Conspiracy case links Iowa to insurance fraud
Mrs. Lily Lewis of Sewall bound over to federal court on charges of using the mails to defraud in a suspected wide conspiracy spanning Iowa and several states. The scheme allegedly insured blooded horses for large sums, poisoned animals, and substituted bodies to claim insurance, with dead horses found under trees after bark removal suggesting lightning.
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Madison County
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Washington
Ed Byers
Des Moines
Rodney Fagen
Smith Brookhart
General Allen
Brownsville
Charles Rubins
John A. Stewart
F. S. Hird
Wilkinson
Hird
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Australia
San Francisco
Berlin
Tama County
Reinbeck
Beaman
Gladbrook
Knoxville
Robert Goodwin
State
Redfield Brick and Tile Company
Goodwin
Iowa Clay Product Company
A. B. Corey
Iowa Board of Agriculture
Towa
Penn College
Oskaloogsa
State Board of Health
Iowa Cavalry Camp Near Border Gathers Diverse Troops
Iowa troops gather at Donna Texas under Major Howell with First Iowa cavalry joining Oklahoma Louisiana and Minnesota units in a large border camp. The camp faces gnats and mosquitoes, hopes for patrols, nine-hour train delay, and plans for possible service in Mexico while noting healthful conditions and proximity to Brownsville and the Rio Grande.
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First
Louisiana Cavalry
First Field Artillery of
Louisiana
Texas Infantry
Llano Grande
Minnesota
Dakotas
Indiana
Friends of Iowa
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Iowa
Mexico
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Houston
No More Recruits War Department Order Halts Iowa Plan
War Department issues orders to eleven Iowa recruiting officers to report to Des Moines mobilization camp for discharge. Washington likely abandoned maximum war strength plan for Iowa regiments. One officer may stay at Fort Des Moines to enlist volunteers from now on. Seventy-two cavalrymen reported. 25 rejected, 46 took oath, 11 did not. Rejections include youths and aliens. Recruits to receive uniforms and be sent to Donna Texas. A Muscatine deserter to Fort Des Moines faces court martial. Nearly seventy five infantry recruits remain at the fort. they will be sent south.
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Auto Swindle Probe Ties Kahn to Northeast Iowa Deals
Special Agent O O Rock traces forged introductions used by Kahn to obtain an auto selling post in Neola securing over 400 dollars in unlawful deals before vanishing leaving two customers to pursue action. Davenport fraud ring also investigated as farmer Dave Fisher from near Keota loses ten thousand dollars to the gang. Arbitration settles a land sale near Lutherion with Hoffmans eighty acres and Johnson’s 140 acres valued and re negotiated to 240 and 110 dollars per acre respectively.
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Monor
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Jeff Hoffman
Lutherion
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Holman
Johnson
Absent Voters Law Could Aid Iowa Electors
In Iowa between 40 000 and 60 000 voters may benefit from the absent voters law and thousands of dollars could be saved for the men intended by the law during the general election in Nevada consideration of its operation prior to vote.
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