Indictments in Jackson End Arson and Bribery Case
Grand jury in Jackson Kentucky returned indictments against Edward Tharp and Joseph Crawford, teamsters for the Hargis brothers, for arson related to setting fire to Capt. Ewen’s Hotel last month. Gardner Plummer was indicted for attempting to bribe a witness with $5,000 to leave town. The panel also notes ongoing sessions and related violence at Cavern Rut schoolhouse, where three were wounded in a pistol duel, as soldiers arrested the Howard and Barrett parties involved.
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Jackson
Edward Tharp
Joseph Crawford
Hargis Brothers
Firstu
Ewen
Gardner Plummer
BH. H.B Wen
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
Phimamer
Caver Rut
Tuckson
Axy
James
Wilson Barrett
Jack Howard
James Barrett
Janes Vires
Jack Floward
Jamies Barrett
Jacckson
Howards
Barretts
Steamer Clovering Strikes Reef Off Honolilu Harbor
The steamer Clovering, sailing from the Orient to San Francisco via Honolulu and Mexico, ran aground on a reef at the entrance to Honohilu harbor. Tugboats have worked to refloat the vessel, which is not owned by the Commercial Steamship Company. On board is a full cargo and about 500 Japanese immigrants, some of whom are traveling on the Hawaiian Burton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovering
Burton
Four Are Wounded in Edayville Town Incident
Report from Edayville describes a clash involving City Marshal McHugh and a band of horsemen. The confrontation wounded four individuals including Marshal McHugh and trader suspects. Authorities investigate as a hostile group confronts town security.
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Edayville
Horne
Badyville
McHugh
Murder and release across states stir tense local views
A series of fragmented notes report a man who shot his wife amid burglar suspicions in Alabama and a white suspect freed in Des Moines after Mexican murder warrants. Other items tell of a Des Moines retiree crushed at a Newton race track and a colored ex-convict arrested in Nebraska for a murder tied to Bonth Ounihi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwell
McArthur
Des ‘Oiuer, Ill
J. E. Greenwell
Davenport
Mexico
Engineer Stanfield
James Miliott
Adrew Tucker
Bonth Ounihi
Neb
Vanuou Saphog
Ottawa
Tucker Poen
Canalia
Severe hail and wind storm devastates Sheldon area
A fierce storm hit Sheldon Virginia Monday afternoon, 1:30. Hail struck in streaks, two inches of rain Webbed streets, and wind toppled light buildings. Crops ruined across the county with corn flattened and livestock losses. No fatalities, several injuries reported. damage widespread in Hartley, Primgtinr, La and nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Lunter
Ike
Wilid
Sanborn
Archer
Hartley
Primgtinr
Peculiar Accident In Cincinnati Kills Two
Mrs Carrie Crawford and Harry Btls wick of Washington Ind fatally injured and ten others seriously hurt in a peculiar accident at Cincinnati Union Station. An excursion train crowded with Indiana passengers. an empty Queen and Crescent train began to back out. the rear of the empty train struck the excursion day coach and side swiped coaches seven through twelve, tearing sides and overturning seats.
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Cincinnati
Carrie Crawford
Harry Btlswick
Washington
Ind
Union Station
Indiana
Shock of dynamite blast in Virginia kills two
Two men were killed and sixteen injured when a large quantity of dynamite stored in a magazine near Pearsbay, Giles County, Va., exploded. A westbound Norfolk and Western train No. 1 passing the magazine at high speed was shattered. windows broke and coaches damaged, with about 1900 people shocked or injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearsebay
Giles County
Norfolk and Western
Magagine
Mob Violence Rocks Basin Wyoming After Jail Lynching
A Montana Wyoming line reports a mob of about fifty lynched Jim Gorman and Walter s after breaking into Basin jail. Deputy Pierce was killed and a deputy Mende wounded as the mob freed prisoners and burned the jail doors. Gorman tried to escape across the Big Horn River before being killed.
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Weaters
Stace
Red Lodge
Mont
Jim Gorman
Walters
Hoover
Hot Springs
Bason
Wyo
Pierce
Wyoming
Moffett
Montana and Wyoming Telephone Company
Sheritf Fenton
Big Horn County
Thermopolis
Basin
Fenton
Hyattsville
Touslip
Gornon
Felix Alston
C. J. Pierce
Gorman
Big Horn
Pierce Sand
Mende
Kansas Faces Rail Car Shortage As Wheat Market Nears
In Lopeka Kansas a rail car famine looms as winter wheat harvest nears. Cy rus Anderson, secretary of the railway commissioners, says railroads lack sufficient cars to move the crop. Experts warn it may be impossible to prevent shortages without more freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lopeka
Kan
Kansas
Cyrus Anderson
Board of Railway Commissioners
Dead Man Comes to Life in Rochester Stop Sudden Return Angers Undertaker
George Wilson an elderly Rochester resident was pronounced dead Saturday night. When the undertaker arrived his body was stiff and cold and embalming preparations began. The supposed corpse suddenly jumped up and swore at the undertaker for handling him roughly. The coroner ordered embalming halted until twelve hours after death certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson
Rochester
N. Y
Wilson
Four Killed by Train Near Avondale Station Cincinnati
Four people walking on tracks near Avondale station on the Cincinnati Lebanon division of the Pennsylvania Railroad were killed when struck by an inbound passenger train after slipping onto a second track due to a curve. The engineer did not see them until too late. Also reported: capsizing boat in Everett Harbor. three people drowned including Nina E Solowen Edna Warner and BP G Foster. Nome hotel fire kills three with $100000 loss. Destructive hail in northern Minnesota destroys crops. New Orleans district attorney J Ward Gurley killed in his office. assailant then killed himself.
