Iowa Governor Clem Kimball Dies After Long Illness
Illness lasting nearly three years claims the life of Clem F. Kimball, 60, twice lieutenant governor of Iowa and Republican nominee for a third term. He died at his Council Bluffs home after a three month Los Angeles sojourn. Born August 11, 1868 in Anamosa, he studied at Ames College and Michigan Law, served as state senator, city solicitor, and public official before winning the lieutenant governorship. State flags drooped as Des Moines prepared to receive the body. party leaders weighed a successor before the November ballot.
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Counc
Bluffs
Clem FL Kimball
Los Angeles
Himmball
Anamosa
Chicago
John, C. Kimball
Lucy Field Kimball
Caug
Sfuture
Ames College
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Ogund Bluffs
Cuntrott Williams
Wyoming
Kimball
Council
State Senate
Senate
Altho
Point
Iowa
John Price
Hig
Des Moines
Halimast
Clem F. Kimball
Council Blutts
State Central’ Committee
A. C. Gustafson
Republican Committee
Willis
Frank. Shane
Ottumwa
Jonas D. Buser
Conesville
Gideons' Bible Million Goal Outlined by Jenks
F Willis Jenks reported to Waterloo and Cedar Falls Gideon camps that the national group aims to place one million Bibles in hotels and public places this year, a goal not met last year. Music featured singer Walter Howell and Mrs. W. S. Bowen. In Cedar Falls services raised funds for about 25 Bibles. In Chicago a 35 year old man Cobb Eskilson was fatally shot near a filling station. police seek clues as no witnesses have come forward.
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Waterloo
Cesdar Falls
W. A
F. Willis Jenks
BR. E Crowther
Jenks
Assembly
Jed
Walier Howell
W. S. Bowen
Cedar Falls
Gideons
Toledo
M. E. Church
Methodist
Presbyterian
United Brethren
Chicago
Cobb Eskilson
Widow Mary A Taylor Dies At 83 In Waterloo Area
Mary A Taylor 83 widow of Hugh E Taylor resident of Black Hawk county since 1856 died at 4 30 p m at her Grant Avenue residence after four weeks illnessBorn February 7 1894 in Nathiew Devon England she came with parents to Iowa at 11 lived near Hudson and Waterloo Married January 10 1867 at Hudson Retired to Waterloo 30 years ago Mr Taylor died 15 years ago Six children survive Clement Taylor Evanston IL Theodore Deerfield IL Mrs H R Hollis Hudson Henry W Milwaukee Wis Mrs Paul Forman Denver Cal John A Des Moines Funeral Wednesday 1 30 p m at the late home Rev Edwin Boardman First Brethren church Elmwood burial
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Mary A.taylor
Hugh E. Taylor
Black Hawk County
Grant Avenue
Mary A. Hicks
Natthiew
Devonshire
England
William Hicks
Hudson and
Waterloo
Hudson
Taylor
Clement Taylor
Evanston
Theodore Deerfield
H. RB
Hollis Hudson
Henry W
Milwaukee
Missouri Libby
Missoni Libby
Lewis Libby
T. L. Libby
Sunnyside Avenue
Petersen Bros
A. FB
Church of the Brethren
Elmwood
Libby
Somerset County
Penh
Iowa
John Speicher
Allamakee County
Russell-Lamgon
T. Li
John L. Libby
Minneapolis
Town Association of Insurance Agents Convention Opens
Cedar Falls September registration of about 100 agents for the twenty second annual convention of the Town Association of Insurance Agents falls short of expected attendance due to rain. President J B Vaughan of Waterloo presides as sessions stress confidence and cooperation. Reports from J R Anderson C H Kissick and R M Hvans are read. d T Petty replies to welcomes from Roland Merner and W H Whitford. Dinner to follow at Hotel Black Hawk tonight.
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Courier Species Service
Cedar
Falls
Town Association of Insurance Agents
J. B. Vaughan
Waterloo
J. RR. Anderson
C. H. Kissick
R. M. Hvans
D. T. Petty
Roland Merner
W. H. Whitford
Focal Insurance Board
Acre
Gates
Hotel Black Hawk
Brookhart to Speak in 23 Iowa Towns Within Two Weeks
Des Moines reports Senator Smith Brookhart will tour 23 Iowa towns in two weeks under the Republican state central committee speakers bureau. He is scheduled in Cedar Rapids Tuesday and Wednesday with additional stops in Mapleton Ida Grove Correctionville Sioux City LeMars Orange City Rock Rapids Sibley Primghar Cherokee Aurelia Sioux Rapids Spirit Lake Estherville Emmetsburg Pocahontas Indianola Des Moines Winterset Atlantic Bluffs on later dates.
