Board divides committees for three Iowa colleges
Des Moines April 23. The Iowa state board of education elected James H. Trewin of Cedar Rapids as president and formed advisory visiting committees for the State University State College and State Teachers College. Three members will visit each school to study administration while the full board remains in learning mode ahead of July when duties begin.
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Des Moines
James H. Trewin
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Board of Education
State House
State Normal School
State College
State University
James H Trewin
P. K. Holbrook
A. B. Funk
D. Foster
B. P. Schoentgen
R. Brenton
State Teachers’ College
D. D. Murphy
G. T. Baker
Roger Leavitt
Halen Pleads Guilty in Oelwein Murder Case
In Oelwein on April 23, 26 year old Halen admitted second degree murder in the death of George Bennett last November. Judge Hobson sentenced him to life. defense blamed intoxication. Halen, a railroad shop worker, killed Bennett after a late night quarrel and led officers to the body with bloodied knives. West Union, Iowa.
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Mike Hat
George Bennett
Oelwein
Hobson
Clements
Halen
Young
Oolwein
Bennett
West Union
Farmer Burns Feet After Hot Custard Pie Incident
Lake City Iowa April 23 Morris Piper a farmer stepped into two red hot custard pies fresh from the oven his stocking feet severely burned to the point amputation may be necessary the hot milky filling seeped through his socks before removal of footwear.
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Lake City
Morris Piper
Here
Warrant actions target Des Moines liquor sellers
Federal Commissioner McArthur issued conditional warrants charging nine saloonkeepers in Des Moines and others in Marshalltown and Boone with illegally selling liquor to Indians. Deputy marshals pursue the warrants as the tally grows toward 21. Evidence from Secret Service operative Van Wirt and Tama officials supported purchases. Previously about twenty saloons were visited in Des Moines. County Treasurer B. F. Brown died in Mason City from pernicious anemia.
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Des Moines
Chargin
McArthur
United States
Marshalltown
Boone
Secret Service
E. E. van Wirt
Green
Tama, Ta
State Laundrymen's Association Formed in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Iowa April 23 The State Laundrymen's association was organized here with Tas Kimball of Waterloo as president Geo Ames as secretary and Fixon Shaefer of Muscatine as treasurer The group aims to influence legislation and oppose manufacturers rude shoddy goods entering laundries.
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Cedar Rapids
State Laundrymen’s Association
Tas Kimball
Waterloo
Geo. ¢ Ames
Fixon
Shaefer
Muscatine
Hadden Favored for Pharmacy Commissioner Post
Alta Iowa April 1 reports that Governor Goss will appoint David E. Hadden as pharmacy commissioner. A Des Moines meeting is expected to confirm acceptance by Carroll and assign the cabinet position to Hadden, with insiders deeming the appointment virtually certain.
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Alta
Des Moines
Sider
Carroll
Pharmacy
Goss
Hadden
David E. Hadden
Des Moines Plans Rerganization of Historical Department
Des Moines Iowa April 22 the state historical department will reorganize May 8 with a possible completion by the new fiscal year July 1 Edgar R Harlan is expected to be named curator and Alice M Steele may be promoted to assistant curator to relieve workload following Miss Whitcomb’s death plans for Oakdale sanitarium include a staff building and patient cottages costing about 1500 each to expand capacity and improve living conditions
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Des Moines
State Historical Department
Edgar R. Harlan
Carroll
Harlan
Charles Aldrich
Whitcomb
Alice M. Steele
Oakdale
State Sanitarium
Farmer Recovers Stolen Horses Traced to Local Trader
Sloan Iowa April 1. Thieves stole a team from J B Landry northwest of town. Landry found one horse driven into Sloan by farmer C B Ping who traded with a peddler who had bought from a stranger for cash by 60 dollars. Landry recovered both horses. thief unnamed remains at large.
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Sloan
J. B. Landry
Lakeport Township
Mr. Landry
Cc. B. Ping
Landry
Onawa Council Reopens Perry Road After Judge’s Order
Judge Mould of the district court ordered the Perry road reopened to the public, reversing a prior council decision that awarded it to Samuel Harrison and Jesse Ropes. George Fisher F M Hathaway F D Winegar and other citizens had appealed, signaling possible further legal action.
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Onawa
Mould
Council
Seven Times in Jail for Bride in Ida Grove Story
Ida Grove Iowa April 9. Seven times jailed on trumped up charges aimed at thwarting a marriage. Jonah Long and Hazel Cole wed after a habeas corpus brought her to court where she was judged of age. The couple, after escapes and jail fights, plan a simple life on a farm near Washta Iowa.
