Local Lodge Announces Candidacy and Honors Lineup
The notice lists names and titles across districts including Belva Miller from Tabor as grand marshal and Theodore W. Hawkinson from Walker as associate grand patron, with Roscoe Zerwekch Perry Clinton Kastner Boone and others holding grand and associate roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shore
Flint
Belva Miller
Tabor
Daisy Daker
Oelwein
Grand Electra
Theodore W. Hawkinson
Walker
Roscoe RB
Zerwekch
Perry
Clinton Kastner
Boone
Grand Sentinel
Ylatchett McMaster
Sutherland
Ethel Seidler
Jamaica
Jessie Wheeler
Waterloo
Worthy
Praneis Dahl
Cedar Walls
Adah G. Thompson
Marion
Mary U.S. Johnson
Fumboklt
Unique Homecoming at Haskell Institute in Kansas
Read as a historic snapshot the piece highlights Haskell Institute in Lawrence Kansas hosting a unique homecoming for former students from Osages to Creeks. It notes tepee camps two days of feasting a new athletic stadium dedication and a football game against Bucknell. It also mentions an address by Hebert Work and a broader bite on Americanization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
Waskell
Haskell Institute
Hebert Work
Council of the
Washington
Haskell
Bucknell University
Courier delivery timetable and re-delivery offer
The notice states home delivery before 5 30. if the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Calls should reach this office before 6 38 p m.
Pennsylvania Campaign Shapes Vare Battle for Senate
The article outlines Pennsylvania politics as William Ware of Pennsylvania faces a likely Senate bid. It notes Democratic hopes centered on William Wilson for governor and the split on prohibition with Eugene Bonniwell. Norris intervention and Pinchot’s stance loom as factors in the race with Pulitzer controls and press dynamics shaping the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Ware
Pennsylvania
Newberry
Michigan
Vare
Senate
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Dilennna
Pennsylaa
Willam B. Wion
Wilson
William Wilson
Eugene Bonniwell
Govenor
Bonniwel
Bonniwell
Repubican
Philadelphia Record
Norris
Pretty Soft Ducks Hunters Use City Benches on Riverfront
In Fort Madison Iowa on October 28 residents describe a duck hunting scene along River View Park. Duck teams sit on park benches to shoot at birds feeding on the Mississippi, while police, often idle, observe from the riverfront station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Riverview Park
State Gov t Rak U6 Millions for Two Year Period
Des Moines reports more than 36 million dollars in state appropriation requests for the 1927 to 1929 biennium, about eight million more than received in the current period. The budget director notes education boards drive the rise, plus a 50 thousand request for chemistry work against the corn borer. Gov Hammill and budget plans to be released next week. Also Cuba Kansas bank raid sees three men steal boxes and flee in a stolen car with cash and securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
E. T. Hogue
State Board of Education
State Board of Control
Hogue
Hammill
Iowa
Cuba
Kan
Farmers State Bank
Shepherd Wins Probate Bid for McClintock Estate
The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the Cook County verdict admitting BHig McClintock’s will to probate. William D. Shepard of Chicago had received the bulk of the million-dollar estate, with Isabell Fone to receive 5600 annuity, amid claims of undue influence and ties to McClintock’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
William D. Shepherd
Chicago
Billy
Shepherd
Isabelle Fone
McClintock
Cook
Henry Homer
Frances Dahl Named Worthy Grand Matron at Des Moines Meet
Mrs Frances Dahl Cedar Falls associate worthy grand matron for the last year was advanced this morning to worthy grand matron succeeding Mrs Jessie Wheeler Waterloo. Installation to follow late this afternoon. Des Moines to host the fiftieth annual convention in October 1427 with golden jubilee features. Two Waterloo women named to grand offices Mary Ethel Dixon and Mrs Russell DeGen. Other appointed officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Dahl
Cedar Walls
Iowa Order of the Eastern Star
Jessie Wheeler
Waterloo
Nora Springs
Airs
Dahl
Es Daliax Falls
Order of the Eastern Star
