Gray Haired Veto of Andersonville Recalled at Grand Army Meet
Des Moines reports the Grand Army of the Republic encampment opening in Iowa with veterans welcomed at state events. The program includes parades drills and 29 reunions, plus receptions at the state house. Officials note hospitality in quarters and honor nurses and auxiliaries, while old prison tales surface in remembrances of Andersonville. About 40,000 visitors are expected, with a notable gathering of nearly 100 Negro veterans planning a turnout and possible organizational steps for a Negro department. Rev. James Hatch, a long-missing prisoner, is recognized anew by attorney H. E. Dewey, confirming shared wartime memories and injuries from Chickamauga.
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Associated Preen
Des Boines
Ommielally
Iowa
Des Moines
Grand Army
State House
Kendall
Ollock
Capitol
Committee On
Council of Administration
Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War
Woman’s Relief Corps
G. A. R. and Daughters of Veterans
Herring and Cowles
Thirty-seventh Street
Union
Army
Cal’spum
Andersonville
Grand Army of the Republic
Lewis Pilcher
Polk County
Represanta
Ives
S. Joe Brown
apYeral
Park Fort Pillar
Kan
James Hatch
Sandwich
H. Be, Dewey
Jim’ Hatch
Dewes
Ben Bower
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Dewey
Hatch
Companny B
Thirty-sixth
Illinois Infantry
Outckamauga
MacNider Promises Bonus in 8 Months
Davenport Iowa Sept 26 The national commander of the American Legion Hanford MacNider says a new national bonus bill will pass within three months and that the Legion will not commit to aiding in securing state bonuses in Iowa and Illinois leaving the matter to the state department.
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Davenport
Hanford MacNidery
American Legion
National Legion
Iowa
Lilinets
MacNider
Tia
State Department
Horse Classes at Show and State Fair Placings
Lorested Kapsss won a top wine score of 1502 with Wikeon gin second at 3450 in a horse show. Iowa schools and others followed with Nebraska, Purdue, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ames, Michigan, Missouri. team awards and individual medals featured Ayrshire, Guernsey, Holstein contests. Judges note strong performances from Ames and Purdue. junior dairy judging teams from Fayette county and Black Hawk county earned national prospects.
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FAGE
Lorested_ Kapsss
Wikeongin
Minnesota
Atate
Nebraska
Timeis
Purdus
North Dakota
Ames
Michigan
Missouri
Houston
Rrans Pond
Harper J. Brush
North Dak Row
Tack
Dairy Cathe Congress
Inj
Haysten
Purdue
Trouston
R. George
American Jersey Cattle Club
Ayrshires
Woolsteins
Barker
Tlhe High
Atth
Kansas
Wisconsin
Clinois
Black Hawk
John Stewart
Fayette Enuty
John Wells
Tiffora Hamer
Plord Emmons
Linn
Iowa
St. Paul
Wlood Emitions
Wluus Prue
Thue
Edwards to Step Today in High Ambition Campaign
A fragmented early edition discusses Edwards launching a major campaign effort amid rising Ku Klux Klan attention in Missouri and Texas. It notes Reed's public stance in a law enforcement controversy involving Knights of Columbus figures and hints at Hearst potentially shifting support if Hearst abandons presidential plans.
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Edwards
Ku Wlix Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Missouri
Texas
Reed
Spring
Knights of Columbus
Hoston
Wilson
Mr. Hearst
Ues York
Judge to Decide Father in Unclaimed Child Case
South Bend report of the Poulin Tier dispute with Augusta Tiernan accusing Marry Poulin of fathering her 16 month old child. Trial featured prolonged testimony, conflicting accounts, and courtroom outbursts as Judge G C L Ducomb weighs whether Poulin is the father.
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South Bend
Ind
GC. L. Ducomb
Augusta Tiernan
Poulin
Ducemb
Defenas
Marnan
Tiernan Atone
Jellison
Pouliy
Bell
Patrest
Tiernan
Sattar
Supreme Court upholds decade-old Ottumwa lawsuit ruling
After ten years of litigation the Iowa Supreme Court today sustained the lower court in favor of E. H. Emery & Co. of Ottumwa against the American Refrigerator Transfer Co. over damages for alleged improper icing of 25 carloads of peaches. The decision was among 14 opinions released this morning. Paster Molloy due in Waterloo today to visit Sacred Heart Church. a congregation delegation will meet him on his arrival.
