Lawsuit Ends Abruptly Over Juror Misconduct In Iowa
In Des Moines a seven week district court trial involving Powers & Way against A J Hollingsworth over 280000 dollars in mining stock sales collapsed after an accusation that a juror negotiated with both sides. The judge ordered an investigation into the juror conduct.
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Des Moines
District Court
Powers & Way
A. J. Hollingsworth
Plaiatitta
A. E. Kepford
Iowa
Washington
Jefferson
Scott County
Oakdale
Cherokee
Mount Pleasant
Polk County
Linn County
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Spud and Clover Special Arrives With Ames Experts
A potato and clover special, run from Milwaukee with Ames Agricultural College and Bankery Association, begins Monday. Twenty eight lectures to be delivered in as many towns from Mason City to Perry. Ames experts claim proper potato handling boosts profits and soil readiness for clover and alfalfa, with yields twice that of corn per acre.
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Milwaukee
Ames
Des Moines
Ames Agricultural College
Bankery Association
Iowa
Mason City
Perry
Bowman Resigns as Iowa State University President
Iowa City March 21 President John G Bowman of the University of Iowa tendered his resignation to the State board of control alleging being ignored in university affairs He will stay until August 2 and cited the board's discharge of a professor without a hearing or consult with the university head as a breach of his contract Bowman had been president since 1900 3 years prior
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Iowa City
John G. Bowman
University O Iowa
State Board of Control
State Board of Education
Ron Tuan
Bowman
Jury Awards Two Stepbrothers In Graham Will Case
Waterloo jury after 29 hours verdict in favor of Theodore Graham of Waterloo and Willan J Graham of Cedar Falls over a $5000 bequest from Miss Bessie Graham. The judge absolved lawyer C B Courtright of fraud amid claims of undue influence.
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Waterloo
C. B. Courtright
Blackhawk
Bessie Graham
Theodore
Willan J. Graham
Cedar Falls
Hin
Fort Dodge plant destroyed by fire in March blaze
The Fort Dodge Manufacturing Company plant burned to the ground on March 21 in Fort Dodge Iowa from an unknown cause. Loss estimated at $50,000 with partial insurance coverage. A separate report from Hwoue Iowa states the Atonizer plant at Pot Mound was completely destroyed by fire, with Editor Burton losing his rooms above his office.
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Cagtana
W. He Siith
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Manufacturing Company
Hwoue
Atonizer
Pot Mound
Burton
1913 Cotton Crop Most Valuable Ever Grown
The 1913 cotton crop was the most valuable on record while ranking second in quantity. Four women, Mrs Dora Murphy Corrinne Murphy Miss Mabel Cutts and Mrs Elizabeth Wintuy, died in Ardmore Oklahoma from a fire caused by an explosion. President Wilson nominated Robert Lansing of Watertown New York to be counsellor for the department of state, and Cona Johnson of Texas to be solicitor for the department, succeeding Moore and Bolic.
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Dora Murphy
Corrinne Murphy
Mabel Cutts
Elizabeth Wintuy
Ardmore
Oklo
Wilson
Robert Lansing
Watertown
American Journal of Internatonal Law
Department of State
John Bassett Moore
Cona Johnson
Texas
Joseph W. Bolic
Des Moines Voters Seen to Favor City Waterworks Takeover
Des Moines voters appear likely to approve city ownership of the waterworks in a late month election. Mayor Hanna’s strong showing signals support for municipal ownership despite objections over high prices and plant repairs. The report also notes Iowa butter trade woes and a bribery confession linked to a civil case.
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Iowa
New Hampton
Fred Blackburn
Patit
Thomas J. Guthrie
Blackburn
Ramsbarger
Board of Parole
Clarke
Rainsbarger
Swindled by Locators in Oregon Land Grants
Washington March 3. Senator Kenyon says hundreds were swindled by locators who urged filing on lands of the Oregon and California Railway grant of 1866. He notes the lands remain in litigation with no patent prospect for settlers and urges victims to inform the Portland district attorney. Fort Madison March 23. In a $25,000 slander suit, Omar Herminghausern files counterclaim against Mayor A P Brown for damages over alleged libelous writings.
