Weekend traffic wrecks kill four as lightning adds one
Des Moines reports four dead and over twenty injured from weekend crashes. A bolt of lightning killed farmer Snider and two horses. Victims include Chris De Haan seven, Dr. Albert Danielson, Erige Markhart, Carl Scannell, and Ruth Richmond with others injured. Police hold several suspects for investigation as accidents span Des Moines to Muscatine and near Templeton and Rock Island.
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Des Moines
Chris da Haan
Albert
Danielson
Council
Bluffs
Erige Markhart
Houston
Tex
Carl Seanneltt
Rock Island
Fawin E. Snider
Harvey
de Haan
Dosior Danielson
Boone
Minneapoli
Markart
Bernard Gettings
Templeton
Missouri
Valley
Gettings
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Scannell
Muscatine
Clarence Brandmeyer
Snider
Sre Frank
de Priest
Muscatina
W.d." Buchan
Park Avenue Methodist Church
Ruth Richmond
Osecedla
Exhibits Highlight Daily Show at Missouri Pacific Fair
Eleven features draw crowds as the fair opens in Exhibition Hall 1. A child health program continues with expert doctors and psychologists assisting, while poultry and waterfowl shows attract many visitors. Mayor Tibbitts presents cups for top birds and the Waterloo Chamber donates a grand champion prize.
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Missouri Pacific
S.estes
Focal
Ben ©. Hamilton
Jefferson City
Mary Sphar
Meson City
Bargaret Foster
Cedar Rapids
Roland Star
Fo Dodge
EB. OD. Dack
C. CG. Grant
Cedar
Poultry Congress
Glenn Tibbitts
Spirit of Waterloo
Waterloo
Little Jack Little Entertains Again on WLW
International radio star Little Jack Little returns to the air at 6 p.m. today from station WLW Cincinnati. He will broadcast daily from WLW for the next week. A 16 top entertainers poll last winter honored him with a gold model. he is the son of Mr and Mrs James Leonard, 714 Washington Street, a West High School graduate who served in World War I.
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Little Jack Little
WLW
Crosley Radio Corporation
Cincinnati
Little
Jack
Radio-Kealth-Orpheume’-vaudeule
United States
Canady
James Leonard
Washington Biren
West High School
Navy
Meany Casket Co reports record business at national convention
Joseph J. Meany president of J J Meany Casket Co says business reached its best in history at the undertakers national convention in Atlantic City New Jersey He traveled 4000 miles with wife and five year old son without a tire puncture on paving from Sept 1 to Saturday visiting South Bend Detroit Windsor London Niagara Falls Syracuse Albany New York Philadelphia Evansville and Wilmington He toured plush silk mills and paid a sister visit in Evansville while away
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Meany
Western Avenue
J. J
South Bend
Detroit
Windsor
Ont
London
Niagara Falls
Syracuse
Albany
New York City
New Holland Tunnel
Jersey
Shearer Testifies on Parley Interference Inquiry
Witness describes contracts with shipbuilders and promoters for publicity campaigns to influence Congress and Washington. He links payments of 7500 and 25000 dollars, dates from November 1926 to March 1927, and mentions figures Schwab Wakeman Palen and Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shearer
Pantages Sentence Postponed To Saturday
Los Angeles Sept. sentence of Mrs Alexander Pantages wife of the vaudeville magnate for manslaughter was postponed until Saturday after her attorneys filed a motion for a new trial to be argued then. Independence Iowa a pump blast damaged the W B Holgate residence about a mile from the city striking the roof and creating a large hole and plaster damage. Marriage licenses Earl Alsiny Boone 40 Fannie Turner Boone John Ralph Danville IL Arlene Daugherty Davis City
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander Pantages
Vandeville
Lonny
Tal
Wits House
Independence
W. B. Holgate
Earl Alsiny Boone
Fannie
Turner
Boone
John
Ralph
Danville
Arlene Daugherty
Davis City
Legionnaires of Waterloo Parade in Louisville crowds
In Louisville on Monday a huge crowd packed the street for a northern Iowa Legion parade. Delegations from Waterloo and Fort Dodge joined drum corps from Austin and St Paul as a special train bearing Waterloo and other Iowa units arrived. The crowd cheered high as Becker Chapman band led the procession toward Louisville station.
