Bomb Rocks Brooklyn Skyscrapers and Court Buildings
A firebomb exploded in an alley separating Brooklyn Supreme Court and the Hall of Records, cracking windows and damaging walls in nearby buildings including the municipal hall, Brooklyn Polytechnic, and eye and ear hospital. No injuries reported, police probe possible Sacco and Vanzetti links. Emergency crews swarmed the scene within minutes as guards secured the area. In Germany, Consulate secretary Emil Steger was shot in the back but survived, motive tied to protests over the Sacco-Vanzetti case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Borough Hall
Brooklyn Folytechnic Institute
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
Kings County Court House
Supreme Court
Hall of Records
Altho
James C. Cropy
Edward M. Riegelman
James Fletcher
William Brown
Brooklyn Heights
Manhattan
Serior
Sacco
Vanzetti
Dresden
Germany
Emil Steger
Stege
Steger
Raeckputz Heights
Bismarck
Engineer Starts Run with Prayer on Atlanta Route
Engineer David J. Fant, throttle of the New York to New Orleans train, prays for passenger safety before each run. A veteran traveler and preacher without ordination, he has preached across many Southern states and beyond after a Florida camp meeting and evangelical tours in Nebraska and Minnesota.
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Atlanta
New York- New Orleans
Charlotte
N. Oc
David J. Fant
Altho
North
West
Florida
Nebraska
Minnesota
Geologists to survey Iowa oil rock formations
A field conference of more than 40 geologists from Tulsa Wichita and universities will study rock formations along the Mississippi from Burlington to Decorah. Led by Dr Lo W Kesler the party will visit Burlington Dubuque McGregor and Decorah and discuss oil origin theories while examining Ordovician rock near Dubuque.
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Courier Special Service
Des Moines
Tulsa
Wichita
Iowa
Mississippi River
Burlington
Decorah
George F. Kay
Iowa City
James F. Lees
A. O. Thomas
State University
Kay
Marshall
University of Missouri
Kansas Geological Society
Lo. W. Kesler
R. ‘Tt. Chamberlin
University of Chicago
E. B. Branson
State University of Missouri
H. A. Bruchler
Missouri State
Missouri
Dubuque
McGregor
Oklahom
Kansas
Dupuque
Lees
Weekend Motors Bruise 8 Victims and 2 Arrested
Eight people were hurt in weekend collisions as two men, Duffy and Shannon, faced charges. Witnesses described bottles thrown from cars prior to wrecks. Duffy's bond was $500 and Shannon's $25. both expected to be arraigned in municipal court tomorrow.
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Shannon
Fairbank
B. W. Ross
Jesup
Arthur Brandhes
Waterloo RH
Yvere
Duffy
Shan
R. H. Powers
H. Powers
Raymond
Bred Leland
Black Hawk Street
Satayette Street
Les Mobils
Roy Colvin
Warren Buckley
Roy Miller
Tenth Street West
Edward Swift
Eleventh Street Bridge
Swift
John Williams
Center Point
William Herrick
Lincolntreet
Burton Avenue
Richtreets
Ralph Davis
Roy Polvin
Williams
Friend
Dawson Street
Burton-Richl
H. G. Zeller
Denver Street
George Shanks
Willistone Avenue
Haltmore Street
Collins
Bening
Russell Costes
Baltimore Street
St. Francis Hospital
State End
Lafayettes
Reet
Cortes
Lice
Local Business College President Dies After Car Accident
W A Way, president of the City Business College in Milwaukee, died in a hospital from injuries after being struck by an automobile while changing a tire on his car. The accident occurred on the highway near Fond du Lac and Oshkosh last Friday, with his death resulting after several days.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
SPA
W. Way
City Business College
Mil
Ing Aduire
Oshkosh
Riday
Carling Hops From Field for Newfoundland Crash
A plane accompanying the Old Glory from New York veered off the airstrip at Newfoundland field during a trial flight. Wheels sank in sand and the craft somersaulted into two and a half feet of water. photographer and pilot crawled free, uninjured aside from a shake-up as onlookers panicked at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epen
New York
Mark
International News Service
Hammond
Local Temperature Readings Skim Text
Weather update shows Saturday temperatures and Sunday values with highs and lows. The fragment mentions Monday morning times but lacks complete figures or locations.
