Iowa News Roundup Shows Tragedy and Triumph
A West Liberty farmer dies after a hayload fall. A Chicago grocer now in Newton on fraud and mortgage forgery charges. A Marathon girl attempts suicide over a forbidden courtship. Riverside and Fairfield accidents claim lives and fire devastates the Fair- field Steam Laundry and creamery. A Cedar Rapids stabbing wound, a Ma- dison rail tax push, and a patent corn cracker promise farm progress. Burlington fast mail No 15 breaks a speed record, averaging over a mile per minute across 185 miles.
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James Melwood
West Liberty
Charles W. Bryan
Chicago
Newton
McNeil & Uigegins Company
Iowa
Ada
G. W. Eimbleman
Marathon
Stirs
Long
Riverside
Fairfield
Imwood Creamery
Martin Wanselik
Cedar Rapids
Colar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
John Ward
Marshaltown Light, Power and Railway Company
Ward
Purnia Ramsey
Brown
Miss Pleek
Teer
Wallace Struhbard
Albany, Mo
St. Joe
Madison County
Me. Hubbard
Winterset
Macksburg
Madison
M. Rankin
Iowa Falls
Crowe Township
Shelby County
Weber
Napoleon
Moscow
Burlington Fast Mail No. 15
Burlington
Croston
Creston
U. P
Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Mitchell Murder Trial
The Montezuma jury spent twenty one hours unable to agree on a verdict in the Mitchell murder case and was discharged. Reports show eight jurors favored conviction and four favored acquittal, marking the trial as highly sensational and stirring county interest.
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Mitchell
Albin
Hellugsworth
Ls Boon
Republic of Chicago
Wipella County
Enonrt
Janney Manufacturing Company
Onawa
Warheeld
Iowa
Onuawa
Oliver
Supreme Court of the United States
A. J. Payne
Pioneé Marquette Railroad
Hazel
Marquette
Mich
W. L. Spencer
George Gillate
Inn
Burlington
Helen Blair
Quincy
Northwestern Railroad
Tama
Supreme Court of Iowa
Justine Weaver
Emmetsburg
Issus
Emimersburg
Emmersburg
Ralph Jenson
National Suit Company
Independence
Bankers’ Association
Walworth
Wis
Manhattan
Tirek
J. Schmidt
Letson Balliet Sentenced to Three Months Jail
Letson Balliet, portrayed as a mining magnate, was sentenced by Judge McPherson to three months in the county jail and fined $300 plus about $10,000 in trial costs. Sheriff Oper said there is no special treatment for prominent prisoners. Balliet’s confinement will start immediately and health concerns may shorten the jail term.
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Des Moines
Letson Balllet
Ile
Smith Melherson
Ballet
King
Slacks
Jay
Laurel
Leigh Hunt
Lonnen
Oper
Valliet
McPherson
FB. Balliet
Whitecaps Found Guilty in Denison Trial Verdict
The jury awarded Jacob Schaupp $600 actual and $100 exemplary damages against Henry Handke, Jacob Herges, and I A Southwell in a Denison case where a masked whitecapping gang beat Schaupp at his Dunlap home last October. Schaupp had sought $10,000, claiming to identify the assailants with his family corroborating. The defendants deny guilt and may request a new trial.
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Jacob Schaupp
Council Bluits
Denison
Henry Handke
Jacob Herges
I. A. Southwell
Schaupp
Dunlap
Handke
Herges
Soutloeth
Flaw in Biennial Elections Amendment Mooted
Des Moines reports a new objection to the biennial elections amendment arguing it bundled a dozen different constitutional changes. Critics say submitting multiple amendments together may violate the requirement to present amendments separately. Governor Cummins says he needs time but does not believe the omission of words alters validity.
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Cummins
O. K. Des Moines
Supreme Justices
Lawer Hudspeth Insane Man Imagines Satan
Attorney John Hudspeth was adjudged insane by the insane commission and ordered to the state hospital at Clarinda, with Sheriff Marshall delivering him there. Indictments against him for lewdness, maintaining a house of prostitution, and obtaining money by false pretenses are tied to his recent convulsions and alleged blackmail actions. His wife and five children face hardship as he declines to defend himself and remains brooded and isolated.
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Satan
Atlantic
Atttorney
John Hudspeth
Insane Commission
State Hospital
Clarinda
Marshall
God
Ife
Prent
Four-Year-Old Girl Wounds Breast In Yard Accident
In English Township Chariton county a four year old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilse Willoughby, fell on an open knife blade held by her while playing in the yard. The blade pierced her breast near the heart and doctors struggled to close the wound. Pneumonia developed from air entering the wound, slightly worsening her outlook, though she was still holding her own at last report.
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Chariton
Child Dies After Accidental Carbolic Acid Drink
Elkhart reports the death of three year-old Ivan Higgins, son of Charles Higgins, after he accidentally drank carbolic acid in the city. His mother was away from the room when the bottle’s contents were consumed, and there is little hope for recovery.
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Littleton
Iddie Budgine
Iddie
Elkhart
Ivan
Charles Higgins
Reac
Burglars Visit Mediapolis Store
Mediapolis residents report that burglars robbed the Swigert Brothers store on November 23, taking hats caps shoes and shirts worth several hundred dollars. There is no clue to the thiefs or investigation yet.
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Mediapolis
Swigert Brothers
Union Seminary Leaves Presbyterian Fold in Pittsburgh
Union Theological Seminary voted unanimously to discard the Westminster Confession and accept its own terms, a move announced at Mrs William Thaws home in Pittsburgh. A $250000 gift followed, sharply exiting the Presbyterian fold as Dr David Schaff, newly arrived Western Theological professor and Union alumnus, disclosed the action amid secrecy reports.
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Pittsburg
William Thaw
Union Theological Seminary
David Schley Schaff
Western Theological Seminary
New York
Union Seminary
Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
Union Seminary Board of Trustees
Cash market reports and price quotations fade at Chicago
Nov 25 Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat and corn prices mixed with odds and ends on live stock and dairy items. Prices include wheat near 1.09 to 1.10, oats around 32 cents, and rye and corn differing by location. Livestock markets list Chicago hogs around 3.00 to 3.50, cattle and beeves varying by city. Rockefeller guards at Adirondacks preserve spark local ire amid tension. A nurse in Texas attempts self harm aboard a train.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
Tiene
Ae Tan
Ea Ac
Wansea
Chisago
Michigan
New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Burbanks
Hickman proprietor kills uncle in own home
Milt Shaw owner of the Hickman Courley in Kentucky killed his uncle Bob Buck in Shaw's residence after Buck had threatened to kill him. No arrest was reported.
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Hickman
Milt Shaw
Hickman Courley
Bob Buck
Buck
Shaw
Prohibition Repudiated by Liberals and Conservatives
At the Toronto convention on November 28 both provincial Liberals and Conservatives repudiated prohibition as a political platform. The move signals cross party opposition to Prohibition as a policy.
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Canada
Toronto
Conserve Ives
Letson Balliet case moves to recover defense funds in Des Moines
Des Moines reports a likely move to recover 2400 on deposit for Balliet's defense, with G H Stullar bringing White Swan Mines books from Baker City to show Balliet credited himself. The dispatch notes over 20,000 spent by Balliet on prior prosecutions, and that the records may prove this expenditure.
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Des Moines
Letson Balllet
G. H. Stullar
White Swan Mines Company
Baker City
Oregon
White Swan Company
Balliet
Fuuls
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