Hypnotism Charge Tangles Wealthy Anglos in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa August 7 Dr Harry Nickson Foster son of Mrs Meyers accuses E M Meyers a wealthy Humboldt Tennessee retired liquor dealer of using hypnotic influence over Mrs Meyers to seize her large estate Meyers faces indictment for maintaining a nuisance and will be returned to Humboldt Sheriff Clendenin confirms Meyers' suspected use of hypnotism as he travels to Des Moines
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Des Moines
E. M. Myers
Humboldt
Meyers
Nickson
Clendenin
College President Parts With Whiskers
Des Moines Iowa August 7 President Homer H Seerly of the State Teachers college shaved his whiskers and mustache during trips to Denver and Seattle. On return friends scarcely recognized him as the beard was entirely removed. Other faculty at Cedar Falls followed his example leaving only Professor M F Arey with facial hair.
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Des Moines
Homer H. Seerly
State Teachers’ College
Denver
Seattle
Cedar Falls
Seerley
M. F. Arey
Rich husband accused in Iowa divorce suit
Mrs Rhoda Butler sues for divorce from W H Butler a longtime county stockman asking 76000 alimony plus 5000 temporary alimony and 2500 attorney fees. She says he beat her with a club on July 21 threatened to kill her and insulted her. She has seven children from her previous marriage while Butler is said to be worth 150000 to 200000.
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Council Bluffs
Rhoda Butler
W. H. Butler
Pottawattamie County
Butler
Neola
Fort Dodge firm receives conscience money from former employee
Dowd and Scally of Fort Dodge Iowa tally a conscience payment after a former worker returns groceries he took and sends a six dollar money order with a letter claiming repentance and a wish to live by the word of God.
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Fort Dodge
Dowd & Scally
Jesus
Negro heirs named in will attacked in Kansas City suit
A suit to break the will of Charles Schattner, a wealthy saloon keeper and politician who died recently with about 117000 to charities and 25000 to negro employees, alleges undue influence and intoxication impaired his mind. Eugene Schattner sues, naming Mary E Yates and other black beneficiaries including a porter and nurse. Frank Schattner of St Louis received 100.
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Kansas City
Charles Schattner
Eugene Schattner
Mary E. Yates
Frank Schattner
St. Louis
Knights of Columbus to Raise 500000 for Scholarships
Mobile Alabama reports the Knights of Columbus 27th annual convention endorses a 500000 endowment for scholarships to be raised within two years and given to the university. The national board will attend all future conventions. changes to the directory give it power to call meetings as needed.
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Mobile
Ala
Knights of Columbus
Directory
Tremeau Appointed Commander in Chief of French Army
Paris August 7 General Charles Louis Tremeau has been named commander in chief of the French army to succeed General de La Croix.
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Paris
Charles Louis Tremeau
General de la Croix
Dirigible Gross II Finishes 217 Mile Flight
Berlin reports the military balloon Gross II completed an endurance flight of hours and 4 minutes landing at 8 oclock this afternoon. The ship traveled to Halle and returned a total of 217 miles.
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Berlin
Earth
Hallee
Nurse Ethel White Found Dead in Lodging House
Boston report states nurse Ethel White age 25 was found dead at a lodging house last night. William Smith reported to police he found her ill on the doorstep as he was leaving for work.
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Boston
Ethel White
William Smith
Iowa Delegates Attend Irrigation Congress Meet
Iowa delegates headed to Spokane for the National Irrigation Congress with representatives from Davenport Ames Des Moines Sioux City and more. Dr A B Storms will speak at the Hawkeye club midsummer picnic at Natatorium Park August 9 followed by games and a luncheon.
