La Follette Coolidge Race Shapes Up West Fight
In a race shaping week, La Follette challenges Coolidge across the west while Democrats eye New York New Jersey and Rhode Island. The GOP frames the campaign as a La Follette fight with Davis aiding eastern chances, and German voters tilt toward La Follette in several northwestern states.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
Th. C
New York
al Smith
New Jersey
United States Senate
Trhode Island
Indiana
Democra
Mississippi
Davis
Follette
Coolidge
la Folletta
Goalidge
la Foliette
Tay
Col. Harvey
Washington Post
Sunny
Congress
la Follette
la Follette Party
Independent Farmer Movement
Ot Iman
Bob
Courier Delivery Notice in Local Paper
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive the paper by that time due to carrier error or other causes, please phone 5100 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must be made before 4 30 to the office.
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Ienst
School Bride Won Beauty Prize Married But Denied by School
In Kayerhill Massachusetts on September 24 Susan M. Comeau, a 17 year old beauty prize winner, fell in love and wed but school authorities declared her 15 and sent her back to class. The couple faced opposition as officials insisted on her being underage, despite her stated age and recent marriage.
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Kayerhill
Mass
Susan M. Comeau
Jova
One Dead Two Likely to Die in Kentucky Feud
In McLean County a feud between the MacCormack and Stanley families left Olis McCormack 28 dead, Ross McCormack 56 and Frank McCormack fatally wounded, and Melvin Stanley seriously hurt. Melvin Stanley and Davis Stanley were jailed at Calhoun on murder charges.
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Kentucky
Owensboro
MacCormack
Stanley
McLean County
Calhoun
Olis McCormack
Ross McCormack
Fatcher
Olis
Frank McCormack
Melvin Stanley
Davis
Six Die as Auto Plunges Through Bridge Rail
Boston reports a touring car plunged from a Fort Point bridge into the channel killing six. The car lay submerged in 15 feet of water until recovered by a navy yard lighter. A child’s body was among those found, with a five year old girl previously recovered.
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Boston
Fort Point
Boston Navy Yards
Sheriff Chases Four Mail Sack Bandits Near Seymour
Sheriff Lord and railroad detectives comb the countryside after four bandits stole two sacks of mail from the depot. One sack was found on the road between Seymour and Alierton. The bandits fled in an automobile after exchanging shots with officers.
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Seymour
Here
Alierton
Two plead guilty to Kroubing auto shop robbery
Cedar Rapids Iowa Sept 22 Elmer Smail of Omaha and E L Rafferty of Sioux City pleaded guilty to robbery and face sentencing to the state reformatory at Anamosa The men were arrested Saturday for looting an automobile accessory shop Mrs Rafferty was released after questioning and returned home in Sioux City
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Cedar Rapids
Elmer Smail
Omaha
E. L. Rafferty
Sioux City
State Reformatory
Anamasa
Youth Fatally Hurt In Head On Auto Hub Crash
Willis Caldwell, 2, died two hours after falling from an empty truck rear seat during a trip to Independence. He struck his head on a rear wheel hub, causing a skull fracture. Willis and his brother, residents seven miles northwest, were en route to town when the accident occurred at 3:30 p.m. yesterday. He was the son of Reuben Caldwell near Olverville.
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Independence
Willis Caldwell
People's Hospital
Here
Willis
Fieed
Reuben Caldwell
Olterville
Fleeing Negro Triggers Dual Gunfights with Police
Police chase ends in two gun battles as Bert Douglass narrowly escapes a bullet through his coat. Diamond Dick alias Ted Mayo, a noted booze runner, flees after a held up stranger. Mayo’s escape follows a long pursuit across Oneida street and Kern to alleys. Detectives trace Mayo to a stolen Chicago car. a riot gun shoots fail to stop him as officers recover a weapon and search for the fugitive.
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Bert Douglass
Northend
Veral Oiger
Oneiday Street
Illinois Central
Sotfire
Douglass
Ted Mayo
Diamond Dick
Iowa
Minnesota
Altha
E. A. Leighton
Mayo
Chicago
Greene
Kern Street
Boozerunner
Ralph Davis
Kern
Dawson
Emil Steffens
Chief Leighton
Waterloo
Leighton
Oneida Street
Jules
Rock Island Triumphs 6-0 Over Maline Indians
Davenport report says Rock Island defeated Maline Indians 6-0 in the season opener. Buck Gavin, fullback, scored on a 30 yard run after teammates carried the ball to the Bevard line, Ursetta kicked the goal. Atoline faced a tight defense with no scoring threat.
