Framing the Tax Bill Opens Hearings in Washington
A Senate and House inquiry into a new revenue measure opens in Washington Monday. The dispute centers on how deep tax cuts should go with 250 to 300 million dollars targeted as the maximum. Emphasis is on cutting corporate taxes and ending nuisance levies, amid crossfires between Democrats and insurgent Republicans.
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House Ways and
Means
Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
San Felice Henry George Idelita Martin Havana Ribbon
Advertisement style fragment mentions San Felice Henry George Idelita Martin and Havana Ribbon with unclear context and actions. Contains potential names and product cues but no complete event or outcome. Wording hints at a classified ad or promotional snippet from a historical period.
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San Felice
Henry George
Idelita
Martin
Havana
Fe Clears
Coolidge Hurdle Stumps Observers as 12 Words Defy Clarity
Washington correspondents report the public misreads President Coolidge’s cryptic remark about 1928 renomination. They note his exacting, cautious style leads to dual interpretations despite his effort to be precise. The article details how a carefully written 12 word statement spurred widespread debate.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Republican’ Party
Fess
Harding
Five dead in rail crossing crashes near Davenport and Portsmouth
A Pennsy passenger train rammed a Davenport to Chicago motorbus in heavy fog at Calumet City killing Ralph Rhodes and an unidentified man and injuring ten, many Missouri students en route to Chicago for Northwestern Missouri game. Marjorie Moss a University of Missouri student died from a skull fracture after being ejected from the bus. An unidentified man with initials I M A, thought to be a farmer, also died. In Portsmouth Ky two men Chester Ferguson and William Justice were killed when their truck was struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio train.
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Calumet City
Til
Ralph Rhodes
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Pennsylvania
Davenport
Chicago
Marjorie Moss
Pawnee
Okla
University of Missouri
Missouri University
Northwestern Missouri
Portsmouth
INS
Chester E
Opera on Air Thursday Nights in Chicago Civic Opera Season
The Chicago Civic Opera inaugurates its 1927-28 season on November 3 with La Traviata. The opening broadcast airs at 9 p m CST across a long radio network, featuring Muzio Elderkin Schipa Bonelli Mojica and Defrereall under Giorgio Polacco.
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Chicago
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Camille
Verdi
Claudia Muzio
Eleanor Elderkin
Tito Schipa
Richardo Bonelli
Jose Mojica
Desire Defrere
Giorgio Polacco
Doctor Says Parents Not Taking Proper Care of Children
Des Moines reports Dr. A. D. McKinley at the local health center declares that more than half of social disease cases treated involve school age children. He criticizes modern home conditions and says parents neglect both body and mind of boys and girls.
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A. D. McKinley
Des Moines ‘Health Center
Des Moines
INS
Courier Home Delivery Times Clarified
The Courier will be delivered before 5 30. If the paper fails to arrive by then due to carrier error or other cause call 5100 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 50 p m.
Mayors Rally for American First Fund Fee
Chicago dates a flotilla of mayoral and congressional messages as General Thompson urges a 10 dollar initiation to join the American First foundation. Davenport mayor Louis Roddewig among signatories with other mayors while governors and congressmen hesitate awaiting details. Football scores and playful jabs pepper the chaotic dispatch from Oct 29.
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Thompson
America First Foundation
Victor Miller
St. Louis
Claude Sandstrom
Moline
Chicago
Congress
William Hale-Thompson
George Washington
America
Continental Army
Big Bill
Valley Forge
Cook County
Britain
William McAndrew
George the Third
Pare Claude Sandstrom
Elvin Swarthout
Grand Rapids
Mich
Daniel W. Hoan
Lake Michigan
Magill
Beloit
Wis
A. C. Rule
Appleton
L. ©. Hodgson
St. Paul
Louis Roddewig
Davenport
James C. Dahlman
Omaha
Stamford
George M. Cohan
Stephen Decatur
American First
American First Foundation
Alfred M. Phillips, Jr
Conn
Congressman
Miners Parade Strikes From Walsenburg To Alamo District
Fifty five automobiles carrying striking miners and many women sympathizers left Walsenburg Colorado to stage a demonstration in the Alamo district. Most mines in the area were closed, reducing the need for picketing as coal production in the southern field fell to a near standstill due to the strike.
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Walsenburg
Colo
INS
Alamo
Trinidad
Cadeee
Cloge- Arge
Forta Coal
Ruth Elder Disappoints Paris in Green Frock Return
Paris, Oct. 29. Miss Ruth Elder reappeared in public wearing a green frock and fur coat, disappointing crowds since her Roosevelt Field takeoff over two weeks ago. She and pilot George Haldeman placed wreaths on the tomb of the unknown soldier as they resumed public duties. Fashion gifts flood her hotel as Paris dressmakers woo her for free outfits, while she plans a London flight before boarding the Aquitania on Nov. 5. She will not sign film contracts without consulting her husband, Capt. Haldeman trails in her wake amid renewed attention.
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Paris
Ruth Elder
Roosevelt Field
Miss Elder
George Haldeman
New York
London
Aquitania
Aero Club
United Press
Lindbergh to Get Geographic Medal in Washington
Col Charles Lindbergh will receive the Hubbard gold medal of the National Geographic Society from President Coolidge on November 14 in Washington Auditorium for his solo flight from New York to Paris. The recognition honors his heroic service to aviation science and is to be presented before a distinguished audience.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Paris
Charles Lindbergh
Coolidge
Hubbard
National Geographic Society
Washington Auditorium
Marine air attack on Tebels north of Oialaly reported
Marines and Nicaraguan constabulary jointly used aircraft in an air strike north of Tebels near Oialaly in Nicaragua. Aircraft were said to have had good effect and the outcome remains unknown.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Tebels
Oialaly
Reward Offered for Slayer of Wilkes Williams
Des Moines Oct 29 Gov Hammill offers 300 reward for arrest conviction and sentence in the Slayer of Wilkes Williams a farmer who resided near Guttenburg Ia slaying occurred July 23 and slayer's identity is unknown
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Des Moines
Hammill
Wilkes Williams
Guttenburg
Cuban Blockader Dies At 71
Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm who helped blockade the Spanish fleet in Cuba in 1898 has died after a long walk caused two heart attacks during the night. Helm was born in Grayville Illinois.
