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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1925
Page
11
The 1925 Iowa state fair shattered attendance records with preliminary estimates showing over 400000 visitors and receipts well above 1924. Favorable weather and optimism for solid prosperity behind the surge, as officials note most records fell except daily peak attendance.
Washington dispatch notes Republican National Committee chair William Butler plans a September tour of Northwestern states to bolster GOP Senate and House candidates next year. The piece discusses insurgent hints, Kent’s warnings, and Butler’s strained task of expanding party strength while avoiding, or dampening, regional unrest.
Courier service errors may delay delivery before 3 80 o'clock. If you do not receive your paper by that time, call 5100 for a copy. Phone lines must reach this office before the specified hour.
In Vinton on September 5 UP dispatches report Benton county bootlegging centers Vinton and elie Platye pronounced dry by Sheriff Whitteta Rubl who boasts a sharp crackdown. He offers 25 to anyone who can buy a quart of moonshine in Vinton today.
The damage caused by wind last night to three barns on the Dairy Cattle Congress property will not hinder the exposition. Secretary J. S. Estes said 100 to 200 men will work Monday to reconstruct. The barns will be rebuilt and ready for the September 8 opening. The damage is fully insured, with an adjustment made this morning, and directors authorized immediate reconstruction.
Rome papers report a royal chef, sympathetic with militarists, is missing from the king's kitchen amid claims of a poisoning attempt. Dispatches deny Allenidis to poison King Boris and allege typhus germs in the soup as a cause of illness, though officials dispute the detail.
Shenandoah radio station broadcast news that Miss Minnie Bourland of Strate Teachers College Cedar Falls was en route home from Europe to receive word that her mother was dying in Kentucky. The message was carried today as she traveled.
Chicago will see excavations at Megiddo led by Professor James H. Breasted of the University of Chicago. Funding reaches $215,000 from John D. Rockefeller Jr. The project is expected to span about four years.
Casey Iowa Sept. Robbers forced entry to the Stoffley Hart store basement and stole a large quantity of wearing apparel. No attempt was made on the cash register.
Yesterday's high matched a record in early fall as a front moved in. The low dropped to 66 overnight with scattered showers by 10 am and more rain forecast tonight and Sunday. The storm tracked north from the area, sparing Marmers and Reinback with only light sprinkles.
Captain George Washington Steele arrives to head the inquiry into the Shenandoah airship crash that killed 14. He vows public support and notes wind shear as a factor. A missing signature paragraph found clarifies the crash trajectory at about 1,200 feet. Four recovered bodies from the disaster are en route to Arlington for funeral services.
Joseph Lablaine a 25 year old baseball player died from a fractured skull after being struck in the head by a rock during an argument in Woosick Falls New York last Monday July or September. Police await autopsy results and investigate the incident.
A man believed to be E. Thomas son from Lisbon, Im, was found dead beneath his car one mile south of Osteola, Ta, this morning. The car apparently turned turtle while the man drove through the night, and authorities were investigating the death as an accident.
The forecast covers the week starting Monday for the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri basins. Expect showers at the start, scattered showers later, with temperatures near normal early and falling slightly into the second half.
San Antonio Texas September UP Colonel William Mitchell air officer of the Eighth corps area denounces the army and navy departments for incompetence and criminal negligence in national defense. He accuses officials of treasonable admission of defense failures, saying aviation policy is dictated by ignorant officers. He asserts airmen risk lives as pawns in politics and systems.
Deg Monnes announces Black Hawk County population at 57 401 marking a gain of 7.40 percent over 1920 figures. It is the first of seven counties to show an increase, with Waterloo city figures not yet available.
The city will observe a general holiday with wholesale and retail stores factories and stockrooms closed all day to permit employees employers and pupils to celebrate. County courts and walls will close except police stations. Professionals except physicians will take a full holiday. No mail delivery on city or rural routes.
Affidavits sworn today by H W Terrell and J B Hammond assert state agents did not ask communities for expenses during investigations or raids. They claim county payments were customary, funded by legislature appropriations, and describe past service under Attorneys General Coxson and Mayner. The statements challenge irregular county payments for Honey operations in Black Hawk county during May and June.
Washington reports continued hopes to locate the missing PN-9 seaplane No. 1 after three days of search. Navy ships and planes combed waters west of Kauai channel as fresh sightings prompted a renewed effort to recover the aircraft believed to have gone down during the San Francisco to Hawaii flight.
Ja January report details a suit filed in district court by Lloyd Bowes, a farm hand, claiming Deputy Sheriff Al Vaio Jr and a special deputy Dick Rotier violated constitutional rights when attempting to stop him on the public highway without a warrant. A shot allegedly punctured the spare tire and rear window, with damages valued at 50 dollars to the car and 500 dollars for fright and nervous shock.
A severe wind storm struck Waterloo and surrounding areas causing extensive damage estimated near $25,000. Three cattle barns of the Dairy Cattle Congress were crushed, with repairs planned and 100 to 200 workers to rebuild before the Sept. 28 show. Damage hit Galloway Works, Mississippi Valley League park, residences, and Electric Park, with roofs torn, windows blown out, and fences toppled.
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