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Barmunds Baileu
Waterloo
American Legion
Louisville
Tlinois Central
Fort Dodge
Cherokee
Tawa Falls
Becker-Chapman
Ford Dodge
All American Legion
H. E B. Benham
WJ. Kilgore
R. E. Elliott
H. J. Buckley
Iowa
Man Rescues Dog From Barbed Wire Bite Flyer
Joseph A. Raymond of 148 Willis ton avenue, manager in the James Black company furniture department, was bitten on the right hand Sunday afternoon at Sunnyside golf course. He freed a dog from a barbed wire fence, the dog clamped down and held on, leaving a painful laceration. A physician treated Raymond’s wound.
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Joseph A. Raymond
Williston Avenue
James Black Company
Sunnyside
Raymond
Sisters End Lives Over Denied Dates in Arkansas
Walnut Ridge Arkansas September 30 sisters Cinta and Mable Hudson died by their own hands after parental objections to dating boys. Their bodies were found by their mother and father in their shared bedroom. poison had been used.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
Cinta
Mable Hudson
Thomas Hudson
Polson
Valley of Misty Shadows Tour in Dense Fog
Judge George W. Wood and A. Wilford, state president of the Izaak Walton League, on a personal tour to Chicago for a national board meeting. foggy Elgin area forced slow travel in Willford’s car as two youths led a slow caravan. new bylaws from the last convention were approved by the Walton board.
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George W. Wood
A. ©. Wilford
Izaak Walton League
Chicago
National League Board of Directors
Willford
Walton
Elgin
Ill
Sneak Walton
Misses Adrian Fly Omaha to St Louis
Miss Martha and Miss Prances Adrian of Omaha arrived safely in St. Louis after a plane hop from their home city, part of an extended air and train vacation plan. Their mother, Mrs. Philip Adrian, will meet them in Chicago on the return journey. The pair will travel by train to Washington and the New England states, with another plane hop between Cleveland and Chicago. Both young women work in the veterans bureau office in Omaha.
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Martha
Prances
Adrian
Omaha
Neb
Fmer
Waterloo
St. Louis
Philip Adrian
Sycamore Street
Washington, D. C
New England
Cleveland
Chicago
Veterans Hturean
August Gasoline Tax Revenue Surges in Iowa
Treasurer R. E. Johnson reported August gasoline tax receipts totaling 1,181,734. OT, surpassing July’s 1,018,048.30. Through eight months in 1929 the tax totaled 8,500,321.91, up from 6,331,677.10 in the same period last year, marking only two months over 3 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wit Mobilen
Stata
R. E. Johnson
Johnson
Hurricane Nears Apalachicola Coast West Florida
Near Apalachicola winds reach over 50 mph with downed wires and a report of an unroofed depot. Communications to nearby towns are cut asCarrabelle and other coastal areas board up and residents evacuate to avoid damage from the tropical system. Fort Lauderdale reports a cyclone injuring forty and causing $325,000 in property damage but no fatalities.
