Women Relief Corps District Convention Held in Memorial Hall
Nearly 300 members attended the eighth district convention of the Woman's Relief Corps at Memorial Hall. The event featured a 14-foot wool bunting flag presentation to Black Hawk County supervisors by Robert Anderson corps Waterloo, with remarks by county auditor Frank W. Esher and mayor A. E. Gnagg. Waterloo’s corps led in registration with 238 members. delegations from Janesville, Marksville, La Porte City, New Hartford, Waverly, Parkersburg, Cedar Falls, Grundy, and others joined in the afternoon program and exemplification.
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Womgn
Memorial Hall
Dairy Care Congress
G. A.R
Lillisa Dennis
H. Pitmgrt
Robert Anderson Corps
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Woman's Relief Corps
Memorial
Merse
Anna Glas
Mae
Tte
Esher
Frank W. Esher
Toman’s Relief Corps
A. E. Gnagg
Orphan
Turner
Fairfield
Editaire Shannon
T. F. Shannon
Grand Army of the Republic of Iowa
Robert
Wheat
Robert Anderson Post
R. E. Williamson
Sic ‘Ola Flee
Pwirst Baptist Church
Homer Asquaith
Janesville
Marksville
la Porte City
New Hartford
Waverly
Parkersburg
Cedar Falls
Two Fined for Attack on Schoolgirl in Dubuane Te
Five young men faced charges in a Dubuane court with Judge Thomas Barrett imposing fines of $100 each and costs on Alvin OConnell age 20 and John Kelley age 71 for assaulting Miss Elkin a farm family heard screams and a farmer drove them off. the others named to identify the rest.
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Dubuane
Edna Cikin
Pretty i
Thomas Barrett
Alvin O'Connell
John Kelley
Miss Elkin
Mortuary notices for Mrs Mary Roe and others
Funeral notices list Mrs Mary Elizabeth Roe 34 wife of Frank Roe of 122 Inwards Street who died at St Francis hospital after treatment and leave surviving husband and several children with arrangements at O Keelan Towne funeral home. Also listed are Mrs Jannie Wingate Egbert funeral Monday at 2 pm from 712 Riverside Drive Chautauqua Park interment at Fairview and Mrs Anna Miller services set for 4:27 pm Monday at 157 Madison Street and 2 pm at First Evangelical Church.
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Mary Hob
Mary Elizabeth Roe
Frank Roe
St. Francis Ty
Shia
Walferdagen
Germany
Johann Fisher
Amelia
Eahig Dive
Cedar Falls
Gertrude
Hurley
Jack O'Keefe
Des Moines
Eldred
Nornta
Glar
Pace
Ernest
O'Keelan & Towne Funeral Home
Fannie W. Egbert
Jannie Wingate Egbert
Kheld
Lane
Hiverside Drive
Chantauqua Park
A. B Curran
Grace M
Fairview
Anna Miller
Madison Street
First Evangelical Church
Professor to Test Drug That Chains Savage Mind
University of California professor Dr Albert Schneider announced plans to test a serum said to unleash savage impulses and erase civility. The compound reportedly comes from Amazonian tribes via Dr Justy and was described at an American Pharmaceutical association gathering in Asheville.
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Berkeley
Cal
Albert
Schneider
University of California
Schneier
North Pacific College
Portland
Amazon
American Pharmaceutical Association
Asheville
Wind Storm and Cloudburst Kill Eighteen in Wyoming
Eighteen dead as wind and cloudburst flood Central Wyoming. Rivers burst banks, rails washed out, roads flooded, and several bridges and pipelines damaged isolating communities from Casper to Rock Springs. Officials report widespread destruction with evacuation scenes and crippled communications across the region.
State Briefs Muscatine and Ames News Snapshots
Muscatine reports a woman, 25, despondent after quarrel with husband, shot herself, dying instantly while husband and 10 year old daughter were away. In Ames, Maurite Tosne faced grand jury over Jeannette Orwitz death after being struck by a car. Delegates at Dairy Congress in Syracuse await session after Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Manchester hosts three day rally by Young People’s Union and Baptist association with Rev O F Sisson and Mrs Marej Wetter addressing.
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Muscatine
Marr Crag
Tascathe
Maurite Tosne
Othe
Jeannette Orwitz
Wayne
Ames
Syraecu
Ames-Simpson
Waterloo
Manchester
Young People's Unio of
Baptist Association of Pubuque
O. Fl. Sisson
Bermuuda
Mare J Wetter
League of Nations UK Antiwar Pact Draft Approved
Geneva Sept 29 The League of Nations Assembly approved the draft mutual guarantee pact its main achievement of the year toward armament reduction It is to serve as a basis for disarmament and will be referred to all governments for signature next year Nations not in the league are urged not to increase armament budgets during the reform period An international conference to extend Washington naval agreements to non signatories is urged Assembly adjourns Geneva Sept 25 The 1923 assembly completed work with a valedictory by Dr Cosme De la Torriente urging US entry into the league He noted the Covenant has immense future value though the United States has not ratified it
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United Press Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
League
Alf
Assembly
Washington
Associated Press
Geneva
Assembly of the League of Nations
Cosme de la Torrense
Cuba
de de la Torriente
United States
Altho Gt
Flood disaster hides unknown victims of bridge wreck
International wire reports Wyoming scene of major Burlington disaster after a bridge collapse on Cole Creek near Lockett. At dawn 42 or more feared dead, with 76 aboard. relief crews struggle as rain ceases and submerged cars threaten identification of victims. Names of missing and dead include railroad staff, porters, and passengers from Denver, Glenrock, Casper, and Dodge City, with unconfirmed reports of bodies on the Platte.
