Iowa News Briefs Cover Tragedies and Local Happenings
Vera Welch, 14, attempted suicide in Ottumwa by carbolic acid. Ezra Rogers, 89, died at home in Oskaloosa after forty years there. J. M. Curry, 70, found dead in Oskaloosa. Clifford Shinn, 9, drowned in Kel loge. Hartley firemen to host Aug 10 11 12 tournament. Postmasters named in Promise City Shipley. Rural carrier exams Aug 18 at Guernsey Moravia Harlan. Re married Groffs in Council Bluffs. Salix hosts Picnic Assoc Aug 10. Sevario killed by slate fall near Albia. Sidney Cozine injured from hay load fall. Junkin executed at Fort Madison. Sutherland School Board contracts new building. Cherokee armory contract let. Kilpacker 26 crushed by horse in Swisher. Golden wedding Garner couple. Hopp family hurt in Oasis runaway. Barns burned near Anita. cause unknown. Beale Plain gas plant franchise sought. special election. Chamberlain killed by train at Avoca. Merchant confesses robbery in Lima Ohio. Julia Cahill 17 dead from overheating in Dubuque factory. Donovan barn fire near Morse. Electric Park bomb mystery unresolved. Kintigh county treasurer short over 2000. Scroeder Dubuque dies after dental infection. Mrs. M. M. Johnson dies Iowa City. W A Kennedy dies Mason City. Otter Island raid on blind pigs. Whittaker auto crash near Iowa City. Mor ris tragedy at Grinnell. Moreau Morris fires fatal shot. Park Plan work expands at Dubuque. Park Plan youths to Swiss Valley Trappist Monastery and Manchester fish hatchery study with Ames professors.
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Hartley Firemen
W. E. Hanna
Promise City
B. C. Rea
Guernsey
Moravia
Harlan
Christiana
William Groff
Council Bluffs
Salix
Missouri Valley Woodmen’s
Dominic Sevario
Wapello Coal Company
Albia
Sidney Cozine
Iowa City
John A. Buehner
Shipley
Story County
H. W. Allen
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
Fort Madison
Iowa National Guard
Cherokee
Fred L. Kilpacker
Swisher
Johnson County
G. W. Robinson
Garner
William Hopp
Elsie
Hopp
Oasis
L. C. Bowers
Ireton
William Z. Thomas
Columbus
Ohio
Third Baptist Church
Davenport
D. A. Holmes
Manning
Brockman Farm
Anita
K. R. Mosnat
Beale Plaine
Fred Chamberlain
Shelby
Rock Island
Avoca
O. T. Merchant
Manson
United States Express
Lima
Julia
Michael Cahill
Dubuque
Michael Donovan
Morse
Electric Park
Muscatine
J. EB. Kintigh
Monona County
Kintigh
Peter Scroeder
Illinois Central
Scroeder
Real Estate Transfers Across Ames District
D H Milleken transfers two parcels to S T Zenor for 800 dollars covering lot H in the northeast quarter, lot D in the southeast quarter, and lot C in the southeast quarter of section 31 84 24. Jacob A Cole and wife deed to S C Rush 850 dollars for north 60 feet of lot 29 Athletic Park ad Ames. Annie W. Fleming to Abrams Liddle 1000 dollars for north 40 feet of lot 9 block 2 Blairs Ist ad Ames. Edmund A. Rawson and wife deed to J Clifford Ross 600 dollars for east 24 feet of lot 3 block 9 Slater. John Hutchison to R F Hutchison 10.50 dollars by 142 feet along Hodge Ave and College, with 50 feet to place of beginning.
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D H Milleken
Annie W. Fleming
Abrams Liddle
Blairs
Ad Ames
Edmund A. Rawson
J Clifford Ross
Slater
John Hutchison
R F Hutchison
Hodgeave
College 8
College St
Woman Dies at 101 in Forest City Iowa
Mrs. Anna Cole Clark, aged 101, one of north Iowa’s oldest residents, died at her Forest City home. Born to a long lived family, she married George B. Clark in 1830 and moved to Clayton county in 1886. She moved to this city in 1887, lived well past her health decline, and leaves seven of twelve children, including Isaac Clark of Omaha and Salem Clark of Billings, Mont. She was a longtime Baptist Church member.
