La Follette Gains Votes In Iowa With Butter County Lead
The Courrier’s Iowa presidential poll shows La Follette rising with a surge in Butter County moving him to second in the progressive list while Coolidge holds the Republican line and Davis fades. Detailed county tallies include Black Hawk and Buchanan, Chickasaw, and Grundy with small Coolidge margins. Aplington votes added as balloting continues.
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la Follette
Buller County
Coolidge
Bi Davis Eeelle
Couriar
Fuliette
Forlette
Hurter
la Polleca
Butter County
Chickasaw
Buchanan
Mitchell
Coolinge
Amifilian Res Publican
Cemoernativ
Roosevelt Progressive
Black Hawk
Ir Mer
Butler
Mitchel
Grundy
Hardin
Fayette
Benton
Tama
Polk
Washington
Cedar
Dubuque
Floyd
Buena Vista
Dickinson
Towa
Worth
Clayton
Hamilton
Howard
Jefferson
Linn
Mahaska
Muscatine
Story
Benson
Iowa
O'Brien
Blackawk
Rute
Ler
Adair
Bremer
Delaware
Morrison
Kossuth
Aplington
Aplington Bss Beer
Lowa
Courier Iy
Aaliet
Annual Retreat for Baptist Workers Scheduled This Thursday
The Baptist church hosts its annual workers retreat this Thursday for officers and committee chairs. Rev Williamson will speak and offer recommendations. attendees include church leaders and members, with sessions to discuss counsel and process improvements.
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Beptier Thurch
Toxether
Eloyren
Persanizaddons
Toursuag
Actial Pariers
Suzie
Williamson
Peacher
Maine Vote Deliberates Klan Condemnation or Endorsement
A New York Herald Tribune report analyzes Maine politics amid anti Catholic sentiment. The piece notes strong Catholic and Protestant voting blocs, anti-Catholic agitation, and Klan activity framed around religious tensions. It cites concerns over state funds and education laws used to polarize voters.
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Maine
Kha
Fo Lw Fond
Aoa
Waltimere San Ly
Owens
Rand
Les Tren
Tevistatiuy
Winsheen
Agai
Ehareh
Gy Martoor
Brewster
Goyjemnor
Enrollment Boom At Ghool Seeks Record Pace
Enrollment campaigns and back to school activities dominate the scene as public and parochial schools resume classes after holidays. Principals like Fred J Whiss and Eversihing Went Smoothly East High report brisk enrollments with several Catholic schools opening and plans for kindergarten eligibility and second semester enrollment.
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Weal High
Fred J Whiss
Ry Wil- Hanson
First Rantist. Church
Sato We
St. Mar
Our Lady of
St John'a
Utes
Dawes and Coolidge Campaign Trails Report
Wisconsin and Minnesota tour plans for Dawes and La Follette Wheeler moves across New England as campaigns discuss finances and strategy. Coolidge works on a Baltimore speech focusing on foreign policy while Davis holds talks in Chicago.
Portable Highway to Cover Shifting Sands Near Completion
A five mile portable highway built to move with shifting sands progresses toward completion at Piisvars Contra Costa. Constructed of redwood blocks with eyebolt held timbers, the line can be dismantled and relocated as dunes threaten to bury it. The system aims to serve routes between India and Yuma once in place.
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San Francisco
Cul
Wooten Bighway
Carda
Piisvars
Contra
Klein
Dew
Prince Regent to Superintend Japan Military Maneuvers
Tokio announces the prince regent will supervise maneuvers in early November. About 80,000 troops with modern equipment will participate, emphasizing airplanes and anti aircraft guns as defense. The operations cover a northwest corridor with imagined advances across seas and borders.
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Japan
Tokio
Prings
Korea
Moscow Drives Against Chinese Crisis by U S and Britain
Moscow denounces a joint Anglo American move against China describing it as a sovereignty challenge. Pravda claims a united front while Vitensky argues the U S seeks to exploit Chinese turmoil to bolster a reactionary alliance against Ching.
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Moscow
U.S
Great Britain
Moscow Breas
Pravda
United States
Ching
Vitensky
Investin
Pon Geers Injured as Horse Falls at West Virginia Fair
Wheeling Virginia September 3. Pop Geers veteran horseman sustained serious injuries when his horse Mr Lady Guy fell on the state fair track. Geers was in second place. he suffered facial cuts and possible skull fracture with internal injuries. sulky toppled and he was thrown.
