Slush Fund Probes Roil Oregon Indiana and Oklahoma
A nationwide drive for investigations into alleged political slush funds and Klan influence sweeps Oregon Indiana and Oklahoma. Senator Reed of Missouri faces requests from Connecticut Oklahoma and Illinois authorities to probe campaign expenditures and hooded order activity in Indiana.
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Kansas City
Oregon
ATI
McNary
Robert N. Stanfield
Frederick Steiner
Indiana
Ralph H. Cameron
Arizona
New Mexico
Reed
St Louis
INS
Illinois
All America
J. A Reed
Missouri
Ku Klux Klan
James E. ‘Watson
Chicago
Indianapolis
Connecticut
Oklahoma
Eastern Star delegates attend midwestern convention
At the forty eighth annual convention of the Order of Eastern Star Nebraska and Iowa chapters present include C E 8 delegates from 448 of 465 chapters, with past grand matrons and patrons honored. Membership figures for Towa and Des Moines chapters are cited, along with the Cedar Rapids and Waterloo chapters, and dedication of a Star home at Boone. Funds raised and reported. Resection of construction costs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Dunlap
Nebraska
Towa
Order of Eastern Star
Jessie Wheeler
P. Shiremen
W. Mack
High Court Split on Taking Power from U S Senate
The court debates presidential removal power over independent departments such as the Interstate Commerce Commission and Federal Reserve Board. The case focuses on whether the president may dismiss postmasters like Frank Myers without Senate consent, questioning constitutional balance between executive and legislative branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Court
U.S. Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Tariff Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Court of Claims
The
Shipping Board
Justee McHeynolds
Frank Myers
Portland
Ore
Wilson
Tole
Myers
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
C Sef
Taft
Ate Ragali
Judiciary
Cam- Witte
Montana
Prisoner Finishes Bread and Water Sentence
Tekamaba Oct 27. Carson, a farmer, completed a 60 day bread and water punishment in the county jail and reports gaining six pounds. He weighed 112 pounds at the start and 115 at release, saying the diet surprisingly added weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tekamaba
Ned
Carson
President Coolidge Granted Vast Power Over Appointed Officials
The ruling supports the president's control over removal of officials he appoints and signals Congress may try limits in future. Critics warn of Congress extending influence by reassigning appointments to other officers, while supporters stress the current decision gives the president broad authority to manage boards and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Coolidge
Shipping Board
Burt &L. Haney
Porter on Farm Aid Sparks Rural Debate in Iowa
Cedar Rapids Iowa October 27 a speaker for the national Republican congressional committee challenged Claude R Porter Democratic candidate for U S senator over tariff policy. Lane said Porter’s stance would harm farmers and spur higher prices for consumers in a heated exchange on the tariff issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles FR. Lane
Fort Wayne
Ind
National Republican Congressional Committee
Claude R. Porter
United States
Porter
Nebraska and Syracuse to Play Football in 1997
Fragmented lines describe a planned football game between Nebraska and Syracuse set for 1997 with garbled details on venue and schedule. Names appear as Linenin and Kiet with other unclear tokens. The text hints at a formal athletic event but the specifics are unreadable.
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Linenin
Y. Kiet
BFF
Neminty Elanert
Fey
Sory
Tineatn
Ort
Cure Geldivan
Two Dead in Hearin Gang War Rivalry Near Herrin
In Harrisburg Illinois on October 27 authorities report a gang war between the Shelton and Birger factions in southern Illinois escalating after the slayings of Birger allies Willian McQuay and Ward Jones. Both victims were found killed by gunfire and near a river. Birger’s roadhouse faction leader Charles Birger is quoted promising a “war to the death.” The Shelton brothers Eril and Carl operate along the Williamson County roadhouse near Herrin and are tied to ongoing county hostilities.
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Harrisburg
Linois
Shelton
Birger Bangs
Birger
Willian McQuay
Hervin
Ward Jones
Equality
Charles Birger
Shelton Brothers
Eril
Carl
Williamson Counts
Mainuin
Herrin
Williamson County
Hammill Urges Labor to Sit In At Industrial Parley
Governor John B. Hammill addressed about 300 Illinois Central shopmen during a noon gathering in a machine shop. He urged workers to sit in to solve national industrial and economic problems, defend American markets, support restricted immigration, and stressed talking with opponents as a path to agreement. The speech occurred as Hammill attended the grand chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.
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John B. Hammill
Illinois Central
Hammill
Ble
Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Siar
Hypotheses Not What Stopped Up Sewer in Court
In St Paul municipal court Mrs Josephine Gohlke charged neighbor Frank Dobie with clogging her sewer and sought 21 dollars for plumbers. The judge quipped about wine making, noting the sewer clogs were from mash while Dobie claimed he had made no hypotheses. The case was taken under advisement with a warning not to dump skins or stiff in the sewer.
