Wager death crowds Iowa news in 1903 report
A Fairfield boy’s betting stunt on eating salted peanuts ends in death from an intestinal abscess. The Sioux City ministers seek public input on gambling. Several cases of crime, accidents, and court actions are noted, including a fatal railroad strike, a divorce, and ditching lawsuits.
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Rez Tubbs
Fairfield
Sioux City
W. G. Sears
Charles K. Williams
Keokuk
Mary F. Wilking
Clinton
Camp Point
Iowa Lake Bed Law Explained and Due Process Required
Fifty county residents must petition the executive council to sell a lake bed under new Iowa law. The process requires survey, appraisal, and a first offer to abutting property owners before sale to the highest bidder. Attorney General Mulllan confirms no shortcut exists. holders of apparent possession must pursue the formal steps.
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Bes Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Ther
Executive Council
Cumarius
Mullan
Pers
Kent
Moore
Hamilton County
Shortage in ex mayor Smith case shocks Davenport
Davenport May 13 A sensational start to the ex mayor S F Smith investigations unfolds as the safety deposit box opened by court order reveals about 3000 in questionable securities instead of the claimed 30000. Trustees peg total shortage across estates near 100000 with 40000 locally. Descriptions of fraudulent mortgage duplications and transfers hint at long running schemes tied to bondsmen and heirs.
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Smith
Davenport
S. F. Smith
Safety Deposit Company
Keiser
Fremont
Ian
Iowa Central
Dow
India
Chicago Record-Herald
Insurance agent held liable for loss in wildcat firm case
Des Moines May 13 a Guthrie Center jury decision held that an insurgent or wildcat agent is liable for the value of policies he places if the company he represents cannot pay after a loss. Miss Hood and Miss Stomback sued A J Hemphill an agent with Mercantile Fire Insurance Co of Chicago for 1000 on stock damaged by fire at Panora last year. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiffs after three days of trial, a major ruling limiting such agents.
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Boone Ciaduct
Boone
Iver Standvitch
Chicago
Austria
A. Wilson
H. H. Noods
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence
Kansas
Jones County
Royal Union Life Insurance Company
Don H. Foster
Monticello
Sherif ‘Valentine
Rioux City
Lewis
Mapleton
Monona County
Monona
Harrison
Gaynor
Onawa
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
State Board of Control
Twenty-ninth General Assembly
Iowa Ervangelical Lutheran Orphans’ Society of Waverly
St. Vincent's Orphans’ Tiome
Davenport
Nate Carnel
County Board of Supervisors
Tama City
Coldia Page
Tama
Frank A. Novak
Tdward Murray
Dustee Caswell
Vinton
Fom J. Milner
Novik
Novak
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Bristow Nursery
Fred. Sepp
Lings
Rockwell City
Helre
Men
Missouri Valley
Harrison Colunty
Baker
Killpack
Pottawattamie County
Baye
Pottawattamie
Willow
Allen Creek
Fallon
Ltarrison
Kellogg
J. S. Wattles
W. HH. Fensler
F. W. Myers
Morrison County
Joseph Curry
Isaac Walker
Richard Dird
Tooitawattamie
Des Moines & Fort Dodge Railway
Great Western
Stickney
Edwin S. Hawley
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Civeat Waster
Hawley
Hook Island
Des Moines
Great Western Nyvar
Fort Dodge
Des Moines & Mortedge
Short
Kansas City
Port Dodge
Stekney
Omaha
Ruthven
William McMannags
Tdavenport
Estherville
Minnesota
Pullen
Wildcat
Tudge
Guthrie Center
Supreme Court
W. T. Maxey
Tres Moines
Intercate
Sutherlagd-ilonniken Wholesale Military Company
West
Mercantily Fire Insurance Company
Alaxey
Hemphill
Desler
Land Purchase Aimed At Knoxville Hospital Plans
Des Moines reports the State Board of Control plans to buy about 25 000 dollars of land near Knoxville to expand the institution into a hospital for the detention of dipsomaniacs. The move aims to create a separate facility with 120 to 160 acres for reforming inebriates, while facilities at other sites await reorganization and later legislative approval.
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State Board of Control
Des Moines
State Card of Control
Knoxville
Boart
Ingana
Board of Control
Eldora
Havenport
Iowa
Herge
Crop Reports Echo Chicago Trade Upbeat Outlook
Dun's weekly review notes improved crop conditions boosting interior trade while overall movement lags last year yet surpasses the past three weeks. Rail traffic dips from farm marketing, lumber and hardware shipments rise, grain shipments reach three week highs though still below last year. Prospects for leather, furniture and clothing sectors improve with seasonable demand. Failures in Chicago district total thirty, down from prior weeks.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
United States and Canada to Joint Alaska Boundary Survey
Prof W I King chief astronomer travels from Winnipeg toward Vancouver to arrange the Alaska boundary survey under the tribunal award. A joint effort will be conducted with three parties from each country. Two teams will work on the Chilkat River and a third will ascend the Slickang River.
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United States
Canada
Winules
W. I. King
Department of the Interior
Alaska
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Dominion
Chilcat
Slickang
Schule Barred From Meet Ineligibility Decided
Ann Arbor May 16 Sehule the great high jumper and hurdler is ruled ineligible for the conference meet in Chicago after four years of college eligibility were completed. The panel found Sehule had exhausted the limit for athletes competing in four years.
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Schule
Ann Arbor
Mich
Sehule
Chicago
Fire Claims Two Women at Porter Home Near Rockton
In Sterling on May 16 a residence belonging to John Porter near Rockton was destroyed by fire. Alice Porter and Miss Jessie Fogarty of Shirland, visiting at the home, were burned to death.
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Sterling
Marn
John Porter
Rockton
Alice Porter
Jessie Fogarty
Shirland
Death of M T Gass at Davenport Home
Des Moines notes report the death of M T Gass superintendent of the Town Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Davenport after a three to four week pneumonia and erysipelas illness. Also covered are withdrawals and shifts in Iowa political races, a Rock Island court judgment on patent couplers, state life insurance premiums and policies, bank fund deposits yield, Great Western railroad acquisitions, and local weathered notices including a Corydon pioneer's death in a horse accident.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
M. T. Gass
Davenport
Cass
Michigan
Mint
University of Michigan
United States
Rock Island
Roel Island
Iowa
State
Joseph H. Byrnes
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