Iowa News in 1900s: Fires, Robberies, Trials and Courts
Hugh Wheeler gets four years hard labor in Anamosa for throwing lye at Mrs. Ramsey. Waterloo fire damages Wilson Bros. factory and wholesale house, with $10,000 loss and $2,700 insurance. Postoffice robbery suspects in Reinbeck loom. two jailed in Marion seek plea deals. lawsuits against Jefferson drugstores over a patron’s death linked to liquor. Crooks found guilty of assault in Cresco. appeal possible. Iowa culture stations expand. 400 in place, room for 800. An Am земam injuries from yard accident. O Bleness sues Des Moines yards for $20,000. Monroe accused of theft. Creston janitor injured by falling piano. Coal shippers protest weighing shifts. tramp Barquiss found near Marshalltown. Census to inquire road usage and output. Howe and Murphy jailed in Omaha for attempted robbery. note links to Hamburg, Iowa. Coe students quarantined for chickenpox. Mass rabbit hunt near Marysville nets 239 for Little, 111 for Barnhill. Dedham Savings Bank seeks attachment against Caton for $18,000. Maxwell & Crouch Mule Co. sells 127 mules from Oska loosa. Carbon store robbed for safe jewelry. nitro used to blow open safe.
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Hugh Wheeler
T Alison
Lye
Innie Ramsey
Anamosa
Waterloo
Wilson Bros
Fossa
Reinbeck
Adams
Marion
Reinhbeck
Post Office Department
R. Lindell
Jefferson
Davies & Merrill
Shuey
Avith
J. H. Crooks
Cresco
Crooks
Henry Albert
Iowa City
Iowa
Albert
United States
Henry O'Bleness
Des Moines
Iowa Falls &Northern
O’bleness
O'Bleness
J. D. Spence
Clemens
Marshall County
John Monroe
Monroe
Spence
Ddd
Graulatta
R. McMaster
Creston
AleMaster
McMaster
Delano
Burlington
Chicago
William Barquiss
Marshalltown
Barquss
Executive Council
Marston and MacDonald
State College
Ames
State Good Roads Commission
General Assembly
Fred Howe
Charles @. Murphy
Hamburg
Omaha
Board of Health
Charles Martin
Carroll
South Twelfth Street
Wherrly and Fishwild
Wyoming
Minder
Rogers and Swearington
Bac Clty
Marysville
Marion County
Errch
William Little
Samuel Barnhill
Dedham Savings Bank
J. G. Caton
Plaintiff Bank
Dedham
Caton
R. J. Gaker
Oskaloosa
Maxwell & Crouch Mule Company
East & Louis
Marlott
Carbon
Sioux City Burned: Two Blocks Destroyed In City Fire
A massive blaze last night in Sioux City, Bronx City, Nev, gutted two central business blocks between Third and Fourth streets and Jackson and Pierce streets. Loss is estimated between 1.6 and 3 million dollars, with landmark buildings including the Toy Bank and Massachusetts block reduced to ashes. Fire began in the Pelletter Dry Goods basement and spread rapidly, leaving only a few structures intact as fire crews and the Omaha department battled the flames. The city’s streetcar network and major commerce lay in ruins in the wake of the disaster.
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Bronx City
Nev
Sioux City
Toy Bank
Massachusetts
Guital
Frn
Pelletier Dry Goods Company
Fourth
Jackson Streets
Third
Jackson
Pierce Streets
Sioux City Tribune
Jackson Street
Toy Bags
T. S. Martin Dry Goods Company
Davidson Bros
Omaha
Sionx City
Fremen
Pelleter Dry Goods Company
Orkin Bros
Fagley & Co
Paul Leader
George M. Conway
State Bank Building Company
Martin Bros
Magner & Walsh
Richards and Batra
Supreme Court
Clerk Crockett
W. A. Richards
Frank Baird
Bert Richards
Martin
Ostaloosa
McCoy
L. C. Bolton
Read & Reid
Bremner
Des Moines
Louis Busge
Get Dowg
Leonard Morgan
Canton
Burlington
Fire Loss in Reynolds Block at Fort Dodge
A Dec 23 report details a major fire at the Reynolds block on Fort Dodge’s prominent corner, with $30,000 estimated loss covered by insurance. The Furlong & Meloy dry goods store suffered heavy damage as cotton batting fuelled flames, causing a panic and widespread destruction across all building floors. Additional listed losses include Ww. T. Chantland $750 and more. Subsequent items note a fatal scalp injury at Omaha's McCord Brady grocery, a large Iowa City brewing plant fire with $75,000–$100,000 loss, Garber jury disagreement in Webster City, and Secretary Shaw’s close call with a Washington streetcar.
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Furlong & Meloy
Ww. T. Chantland
Reynolds Block
Masonic Indge
Iowa Telephone Company
Farrell & Prise
Wright & Nugent
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury
Bhaw
Fire at Mitchellville destroys ten thousand dollars in property
Mitchellville December 23 fire at 10 39 am destroyed about 10000 worth of property. Five buildings on Main street were burned with only portions of contents saved. The blaze started in Jim Lyons restaurant from a gasoline stove. Losses included Lyons restaurant 2000 insured, two frame buildings 500 each, Hickox and Carnes properties, Fields estate dry goods 2000 insured, Onera block 5000 insured, with most contents saved.
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Mitchellville
Main Street
Jim Lyons
P.P. Lyons
Hickox
Carnes
Patterson Jury Divided Six For Conviction And Acquittal
New York December reports show the Nan Patterson jury unable to reach a verdict after deliberations. Six jurors favored conviction and six favored acquittal in the murder case. The foreman noted the overall six to six split, with votes distributed among murder in the first degree and various degrees of manslaughter. Patterson sobbed as the jury was discharged, later fainting on her father’s shoulder. Justice Davis remanded her to the Tombs.
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Washington
Justice Davis
Miss Paatterson
Mr. Rand
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