Audubon county drug store licenses revoked except Brayton
A carousel of local misfortunes fills Audubon county news. Bracken street tales recount mayoral resignation in Extra as Rev. Nichols fills vacancy. Glen Mills suffers a season ending football injury. Id Flynn survives a wreck but sustains grievous injuries. Jesse Williams faces arrest for long elusion. Waterloo transfer house burns with heavy losses. Claude A Webster badly injured near Hobart after jumping freight. Mrs Cody helps locate eloping couple then faces threats. Frank Delancey dies in Eldora jail after inhaling disinfectant. Burlington flyer crashes into freight near Council Bluffs killing two railway workers. a string of notable incidents anchors a day full of volatility.
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Audubon County
Brayton
Extra
Frank Andrews
Conneilmen
Nichols
Christian Church
Glen Mills
Cornell Bluffs
Mrs
Id Flynn
Buchanan
Cedar County
Flynn
Jesse Williams
Percival
Sidney
Kent
Auburn
Neb
Williams
Watterloo
Waterloo Implement Company
Chicago Great Western Ailway
Iremen
Claude A. Webster
Hk. L. Webster
Cresca Township
Milwaukee Railway
Hobart
Algona
Dakota
Cody
Fort Dodge
John Clark
Sioux City
Clark
Hardin County
Eldora
Frank Delancey
Howard
Dr. Morse
Burlington
Sas
F. Mept
Cedar Rapids
Chicago & Northwestern
Pepin
Otis
Charles Lowe
Derby
Clements Flechmen
Haworth
Chicago
Flechman
James Gardner
Gardner
Rock Island
Council Bluffs
Neola
Edward Fick
Valley Junction
Victor Harvey
C. J. Carnahan
No. 90
Tick
Harvey
Monahan
George D. Herron
Iowa College
Grinnell
Rand
Sill
Metuchen
N. J
Herron
Woodmen of
America
BH. H. McCutchen
Holstein
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Cheyenne
Wyo
A. F. Call
E. H. Hubbard
Reed
United States Court
Court of Appeals
Call
Bart
D. H. McCutchen
McCutchen
Recorder
Ida County
McCutchen Bank
Hubbard
Burgess
Circuit Court of Appeals
Woodmen of America
Arrest of Fred Comstock for murder at Shelby
RL WR' est Fred Comstock alias Edward Bonl ley, arrested in Shelby at the request of Clinton police for A. Clark murder. Comstock arrived with a Davenport railroad gang. Arrest by Marshal Gilbert Jordan and deputy. He denies identity but description fits.
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Fred Comstock
Edward Bonlley
Shelby
Clinton
A. Clark
Comstock
Davenport
Gilbert Jordan
Robert Little
Pottawatimie County
Atlantic
Little
Olof Rye Woolfsberg
Norway
Sweden
Pensacola
Fla
Iowa
Wulfsberg
Decorah
Des Moines
Sioux City
Florida
Old Country
Daniel Francis
Capitol Avenue
Osceola
Y. E. Thuresson
Asbury Methodist Church
Francis
Preachers’ Aid Society
Bancroft
W. C. Owen
Justice Dukican
Owen
Citizen's National Bank
James
W. J
Dolly Dunn
Arthur Dunn
United States
Axel Gustafson
Callender
Albert W. Case
Fort Des Moines
Wues
Col
Karl D. Thomas
Bastile
Cajlende
Colonel Thomas
Fragments of a faded editorial and garbled phrases
A wan and his liver are closely allied with one another. An Springfield Republican compositor misprinted phrases including the great I am becoming the great 9 A.M. The text also contains scattered garbled lines about barbers and individuals, with broken quotes and unclear context from Philadelphia preps.
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Springfield Republican
Gagaway
Henbeck
Marta
Gasaway
Henreck
Philadelphia
Brewery Wins in Des Moines Council Vote
Des Moines city council approved a resolution to authorize a brewery despite strong Anti-Saloon League opposition. Petition had 9,605 signers with 6,?84 not on poll books and 2,125 challenged. Mayor to decide within 14 days. district court appeal planned.
