Handwriting discrepancy delays Hundley contempt hearing
A contested handwritten check dated March 1924 and stamped March 1925 caused a postponement of Ray Hundley’s contempt of court hearing in the county jail. Judge G W Wood adjourned to Sept 39 as defense and prosecution argued over the ambiguous month and year, while Hundley remains jailed on a $2,500 bond and prior $300 fine.
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Ray Hundley
G. W. Wood
W. A. Cook
F. W. Edwards
Allberg
Wright County
Handley
Cook
Hed Aj
J. ©. Murtagh
J. H. Meyers
Hundley
Debt relief mindset of American finance leaders analyzed
The piece discusses a standard book on currency and crisis, naming Burton and Hurley among key figures. It notes six of eight commission members, including Mellon Hoover Kellogg Burton Smoot and Hurley, have repeatedly faced debtor distress and favor debtor solvency over exaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Burton
Hurley
Charles K. Crisp
Georgia
Hcense
Richard Olney
Boston
Grover Cleveland
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Shipping , Board
Mellon
Khoover
Kelloge
Smoot
iCopyright
N.Y
U S Delegation Weighs French Loan Offer During Washington Talks
The Washington conference discusses a possible French loan up to 400 million dollars with France and allied critics warning that large debts could burden Europe and trigger U S inflation and gold pressures. Midi argues America fears too much debt while Caillaux signals cautious enthusiasm amid uncertain guarantees.
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Conti
Lkely
Great Britain
Washington
Europe
United States
Midi
America
Tucien Chassaigne
Cailaux
Rail Merger Swindle Case Nearing Finish
Arguments expected to wrap up today in Los Angeles in the Hibbs and Hennessey case termed a 191 for one profit scheme. Accused of swindling California investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by promising vast profits in a railroad merger market that purportedly controls a large share of the nation’s mileage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hibbs
Thomas Hennessey
California
Wisconsin Gov Urges Halt to Morocco War Before Debt Talk
Madison Wis Sept 24 AP Gov Blaine of Wisconsin released a telegram to President Coolidge urging that before any talks with France on debt settlement America demand a halt to France’s war against the Rif tribes in Morocco. He cites French fleet airships dropping explosives on Moroccans and accuses France of barbarism while calling for cessation of warfare and limits on arms buildup.
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Madison
Wis
Blaine
Wisconsin
Coolidge
France
America
Morocco
Cailaux
Amercra
Hall
Smailer
Kitchen Helper at 15 a Week Heir to Estate of 700000
Omata Nebraska September 24 A restaurant worker tied to an estate worth 700000 has left his job earning 15 a week after learning his father’s fortune. Chris Tiernan 49 vows to challenge a trust that would divert income from the principal to an orphanage after deaths.
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Omata
Neb
Chris Tiernan
Tiernan
Lincoln
Turan
Chris
Sislip
Vieran
Ones
Case of Malignant Diphtheria Ends in Charles City
Charles City Sept 24 Ta Lara Stanley aged 1 died this afternoon from malignant diphtheria after a four day illness. The death follows a warning from Dr Nan Griswold state health commissioner about a dangerous diphtheria outbreak. Only one其他 case is reported in Charles City.
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Charles City
UIS
Lara Stanley
Nan Griswold
Ottumwa Attorney Seeks Obsolete Writ Before Supreme Court
Ottumwa attorney Harold Duke petitions Iowa Supreme Court for a writ of error quorum nobis for A. J. Boyd of Fairfield who was convicted of receiving stolen goods. The move, first in state history, sparks debate if the writ remains valid after 1860 codification.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Supreme Court
Bony
Soram Nobis
Irold Duke
Ottumwa
Eor A
Boyd
Fairfield
Neill Garrett
Attorney General
Aifee
Auto Overturns and Catches Fire in Iowa Crash
Weather J Soli and H L Runkle escaped unhurt when a steering knuckle failure sent their car down a 1 ft embankment near Shellsburg Iowa. The sole occupants extinguished the blaze with their overcoats before the auto was repaired and back on the road within two hours.
