Illinois Indiana polls show Coolidge leading in state fairs
Polls across Illinois and Indiana show Calvin Coolidge leading, with La Follette and Davis in support. Reports from Iowa and Wisconsin fairs mirror Coolidge’s lead while voters critique vetoes and wage concerns. Local tourists in Washington tally narrow Coolidge margins.
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la Follette
Wisconsin
Waterloo
P. C
Coolidge
Iowa
Courier
Associated Newspayers
Aurora
Coundye
Silwaukee
la Rollette
Indiana
le Mollette
Washington
Pinnssivan
Coollidge
Wayis
la Fallette
Coolie
la Fallettte
Davis
Coolidga Follette
de Courier
P. QO
la Folleus Vis
Coalarge
Bob
Lincoln
Lawn
Dawes Speaks Ahead Of Milwaukee Address On Farmer Vote
Davis plans new campaign push to win farmer votes as Dawes prepares speech in Milwaukee rescheduled to Sept 11. Coolidge agenda dominates Washington with cabinet meeting and agriculture commission talk. Wheeler blasts Coolidge and Davis as same backers in AFL convention remarks amid party tensions.
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Washington, D
Coolidge
Rexnier
Morn
Agriculture Thrug Commission
Tern
Baltiimor
Wall Street
Avyete
World War II era hero saves doomed plane in Greenland run
Lieut Leslie P Arnold United States Army Air Forces named hero of a Greenland to Lavrador flight. During a perilous leg Lieut Dowell Smith’s airplane brake failure, Arnold worked the pump twice a minute for four hours, saving the craft. He collapsed upon landing. Local official J Qwen J Young received 20 000 000 gall murky from German reparations. Jimmy Murphy wins 250 mile race at Altoona with Joe Buyer injured in crash. Estate sale in Ronkonkuma, Long Island for actress Mande Adame listed at 149 unpaid taxes.
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Leslie P. Arnold
United Tiles Armng Dir Service
Greenland
Lavrador
Dowell Smith
Suelo Mino
Arnold
J . Qwen J. Young
Pawes Phot
Jimmy Murphy
Diredevil
Crassic
Altoona
Joe Buyer
Gaeke
Wheeler Campaign Remarks Stir Independent Candidates
A newspaper summary reports Wheeler criticizing Wall Street influence on parties and denouncing the Ku Klux Klan. He praises labor leaders and says La Follette aligns with labor goals, while urging Americans to back independent candidates against government mismanagement. Wheeler plans a New York talk and addresses a mass meeting from city hall steps. Mrs Wheeler urges women to support independent bidders.
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Wall Street
Wheeler
Washington
Department of Justice
New York
Departments of Justice and Veterans
Asain
Kur Klux Klan
Coolidge
Assault on Shanghai Continues with Night Engagement
Assault on Shanghai persists as night fighting unfolds with Japanese troops pressing toward positions around Shanghai. Reports describe aerial activity and fighter craft over Fukien and Pekin areas as Chinese and Japanese forces maneuver, while observers note continued clashes and movements near key southern approaches.
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Shanghai
Scenario Writers Bilked by Government Fraud Order
Washington September report states the Post Office Department continued a fraud order against Hristel Plots, New York, and Vernon Hoagland, alleging the company induced thousands to submit film scenarios with promises of sale to producers but failed to fulfill them.
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Washington, D. C
Postofice
Hristel Plots Plays
New York
Vernon Hoagland
Wns
Prince of Wales seizes holiday amid New York gossip
Reports from New York and Syosset detail the Prince of Wales pausing royal duties for a summer break. Observers note late nights at cabarets, polo and racing on the schedule, with aides saying he intends no work until departure. A Burden host and a foreign car linked to the prince fuel rumors of his movements.
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A. I. Lascellis
Prince of Wales
United Sixtus
Wales
GU. S
Elelduay
United States
High River
Alberta
Prines
Hit
London
New York
Broadway
Burden
N. Y
Automobile Register Lsts
James Abercrombie Burden
Syersett
Syossett
Prince
Syogsett
Warnings on Shanghai tensions reach Washington brief
The Chusan archipelago near Shanghai reports ongoing fighting days ago as Chang Tsoe da, a Manchurian warlord, moves to aid Chang Shekiane governor. U S officials assure safe passage and protection of American lives and property amid the Shanghai conflict. Consul General Cunningham advised the State Department that Americans with ties to Shanghai are secure.
