to curb the practice and says the remedy is not to run the material. George B. Dolliver of Moon-Journal blasts papers as suckers for free matter, showing a week’s mail with 227 groups seeking free space and criticizing radio program publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Will V. Tufford
Inland Daily Press Association
George B. Dolliver
Battle Creek
Mich
Moon-Journal
Ibelishers
Dolliver
Brain Development Differentiates Men Says Neurology Expert
Dr. Tom Throckmorton, Iowa neurologist and secretary of the Iowa State Medical Society, tells the Kiwanis club that brain cell development distinguishes humans from animals. He cites 1863 French discovery of brain action centers and notes the average male brain weighs 53 ounces. Congressman I J Dickinson lauds Kiwanis tours to Washington as educational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Throckmorton
Des Moines
Iowa State Medical Society
Eiwants Club
Hotel
Russell- Lamson
I. J. Dickinson
Algona
Kiwanis International
Washington
Democratic Speaker Towne Dies on Tour After Pneumonia
Tucson Arizona October 23 former United States Senator Charles Arnett Towne died from double pneumonia contracted on his speaking tour for the Smith Robinson ticket. The veteran campaigner served in Congress from Minnesota as both a Republican and a Democrat after a cold taken during an open air parade in South Dakota. He died six hours after arrival at his home. He is survived by his widow.
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Tucson
Ariz
United States
Charles Arnett Towne
Congress
Minnesota
South Dakota
Beers Confirmed as Legion Adjutant at Becker-Chapman Post
Glenn Beers, attorney, is appointed adjutant of Becker-Chapman post No. 134 American Legion succeeding E. J. Brucher. Beers will serve full time from Memorial Hall with office hours in the Waterloo Savings Bank building. Commander A. D. Donnell sets a 1000 member goal for the coming year, noting 855 members this year.
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Glenn Beers
Becker-Chapman
American Legion
E. J. Brucher
Memorial Hell
A. D. Donnell
Beers
Waterloo Savings Bank
Donnell
Feagin and company officials refuse to testify in power probe
Washington officials from the Electric Bond & Share Co persist in defying questions in the federal trade commission power investigation. Ralph B. Feagin declines to testify or produce documents, with company secretary Eugene Summerson, auditor Benjamin Brewster, accountant E. McBride, and comptroller A. E. Smith also refused. Smith did not provide operating expense ledgers despite a direct order from Commissioner McCulloch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ralph B. Feagin
Electric Bond & Share Co
Federal Trade Commission
Feagin
Eugene P. Summerson
Benjamin H. Brewster
E. McBride
A. E. Smith
Smith
McCulloch
Weather Recorder Dies in Gedar Repids
Louis Britt Shepard, 54, optometrist and Mason, died after a two month illness in Gedar Repids Iowa. For 20 years he kept an accurate weather record relied upon by newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder
Gedar Repids
INS
Louis Britt Shepard
Daughters of Union Veterans Present Flags to Waterloo Schools
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War will give 16 flags to three Waterloo public schools this week with ceremonies. Kingsley receives an outdoor flag at 2 a.m. tomorrow, Roosevelt gets three indoor flags at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, and Grant receives 11 indoor flags plus one outdoor flag at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. A. G. Muncey will present outside flags as pupils sing, with a closing patriotic song. Roosevelt form of presentation will differ slightly.
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Daughters of Union Veterans of
Waterloo
Kingsley School
Roosevelt School
Grant School
A. G. Muncey
Simler
Kingsley
Grant
Roosevelt
Fast Auto Thwarts Robber in Waterloo Chase
A speeding car pursuit in Waterloo led William McRoberts to force a would be thief into a ditch near the Rock Island tracks. The suspect fled on foot along the tracks and the car was returned to its owner with no damage. Police issued word on a second case. Henry Speers, 17, must find work within two days or face action after stealing a car from A W Eneeskern at the John Deere plant. he was reported by Police Chief Charles Mohts as in trouble for the first time and still jobless at noon today.