Davenport man named head of Danish Brotherhood delegation
Delegates at the United Iowa Lodges of the Danish Brotherhood of America convention at K of C hall elected officers Magnus Thompson of Davenport as president L P Larsen Waterloo as vice president John Hansen Davenport as secretary Peter A Fergemann Waterloo Alfred Thompson Des Moines and Simon Hansen Clinton as trustees. A banquet was held at Bishop's cafeteria with 150 guests. colors red and white with blue accents featured. Larsen served as toastmaster and speakers included Henry M Jensen Magnus Thompson and Peter Fergemann. Agnes Thompson of Waterloo sang two selections. Evening program included games then an automobile ride and a dance at K of Chatt.
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United Iowa
Danish Brotherhood of America
K. of C. Hall
Magnus Thompson
Davenport
I.a
L. P. Larsen
Waterloo
John Hansen
Peter A. Fergemann
Alfred A. Thompson
Des Moines
Simon Hansen
Clinton
Bishop's Cafeteria
K. of Chatt
Colonel of Marines Ends Life in China
Shanghai dispatch reports Col. Charles C. Hill United States Marine Corps killed himself on duty, the act blamed on health issues. He commanded the Fourth Regiment. Visitors from Sioux Falls, Mr and Mrs. J. F. Selzer and their son James, are spending Labor Day with Arr and Mrs. J. C. Schroedemier at 1820 Fourth BlTEEL East.
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Marines
China
Shanghai
INS
Charles C. Hill
United States
Ue Corps
Hill
UO. S. M. Co
J. F. Selzer
James
Sioux Falls
S. D
J. C. Schroedemier
Fourth Blteel East
Funeral notices for Ackles and Martin in Waterloo
Funeral services are set for Watson G. Ackles 49 painting contractor of Waterloo at Kistner chapel with burial in Palm View Masons to handle graveside rites He was born March 31 1878 in Canandaigua New York and married Minnie Meyer in Kansas City on October 14 1914 Surviving are his wife four children and other relatives Also private funeral services for Thomas Lawrence Martin son of Mr and Mrs C G Martin died of infantile paralysis with graveside rites at Elmwood Cemetery conducted by Rev Jishalm.
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Watson G. Ackles
Waterloo
Reed Street
Kistner Chapel
Earl A. Roadman
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Palmview
Masons
Mr. Ackles
Canandaigue
N. Y
Minnie Meyer
Kansas City
Black Hawk Lodge
Homesteaders Lodge
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Shirley
J. Watson, Jr
Joyce
Beverly Ann
Sherman Ackles
Second Street East
Charles Morrow
Chicago
Agnes Ackles
Mulberry Street
Albert Ackles
Tracy
George Ackles
Houston
Tex
Fred Ackles
Muleberry Street
Marie Hompes
Thomas Lawrence Martin
Martin
First Street West
Elmwood Cemetery
Rev
Qhishalm
United Presbyterian Church
Young Hill Denies Charges In Mother’s Death
Seattle report says Harry Hill 21 of Streator Illinois denies killing his mother. He claims he fled due to fear of implicating himself and admits forgery to cover gambling debts. Extradition from Seattle to Streator planned as prosecutors push for conviction. Hill maintains innocence.
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Young Hill
Kinois
Seattle
Wash
Harry Hill
Streator
Wiliam Brydge
Chicago
Hill
Bacheter Busch
Beloit
Wis
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Charles Tennant
H. Jackson
Illinois
Russell C. Hanson
Hanson
Clark
Chester Jacobson
Springfield
Peter Busch
Bill
H. ©. Hill
Harry
Weekend News of Iowa Towns Highlights Across the State
The Iowa Methodist conference endorses a resolution banning teachers who smoke from state schools. Fatally shot in Estherville a boy and a man die from rifle practice and a traveling salesman passes away. Des Moines reports a $70,000 net profit for the 1927 Iowa Stars Fair, with $50,000 in an emergency fund and the rest for improvements. Merion county coal operators urged to resume with the Jacksonville wage pact. An 18 year old is killed in an automobile accident in Gettysburg, South Dakota. Fort Dodge drum corps, American Legion champions, will carry Iowa greetings to Paris for the Legion convention. A Wakonda polo game features Lisa Toistol in a win over the Fourteenth Cavalry. Mrs Id a Wise Smith notes WCTU members will attend courts to bolster enforcement of prohibitory laws. Simon Cassady, a veteran banker, remains critically ill after a slight rally.
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Burtington
Iowa Methodist Conference
Estherville
August E. Lamp
Des Moines
A. R. Corey
Joe Morris
United Mine Workers of America
Merion County
Jacksonville
Rineheart Opelt
Emil Opelt
Gettysburg
S. D
Port Dodge
Fort Dodge
American Legion
France
Gov. Hammill
Iowa
Paris
Legion
Lisa Toistol
Wakonda
Fourteenth Cavalry
Ida B. Wise Smith
Simon Cassady
Chicago Theaters Prepare Record Holiday Box Office
Chicago moved to a near record holiday box office after a six day shutdown from a strike. Reopened theaters drew long lines as audiences flocked to shows amid a tentative settlement brokered by Mayor Thompson. Arbitration will follow when current contracts expire January 1. Stagehands secured a wage increase and ongoing talks address minor points with musicians and owners.
