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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1926

Page

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Ormiston Sought After Mother of Aimee Ball

District Attorney Keyes moved to arrest Ormiston former Angelus Temple radio operator named as defendant in complaints tied to the Aimee Semple McPherson case. Mrs Minnie Kennedy remained jailed on a bench warrant while McPherson and her mother face related charges. Ormiston’s attorney said he would surrender when complaint issued. Keyes denied immunity.

Los Angeles Cal Minnie Kennedy Aimee Semple Mesherson Anni Keyes Kennedy C. Ormiston Angelus Temple McPherson Kennedy Ormiston Hahn Keyes

Entry Lists for Cattle Congress Sets Record Participation

The Cattle Congress opens September 27 with a record exhibit lineup including canned foods, women’s county projects, mothers welfare displays, and a large United States Department of Agriculture section. An automobile show fills a dedicated building. Dairy judging features 39 junior teams including a North Dakota entry and a top Iowa squad headed to the National Dairy Show. Collegiate judging teams from regional schools compete as the event runs with multiple banquets and dairy breed association meetings.

Unite States Department of Agriculture Tham Bic North Dakota Iowa

Pro Football Suit Filed in Chicago Targets Clubs

A Chicago suit seeks an injunction to restrain professional football clubs from playing while a $10,000 case is settled. Plaintiffs include Chicago Chapter No. 2 of the Disabled Veterans and the Chicago Marine Club, naming C. C. Pyle Harold Grange and William S. Edwards as defendants.

Chicago

Deputy Auditor G. F. Mathis Found Dead in Lisbon Barary

Polk County Deputy Auditor G. F. Mathis was found dead by his wife early today in the barary of Lisbon. He had recently resigned after a shortage of funds was discovered in his accounts. Resuscitation attempts with pulmotors lasted nearly an hour but to no avail.

Des Moines G. FL Mathis Polk Bararey Lisbon Cyty Cook

Weather summary for weekend with confusing OCR text

Apparent OCR fragment reports temperatures over Friday Saturday with numbers like 74 but text is garbled. Reads as a shouty weather snippet lacking clear locations dates or precise values. Unable to extract coherent forecast but indicates weekend temperatures around mid seventies.

Illinois Central Opens New Track Extensions in Waterloo

Illinois Central inaugurates updated Waterloo track extensions costing about 350000 dollars. The westward addition doubles as a two mile compound with a new outer leap industrial track. Trains will start using the loop early next week, easing downtown freight and street traffic delays.

Ilinois Central Railroad Waterloo Harry G. Brown Bath Packing Company Brown Fourth Street Rath Packing Iinois Central CLF, & N Iiois Central Minnis Central

Light Are Found Guilty In Rapid Municipal Court

Eight defendants in ten cases were found guilty in Rapid Municipal Court this morning as judges Beem Gwynne and County Attorney Cook concluded a cleanup of old dockets. Several hearings were continued, including cases against Ogbin and Saunders, with punishments ranging from jail terms to fines.

LIGHT Rapid Municipal J. C. Beem John W. Gwynne William A. Cook James McFarland Peter Mavrelis Bailey Gwynne McFarland Troyer Ed Troyer Guilly Beem Travers Port Madison Monte Saunders Ogbin Kenneth Ogbin Fort Madizon Witter Smith Vinton Fred Turner Town Street Meaded Weregitito Mot Fisher Gwsnine Leora Negress Manson Street Ensis Crawford Alice Wilson Laldaeksen Steeer Eula Santei Gos Porte Ray

Miami Flooded as Gale Smashes Island Coast

Nassau reports a tropical storm passage with high winds and rising seas. Miami records first gale force gusts as the storm sweeps past, causing property damage and coastal disruption along the coast and nearby waterways.

Miami Island

State Offers $500 Reward for Slayer

Des Moines authorities post a five hundred dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who killed a man in the railroad yards. The broad search for clues follows theft incidents and notes a pursuit of suspects connected to the crime.

