Iowa News Highlights From Primghar To Muscatine
A series of local incidents fill the page: young farmer killed in a hay-riding accident near Primghar. Burned Corydon blocks after an unknown feed store fire. Muscatine sees a drowning of livestock and a bridge collapse suit. Other items cover thefts near Mason City and Rutland, a fatal self-inflicted wound in Muscatine, court verdicts in Webster County, and agricultural experiments across ten counties with optimistic corn crop prospects from Professor Holden.
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Seace
Caryith
TD Bendixon
Brayton
Extra
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Ganred
Pen Sim
Horan Gk Novaard
Conner Bwlutsist Schowl
Dave
Har Tan
Alvitia Palmer
J. D. Palmer
Ehiropriacula School of Medicine
State Board of Health and
Ideal Physicians
Davenport
Corydon
Muscaiine
Mugen
Muscaline
John Coleman
Drayman
Fort Dodge
J. B. Stattery
Coleman
P. Mathiason
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Pottawattamie County
Grand Jury
Mathiason
Hess
Canning
Alathiason
Robert Little
Pottawalamie County
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Minden
Supreme Court
I Yer
Fred Karsten
Sumner
Justice Wells
Fayette County
West Union
E.G. Merriam Ye
William Ladewig
Muscatine
Frank Corey
Webster County Coal and Land Company
Kanawht
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Ones
Mat
Perry Sutton
Osceola
Murray
Sutton
Jennie Carden
Sheldon
John de Smith
Rutland
Webster County
Chris Jenson
de Smith
Story
Warren
Holden
Department of Agronomy
Gossip and Ice Cream Spoons Across Months in NY
Fragmentary newspaper humor note recounts a New York actress planning to manage her husband with playful exchanges about pies and affection. Characters include Miss Newlywed and Lita Dashaway in a light, social press sketch. The piece hints at marital roles and public personas within a gossip column voice.
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New York
Miners Strike Halts 300 Jobs at Iowa Coal Mines
About 300 miners idle as a wage and transportation dispute spreads from shaft No 3 to other Hocking coal mines. Operators demand higher transport charges while miners offer 17 cents per month, far below the company’s 75 cent per month rate. The walkout pits the Iowa Central Railroad against mine owners in a fight over control of train service and payment terms.
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Hocking
Buxton
Hiteman
Smoky Hollow
Iowa Central Rairoad
Central
Insurance Inquiry In Iowa Under Way In Des Moines
Des Moines operates under orders of the auditor of state to probe life and fire insurance firms. The legislative inquiry targets Iowa insurers this winter, aiming to inform possible laws. House members have gathered evidence since New York revelations, with a resolution planned for both chambers. Iowa companies welcome the oversight.
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Des Moines
Navy
Iowa
Insurance Department
House
New York State
Life sentence for train wrecker in Iowa case
Marengo, Nov 10. Erice von Kutzle ben, the Homestead train wrecker, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. The jury after twelve hours fixed the punishment at life imprisonment. He appeared dazed and was led from the courtroom without a word as the defense planned an appeal within ten days.
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Marengo
Erice von Kutzleben
Homestead
Kkutalebe
Havener
Hampton High School Player Fatally Injured in Scrimmage
Ryandall McLeod, left end for Hampton High School, suffered probable fatal injuries after a scrimmage with Marshalltown High School. His intestines were ruptured during the collision, authorities reported yesterday in Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
Ryandall McLeod
Hampton High
Marshalltown High School
Thief Foiled In Safe Temptation At Northwestern Depot
A bold thief forced a window opening at 7 pm into the Northwestern depot safe area. He tried to loot the cash drawer but found it locked and fled. A mail clerk saw him fleeing and alerted police, but no arrest has been made yet.
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Des Moines
Northwestern Depot
Thanksgiving Proclamation of Governor Cummins for 1908
Des Moines reports Governor Albert B. Cummins issued Iowa’s Thanksgiving proclamation designating Thursday November 30 as Thanksgiving Day. The text urges gratitude for peace and abundant harvests, praises virtue, and calls for continued wartime on vice crime and injustice, with seal and signature of Secretary of State W B Martin.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Albert. B. Cummins
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
W. B. Martin
Chariton Man Is Held for Fraud
Chariton reports a sensational grand jury indictment against Prof. J. M. Hanlin once deputy county clerk and former county superintendent. The case involves alleged false entries in the clerk’s ledger linked to former clerk B. S. Wells. Hanlin contends accounting faults were unintentional and caused by Wells’ oversight._trial set for January term.
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Sherif Ross
Wells
Hanlin
Luters County
Burn to Death in City Jail Tragedy in Lake City
Lake City November 18 two men George W. Buttrick and William Jackson were burned to death in the city jail, reportedly by a fire set by Buttrick while confined for disorderly conduct. J. J. Hipple and Isaac Allen were jailed nearby. The incident, described as likely arson murder, left one with a wife and five children and the other with a family.
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George Ww. Buitrick
William Jackson
Buittrick
J. J. Hipple
Isaac Allen
George W. Davis
Buttrick
Jackson
Hipnle
Ren
Hipple
Allen
Buttrie
Peter Miles
Policy Game Broken Up in Sioux City and Yankton
Sioux City reports police broke up a policy game run by Dakota Investment Company after a long operation. The scheme operated in two cities and targeted poor victims. Authorities described the graft as extensive and harming many residents.
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Sioux City
Dakota Investment Company
Yonkton
Himalayan Sheep Used for Load Carrying in Mountain Ranges
In certain ranges of the Himalayas mountain sheep are employed as beasts of burden. Each annual ear ties from seventeen to twenty-five pounds and fiver entirely on waysite herliaga.
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Himalayas
Noted Iowa inspection probes cruelty at St Bernard’s
Des Moines reports state board of control investigating alleged cruel treatment of patients at St Bernard's Hospital Council Bluffs. Attendants are accused of mistreatment in the private insane institution run by Sisters of Mercy. case details, interviews, and sworn evidence are under review as the board moves toward a likely conclusion and possible actions.
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Des Moines
St. Bernard's Hospital
Council Butts
Sisters of Mercy
SS Thomas’ Hospital
St. Bernard's
George L. Miller
Omaha
Sas
Board of Control
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