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Yes Moines
Ottumwa
Iowa Supreme Court
E. H. Emery & Co
American Refrigerator Transfer Company
District Court
W. J. Varmillion
Suprem Court
High Court
Pather Molloy
John M. Molloy
Sacred Heart Church
Waterloo
Ilinois Central
Ireland
Negro Robs Wrong Person at Clinton
Clinton Iowa Sept 26 Leo Fitzpatrick former Mansay City Missouri motorcycle cop applied for a place on the Clinton fire department then qualified for police duty unarmed he disarmed William H Johnson colored highwayman and gunman after Johnson held him up Fitzpatrick took Johnson to police and Johnson later held for grand jury on carrying a concealed weapon Johnson confessed to a prior murder sentence and two years in Joliet Illinois Fitzpatrick grabbed Johnsons revolver and struck him breaking two teeth then knocked him unconscious
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Associated Preas
Clinton
Leo Fitzpatrick
Mansay City
Clinton Fire Department
William H. Johnson
Johnson
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Ill
Chicago
Aharge
Fitzpatrick
Telegraph Briefs Bring Global and Local Tidbits Across a Fragmented Wire
Brief items report failed talks in Sakhalin evacuation, Mexico’s Article 27 decree on mineral rights, U S naval policy tied to treaty ratification, the death of Dr J Fleming White at 73, Senator Townsends primary lead, firefighters rescuing victims from ammonia fumes, and the suicide verdict for James Willard after a 1920 Chicago kidnapping.
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Chang Chon
Manchuria
Japan
Far
Republic of Siberia
Sakhalien
el Paso
Tex
Obregon
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Danby
France
Italy
Buffalo
J. Fleming White
Tiuansing
Mich
Townsend
Herbert F. Baker
Indianapolis
Ind
St. Louis
James Willard
Chicago
Smiles and Kinks Off Today’s Wires
In New York Sir Harry Lauder declared he favors short skirts for himself while claiming never to look at women. Prohibition authorities report bootleggers earn about 3800 percent profit on champagne, buying at 176 cents a quart and selling at four dollars.
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New York
Sir Harry Lauder
Upper Iowa M. E. Conference Opens
Mason City, Sept. 26. The Upper Iowa M. E. conference opened with an examination of 17 student candidates for the ministry. Welcome to visitors and locals followed, with Rev. W. W. Carlton of Manchester to respond for the conference and Dr. H. A. Hutchinson of Sioux City slated to give the address.
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Mason City
Upper Iowa
M. E
Folk
Hiprand
WW. F. Muse
W. W. Carlton
Manchester
H. A. Hutchinson
Sioux City
Epworth League
Walnut Street Baptist Sunday School Council Tonight
Officers and teachers of Walnut Street Baptist Sunday school meet at 7:30 this evening at the church to plan the coming year correcting an article that stated Thursday night. The Thursday prayer meeting remains on the regular schedule.
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Walnut Street Baptist Sunday School
Argonaut Directors Blamed for Fatal Mine Fire
Jackson California September 26 Inquest continues into the Argonaut Mine fire of August 27 that killed 47 workers A district attorney attacks the mine board saying inadequate fire fighting gear and dry inflamed conditions helped cause the tragedy He asserts directors share blame with managers as witnesses testify the Mul doon shaft gas escape would have been fatal
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Jackson
Cal
Netrich
Attiarnes
Ats
Dor County
Witnesess
Argonaut Mine Company
Muldoon
Creditors Reject Bank Offer in Sheffield Bankruptcy
In ShoMolt Ta a creditors committee of 10 led by Frank Jergenan rejected the Carhart plan to fund the Sheffield bank with 100000 to 125000 in brick and tile stock as collateral. Bankruptcy proceedings started in Fort Dodge federal court and papers will be served on Mrs U G Carhart, bank president, by a federal marshal.