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St. Paul, Minn
Lfi
Josephine Gohlke
Frank Dobie
Dobie
Gohtke
Marie Welcomed by Canadians as British Daughter
Montreal crowds greet Queen Marie as British royalty and Victoria’s descendant. She tours Roumania with an entertainment program before an overnight train to Ottawa for an all day stay, then continues toward Winnipes. The queen expresses pride in English birth and strong links within the British empire.
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Marie
Montreal
Montréal
Roumania
Toronto
Ottawa
Winnines
Britaain
Victoria
England
Farm assault ends in death for Eugene Crow at Garson
Eugene Crow died after an assault on his farm near Garson on Friday. He was taken to a hospital, buried in a local parish, leaving a wife and four children Donald Maxine Robert and Ray and four sisters. His mother and family mourn the loss.
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Figene
Eugene Crow
Lee
Skal
Garson Bist
Aenpad Gharnh
Gare Nea
Tay
Bir Greve Towmnehin
Carrlaon
Laea
Joseph
Joseph and Had Spent All Seatey
Donald
Maxine
Robert
Ray
Ce Rotta
Sjyter
Weather Fragments Show Unclear Temperature Report Inconsistent Text
Fragmentary OCR yields scrambled temperatures and weekday labels for Maximusy Purtday and several Wednesdays with no clear values. Readable items show partial mentions of high and low temperatures but lack concrete numbers or locations for a coherent forecast.
Graft Trial Details Tie Maj Owen to Sacramental Wine Payments
In Cracaga Oct 27 Maj Percy Owen, former aide, is linked to graft payoffs in the trial of Owen and state senator Dowell B Mason for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. Witness Harry Schiau testified the initial bribe was 56 dollars slipped into Owen's glove and cited a $1,400 share from a large wine release as part of the scheme.
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Cracaga
Maj Percy Owen
Maj
Owen
Five Generations Meet in Marshalltown Reunion
A five generation gathering in Marshalltown united the 96 year old great great grandmother Mrs. Sarah C. Quintard with four Waterloo residents and relatives from Waterloo attended. The elder Quintard, mother of nine, lives in Marshalltown since 1863 and Civil War veteran husband of Mrs. Quintard died in 1910 shortly after their 65th wedding anniversary. Nearby Waterloo relatives attending included Mrs. Bill DeFrance and her daughter Mrs. A. E. Beightal along with other Quintard descendants and Johnsons from Kern Street and Hawver Court.
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R. A. Beightol
Ella DeFrance
Eugene A A. Beightol
A. E. Beightol
Sarah C. Quintard
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Hawver
Kenneth Johnson
Kern Street
Glenn Johnson
Arrang
Cliff Lauritson
Hawyer Court
Valentino relics auctioned as estate sale looms in Hollywood
The late Rudolph Valentino's estate will be auctioned for cash with executor George Ullman leading the sale. Items include a knight’s trophy, a bishop’s throne, ornate swords, jeweled pistols, tapestries, and the famed Falcon Lair mansion nearby. Valentina’s former circle expects strong public bidding on the relics and personal effects.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rudolph Valentino
Jim Star
George Ullman
Valentino
Fillywood
Tom
Harry
Pola Negri
Falcon Lair
Green Ris
Hollywood
Ullman
Ted Valentino
Haly
Valenting
Bishop
Take Steps to End British Coal Strike
Bally Chronicle reports imminent end to coal stoppage after hours of talks between Trade Union Congress members and Prime Minister Baldwin. Lords Perry Londonderry Derby named as mediators as Irish troubles threaten stability of the realm.
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London
Bally Chronicle
Trade Unron Congress
Baldw
Lord Perry
Lord Londonderry
Lord Derby
Trish
Yrideh Isles
Plane used to give service to motorists
An airplane visits Mason City to promote auto service by Archie Peterson who runs a local Cadillac station. He arrived around 11 am and stayed about half an hour before continuing his promised outreach to workers, touching down near the north edge of the city around 11:45 am.
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Archie Peterson
Mason City
Cadillac Company
North City
Waltons Consider Permit To Seine Carp From Cedar
A request to seine carp and other soft fish from the Cedar River near Wat Jerloo was filed with deputy fish and game warden Tom Waldron. The Izaak Walton league will consider the permit at a special meeting called by President W A Vendry for tomorrow at 7 30 p m in municipal court room.
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Cedar River
Wat Jerloo
Tom Waldron
Izaak Walton League
W. A. Vendry
Toom
Upper Mississippi
Walton League
Ivaak Walton League
Temayney Nich
Body of Harry Greb Buried at Pittsburgh
The body of Harry Greb former world middleweight boxing champion was laid to rest in Calvary cemetery Pittsburgh following a funeral in Atlantic City last week. Gene Tunney joined the crowd of mourners as a pallbearer paying tribute to the “Pittsburgh wind mill.”
