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Rainy Northampton crowds greet President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge as they arrive by special train. Gov. Smith delivers his Albany acceptance speech while thousands cheer Hoover and Coolidge amid a bustling political landscape. Ring logic and public notices blend with lighter cultural notes.
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Northampton
Mass
Coolidge
Gov. Smith
Albany
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
United States
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Florida Storm Toll Rising Across State and Coast
A hurricane disaster report from Sept 20 cites West Palm Beach and Lake Okeechobee areas with hundreds dead and many missing. Estimates place casualties across Belle Glade Pahokee and surrounding towns, while New York and New Jersey report storm damage and coastal high seas. President of the AFL William Green appeals for worker profit sharing due to machinery-driven productivity gains.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
INS
W. Hiatt
Palm Beach
Belle Glade
South Bay
Chaser
Rita
Surrey
Kraemer
Lake Okeechobee
Everglades Station
Miami Rock
C. Howard Rowton
The
American Legion
United Press
Br. J. W. Buch
Aat
W. R. Stuckey
Pahokee
Craemer Island
Torry Island
Minmo Lacks
Miami
Pla
Everglades
D. E. Yonge
Red Cross Relief Committee
A. B. Chalk
New York
West Indies
Florida
New Jersey
New York Harbor
Manhattan
Boston
Gowns Held By Customs In Walska Case
Jewelry and clothing valued between 2.0 and 2.5 million dollars belonging to Mme Ganna Walska wife of Harold McCormick were held by customs authorities in New York pending whether they are dutiable. Walska claims nonresident status and that goods bought abroad should not incur import tax.
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Ganna
New York City
Ganna Walska
Uncle Sam
New York
Mme
Harold MecCormick
Harvester
Walska
United States
Hoover Wins Support in Third District Caucus
In the Third district of Tawa Republicans express consensus that Hoover will win a large November majority despite farmer discontent. County leaders promise strong showings with Bremer and Butler counties cited for expected Republican gains while others await reports. Stern presided as caucus chair with Robison and Rawson in attendance urging full ticket support.
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Tawa
Hoover
Hazel- Russell-Lamson
P. H. Prank
Black Hawk
W! Raymond
Buchanan County
Bremer County
G. O. van Derveer
Waverly
Charles B. McClure
Butler
R. J. Bixby
Delaware County
Stern
Frank
Willis Stern
State Central Committee
Gordon L. Elliott
Charles A. Rawson
T. J. B. Robinson
Caucn
Steam shovel digs grave for hurricane victims
A dispatch from St Petersburg reports 60 bodies were buried yesterday in a single large grave near West Palm Beach. A steam shovel dug the grave as flood victims arrived from the lake region and carpenters worked nonstop to issue rough coffins.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
St. Petersburg Times Today
Palm Beach
Ten Years Ago in the Service
Rev. Jewell Pickett of First Baptist Mason City Ill served as a lieutenant in the Eighty eighth division from Camp Dodge. He recalls September 1918 near Belfort Argonne front where the Nu struck. hospital facilities were poor, medicine scarce, and many died under heavy packs as units moved forward.
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Jewell Pickett
First Baptist Church
Mason City
Camp Dodge
Tne
Belfort
Joon
Argonne
Advange
Extortion plot targets Raskob in Smith campaign
Philadelphia wire reports an extortion case tied to John J. Raskob, campaign manager for Governor Alfred E. Smith, with letters demanding $100,000 in unregistered bonds and threats to destroy the Raskob residence at Claymont. Frank Mooney faces $10,000 bail after arrest in North Philadelphia post office for mailing one letter.
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Philadelphia
W.R
John J. Raskob
Alfred E. Smith
Torank Mooney
Raskob
Frank Mooney
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Raskab
Mooney
North Philadelphia
Claymont
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Briggs
Clay~ Mont
Cardinals Take First Game From Giants in Doubleheader
In a split doubleheader at the Polo Grounds, the St Louis Cardinals beat the New York Giants 5 to 2 in the first game as George Jarper hit three homers for the Giants. Hafey Cohen and Hogan also homered. about 50 000 fans attended. The win moves the Cardinals three games up in the pennant race.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Cardinals
New York Giants
Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
George Jar
Giant Castor
Hafey
Cohen
Hogan
Curtis Campaign Tour Highlights Hecklers and Back-Platform Speeches
Curtis the Republican presidential nominee campaigns across Indiana Illinois and Iowa. He faces a heckler in Spencer Iowa and defends his McNary Haugen votes while praising Hoover. He travels by private car, speaks from a back platform and meets Sioux Indians during a Rosebud reservation visit in South Dakota.
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Curtis
Nebraska
Epublican Esidential
Iowa
Middlewest
Indiana
Illinois
Rosebud Reservation
South Dakota
Valentine
Senator McMaster
Spencer
McNary-Haugen
Coolidge
McNary-Iangen Bis
Smith
Herbert Monver
Spencer Examiner
Senate
Sioux City
Herbert Hoover
Charges Filed Against Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity Actives
J. E. Williams of St. Louis filed assault and battery charges against actives of the Kappa Alpha Phi Negro fraternity at the University of Town. He said fraternal love should not involve paddling as he sought to end his pledge.
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University of Iowa
Kappa Alpha Phi
Town City
Williams
St. Louis
Actives
Kappa Alpha, Phi
Fascist Grand Council Expands Power in Italy
Rome reports the fascist grand council at its fall session approved a sweeping bill granting the council near total authority, making it the virtual ruler of Italy. Mussolini presided as the bill with 12 articles sets the council as the supreme coordinating body for the regime and allows it to present two premier candidates to the crown in case of vacancy.