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Fage
Tallawassee
Fla
Apalachicolla
Apalachicola
Anaiachiwola
Port St. Joe
Rielle
Carrabelle
Plactces
Fort Lauderdale
Florty
Mrs Gann Waives Sent Precedence at White House Dinner
Washington dispatch reports Vice President Curtis waived his sister Mrs Dally Curtis Gann’s precedence for the state dinner honoring Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. Secretary Stimson said Lady Isabella Howard, wife of the British ambassador, would be the ranking British lady at the White House event, with Mrs Gann placed next in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Curtis
Dally Curtis Gann
White House
Ramsay MacDonald
Stimson
Isabella Howard
Mrs. Gann
Isabella
Waterlooan Fined $25 at La Porte for Drunken Driving
Waterlooan Otto Schultz of Waterloo was fined $25 and costs by Mayor Frank Kober for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested Sunday afternoon by Marshal Ed Abel and had not paid the fine by early afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte City
Otto ‘Schultz
Waterloo
Frank Kober
Ed Abel
Schultz
Stanley Aldolty Club Elects Co Presidents
Stanley Ja Sept 30 The office of president of the M E Aldolty club will be held jointly during the coming 12 months by Mrs A White and Mrs J Failmer. Donna Reed will be secretary and Donna Morgan treasurer The organization will promote a hazar soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley L. A
Stanley
M. E. Ald
A. White
J. Failmer
Donna Reed
Donna Morgan
Waterloo Deaths and Funerals Gathered in One Notice
David A Chamberlin 68 of 414 Winston avenue died suddenly from apoplexy at home. He moved to Waterloo in 1926 from Lincoln Nebraska and worked for the Galloway Company. Born Oct 29 1880 he was a First Methodist Church member. Survived by widow and three daughters incl Mrs E Butler and Mrs D W Kenyon plus Vera Chamberlin a Cedar Rapids teacher. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday Histner chapel with Rev J Arthur Young. burial Memorial Park. Henry McGee 28 of 13 Thirteenth Street West died 1 am Sunday in hospital from pneumonia. Born Aug 3 1901 in Missouri. Employed by Illinois Central railroad. widow survivor. Body at Kistner funeral home. Frances Elizabeth Price two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Price of 725 West Parker Street died 4:30 pm Saturday. services held at Readyn Readyn Readyn church. burial Grove Hill cemetery near Readyn. Emil Mosher died Thursday in Albuquerque New Mexico. services 2 pm today at Kistner chapel and 2:30 pm at Trinity American Lutheran church. burial Fairview.
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David A. Chamberlin
Winston Avenue
Waterloo
Lincoln
D. W. Kenyon
McCook
Neb
Vera Chamberlin
Cedar Rapids
Histner Chapel
J. Arthur Young
First M. E. Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Renry McGee
Henry McGee
Thirteenth Street
West
Missouri
McGee
Ilinois Central Railroad
Kistner Funeral Home
Frances F. Price
Frances Elizabeth Price
John Price
West Parker Street
Readyn
Grove Hill
EMTL
Midwest Dairying Growth Highlighted by Rotarians
Kirk Fox of Successful Farming told Rotary Club members at Hotel Russell-Lamson that western migration has boosted Middlewestern dairy output. He cited a billion pound rise in whole milk production over six years and noted Middlewestern states now produce 78 percent of butter, 77 percent of cheese, and 56 percent of evaporated and condensed milk. Thirty-one percent of farmer income comes from dairy, with 776 herd improvement associations and a per cow milk gain of 176 pounds. Fox urged support for the Dairy Cattle Congress and noted Belgian Draft Horse industry ties.
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Kirk Fox
Dés Moines
Rotary Club
Russell-Lamson
Fox
New York
Boston
Vermont
New England
Middlewestern
Middlewest
Dairy Cattle Congress
Middle West
J. D. Conner, Jr. Wabash
Ind
American Association of Importers and
Dairy Congress
Oelwein Woman's Funeral Service to Be Tuesday
Oelwein Iowa September 30 The funeral of Mrs Mary Detrick 79 who died Sunday from influenza complications will be Tuesday Service at 7 p m in the M E church Oakdale cemetery burial Survivors include four daughters Mrs L D Platt Mrs Ralph Foulton Mrs J H Campbell all of Oelwein another daughter Mrs J K Stoker Oklahoma City Okla and a son J D Detrick Araba Colo
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Courier
Oelwein
Mary Detrick
Hirai
Oakdale
L. D. Platt
Ralph Foulton
J. H. Campbell
J. K. Stoker
Oklahoma City
Okla
J- D. Detrick
Araba
Colo
Four Killed When Plane Motor Fails in Meadow Crash
Kane Sept. 30. U.R-W. A. Emery pilot and airplane distributor, with his brother Leland and two other passengers, were killed when their plane crashed in a meadow after the motor failed. Miss Ella Davis died en route to a hospital. All were residents of St. Mary's, Pa.
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Kane
U.r—W
Coolidge Honeymoon Couple in Big Woods
Major John Coolidge and his bride begin the second week of their Moosehead lake honeymoon at the camp of the bride’s father Governor John H. Trumbull of Connecticut. They hike the north woods and have secured their own wood for camp fires.