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Waterloo
William McRoberis
Fifth
Washington Streets
la Porte City
McRoberts
Rock Island
Henry Speers
Miles Street
A. W. Eneeskern
Archer Street
John Deere Company
Charles Mohts
Snears
Hughes at St. Joe for Speech Tonight
Charles Evans Hughes, former secretary of state, arrives in St Joseph Missouri for his first presidential campaign speech in support of Hoover Curtis. A reception precedes the event at Robidoux hotel with Congressman Charles Faust and other leaders. The speech is to be broadcast by KFEQ and Hughes departs at 1 35 a m for Chicago for tomorrow’s engagement.
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St. Joseph
U Pp
Charles Evans Hughes
Hoover- Curtis
Hughes
Robidoux Hotel
Charles L.faust
KFEQ
Chicago
Boy Killed When Scooter Hits Auto
Des Moines reports the death of Cline ton Leonard J a boy on a scooter who collided with an automobile driven by J H Crann junior high school instructor. He suffered a fractured skull and severe head injuries and died at the scene after attempting to dodge the car at an intersection traveling about 15 miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.2
Clineton Leonard
J. H. Crann
Crann
Westward bound visit plans for Sedgwick family
Mrs J E Sedgwick leaves for California to visit her brother Charles Cobb in Van Nuys and daughters at Leland Stanford University Palo Alto and Harriet in La Jolla. Mayor Gray offers 100 reward for night prowler who ransacked 35 homes with no items stolen except money. Marriage licenses Coile Shoemaker and Wadine Slufflebeam both of Plainfield vanquish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westward HO
J. E. Sedgwick
South Street
California
Charles Cobb
van Nuys
Mary
Leland Stanford University
Palo Alto
Harriet
la Jolla
Charles City
Iowa
C. G. Gray
Ingrown Nail Relief Promises Quick Pain Stop
An ad extols Quigro a harmless antiseptic for chiropodists. It claims a few drops in the nail crevice reduce inflammation and ease tenderness, letting the skin heal and the nail grow outward without pain.
Parties Press Wide Registration Efforts Ahead of Election
Republican and Democratic groups in Black Hawk county push for broad voter registration for the November 6 general election. Knapp Matthews says Republicans will maximize registrations and assist voters at proper sites while aiming for an overwhelming Hoover majority. Democrat M H Kelly vows to mobilize electors and ensure a complete registration and vote, detailing citywide organizing and targeting full participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Black Hawk County
Knapp Matthews
County Central Committee
Ad Ita
Elso
Eny
st.Repulican
Hoover
M. H. Kelly
Zippe and Higgens Named as Slayers
Zippe and Higgens, just back from Tucson, were named in a coroner jury verdict as the men believed to have killed Max Shepler. The inquest yesterday featured Lucy Moore and Ansil Hardin as key witnesses detailing the shooting on Huron Island and the events leading to it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Chinese Tongman Shot Dead in Minneapolis After Work
Special police guarded Minneapolis Chinese districts after the assassination of Hugh A. Kay a cook and On Leong tong member. Several tong members were arrested for questioning but denied involvement with rival Hip Sings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
U.2
Hugh A. Kay
The
Hip Sings
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Middlewest
Canopus Club
Kurt Tin
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
New York Academy of Medicine
Fronway
Edward T. Eckenrod
Lawrence Bockmeter
Lawrence S Bockmeter
Marble Rock
St. Francis Hospital
Arthur Bockmeier
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Charles Guy
Doletta Gilbert
Coletta Gilbert
Albany Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Joe Gabrielson
Graettinger
Battle of Atlantic Seaboard
Joseph L. Cohn
Associated Press
Radio
Tonight
Tomorriew
Central Time
Cass
R. S. E Hickelberg
Wyoming, Co
Evening Fest, Inc
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William
Percy
Grace
Charlotte
Ane
Algernon
Lloyd
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Marie
Walter
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Theodore
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Harold
Harry
Egbert
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Jane
Howard
Willam
Elizabeth
May
Gilbert
Edwina
Alice
Frank
Jeannette
Lange
Ingro
Fish
G. F. Barsalou
Morey's
Paris
Frederick J. Gilfilan
Europe
Gilfillan
Lucerne
Switzerland
George Pike
Kiwanis Club
Legion Adjutant
Gar
Scooter
Coile
Plainfield
Wadine Slufflebeam
Zippe and
Higgens
Slayers
P.O. Hox
Usion Tobacco Co. Sa
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