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Cincinnati
Avondale
Hoya
Everett, Wash
Nina E. Solowen
Edna Warner
BP. G. Foster
J. Ward Gurley
New Orleans
Clarence UI. Lyons
Ae Roller
Lyons
Mite
Gotlieb Metger
Baltimore and Ohio
Bkouthwestern
Efe ‘Dé
City ‘Hospital
Mad dog bites children and health officials seek victims
A Wisconsin health department reports a canine bite incident where a dog bit children. Officials aim to identify the injured and provide treatment. several extracted details about victims and responses are under investigation.
Hairless Man Dies in AYilkex Darre Po Incident
John Bohee known as the hairless man is reported dead in AYilkex Darre Po. The event references physicians and a noted absence of hair in the body, with unclear details surrounding the cause or location.
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John Bohee
Ayilkex
Two Postoffice Burglar Suspects Captured Near Montezuma
Two men believed to have burglarized the Montezuma post office were captured sixteen miles from Montezuma after rural telephone alerts traced them. Sheriff Binger and J H Hardin secured $120 in cash and stamps, two revolvers, and dynamite. The suspects, aged about 35 and 40, refused to name themselves and await transfer to U S Marshal George Christian of Des Moines. The burglary occurred about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning with dynamite blowing the safe open.
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Montezuma
Binger
J. H. Hardin
Posto Five
Millersburg
Sheriff Binger
Hardin
St. Louis
United States
George Christian
Des Moines
Italians Strike At Webster City On Illinois Central Job
Italian laborers on an Illinois Central grading project at Webster City struck in sympathy with six dismissed men. Armed with picks and shovels they approached the workers, nearly triggering bloodshed before thirty police halted the rush. Leaders were arrested. rest returned to work, but six were kept dismissed. Further trouble possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Tlinois
Des Moines youth in altercation over a girl
Clarence Kilby a Rock Island fireman faced a troubling Sunday incident when a young woman he had been courting was confronted by her mother. The mother accused him of improper propositions and a confrontation ensued until another man arrived and freed Kilby.
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Des ‘Moines
Clarence Kilby
Rock Island
Anc
Theother
Rootse
Kilbyé
City marshal injured in accident may lose both eyes
Williams City Marshal Ed Millsap suffered a severe face and eye injury when rusted asbestos packing on a large gasoline engine exploded during maintenance. He was oiling the engine at full speed and, while removing the packed asbestos, prying loosened a corroded mass that exploded and struck him in the face and eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Ed Millsap
Free Fight at Mapleton Ends in Jail for Five Men
In Mapleton a mob attack at the City Hotel involved three white men and a Black man, with one eye damaged and all three white men jailed for thirty days after arrest by Marshal Greenough before Mayor J. E. Scott. The group, with railroad laborers, faced state authority over interurban rail finance disputes. Nearby, a barn on Thomas Yates’s Hawarden farm burned, destroying hay and contents after unknown ignition.
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Frank Price
Centrrville
Mapleton
Ebing
Greenough
J. BE. Scott
Thomas Yates
Hawarden
Bonds for new school building attract four bids
Four bids were received for the $8,000 issue of new bonds by the Shelandoah Rebool district to finance a new addol building under construction. Bonds sold at 94 4? interest to run ten years.
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Shelandoah Rebool
Drainage Ditch Plan Filed in Buena Vista County Townships
A petition has been filed with the county auditor requesting construction of a drainage ditch in Newell and Providence townships. The proposed ditch would run in the southeast corner of Buena Vista County, extending between ten and eleven miles in length.
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Audster
Newell
Providence
Buena Vista County
Tragic Collision Kills Mother and Son at Crossing
A fast Northwestern train collided with a buggy killing Roxie Lounaberry and her son Frank Lounsberry instantly. The buggy and horse were demolished. the train halted within forty yards. Residents at the crossing reported the accident, with grave injuries to both occupants and the horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newt Cole
Cole
Bunny
Roxie Lounaberry
Prank Lounsberry
Fungus Threatens Potatoes Statewide Bulletin Aids Control
Farmers statewide seek relief from a potato wart fungus spreading from the east. Dr. L H Pammel of Annesing published a bulletin detailing the disease, its destruction, and methods to stop its growth. The bulletin has earned thanks from farmers and truckers for guidance.