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Shellsburg
J. Soli
H.L. Runkle
la Porte City
Tipton
Runkless
Sall
Probe of Paroles Likely By Iowa Legislature
Des Moines Register reports an investigation into parole data from 1925 shows 104 of 760 reformatory commits and 46 of 481 penitentiary commitments paroled. The paper says a fuller inquiry by the next legislature session may be ordered.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Register
Nfvd
Register
Man Crushed to Death at Hampton Canning Factory
Hampton Minnesota September 24 1915 Charles Schotte was killed when his head was crushed in a corn conveyor at the loading shed of the Marshal Canning plant. Officials say the power clutch was unintended when he entered the conveyor and another worker started the machine. Schotte’s widow three children and one sister survive.
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Hampton
Charles Schotte
Hunhing
Marshal Canning
Schutte
Sey
Veyor
Schotte
Stow
Lepotreix
Tris
Tree Protlers
John. Hampton
Sacob and
Marie
Minnesota
Mas. Min+nie Pickering
Watlerlog
San Francisco Welcomes Returning PN-9 Crew
Navy seaplane PN-9 No. 4 crew led by Commander Joby Rodgers arrives near San Francisco after a near nonstop flight to Honolulu. The Idaho task force is greeted by a holiday atmosphere as officials pledge gold medals and a grand parade. Present also is Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore D. Robinson.
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San Francisco
Cal
INS
Joby Rodgers
Sann Francisco
Hinho
Golden Gate
Elyie Authhorities
San Francisco-Hawaii
Wis
Idaho
Market Street
Rodgers
Honolulu
Cold Nerve” Rodgers
Byron James Conuill
Jeoumisand
Pittsburgh
Skilles BR. Pape
Jackson
Tenn
Otis Gilbert Stauts
Terre Haute
Ind
William M. Bowlin
Richmond
the Navy
Theodore D. Rebinson
Naive Californian Buys Machine to Make $100 Bills
In Los Angeles a man named Gil bert D. Evans bought a device claimed to transform a five dollar bill into a much larger note. He paid three strangers $920 for the gadget, but it failed to work for him and police seek the trio. The contraption appears to be two steel plates and a few acid bottles, worth around 29 or 30 cents.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gilbert D. Evans
Bathie Shoots 85 in Morning Consolation Round
Bill Bathie of Waterloo Ta professional scored 85 in the morning round of the consolation tournament at Olympia Fields Counts club in connection with the national nro tourney. His poor finish on holes two and fifteen largely caused his high score while he had been near the lead after yesterday's 36 holes. The consolation event concludes today with 36 holes of final play.
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Chicago
Bill Bathie
Waterloo
Olympia Fields
Bathie
Thenal
Woman Released From Asylum Kills Daughter Then Themselves
In Hastings Nebraska Mrs Ida Heli Ragnarid 45 was released from Hastings state hospital and went home with her husband about a week ago. She used a .22 rifle to shoot her daughter Gladys 14 in another room and then killed herself. Gladys survived hospital intake likely to recover.
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Hastings
Neb
Ida Heli” Ragnarid
Trombuil
Gladys
Flastings
Hastings State Hospital
Narmal Hew.h
Start New Masonic Temple at Knoxville
Work on the new Masonic temple in Knoxville is scheduled this week after a contract was awarded to BE GW Rest & Son of Chariton. The two story fireproof structure of steel and concrete will represent an investment of 36000 dollars.
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Ee A. HG. Fokker
New York
Holland
Mitchelfield
Thomas J. Walsh
Modena
Europe
Prince de Broglio
Boston
Paul Axelrad
Fay
Masonic Temple
Rest & Son
Chariton
Crete
H. J. Browne
Wellesley
Mass
President Coolidge
William Cooper Procter
Leonard Wood
Chicago
Cherokee County population decline reported by state census director
Des Moines report places Cherokees County population at 0.18 million, down from the 1920 federal census. State official Low J Morgans, director of the state census, notes the 0.18 figure reflects a decrease since 1920.
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Des Moines
Cheros
Woman Magistrate Witnesses First Female Execution
Glasgow, Sept 24. Magistrate Mary Bell, the quiet matron who sentenced him to death, watched the hanging of Joan Keen. It marks the first time in English history a woman served as an official witness to an execution. Bell said she would not be upset and did not shirk her duty.