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Des Moines
Smith Brookhart
Republican State Central Committee
Brookhart
Cedar Rapids
Mapleton
Ida Grove
Correctionville
Sioux City
LeMars
Orange City
Rock Rapids
Sibley
Primghar
Cherokee
Aurelia
Sioux Rapids
Spirit Lake
Estherville
Emractsburg
Pocahontas
Indianela
Des Maines
Winterset
Atlantic Council Blutis
Child Killed in Automobile Crash
Jean Cox ten years old was killed and her mother Mrs Flossie Cox of Whitten was injured when the car they rode in collided with a vehicle driven by Miss Blanche Thatcher of Marshalltown near here yesterday Building permits 41 GC Campbell porch at 1052 Dawson
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Whitten
Jean Cox
Flossie Cox
Ware
Blanche ‘Thatcher
Marshalltown
Here
Campbell
Dawson
Temperatures Forecast Through Weekend
Readable fragments show a temperature outlook with a Saturday high around 85 and a Saturday night low near 60. Sunday appears milder with a Sunday night low and a note of Monday morning conditions in the Twin Cities region.
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Seneese
Archbishop Keane officiates at Gilbertville priest’s funeral
In Gilbertville Iowa a solemn high requiem mass for Rev Father John Nemmers who served the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception for 53 years drew crowds despite rain. Archbishop J J Keane spoke of Father Nemmers vocation and faith as priests and congregants filled the church and streets. Burial followed later this afternoon with a large contingent of clergy and parishioners present.
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Wy Stam
Gibertville
John Nemmers
D. D
Dubuque
Gilbertville
Gilbertville Parish
Father Nemmers
God
Christ
Keane
Father Memmers
Mer
George Haxmeier
Lansing
Nemmers
M. J. Thiltgen
Ossian
Alferd J. Schmitz
Sacred Heart Church
George Schmitz
Raymond
Thu Rifer
J. J. Zeven
St. Mary's Church
Dubugie
Francis Shuh
Sandspring
Joseph
Kellogg Treaty May Face Ratification Snag
In Washington the Kellogg pact's ratification hinges on Senate interpretations of reservations by Britain and France. Secretary Kellogg aims to quell qualms to push the treaty through, while stock market optimism links the pact to the bull run on the New York Exchange. Marriage licenses listed include James F. Donahoo and Charity A. Lincoln among others.
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Coolridge
Borah
United States
Senate
Kellogg
Washington
Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Credi
Motorist to Wisconsin Loses Wife En Route
William Jones driving from Mishawaka Indiana toward Antigo Wisconsin discovers his wife Jane is gone somewhere between Chicago and Antigo after stopping at a gas station to wash her hands. The two children remained asleep in the rear of the car while Mrs. Jones waited at a gas station for her husband.
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Chicago
William Jones
Antigo
Wis
Jane
Poolica
Theatres Face Wage Strikes Over Vitaphone Shows
In Buena Vista and Sac counties, teachers lean Republican while theatres cope with labor pressure. The Riviera and Strand canceled or altered shows as union demands for higher wages clash with operators. Manager Herbert Grove and others seek settlements or alternative films, with no refunds requested to date.
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Buena Vista
Sac
Comn- Mocler
Cedar Heights
Try
Waterloo
Towa Day
Vi-State Teachers College
Moeller
Riviera Theatre
New York
Theatrical Employes Union
Herbert Grove
Warner. Bros. Vitaphone
Fox Movietone
Grove
Des Moines
Clara Bow
Strand
Stolte
Chauncey Weaver
Stalte
The
Riviera
Vitaphone
Movietone Pictures
Bill Grove
Quarry Workman Hurt In Fall At Glory
George W. Elam approximately 40, of Glory, Jr., suffered a potentially fatal fall from a steam shovel at Hawk Eye quarries around 7 am. Wet surface from rain caused him to slip, tumbling headfirst onto rocks and fracturing his skull. He was taken to Allen Memorial Hospital in critical condition. he is married.
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George W. Elam
Glory, Jr
Hawkeye
Elam
Allen Memorial Hospital
Hoover Smith Buera Vista 31 Sac 50
Rural counties are described as strictly rural in the brief note referencing Hoover Smith and Buera Vista with the figures 31 and 50.
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Hoover Smith
Buera Vista
Sac
Memorial notices from Waterloo area obituaries
Multiple notices detail deaths and services in Waterloo Iowa. Cora Banton Fern 67 died at 341 High Street after paralytic attacks. funeral at First Presbyterian with burial at Fairview. Mrs Missouri Libby 86 to be buried Elmwood after services at Petersen Bros. Chapel. Roy Hennagir 52 died at 220 Newell Street. mass at St Marys with Catholic Foresters rosary. Anna Rickert 55 died in Aurora Illinois. services held there. Marylin Deeds infant died at home. burial and mortuary arrangements noted.