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L. H.pahimell
Annesing
Ireland
Pammel
Claus
Bulletina
State Firemen prepare for state tournament entries
Indications point to strong turnout for the Firemen's State Association tournament set for July 28 to 31. Nearly twenty fire departments have signaled representation through Sioux City Chief G W Kellogg, with Muscatine and Marion leading the expected delegations at 100 to 150 strong, featuring running teams and apparatus. Paid departments listed include Iowa City Des Moines Council Bluffs Davenport Canton Sioux City. Volunteer crews from Muscatine Cedar Rapids Marion Onawa Cherokee Ida Grove Sheldon LeMars Mapleton are also expected to attend with running teams.
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G. W. Kelloge
Sioux City
Firemen's State Association
Muscatine
Marion
Iowa
City
Wes Moines
Davenport
Canton
Cedar Rapids
Onawa
Cherokee
Ida Grove
Sheldon
LeMars
Mapleton
Coffin Makers To Raise Prices After Meeting
A large gathering of over a hundred coffin and casket manufacturers in Dubuque agreed to raise prices. The meeting aimed to set a new schedule of shares and costs, signaling higher death costs for consumers.
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Dubuqte
Belog
Yacht Georgia Capsized Near Madison In Sudden Squall
In Madison Wisconsin a yacht named Georgia capsized after a sudden squall. Milas Cooley Misa Clibough and Ben Ixing from Omaha clung to the overturned boat as a party of young men rescued them. Annis is believed entangled in weeds while trying to swim to shore.
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Dayo
Madison
Manawa
Georgia
Milas Cooley
Misa Clibough
Ben Ixing
Omaha
Annis
Heoote
Man Injured in Storm Train Collision Seeks 15000 Damages
Anderson of Storm files a petition alleging Winds Central Railroad train struck his rig at a street crossing last February. He claims the locomotive exceeded city speed limits and the engineer failed to take proper precautions, resulting in the wreck that killed the horse and left him with a broken arm and leg and severe bruising.
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Uilnais Central
Lake
Eheojlare
Anderson
Lving
Winds Central Railroad
Ape Gineer
Grydurold Girl Burned To Death Near Sumner
The Grydurold daughter of Henry Clauss, about three miles east of Sumner in Banks Township Sayetty County, died after her clothes caught fire while playing in the yard with a smaller child. The child who ran to a nearby creek could not save her as flames spread quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clauss
Sumner
Tragedy Claims Mia Benton Brown in Sioux City
Mia Benton Brown 22, wife of Dinner Brown, a porter in Sioux City, ended her life by swallowing carbolic acid after unhappy second marriage. Rev. Hathen Liddy, age 85, of Stone City, suffered a sudden loss of reason while waiting for a Milwaukee station train in Cedar Rapids. friends were astonished.
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Mia
May Benton Brown
Dinner Brown
Sioux City
Losce
Hathen Liddy
Stone City
Denly
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Mather Liddy
Weather Summary of Crop Conditions Reported Across Iowa
The weekly weather and crop report notes unusually high humidity and temperatures around 104 degrees with heavy showers across west central northeast and north central districts. Rain totals reach 2.00 to 4.76 inches, causing varying crop damage while corn and oats show good growth in many areas. spring wheat smut rust and potato rot are reported, apples damaged in the north, and haying and corn tasseling progress nationwide with district notes from Winneshiek Chickasaw Worth Emmet Cerro Gordo and others.
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D. R. Sage
St Districta
Returna
Winneshiek
New Hampton
Northwood
Estherville
Timothy
Cerro Gordo
Magon City
Charles
Sioux
Orange City
Xipland
O'Brien
Primghar
Spencer
Bac City
Woodbury
Sioux City
Morona
Onawa
Sioux River
Bhielby
Harlan
Webster
Fort Dodge
Qathoun
Monson
Jefferson
Ogida
Rajn
Nevada
Marshall Marshalstawny
Delaware
Benton
Blairatown
van Horns
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Akron
Round & Smith Bros., Publishers
Tharp
Crawford
Jackson, KY
Soule
Baya
Parsdus
Mortgomerys
Nome
Seattle
Golden Gate
Wis H. Wares
Opt Aun
Tipestone County
Minnesota
Health Department
Seniouily, By
Eindera
Homestead Works
Carnegie ‘Steel Company
Pittsburg
Serloua
Port Vue
McKeesport
Millin Tek His
Shiaffer
Bangton
Rt. Louis
Lord FB
Seymour Barrington
James P. McCann
Barrington
Eingall
Ac Lake Hatter
Adams
Vader
Omcera
Mothe Hipped
Wim
Eer
Mullenps
Councj
City Comnelly
Northiwestern
Therbpot
State Firemen
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