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Ida Grove
Durance
Jonah Long
Hazel Cole
Squire Pettie
Jonah
Liberty
Washta
8. D
Mrs Henry Wallace Dies Suddenl y In Webster City
Mrs Henry Wallace a longtime leader in church club and charity work died at her Webster City Iowa home after a diabetes attack. She left her husband L Torr Wallace and five children as she passed away Friday afternoon following a rapid decline in health.
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Webster City
L. Tory Wallace
Final dividend paid to Sheldon depositors in Moorhead
Moorhead Minn April 22 At non Sat dend growing out of the defunct Sheldon bank has been paid to depositors in an installment of 31.08 percent making 74.08 in all paid to the creditors of the bank.
Mayor of Marshalltown Dead at 76 in April
Crazed Biles, nearly 77, longtime Marshalltown resident for 51 years and former First National Bank president, who also served as the town's first mayor, died this morning from prostatic troubles. He was a prominent figure in the city's development.
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Marshalltown
Biles
First National Bank
Lightning strikes Neal residence near Des Moines injuring resident
In Des MoinesIndiana on April 23 Mrs Hent erday whose husband John Neal lived northwest of town was nearby when lightning struck the Neal residence. The bedroom door blew open and she was knocked unconscious as the bolt tore through the house causing several hundred dollars in damage. The home suffered severe destruction with one room left habitable. The telephone and clock were blown apart and an iron bedstead melted.
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Des Moines
Freak steer with heart in sack shocks Denison market
In Denison Iowa on April 21 Elof Carlson brought a four year old steer to market with its heart encased in a sack under the throat. Veterinarian Hinkley from Odebolt examined the animal and confirmed the sack heart as the only heart action observed while the body showed limited neck movement. The bizarre condition drew wide interest among buyers and onlookers.
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Denison
Elof Carlson
Veterinary Hinkley
Odebolt
Baby dropped from coach steps near Lyon Street crossing
A live baby wrapped in new paper was dropped from the front coach of passenger train No. 16 as it moved from Newton Iowa. A woman and man observed the event. the man took the child and vanished, with unclear trace. Mrs. Emil Myers gave an account of the incident and the pursuing man.
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Newton
Lyon Street
Emil Myers
Foster
Tell papa and mamma goodby boy shot and killed
In Nevada Iowa a 12 year old boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. G A Heard, was fatally shot when an 8 year old sibling loaded a gun at a barn. The boy uttered the last words Tell papa and mamma goodby as he died before his parents reached home.
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Nevada
Papa
Mamma Goodby
G. A. Heard
Heard
Tell
Mama Goodby
Twelve Year Old Boy Shoots Self in Tilden Nebraska
LeRoy Roby aged 12, son of Mr and Mrs George E Roby, killed himself with a revolver shot to the temple at 8 30 Saturday morning after misbehavior at his father's bakery. Mrs Roby ill at home heard the shot and found the body. death was instantaneous.
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Tilden
Neb
LeRoy Roby
George E. Roby
Roby
Coad Oil Company Loses Court Case In Rock Rapids
The Coad Oil Company of Alton challenged Standard Oil in a Sioux County case alleging violation of an anti discrimination act. Judge Hutchinson sustained all eight demurrers citing Lyon County lack of jurisdiction as the offense occurred in Sioux County. The state will appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court with Standard Oil counsel present.
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Rock Rapids
Coad Oil Company
Alton
Standard Oil Company
Hutchinson
J. M. Parsons
Ss. D. Riniker
Lyon County
Sioux County
Supreme Court
R. W. Stewart
Chicago
Parsons
Iowa Ex-Congressman Henry J. B. Cummings Dies
Ex congressman and Civil War colonel Henry J. B. Cummings died in Winterset Iowa at 1 o clock. Born May 2 1831 in Newton New Jersey he practiced law in Indiana after learning printing in Pennsylvania. He led the Thirty ninth Iowa Infantry and served one term in Congress beginning in 1876.
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Winterset
Henry J. B. Cummings
Iowa
Newton
N. J
Pennsylvania
Indiana
First Enforcement of Dry Trains in Iowa
Des Moines officials raided the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul diner at Chardan yester day under the new Iowa law. Two kegs of beer one barrel of wine and four store of whisky were seized. Conductor Sam Snow was arrested. Seventy five samples of wet goods purchased on trains will be used as evidence in the suit to be started by the county attorney.
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Des Moines
R. G. Howard
Tom Canfield
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chardan
Sam Snow
Iowa
Maybray to be tried in Council Bluffs court
Des Moines leader of alleged fake racing and wrestling promoters case, J C Maybray, will be tried at the September term in Council Bluffs. Judge Smith McPherson announced the choice after opposition to a Des Moines May term. Maybray will stay jailed in Des Moines until the court opens.
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Des Moines
J. C. Maybray
Council Bluffs
Smith McPherson
Maybray
Sorrowful End Follows Murders in Galeana
Francisco Pardo of Galeana killed his bride Ramona Rodriguez during their wedding and traced insults in her blood. He hanged himself in prison yesterday after a storm interrupted the ceremony and locals predicted a grim honeymoon.