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Pittsburgh
Harry Greb
Atlantic City
Calvary Cemetery
Pittsiigh
Gene Tunney
Moore to Plead Self Defense in Clinton Trial
Clinton bootlegger Eugene Moore to plead self defense in the murder case against Police Officer Fred Koch. Moore's attorney argued he believed he was attacked by rival Chicago rum runners, with darkness and mistaken identity cited as cause. Koch was killed when Moore fired after being shot in the arm during a confrontation with police.
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Corey
Herr
Leo Siegel
Chicago
Siegel
Flerr
Howard Hayes
Gene Moore
Clinton
Harry Davis
Waterloo
Set
Art Kline
la Porte City
Hayes
Kline
Moore
Clinton, Ta
Eugene Moore
Fred Koch
Noosa
J. B. Purcell
Thea Three Meno
United States District Court
Davenport
Ofiicer Koch
Indian Chief Sets An Arithmetic Test for School Children
Glacier Park Montana October narrative shows Chief Heavy Breast presenting a homely scale puzzle to 27 Indian pupils at Glacier Park reservation. He weighs himself wife and papoose, computes weights, and proposes testing both Indian and white rural classroom students on the problem. The tale jokes about native education and literacy.
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Glacier Park
Mont
Somebsdy
Glacier National Park Reservation
Owen
Heavy Breast
Agency
Rockies
Montana
Big City
Potato Diggers Find 42 Rattlesnakes in Den at Chadron
Neh Oct 27 neighbors, while seeking rattlesnakes harassing potato diggers, uncovered a den with a large coil of snakes. They killed and untangled them, counting 42 rattlesnakes and one blue racer, some old with 32 rattles. Flow may come again as Mauna Toa lava event feared.
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Chadron
Neh
T. J. Butler
Honolulu
Mauna Toa
Elks Urged to Attend Funeral of Everton Walker
Waterloo Elks lodge urged all members to meet at the Elks home to march in a funeral procession for Everton B Walker life member who died yesterday. Marriage licenses were noted for Anna Breen and Herbert Fisher among others in Waterloo and Lime Springs listings.
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Waterloo Lode
Elks Home
Lewis
Fort Codre
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
Anna S&s. Breen
Waterloo
Charce Herbert €. Fisher
Lime Springs
Everton B
Women Not Very Strong for Cigaret Smoking Report
A Washington dispatch reports the board of temperance and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church says certain women including prostitutes and flappers imitate society dames by smoking. The board asserts most American women are nicotine free and oppose efforts by cigarette makers to recruit female smokers.
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Washington, D. C
iPi
Society Dames
Board of Temperanten of Prohibition
Burial rites set for Cassett victim and Dinderman
Funeral services for John Cassett Guttenberg and brief rites for Mrs A J Dinderman were announced with the men in the residence of Levi Wright, a Negro, as the shooting occurred early Sunday. Wright was jailed for a six month liquor violation and awaits municipal court actions including a grand jury appearance.
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John Cassett
Guttenberg
A. J. Dinderman
Fourth Street
Leyi Wright
Fourteenth Street West
Reun
Garnayillo
Dinderman
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
Earl A. Roadman
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Fairview
Levi Wright
Cassett
Cook
Wood
Wright
West Waterloo Teachers Elect Delegates to NE Iowa Meeting
Superintendent Charles AL Kit trell, primary supervisor Miss Mabel Henderson, and Emers on school second grade teacher Miss Martha Van Brussel were elected yesterday by the West Waterloo Teachers association as delegates to the Northeast Division annual convention of the Iowa State Teachers association. The affiliation with the state body grants three delegates for the electorate to attend the Des Moines meeting on November 3 and 4.
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Charles AL Kittrell
Mabel Henderson
Martha van Brussel
Emerson School
West Waterloo Teachers’ Association
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Workmen Find Mountain of Ice Near Lame Deer Montana
Workmen digging shale for roads northwest of Lame Deer Montana uncovered a vast ice formation described as a mountain of ice. The ice lies along a hill beside the highway and is mixed with shale. An existing ice well about 10 miles east is a well known traveler stop. Investigations show shale near the site is frozen into the ice and blasting may reveal if the ice vein is widespread or localized.
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Lame Deer
Mont
M.T. Mitchell
Milter
Henry Fink Dies at Home in Sumner Iowa
Henry Fink 73 died this morning after a loneliness in Sumner. funeral set for Friday at 2 p m in the Evangelical church. He had lived in this section since age nine, his family from Wisconsin where he was born. His widow survives.
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Sumner. Ia
Get
Henry Fink
Evangelical Church
Wisconsin
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GOI
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