Requisition honored for WW St O Keefe and more
A wide Iowa item list includes WW St. O Keefe arrested by Lions City and wanted in South Dakota for burglary. Rev. R Hayes Puckett resigns Bangor Friends church post to join Methodists. Iowa northwest railroad offers land and 6000 dollars for a building at Boone if citizens pledge a similar amount. Other items report deaths from lightning and train accidents, resignations of military captains, farm stock valuations, legal cases, and local incidents across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. O'Keefe
Lions City
South Dakota
R. Hayes Puckett
Bangor Friends Church
Methodists
Northwestern Railroad
Boone
William Halter
Melbourne
Max W. Emmert
Atlantic
A. B. Dryant
Newton
Oskaloosa
Roosevelt
Douglas Jones
Blacksmith
Zearing
Cummins Monstay
Nebraska
Wiliam O'Keefe
Bronx City
O'Keefe
Goodwin
Iowa State College
Maryland State Agricultural School
Jesse Pentice
East Second
Locust Streets
David Pryor
Homer Pryor
Moline
Fryer
J. W. Essex
Clarion
Des Moines
Essex
Iowa
Wishon
Ann Williams
Clinton
Edward Graesle
Wm. A. Shanklin
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Dubuque
Upper Town University
Fayette
Hawkeye Gold Mining Co
State Bank of
Iowa Falls
Cedar Rapids
Bank
Josephine Dvorak
Milwaukee
Iowa City
Rock Island
Snippets of Gossip and Stage Banter From Early gossip
Miss Rosebud laments a kiss in the conservatory and asks why the fuss arose. Miss Oldgirl retorts she has witnesses. A farmer critic complains actresses are pretty and scandalous, while a city nephew jokes the curtain has not risen yet and points to lines. Cleveland Leader tone.
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Cleveland
Maloy Store Robbed as County Sees Crime Surge
Petty burglaries spread across Shelby County Iowa with suspected professional bands. Maloy mercantile store robbed for the second time in a month. breaking in by removing a west glass panel, stock tossed, cash drawer smashed, small clues found. Manchester reports thefts on the west side, including a harness and riding bridle from George Slack and hymn books from Rev. Gaul. Police pursue a long-standing gang thought to be behind the wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varian
Shelby County
Tennant
Paname
Portsmouth
Jacksonville
Botua
Outaida
Maloy
Maloy Mercantile
Mercantile Company
Manchester
George Slack
A. W. Gaul
Canl
John Provan
West Side
Anamosa
Alleged Grafter Heid Faces Grand Jury in Red Oak
In Red Oak on August 30 H H Seymour, arrested ten days earlier for alleged fraud tied to bounty land warrants, appeared for a preliminary trial before Judge Watson and was bound over to the October 10 grand jury under a $500 bond. Seymour had sought a venue change from Blackstone's court, believing bias against him. After the proceeding he realized Watson, a man he had exposed in the old soldier's county deal, was among those he accused, and Seymour was bound over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
H. H. Seymour
Watson
Seymour
Blackstone
Justice Watson
Baby's cough saves lives in Grinnell hospital fire
Early today Dr T Somers his wife and child woke to a baby’s cough and found the hospital atop a fire. They escaped as the burning roof threatened them though they nearly suffocated in smoke. The hospital suffered almost total loss with estimated damage around 3000 dollars. A faulty electric wire is suspected as the ignition source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
T. &. Somers
Somer's Hospital
Boy Burns From Gasoline Fire At Lennox Plant
In Marshalltown on September 2 Thomas Thompson, 15, an employee at Lennox Furnace Co, was badly burned when his gasoline saturated clothing caught fire near a lit torch. His father was lightly burned while trying to rescue him as a water tank was thrown. The boy’s condition remains critical with possible death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Thomas Thompson
Lennox Furnace Company
Crop yields boost in Swea City area
Crop conditions in northern Town show marked improvement. Mc Aninch Bros. threshed oats last week, yielding sixty-s gat bushels per acre by actual measure. John Korrect harvested 100 acres, yielding fifty-seven to sixty bushels per acre, with the heaviest output from land formerly a worthless pond before tiling a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swea City
McAninch Bros
John Korrect
Battle flags honored at Iowa capitol resting place