West High School
Theodore W. Hawkinson
Waller
Ethel Seidler
Jamaica
Nurion
Mary Hl. S. Johnson
Humboldt
Des Moines
Becker
John Wammill
Order of the Eastern Stacy
Mary Ethel Dixon
Russell DeGen
Miss Dixon
DeGen
Dahl Fetsuderd
Eme Burr
Sioux Rapids
Frances B. Jackson
Cedar Falls
Brand Ruth
Aida Miller
Greene
Yaquis Surrender to Mexican Troops at Mapoli
Advices from Nogales report Col Rafael Buelna’s forces surprised and captured a portion of Chief Juan Rivera’s Yaqui war party near Mapoli Sonora. About 75 troops took the prisoners unresistingly with few shots fired. Prisoners likely to be sent to Tres Marias islands. killings not planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Rafael Buelna
Mapoli
Sonora
Tres Msrias Islands
Juan Rivera
Oros
Leader of Old 33rd at Gates of Death
Maj. Gen. George Bell Jr. veteran commander of the Thirty third division in World War I was reported near death at his Chicago hotel home. The 68 year old general is said to suffer from pernicious anemia with doctors hopeful for a miracle tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
George Bell
Bell
Gustavus M. Blech
Businessman Questioned in Clubber Slugger Killings
Toledo notables report a local businessman questioned in connection with the murder of Lily Cray a 26 year old school trader beaten to death by a slugger. Police say the Cray case is not tied to the later slayings of Mary Ann Alden in her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
JPI
Lily Cray
Mussolini Sees Silver Lining for Italy as Work Rises
Rome dispatch reports Premier Mussolini in a countrywide proclamation says dark clouds over Italy are thinning. He claims a glorious future for Italians if they embrace fascist doctrine and the will to work, noting a falling unemployed figure compared with 1922 when about 4,000,000 were jobless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Bose
Committee of 80 to evolve plans for moister law
A committee of 50 prominent Americans and Canadians was named to study and modify prohibition. The group, led by C. C. Hinckley, includes educators, scientists, clergy, and business leaders and will compare Canadian and Scandinavian systems, aiming for a plan by 1927. The Methodist board of temperance criticized the Canadian approach, saying it failed to curb hard liquor and illicit production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association Against the
Board of Temperance
Prohibition and Morals
Methodist Church
Anti-Saloon League
Washington
DD. C
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
C. C. Hinckley
Tet
Hinckley
Nets
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Dominion
Canada
Olson Company Wins $25 000 Cascade Bridge Contract
Olson Construction of Waterloo was awarded the cascade bridge contract in Dubuque county on a bid of 25 385 dollars. A Goodrich of the district highway office attended the letting. The bridge will have two 28 foot plate girder spans with five foot cantilever walks on each side and must be completed by May 1, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Olson
Waterloo
Cascade
Dubuque County
Goodrich
District Highway Office
Pears Grown in Black Hawk County Demonstrated
Mr D Tecter of the La Berte City board of supervisors reports four pear trees yielding about four bushels this season. The pears are large and delicious, with one day canning of a bushel and samples shown at a local fruit exhibition, where some doubted they came from La Porte City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
D. Tecter
Board of Supervisors
la Berte City
la Porte City
Mystery Note Emerges as Mrs Mills Graves Exhumed
In New Brunswick New Jersey the coffin of Mrs Eleanor Mills slain with Rev Edward Hall four years ago was moved for autopsy. An anonymous Philadelphia letter from a self described broken hearted woman claims to be Hall's former love and promises to reveal the minister’s killer and a wider story before the final curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
INS
Eleanor Mills
Edward W. Hall
Philadelphia
Hall
Mills
Gunmen Shoot P O Clerk Who Aided Convicting Robbers
Paxton Oct 28 Four gunmen early today shot and fatally wounded Harry Swanson night postal clerk after blaming him for identifying and convicting three men involved in a postal robbery. Swanson had testified to the original attacks and the three men were sentenced to prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton
Harry Swanson
Swanson
Girl Takes Poison Over Love Troubles
Ruth Teeters eighteen from Baldwin Iowa drank poison after a heated scene over love interference by her parents and two men. She was a former student nurse at St Luke's Davenport and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Teeters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Ruth Teeters
Louis .Teeters. Baldwin
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
Urges Republicans to Vote Straight at Fort Des Moines Rally
Leslie Parry an attorney from Fort Dodge told a Fort Des Moines rally that Iowa Republicans do not want a frock coat senator in Washington He praised Brookhart’s overalls and urged a straight party vote against Claude R Porter the Democratic candidate in Des Moines October 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Leslie Parry
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Washington
Brookhart
Parry
Claude R. Porter
Former Amateur Golf Champion Warren Wood Dies
Chicago reports Warren K. Wood former western amateur golf champion died after brief illness at his home in Felham Manor New York. His father John H. Wood general manager of Carson Pirie Scott & Co. and other family members were at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Warren K. Wood
Felham Manor
New York
John H. Wood
Carson, Pirie Scott & Co
Peruvian Submarine R-2 Crippled On Maiden Voyage
Washington reports the Peruvian submarine R-2 lies 139 miles east of Cape Henlopen Del with main bearings burned out on its maiden trip to Callao. Sister ship BR returns to New London for ASIS assistance. no immediate danger to the crew of 21. Coast guard cutters respond. no relief ships available. A separate notice reports the steamship Louisiana sinking near South Pass after a collision with the Madison. one crew member missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Callao
Cape Heonlopen
Del
New London
New Orleans
Louisiana
South Pass
Madison
Gulf & Southern Steamship Co
Shelters and Birger gangs clash as violence flares near Benton
Franklin county authorities order the Shelter brothers to leave the county amid raids by Birger faction. In West Frankfort a gun battle at Shadow Garden roadhouse ends in a blaze. Four Birger roadhouses burned. National Guard remains on duty as martial law looms before next Tuesday election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton, Ill
Franklin County
Shelter Brothers
Birger
Shelton
West City
Williamson County
West Frankfort
Wi Mamson County
Shadow Garden
Here
Marion
Charlea
Loula A. French
Shelton Brothers
Benton
Road House
Shady Rest
Heron
Franklin
Illi ‘Nois- National Guard
Qct
INS
Wilamson County
Johnson City
Wiliamson County
Charles Birger
First death by own action in Constantinople cabaret world
In Constantinople at Yadiz Palace known as the new Monte Carlo of the East a Russian dancer, described as the most beautiful in Constantinople, was involved with Nicolas de Repasl, an attaché of the Hungarian Legation. After losing about 3 999 liras he shot himself in the abd Hamid era house. The dancer, De Repasi, eight years old, is said to be the daughter of a Russian officer. The affair ends with the diplomat’s suicide and the dancer seeking wealthy admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Yadiz Palace
Monte Carlo
Cnanbling
Nicolas de Repasl
Abdul Hamid
Valus
de Repssi
Destre Cot
de Repast
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Order of Eastern Star
Courier
Grand Lodge
Top
Norma Banton
Charles City
Grand Adah
Grace Layton
Cresco
Margaret Martin
Bertha Payne
Iowa City
Minnie Englehart
Grand
Carrie Gray
Casey
Arvjeen Gillett
Carroll
London
United States
Prof. Sweeney
Sandy Rest
Andy Gump
Herrin
The
Law
Coolrdge
Mexico
Norrs
Keystone State
Loot Bank
Frances Darl
Cedar Falla
New Worthy
Grand Matron O
Theodore Wi Hawkinson
Ordar
Filst
Clubber
NSI
Charles Ro Mulls
National Association of Commercial Secretaries
Association Against
Olson Company
P.O. Clerk
Delaware
Scena
New Monte Carlo
Houdine
Detroit
Mich
Harry Hardini
Merlouary
Grace Hospital
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