Tragic rail accident and county ditch vote detailed
The report describes a man fatally injured after a fall from a moving train near Fort Dodge and details a postponed joint ditch system decision for Harrison and Pottawattamie counties. It notes opposition from property owners, Northwestern Railroad protests over bridge damages, and outlines other local matters including a death in Charleston, a Mason City Elks nuisance fine, and a slate of court and public safety events across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bendrita Wax
Ulinais Conte
Fort Dodge
Che Uivarage Oriver
Jew Tentley
Tara
Physi Biania
West Bond
Warrison
Pottawalamie
Tunyihe
Missouri Valley
Northwestern Railroad
Nellie Fulmer
Charleston
Wo Ya
Miss Fulmer
Des Moines
Savery
Adel
Canon City
Colorado
Kelley
District Court
Cerro Gordo County
Elks
Mason City
Smith
Tawa
Red Oak
Emer &. Thomas
Efyie Federation of
Omaha
Denison
Dennison
American Can Company
Davenport
Sher- Wood
Storwood
Glucose Iuust
A. J. Wilson
First National Bank
Storm Lake
W. 2. Brown
Sioux City
Wilson
Brown
Trist and Savings Bank of
Storm Lake Bank
Charles Novoins
Meitborn
Thrift
National Guard
Osceola
Creston
Dennison trial tales hinge on parole and motives
Red Oak reports a long, tangled trial trace involving Dennison allies and parole plots. Key testimony from Shercliffe links Dennison to the Pollock robbery and a brokered parole, with cross examinations revealing political ties and alleged payments.
Waterloo To Tax Doga To Curb Nuisance
An upcoming city ordinance aims to eliminate doga by imposing annual taxes of five dollars on males and ten dollars on females. The measure, after its first reading, is defended by Mayor Rector who cites canine nuisance from midnight howling and concerns from parents about potential bites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doga
Waterloo
Canel
Rector
Oklahoma Sheriff Seeks Shercliffe at Red Oak Hotel
A May 81 report says Deputy Sheriff OA Tatnd of Blagswell Oklahoma arrived with a warrant for the arrest of Frank Shercliffe after a Dennison trial on burglary charges tied to Blackwell in 1901. Oklahoma officials plan to submit papers to Governor Cummins, with Shercliffe vowing defiance and boasting of using his revolvers if necessary.
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Red Oak
Dennison
Judge Green
Mrs. Dennison
Homer Morris
Shereliffe
Wrather
Shercliffe
Wetmore
A. O. Lund
Lackwell
Oila
Thomas
N.N. Jones
Fort Madison Penitentiary
B. W. Blunt
C. G. Hipwell
Davenport
Shirercliffe
F H
Duel
Frank Peardyeld
Omaha
Pardon Glerx Garrett
Des Moines
Shereliffe Tria
Logan
Walter I. Smith
C. I. Geane
White
Kansas City
Pollaet
Mike Conroy
Fay
Clinton
Swartz
Pollack
Oklahoma
Blagswell
Orla
Blackwell
Lews
Tani
Oklhone
Sovernear
Cummins
Vebber
Shorelfe
Sheriff Land
Mar
Frank Shereliffe
Hal
Connen
Sherif Lynde
Boy Heir To Millions Inherits Zeigler Estate
William Conrad Brandt, twelve, adopted son of the late William Zeigler, will inherit about 25 million from the Zeigler estate. Born July 28, 1882 in Muscatine, he lived with Zeigler since age three after estranged parents. He recently adopted legally, and while injured at school, doctors expect recovery. Corwin Hunttig of Muscatine is an uncle. mother is Mrs Conrad Haney of Newark.
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Campbell
Chers
Conneil Bluffs
Mareh
Aminbon
William Kite
Aue
Udon
George Wells
Wolfsburg
Atharney AL
Woods
Grimly Center
Comstock
Wells
Grundy Center
Wellsburz
Wellsurg
Hii
Sam Stewart
Charley J. Stewart
Chariton
Te Farm Yard
Thomas Jackson
Lake Okoboji
Sioux City
Clay County
Jackson
Lost Island Lake
Charles Love
Burlington
Liberty
Patterson
Love
Higgins
Tiggins
Neola Elevator Company
Neola Company
C., M. & St. P. Railway Company
Harkins & Donnell
William Alitz
Wheelerwood
Mason City
Mgr. Arlitz
Rauciny
Manley
Mr. Arkly
Foumi
Marshalltown
Lille Gower
George Hedstrom
William Brandt
Muscatine
William Conrad Brandt
William Zeigler
Connecticut
Zeigler
Muscaline
George Frandt
Mr. Zeigler
William Huttig
Mr. Ziegler
Iad
Col. W. HH. Hunttig
Ziegler
Conrad Haney
Newark
N. J
Chicago
Storm Lake Banker Testifies Books Altered in Loss Case
W E Brown, a Storm Lake banker, testified in federal court that he urged cashier Alexander to alter ledgers to hide a ten thousand dollar certificate of deposit sent to Des Moines National Bank. He faced a tough cross examination as prosecutors built their case. A Spencer witness described purchasing an land contract assignment tied to Brown’s spending, with Brown’s equity sold for twenty five dollars. Arguments set to begin the following morning.
