Dubois Murder Mystery Stuns Iowa Town
Albert Dubois is reported murdered after an outing on a boat with Tyler and two women in Mason City Iowa. Witnesses describe a struggle and drowning at a boat house while detectives probe a possible third man involvement and motive tied to disgraceful circumstances.
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Mason City
Albert Dubois
Morris
Tripp
Manchester
Dubois
Tyler
Fern Hart
Hattie Galyean
Hart
Lone farmer shoots self and punctures wall portrait
In Union Pennsylvania near Union John Lepley a farmer killed himself with a pistol. The bullet tore through the room striking a group portrait on the wall and piercing the likeness after taking a path through the wall.
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Union
John Lepley
Lepley
Father Believed Elopement Ends In Marriage
Laurens Iowa July 30 Roy Belden a meat market worker from Havelock and Grace Mather a 16 year old from Laurens fled toward Sioux Rapids then were intercepted at Alton. Their fathers arrival led to a formal talk and the couple were married at Grace Mather's home with plans to live in Havelock.
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Laurens
Roy Belden
Havelock
Sioux Rapids
Rodney
Grace Mather
Walter Mather
Alton
Prouty concedes race in Seventh district contest
Des Moines report details Judge F. Prouty yielding the nomination to Captain Hull after the Dallas county recount. He cites six vote difference and illegal counts, pledging no further contest this campaign.
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Des Moines
F. Prouty
Hull
Prouty
Executive Council
Dallas County
Captain Hull
Pioneer insurance man John W. Jayne dies after runaway crash
Iowa City July 29 John W. Jayne a pioneer insurance man aged 89 died last night after being thrown head first against a post in a runaway incident.
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Iowa City
John W. Jayne
Seven Announced for Bishop's Place
W. H. Berry of Indianola D. W. Evans of Hampton A. Church of Jefferson H. Towner of Corning Ww. Green of Audubon W. H. McHenry of Des Moines Hugh Brennan of Des Moines named for Bishop's Place postings.
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W. H. Berry
Indianola
D. W. Evans
Hampton
A. Church
Jefferson
H. * Towner
Corning
Ww. Green
Audubon
W. H. McHenry
Des Moines
Hugh Brennan
Ida Grove Storm Strikes Ida County Villages
A heavy rain storm with four small tornadoes swept Ida county Sunday around 11:30 a m damaging crops over a two mile wide strip. In Arthur the Lindsay general merchandise store front was blown in the Ed Volz paint shop shattered and the livery stable demolished scattering best of gear. Damage runs into thousands but no injuries occurred as residents sheltered in cellars and storm caves.
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Ida Grove
Ida County
Arthur
Lindsay General Merchandise
Ed Volz
Seven candidates named for Iowa supreme judge bid
Des Moines July 28 reports at least seven contenders for the Republican nomination to succeed the late Judge Bishop. Authorized candidates include Polk judges Brennan and McHenry and Franklin Judge Evans. Green of Audubon is listed, with Town er of Corning and Indianola attorney Berry among probable rivals.
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Des Moines
Bishop
Brennan and McHenry
Polk
Evans
Franklin
Green
Audubon
Towner
Corning
Berry
Indianola
Man with epileptic fit on roof ends in rescue
John Case, a Fort Dodge worker, suffered an epileptic seizure while atop a four story school building. Joe Harden slid down the slippery roof, grabbed Case to prevent a fall, and held him until helpers arrived. Case was then brought to the ground and taken home.
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Fort Dodge
John Case
Case
Joe Harden
Harden
State Convention to Name Supreme Court Judge
Des Moines Iowa July 28 Attorney General Byers announces the vacancy in the supreme court must be filled at the November general election. A state central committee should call a state convention with delegates chosen by county conventions from the June primary. The governor may fill the vacancy only until the next general election. No date given for the state convention.
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Des Moines
Byers
Supreme Court
State Central Committee
Frank
Price
Kellogg Wins Grand Representative In Odd Fellows Election
Unofficial but complete lodge returns from Iowa Odd Fellows show Kellogg of Sioux City elected grand representative in Grand Encampment with G. M. Kellogg named in the Sioux City post. Installation of grand lodge officers planned for Marshalltown in October.
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Clinton
Grand Lodge
L. W. White
Woodbine
D. B. Gunn
Red Oak
H. C. Ring
Marion
R. L. Tilton
Des Moines
A. E.hindorff
Newton
J. H. Henderson
Indianola
A. D. Steele
Knoxville
Louis Nilberstein
Davenport
H. C. Chapin
Union
J. F. McGinty
Knowlton
R. L. Gillon
F. A. Lusk
Ida Grove
G. M. Kellogg
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Carl Mattison Drowns While Fishing
Oskaloosa Iowa July 28 Carl Mattison aged 18 drowned in the Skunk River while fishing last night. He graduated in June from the high school and was a star football player.
