Ex Congressmen John F. Lacey Dies at Home in Iowa
Former Iowa Sixth District congressman John F. Lacey died Monday at his Oakland home after declining health. Born 1841 in West Virginia, Lacey served in Civil War units, studied law, and rose from bricklayer to longtime public figure. He was elected to the House in 1869 and Congress in 1888, retiring as the bull moose era reshaped politics.
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New Martinsville
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Blue Mills
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Lawa
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Tacey
Steele
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Congress
Mampede
Judge Porter Dead and Funeral in Eldora
Judge John Porter aged 83, longtime Hardin County resident, died in Boise Idaho last week. His funeral plans call for services Thursday afternoon in Eldora with closing of local offices during the hour. Porter helped develop Eldora and supported the railroad and electric light plant. survived by his son. An obituary note also corrects Mrs. John Boland’s birth and arrival details. Also notice changes to Ashington Reformed Church services starting Oct 5.
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Hardin
Boise
Idaho
John Porter
Hardin County
Eldora
Bolse
Mother Earth
Porter
N. W
Bostion
Alden
Ing
Cdoral
Oress
John Boland
Lena
Ilate
Sharpers Defraud Old Farmer In Town Falls Swindle
Two clever confidence men posed as bath tub dealers and claimed exclusive county rights to sell a tub model toMr Ball, an elderly retiree in Town Falls. They took twelve to eighteen hundred from him and fled before authorities arrived. Hall, who trusted them, lost notes used to claim territory control. A bank questioned a note and the swindlers admitted the transaction in Hall's presence, prompting the cashier to warn him to prove his investment. Hall suffered financial loss and growing anxiety.
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Town Falls
Hall
Gets a Life Sentence Young Sherman Receives Long Term
After a two day trial, Sherman confessed to chloroforming his wife’s newborn baby then denied guilt. The jury found him guilty and Judge Albrook sentenced him to life imprisonment at Fort Madison. The couple fled Iowa Falls for Bristow toward St Paul before custody. The grand jury indicted him. his wife was not indicted. Sherman is said to be young and possibly not mentally sound.
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Sherman
Young Sherman
Slit Skirt Cures Blind Man in Lima Station
Thomas Kern posed as a blind beggar at the Lima interurban station soliciting alms. A woman's slit skirt drew his gaze, prompting a policeman to pursue and arrest him. Mayor Shook fined Kern twenty five dollars plus costs and banished him from the city.
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Lima
Kern
Shook
Costa
Husband Arrested in Indiana Farm Murders
Clyde Wilkinson, 34, sought after the mutilated body of his wife found buried on a farm near Peru, Ind. He allegedly confessed to killing her with a hammer in a quarrel in the presence of their two sons and was arrested at Logansport and taken to Kokomo.
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Peru
Ind
Logansport
Kokoma
Deputy slain during hunt for bandits in Alabama
In Alabama near Cottondale Deputy James Bonner, while pursuing bandits who robbed an Alabama Great Southern train, was shot and killed by a Montgomery County deputy sheriff who mistook Bonner for a culprit. The incident occurred amid the search for the train robbers.
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James Bonner
Birmingham
Cottondale
Ala
Montgomery
Honner
Seventy Young Men Take Pharmacy Examinations
Thirty of seventy candidates for pharmacist certificates were successful in last week's examination by the pharmacy commission at Des Moines. Diplomas were sent out on Thursday by secretary Harry Jy. Eaton. An unusually large number felt encouraged by the results.
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Des Moines
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M E Conference Assignments in Marshalltown District
Pastors depart Tipton session and return to prepare to move districts with assignments listed for Marshalltown District including Fleming Ackley Lilley Yost Potter Potter Peters and others with several to be supplied at multiple towns such as Beaman Chelsea Conrad Gilman Gladbrook Grundy Center Hampton DeWitt Mason City Melbourne, Minerva Montour Owasa Reinbeck Rockwell State Center Steamboat Rock Toledo and nearby churches to be supplied Parkersburg New Hartford Clarksville Allison Dumont and more.
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Tipton
Marshalltown
T. E Fleming
Ackley
Lilley
Albion
G. BE
Lues
Beaman
J. J. Yost
Chelsea
Conrad
T. P. Potter
Eldora
Barry White
Faulkner
Geneva
T. M. Niaison
Gilman
A. R. Coover
Gladbrook
Grundy Center
Delman Smith
Hampton
DeWitt Clinton
C. Brackett
Shhofield
A. B. Soule
State Center
C. J. Rose
Steamboat Rock
Gifford
Tawa
W. C. Cleworth
Toledo
W. J. Alexander
Joseph Yates
Union
C. A. Gilbert
Whitten
C. A. Hawn
Parkersburg
A. M. McIntosh
New Hartford
W. A. Ferris
Clarksville
A. W. Smith
Allison
Dumont
M. L. bin
Church Conference Yearly Report Shows Gains Across Spheres
The secretary reports ministerial support at 220,405 a gain of 940,000 over last year. Sunday school scholars number 43,754 up 7,000. Conference church membership reaches 40,481 a net gain of 1,650. Church property valuation rises by 500,000 to 2,881,385. Benevolent gifts total 137,003.