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Storm Lake
Sioux City
W. E. Brown
Alexander
Des Moines Naional Bank
Brown
Old Gold on Top Iowa Wins Intercollegiate Meet in Rain
In a steady rain Des Moines hosted the sixteenth annual intercollegiate track meet. Iowa pressed Drake and Grinnell, with Ames fading to fifth after praise for Jack Watson’s team. Iowa earned 88.5 points, Grinnell 32.5, Drake 28, Norman 26, Ames 17, Coe 4, with Iowa placing in most events except the 100 and 220 yard dashes, discus, shot put, and two mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Corinne
Hawkeyes
Drake
Ames
Jack Watson
Towa
Grinnell
Norman
Coe
Next General Assembly in Des Moines May 26
The next general assembly of the Presbyterian church will be held at Des Moines, Winona Lake, Ind., on May 26. Delegates from Presby terian congregations are expected to participate, with discussion on church matters and mission affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Moines
Winona Lake
Ind
Des Moines
Firefly Harvest and Thick Buses Across Lands
The piece notes Mexico uses three to six foot thick bus walls to endure quakes while Japan relies on professional firefly catchers for social occasions. Fireflies are kept in cages or released as guests arrive. A hunter uses a bamboo pole and netting at sunset to drive insects from willows into jars for collection.
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Mexico
Japan
Iowa bar association weighs grand jury abolition reform
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Bar association’s law committee favors amending the constitution to abolish the grand jury and trial by information. Judges Towner and Remey disagree on the abolition, while the committee also proposes expert testimony reform and other topics for bar consideration.
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Des Moines
Ilona State Bar Association
Ie Jaay Velerki Committee
Mar Association
Law Reform Committee
Association
Des Moines Wily Us
T. G. Kine
Law Reform Coomittem
Congressiman
M. J. Wade
Jows Chey
Pudeo HH
Remney
Anamosa
Jo HH. Henderson
Indianela
B.S. Toston
Burlington
Charles A. Clark
Cedar Rapids
I. M. ‘Towner
Canning
Juuges Towner
Remey
Additioon
Aw Reform Committee
Bar Association
Hg- Minhls
Fortune telling teacup charms London shoppers
In London buyers flock to a new fortune telling teacup sold in large quantities. The cup, engraved with symbols such as a dell, heart, horseshoe, and purse, uses tea leaves swirled at the bottom to reveal a person’s fate based on the positions of objects while one drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
New Orleans
New York City
London
Russian Fleet Movements Reported Near Korea Strait
Dispatches from Tokio May 28 indicate four Russian warships passed the Kurile straits toward the west and Vladivostok cruisers allegedly moved toward the Saddle island and the Straits of Korea. Reports claim twenty one vessels including battleships and cruisers were seen near Shanghai, with rumors of a Tayval engagement. Public reaction in St Petersburg celebrated Admiral Rozjestvensky’s potential progress, awaiting corroboration from Tokio and the naval admiralty.
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Tokio
Kurile
Rosestvensky
Gia
Kametagka
Offinan
Saigon
Cachi
China
Colliors
Rojestvensky
Saddle Island
Straits of Korea
Washington
Lake Dle
Shanghai
Lelersburs
Usalan Foreign Office
Admiralty
Associated
Korean Strait
Associated Press
Vladivostok
Rujostvensky
Captan Iroussifeff
United States
Gromoboi
Rejestvernssy
Neva
Gala Attira
Kamperor
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Togo
Tokic
Uut
Virenius
Navy
Effort to Break the Vladivostok Line Narrows Focus
May 27 report details a daring May 23 Japanese attempt to cut the railway and blow a bridge near a tributary of the Tung Hao. The maneuver mirrors a prior 1904 action near Mukden, linking Kuanchengtsu to Kirin by field rail. Parallel events tie Gen Rennens Kamii’s cavalry south of Fa koman to Nanganuma’s earlier feat.
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St. Petersburg
Kuanchengtsu
Kirin
Kainskair
Mukden
Nanganuma
Marshall Oyama
Kuropatkin
Rennens
Kamii
Fakoman
Mistchenko
Newchwang
Mongolia
Equitable Life Suffers Restraint on Mutualization Action
Justice Maddox in Brooklyn Supreme Court granted Franklin B. Lord a motion to restrain Equitable Life Assurance Society directors from mutualizing the company. The injunction remains in effect only during the trial of the action which raises the same issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable
New York
Franklin B. Lord
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Maddox
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Hobson Marries Brizelda Hull in Tuxedo Park Ceremony
Miss Brizelda Houston Hull, daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Hull, wed Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson yesterday at the Hull home in Tuxedo Park New York. The ceremony linked two prominent families in a private City ceremony with out of town guests.
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Hobson
Benedict
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Brizelda Houston Itull
George H. Hull
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Hull
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild Dies at 79 in Paris
Paris reports Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, head of the French Rothschild banking branch and governor of the Bank of France, died at 4:30 yesterday morning from acute bronchitis aggravated by gout. He was 79 and had been fading in recent days.
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Baron Rothschild
Paris
Baron Alphonse de Rothgchild
Rothschild
Bank of France
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Executive Council
Military Department
Tiles W. II
Mel Henry
Civic League
Barber Asphalt Company
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