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Rome
U.P
Grand Council
Italy
Mussolini
Plea for 3.5 Million in School Building Funds
Des Moines budget hearing outlines almost 3.5 million dollars in new construction. University of Iowa projects total 2,040,502 with a 900,000 library. Requests include 600,000 for Iowa State University and 395,000 for State Teachers College. Council buffs school for the deaf receives 405,000.
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Des Moines
State Board of Education
FE. J. Togue
University of Iowa
Board of Education
Hogue
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Council Buffs School For the Deaf
FiveYearOld Hit By Auto in City, In Critical Condition
Billy Coontz, five, son of Mr and Mrs M F Coontz of 704 Kimball Avenue, was struck by a car yesterday near his home. He remained unconscious today with a fractured skull and was reported resting easily at Presbyterian Hospital after brief awakenings during the night.
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Billy Coontz
M. F. Coontz
Kimball, Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Partilly
Tunney's Fiancee Sails Friday with $40,000 Trousseau
Polly Lauder will sail to meet Gene Tunney in Italy for a early October wedding in Sorrento. She travels with her mother Mrs. George Lauder sister Mrs. Edward Storrs Dewing and others. The trousseau is valued at $40,000 including a $10,000 mink coat and a cap of pears.
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New York
INS
Polly Lauder
Gene Tunney
Italy
Sorrento
George Lauder
Edward Storrs Dewing
Trousseau
Northcott Held by Police Guard in Vancouver
Gordon Stewart Northcott escorted by provincial police to be returned to California for murder charges. A man presenting a $100 US bill claimed to be Northcott on a ship, later confirming identity amid questions. His mother Mrs Sarah Louisa Northcott was also named in southern California murder complaints.
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Vancouver
B. C
Gordon Stewart Northcott
California
United States
Jerryhan
Morley Greene
Northcott
Calgary
Socialist Speaker Claims Educators Dissatisfied in Illinois Race
Des Moines Sept 20 U S Socialist candidate for the Illinois senate George E Kirkpatrick told a small audience ministers and educators are dissatisfied with low salaries and restrictions by capital and its ideas He charged capitalists groom the country for war aided by Rotary and American Defense clubs He said Jesus would be a socialist today as a friend of the oppressed.
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Altho
Ilinois
Iowa
George E. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Kirkpatrck
Des Moines
U.2
Chicago
Senate
Illinois
Kirkpatrick
Rotary Club
American Defense Club
Jesus
School Children to Exhibit Zinnias in Ames Show
Thousands of blooms will fill the Ames Junior Garden club zinnia show with more than 1,700 school children participating. Younger students will display three flowers while eighth and ninth graders present bouquets baskets or vases.
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Ames, Ta
Ames Junior Garden Club
Count Zeppelin in Air on 8 Hour Test
The Count Zeppelin dirigible with 22 passengers began a southern German cruise from Friedrichshafen at 8 a.m. today and is expected to stay aloft eight to ten hours under pilot Dr Hugo Eckener. Meanwhile in Memphis Pillow Guards survivor John R. Warren Jr aged 93 died at his home last night.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
INS
Hugo Eckener
Pillow Guard
Memphis
Tenn
John R. Warren, Jr
Pillow Guards
Fourth Tennessee Infantry
Clivil
James P. Warren
Short Interviews With Home Folks
J A Curran of Waterloo cites a shortage of journeymen blacksmiths as evidence that horse shoers face declining income. Curran, a former local president, notes only three journeymen remain and argues at least five are needed to sustain a shop as machinery reduces demand.
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Waterloo
Gore
J. A. Curran
Commercial Strete
Park Avenue West
Curran
Journeymen's
Double Cross Charge at Iowa Farmers Union Convention
Des Moines reports the Iowa Farmers Union convention adopted a resolution calling for Hoover's defeat in November after Senator Brookhart condemned George N Peek and other farm-relief supporters for delaying the McNary Haugen bill. Brookhart blamed Peek Murphy and Hirth for stalling and claimed they sought Tammany backing and delayed action in Congress. Governor Smith said he has not endorsed the equalization fee or any specific farm relief plan.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farmers’ ‘Union
Herbert Hoover
Smith W. Bronkhart
Toover
George N. Peek
U.A
Towa Farmers Union
Smith W. Brookhart Loday
Towa
William Hirth
Columbia
Frank W. Murphy
Minnesota
Moline
Brookhart
Brockhart
House
Senate
Peek
Murphy
McNary
R Brookhart
Milo Reno
the Union
Wis
Brackhart
Milo
Reno
Norris
Kennedy
Washington
Corn Belt Committee
Frank Murphy
Hirth
Joe Robinson
Jim Reed
Smith
Oklahoma City
Okla
Alfred E. Smith
McNary-Haugen
Mc Nory-Haugen
Adam” McMullan
Nebraseka
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Bagdad On
the- Hudson
Europe
Aimee Semte McPherson
Paris
Aimee
Daughters of the American Revolution, Patriotic Organization
Leon ‘Trotsky
Turkestan
London
Trotsky
Cedar Rapids
Legion
North Atlantic
Kington
D. C
UPI
A. T. Eide
Haines City
Red Crass
Nationa Red Cross
Atlanta
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Association of Machinists
ATG. O. P
Ragkob
Man
Ggv
Bt. Louis
New York S
Sherde
Wilson
Benton
Beall
Henry
Wogan
Battersen
Kolp
Guneworthy Smith
Wards
Spohrer
West
Charles "Gurtis
Henry K. Curtis
Kansas City
Fascisti
Council
Iowa City
Alexander Michaelovich
University of Town
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
Wilhalmur Stefansson
Claude’ Anet
Boy Auto
Farm Organization
Oghemed
Tunney
Iowa Farmers Union
Hirth, Murphy
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