Des Moines AMNA John Jama Ce Srrest Shrenker

Crown Prince Interactions Cancelled Amid Illness

Crown Prince Tob My Bot of Swe experiences a cold causing all scheduled engagements to be cancelled. The royal calendar pauses as officials announce the postponements and advise rest for the heir.

Tob Apepi Gnetavus Adalphua Swe

Bandit Killing Spreads Threats Along Cuernavaca Road

Reported bodies hung in trees along the Cuernavaca road send a stark warning as Mexican forces press a manhunt. Seven bandits have been captured and executed, with further clashes leaving additional outlaws dead. Names tied to Rosenthal case and Zapata era figures appear in chaotic casualty notes.

Mexico City Cuernavaca Mexico Jacob Hosenthal Ameriin Woodmere N. XY Hcond Losenthal Feder Bonifacio Hinojosa Zapata Hultez Rosenthal Miguel

Hawarden Flood Sweeps Town Reports Drownings

Torrential rains caused extensive floods in northwestern Iowa and neighboring states. The Big Sioux and Floyd river valleys saw thousands of acres underwater with property damage and livestock losses. Hawarden and Dalton faced rising waters, with tracks washed out, power out, and a two mile wide flood extending from Hawarden.

Big Sioux Hawarden Sioux H. E. Clark Akron Kpon Floyd Pac Dalton Mandlee Ten Sioux County Tiliway Ghiorgo & Northwestern Railway Delght Chicago Minneapolis St. Paul Omaha Hospers Sioux City Otraine Peery Wetowrestles Ulinets Central Morrill Sioux Cine Leeds Altha

Cookroom Workers at Waterloo Canning Plant Strike for Retroactive Bonus

Twenty two cooks at the Waterloo Canning company plant on Sycamore street walked out at 11 am after management refused a 6 cent an hour bonus retroactive to the season start. The plant slowed to noon. 15 huskers joined in sympathy. The plant employs about 200 workers. Frank Pokasky is plant superintendent.

Waterloo - Canning Company Sycamore Street Il A. mm Frank Pokasky

Demo Candidate for Congress Urges Lake-Sea Channel

Ellis E. Wilson, Democratic candidate for Congress in the Third district, calls for opening Great Lakes traffic to the sea via the St. Lawrence and urges a U S Canada channel deepening project. He argues lower transport costs would boost Midwest industries against world markets.

Ellis E. Wilson Congress Great Lakes St. Lawrence United States Canada Wilson Middlewest

Types of Roadbed Will Be Exhibited at Cattle Congress

The Towa Good Roads association will display two roadbed types at the Dairr Cattle Congress starting Sept. 27. A 30 foot lay by space will show roadbed varieties, while another building features two automobiles, one on pavement and one on mud, to compare tractive power and fuel costs.

Towa Blaze Highway Commission Towa Good Roads Association Dairr Cattle Congress W. FF. Warratt

Mexico protests over Raymondville killings in Texas

Mexico directs its embassy to file representations with the U S State Department over reports that Tomas Nunez and his son were abducted from the Raymondville Texas jail by a mob tortured and shot with the elder allegedly beheaded. An official account is awaited via Ambassador Tellez.

Washington, D. C State Department Alexicans Raymondsville Texas Tomas Nunez Nunez Tellez

Lacoste Captures U S Tennis Title in Forest Hills

Rene Lacoste, a Frenchman, won the United States tennis championship at Forest Hills by defeating Jean Borotra in straight sets 6 4 6 0. The match marked the first foreign final in American history with lacoste claiming the title today. Bel Ravlon’s son Edward Buehler reported his 15 year old son suffered a double fracture of the right arm after slipping on a stone while jumping from a pony cart on La Porte road.

Forest Hills Tene Lacoste Stir United States Jean Borotra Bel Ralpon Suentey Edward Buehler Eleventh Street West Lower la Porte Road

Becomes Night Superintendent at St Josephs Ottumwa

Miss Frieda Nash daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Nash Waterton begins her new role as night shift superintendent of nurses at St Josephs hospital Ottumwa Iowa. She graduates from Mercy hospital Iowa and reports satisfaction with her position.