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Spokane
Wash
Irrigation Congress
Iowa
Davenport
William Heuer
Dan B. Horne
William Chamberlain
Waldo Becker
J. W. Crowley
P. T. Walsh
FE. B. Hayward
George W. French
J. R. Lane
J. R. Nutting
Ames
C. F. Curtiss
A. B. Storms
Milton
E. C. Holland
Bayard
Milton M. MacDonald
Eldora
Joseph Wallace
Sac City
W. Cc. Dixon
Sioux City
A. van Wagenen
North McGregor
Frank Kingsley
Des Moines
W. B. Martin
James N. Pierce
Harvey Ingram
Reinbeck
Paul E. Kingsbury
Edward Homibrook
E. D. Huxford
T. Westcott
EB. C. Herrick
0. Ses Moher
Newton
D. L. Clark
D. Worthallett
W. E. Sharp
J. H. Gribben
Burlington
J. C. Greiner
Red Oak
George T. Cooper
J. A. Spicer
Willison
John Himiller
Elliott
N. cc. Johnson
Emerson
J. E. Gibson
Albin
Ralph T. Mason
J. H. Eastman
MP. Perry
W. D. Junkin
Lovilla
T. B. McDonald
Wright
D. K. Unsecker
Oskaloosa
A. J. Augustine
Dr. J. 8. Henderson
W. C. Shepard
F. E. Green
Clear Lake
Storms
E Baker
Iowa State University
Des Moines Councilman Faces Assault Charge
Councilman John L. Hamery, head of public safety, must answer in Justice Cope's court to a charge of assault and battery filed by John B. Hammond, liquor reformer and anti cigarette advocate. The information stems from Hammond's forcible ejection after an altercation over department conduct.
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Des Moines
John L. Hamery
Department of Public Safety
Cope
John B. Hammond
Trimmer Club
Anti-Cigaret Association
John Griffin
Hamery
Superintendent of Public Safety
Vast Sand Fly Storm Overwhelms Muscatine Streets
In Muscatine Iowa on August 6 a fierce storm of sand flies darkened the night. Billions of insects, bred by heat, swarmed from nearby islands and blanketed the city. Street lights were extinguished and residents stayed indoors to avoid being pounced upon by the maddened swarms.
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Muscatine
Aged Woman Granted Pardon In Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa August 6 Mrs Anna Myers convicted last winter of trying to burn her stepdaughter alive and sentenced to life imprisonment has been pardoned by Governor Carroll. Conditions require her to drop appeal and stay outside Iowa, act lawfully, and risk immediate arrest if she returns. The crime shocked Henry county and was foiled by Mr Livesays quick action saving the family.
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Des Moines
Anna Myers
B. ¥. Carroll
Winfield
Carroll
Supreme Court
Henry County
Loma Livesay
Strike settles at Atlas Portland Cement Tasco plant
Hannibal Missouri report says a strike by foreign workers at the Atlas Portland Cement company plant near Tasco ended in riotous conditions and was settled last evening.
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Hannibal
Atlas Portland Cement Company
Tasco
Here
Meat Producers Press Small Car Demand Before Rail Board
Des Moines Aug 5 Corn Belt Meat Producers urge the railroad commission to keep 31 foot stock cars available and oppose eliminating the 31 foot option. They warn removal could force farmers to buy larger feeders while railroads push only 36 foot plus cars, risking control of farmer shipping.
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Des Moines
Corn Belt
Railroad Commission
Thresher loses arm in cylinder accident near Ute Ta
Charles E. Riddle a farmer and thresherman living two miles southwest of Ute was feeding a threshing rig at Sam Chedester's farm when his right arm was drawn into the cylinder. He was rushed to the hospital where doctors amputated the arm near the elbow. A tent revival meeting opens August 29 in the area as preparations roll on for a large crowd.
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Charles E. Riddle
Sam Chedester
Woman Traveled in Husband's Clothes to Aid Escape
A couple in Centerville Indiana were detained by Deputy City Marshal Halden while traveling in public. The man said he provided his wife with his clothing after funds ran out and her clothes wore thin as they journeyed.
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Centerville
Halden
Doctor Injured in Auto Accident Near Omaha
Dr Morgan G Cutler interne at Metropolitan hospital New York City son of Lewis Cutler of Council Bluffs was seriously injured when his car struck a large hole on Florence boulevard in northern Omaha and overturned. Carl West sustained non fatal injuries. Dr Cutler remained unconscious over 40 hours after the crash with brain concussion but other signs offered hope.
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Council Bluffs
Morgan G. Cutler
Metropolitan Hospital
New York City
Lewis Cutler
Florence Boulevard
Omaha
Carl West
H. 8. West
Cutler
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
Crabtree to face court martial for Raymond slaying
Des Moines reports that after talks at Fort Des Moines US District Attorney M L Temple and Col Frank West announced Corporal Lisle Crabtree will be tried by court martial, pending war department approval. Earlier plans considered state or federal court. army men express strong opposition to Crabtree.