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Des Moines
Moroling
AntiSaloon League
Aunti Saloon League
Sutherland
Myerly
Mattern
District Court
McCash
So . Anti-Saloon League
Clemency Denied as Busse and Smith Scheduled for Hanging
Des Moines reports Governor Cummins denied clemency for murderers Louis Busse and Joseph Smith. He fixed April 20 and April 13 as their execution dates but deferred action to the next general assembly, treating clemency requests as pardons to be referred to legislators for consideration.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Louis Busse
Joseph Smith
Parsons
Busse
Ife
General Assembly
Smith
Phisse
Investigators Probe Insurance Giants Prompts Candid Remarks
In remarks attributed to Calvert Jr and Barry Moore, leaders discuss digging into major insurance firms. The dialogue suggests deeper corruption could surface with broader probes. The Baltimore American notes a broader appetite for uncovering corporate malfeasance.
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Barry Moore
Calvert, Jr
Baltimore American
Philadelphia Press
Four Victims of Lightning at County Fair Poultry Pavilion
A lightning strike at the Warren county fair grounds near Indianola yesterday morning killed four people and injured several others in the poultry pavilion tent. The dead are Ray Anderson 30 Carl Peterson 15 Theodore Young 66 and Blaine Wright 25. Dozens were inside when the center poles were struck. Injured include Joe Hickman J F Lough J M McGranahan E W Vieel and others J L Calhoun Mark Art John Fleck Earl Harker and more, with many treated for burns and shock. The tent housed fancy chickens and offered overflow space for exhibitors. The Fair Association halted the exhibition after the tragedy.
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Indlinola
Pfodr
Warren County Fair
Ray Anderson
Indianola
Anton Anderson
Carl Peterson
Theodore Young
County Board of Supervisors
Blaine Wright
Hd Wright
Pleasantville
Fort Collins
Celo
Joe Hickman
J. F. Lough
Anite
J. M. McGranahan
E. W. Vieel
D. L. D. Carpenter
Guy Berger
Wick
L. D. Calhoun
Mark Art
Hartford
John Fleck
Swan
Earl Harker
A. W. Barker
Jealous youth shoots girl then kills self near Muscatine
Arthur Webb shot Nettie Derby in a rural schoolhouse twelve miles north of Muscatine after she refused to attend the Wilton fair. He chased her into a struggle, fired three times, then drank laudanum and killed himself behind the building. Both families described as respectable.
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Muscatine
Arthur Webb
Nettie Derby
Nolte
Webb
Taxation reform urged by Iowa Municipalities League
Burlington Sept. 15 A resolution passed urging the legislature to tax railroad, telephone, telegraph and express company properties in proportion to value within corporate limits. Mayor Cacier named president for next year. Des Moines chosen as next meeting site.
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Burlington
Sept
Iowa League of Municipalities
Cacier
Des Moines
Farmer killed by train near Conway
Thomas Seeley, a prominent local farmer, was struck and killed by an afternoon train on the Creston and Hopking branch Monday evening. He was mowing along the road when he started home and was horribly mangled, with both legs severed.
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Conway
Thomas Seeley
Creston
Hopking
Des Moines Insurer Griswold Killed Over Large Draft
Des Moines police probe a river murder of George R. Griswold manager of State Mutual Insurance Worcester Mass. His body was found in the Des Moines river after being robbed of clothing valuables and a $25 200 life insurance draft believed to trigger the crime. Griswold left Munger’s hotel for Omaha tickets and never arrived. The motive appears linked to the carried draft and large sums disclosed earlier.
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Des Moines
George R. Griswold
George Griswold
Ingersoll Avenue
State Mutual Insurance Company
Worcester
Mass
Des Moines River
Raccoon
Griswold
Munger
Fourth Street
Rock Island
Omaha
Garfield Gray
South East First Street
Gray
East Allert Street
Mr. Griswold
B. I. Elbert
Gris
Child Burned to Death in Quedar Rapids Incident
Five year old Lily Kaplan died after her clothes caught fire while playing with matches yesterday in Quedar Rapids. Authorities say the accidental blaze occurred at a residence, with no indication of foul play.
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Quedar Rapids
Lily Kaplan
Fire at Fort Dodge Mills Threatens Great Western Cereal Plant
Sept 17 Fort Dodge reports a fire at the Great Western Cereal mills caused by a large tack falling into a grinder. Fire flashed through dry material in the bin and the interior quickly ignited. Two fire companies battled the blaze to contain it. losses expected under $2,000. Operations to resume early next week.
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Fort ‘Dodge
Great Western
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Warren County
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Jones
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New York Sun
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