Iowa News Highlights From West Branch To Des Moines
A town fire in West Branch destroyed the high school with losses around 12 000 dollars and 7 000 dollars insured. Ottumwa hosts a corn exhibit deemed best in the state and will ship to St Louis after the fair. Des Moines hosts a railway surgeons convention on October 14 2 with Savery Hotel as venue. Mason City eyes a November corn contest with Professor Holden judging. Rockwell City cannery closes after a season of over a million cans and farmers receive up to 25 dollars per acre. A Davenport grand jury indicted Muscatine figures for kidnap and obscene letters. sentences include twenty days jail. A fast St Louis through train narrowly avoids wreck near Mason City with no injuries. The Iowa state board of control evaluates World’s Fair building salvage and distribution of its contents to state institutions. US Express hold-up victims discharged. case yields no further developments.
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West Branch
Ottumwa
United States
Des Moines
Iowa Railway
Bavery
Savery
Commercial Club
Mason City
Holden
Ames
Rockwell City Canning Factory
Grant Frederick
Canning Company
Rockwell City
Davenport
Smith Imo- Pherson
Chas Stocker
Robert Morrison
Walter Bloom
Muscatine
P. M. Musser
Mary Clarey
Washington
Iowa
Frank B. George
Mazatine
Civil Service
C. Wilson
West Liberty
St. Louis
Town Central
Milwaukee
Central Flyer
Ne Board of Control
Knoxville
Board of Control
College At
Vinton
Eldora
Mitchellville
Council Bluffs
State Horticultural Society
State Agricultural Department
United States Bxpress Company
Rek Island
Letts
Brave Moon
Multiple Local Disasters and Legal Moves Highlight Iowa News
Gas stove explosion destroys Henry Stumphanser home at Cedar Talls and injures his wife, with her in critical condition. A threshing engine blast near Sedan, Minnesota kills Clark Haight, who blew the whistle and was thrown 150 feet. Attorney General Mullan demurs a painter’s contract for the state house decoration. Various crimes and incidents follow: bank embezzlementando, forgeries, arson verdict in Waterloo, accidental burns from turpentine, and a bribery-vagrancy case near Marathon. Also reports on a train wedding assault, and bond actions involving Modern Woodmen and Masonic Accident Association.
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Henry Stumphanser
Cedar Talls
Enine
Clark Haight
Shell Rock
Sedan
Minn
Mullan
Capitol Improvement Commission
Elmer & Garnsey
State House
Arnold Beuthten
New Liberty Savings Bank
Davenport
Henry Hamilton
Hugh Jamieson
W. P. Carlin
Ella Sutter
Tobias Meyers
Marathon
Maggie Miller
Waterloo
Martin
Fred McCullough
Marshalltown
Story City
Iowa Central Railway
McCullough
St Thomas Hospital
Louis G. Willing
Willing
P. J. Martin
Wm. M. Law
Harry Altendorf
Northwestern
Sioux City
W. J. Downey
Omaha
Downey
Miss Grace Coleman
Rice Bros
Stock Garde
E. H. McCutcheon
Modern Woodmen of America
Halstein
Woodmen
Recorder of
Ida County
Clair
Masonic Accident Association
Frank M. Harvey
Ida Grove
C. H. Myrick
The
Accident Association
Harvey
F H. Morton
Sunny City
Inca
F. H. Morton
Bloodhounds trace Treynor bank robbery suspect Karl Karrer
Bloodhounds followed a trail ten miles from Treynor to Karl Karrer's Treynor home where he was found in bed and arrested. No money was found on him or in the house. Karrer denies involvement as officers pursue the case amid a bank holdup in Treynor with Miss Frances Flood held in the vault and later released.
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Council Bluffs
Treynor
Karl Karrer
Karrer
Traynor
Karre
Frances Flood
Louis
Adolph Bollmeier
Council Bliffs
Silver Creek
Miss Flood
Karrerc
DIES OF BROKEN HEART IN LEON AREA
Mrs. Peter Lewis who killed her husband by mistake is dead near Leon. Physicians call it a broken heart as grief and distress followed the fatal poultry yard shooting. The tragedy began when she fired two shots at a man she believed to be a chicken thief.
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Leon
Peter Lewis
Rugs Recovered In Sioux City Heist
Sioux City police inspector George M. Shippy recovered nearly $1,000 worth of stolen rugs yesterday from Chicago. The rugs were found in Louis Geffen's store at 415 Pearl Street and Geffen was taken to the station for questioning after admitting they came from Chicago, identified by dealer Fred J. Magerstadt who had previously lost them.
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Sioux City
George M. Shippy
Chicago
Louis Geffen
Pearl Street
Fred J. Magerstadt
SHERCLIFFE RELEASED IN LOGAN AS WARRANT DOUBTS MOTIVE
Judge Thornett at Logan overruled the habeas corpus request and denied Sheriff Barnes the right to take Frank Shercliffe to Fairfield for trial on the Lockridge depot robbery indictment. The judge found no good faith speedy-trial intent after fourteen years. Shercliffe will stay in Logan as a state witness in the Pollock diamond case against Tom Dennison, with a room in the Harrison county jail and a Logan furniture job arranged.