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Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
United States
M. L. Temple
Frank West
Army Post
Lisle Crabtree
J. C. Raymond
War Department
Crabtree
Farmer Hurt by Yearling Heifer in Barnyard Incident
Andrew Lockwood, a well known farmer from the south part of Mason County, was badly battered in a barnyard mishap when a yearling heifer knocked him down and trampled him. His daughter aided. he suffered a broken arm several broken ribs and internal injuries.
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Mason City
Andrew Lockwood
Four Drownings Reported Near Davenport
Davenport Iowa August 5 four people drowned in the vicinity yesterday. John Hogan father of Rev Henry Hogan of Fairfield Iowa fell into the river from the ferry dock. Danny Defenbaug Bettendorf Iowa Harvey Gregg Moline Illinois and F N Diercks Toronto Iowa were drowned while bathing.
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Davenport
John Hogan
Henry Hogan
Fairfield
Danny Defenbaug
Bettendorf
Harvey Gregg
Moline
F. N. Diercks
Toronto
Henderson's Trial Again Deferred in Des Moines
Des Moines Aug 5 The case seeking removal of Marengo mayor for drunkenness and neglect was continued to August 17 due to his head injury from a pulley accident while he watched telephone workers three weeks earlier.
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Des Moines
Henderson
Marengo
Zeppelin Mishap Forces Return to Frankfort
The airship Zeppelin I left Frankfort for Cologne about 110 miles away but had to return due to a machinery accident. It marked the second unsuccessful attempt to reach Cologne.
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Frankfort
Cologne
Taft Plans Beverly Departure After Congress Adjourns
Washington August 5 President Taft expects Congress to adjourn late Thursday or Friday and plans to leave Washington for Beverly Friday afternoon.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Beverly
Doctor Becomes Vagrant Then Rich Relatives Rush In
In Vinton Iowa a former Kansas City physician Dr J Thornton, once prominent, became a wanderer after alcohol use and drifted into town with almost no money. His wealthy family chartered a Rock Island special to fetch him home, avoiding danger with careful handling during a 360 mile journey marked by three sinking spells and drug support.
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Vinton
Downs Hotel
Traer
J Thornton
Kansas City
Rock Island Road
Dr. Thornton
Governor waits for other states to act on tax amendment
Des Moines August 4 Governor Carroll says he will not call a special legislature session to pass the income tax amendment unless a general movement by other states is begun. Ratification requires three fourths of the states. without broader gubernatorial action it would be pointless for Iowa to move.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Iowa
War Declared Against Flirting in Des Moines Safes
Des Moines police arrest three young women Doris Foster Pearl Gray and Eleanora Anderson on vagrancy charges accusing them of flirting with traveling men to gain invitations to dine at strangers expense. Police warn more arrests will follow.
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Des Moines
Doris Foster
Pearl Gray
Eleanora Anderson
Alaska wheat yields a bumper crop reported in Iowa
Des Moines August 4 Chairman John Downie of the state board of control returned from Cherokee with Alaska wheat samples from the institution farm. He says the seed will double Iowa wheat yields though it is not as hardy. Downie declares the experiment will revolutionize Iowa wheat farming.
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Des Moines
John Downie
State Board of Control
Alaska
Institution
Iowa
Downie
Robbery at Waterloo Lands Man With Shattered Leg
Samuel Doren was shot twice in the left thigh by two masked highwaymen while returning home near the park in Waterloo Indiana. He is hospitalized with a badly shattered bone and may lose the leg as doctors fight to save it. The attackers fled the scene.
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Waterloo
Samuel Doren
Doren
Bay Ridge Girl Charged With Smoking Cigarettes
New York August 4 Margaret Heinz aged 11 of Bay Ridge was arraigned on charges from her mother for smoking cigarets and for being incorrigible. The magistrate pressed the girl on whether all Bay Ridge girls smoke cigarets she replied she knew some do. The judge called the habit not fun and placed her in the care of a probationary officer until August 31 for possible cure.
