News in Iowa pegs oars on crime fires and rails
Mra Cart faces a jail beating hearing in West Union after being charged with murdering her husband in Detwolh on Dec 31. Other items include a Fort Dodge hospital blaze injury to Sylvester Worley, grand jury actions in Cass County, a Mason City Farmers convention, and railway and railroad rate measures.
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Mra. Cart
Detwolh
West Union
Grant
Thomas Crawford Lockhard
Marengo
Guinea
Sylvester Worley
Allnots
Les
Fort Dodge
Worley
Cass County Grand Jury
Thomas, Murray
Preston
Eusden
Maine
Grover Babcock
Griswold
Dick Farding
Atlantic
Harding
Babcock
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Farmers Grain Dealers’ Association of Town
Mason City
Des Moines
Williams
James Checkel
Chelsea
Checkel
Checker
John R. Stuart
Hominghaus & Dammerman
Denver
Peter Larson
Wallingford
Hatherville
Emmet
CharivarI party members held on malice mishief charges
Frank Herder accused William Martens Charley Martens Fred Martens Henry Martens Charley Ruebel August Johnson Charley Wetter of malicious mischief after a wedding celebration in Rockwell City Center township. They were arrested brought before Justice Tennant bound over to grand jury on $200 bonds.
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Rockwell City
Frank Herder
Center Township
William Martens
Charley Martens
Fred Martens
Henry Martens
Charley Ruebel
August Johnson
Charley Wetter
Curties
Ander
Committed murder to protect home verdict in Dubuque
William Clark was acquitted by a Dubuque jury of murdering Leroy Sumner whom he found with his wife. The defense claimed temporary insanity but the home defense prevailed. Spectators cheered the verdict as Clark’s acts to protect his home were cited. Sumner had sought money meals on several tours, and Clark aided him before the fatal confrontation last October.
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Dubuque
William Clark
Leroy Sumner
Sumner
Clark
Lawler, Sond
Olke
Malcom
Garden City
New Inheritance Tax Proposed in Des Moines Plan
A new collateral inheritance tax bill was introduced in the Iowa House by Representative Chassell. It repeals the old levy doubling the tax for state residents, directs a quarter of collected tax to county funds, and adds collection fees. County clerks audit administrators and wills to report taxable property, with a $1 per $100 information reward and fees for county attorneys. The bill repeals Chapter 51 acts and code section 1477.
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Des Moines
Representive Chassell
Allewa
Acts of the
Thor Heth General Assembly
Man Loses Arm In Corn Shelter Accident
Atlante Jan 30 J P Metz near Anita was injured while oiling a power shell shelter. His left hand caught in the gearing and was drawn into the machine requiring amputation below the elbow. He was rushed to the hospital for operation.
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Atlante
J. P. Metz
Anita
Akron Farmwoman Shoots Self in Suspected Despair
Mrs. August Koch, 50, of a farm four miles east of Akron, fired a .22 bullet into her head during a personal crisis. She bound a cloth around the wound and continued chores until collapse. Husband found her. doctors including her son Dr. Koch operated. her condition is grave.
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Koch
Akron
Mamen of
LeMars
Gasoline Only in Vermillion Vermilion Red Cans Debate
Des Moines reports a bill by Senator Harper to ban kerosene lamps and require gasoline sold in vermillion red cans plainly labeled gasoline. Dealers face 5 to 100 dollars fines. consumers must store gasoline only in red cans. Exemption for gasoline in ten gallon lots for manufacturing purposes.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Harper
Ottumwa
Committee On Public Health
Drastic Medicine Bill Prompts Poison Label Plan
Des Moines February report on Representative Clary’s bill requiring a poison stamp on medicines containing morphine or cocaine and labeling all patent medicines with full ingredient lists. The measure, debated in the house, was referred to public health committee with expectation of passage.
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Clary
Des. Moines
House of Representatives
Committee On Public Health
House
Embezzlement Charge Tangles Louis Becker’s Downfall
Louis Becker of a Sioux City stock yard firm is jailed in Willmar Minnesota and to be brought to Sioux City to face embezzlement charges of seven thousand two hundred dollars. Partner Maurice Degan accuses him of siphoning bank funds and fleeing to Willmar where he was intercepted by law enforcement. Becker’s alleged rapid lifestyle is cited as the motive behind the act.
