Bearless Conductors on Burlington Chosen Dress Code
After May 1 passenger conductors on the Burlington must appear clean shaven wear white linen collars ties and vests Bearded conductors must shave. Des Moines reports a banker Leroy Ware of the Seymour Farm ers bank Centerville is a raving maniac and watched by medical staff. Iowa railroads will be inspected by the state railroad commission with the process to take two years more or less.
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Ware
Des Moines
Leroy Ware
Seymour Farmers’ and Drovers' Bank
Centerville
Iowa
State Railroad Commission
Grafford's Attorneys Named in Case Now Planned
Grafford is represented by M. L. Temple, newly named United States district attorney for southern Iowa, and his partner V. R. McGinnis.
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M. L. Temple
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Southern
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V. R. McGinnis
Shootings at Lovillia wedding end in casualties
In Lovillia a wedding serenade turned violent when G. W. Wilson, the bride’s father, opened a double barreled shotgun on the crowd, wounding three youths and two girls. Wilson is jailed on attempted murder charges. later notes report insurance receiver suit and Dubuque dry town moves and a Des Moines fire injuring two.
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Surprising Verdict at Boone Iowa Assault Guilty
Boone Iowa April 26 The Price jury found James Price guilty of assault and battery a charge carrying a 100 fine or thirty days in jail The verdict surprised locals as Price was on trial for murder for fatally shooting Thomas Albright a Fraser man during a three year old brawl in one of Boone's joints Price claimed self defense with testimony supporting his claim
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Price
Court House
James Price
Thomas Albright
Albright
Girl Dies After Taking Strychnine for Fun in Sioux City
Carrie Mattison a twenty one year old girl from Battle Creek Indiana died within an hour after ingesting strychnine in the home of Frank Richardson where she lived. She calmly wandered about in good spirits before drinking the poison and told witnesses it was for fun to see how death would look. Her father R H Mattison is a farmer.
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Sioux City
Carrie Mattison
Frank Richardson
Passon
R. H. Mattison
Battle Creek
Crofford Repeats Plea Against Supreme Court
Des Moines April 26 Dr J W Crofford of Lamont writes his own petition for rehearing accusing the Iowa supreme court of ignoring law and facts and blaming his lawyers for deserting him after his funds ran out. He was convicted of murdering Miss Maude Stone by a criminal operation at his Lamont sanitarium. The high court reversed the first judgment, he was retried and convicted again, the court affirmed. Later Iva Hammond was acquitted of the related charge and Crofford’s plea for a rehearing was denied.
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J. W. Crofford
Lamont
Supreme Court
Crafford
Miss Maude Stone
Iva Hammond
Migs Stone
The ratio of dog to human life spans in old sayings
The Westminster Gazette discusses dog aging, noting a typical canine lifespan equates to about seven human years per dog year. It cites that a one year old dog resembles a seven year old child, two years to a fourteen year old, and three years to a human twenty one, with figures holding roughly across life. It also mentions dogs living to eighteen or humans to about one hundred twenty four in rare cases.
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Ford
Tian
Westminster | Gazette
Old Leather to Prussian Blue How To
Old leather is treated with chloride of sulfur to harden it then ground to powder and mixed with resin or glue and rum to mold into combs buttons and other objects Prusslate of potash is produced from leather with pearl ash and old iron hoops creating cyanogen and a blue pigment for dyeing or pigment use Also includes a humorous Kiddie anecdote from Youths Companion and a note on extinct Cock Crowers from London Graphic.
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London Boot and Shoe Trades Journal
Shonts Accepts as Trustee at Drake University
Des Moines reports Theodore P. Shonts accepts the Drake University board of trustees presidency elected in March. Beall says Shonts will arrive June 1 to attend the dune meeting and may lay the cornerstone if the new library progresses. Poultry notes warn cooling dressed fowl before packing and managing feed to avoid excess fat.
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Des Moines
Fill M. Beall
New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Drake University Board of Trustees
Shanty
Influence of every life on human happiness in history
The passage asserts that no person can avoid affecting total human happiness across all ages. It argues there is no private refuge from social influence, as every action touches others. People everywhere encounter companions who are shaped by their conduct, for better or worse, across time.
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Hardin County
Boia
Iowa
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