Frieda Nash Louis Nash Waterton Jana St. Joseph’s Hospital Ottumwa Mercy Hospital Fewa Ty

Faramaand Ends Life at Eckert Hotel Attempt

Mr Sapir, 44, a farmhand, hanged himself in his Eckert hotel room using a bed sheet tied to a hook. In a separate incident, a cave-in at Exeter mine of Lehigh Valley Coal Co. killed three miners and injured three others.

Farmaand Def. Sapir Pillip Farmy Hand Eckert Wilkesharre Exeter Lehigh Valley Coat Company

Infant Juanita Garria Dies in Waterloo

Infant Juanita Garria daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pablo Garria died today at Tamar Haven on Lagan Avenue following a brief illness. Born August 4 in Waterloo, the child's funeral arrangements are pending at the O'Keefe and Towne Mortuary.

Juanita Garria Pablo Carria Tamar Henn Lagan Avenue Ekfa Waa Waterloo Hoay Iy O'Keefe &Towne

American graves in France defaced claim renewed by tourist

Waterloo woman Margaret Maddigan reports crosses with insulting inscriptions at French cemeteries and opposes Paris Convention spending. She praises European living and touring costs, notes poverty in France, and highlights plans for her Maddigan School of Music to offer scholarships for study abroad.

Caraway France Paris Waterloo Margaret Maddigan Vestry Avenue United States Americum Tegion Hamerlean Prince of Whies Great Britain Europe Miss Maddigan New York Suss Maddigan Maddigan School of Music Oratory

Marriage of Jane Scane and Walter Caward

Mr and Mrs Francis M Scane announce the July 6 marriage of their daughter Jane to Walter B Caward at Crown Point Indiana. The ceremony was performed by Justice Howard A Kent with several witnesses from Chicago Waterloo and St Paul. The bride is a Starrett School for Girls graduate and attended a Visitation school in St Paul. Plans for the future will be set after October 1.

Francis M. Scane Third Street East Crown Point Ind Jane Walter B. Caward Canard Dart Company Justice of the Peace Howard A. Kent Elizabeth Pigall Chicago Gertrude Flynn Isabelle Weir W.J. O'Neil Waterloo Caward Starrett School For Girls St. Paul Minn

Newspapers Broadcast Dempsey Tunney Fight Details

Philadelphia reports newspapers will broadcast fight details they receive via wires from ringside. L Austin, Sesquicentennial expo director general, said broadcasting rights would be leased and newspapers broadcasting from their own sources would be considered infringement.

Philadelphia L. Austin Rex Rickard

Senator McMaster Undergoes An Appendicitis Operation

United States Senator William Ht. McMaster submitted to an operation for appendicitis at a hospital this morning. Attending physicians report the senator's condition as favorable. ENTERS AMES, Mr and Mrs L G Adams have just returned from taking their daughter June Adams to Lawn State college at Ames where she will begin her second year's work.

Yankton United States Willian Ht. McMaster Ames L. G. Adams Walnut Street June Adams Lawn State College

Two Farmers Fire On Mobile Party Killing Baby?

In Louisville Kentucky last night two farmers fired shotguns at a mobile party near the Swann farm, mistaking them for watermelon thieves. A six to seven month pregnant woman, Mrs B Carey, was struck near the head, and Rex Nicho tem and Duit Pare were lightly wounded. The Swank brothers were arrested on a charge of malicious shooting.

Louisville Oscer Mare Fin Swann

Census reveals Iowa Civil War survivors count decline

The 1925 Iowa state census lists 3 113 Civil War survivors in the state a drop of 9 946 since 1915 The report details regiments totals by branch and state casualties and notes 2 996 Spanish American War survivors with 348 deaths in service.

Hes Moines Lou F. Morgans Iowa Army Navy Marine Corps Towa Signal Corps United States

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