Iowa City Trials and Sioux City Arrests Feature in Oskaloosa News
A busy Iowa roundup reports verdicts and sentences for drug and theft cases in Oskaloosa and nearby towns. Other items note a $6,000 Carnegie library grant, a special April election, a jail arrest in Milford, a murder trial change of venue, a fatal Rock Island train crash, a fatal fire and several local crimes, accidents, and civic plans across multiple counties including Des Moines, Sibley, and Adel.
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Oskaloosa
Hte
Tts
United States
Tracy
Sioux City
Milford
Cluales Maas
D. J. Davidson
Erhue
Counerfuitte
Davidson
Saul
Spiritlake
Nillard Buck
Newton
William Porter
Prairie City
Fort Manison
Tuck
Cyrus DB. Wilbern
A. W. Harris & Co
Grain and Coal
Sibley
Rock Island
Frank J. Stevens
Anamosa
Franklin
Harris
Carey
Nick Thomas
Osceola County
Lake Park
Los Angeles
Cal
W. J. MacDonald
Iowa City
MacDonald
Court House
Marshall County
John Williams
Des Moines
John Errico
Joseph Arbbia
Drrico
Arabia
Prlice
Arbia
Errico
South Sixth Street
Oth
Tazors
Stephen L. Downing
J. W. Crofford
Osceola
Decatur County
Supreme Court
Migs Maud Stone
Lamosi
German immigrant confesses to track wrecking near Blamestead
Des Moines March 26 German born Kutzleben of South Amana confessed to tampering with the Rock Island line near Blamestead last week causing a wreck of No 41. He claims to be a nobleman forced from Germany and gave details that led to his arrest and confession in Marengo jail. He said he took tools from a foreman's shed and hurled them into a creek after the act.
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Des Moines
Bireh Kutzleben
South Amana
Rock Island
Blamestead
Marengo
Kutzleben
Kutgieben
Smalley
Iowa
Katzleben
School Boy Murderer Hits Kansas City Girl
Ruth Campbell aged sixteen died from a breast wound suffered last August when her Chariton Ta schoolboy sweetheart Walter Ralston is alleged to have shot her in jealousy. Ralston was jailed briefly before charges were dropped and none remain. The case caused a major sensation at the time.
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Ruth Campbell
Kansas City
Walter Ralston
Chariton, Ta
Ialston
Chariton
Miss Campbell
Ralston
St. Joseph
Tie
Campbell
Dr Tousley Die In Manson Hotel At Nearly Eighty
Dr Tousley an old corn doctor, who had lived in Sioux City, collapsed and died of heart failure in the Long Hotel in Manson. He arrived yesterday, was ill but seemed not seriously troubled, and his age was nearly 80. He left only 11 cents in money. Authorities could not locate his residence and he may be buried in Manson by the city.
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Santa Fe Cast
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Carl Thonan
Waverly
Tie
Walker Manutfac- Nuwities Company
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I. Crowed
Judet Quarton
Emmetsbure
Thomas Murray
Tames Cahil
Cahill
Maray
L. W. Adams
Dittle
Adel
Mike
Perry
Oscar Berven
Jacob Berven
Radcliffe
Agnes Carey
Lincoln Building
Queensland
Australia
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Schafer
Prospect Hill
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Great Western
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Town
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Greenfield
Guthrie Center
Carroll
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Altape
Carroh
Iowa
Dakotas
St. Paul
Arispe
Taft Dodge
Stockney
Northwest
Chicaga
Stickney
Des Moines
Iceland
Manson
Premeditated wreck blamed for Rock Island train ditching
Iowa City reports indicate saboteurs likely removed a rail and drew spikes to derail the westbound Rock Island flyer near Homestead twenty miles west at one this morning. Detectives and the sheriff pursue traces while sixty five passengers escaped with limited injuries in a thirty foot embankment crash.
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Iowa City
Homestead
Here
Robbies
A. C. Hotchkiss
William Smith
W. Wallcock
Chicago
Porter
Waterloo man weds French pianist ending breach suit
George W Bowder of Waterloo married Madame Eugenie De Lafayette, famed French pianist, in Chicago on December 9 after filing an $18,500 breach of promise suit against Mrs EB H Curtiss. Bowder had claimed $15,000 for breach and expenses. suit dismissed as wedding announced.
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George W. Bowder
Waterloo
Madame Eugenie de Lafayette
Mre
H. Curtiss
Bowder
Hartoian
Madame de Lafayette
Chicago
Mother and Son Die After Gasoline Explosion
A Sioux City house fire caused by gasoline vapors after an earlier spill killed Mrs. Harland Newton of Sheldon Nebraska and her nine year old son Ben while guests in H. H. Kneebone’s home. Kneebone tried to rescue them but both died in the flames. Kneebone and others escaped. The incident occurred Tuesday into yesterday as the fire consumed the residence.
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Sioux City
Harland Newton
Sheldon
Neb
Ben
H. H. Kneebone
Newton
John
Kneebone
Mr. Kneebone
Marshalltown fights soldiers' preference law in supreme court
In Nes Moines telegraph notes from the capital Marshalltown officials attack the soldiers' preference law in the supreme court arguing against its constitutionality. The piece covers a Des Moines market scene with Humane Society concerns and a pending deposition in a state overcharges case, plus railroad plans, tax assessments, coal industry data, and National Guard encampment dates. It also notes Shiloh claim hearings, governor Cummins, and potential appeals to Roosevelt or Congress.
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Nes Moines
Marshalltown
Supreme Court
Obed Caswell
C. H. van Law
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