President Proclaims National Education Week Starting
Washington D C January 7 1929 President Coolidge will issue a proclamation designating a nation wide Education Week to be observed during the week beginning November 7 3 as per ion week throughout the country announced today
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Washington D. C
Coolidge
Klansman Knocked Out After Sermon Critique
In Hichmonad on Sept. 22 Roy James Fulcher of Michigan, an Episcopal clergyman and Ku Klux Klan speaker, yelled during Rev Beverly Tucker's sermon at St. Paul’s Spir… church. He was knocked down by attorney Drew Chriss Man, a COREY member, after clashing near the portico.
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Roy
James Fulcher
Michigan
Nou
Beverly BD
Tucker
Ir Py
St. Paul's Spiseapil Church
Gald
Drew Chriss
Corey
Coolidge Affirms Religious Liberty Fully Guaranteed
President Coolidge told members of the Holy Name Society in Washington that the Constitution protects civil and religious liberty as the essence of freedom. He said socialism and communism clash with American institutions and praised the society for upholding core ideals. The speech drew a huge crowd near the Washington Monument as preparations began for a Philadelphia address marking the Continental Congress anniversary. He planned a future address on political issues and to announce a national commission on agricultural conditions.
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Washington
DB. C
Coolidge
Holy Name Society i
Coal Lidge
Society
Witten
Washington Monument
Philadelphia
Wheeler Speaks at Davenport Tuesday
Chicago dispatch reports Senator Wheeler, the independent presidential candidate from Montana, traveling through Illinois and Iowa. He planned a two night stop in Bloomington, then a brief appearance in Peoria, with a noon stop in Rock Island before evening events in Davenport, Iowa, on Tuesday.
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Chicago
Illinois
Iown
Chicaca
Tce
Wheeler
Montana
Bloomington
Peoria
Wisset
Rock Island
Iowa
Davenport
Frost Danger Diminishes but Light Frost Seen Near Northeast
Weather bureau reports show temperatures above frost danger levels across Iowa. A light frost may occur tonight in the northeast, with milder conditions elsewhere extending into Des Moines area as autumn approaches.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Des Moines
Sept
Pastor Confesses to Poisoning Wife and Friend
Mount Vernon based pastor Teay Lawrence Hight confessed to poisoning his wife Elsie Sweetin and neighbor Wilford Sweetin to end their suffering. Prosecutors plan life terms, not death, and probe a third mysterious death of a Centerville high school girl tied to the case.
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Centerville
Blight*s
Thompson
U S Plans to Wipe Out Its 21 Billion Dollar Public Debt
Cleveland Sept 22 Assistant Secretary Dewey outlined a treasury plan to retire the 21 42 billion public debt in 25 years at a Treasury Office convention with Investment Bankers. He urged bankers to block moves diverting holdings from government securities to industry warning such shifts would lower bond prices and raise future interest costs. The speech emphasized cutting interest outlays to enable debt elimination.
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U.S
Cleveland
United States
Treasury
Dewey
Investment Bankers ® Association
Ig- Hawes
Former Des Moines Judge Wallingford Dies at Canal Zone Address
Bes Moines Sept 22 Joseph C Wallingford a former Des Moines attorney and Canal Zone district court judge collapsed and died while delivering a patriotic speech in Balboa Canal Zone Saturday night His wife Mrs Wallingford received notice Sunday He had resigned from the law firm in 1922 and had been appointed by President Harding to the Canal Zone judgeship He was born in Greensburg Indiana in 1869 and graduated from Stanford in 1892 The widow and mother survive
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Mount Vernon
Wilford Sweetih
Tey
Lawrence ML. Higtt
Ina
Grill- Nyyak
Htfrank Thompson
Brake Vcterinel ‘Skrajy
Bes Moines
John CD
Jack
Wallingford
Des Moines
United States
Balboa
Wellingford
Jesse A. Millard Wallingford
Harding
Greensburg
Ind
Leland Stanford
Sle
World Fliers Reach San Diego in 100 Mile Leg
Anmerica’s three world cruisers completed a 100 mile hop to Rockwell Field San Diego at 19 39 am. From Tucson they flew toward Cloverfield Santa Monica and aim to finish the circumnavigation with the next leg. Lieut Lowell Smith led the landing followed by Lieut Nelson and Lieut Wade aboard the New Orleans and the Boston II.