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Glasgow
Mary Bell
Joan Keen
Bell
Ninois
Plainfield
Waverly
Wagner
Leighton
Chicago
Grace Wry
W. A. Cook
Betty Marx
Fry
Betty
Glyde Pay
Leavitt Street
Sidney Ackerman
Hawthorne Avenue
Mary
Greco
Marx
Webster Street
Ogden
Plainsfield
Voss Faces Second Forgery Hearing in District Court
C L Voss appeared before Judge J A Henderson in Denison for a second trial on uttering forged instruments. He previously faced a Sac City conviction and 10 year sentence, while bank assets and bankruptcy trustee arrangements tied to his holdings were discussed. Shaw, a former Iowa governor relative, hinted at a $35,000 offer for Voss assets and the Bank of Denison at a October meeting in Denison.
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Univen Press
Denison
C.L. Voss
J. A. Henderson
Jefferson
Andrew Bell
Robert Healy
Fort Dodge
Jacob Sims
Floyd Page
Voss
Sac City
Paul Richards
Council Bluffs
Bank of Denison
Carl P. Kuehnle
L. M. Shaw
Iowa
Virginia
San Diego
Jacob Johnson
Shaw
0 Thru College
Yoss Tras
Hank
Midwest Farm Groups oppose proposed rail rate hike
Agricultural interests from Kansas Missouri Nebraska Iowa and other midwestern states met to plan united opposition to a freight rate increase the Interstate Commerce Commission is studying. G Wylie freight commissioner said railroads seek higher charges on farm goods while farmers face hardship. Building permits issued for two one story frame homes at 240 and 246 Beech Street costs $5000 each in Des Moines.
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Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
G. Wylie
Greater
Cal J. Miller
Fourth Street
Beech Street
George Walden Hangs On To Life In Highway Crash
George Walden, a highway and drainage project worker, remains critically injured after a car crash in which fellow worker John Delson died. Walden’s four daughters from Minnesota and Iowa are at his bedside with a son from Iowa joining last night. Walden has not regained consciousness as attendants at Allen Memorial Hospital report his condition. Petersen Brothers mortuary holds Gelson's body and kin search continues for funeral arrangements.
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George Walden
John Delson
Allen Memorial Hospital
Perley
Minn
Des Moines
Huxley
Uuxley
Watchers
Walden
Petersen Brothers’ Mortuary
Gelson
Logan Killer and Rum Runner Dies With His Rouge on
Logan killer and rum runner Bart Williams dies after a gun duel with Omaha police. Williams, dressed in women's attire and makeup, was shot under a bed during a raid while attempting to flee to Mexico after allegedly killing Deputy Sheriff C. S. Case in Logan, Indiana. Police tracked his wife, leading to the fatal confrontation. Williams had planned to say goodbye to his wife before escaping.
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Omaha
Bart Williams
C. S. Case
Logan
Williams
Joe Potach
Potach
Joe
Aviator Kerwoorl Arm Breaks in Moors Fight
Overnight London and Philadelphia items report aviator Kerwoorl breaking an arm in a clash with Moors. Spanish shock troops push toward Abd El Krim's HQ as forces probe positions four miles away amid broader imperial conflict.
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Kerwoorl
Philadelphia
Abd-El-Krim
London
Prince Henry
Boston
Cleveland
Chinatown
Broken Wagon Tongue Knocks Man Senseless
Ray Turner of La Porte City road between Waterloo and Washburn was knocked senseless when a wagon tongue broke during a sharp turn at Eleventh and Jefferson streets at 1 30 a m. He suffered facial and body bruises but no skull fracture or broken bones and was revived after ambulance transport to a physician's office and later rested at home.
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Ray Turner
la Porte City
Waterloo
Washburn
Eleventh
Jefferson Streets
Turner
Mast
Hammill appoints commission for the blind in Iowa
Des Moines Sept 24 Gov John Hammill announced the appointment of 28 members to the commission for the blind. The body with Dr W W Pearson F E Palmer of Vinton Lucetia Miller Moore of Des Moines and others will aid blind people in finding employment and achieving self support.
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Des Moines
John Hammill
W. W. Pearson
Martha Hoover Dies After Illness at 95
Mrs. Martha Hoover of 411 Hammond avenue died at Presbyterian hospital at 3:45 a m after pleurisy and complications. Born December 20 1848 in Wayne County Ohio she married Samuel Hoover in 1869 and moved to Black Hawk county then to 471 Hammond avenue. Survived by son Hoover of Dubuque two sisters Mrs Sarah Turney and Mrs Mary Root of Smithville Ohio. Funeral arrangements pending at Peterson Brothers mortuary.