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ShoMolt
Sheffield
U. GB. Carhart
Sheriff Has Clue To Skeleton In Swamp
Sheriff Schwab of Louisa county says a clue is expected tonight that will identify the remains found 12 miles south of Muscatine. The skull shows a bullet hole and investigators pursue the big timber skeleton mystery with hopes of a quick breakthrough.
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Muscatine
Schwab
Louisa County
First Press Used for Iowa Minnesota South Dakota Newspapers
Des Moines reports that a single hand press, shipped from Ohio to Dubuque in 1836, started journalism in Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota. John King bought the press and, with two assistants, issued the Dubuque Visitor on May 11, 1836, later evolving into the Iowa News and Miners Express. The same press later traveled to St Paul and Sioux Falls, printing newspapers until its end in 1862 when Sioux Falls was burned by Sioux Indians. today its relic rests in the Masonic museum at Sioux Falls.
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Des Moines
Inns
Minnesota
South Dakota
Ohio
Dubuque
John Parish
Palimpsest
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Mr. Parish
Mississippi
Julien Dubugqua
Spain
John King
William Carey Jones
Andrew Keesecker
Wisconsin Territory
Parish
Michigan
Wisconsin
Congress
King
Iowa News
Eixpress
San Francisco
Selma
Ala
Lancaster
J. N. Goodhue
St. Paul
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Masonic Museum
Jealous Woman Rated Motive in Rector and Singer Death
New Brunswick New Jersey authorities concluded a jealous woman orchestrated the murders of Rev Edward W Halt and Mrs James Mills, partners at St John the Evangelist church. A weak-willed man acted as the instrument, with bodies found on a Jonesy park bench near Phillips farm. Scratches on Mrs Mills indicate a violent struggle, and prosecutors say jealousy is the decisive motive after ruling out other theories.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Edward W. Halt
James Mills
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Jonesy Park
Phillips Farm
Mills
Panttor
Millonaire
Edward Wheeler Hall
Strickler
Plenty of Speeches Feature National Drainage Congress
Kansas City hosts the eleventh annual National Drainage Congress with a program heavy on speeches. Mayor Frank Cromwell gives the welcome, as officials outline drainage projects costing about 1.9 billion dollars. Prominent speakers include Clark H. Jacoby, Jacob A. Sherman, George F. Rabb, H. Yourke, George B. Massey, E. C. Wills, and R. D. Oliver.
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Kansas City
Unite States
National Drainage Congress
Frank Cromwell
Clark HB. Jacoby
Jacob A. Sherman
Peoria
George F.rabb
Washington, D. C
FL H. Yourke
Muccatine
George B. Massey
Chicago
E. C. WiHs
Congress
R. D Oliver
Cape Girardeau
Ex-Service Men Form Anti Bonus League in New York
Ex-service men announce the formation of an anti bonus league to oppose all pro propaganda and any renewal of a fight for a bonus for former service members. Edward L. Allen, committee chairman, says the group will restrict membership to men who served in the United States armed forces and the first meeting was held at the Barracks club of World War veterans.
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New York
Ex-Service Men's Anti
Edward L. Allen
Fire destroys Fay Motor Bus Company building
A fire of unknown origin in Rockford Illinois last night wiped out the Fay Motor Bus company plant. Loss is about 125000, with only 12000 of insurance on the building owned by Alderman D F Carney valued at 25000. Thirty one of thirty two buses and all repair and building equipment were lost. Adjacent buildings suffered minor damage and no injuries were reported.
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Rockford
Ill
Fay Motor Bus Company
D. F. Carney
Lover Seeks Writ to Possess Fiancee
Everett Rainbow accuses his fiancée’s father Eugene Dean of detaining Bessie Dean hospital student nurse under duress. Habeas corpus action heard with Dean testifying she is free and studying in Omaha. judge did not sustain Rainbow’s allegations as no witnesses proved unlawful detention.
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Muscatine
Everett Rainbow
Bessie Dean
Eugene Dean
Judge House
Rainbow
Dean
Omaha
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