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Greenville
John Coolidge
Moosehead Lake
John H. Trumbull
Connecticut
Great North Woods
Pledged at Ames Iowa State pledges include three from Waterloo
About 300 Iowa State College fall pledges list three Waterloo students Margaret Moore Gemme Phil Beta Marjorie Dunlap Kappa Delta Donald Hinman FI Kappa Alpha. Workmen start scaffolding at Union Station for a 40 year old building renovation including interior painting. Minnie McVay of Denver dies. burial set in Dubuque. Judge H B Botes improves after serious illness at his home in Waterloo.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Waterloo
Margaret Moore
Gemme Phil. Beta
Marjorie Dunlap
Kappa Delta
Donald Hinman
Kappa Alpha
Union Station
Loot at Latimer Garage Safe
Thieves rented the W. D. Latimer garage safe in Rockwell last night and escaped with $65 in cash and $11,900 in notes. Rockwell, Sept. 0. The incident remains under investigation.
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Rockwell, Jr
Fire alarms report multiple residences and outbuildings damaged
Saturday evening and Sunday incidents show a string of fire alarms at several homes. Mrs CG M Lemper at 227 Cottage Grove reports unknown cause with minor furniture and interior damage. Eva Lichty at 904 Washington suffers wiring short circuit with about 5 dollars in damage. W H Widmann at 424 Florence base damage and a chicken house with 250 dollars estimated loss. Public notice line remains unrelated.
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CG. M. Lemper
Cottage Grove
Eva Lichty
Washington
Garege
W. H. Widmann
Florence
Cance
Lindbergh Eyes South American Air Service Plan
Col. Charles Lindbergh, traveling from Miami toward the canal zone with his young wife, discusses the possibility of establishing day and night air services from the United States to South America. He says he piloted the long flight with only brief relief by co-pilot Charles Lorber and mentions plans for a week’s rest may change due to new cablegrams.
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Panama
Casal - Zatie
Charles
A. ‘Lindbergh
Barranguilla
Colombia
United States
South’ America
Cole Lind
Miami
Fla
Col. Lindbergh
Charles Lorber
Objections Made to Sewer Plans
Objections to a resolution of necessity for a sewer project on concrete avenue and multiple surrounding streets will be heard at a special council meeting at 4 30 pm today. The matter was last discussed at the previous regular meeting, with protests filed by residents and city officials noting no extra oral submissions beyond those already in the clerk’s office.
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Concrete Avenue
Byc
Amore Street
Rath
Newell Street
Woodlawn Road
Derbyshire Road
Butler Street
Quincy Street
Kingsley Avenue
Wallgate Avenue
Hawthorne’ Avenue
Newton Street
Ayston Avenue
Charles C. MacKay
Alex
Collapse of Roof Kills Three Men in Peru Indiana
In Peru Indiana three men died when the rear roof of the Willard Battery building collapsed during demolition. The victims were Charles Q Gunningham 55 former Miami County sheriff John Finsler 60 prominent farmer and Frank Binsler 26 his son. A fourth man Sol Busby 45 was on the roof and escaped.
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Peru
Ind
Willard Battery
Charlies Q Gunningham
Miami County
John Finsler
Frank Binsler
Sol Busby
Unite
Former Banker Named Assistant Budget Director
Des Moines reports Frank M. Hanson of Garner named assistant budget director by Oscar Anderson, effective Tuesday. Hanson, a former state representative from Hancock County, has banking experience in Goldfeld Waterloo Klerkms and Ventura.
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Des Moines
Frank M. Hanson
Garner
Oscar Anderson
Hanson
Goldfeld
Waterloo
Klerkms
Ventura
Hancock County
Borger Officials Ousted Under Martial Law Departure of Troops
Borger Texas under martial law as 84 Texas National Guard soldiers arrive from Fort Worth after Governor Moody proclaims martial law at 3:30 pm on Sept 28. Mayor Pace faces a preliminary murder probe while officers are suspended except for the mayor, city attorney, commissioners and justice of the peace. Rangers, governor aides pursue evidence of a criminal conspiracy implicating local officials. Three rangers move to Stinnett for a broader Hutchinson county cleanup as military authority replaces county government.
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Borger
Tex
Ters
Fort Worth
Borger Funder
Wolters
Moody
John A. Holmes
Texas Rangers
J. B. Wheatley
Stinnett
Hutchinson County
National Guard
Detroit Death Dance Hall Proprietor Charged in Fire
Martin Cohn proprietor of the Study club Detroit cabaret where 23 died in a recent fire was charged with multiple slaughter in a warrant issued by Judge Christopher E. Stein in the recorders court.
