Laws on illegal fishing and multiple Iowa City burglaries
The report details arrests for illegal fishing near Iowa City with a seized fish and seine. It notes repeated burglaries at Hicks store near Reinbeck with no clues, a fatal train accident at Council Bluffs, a whisky poisoning death near Lake Park, and insolvency issues facing banker John Sloan Jr. in Maquoketa. It also mentions a lime kiln discovery near Vinton, a heroic rescue at Lake City, jewelry store burglary in Iowa City, a Rock Island Depot break in, a car chase near Forest City, and ongoing county clerk actions in Colfax.
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George
Charles Ruppert
Iowa City
Hebhel
Cedar Rapids
Hicks
Great Western
Reinbeck
Floyd F. Mitchell
Carpenter
Missouri Valley
Broadway
Northwestern
Council Bluffs
Mitchell
Tow
Lake Park
Mquor
Ackley
John Sloan, Jr
Maquobeta
Forthcome
Vinton
Evans
Phil Doyle
Woodlawn Church of Christ
Lake City
L. Organ
McCannon
Raccoon
Mitchellville
Sraud
Rosenkrantz
Rock Island
Winnebago County
Leland
Forest City
Gene Garton
O. J. Anderson
Forest Thirty Mile
Garton
Anderson
Secretary of State
Colfax
Colfax Bottling Works
Iowa
Mallon
Thompson
Multiple Iowa tragedies and public safety incidents reported
A roundup of Iowa cases includes a 21 year old drowning near Dubuque, a 16 year old stabbed in Oskaloosa, and a fatality from a self inflicted hanging near Williamsburg. Reports also note funding requests for Missouri river work with $85,000 near Sioux City and almost $500,000 for Kansas City relief, plus a hunting accident near Carroll and a farm leader dying in Chicago after cancer surgery. Additional items cover a saloon closing in Iowa City, a candy firm theft in Cedar Falls, gasoline explosions harming residents, a bounty on groundhogs, a teenage girl attempting suicide after a family dispute, and a Colfax accident where Mrs Reese and her baby were left unharmed.
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George Young
Maquoketa Chute
Dubuque
Harry Pattichard
Oskaloosa
Chicago
H. M. Chittenden
Sioux City
Kansas City
Wolfgang Danner
Carroll
William Keefe
Franklin County
Winfield Carpenter
Iowa City
W. Rock
Wood
Louis Jones
Hugh Jones
Williamsburg
Mr. Jones
Frank MelInnerny
Cedar Falls
Louie
Greece
Missouri Valley Fire Department
James
Clarence Stevens
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Uriah Ralston
Clay Township
Gertrude Richey
Fred L. Richey
Merguson
al. Reese
Colfax
Burglars Foiled In Norwalk Store Break-In
Glad riddled with shot during second attempt at Easter & Smith store. In darkness, a burglar opened fire at Mr. Smith who returned fire. bullets shattered the storefront as villains fled, leaving rail tools and a section car as clues they planned to move loot by rail.
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Easter & Smith
Norwalk
Easter
Iowa Men Beaten After Misidentification on Street Car
Iowa stock raisers Mack Fray and John Bartholomew, mistaken for strike breakers, were dragged from an Ashland avenue car and beaten. Fray’s nose broke. Bartholomew suffered severe injuries. They reached the yards with cattle and hogs, Bartholomew bleeding. no arrests reported.
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Chicago
Mack Fray
John Bartholomew
Iowa
Ashland Avenue
Fray
Bartholomew
Gross Avenue
Ve- Viet
Unnamed Man Found Murdered Near Perry Tracks Iowa
A decomposed male body, age about 25 to 28, was found near Milwaukee and Rock Island tracks in Perry on a Saturday night. No identification, $2.65 in his hat, no bullet wounds, skull damage suggests a blunt force death. Witnesses heard shots two weeks earlier. coroner’s jury to investigate.
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Perry
Iowa
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Des Moines News
J. N. Partner
A- M. Harvey
White
A. J. Caves
Davis Accepts Democratic Nomination for Vice President
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia August 18 Henry Gassaway Davis was formally notified as the Democratic Party nominee for vice president. In a brief speech he endorsed the platform and attacked Republican finances noting deficits and rising per capita costs. He highlighted sectional reconciliation since the Civil War and praised Representative John Sharp Williams for delivering the notification.
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United States
National Democracy
Mason and Dixon
Secretary of the Treasury
Buchanan
Harrison
Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevelt
Republican Party
St. Louis
House of Representatives
Kingdom of Heaven
Chicago Record-Herald
Lakealr
Rail line battles loom as intercity plans emerge
August 22 1904 notes from Des Moines show St Joseph Albany and Des Moines line surveys nearing completion with through service projected by June next year. Inter-State Railway contracts 400 miles from Kansas City and eyes Duluth while Kansas City financiers back a northern route. The state health board orders town health officers to register births and deaths, stream pollution concerns grow, and Western Union fights state assessment power as public notices mix with local tragedies and humorous quips.
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Kansas City
Duluth
Percival Steele
Chicago
St. Joseph, Alban & de Maines
B. 9
Mordaunt
New York
Inter-State
State Board of Health
Iowa
State Board
Thiss Board
District Court
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Ft. Dodge
Frank Clemons
Fred Raff
Clemons
Ottumwa
Walter Home
O. Y. Home
Des Moines
Johnny
London
Town City
Paul Snekwana
City of London
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Royal Commission On
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Young Hopkins Universiy
John Pierson
Burlington
Mississippi River
Big City
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M L. Everett
M. L. Eiverett
Christian Church
Keosauqua
Bennett
Everett
Knoxville
James Carpenter
Centerville
Mite
Dans In
Western Union Telegraph Company
B. F. Carroll
Cornell Bluffs
Western Union
John H. Pryor
New York State
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