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Forest City
Iowa
Anna Cole Clark
George B. Clark
Clayton County
Lagrippe
Isaac Clark
Omaha
Salem Clark
Billings
Mont
The
Baptist Church
Last Sioux massacre story to be made public
After the death of the last Sioux participant in the Custer engagement the full account will be released. Maj James McLaughlin, head of the U S Indian Service, and his brother in law Joe Buisson a well known Sioux pilot and steamboat captain hold the sole documents detailing the clash that left General George A Custer and his entire force dead.
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Iowa City
George A. Custer
James McLaughlin
United State Indian Service
Joe Buisson
Mississippi River
Last Packet Taken Off on Burlington River
The river stage here is six inches above low water mark, the lowest since records began in 1864. The steamer Sidney, the only big packet lately, has been removed from the St. Louis to St. Paul trade due to low water, and through traffic has been abandoned for the first time at this season.
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Burlington
Sidney
St. Louis-St. Paul
Farmer Hicks Sued Over Low Fat Milk Sale
Dairyman J. E. Jackson fined 25 dollars for selling milk under eight percent butter fat accuses farmer C. H. Hicks of supplying the product. Jackson plans to argue wholesalers bear responsibility for goods sold to retailers under pure food laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
J. E .Jackson
C. H. Hicks
Jackson
Road Prepares for Rush at Marshalltown
The Iowa Central railway plans a large hire to meet an expected fall and winter surge in business. It will add many men to its car shops force to speed the production of new cars and cabooses.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central Railway
Charged With Brutal Crime Storm Lake
John Compton of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin arrested in Sioux Rapids on charge of murdering his father in 1906.
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Storm Lake
John Compton
Phelix Ferbaul
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Sioux Rapids
Supervisors Proceedings of Story County Iowa May 1910
Story County Iowa board met at Nevada court house on May 24 1910 with all members present. C W Scott reported Farmers Grain Co bills 59.65 and 208.65. resignation of Grant township clerk A A Cole accepted and E F Biddle appointed. Adjourned to May 25. The May 26 minutes note Thor Oland appointment. Warren ship clerk approved.
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Board of Supervisors
Story County
Iowa
Court House
Nevada
C. W. Scott
B. Johnson
J. H. Jacobson
Farmers Grain Co
A. A. Cole
Grant Township
E. F. Biddle
Thor Oland
Warrenship
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ED. Miller
N. Kellogg Ave
Iona
Mutual
C. E. Hunt
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s Drug Store
Sorenson
T. L. Rick
Dudgeon
D. M. Ghrist
Jennie G. Ghrist
Drs. Ghrist
Ghrist
Onondaga St
Masonic Bik
KE. B. Bush, M. D
Baker’s Jewelry Store
T. G. Fultz
Ames, Iowa
James Woodward
St. St
Ames, Ia
Dy W. m. Oe
Frank E. Morris
Main St
Daniel McCarthy
Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys-At-Law
Story County Bank
GC. L. Waltmire
M. J. Adams
Iowa News
Vera Welch
Ezra Rogers
Oskaloosa
J. M. Curry
Newton
Clifford Shinn
Kelloge
North Skunk
Sutherland Board of Education
M. M. Johnson
8. J. Zorn
Montezuma
W. A. Kennedy
Chicago & Northwestern
Mason City
Belle Plaine
Williams
Otter Island
Mediapolis
Richard L. Whittaker
Grinnell
Homer Shockley
George Morris
Moreau
Morris
Shockley
Moreau Morris
Horschem
Audubon School
Park Plan
Swiss Valley
H. F. Luick
G. R. Bliss
Horticultural Extension
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Manchester
W. B. UD
Parley Sheldon
B. J. Sheldon
S. A. Keenan
Asst
Genral Banking
Judisch Brothers
H. L. Munn Lumber
Psang
Supervisors’ Proceedings
F. G. Dunahugh
Iowa Rural Mail Carriers’ Associate
Central Iowa Baptist
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