Des Moines August 31 Governor Cummins promised protection and care for Iowa’s old battle flags as 138 colors were moved from temporary cases to sealed cabinets in the rotunda. General James B. Weaver and Rev. A A Potter joined officials and spectators in a tearful ceremony marking the flags’ enduring custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Capitol Rotunda
Albert Cummins
Iowa
State House
A. A. Potter
Cummins
Jesse Cheek
James B. Weaver
Jas. B. Weaver
Man Attacks Stepsons With Knife in Chariton
The Rev. Mr. Bradley, a colored preacher, attempted to murder his two stepsons George Thompson, 20, and Albert Thompson, 17, by stabbing during a fit of anger. Albert suffered shoulder wounds while George escaped with a severe chest wound narrowly missing instant death. Bradley was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder and jailed. He previously gained notoriety for a hoax about fathering seven pairs of twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Bradley
George
Albert Thompson
Albert
Justice of the Peace
Grand Jury
Rural telephone firms vow battle against executive council
In Cedar Rapids on September 2, 149 rural telephone companies gathered in Marion to oppose the state executive council over three years of assessments on rural and toll lines. The county board backs the challenge, planning to hire top legal talent and cover costs, with neighboring Jones and Cedar counties joining in for shared expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Court House
Marion
Executive Council
Towa
State Executive Council
Board of Supervisors
District Court
Jones
Cedar
Bowel Disease Strikes F Sewell Family Near Shell Rock
A baffling bowel disease hit the F Sewell family near Shell Rock. The little daughter died, nine other family members are critically ill, and more deaths are feared as physicians struggle to diagnose the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
F. Sewell
Shell Rock
Lttle
Noted Iowa River Bed Law Clash with State Officials
Des Moines reports a paradoxical clash over the river bed law passed by the previous General Assembly. Secretary of State Martin condemns the measure but must defend it under contention with Attorney General Mullan. Legal actions arise to block land transfer to Jacob Sims and associates, estimated at 1000 acres valued around $100,000, for about $30,000 under the law. Seven suits seek injunctions against state disposal of the site near rail yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sasentnidy
Martin
Mullan
Council Bluffs
Jacob Sims
Connell Bauffs
Hannan, Sims
Fair Association
Hough
G. D. Illyson
Marquardt Savings Bank
Iowa
Corning Prisoner Escapes In Bold Jail Break
Corning August 30 James Tarrar escaped from the jail by prying bars from an upstairs window and lowering himself with bed clothing. The escape appears to have been a planned breakout with other prisoners involved and the alarm sounded too quickly. Farrar was awaiting trial on burglary charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
James Tarrar
Farrar
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Asa Mull
Gollmar Bros
New Stampton
Andrew Erickson
Roy I. Igo
Infanola
Ames College
William R. Gross
Avaca
Mori McDonald
Shenandoah
Tonopah
Nev. Ro DB. Chee
Alias Russell
Cherokee, Jr
Allie Watson
O. J. Chase
St. Louis
Englewood
Chicago
Earling
W. H. Wahl
Carl Roberts
Durham
East Third
Vine Streets
Mercy Hospital
H. C. Groves
Raccoon Street
Ackiey
Milroy & Jonson
Hopkinton
Joseph M. Rickard
Union Unity
Mich
West Liberty
University Hospital
Town City
Rickard
Richard
George Mannagh
Johnson County
August Post
Moulton
International Harvester Company
The
International
Webster City
Clyde Merrii
Bank Street
Boone River
John A. Norman
Cowtell Bhuls Grocer
Anhild Erickson
Norman
Sweden
Henry Harlson
Carroll
St. Joe
Goodwin P. Clark
Wadena
A. J. Woods
Farley
C. M. Adams
Hawkeye Gold Dredging Company
State Bank
Towa Falls
Lillooet
British Columbia
Maintiff Company
John Kruger
Storm Lake
Alta
Kruger
F. W. Jameson
Ashton
J. J. Heverly
Enter Point
Cortelyon
C. C. Barry
Walker
M.H. Tavis
Mitchellville
G. W. Swain
Very
George P. Burrgess
Grahem
J. J. Haverly
Center Point
Philip Bugerew
Sheldahl
F. H. Howard
Monitor
State Agricultural College
Raida
Maloy Mercantile Company
Baby
J. Mad Williams
Church of Christ
Drake University
McNash
Williams
Anti-Saloon League
P. Johnson
Johnson
Carrol
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company of
Minneapolis
FT. Withington
B. J. Dawson
R. M. Haines
Butler
Northwestern National Life
Northwestern Life
Minneapolis Cancer
O'Brien
Minnesota
Sheater
Tye
Uncle St
New York
Jeffs
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