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Chusan
Shanghai
Chang Tsoeda
Chang
Hanchan
Amertoims
Washington, D. C
United States
Gunningham
State Department
Cunningham
Phi Sigma Chi Anniversary Dance Marks Nu Beta Chapter
Phi Sigma Chi celebrated the second anniversary of Nu Beta Chapter with a dinner dance at Galloway Club House. Pauli Manning, new president, led talks on the chapter’s history and future. Gladioli centerpieces decorated tables as engraved emblems were given as favors. Afterward the orchestra was driven to staged servitudes lasting until 2 a.m.
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Nu Beta Chapter
Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity
Galloway Club
Pauli Manning
Gladioli
Compatis
Hope to Save Sight of Miss Lydia Henry
Reports considerable hope at saving the sight of Miss Lydia Henry. 3021 Commercial Street is under care of physicians as treatment of infected teeth progresses. Miss Stensy has been up briefly but was ordered back to bed for complete rest until the poison is cleared.
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Lydia Henry
Commercial Street
Stensy
Eighty eighth division vets meet at St. Paul
Des Moines reports the fourth annual reunion of the Eighty eighth division, largely Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Minnesota veterans, will be held at St. Paul on September 16. Tel Leon Ainsworth, president of the division association, announced the plan. A separate Spokane item notes robbers broke into the interstate fair grounds safe and absconded with about 20 000 dollars in cash during the Derby day celebration.
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Des Moines
Eighty Eighth Division
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
St. Paul
Tel. Leon Ainsworth
Eighty-eighth Division
Fair Grounds
Spokane
Wash
Interstate Fair Grounds
Funeral services for John O Hinmon in Plainfield Iowa
John O Hinmon born September 24 1864 Peoria Illinois grew to manhood in Plainfield. He married Ethel Colby April 24 1884 at Pierre South Dakota. Surviving widow and many children, siblings, and his aged mother. Burial in Willow Lawn cemetery. He belonged to the Modern Woodmen of America. A moving scaffold for plaster trapping saves time moving staging.
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Joan O. Seinmon
John O
Methodist Church of
Plainfield
Rev. Hess
Willow Lawn
John O. Hinmon
Peoria
Ethel Colby
Pierre
Everette E
Carrville
Harry
Sakland
Cal
John iIr
Willard
Waterloo
Kenneth
Glenwood
H. D. Onley
South Elgin
A. V. Finch
Rudd
Estelle Lemons
Des Moines
Ray
Alfred E
Robert Smith
Edith Free
Hinmon
New Hampton
Modern Woodmen of America
Everybody's Happy Now Cause Buster Has a Home
Pat's pond dog Buster, missing over two months, is found with owner J O'Donnell confirming it. The pup drifted between Pat's pond playground and Singer's, enjoying freedom with adopted pals before returning home briefly, then slipping away again for a new collar and reconciling with life in the playground vicinity.
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Pat
J. O'Donnell
Second Street East
Courier
Buser
Maxine
Homer
Kenneth O'Donnell
Buster
Pat's Pond
Mr. O'Donnell
Singer’s
Mae
O'Donnell
Iowa Farm Bureaus Endorse New Grain Marketing Merger
The Iowa Farm Bureau federation endorsed a Chicago launched cooperative grain marketing plan. The executive committee urged appointing representatives to meet the appraisal board and report to the state federation after merger valuations are completed.
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Iowa Farm Bureaus
Indorse New Grain Marketing Merger
Des Moines
Cooperative Grain Marketing Concern
Chicago
Laws Farm Bureau Federation
Ray le Gribben
Iowa Federation
Grain’ Market-Ink Company
City Blocked From Forcing Raze Of Edifice
Judge B B Stiles grants permanent injunction in B Schultz v city of Waterloo. City ordered demolition of an old warehouse at Commercial and Seventh streets as a nuisance. Ruling bars immediate tearing down but allows removal of objectionable features by rebuilding or repairing under building code provisions.
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B. Schultz
Waterloo
B.B. Stiles
Schultz
Stiles
Eddie Held Leads Western Open Golf Championship
Eddie Held of St. Louis an amateur took a temporary lead at the end of the second round with 148. A cold wind at Calumet Flats did not stop him from carding 76 today. Abe Espinosa of San Francisco posted 75 for a total 148 as professionals began to finish.
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Chicago
Isddis Heid
St. Louis
Calumet Fitiks
Abe Espinosa
San Francisco
Pettit defense disputed over county funds handling
The Pettit case over county funds in his clerk of courts tenure 1919 to 1922 faces Bentley opposition to Pettit's claim that he followed predecessor practice. Bentley asserts records show he deposited funds only in official Clerk names and rarely used certificates of deposit, stressing strict account handling and noninterest bearing checking accounts. A separate report notes Harl Richeson of Litchfield Manufacturing denies striking the streetcar in a collision with a city streetcar, stating the streetcar front end was damaged upon contact with his truck.