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Martha Hoover
Hamamond Avenue
Presbyterian
Tod
Peterson Brothers
Borneb
Wayne County
Samuel Hoover
Grange Township
Black Hawk County
Hammond Avenue
Tluover
Hoover
Dubuque
Sarah Turney
Mary Root
Smithville
First Brethren Church
Metzger to provide daily football instruction in Courier
A famed football player coach and writer named Metzger will give fans coaches and players practical instruction each day starting Friday in the Courier. Each session covers a different point with his drawings and clear explanations to illustrate correct execution.
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Gol Metzger
Courier
Metager
Sriday
Rail Head Visions Huge Progress in Owa Agriculture
Fred W. Sargent president of the Chicago and North Western Railway spoke at the Interstate Livestock Fair in Sioux City Iowa where he predicted forced diversification in agriculture. He argued that intensified use of land and full exploitation of regional natural advantages would lead to greater food production and improved farming methods within a half century.
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Owa
Sioux City
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Sargent
Akron
America
Police threaten razing of Chinatown homes to halt tong war
In a wartime report from Sept 24 AP says Cleveland and Boston Chinatown areas face closure after tong war killings. Cleveland City Manager Hopkins orders buildings deemed fire or health hazards in Chinatown while police guard the district after doors were smashed. Boston police warn they may condemn Chinese from the district and seek deportations if violence continues amid a peace pact signed in New York.
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New York
Cleveland
Boston
Hip Sings
Gootwin
Board of Health
Corey Locates Harbour's Car in Clinton Iowa
Corey located Harbour's green Cadillac in Clinton Iowa and broke a door window to inspect the car. He said the gears were locked and promised to drive the car back, while investigators doubt he can. Meanwhile Grace Fry and Betty Marx face murder related charges as the Henry Ford era case unfolds with police statements and witness accounts.
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Corey
Harbour
Plainfield
Altho
Gray
Clinton
Iowa and Des Moines News In Brief
Gov Hammill delays naming a successor to the late Iowa Supreme Court Justice Arthur as contest over the successor lingers. Alexander McCullough’s body found in the Mississippi near Clinton. F L Butzloff, ex VP of Tipton City National Bank, gets one year and a day at Fort Leavenworth for embezzling over $1,000. Des Moines votes to discontinue the state light plant and buy current from Des Moines Electric. Over 200 club women attend the State Federation of Women’s Clubs autumn meeting outlining biennium programs.
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Des Moines
Hammill
Arthur
Supreme Court
Clinton
Alexander McCullough
Mississippi
Cedar Rapids
F. L. Butzloff
Tipton City National Bank
Fort Leavenworth
Federal District Court
Des Moines Electric Company
Iowa
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Civic Club Council Approved by Officers
Civic lunch clubs in Waterloo consider reorganization to join the Greater Waterloo association for public interest work. Lions club hosts guests from other luncheon clubs. proposal receives general approval during a Black's tearoom meeting. In Washington, the Senators beat the Indians 4 1 in the first game of a doubleheader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Waterloo Association
Lions Club
Black
Lions
Senators
Washington
D. C
Cleveland
Zoff Brothers Sentenced for Auto Theft Transport
Gerald and Roland Zoff, ages 29 and 1, of St. Paul Minnesota, received eight months in Waterloo county jail after confessing to transporting stolen cars across state lines. Judge George C. Scott presided in Cedar Rapids federal court. Key testimony came from Chief H A Leighton Captain Tom Morris and Detectives Ralph Davis and Hugh Crumline. The pair were arrested in July when found asleep in stolen vehicles along Lafayette Road.
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Gerald
Roland Zoff
St. Paul
Minn
Waterloo
George C. Scott
Cedar Rapids
St. Pam
Audubon
Ind
H. A. Leighton
Tom Morris
Ralph Davis
Hugh Crumline
Lafayette Road
Butterflies Envelop Verona and Mantua in White Cloud
Rome reports a large butterfly visitation over Verona and Mantua where insects filled streets and buildings, leaving sidewalks and shops swathed in a seething white mass for over four hours. Researchers suspect the swarm drifted from Africa by wind across the Mediterranean.
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Rome
Verona
Mantua
Africa
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