Ottumwa water works sale ordered at county court house
Judge McPherson has ordered the Ottumwa water works property sold at the county courthouse to the highest bidder. Chas Smith as special master will conduct the sale with$5100 cash or certified check required from bidders and a $5100 deposit after bid acceptance. Sale to be advertised weekly for five weeks in an Ottumwa paper. date and hour to be decided later.
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Ottumwa
Ancion
Chas. ¥. Smith
United States
Keokuk
Lown
Rock Island
Rock Island Railroad
Atlantic
Avoca
Guthrie County
Atlantic West
George Barker
Burns
Snell
Clinton
Dr. Hamilton
Dr. Fischer
Ed. Henle
Clarence Fay
Barrier
Daniel Murphy
Frogs
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Iowa
Missouri
Indiana
J. E. Campbell
F. S. Dunshee
Des Moines
Broushé A Campbell
Prohibition
Tie-Asamidnweaith
Tan
Homer Holjland
National Septation
Mt. Ayr
Hunter
Holland
Osceola and
Leon
Lamar
Melbourne
L. H. Pearson
B. Kibbey
George Hines & Son
Melbourne Harness Coa
Pearson Hotel
B. F. Hull
E. A. Hunts & C O
SY. L. M. Weasel
Farmers’ Bank
Tara
Illnois Central
Ft. Dodge
Optimistic outlook on spring fruit after cold snap
Des Moines May 4 reports from Sage of the weather bureau suggest May frosts will not devastate fruit. While northern Iowa saw sharper thermometer drops, Sage argues early reports overstate damage and a promising outlook remains. He notes ground temperatures lag air by six to ten degrees, which could spare blossoms despite cold May conditions.
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Des Moines
J. R. Sage
Weather Bureau
Sage
Mr. Sage
Richards Indictment Right and Venue Change Debate
Colonel Kinkead reports from Knoxville on W A Richards complicity in the Sullivan robbery case. Motion to quash was overruled and a change of venue sought to Marion or Warren counties, with Monroe as possible neutral ground. Judge Nichols expected to rule soon amid press complaints and local hostility toward Richards.
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Des Moines
L. Kinkead
Knoxville
Marion County
W. A. Richards
Hamilton
Richards
Baird
Warren County
Gamble
Indianola
Monroe County
Albia
Bairdiial
Bold Express Robbery Stuns Britt Over $10000 Take
Mason City reports a daylight robbery at Britt on May 1 in which $10000 was stolen from the United States Express office. Elderly agent John Peterson was tied and gagged as two masked men forced open the shipping safe. The robbers seized the cash and other money, bound Peterson, and fled. Detectives and officers tailed leads with one suspect held at Sanborn, but Peterson is not implicated. locals believe local parties acted and the exact package value remains unconfirmed.
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Samuel Connell
Keokuk
Charles Rademacher
Sioux City Society
Thornburg Wholesale Tobacco
Trust
Rademacher
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Clifford
Marshalltown
Court House
Kennedy
State Board of Health
Rcent
Council
Republican State Central
Des Moines
George D. Perkins
Bernard Murphy
Vinton
E. M. Sargent
Harry Weaver
Harry Weaver of the First District
Boysen
Weaver
Clayton
E. W. Weeks
Guthrie Center
R. C. Gower
Laurens
John Cook
Hampton
A. W. Proudfoot
Indianola
Col. J. C. Loper
J. H. Wilson
Menlo
James
Dr. New- Tan
Schaeffer
Edgewood
Mugewood Journal
Iowa
State House
Martin
Secretary of State
Twenty-eighth General Assembly
Dubuque
Michael Morgan
Allamakee County
Ida Grove
Britt
Mason City
Fof
Milwaukee
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Peterson
Paterson
Express Company
Fort Dodge
Sanborn
Iowa Stake Drives Claim at St Louis World Fair Site
Iowa Governor Cummins formally dedicated Iowa and Oklahoma territory sites in St Louis. He and Oklahoma Governor Ferguson spoke as each stake and cornerstone were laid. A Perry citizen, A H Johnston, collapsed and died unloading a piano near Angus. Upcoming Iowa projects include a Clinton library bid, Creston Elks hall, Elkader opera house, Northwood Masons armory, Dubuque Franciscans home for aged, Sioux City Catholic orphanage, Thompson hotel stock company, and Sioux City water plant expansion.
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Cummins
Iowa
St. Louis
Oklahoma Territory
W. W. Witmer
Des Moines
Tlafe Young
Oklahoma
Ferguson
Covernor Jenkins
Seay
A. H. Johnston
Perry
Angus
Johnston
A. Tl. Coates
Methodist Church of
Tie
Clinton
Creston Elks
Dubuque
Garrigan
Sioux City
Thompson
Nordica De Rearke-Duss Concert At Des Moines May 16
Des Moines notes announce the Nordica De Rearke-Duss concert at the Auditorium on May 16 with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra of about 60 under J. & Duss. Excursion rates via railways apply. a matinee will feature famed soloists. Other items include state bid procedures, jury trial reforms in Polk County, and hospital management changes.
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America
Des Moines
Nordica
Doe Rearke
Europe
Metropolitan Opera House
J. &. Duss
M. J. Bartlett
Dedication Day at Louisiana Purchase Exposition Ceremony
Roosevelts address and crowds accompany the dedicatory rites in St Louis as 60 000 fill the liberal arts building and 11 000 troops parade. Notables include ex president Cleveland Cardinal Gibbons and Francis of the exposition company. A 100 gun centennial salute marks the anniversary as fireworks close the day.
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Mbneral Arts
Lindell Boulevard
Ble
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Impos Inng Company
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Arts
Lund
Francis
The
Exposition Company
Carter
World’s Fair Commission
Cabinet
Supreme Court
State Department
Washington
Loomis
Congress
Miles
Corbin
John ©. Bates
United States Government Board
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E. R. Kendrick
Henry GC. Potter
Thomas Carter
David R. Francis
Louisiana Purchase
France
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