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Fred S. Pettit
Aulclerk
Pettit
Pettits
S. M. Bentley
Bentley
Forday
Hej
Board of Super
Harl Richeson
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
Motor Trip Ends With Visits To Dubuque Rockford And Chicago
Floyd Pearl Leona Muthe ler and Edward Leese returned home Wednesday evening from a motor trip that included visits to relatives in Dubuque and Rockford and some time in Chicago. The party left Waterloo last Thursday. George Clabaugh of Fort Dodge visited at his brother Pearl Clabaugh’s home at 1018 Mulberry Street, then headed to Duluth for the hay fever season.
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Floyd
Pearl
Leona Mutheler
Edward Leese
Dubuque
Rockford
Chicago
Waterloo
Clabaugh
George Clabaugh
Fort Dodge
Pearl Clabaugh
Mulberry
Duluth
Streetcar Tracks May Be Moved Fletcher Avenue
Fletcher avenue may be paved from Kingbari to Fourth to extend city improvements. The W. O. F. & N. would remove Byrnes park line tracks and curb service to the park, seeking permission to move tracks to the parking lane and avoid special assessments. Officials say paving could cost about 6100 if tracks stay, and moving tracks aims to preserve park access.
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Fletcher Avenue
Kingbari
Ery Council
Lina
Pletcher Avenue
Fourth Street
Eby
Charles W. Eby
Talph Slinpy
Porris Park
Farmhand Held in Boone Kidnapping Plot
Boone Iowa Sept 5 Cordon Hichleberger a farmhand near Gilbert is jailed after admitting partial involvement in a kidnapping and blackmail plot. Wealthy farmer Charles McCaskey received a letter threatening his six year old daughter. The phrasing mentions a $2800 payment to a mailbox near Boone for the girl’s protection.
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Boone
Democrats Plan to Greet Davis at Brief Iowa Stops
In Council Bluffs Iowa on September 5 Democrats prepare a crowd at the railroad station to greet Folin W. Davis as his train arrives en route to Omaha. Davis will not speak due to a tight speaking schedule, while Democrats in Dubuque and Ta. Sept 5 report thousands marching and awaiting events.
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Davis
Iowa
Corncil Bluffs
Ioea
Folin W. Davis
Omaha
Davia
Dubuque
Paras
Sev
Davis to address crowd at local station during train stop
A plan to parade to the local railroad station to erect John W. Davis on a platform for a brief late night stop. Davis, the Democratic presidential candidate, will deliver an address during the stop.
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Eral Handa
John W. Davis
Davis
Will Provides $10,000 Gift for Child Welfare Work
Des Moines reports a $10,000 gift in the will of Cora B Hillis, a prominent Des Moines woman killed in a Minnesota auto accident. The funds establish an endowment for a child welfare station in Iowa City, supporting child welfare work through a dedicated endowment.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Cora
Hillis
Minnesota
City Churches Begin Year’s Work in Cedar Falls
Local Cedar Falls notes list church services resuming after August break with Rev. George F Barsalou returning from vacation in the Black Hills and other pastors resuming duties after trips through Minnesota. Also reported are Nielsen funeral plans at Danish Bethlehem church and lay updates on staff and moving week observations.
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George F. Barsalou
First Congregational Church
Eriay
Black Hills
North Dakota
Barsulou
Rodman
H. Gillette
Minnesota
Cedar Falls
Glenn Crinklaw
Bluff Street
Eva M. Peters
Olive
Alta Wilmarth
Walnut
Louis P. George
West ‘Twenty- Third
Spina McNaughton
A. Hollis
C. St. Nelson
Tremont
Annie C. Kellogg
College
Emma Stratton
A. J. Ehler
C. IL. Jackson
Vern Lovejoy
Wirst
L. A. Shipp
Herman Askeland
Clay
C. &. Williams
Ida Fox
Auex Jensen
Eva_M. Luse
West Twenty-second
Ella M. Trott
A. W. Orr
J. W. McLaughlin
Willis Foster
C. C. Cady
R. B. Fearing
J. C. Ramme
State
R. S. Graig
F. A. Rice
B. Ostergard
Bluff
Bertha Baker
Emma Philips
West Seventh
Geo. Hendrickson
Eastenth
Russell Vasal
West
Thomas B. Homan
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N.Y
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George H. Twaddle
Minton
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Teachers College
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Sartori Hospital
Merrill Bros
William S. Rownd
West Twenty-third Street
Cedar Falls High
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Stingsted
Milo
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Mr. Pleasant
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Clarksville
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