Iowa News Ledger Details Fatal Train Walks and Fires
A sequence of Iowa incidents includes Patrick Kinney, 64, killed by a switch engine at DeWitt. Milton Herbek falling from a Northwestern train near Belle Plaine and dying. Wilfred Thompson of Iowa City breaking an ankle after a hay chute fall. and Chas Burns possibly fatally shot at a Neola farm. Others suffer injuries from accidents, robberies, suicides, and a ditch project advances in Monona and Harrison counties.
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Patrick Kinney
DeWitt
Milton Herbek
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Belle Plaine
Wilfred Thompson
Iowa City
Fay
Chas
Burns
Neola
Bunny
William Fox
Jackson County
Mr. Fox
J. P. Fenton
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Boone
Eleanor Moore Hospital
Fenton
John Mortensen
Wyoming
Jones County
Burlington
Omaha
Joe Johnson
Frank Tubbs
August Hose
Galesburg
J. M. Laird
Vicksburg
Mich
Hagman
Nellie Rankin Towle
Grinnell
Fam Lung
Webster City
Lung
Sircet
Ling
Thomas Baker
Mason City
Bickel Creamery
Mgr. Baker
Innocent Man Shot by Boy in Iowa News
Jimmie Seibert, 17, shot and killed John Nelson, 27, after Nelson sought refuge at the Seibert home two and a half miles northeast of Qakaloosa. Nelson had gone to sell an organ to the Seibert family, whom he had never met. Seibert is jailed. coroner's inquest and later bond hearings reflect public sympathy for the Seibert family amid a broader case surrounding a rape conviction.
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Qakalooss
Jimmie Salbert
John Nelson
Avery
Here
Ilies Mason
Nelson
Melson
Ald
Nereon
Efuon
Thame
Seibert
Carpenter
Iowa Supreme Court
May Seibert
Seibert Place
Roe
Young Seibert
Oakaloosa
J. L. Nelson
James Herbert
James A. Devitt
Cashier’s cash stolen at Rock Island depot
Atlantic reports about five to ten minutes after Cashier GO. KH. Miller stepped outside, a thief entered the Rock Island freight depot and stole about $1,545 from the cash drawer. Miller had sealed currency and checks in an envelope before the robbery. Officials refuse comment but suspect an inside hand. Agent D. J. Vance sent a full report to head office.
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Atlantic
KH. Miller
Rock Island
Mr. Miller
Grant
Jim
C. H. Miller
D. J. Vance
Train Robbery Near Muscatine Rocks Island
Report of Rock Island express No. 11 being held up by five masked men west of Muscatine near Whiskey Hollow and Martland. They dynamited the express car and looted mail and cash, while passengers and coaches were untouched. Authorities pursue suspects after sightings near Winfield and Brighton with arrests and scent trails.
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Muscatine
Rock Island Express
Here
Columbus Junction
United States Express Company
Mruitland
Rock Island
Lette
Winfield
Beamis
Brighton
Straw Stack
Biighton
National Committee rule prompts Iowa GOP to drop banker electors
Des Moines Sept 16 A ruling by the national committee leads George E Mayor Charles Guy to withdraw as Republican candidate for presidential elector in the Fourth district due to his roles as president and director of a national bank. The party will soon choose a replacement after a state central committee meeting. Former Senator Ellison of Jones county also connected with a national bank resigns. Democrats have not adopted the same rule.
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National Committes
Iowa
Des Moines
National Bank
George E
Charles Guy
Secretary of State
State Central Conmittes
Hig Diaea
May
Wisconsin
National Committee
W. O. Schmidt
Davenport
Strike Leader Indicted in Sioux City Conspiracy Case
Charles McGuire, packing house strike leader, and Frank Caine, a local saloon keeper, were indicted by the grand jury on conspiracy charges. Bail set at $1,000 each. McGuire has a prior manslaughter sentence from Illinois and Caine faced earlier charges and was discharged on bond. local authorities say the case ties to picketing and disorder during the recent strike at Cudahy’s plant.
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Sioux City
Charles McGuire
Frank Caine
Packing House
Grand Jury
Cudahy Packing Company
McCabe
Caine
Justice Court
Huntley
Uut
McGuire
Illinois State Penitentiary
Iowa Banker Arrested in Chicago for Bank Fraud Scandals
Frederick H. Cutting, former president of Oto Savings Bank in Woodbury County, Iowa, was arrested in Chicago and returned to Sioux City on fourteen charges of embezzlement forgery and false banking. He allegedly diverted about $112,000 from the bank. Cutting had been living in Rogers Park.
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Frederick H. Cutting
Chicago
Oto Savings Bank
Oto
Woodbury County
Iowa
Sioux City
Woobury County
Cutting
Rogers Park
Noted Medical Views and Election Prep in Des Moines Article
Des Moines notes in September 1904 discuss Dr. Linn advocating manual therapeutics as essential to medicine and worthy of professional standing alongside nurses. The piece reports plans for a national convention of agricultural colleges in Ames, with about 160 representatives, and covers Iowa lake bed sale legality, voting machine delivery, and egg price talks.
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Des Moines
4. M. Linn
Towa State Medical Journal
Linn
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
I. B. Vorhees
New Brunswick
N. Z
C. F. Curtiss
Town Agricultural College
Ames
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Suervisors
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L. J. Seybold
A. M. Ralph
G. H. Elliott
R.S. Fessenden
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J. A. Beltz
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Than Held UP
Slifer
Grundy Center
Rept
William BH
Robert J. Vogel
Maraghali
Blifer
Robinson
State Board of Control
Cordova
Amos Stileworth
Dleath
George Lutz
Union Township
Marion County
Potter
Glenwood
Biness
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Mig County
Exclerk
C. G. Potter
Mills County
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J. G. Myerly
Universal Machine Company
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