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Washington, D. C
James Meredith Helm
Cuba
Helm
Grayville
Ill
Algona Bank Closes After Reserve Depletion
Des Moines reports the County Savings Bank of Algona closed today by order of its board and the state banking department due to depleted reserves.
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Algona Bank
Des Moines
County Savings Bank of
Algona
State Banking Department
Steamship Disaster Brings 319 Missing to Light
Rio de Janeiro ships carry Captain victims the Principessa Mafalda disaster survivors reach port. Relief agencies in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro aid the rescued as the steamer Rosetti reports 27 survivors aboard and was due to arrive today.
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Rio de Janeiro
Principessa Mafalda
Bahia
Rosetti
Archbishop Harty Dies In Omaha Clergy Death
Archbishop J. Harty of the Omaha archdiocese died in Los Angeles after a critical illness at St. Agnes rectory. He had been ill for several days and passed away early today.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. ©. Harty
Catholic Archdiocese of
Omaha
St. Agnes
Courier Pink Sheet to Feature East Midwest Football Scores
The paper will go on sale this evening around six containing scores from football games in the east and midwest and some western territory. Key matchups include Illinois versus Michigan Iowa State versus Kansas Aggies Ohio State versus Chicago and Michigan versus Minnesota. Next Saturday the Minnels Iowa homecoming game at Town City will be shown on Courier Grid Graf in Courier hall.
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Courier
Midwest
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa State
Kansas Aggies
Ohio State
Chicago
Minnesota
PT. S
Minnels
Iowa
Town City
Courier Grid
Graf
Courier Hall
Mitchell Heads Illinois Merchants Trust Board Car Crash
John J. Mitchell, chairman of the Illinois Merchants Trust Board, crashed under a car. At the John Deere Tractor company plant gate on Miles street, special officer Joseph Holker described a busy site where the employes’ entrance gate opened 475 times from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to admit vehicles.
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John J. Mitchell
Illinois Merchants Trust Board
Joseph Holker
John Deere Tractor Company
Miles Street
Cedar Rapids Police Probe Into Liquor Ring Aid
Cedar Rapids Iowa October 29 The police force is under investigation by Chief Wesley Benesh and County Attorney Walter J Barngrover over alleged protection of liquor running by E D Maloy a confessed bootlegger and two others arrested Thursday night An unnamed officer is said to have faced scrutiny without public detail revealed by another department official
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Department
Presidente Wilson Rams Gloucester Schooner In Dense Fog
The Presidente Wilson steamed into fog off Highland Light five miles from Cape Cod and rammed the Gloucester fishing schooner Avay. Eleven lives feared missing after the collision, with three crewmen saved and two bodies recovered.Nine men still listed as missing in radio reports from the Presidente Wilson’s master.
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Boston
Presidente Wilson
Avay
Cape Cod
Highland Light
Mason and Owen Freed in Wine Case
State Senator Lowell B. Mason of Oak Park and Major Percy Owen, former prohibition administrator for Illinois, were acquitted by a federal jury on bribery and extortion charges tied to wine permit issuance. The verdict ends the $1,000,000 sacramental wine scandal saga after five hours of deliberation.
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Chicago
INS
Lowell B. Mason
Oak Park
Percy Owen
Ilinois
United States District Court
Directors Vote to Continue Dewitt Fair in 1928
Clinton County Agricultural association officers and directors met in Dewitt Iowa last night and decided to continue the fair for another year. The association will not receive county funds this year due to a failed assessment, but expects support from the state.
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Dewitt
Clinton County Agricultural Association
Fair Association
Three Men Held for Burning Two Churches in Harco
Harrisburg Oct 29 Mart McCormick Hiram Reed and Sod Doolin all Harco residents were arrested and jailed here charged with burning the Baptist and Christian churches at Harco Sunday night.
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Harrisburg
Mart. McCormick
Hiram Reed
Sod Doolin
Harco
Weather outlook for Oct 31 to Nov 5 in central plains
Chicago reports a forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central great plains. Mostly fair early in the period with possible showers by mid to late week. Temperatures expected to run above normal initially, turning colder toward the end of the period.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Mitchell Sr. of Illinois Merchants Trust Dies in Car Crash
John Mitchell senior, 74, longtime chairman of Illinois Merchants Trust, died in Libertyville after a car collision en route from Lake Geneva. His wife Mrs. Mitchell perished. chauffeur injured. Mitchell, born 1853 in Alton, helped build the bank from a messenger to its head, led reforms, and steered its growth before retirement and later merger.
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John Mitchell
Ilinois Merchants Trust Company
Libertyville
Mitchell
Altho Mitchell
William Mitchell
Dr. Taylor
the Mitchells
Lake
Geneva
Edward
Hunter
Pasadena
Taylor
Messenger
Alton
Ill
Illinois’ .Trust& Savings Bank
P. D.armour
Stock Exchange
Armour
Trust
Merchants Loank& Trust Co
Gorn Exchange National Bank
Ilinois Merchants’ Trust Company
Walter F. Strong
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