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International News
Casper
Wyo
Gill
Cole Creek
J. F O'Donnell
Burlington
Express
D.be
Schultz
Denver
H. M. Schmidt
Glenrock
Platte River
Burlington Railroad
Mysterious Check Swindler Revealed as Police Character
Cedar Rapids Iowa September 29 The mystery over the identity of 12 Yoman arrested on forgery charges cleared when police named Grace Japinsky as the suspect. She was earlier detained in Davenport in 1921 for alleged murder and had given the name Grace Clark claiming to need clothing for herself and her children. Authorities note a nationwide bad check record from Chicago to St Louis and say she is wanted in several localities.
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Cedar Rapids
Yoman
Grace Japinsky
Davenport
Grace Clark
Wheatland
Reformatory
Chicago
St. Louis
State Nears Close in Backman's Trial in Des Moines
The trial of John A. Backman, a farm department official charged with mishandling city funds, reopened in district court in Des Moines. Indications show the defense will seek dismissal by questioning the indictments legality as closing nears. trial could wrap soon.
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Des Moines
John A. Backman
Irks Department
Shade Barely Wins 16 Round Scrape With Fort Dodger
Fort Dodge welterweight Joe O'Hara pressed the action for most of the 16 rounds against California rival Shade, forcing a hard-fought decision. O'Hara led early with steady aggression, but Shade unleashed the heavier artillery late, finishing strong to claim the verdict by a narrow margin according to critics.
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Aurora
Jil
Joe O'Hara
Fort Dodge
Soday
Nave Shade
California
Shade
O'Hara
Lana
Owara
The Heavens in October at Columbus Walters Observatory
Dr. Boradin of the Columbus Walters Observatory outlines October starlight highlights. Uranus and dim planets appear. Jupiter and Saturn accessible at sunset. Algol eclipses visible on Oct 8, 10, 13, 16, 28, 39 with lantern standard time. Aldebaran in Taurus, the Pleiades cluster, and Aldebaran’s aging star glow feature in autumn skies. Pleiades rich in legends, Alcyone brightest, cluster contains thousands of stars visible with modest optics.
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Vega
Altair
Capella
Andromeda
Cassiopeia
Pegasus
Uranus
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Perseus
Algol
Cattle Congress Closes as Cheese Awards Crown Wisconsin
Wisconsin won top cheese honors at the state dairy exhibit with judges from Iowa State College and Howard Reynolds of Mason City among those judging. Bremer county Buttermakers contributed strong entries, judging completed in the cattle department with Holstein classes highlighted.
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Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Iowa Buttermakers’ Association
Bremer County
Uutter
Dairy Association
O. A. Storvick
Albert Tea
Minn
Prof. M. Mortensen
Iowa State College
Howard Reynalts
Magon City
Special train of auto salesmen to visit Waterloo Sunday
A special train carrying managers and salesmen for Iowa Taige and Jewett automobiles, en route from Winnibigoshish Lake to Des Moines, will stop in Waterloo at noon Sunday with a brass band and concert. Des Alpine and Minneapolis Payne Motor Company host. dealers from other northern states meet them in Minneapolis. the group plans a week at the lake. Hileman Motor Car company reps may join.
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Iowa
Taige and
Jewett Automobiles
Winnibigoshish Lake
Minn
Payne Motor Company
Des Alpines
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Northwestern States
Hileman Motor Car Company
Supervisors Reopen T B Tax Petition Debate in Black Hawk
The Black Hawk county board resumed consideration of a tuberculosis tax petition this afternoon adding 160 names with county approval. State agriculture secretary Robert Cassaday warned of court action if AG and county attorney disagree on sufficiency, as cattle breeders led by WW Marsh urged approval amid a signature threshold dispute between 51 percent and 53 percent based on assessors' ownership lists.
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Black Hawk County
A. G. Reid
Robert Cassaday
WW. Marsh
Switch Engines Kill Two at Fort Madison
Fort Madison Iowa, Sept 2. Railroad fatalities here include two men struck by switch engines. Steve Kuhlmeier, a laborer, was instantly killed crossing near the waterfront after being struck by a Chicago Burlington & Quincy engine. Claude G. Hutchinson, a railroad carpenter, died hours later from loss of blood and shock. he left a widow and a small child.