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Charles
Fern
Charles O. Fern
High Street
Cora
Banton
Alfred S. Banton
Spencer
Mich
Farley
Cora Banton
Flora L. Scott
Lime Street
Hileman & Gindt
Thomas J Niven
First Presbyterian Church
Fairview Cemetery
Harmony
George Wheeler
Cascaden Avenue
Marylin Deeds
Marylin
Walter M. Deeds
Allen Street
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Memorial Honors Vets of Three Wars in Iowa
In Marshalltown Iowa a copper box with rosters of Civil War Spanish American and World War veterans was placed in the cornerstone of a new memorial Coliseum under construction. The ceremony featured Hanford MacNider of Mason City and Judge J W Willett as past national commanders of their organizations who laid the stone alongside soldiers from the three wars.
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Marshalltown
U.R
Memorial Coliseum
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
American Legion
J. W. Willett
Grand Army of the Republic
Covert family from California visits old hometown
Mr and Mrs Charles B Covert and son C M Covert of San Diego are guests of Arthur B Covert. They arrived by car and plan to travel east, visiting relatives in Goldendale Washington, Cheyenne Wyo and Omaha Neb. They note many changes since a 48 year absence.
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Charles B. Covert
C. M. Covert
San Diego
Cal
Arthur B. Covert
Anna Smythe
Goldendale
Wash
Pitt
Cheyenne
Wye
Wirt
Omaha
T. A. Covert
Waterloo
Charles
World Peace Seen Far From Realization by Weilein
George W. Weilein, secretary of Waterloo lodge No. 328, reports from Cardiff and travels in England Ireland France Belgium Holland and Germany. He says permanent world peace remains distant, citing economic conditions in Germany and France where farming methods vary. He notes German factories are busy and farmers own machinery while French farmers lack equipment and rely on old harvesting methods and oxen.
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George W. Weilein
Eleventh Street West
Cardiff
Wales
England
Ireland
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Weilein
Waterloo
L. C
Remodeling contracts set for Fairbank church work
The Waterloo Metal & Manufacturing Co. won the sheet metal contract for the Fairbank Catholic church remodeling, with total costs at 15000 dollars. Plans are by Mortimer B. Cleveland of Waterloo. Carpenter duties go to John Paulus and Tom Fratzke of Fairbank, with Shimp Bros. of Dunkerton handling mason work and D S Bloom of Fairbank painting.
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Waterloo Metal & Manufacturing Co
Fairbank
Mortimer B. Cleveland
Waterloo
John’ Paulus
Tom Fratzke
Mason
Shimp Bros
Dunkerton
D. SC
Bloom
Waterloo Day At Dairy Cattle Show Oct 1
Waterloo will host Dairy Cattle Congress day on Monday October 1 announced by George Huntley at Rotary. A luncheon is planned at Hotel Russell Lamson with special tickets for business men. A caravan of 30 service club cars including 12 autos will tour Waterloo territory to advertise the show. Also noted is the return of Mr and Mrs J E Eppley and family from a two week motor trip through Texas and Missouri.
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Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
George Huntley
Rotary Club
Lucheon
Russell-Lamson
Hoover-Guaris Bus Opens Iowa Mission Tour
A Republican campaign bus branded Hoover and Curtis rolled along federal Highway 20 through northeastern Iowa. Milton Pitt, former Iowa House speaker, led speaking stops in each town with J Wenner introducing him. The caravan, from Chicago headquarters, aimed to reach Waterloo that evening with Pitt visiting Fort Dodge next day and Parkersburg’s Hvans joining to introduce him. Rain delayed some crowds at Dyersville lunch stop.
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Hoover
Curtis
Iowa
Dubuque
Milton B. Pitt
Pottawattamie County
Iowa House
J. Wenner
Waterloo
P. H. Frank
Acre
Pitt
Tomorow
Fort Dodge
W. T.hvans
Parkersburg
Republican State Central Committee
Hoover and
National Campaign Committee
Republican’ Party
Chicago
Dyersville
Florence Admits Wedding But Not Before Holidays
New York September 10. Miss Lerence Trumbull, daughter of Connecticut's governor, dodges engagement claims with reporters after returns from Europe. Captain of the Lapland asks for an invitation to the wedding, but she says a Christmas wedding is unlikely and engagements are premature. John Coolidge works for the New Haven Hartford railroad as the two travelers pass through Connecticut.
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New York
John Coolidge
Red Star Line
Lerence Trumbull
Europe
Connecticut
Lapland
Miss Trumbull
Young Coolidge
White House
John
New York, New Haven
Ks Hartford Railroad
Trumbull
Brain Tests and Completion Puzzles on Mental Ability
The Evening Post presents an intelligence completion test urging readers to study a sequence of terms to uncover the governing law and fill in missing symbols. Readers are invited to measure mental rating, with two minutes allowed, and to check answers on the society page.
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Jeading
You
Slany
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Roy Hennagir
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Cherokee County
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