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Hobos Run Rampant as Town Lays Bare Police Gap
Spirit Lake Beacon reports Sheldon overrun by nearly a hundred hobos last week when police protection lapsed, prompting citizen roundup. The piece cites social views on unemployment, regional labor shortages, and panhandle actions amid prosperity, plus local incidents of drinking, disorder, and a drunken scene at the St. L depot. It notes Rockwell City church brawl over a minister, arrests, and the Swartz minister sent to Mount Pleasant. Additional items mention office-seeking costs, rabies cases near Iowa Falls, and compulsory education law active July 4.
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Armstrong Journal
F. C. Gibbons
North Dakota
Knight Boys
Forest City
Jobn Rampton
Clear Lake
Brith Tere
Mary J. Nugent
Helma Grostrom
Tmina Lidge
Spirit Lake Beacon
Sheldon
Panhandle
St. L
St. Li
Spirit Lake
Iowa