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New York
Margaret Heinz
Bay Ridge
Marsere
French officer fatally injured in local aeroplane trial
Lieutenan Cros of the French army during field tests at Lorient was swept into a squall and wrecked his experimental military airplane. In Opelousas Louisiana two imprisoned Black men Thomas and Emile Antoine were separated from deputies and fatally shot near Grand Prairie.
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Lorient
France
Lieutenan Cros
Opelousas
Thomas
Emile Antoine
Grand Prairie
Boston suffrage tour sails to rally votes for women
A company of women suffragists departs Boston by trolley today to tour the state in support of votes for women.
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Boston
Widow Annie Graham Found Dead in Trunk
A terrier led investigators to the home where Mrs. Annie Graham a 68 year old widow who lived alone was found dead in a trunk last evening. Coroner deputies said she fell and injured her neck when her body tumbled into the trunk after being struck. She was last seen Friday.
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Pittbburg
Annie Graham
Des Moines magnate faces $50,000 tax dodging probe
W W Lyons president of Merchants & Bankers Fire Insurance and former Valley National Bank director, is questioned by County Treasurer George Dobson over failing to return $1 of personal property in 1905. Officials estimate Lyons owes about $50,000 in taxes amid a broader cleanup of wealthy delinquents. Lyons reportedly avoided taxes on a 1905 personal property valuation of $183,000, sold Valley National Bank stock, and maintains a fortune around $250,000 with a $110,000 yearly salary.
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Des Moines
Aus
W. W. Lyons
Merchants & Bankers Fire Insurance Company
Valley National Bank
Polk County
George Dobson
Dobson
Lyons
Unlucky Jim Finds 3000 Dollar Freshwater Pearl
Davenport Iowa on August 3 a clam dredger nicknamed Un lucky Jim found a 50 grain flesh colored freshwater pearl near Lansing. W L Gardiner of Le Claire and I E Anthony of Camanche bought the gem for $3000 cash, a claimed record price for such a pearl.
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Davenport
Jim
Lansing
W. L. Gardiner
le Claire
I. E. Anthony
Camanche
Two Men Killed by Switch Engine Near Blue Earth
Mason City Iowa reports James Carlson and Robert Pierson were struck by a switch engine of the Chicago and North Western at Blue Earth Minnesota last night. Carlson was killed instantly. Pierson died later from injuries.
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Mason City
James Carlson
Robert Pierson
Blue Earth
Minn
Chicago & Northwestern
Carlson
Two Struck By Sun in Iowa Heat Wave
In Nashua Ellis Sutherland collapsed from heat prostration and Sam Cook suffered sunstroke. In Mason City many workers abandoned their tasks as the heat intensified across the region.
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Mason City
Ellis Sutherland
Nashua
Sam Cook
Woodbury Leads Iowa in Brickmaking Output
Des Moines Aug 3 state geological survey reports Sioux City clays suit brickmaking making Woodbury the leading county in common brick production. Polk now tops the state in mineral output marking a historic first.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Woodbury
State Geological Survey
Polk
Former Legislator Henry Stone Dies in Chicago
Henry Stone, speaker of the house in the 25th general assembly and prominent Marshalltown attorney, died today in Chicago where he had traveled for treatment after being paralyzed last winter. He never recovered.
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Marshalltown
Henry Stone
House of the 25Th General Assembly
Chicago
Stone
Worst Earthquakes in 25 Years Hit Central Mexico
Shocks from the Pacific to the Atlantic shake a region over 1 000 square miles from Querato to Oaxaca. At least 14 killed outright with scores more injured. Acapulco and Chilpancingo partially destroyed. Mexico City areas report six fatalities and several severely injured. The American colony escapes unharmed and fears persist among the peon class.
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Mexico City
Mex
Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
Querato
Oaxaca
Acapulco
Chilpancingo
Guerrero
Popocatapelte
Associated Press
State officers must pay for their own baths
Des Moines Iowa August 3 19— State officials cannot charge hotel baths to the state The executive council rejected a July 21 bill by A Smith of Scranton member of the state board of paroles and pardons The decision sets an important precedent against improper state expenses
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Des Moines
A. Smith
Scranton
State Board of Paroles and Pardons
Smith
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