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Monterey
Mexico
Francisco Pardo
Galeana
Pardo
Ramona Rodriguez
Railroad man dead in Bec
Webster City Iowa April 26 James Welch an Illinois Central immigration agent was found dead in bed by his family. Heart failure was given as the cause of death in a quiet provincial notice.
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Webster City
James Welch
Illinois Central
Barber Asphalt Paving Chief Dies at Ardsley Park
Amzri Lorenzo Barber, head of the Barber Asphalt Paving company, died at midnight Saturday night from pneumonia at Ardsley Park. He had just returned from California for his health, after a trip that followed a birth in Saxton's River Vermont in 1848.
Bradbury Wins $15000 in Arm Loss Case Against Rock Island
Estherville Iowa April 21 The jury after more than five hours returned a verdict for Clifton W Bradbury a Rock Island brakeman awarding him 15000 in damages for the loss of his right arm crushed in a Graettinger accident. He sought 25000 claiming the injury due to a defective car.
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Estherville
Clifton
W. Bradbury
Rock Island
Rock Island Railway Company
Bradbury
Graettingerd
Wea
Roosevelt hunt ends in fiasco in jungle display
New York reporters describe the first Roosevelt hunt as a spectacular failure. A moving picture crew in elaborate gear stalked Teddy Roosevelt through cedar swamps and Sheepshead Bay. a mocked negro entourage posed, but a papier mache elephant caught fire and collapsed its hind legs during the shot.
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New York
Roosevelt
Cedar
Sheepshead Bay
Moving Picture
Teddy
Bride in Coast Weds Man Who Saved Life
Winsted Conn April 20 Miss Gertrude Crowell daughter of William Crowell independence league candidate for state comptroller in the last election married today to George Weaton of Pawtucket R I Weaton saved her life when she was run down by an automobile in Providence
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Winsted
Conn
Gertrude Crowell
Willam Crowell
Independence League
George Weaton
Pawtucket
Governor Carrolls Brother Dies in Selma Visit
Des Moines reports David Carroll of Colorado Springs, elder brother of Vernor Carroll, died at a relative’s home in Selma near Bloomfield after several days’ visit. pneumonia caused death. the governor was summoned but not present at the time of death. Des Moines, Ia. April 19.
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Des Moines
David Carroll
Colorado Springs
Vernor Carroll
Selma
Bloomfield
Child Burned in Stove Fire at Boyer Valley
Sac City Iowa April 19 Charley Cornelia two year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Cornelia severely burned while playing with a flame in the stove. His clothing was torn to stop the blaze but he suffered burns from face to leg before help arrived.
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Sac City
Leslie Fetter
Bronx City
Onere Elmer Austin
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Nutter
Fetter
Bio City
Lewis
Charley
Fred Cornelia
Boyer Valley
Blood stained boy's suit found in riverside box
Police found a blood stained box near the river north Burlington containing a suit stockings and shoes of a small boy. No local missing child reported. Authorities believe a boy from another city was thrown into the river.
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Burlington
Remsen Woman Recounts Shooting by Rejected Suitor
Miss Anna Wengler, shot three times by Casper Neihus near Remsen, Iowa, describes the events leading to the tragedy while still in danger. She had previously refused his marriage proposal, and Neihus, reportedly intoxicated, opened fire at the field where she worked with a hired man nearby.
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Remsen
Anna Wengler
Casper Neihus
Neihus
Nelhus
Geddes
Davenport closes sporting houses to obey new law
In Davenport in April 19 Mayor Scott ordered police to close all sporting houses at once and close 10 gambling houses, enforcing the new law. Disreputable venues were shut to comply with the ordinance.
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Davenport
Scott
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Found Playing With a Snake
New York April 19 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw once a public figure now living quietly at 31 West Thirty-third Street was located amid ongoing civil suit proceedings. Report says she was discovered in her apartment calmly playing with a snake as it coiled around her arm while process servers pursued her for a judgment against Warry K Thaw.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Warry K. Thaw
Matteawan
West Thirty-third St
Ember
S. Thaw
Society Women Cleansing Washington
Washington April 19 society women led a city wide cleanup to remove floating debris. The Twentyeth Century Club organized the effort with block chairmen and housewives cleaning their premises to achieve a cleaner city by 9 a.m.
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Washington
Professor Tufts IG Killed Testing Current in New Jersey
New York April 19. Professor J r of Columbia University was electrocuted in Bayonne New Jersey while testing power supplied by the public service corporation. He connected a street arc to testing equipment, short circuited the current, and was killed instantly.
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New York
Professor Jr
Columbia University
Bayonne
Common Council of
Public Service Corporation
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