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Wheeling
Wy. Va
Pop” Geers
State Fair Track
Geers
Lady Guy
Judge May Not Name New Receiver for Teapot Dome Oil
U S District Judge Blake Kennedy said he cannot appoint a receiver to replace Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss at Teapot Dome. The government’s interests would be handled by the Bureau of Mines which was present and capable of managing the receivership duties.
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Cheyanne. Wro
Blake Kennedy
Joseph Strauss
Bureau of Mines
Teapot Dome
Christy’s Ward to Be Screen Actress
Christy Harriman, once ward of Howard Chandler, gains her mother-in-law consent to pursue acting. The New York item notes she hopes to appear in a soon to be produced motion picture, marking a turn toward a screen career.
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Christy
New York
John Harriman
Howard Chandler
Olver
Harriman
Leopold in letter Bequeaths Birds to Field Museum
Seymour Parker Gilbert, ex treasurer official, named bequest general to reparations under the Dawes plan. A letter from Nathan F. Leopold Jr. to Clarence Darrow outlines a will giving the Field Museum first pick of five objects from his ornithological collection, with cousins and Leopold family items as further choices. He asks rapid notification of beneficiaries before execution.
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Leopold
Cilbert
Dawes
Aesottate Dt Fresc
Paris
Seymour Parker Gilbert
the Treasury
Owen B. Young
Newark
Gilbert
Wil Bel
Reparation Commission
Mona
TBS de Associated
Prins Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Rebert Franks
Jadge Caverly
Clarence
Darrow
Leopold S
Field Museum
Dar- Tan
Europe 15 Coming Back Says Ath Sees 11 Countries
E. Rath secretary of Nath Packing Co states after touring 11 European countries that postwar commerce will revive. He notes Germany’s strength and unemployment, France’s tourist economy, Italy’s depreciation, and England’s shipping power while highlighting the Dawes plan support. The return voyage aboard the Homeric faced a severe storm with injuries.
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Europe
ATH
Ankers
E. ¥. Rath
The
Nath Packing Company
Rath
England
Advanes Uy
Essen
Krupp
Belgium
Nolland
Norway
Swedey
Denmark
France
Italy
Altho
Wembley
Germany
Ue London Times
City in Brief: Locals and Visitors Mentioned Across Iowa
A stream of notes lists residents and travelers including W. M. Blough attorney from La Porte City on legal business, G. W. Parker and family on a Minnesota Wisconsin auto trip, Marjorie Whitney heading to Milwaukee to teach, Miss Lois Brown visiting Miss Carroll Green, and several others returning from trips or planning visits. Divorce action filed by Viola Sasse seeks custody of her two year old son. Building permit issued for a $1,000 house at 181 Fifteenth Street West. Lions Club to meet for lunch with officers to be elected next week. Spanish War Veterans gather for Defense Day plans. Mrs. Sammel Kaufman and Shirley Mae of Boston are visiting, Miss Mildred Fish and Mrs. W. F. Eblen to Houston for weeks, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robe return from California visit with plans to return before November. Becker couple report Washington trip and hot weather during stay.
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W. MM. Blough
la Porte City
G. W. Parker
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Otto Anderson
Marjoria
Lawler
Tim Basler
Des Moines
Lois Brown
Mt. Vernon
Caroll Green
Vera Steely
Biog’ Gy. Sankey
Northwest
Canana
James Jeffrey
Washington, D.C
W. O. Jeffrey
Sans Souci
Thomas Walker
Camp Dodge
Wis
Lao
Harriett Wightman
J. FP. Porterfield
I Mnots Central Railroad
Chicago
Marjorie Whitney
McKinley School
Milwaukee
Robert J. Ramsey
Marie
Walnut Street
Viola Sasse
George Sasse
Toledo
Wiliam Gates
Fourth Street
Madison
Annette Schultz
Mira
John Tousaurant
James Thomas
Manchester
Moe
Morial Hall
Mildred Fish
W. F. Eblen
F.C. Fish
Houston
Tex
Miss Fish
St. Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
Robbers fire factory in Des Moines blaze raises damage
Des Moines police report robbers assaulted a cabinet shop the Enoch Bergstrom establishment and set fire to the building causing about 2000 dollars in damage after finding no valuables in a checked safe.