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Fort Madison
Steve Kuhlmeier
Burlington & Quincy
Kuhlmeier
Claude G. Hutchinson
Santa Fe
Hutchinson
Plague of Flies Plagues Tokyo After Yokohama Quake
AP dispatch reports Yokohama sufferer's irritants from pestilential flies amid quake ruins in Tokyo. Restoration boards order American timber for rebuilding while homes collapse under aftershocks. Red Cross units delayed by weather as physicians prepare to depart. Osaka and Kobe shaken but sustain light damage as Persia reports tremors near Kerman.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Yokohama
Capitol
Altho
Japanese Red Cross
Manila
Osaka
Kobe
United Press Pekin
Japan
Persia
Teheran
Kerman
Playwriting course to be offered at University of Iowa
Dramatic composition and playwriting will be offered at the University of Iowa for the first time this year. Prof. W. L. Sowers, a former pupil of Harvard’s George P. Baker, will conduct the 47 workshop. Sowers, born in Bedford Iowa, has a Harvard PhD and recently studied modern drama in New York and Europe.
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Towa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
W. L. Sowers
George P. Baker
47 Workshop
Harvard University
Sowers
Bedford
Lake Forest
Harvard
England
New York City
Iiowa
University of Texas
Theatre Arts Magazine
Scribners
Mabie
Retirement of Brig Gen Sawyer from Veterans Bureau role
Washington reports Brig Gen Sawyer resigns as acting community manager of the Veterans Bureau hospital at Federal Park Maryland to devote time to organizing the Warding Memorial association. Coolidge and cabinet discuss a Harding memorial with support from ex officio members who served under Harding. An earthquake hit Mishima causing structural damage but no casualties. China cabinet resignations include Yeung Sin Yat and twenty four others.
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Washington, D. C
Sawyer
Veterans’ Bureau Hospital
Federal Park
Maryland
Hines
Warding Memorial Association
Coolridge
Harding
I Tokio
Mishima
Here
Canton
Wenty
Yeung Sin Yat
Hare
Taxes Will Be High in Coming Centuries
B W Garrett, clerk of the Iowa supreme court, told Harmers union listeners in Leon that taxes have risen 200 to 400 percent in every state since 1915. He linked World War I debt to current taxes and warned it could take over nine centuries to pay the war debt, urging shared public expenditures to curb costs. He also challenged high railroad rates, citing Capper figures that freight costs rose 78.5 percent 1913 to 1921 while railroad costs rose only 1.8 percent.
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Leon
Union
B. W. Garrett
Iowa Supreme Court
Harmers' Union
United States
Basterfty
Congress
Senator Capper
Kansas
Capper
Southeast Rotary Meet at Fairfield in Rainy Day
Rotary clubs from six southeast Iowa cities traveled by train to Fairfield for an inter-city rotary meeting despite heavy rains. More than 100 out of town attendees joined an extensive program of stunts and a dinner, with the armory used for the gathering due to the weather and Chautauqua Park slated as the best venue.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Rotary Clubs
Amn
Burlington
Fort Madison
Mount Pleasant
Obama
Albia
Chautauqua Park
Lewallen Sentence Is Again Postponed
Des Moines reports a third postponement of George Lewallen's sentence for second degree murder as motion for a new trial cites a prejudiced juror. Judge Bonner set next Wednesday for a hearing, following Lewallen's prior delays due to his health after a suicide attempt. Lewallen was convicted in the murder of Delia Dickerson.
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Des Moines
George Lewallen
Lewallen
Bonner
Delia Dickerson
Lloyd George to join Sioux Indians in America
Former British premier David Lloyd George will become a member of the Sioux tribe within weeks, Interior Secretary Work announces. A delegation from the Cheyenne reservation will visit him in Minneapolis on October 15 for the adoption rituals and to assign a Sioux name.
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Washington, D. C
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Cheyenne Reservation
South Dakota
Lloyd . George
Minneapolis
Minn
Waterloo Trains In and Out
Local schedule communicates train arrivals and departures for Waterloo routes. Timings show connections to Fort Dodge Omaha Sioux Falls Sioux City Minneapolis St Paul and Cedar Rapids with both local and freight services listed. The fragmentary timetable notes morning departures from Albert Lea Manly and South Board and evening arrivals from Kansas City and St Louis.
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Dubuge ‘Limited
Fort Dodge
Omaha
Sioux Fails
Sioux City
Albert Lea
Twin Cities
Albert Lew
Morth Bonne
Minneapolia
St. Pau
Cedar Rapid
Rees
Vinto
Shakina
Union Depot
Sye
St. Depot
Oelwein
Twin C
St Dapot
C. An Twin Co
Osiwain Ind
Chicago Ltd
McIntire
Jon MecIndtre
St Depit
St. Joseph
St de Pot
St Joseph
Des Moines
Dee Moines
Kansas City
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