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Iowa News Items Reflect Turbulent Local Scene
Iowa sheriffs held their twenty-fourth semi annual session in Des Moines. Fires, disappearances, and arrests populate the report including a Gowris fire suspect Nels Christianson and a missing Des Moines bookkeeper Edgar Lewis. Lake City closes schools due to fever, and public meetings are forbidden amid scarlet fever and diphtheria.
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Iowa
Kimball
Clear Lake
Mitch Wilson
Oskaloosi
Lake City
Williams
Washington
Mason
Council Bluffs
Attorney Evans
Des Moines
Fidgar EB. Lewis
Liverpool and Des Moines Packing Company
Des Moines and
Liverpool Packing Company
Edgar Lewis
State Board of Canvassers
McFarland
McConlague
Gilette
Taft