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Oskaloosa
Carl Mattison
Skunk
Sermon writing in a treehouse by Algona preacher
Algona Iowa July 29 There is a new way Rev O H H Olmes writes sermons from a treehouse study built in a willow tree in his yard. The 9 by 12 foot platform is elevated ten feet with a railing and ladder. Olmes a popular preacher and legislator drafts ideas here while birds sing and leaves rustle. Callers are welcome at the tree house and his family uses the space too.
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Algona
O. H H. Olmes
Grant Brenschoter
Mr. Holmes
Grandpa
Heckart
Iowa
Father L S Coffin Aids Prohibition Campaign Fund
Fort Dodge Iowa July 28 Father L S Coffin a noted philanthropist who built Hope Hall on his farm for ex convicts and donated it to a girls home by the W C Y U has returned from the national prohibition convention in Columbus Ohio where he gave 1000 dollars to the prohibitionists for their campaign fund.
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L. S. Coffin
Fort Dodge
Columbus
Ohio
Preacher Advocates Separate Bath Hours at Clear Lake
Dr. Hull of Grace Methodist Waterloo denounces summer resort bathing as a mixed-sex vice. He calls for a 15 minute water time for each sex and insists on separate facilities to curb impurity. Hull is the evangelist at the Clear Lake camp meeting.
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Mason City
Hull
Grace Methodist Church of
Waterloo
Clear Lake
Dr. Hull
Stranger fries egg in six minutes on Milwaukee street
Milwaukee on July 30 reports a stranger fried an egg on Grand Avenue pavement in six minutes despite the weatherman saying it was only go degrees.
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Milwaukee
Grand Avenue
Wife Withdraws Divorce Suit Against Preacher
Des Moines July 30 Mrs Lillian McColl withdrew her petition for divorce from Arthur J McColl noted lecturer after a tearful interview with her husband upon his return to the city He paid the costs totaling 40 dollars in the case and said the suit stemmed from a slanderous tale told to his wife while he was away.
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Des Moines
Popcorn Load Brings $110.86 At Arthur Market
Ida Grove Iowa July 28 Theis Bros Blaine township Ida county farmers sold a load of popcorn at Arthur this week that weighed 4 820 pounds and brought them 110 86 dollars.
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Ida Grove
Theis Bros
Blaine Township
Ida County
Arthur
Escaped Assaulter Reddy Gray Recaptured Near Columbus
Governor Cummins was notified today of the recapture at Columbus Nebraska of Reddy Gray who escaped from a Missouri Valley constable while en route to breakfast after his arrest for assaulting two Missouri Valley girls.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Columbus
Neb
Reddy” Gray
Missouri Valley
Braker's Wife Entangled With Senator Rayner's Son
Baltimore July 28 It is learned Mrs Wm H Fisher wife of a prominent broker was with young Wm B Rayner when Senator Rayner found him in a farm house near Norfolk She disappeared from Baltimore as Rayner Sr pursued divorce She boarded the steamer to Baltimore with Rayner and was found near the senator's stateroom hysterical Doctors gave remedies The Fisher family Ridgelys is prominent in the state The oldest son is 20 years old.
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Baltimore
Wm. H. Fisher
Wm. B. Rayner
Senator Rayner
Norfolk
Fisher
Ridgely
Assignee Realizes On Defaulter's Farms
Sac City Iowa July 8 The two farms bought by W H Pettis with county funds while in office have been sold by W Jackson trustee for the bondsmen. The Messenger tract 129 acres in Coon Valley township sold to J H Denman for 100 per acre. The Lasher farm 249.23 acres sold to Neal Hoskins and August Roselse for 77.50 per acre.
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Sac City
W. H. Pettis
W. Jackson
Messenger
Coon Valley Township
J. H. Denman
Lasher
Neal Hoskins
August Roselse
Seven or More Kinder Fathers Tax Exemption in France
A historical note states that every father with seven or more children is practically exempt from taxation in France. The remark highlights a tax policy preference toward large families in the era described.
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France
Rate Publicity Blamed for Loss of Export Trade
Washington reports that major railroads controlled by J J Hill E H Harriman the Berwind syndicate and the Canadian government plan to surrender their export trade to China Japan New Zealand and Australia on November 1. The Interstate Commerce Commission watches but is not likely to alter its rule requiring disclosure of export rate portions and notifying changes. The railroads argue the rule prevents them from conducting export trade as they have claimed since its enactment.
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Washington
James J. Hill
Edward H. Harriman
Berwind Syndicate
China
Japan
New Zealand
Australia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wild Man Leppo Kills Keeper In Lightning Chaos
Leppo the wild man from the Metropolitan show attacked John Dudley during a storm at McDonald Pennsylvania Aug 1. Dudley died from the neck bite after Leppo lashed him with teeth and jaws until authorities restrained the performer with a fence stake and chains. Leppo was killed earlier in the incident and imported from Borneo. Dudley was assisting Leppo when the attack occurred.