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Robbers
Des Moines
Enoch Bergstrom
Ex-Gov Ferguson Platform Adopted by Texas Democrats
The Texas Democratic state convention adopted former Gov James E Ferguson's platform with slight changes. The platform denounces the Ku Klux Klan dynamics and calls for lower taxes and greater economy in state government.
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Ferguson
Texas
Austin
Tex
James &. Ferguson
Mortuary notice for Walter Richardson
Walter Richardson 53 former Bremer County resident died at his Hutchinson Kansas home at 4 PM Saturday as reported by his brother George Richardson Waterloo. Funeral services for Christian Schmidtke set for 1 PM Thursday at the home and 2 36 PM at Immanuel Lutheran with Rev Henry Proke officiating burial in Fairview cemetery
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Walter Richardson
Bremer County
Hutchinson
Kan
George Richardson
Waterloo
Guy
Christian Schott
Christian Schmidtke
Immanuel Luth Fran
Thenry Proke
Fairview Cemetery
La Follette’s Men Win Wisconsin Primary Contest
Wisconsin returns show Blaine leading for secretary of state and Zimmerman strong for district attorney while La Follette’s faction dominates in statewide offices. North Dakota reports Coolidge victory with electors in play as party committees move to organize.
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Lafollette
Wisconsin
Miwaukee
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
John J. Blaine
Ha Forlette
A. R. Hirst
Blaine
Hirst
George F. Comings
la Follatta
la Folletta
Fred Zimmerman
Theodore Damann
Zimmerman
Damann
Francis Davidson
Coolidge Foerces
Solomon Levitan
la Follette
Henry Johnson
Phillip la Follette
Date County
Associated Press
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Man Branded With Letters K K K Near Death Man
A delirious man identified as Thomas Stolp, found bound and branded with K K K on his chest, was near death at Lake County Hospital near Winthrop Harbor. He claimed to have left Detroit two weeks ago and been seized by six men who branded him before being brought in a truck to a city he thought was Gary, Indiana.
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Nab
Storm Lake
Frea Dahmas
Franklin Reed
Ottumwa
Wanpella
Waukegan
St. Sent
Thomas Stolp
Cudahy
Wis
Lake County Hospital
Here
Winthrop Harbor
Stolp
Detroit
Negtroes
Gary, Ind
Pulitzer Favorite Dies in International Air Race Crash
Lieut Alex Pearson, winner of the Pulitzer trophy, was killed in a Wilbur Wright field crash during a practice spin. The Curtiss racer, reaching about 265 mph, broke apart at 800 feet. witnesses reported every bone in Pearson's body was broken and the plane demolished.
Hurricane casualty list shrinks on governor report
Washington D C Sept 2 A comprehensive account of the hurricane that swept the Virgin Islands last Thursday night, received from Capt Phelp Williams, naval governor, minimized earlier casualty and damage figures. It declared no casualties in St Thomas beyond minor injuries and exposure while St John suffered four inhalants killed, one missing and a considerable number injured.
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Washington, D. C
Virgin Islands
Phelp Williams
St. Thomas
St. John
Selief
Two Georgian Leaders lauded in Geneva amid Soviet rout
Dispatches from London say Georgian representatives report uprisings in Georgia and Azerbaijan against Soviet forces. Fighting rages in Batum and surrounding areas with many killed and wounded as communications disrupt. Official sources could not confirm the reports.
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Tondon
London
Tron Constanti- Tonle
Georgia
Azeribaijan
Tilfch
Oldest Is 90 and Youngest, 75, at G. A. R. Reunion
Cedar Falls hosts the fifteenth annual G A R reunion with 46 veterans enrolled by noon and about 125 at a dinner. Eldest is oid Speer of Company G Forty sixth Pennsylvania infantry at 90 and youngest Timothy Benson of Company Bb Fortieth Iowa at 75. Speakers include W H Needham state commander and A G Beatty.
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Cedar Falls
A. Speer
Forty
Pennsylvania Infantry
Timothy Benson
Fortieth
Iowa
Dawk County
James Brownell
Mra
Wow. Gist
W. W. Gist
State Commandos
Kistner Hears Crowe Demand Death Penalty in Leopold and Loeb Case
In Chicago last Wednesday state attorney Crowe urged the death penalty for Leopold and Loeb before Judge Caverly. Kistner, visiting on business with family, met Jacob Franks and discussed the case amid police presence outside Cringsing court building. Franks opposed marital punishment, favoring life imprisonment. Crowe gave an eloquent plea.