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Atlantia
Grand Jury
W. Needles
Mr. Needles
Needles
Needies
Waterloo
H. H. Poranbrack
St. Mary's Catholic Church of
Church of the
Dubuque
Carroll
Oux City
Louis Becker
Sloux City
Ducker & Degan
Sioux City
Wilemar, Minn
Maurice Degan
Becker
Willimar
Po- Nee Dingen
Mr. Degan
Charles Wise
Smothered Baby In Arms Colfax January 81
Mrs. C. G. T. Robinson awoke to find her three month old child dead in her arms after feeding it at her breast during the night. The infant was fleshy and healthy. The mother is grief stricken and the husband is a grocery clerk. the couple has a second child aged four years.
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George Edwards
Lovilta
Duroc Jersey
Harding
Macedonia
Pearl Levin
Moris Levin
Muscatine
Pearl
Frank O'Hara
Fort Dodge
R. M. Rowland
Marengo
Naval Department
Robert Blaine Rowland
Rainbow
Mary Treman
Sait
J. F. W. Treman
Mediapolis
Germany
Thomas Powers
Des Moines
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Tort Dodge
Powers
J. M. Briggs
Estherville
Briggs
Alexander
Chariton
Funk
Ohl
Frank Manning
California
Mexico
J. H. Darrahis
Iowa
Darrah
Colfax
Jan
CG. T. Robinson
In & Grocery
Nature's medicinal extracts praised as life aid
The passage extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a forest plant based remedy for digestive, liver, and blood issues. It asserts purity, alcohol free formula, printed ingredients, and urges rejecting substitutes while promoting related laxatives and anecdotal health notes.
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RV. Pierce
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Builate
Pierce
Thunder Bows a YWCA Address in Eastern City
A prominent member of the Young Women's Christian Association addressed a large gathering of women in an Eastern city when a thunder shower interrupted. Fear gripped the crowd as a blinding flash and savage thunderclap struck. She rose, trembled, and prayed for divine protection, invoking that feathers are non conductors.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Dr Williams Pink Pills Praised In Winter Weakness Ad
The piece promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood and nerve tonic for winter weakness caused by confined indoor air and reduced activity. It includes a patient testimonial from Mrs. Glara L. Wilde of Detroit praising rapid strength, appetite, and color restored after six boxes, and a remark by James K. Hackett about an actor’s misfortune with eggs in Cape Town.
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Dr. Williams
Theron
de. Williams
Denance march 8 package sale at ten cents for sixteen ounces
The notice advertises a sixteen ounce package priced at ten cents with a claim of denouncing a march on March 8. It contrasts with a maxim about ministers and aging, noting the saying that the good die young. The fragment presents a sales bead with moral commentary in a period voice.
Irrigated Agriculture and Opportunity in the Sacramento Valley
A visitor’s account extols the Sacramento Valley as vast fertile land with irrigation on the horizon. It notes two near completion canals, plans for a full valley system, and dry farming fading as irrigated farms expand. The piece highlights growth, population, and economic potential for small farms under favorable California climate.
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California Valley
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce
Sacramento River
United States Reclamation Service
California
S. Fortier
United States Department of Agriculture
Sacramento Valley
A J. Wells
Muddy peddler on New York avenue carries a hidden book
A small man dressed in fine clothes muddied from travel wandered an uptown New York avenue. He appeared ill as he zigzagged along. From his overcoat pocket protruded a paper covered book titled The Simple Life, observed by passers by.
Greatest American Railroad System described as a water course
The New York Central system is hailed as the nation's premier railroad, laid out like a water course from the Midwest to the Atlantic. Commodore Vandernill and President W. H. Newman are cited for its four track mainline from Buffalo to New York and the network feedingLake Shore, Michigan Central, Big Four and Lake Erie and Western into key terminals. The piece notes its drainage analogy, central role in the Midwest, and its liberal dealings with the public and press compared to competitors.
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Chicago
New York Central
Commodore Vandernill
Mississippi
Atlantic
Middle West
Atlantic Ocean
Buffalo
New York
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Delralt
Mackinaw
Cleveland
Big Four
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Lake Eria
The Eiffel Tower Shortens in Winter
The note discusses the Eiffel Tower being eight inches shorter in winter than in summer. An advertisement promotes Deflanca Starch to keep clothing white, offering 16 ounces for 10 cents.
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United States
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Ilona
Countess de Castellane
London
Paris
Exchange Telegraphompany
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Alexandria
James K. Hackett
Brown
South Africa
Jim
Cape Town
Denance
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