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McDonald
Leppo
John Dudley
Dudley
Borneo
Woman Falls Through Skylight at Coney Island Hotel
Miss Julia Jacobson of the Bronx fell two stories through a skylight at the Bohemia hotel on Surf avenue Coney Island landing on a stove while dinner remained cooking. She suffered concussion and bruises but will recover. Chef Henri nearly fainted as kitchenware and clothing flew.
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New York
Julia Jacobson
St. Ann's Ave
Bronx
Bohemia
Surf Avenue
Coney Island
Henri
Sheriff in Hock With Prisoners: Night of Debauch Ends in Shootings
Lincoln Nebraska August 1 Sheriff J J Gallagher of Broken Bow and two others were brought to the state hospital for dipsomania confinement but spent the night in a spree. Oleson leaped from a third story window, was shot in the leg by a policeman and captured.
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Lincoln
Neb
J. J. Gallagher
Broken Bow
O. E. Oleson
John van Lumb
Gallagher
State Insane Hospital
Oleson
Lord Attentive to Mrs Marshall Field
London reports speculation that Mrs Marshall Field may wed Lord Robert Innes-Ker brother to the Duke of Roxburghe. While no engagement is announced, the younger peer is said to be attentive and helping her acquire art and motor cars.
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London
Marshall Field
Robert Innesker
Duke of Roxburghe
Bobby Ashe
Robert
Roosevelt rushes sons education in rapid plan
Oyster Bay N Y Aug 1 One of the greatest desires of President Roosevelt is that each of his four sons shall have the best education in the country at the earliest possible period. He saw Theodore Jr graduate Harvard in three years and he conferred with the Harvard dean over Kermit’s course. Archibald is being given top opportunities at Groton. Quentin, the youngest, has begun summer studies with Waldo Parsons a former tutor.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Theodore, Jr
Harvard
Harvard University
Kermit
Archibald
Groton
Quentin
Waldo Parvars
Archiald
Wife Secures a License as Pilot
St Louis August 1 Mrs Wylia Hulett of Beardstown Illinois a steamboat family member earned a first class pilot license for piloting steamers of 100 tons burden or less on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers The license was issued by Captain Archie Gordon US inspector of steamboats Her husband George Hulett had applied but failed the examination due to color blindness.
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St. Louis
Wylia Hulett
Beardstown
Ill
Illinois
Mississippi
Archie Gordon
United States
George Hulett
Murder Mystery at Lake Sylvia in Minnesota
Annandale Minnesota reports the drowning of George A Raisbeck and his wife in Lake Sylvia three miles from town. Mrs Raisbeck found kneeling in three feet of water with facial bruises and no water in her lungs. Mr Raisbeck found in 20 feet of water. No witnesses and conflicting neighbor accounts leave unclear cause despite a quarrel hinted by one farmer.
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Annandale
Minn
George A. Raisbeck
New York
Lake Sylvia
Hammerstein Arrested Over Bicycle Stalking Claim
Philadelphia reports Arthur Hammerstein son of Oscar Hammerstein was arrested on charges of annoying women and children near Ardmore. Police traced a sweater clad cyclist matching the suspected pattern seen riding away after visiting Ardmore, leading to a stakeout and arrest by an undercover officer.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Philadelphia
Arthur Hammerstein
New York
Ardmore
Mr. Hammerstein
Hammerstein
Hamme
Three Weeks Proves Too Tame for London Audiences
Mrs Elinor Glyn wrote and staged her own dramatization of her novel at the Adelphi in London. A fashionable matinee crowd filled the theater but left after the third act as opportunities for passion waned, and the last act played to empty seats.
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London
Elinor Glyn
Nota
Adelphi Theater
New York
Anthony Comstock
Queen
Paul
Gould and Harriman Ally for Wabash, Erie Access
In Pittsburg a rumored alliance links the Harriman and Gould interests. Harriman would handle Wabash financial obligations into Pittsburg and gain entry to the district for his lines, while the Goulds would secure an outlet to the seaboard via Harriman routes. Erie would connect with Wabash tracks at Lodi Ohio where they intersect.
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Pittssburg
Harriman
Gould
Pittsburg
H. Harriman
Pitsburg
Goulds
Seaboard
Erie Railroad
Lodi
Ohio
Mice Cause Choir Strike At Avenue Church
In Homestead Pennsylvania the Avenue Methodist Episcopal choir refuses to sing after playful mice disrupted rehearsal. The mice reportedly cavorted around feet during Abide With Me as a soprano screamed and fainted, prompting the sexton to demand the mice be killed.
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Homestead
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Woman's legacy to prosecute lawsuit in Bridgeport will
Mrs. Cornelia H. B. Rogers dies leaving 200000 to Fairfield county with income to fund litigation against Brooklyn for proving the 1883 tax arrears act led to underpayment. She declares a duty to prosecute the case to a legitimate conclusion.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Cornelia H. B. Rogers
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Brooklyn
N. Y
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