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Kistner
Robert Crowe
Leopold
Loch
Caverly
Chicago
Kister
Jane
Carl J. Klinefelter
Helen
Jean
Jacob Franks
Franks
Waterloo
Franks Believ
Loeb
Crowe
Police Seek Missing Chicago Woman in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls police asked to locate Anna Aston Davis 20 of Chicago who vanished from her Cedar Falls home after leaving for work. A night call claimed she was seen with EB Vedder at the Chicago Northwestern station. Vedder’s mother insists he is not at Cedar Falls and has not heard from him in six weeks.
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Chicago
Cedar Falls
Anna Aston Davis
Chicago & Northwestern
Vedder
Als. L. Inc
Clarek
J. Vedder
Tom Clarck
Youths Face Seven-Year Charges for Pulling Train Brakes
Iowa City reports Harold Burnett and Peter Davis confessed to setting rail brakes on a Rock Island freight near Iowa City. The youths, captured by train crew, face charges of attempted train wrecking and plan to plead guilty, with the maximum penalty seven years.
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Iowa City
Cc. c
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Harold Burnett
Peter i Davis
Rock Island
Borong
Lanlency
Graham
Tree Lodged Against Dam Hauled Away After Flood
Workmen from Waterton Dredging removed a 50 foot log that lodged against the dam after high water. The tree was floated downriver and towed upriver by a gasoline launch to Muijan avenue Pridge where it was beached and will be cut for firewood.
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Waterton Dredging Company
Muijan Avenue
Pridge
Elderly Citizens Read At Oelwein Deaths Listed
Two elderly residents are reported in Oelwein with obituaries. Austin Cleveland aged 74 of Oelwein dies at home from infirmities of age. Mrs Susan Williams dies from acute dilation of the heart. Monsignor Patrick P Farrelly, 78, pastor of the Church of Assumption in Emmetsburg dies of heart ailment before a funeral sermon. Ground broken in Kingebard for a new home by William Hoover. Marriage licenses issued to Fre Holbach La Porte City Viola Schiel Waterloo.
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Oelwein
Austin Cleveland
S! Oelwein
Susan Williams
D. W. Shins
Emimetsburg
Patrick P. Farrelly
Church of Assumption
Tinothy Mieghan
St. Patrick's Church
Danbury
Dubuque
Kingbard
Kingbara Hill
William Hoover
Frea Holbach
la Porte City
Viola
Schiel
Waterloo
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Aghool
F.d. Miller
Cts TV
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Fisherm
Nairded
Davenport
Ratus Finley
Waterles Evening Courier
Lews
My County
Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Town
Uawes
Uo. Constitution
Senator la Folfette
Assunthitbind
Evanston
Liam Poltiniy
Charing G. Dawes
Millyaukey
Oawes
Lan
la Vallette Sid Wheeler
Dan Parley
Sid Manu
John M. Nelson
Chidgo
Ekern
William S. Johnston
Internation! Association of Machinists
Oun
William M. Butter
Baltimore
LaFayette
Wheeler
New Engl Portland
Portland
Serry
New England
Lowell
Mags
N. Hf
Li Follette
Ras Klux Klan
Gen. Dawes
Breshdent Coolidge
Pon” Geers
W.va. Fair
Vanes
Gary
Berlin
Young
Commission For
Ume
Panacea
Waterloo Meat Packer
Vinland
U. Ss. Aa
Minland
Finland
Republic
Rome
Ose
Vesuvius
Ocean
Caplan
Raths
Adriatic
Cherbours
London Times
Bronson
Helle Isle
Mich
Persig Firestone
EB. R. Bitterly
Leonainer
J. W. Thompson
Coggen
Floyd Gannon
B. J. Clermone
EB. F
Redlingsharer
Labor Day
BE. E. Petrie
Emotor Sunaay
Lions Clu
Black's Tearoom
Robert Easlay
Gus Thode
Airs. Wlom. Robe
California
Western Avenue
F. A. Becker
South Street
Becker
National Capital
Man
Pulitzer
Dayton
Alex Pearson
Herriot
MacDonald
Geneva
Contisuen
PAGR
Batum
Atate
G. A. R. Reunion
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