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Rockwell
Cloverfield
Lieut
Lowell Smith
Nelson
New Orleans
Wade
Boston
40,000 Waiting for Wanderer to Claim
Chicago September 22 There is 349 009 waiting for Helmar Christensen chief engineer on a Pacific liner if he reads this story. The money is his share of his mother’s estate who died in Christiana Norway held for him by his sister Mrs Malvina Laguess in Chicago. Her search shows he ran for alderman in Seattle in 1918 and became chief engineer of a Pacific liner in 1920.
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Chicago
Helmar Christensen
Christiana
Norway
Malvina Laguess
Alderman
Seattle
Wash
Keokuk Jewelry Store Robbery Loses 37000 Value
In Keokuk Iowa Odell jewelry store suffered a theft last night with watches and jewelry valued between 7900 and 12000 stolen from a safe. Entry was gained through a rear window between 9 and 7:30 p.m.
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Keokuk
Missing brother reward offer draws attention nationwide
Des Moines reports Mrs William Fleming of Batte Montana offers 700 dollars to Gov Kendall for news leading to the discovery of her brother William Capple adopted by John Kirby of Town over two decades ago. In Hongkong Maj Zanni, an Argentine around the world, reached the city after repairs delayed him there.
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Des Moines
William Fleming
Batte
Mont
Kendall
William Capple
John Kirby
Bzanny
Hongkong
Maj
Zanni
Mer
Hani
Dairy Cattle Congress Opens Amid Large Crowd and Exhibits
The fifteenth Dairy Cattle Congress and sixth National Belgian Horse show opened under clear skies with a large crowd. Attendance is expected to surpass previous years as every department expands with more midway exhibits, a Canadian booth, and junior judging contests featuring Brown Swiss and other dairy breeds.
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Tle
Calette Couress
Twestiek
Industriel
Waterloo
Fred EB. Ferguson
Floyd Johnaston
Iowa
Milwaukee
Finchford
Adem Schwab
Vernon Miller
Mitton Dove
Janesville
Rodger Eriner
Oracy Loveland
Merton Sickets
Cone Township
Buchanan County
Donald Sorenson
Walter Polk
Arthur Kress
Quasqueton
Vernon Black
Chester Schuman
J. D. Water
Bremer County
Gseari Ss
Lenore Kuethe
Frits Thoms
Harlan Leonard
Gester ~Olsen
Raymond
Pays Old Railroad Fares for Girls for Ticket to Heaven
Des Moines Sept 22 three dollars paid to a Milwaukee St. Louis railroad district passenger agent. The sender claimed to have took two girls on trains at half fare and full fare, respectively, with a postscript about going to heaven. The letter, unsigned, described the acts and the intent to “go to heaven.”
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Des Moines
M. Leach
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Gas halts rescuers of five men in mine
Spring Canyon Utah Sept 22 hampered by gas which rendered three rescuers unconscious rescue workers early this morning continued their penetration of the mine passages where five coal miners were entombed by an explosion last night Officials said there was little hope for the men who were blocking coal for the Monday shift when the blast occurred
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Spring Canyon
Utah
Riwina
Here
At & O
Young assistant named in state budget department
Des Moines reports appoints a young assistant in the state budget department by Director Togue. The pubs contracts and bonds section becomes effective Sept 1. Sen. Watson's mother dies in Winchester, Indiana, at age, as reported today.
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Des Moines
Enco
M. Youn Jeague
Munal Research
Des. Moines
State Budget Department
Togue
Rail Labor Board Faces Wiremen Threat of Strike
Chicago September 12 The United States railroad labor board held a hearing as negotiations to avert a threatened strike by Pennsylvania railroad telegraphers continued. Union demands include restoration of the order of railroad telegraphers and higher wages. A strike ballot had been ordered after failed Pittsburgh talks. The board mandated suspending independent action until the hearing. No other railroads were affected.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
United States Railroad Labor Board
Pittsburgh
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Sweetin
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We Girl
Nita
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