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Curious mischief and crime notes across towns
A collage of odd anecdotes, robberies, bone exhibits, and law changes fills local pages. Reports describe strange injuries and kisses, a mastodon bone sale, a Des Moines Eldora railway revival, and a Cambridge Post Office burglary with nitroglycerine claimed as the explosive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines, Nevada
Eldora Electric Railway
Judge Worter
Eldora
Des Moines
Des Moines Interurban Company
Flint Valley
Highland Park
Altoona
Colfax
Saylorville
Ankeny
Cambridge
Nevada
Hoffmire
Our City
Polk County
Ricketts of
Story
Our
Mathews
Elwell