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Bayo
Council Bluffs
Frank Shercliffe
Fairfield
Lockridge Depot
Thornett
Logan
Remurrer
Shercliffe
Barnes
Jefferson County
Sherclife
Indge Thornell
Wairfield
Pollock
Tom Dennison
Sheercliffe
Harrison County
Logan Furniture
Dennison
Grain Trust Formed Declared Illegal by Iowa Judges
Prominent judges and attorneys in Des Moines contend members of the Iowa Grain Dealers' association who met at the Grant club and fixed grain prices, sending cards with prices, exposed themselves to prosecution. Secretaries and leaders claim safety due to legal counsel, while some note that card sender W. Case is not an association member. The observed intent of the operations is cited as controlling in court.
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Des Moines
Iowa Grain Dealers’ Association
Grant Club
Iowa
Geo. Wells
Primary Law Not Started In Polk County Primary
No instructions will be sent to Polk county judges to classify voters by political preference for the upcoming primaries. The new primary law awaits formal county publication, which has not occurred. If adopted next year, independents may be excluded, and party choice will be required to vote.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Rock Island 3 Shops Open After Management Change
Western management wins the power struggle on the Rock Island system. Lenor I Loree is dethroned after a nine month rule. B F Winchell reinstated as sole executive head, with shops to reopen and the line return to full activity. Loree’s resignation stemmed from a fight with Moors brothers and eastern capital interests.
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Western
Eastern Systems
Chicago
Great Rock Island
Lenor I
Loree
Baltimore & Ohio Eastern
B. F. Winchell
Rock
Moors Brothers
Rock Island Railway Company
Woman Impaled on Chair in Waterloo Accident
Mrs. W A Moore of Waterloo suffered a severe and unusual accident while reaching for a top shelf. She fell onto a chair rear post four inches long, the sharp end piercing her abdomen, tearing through skin and muscle, and she hung there for minutes before help arrived. Doctors hope for recovery if blood poisoning is avoided.
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W. A. Moore
Waterloo
W. A Moore
Karrer Confesses in Treynor Bank Robbery Case
Sheriff Canning reports saloonkeeper Karl Karrer made a partial confession regarding the Treynor bank robbery. Nearly a third of the stolen $1,500 was recovered at the Karrer home in Treynor after bloodhound tracking and Friday night arrest. Authorities expect to recover the remainder soon. no charge yet beyond bootlegging indictment.
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Treynor
Council Bluffs
Canning
Karl Karrer
Karrer
Rose Olderog
Olderox
Inherits Fortune for Sioux City Woman
Sioux City woman Florence McFarland, held in a county jail cell on a burglary case, learns she inherited $4,000 from an uncle who died at Lake Superior. The uncle had visited Sioux City last summer and promised to leave her in his will. Since the fortune news, she says she has received fifteen marriage proposals. She aided in the Earl Miller burglary investigation, testified for the state, Miller was convicted, and she has just been released.
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Sioux City
Sioux Cit. Oet
Earl Miller
Florence McWarland
Lake Superior
Wis
Embezzlement Charge Against New Liberty Bank Cashier
Arnold Bouthjon, cashier of the New Liberty Savings bank in Davenport, was arrested on a warrant alleging embezzlement of 1750 dollars from the failed bank. Reports suggest the cashier’s indebtedness to the bank may total about 45000 dollars. Beuthien surrendered, claiming he can refute the charges. A separate item notes a large factory fire at Charles City with 40000 dollars loss and limited insurance.
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New Liberty Bank
Davenport
Arnold Bouthjon
New Liberty Sayings Bank
Beuthien
Charles City
M. H. Daly
Notes From The Capital In Iowa 1904 Estimates Tuberculosis And Telegrap h Fines
Des Moines reports 7,000 to 8,000 consumptives in Iowa with 7,600 as best estimate from 1,470 physicians. Legislation directed data collection, aiding state hospital debate. Telegraph and telephone companies show large assessed values. rural lines up 70 percent. Labor census plans consider 100 field agents to survey 15,000 manufactur ing establishments. Indictment for bigamy against J H Robison. common law wife Clara testifies. Secretary Martin catalogues 212,149 volumes of public documents under new distribution law.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. G. Kinne
State Board of Control
Lagt Legislatura
Board of Control
Stata
Blanks
Maryland
State Board of Health
State Executive Council
Martin
Jowa
Nell
Kammerer
Philadelphia Ledger
Midgeean
Gee
Harver's Weekly
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Kot
the News
Masa
Orr
Bronx City
William J. Mec. Crum
Cherokee County
Frederick Schmidt
Los Angeles
Cal
McCrum
Schmidt
MeCrum
Grain Trust
Storm Lake
W. E. Brown
Storm Lake First National Bank
Brown
George Perrin
Nobles County
Minnesota
Kansay
Rock Island 3
E. D. Brigham
Census Bureau
Government Census Bureau
Robert Mather
L. F. Loree
Rock Island Company
J. H. Mather
W. P. Hobbs
Iawa
Mather
Mr. Hobbs
J. H. Robison
Clara Robison
Robison
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