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Atatiatica
Treaacvery
Churches of the Conference
Passing on Highways Law Causes Public Confusion
The legislature last winter adopted rules for passing on public roads. A Mason City Democrat, John McConlogue, was named to the state board of control to fill a vacancy after John F. Wade's death. The item includes garbled phrases and stray verse from a local publication.
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Auch
Shepherd of the Hills at Metropolitan Friday
The Shepherd of the Hills will be presented at the Metropolitan Town Falls next Friday evening October. Adapted from Harold Bell Wright novel with help from Blabery W. Reynolds the drama blends Ozark scenery and nature with tales of love and daring. English secretary to Governor Clark and former Mason City Times publisher joins state printing and three legislative terms. The move pleases the progressive GOP wing as plans to align bolting Republicans emerge.
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Hills
Harold Bell Wright
Wright
Blabery W. Reynolds
Ozark
Dmory A. English
Valley Junction
Mason City Times
Clark
Capital City
Eoglish
Parkersburg preacher and girl detained for dis orderly conduct
Rev John Garland aged 35 of Parkersburg and Miss Magpie Ward aged 23 were taken into custody at 5 30 this morning on charge of disorderly conduct. They were said to have been staying at a local hotel and a police file was started last evening. Garland found at Turkish bath parlors and the woman at an east side hotel.
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Waterloo
John Garland
Magpie Ward
Dubuque
Charyan
Garland
Clark Beach Dies in Dubuque After Brief Trip
Relatives in Ackley report Clark Beach died in Dubuque during the night after journeying there ten days earlier for a surgical operation. He was an oldest business man and active in public affairs, having helped shape the town from a small community to its present prominence. The body will be brought home tonight and the funeral is planned for Friday afternoon. Further obituary details will appear in the next issue.
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Clark Beach
Attend. &Uce
Roach Ackley
Tir Worth
Death of Theodore Lusch Brother of John C. Lusch
Theodore Lusch, brother of the late John C. Lusch of Ackley, died in Reinbeck. He was an early resident of northeast Grundy, living north of Reinbeck and farming before moving to town. He leaves a wife, a son, and two daughters, and was the last surviving brother after two siblings died recently. Parents buried in Fairview Cemetery, Waterloo.
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John C. Lusch
Reinbools
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John Lusch
Ackley
Grundy
Waterloo
Reinheck
Rev Soule reassigned to Sheffield pulpit in conference
Rev Soule pastor of the Methodist church in this city has been assigned to preach for the congregation at Sheffield. The assignment was made at the conference just closed at Tipton. Ackley’s Rev Lilley to Ackley Church. he will occupy the pulpit next Sunday. Mortgage records show mortgages totaling $7,000 filed this past week.
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Methodist ‘Church
Jeach
Shefield
Tipton
Ackley
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Rav. Lilly
Lilley
Dubuque
Ackley High Wins Lively Game After Easy Start
Ackley high school football team hosted the visitors last Saturday and quickly proved the expectation of an easy win wrong. Ackley scored repeatedly as injuries mounted for the opposing squad, finishing with 26 points while the Town Fills were outclassed.
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Ackley
Nish
Kellogg-Haines Singing Party Opens Lyceum Course
The 1913 1914 Lyceum Course opens tomorrow evening with the Weallege Haines Singing Party hailed as a premier mixed quartet. The article praises their vocal blend and solo talent, claiming no American mixed quartet rivals their unity. Regular Monthly Meeting notes follow, detailing school board expenditures and repairs. From Wiesbaden, Germany Carl Pfander writes home describing the city as magnificent and expressing well wishes to old friends.
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Weallege-Haines
Ackley
America
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Germany
Glascow Montana Lottery Draws Noted Winners and Local Notices
In Glascow Montana a government land office lottery drew Dr H H Nichols of Marshalltown formerly Ackley as a winner among 800 claims. About forty percent of drawn numbers are not expected to file. Hardin Clark reports new court filings including Ackley vs Dyer on note. Eldora mourns Andrew Smith longtime resident and harness maker. Federal rail funding of 120000 dollars approved for repairing the Minnesota division roadbed. Washington dispatch notes delay in patronage disposals and president’s planned actions this week. Sandgress family visited with friends and local old-timers reminisce about past days.
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H. H. Nichols
Marshalltown
Ackley
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New Casas
Hardin Clark
Acklay
Dyer
Anoa
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