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Detroit
Mich
Martin Cohn
Christopher E. Stein
Recorders Court
Sioux Center Bank Robbery Spurs Unmasked Bandit Escape
An unmasked bandit robbed the Sioux Center State bank in Sioux Center Iowa as bystanders watched him flee alone in a Graham Paige car. The amount stolen is not yet known and details remain unclear.
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Sioux Center
Graham-Paige
Special street car and bus service to Dairy show grounds
The W and FP and N will run doubleheader Loop street cars all week for Dairy Cattle Congress visitors. Buses depart 7:15, 8:15, 8:18, 11:15, 2:15, 3:16, 4:16 and 6:15 pm from the interurban station, fare 10 cents for the fan. Cedar Falls thru buses run on a half hour schedule, fare 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Oattle Congress
Hook Island
Rainbow Drive
Cedar Falls
City Clerk Opens Tonight for Poll Tax Payers
The City Clerk's office will stay open this evening to allow late poll tax payments before a $1.50 penalty. Charles MacKay, city clerk, said by 2 p.m. today about $1,600 had been collected since Saturday, lifting the year total to about $15,000 with roughly $8,560 still due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
MacKay
Former Clarksville Man Dies In Avon Dakota
Sept. 3 funeral and burial planned for John Anderson, a former Clarksville resident, who died in Avon North Dakota Sunday. Service scheduled at Greene Presbyterian Church. Also notes visits by Dr K J Roper of Chicago and several local relatives visiting in town.
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Clarksville
Dakota
Clarkaville
John Anderson
Avon
Greene
Presbyterian Church
Newcomers Move Into Waterloo Amid Exodus Gap
Waterloo Retail Merchants Association reports last week 12 went out and 11 came in, leaving one unit short of balance. New arrivals include E. C. Temple at 123 Smith, George W. Brown at 11/11 Mullan, L. P. Kats at 212 Polk, Clyde Ayres at 325 Cortlandt, Charles O'Donnell at 328 Third East, Askeland at 1002 Randolph, Carl Krueger at 533 Gime, Willian Doty at 320 Ninth East, CG Grady at 1021 Mullan West, Casey Blank at 605 Washington, and Willard Tollefson at 231 Leland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Waterloo Retail Merchants' Association
E. C. Temple
Smith
George W. Brown
Mullan
L. P. Kats
Polk
Clyde Ayres
Cortlandt
Charles O'Donnell
Third East
Askeland
Randolph
Carl Krueger
Gime
Willian Doty
Grady
Mullan West
Casey Blank
Washington
Willard Tollefson
Leland
Holdupman Falls Victim to Death Trap in Theatre
Chicago scene details a fatal hold up at McVicker's Theatre on September 30. A burglar armed with a revolver entered the manager’s office, found $4,600, and a gunfire exchange killed the assailant as flames spread from a hidden hole. The packed house witnessed the dramatic event, with long lines outside waiting to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holdupman
Chicago
A& Bandit
MovVicker’s
Light Frost Tonight Reed's Prediction
Des Moines reports frost forecast for the north central Iowa tonight by Charles T. Reed a US weather observer. Reed said frost will not affect the rest of the state and will not be hard enough to kill vegetation. Inwood saw 34 degrees while Albia hit 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Charles T. Reed
United States
Albia
Waverly Rebekah Party Planned in Courter Special
Waverly Rebekah lodge will host a party at the 1.0 P. hall Tuesday evening with a program and refreshments. Mrs N. Gernsey has gone to Louisville Ky as a delegate from the Third district to the national American Legion auxiliary convention. One hundred eight Bremer county rural teachers attended the Institute here last weekend. A display of nearly 3000 flint arrow heads war points hunting points spears and knives collected by Harry B Bahr is shown in the Waterloo Savings bank window now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Reoekah
Lodge
P. Hall
N. Gernsey
Louisville
National American Legion Auxiliary Convention
Bremer County
Harry B. Bahr
Williston Avenue
Waterloo
Tarty for Elder Women in Parish
Osage September 30. The Worth White club of the M. E. church entertained the older women in the church Friday afternoon in the church parlors. Supper was served at 6 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage, In
M. E. Church
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