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Tragedy in Winterset and Iowa News Highlights
A Winterset man shot and killed his wife then wounded a brother in law before killing himself amid suspected jealousy. Other Iowa items include farm aid funds of one million dollars, stock judging winners at the state fair, river changes improving cropland, church relic gifts, criminal court hopes in Marshalltown, and various local misfortunes from fires to accidents and smallpox quarantines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ersie Brohst
Winterset
Peter Clear
Jeslousy
Clear
Tie
Fii
Brobst
Des Moines
Sioux City
Martin J. Wade
Harry M. Meneough
Grimes
Iowa
Vernon Guthrie
Newton
Harry N. Webster
Runnells
J. Leo Ahart
Dow City
Raymond Teachout
Imogene
State College
Soldier River
Towa
Charles Lamb
Mondamin
Latter Day Saints Church
Little Sioux
Wittur Patterson
Wadena
Mink Creek
Volga River
Marshalltown
James G. Quick
Mermet Bregaen
Rushet Gater
L. L. Deuel
Algona District
The
Methodist Church
Algora
A. E. Craig
Morningside College
Bunk Cay
Columbus Junction
Augustin
Charles
Wells
Knoxville
Fairfield
Wilson
McGregor
Anton Huebach
Onawa
Ben Jennen
LaPorta City
E. R. Ashisy
Montroza
Henry
F. Eppera
William Garvey
Emma Schmidt
Rockford
Marble Rock
N. EB
Goldthwaite
Temple Grand Theater
Ston
Masonic Lodge
Lodge Be
Ar Davis
Wlinola Central Passen
Lyst
Cedar Rapids
al’ Skunk Valley Assle
Nes Moines
Mt. Ayr
Wishop
Frank M. Bristol
Jay Kirkendall
Jefferson
F. D. Howard
San Francisco
Wentworth F. Stewart
Boston
Mass
John F. Arnold
Dallas Center
G.L. Dobson
A. ¥. Proudfoot
Indianola
A. L. Hammond
Dallas County
Allee Woerz
Hammond
Maude Brewer
Woerz
Jesse Cole
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Iowa Department
Fira
Keehler & Hanson
Ogebolt
Einspahr & Co
Trans-Mississippi
Roubher & Bruce
John Parker
John Wyatt
Burlington
Ottumwa
John Condon
James Garvey
Mineral Ridge
Boone
Klein Carnival Company
Thomas Soller
Osage
Mehmet Braen
Roshst Gater
Mehmet Essa
Council Bluffs
Donley
Buckeye
M. M. Wren
J.jerrold
Ford Cooney
J. P. McLaughlin
Catherine Stokes
Monmouth
Redding
Frank Mossman
Owasa
Ellsworth
Town Falls
Fort Madison
Edgar Shrivers
Clifford
Lymar Brothers
Lakonta
Oxkaloose
Frank E. Bivana
Grant
John Burke
Ogden
N. I. Phippa
Kellogg
Grand Jury
Gine
Joe Egan
Milwaukee
Dedham