Aged Iowa Man Drops Dead in Boone Kitchen
Aged Iowa man J N Cross, a cemetery sexton, collapsed and died after carrying an armload of wood into a Boone kitchen. Other Iowa items include a farmer killed by lightning near Moyville, a Des Moines pickpocket refund, a fatal shooting of a negro and an officer wounded, and a monument for a dog that saved a child.
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Iowa
Boone, Ja
J. N. Cross
Sioux City
Charles Gifford
Moyille
Child's Body Preserved in Des Moines Return
John Kinsey returned to Des Moines to have his infant son disinterred for removal to Nebraska. The iron coffin, sealed at burial forty three years ago, revealed the infant's features still preserved when opened. The clothing was com
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Des Moines
John Kinsey
Nebraska
Smallpox Scares Iowa Towns in Southwestern Beatfert
In southwestern Iowa, several towns face smallpox outbreaks and quarantines. Riverton blocks entry and exit with armed guards. travelers are confined at the hotel. Sidney and Hamburg restrict entry, while four Riverton escapees are recaptured. Rural mail service halted until danger passes.
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Sidney
Iowa
Riverton
Ativarton
Hamburg
Sermon Sparks Trance In Des Moines Woman Aged 20
Miss Prudence Vaneilder of Perry, twenty, listening to Mrs. Scott M. Ladd’s revival sermon, suddenly became speechless and remains dumb and semi paralysed in bed. Her jaws are set and nourishment comes via a tube. Visitors report others were converted by the incident. Mrs. Ladd belongs to the Pentacostal mission on Des Moines south side.
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Des Moines
Miss Vaneilder
Iowa Workmen Session Opens with 600 Delegates
Iowa City reports Ancient Order of United Workmen and Degree of Honor lodge sessions opened in Muscatine with 600 delegates attending. About 1,500 candidates were initiated. G M Evans of Des Moines seeks re election while Mrs Carrie Morcombe of Cedar Rapids campaigns for her post. The bulletin also notes an indictment against Frank Luckman in Iowa City, and a cold dry spring affecting crops across the state. Four Iowa women despondent farmers daughters attempt suicide in separate incidents, with two dead and two gravely injured.
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Iowa Workmen
Muscatine
Ancient
Order of United Workmen and
Negree of Honor
G. M. Evans
Nes Moines
Carrie Morcombe
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Kate Farrel
Keosauqua
Katherine Broell
Cox Creek
Lily Milbrun
Centerville
Elzabeth Fletcher
Bonaparte
Man seeks status as William VII or VIII in marriage tale
Waterloo May 16 William Henry Sharp asks the district court to establish his correct ordinal as husband number seven or eight. He contends his wife has had six or seven prior husbands and she sues for divorce. He submits questions to uncover her full marital record and whether former husbands died or were divorced. Mrs Sharp is 35.
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Lowan
Waterloo
William Henry Sharp
William VII
William VIII
Iowa State Federation Meeting at Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa hosts the seventh biennial Iowa State Federation gathering as hundreds of club women attend. Mrs. J. J. Seerley of Burlington presides at the Methodist Episcopal church council with formal discussions on district president topics and a lecture on the word Cutler and its origins.
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Oskaloosa
Hotal
One Tragedy and the Narrow Theater Crowd
A witty exchange notes a country town theater fire and a near panic. HI Tragedy says danger arose when the audience was too small to trigger a mass reaction, as Low Comedy quips about the crowd size preventing a panic. Moonshine records the jest at the center of the anecdote.
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A. J. Barker
Johnston
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Peg
Grundy Center
Jacob Siifer
Iowa City
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West Des Moines
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State Railroad Commission
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J. P. Peterson
Humboldt
A. L. Urick
State Federation of Labor
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Beatfert
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France
Burlington
Bertrand
Neb
Burlington Road
Maywood
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Grissich
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Johnson County
Frank Luckman
Tattle
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