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Washington
Oregon and California Railway Company
Kenyon
E. J. Stason
Lewis
Illinois
Portland
Fort Madison
Omar Herminghausen
A. P. Brown
Western Roads Offer New Scale
Chicago reports a multi party conference with 70 000 firmen engineers and 56 railroads from Chicago to the coast seeking a new wage agreement. The talks, ongoing for over a month, aim at revising work hours and pay, with engineers seeking a 20 percent raise and both sides expecting federal arbitration.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Federal Arbitration Board
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Multiple Criminal Convictions and Military Dismissals Reported
The article notes Harry Schaeffer’s second degree murder conviction for strangling William T. Martin of Toronto. Jasper Webb, a Missouri farmer, was convicted of murder for Archie Whitwell’s death and sentenced to two years. Coffeyville Gas president M A E Patten died after contact with 22,000 volts at an interurban power station. Lieutenant van La Valette Saint George of the Ninety-eighth German Infantry Regiment received thirty months’ fortress imprisonment for killing Lieutenant Tange in a duel on February 26 and was dismissed from service. The Michigan Agricultural College won the national indoor rifle shooting championship with a perfect run and new international record. Massachusetts Aggies placed second, Iowa State Wade Yaerelty third.
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Harry Schaeffer
William T. Martin
Toronto
New York
Jasper Webb
Archie Whitwell
Grain Valley
Kansas City
M. A. E. Patten
Coffeyville Gas and Fuel Company
Jefferson
van la Valette Saint George
Ifantry
Tange
Michigan Agricultural College
Massachusetts Aggies
Iowa
Wade Yaerelty
Secretary to Speak on Child Labor in Iowa City
Owen W. Lovejoy of New York City will address the State University of Town on March 31 about child labor and related social issues. The visit sparks a child welfare conference in Iowa City with noted teachers and social workers. A gun club event at Sac County includes Hungarian partridges for the game protection program along the Coon River north of the city. A vasectomy hearing in Madison, Iowa, is set for April 14 to begin in the court of Weeku.
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Iowa City
Towa City
Owen W. Lovejoy
New York City
Genera
Child Labor Committee
State University of Town
Gtate
Ane
Bae County Gun Club
Sac County Game Pré Sarge
We Coon
Wort Madison
Uot
Weukul
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West High School
Maude Frances Kinney
Patrick Bates
Me. Henry
Young Bates
Napier
Boone County
Port Dodge
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Ray
Farmers' Cooperative Grain Dealers’ Association
Peter E. Narey
Oles
Peter B. Narey
Spirit Lake
Norey
McKinley
Dickingon County
Bernard J. Lattimer
Bancroft
Amey
Cavermorn Chirk
Lattimer
Mativeny
Supreme Cour
Haddad
Maen Glo Robibitionista
Webster County
John Wonders Otithe
Tutilwan
Sidman
Puce Lodge
Collis
John Bronders
OR. Bradshaw
Spud and Clover
Iowa University
State Board ‘of Education
Graham Will
Panama Canal
Department of Maintenance
George W. Goethals
Harry F. Hodges
Army
Hugt Rodman
W. Ti. Rowe
KF. C. Bagen
Gaillaux and
Monts
Paris
France
Joseph Caillaux
Ernest Monis
Victor Fabre
Henri Rochette
Dakota
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
United States District
G D. Ewatt Slans
Hampton
Plan Ames
R. A Pearson
Iowa State College
Omaha Grain Exchange
Corneil Bluffa
Sac City
Crawford County
M. Dugan
Martin Dugan
Centra
Cal
Imperial Valley
Tecate
LeMars
Gac
Chatham and Hawkeye Cleaners
Heetland
United States
Ackley and Faulkner
Olen Sie
K. DE Berg
Krene DeBerg
Kesley
Krohn Meat Market
EB. T. Krohn
Sauerkraut
East Main Street
Ackley
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