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Chicago
Altho
William Hale Thompson
Alva James Funeral Planned at Cedar Falls Chapel
Alva James who died Sunday morning after a long carcinoma illness will be buried beside his wife in Clarksville. The funeral will be at Dahl chapel at 1 30 p m Tuesday conducted by Rev G L Bergeman of Zion Evangelical church. Surviving are one son Vernon. James had worked at Dayton company shops about six years and moved to Cedar Falls from Clarksville thirteen years ago.
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Cedar Falls
Alva James
Dahl Chapel
Dayton Company
Clarksville
Hogtied Swimmer Abandons Stunt at Byrnes Park
A stunt swimmer abandoned a Cedar River crossing at Byrnes park with a boat tied and an army pack, citing lack of a crowd willing to pay. The event followed a similar turnout in Oelwein, while Byrnes park golf course reported 284 new registrants by noon and a prior day record near 294.
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Brynes Park
Andy Gault
Clinton
Cedar River
Andy
Oelwein
Independence
Byrnes Park
Municipal Golfinks
J. D. Caldwell
Caldwell
Unstrapped jumper killed during flying circus act
Sioux City reports 23 year old C Williams of Sioux Falls, member of a flying circus, leaped from a plane during an American Legion celebration and plunged 1500 feet to his death. The harness opened with fatal shock and likely broke his head as the unstrapped jumper attempted the stunt.
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Sioux City
C. Williams
Sioux Falls
Williams
Hold Iown Man as Hit-and-Run Driver
Lincoln authorities arrested LAI Ora Cade of Newmarket Indiana after a Sunday afternoon crash in Lincoln that seriously injured Fred Bank and trapped his daughter Lillian under the vehicle Cade is alleged to have driven away after the collision in the Nebraska capital.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lai—Ora' Cade
Newmarket
Fred Bank
Cade
Rank
Lillian
Federal govt will prosecute ex postmaster Curtis
A Waterloo and Hundred defalcation story unfolds as Roy Curtis, former Hun dred postmaster, boasted he'll face federal charges. Police traced Curtis after a $400 note to a Hundred bank and family pressures, with Eggert in Washington seeking Curtis, while investigators weigh his inconsistent accounts and possible post office debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy EB. Curtis
Hundred
W. Va
Ray C. Eggert
Waterloo
Curtis
Washington, D. C
Eggert
Charles Mohls
Sam
Post Office Department
Guests in City Visit Local Families
Mrs. Barbara Randall of Washington D C visits her parents Mr. and Mrs C W Campbell at 403 Washington Street. Hubert Miller of Chattanooga Tennessee is the guest of his brother Clarence Miller at 329 Jefferson Street.
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City
Barbara Randall
Washington, D. C
C. W. Campbell
Washington Street
Hubert. Miller
Chattanooga.Tenn
Clarence
Jefferson Street
Christmas Seals Rally For Tuberculosis Fight In Iowa
Twenty five million penny Christmas seals reach the Des Moines office as the twenty first annual sale opens December first. Counties prepare committees for health drives that fund child health work nursing clinics and tuberculosis prevention efforts. Proceeds help reduce infant mortality and general death rates while Santa Claus leads the design with a sleigh and reindeer motif.
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Des Moines
Town Tuberculosis Association
State Association
Santa Claus
Cost of crime cited in de Autremont case
The Louisville Gourier Journal notes the annual billion cost of crime and cites the $500000 government expense to locate arrest transport and convict the de Autremont brothers who dynamited part of a train killed four crew members in a failed mail robbery attempt.
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Louisville
Logical candidate for the man who makes the pipes
A Minneapolis Journal blurb notes speculation about a man linked to bottom-side-up pipe work. It hints at a logical candidate based on the pattern or riddle within the piece, without giving explicit details or names.
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Minneapolis Journal
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Carling
Newfoundland
Veseeenye
Danish Brotherhood
Janquet
Cedar Falls Chapel
Federal
Gov't. Will
West Virginia
U. S
R. N. Cowin
Cowin
Banco
Grundy County
Shere
Hugh Crumrine
Crum Tine
Steffin
Crumrine
Steffen
Grove
Jack Kenwood
Missouri River
Omaha
Kenwood
Bitner
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