Promoters Fury as Iowa Rail Plan Is Blocked
Waterloo and surrounding cities protest the Peterson law driven stock cap. The executive council refused a stock issue of 42 000 per mile plus mortgage to fund a short steam line to connect Waterloo Grinnell Chariton and Pella. Promoters warn the project may be scrapped without 700 000 in equity.
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Waterloo
Executive Council of
Iowa
Grinnell
Chariton
Pella
Executive Council
E. A. Harris
Courageous hunter shoots a bear in Cerro Gordo County
Plymouth, Jan. 2 The only bear ever killed in Cerro Gordo county was brought down from a tree by W. S. Holcomb of this town yesterday. He went four miles east in search of game and spotted a young black bear. The hunter fired once and lugged the carcass to town where bear meat is being served from the local market block. The origin of the bear remains unknown.
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Plymouth
Cerro Gordo County
W. S. Holcomb
Indictments Returned Against Clerk Battey
Two indictments were returned by the district court grand jury against H. V. Battey former clerk of the district court. They charge embezzlement by a public officer and forgery. The embezzlement count alleges failure to account for 700 dollars collected or due to the office and not accounted for. The forgery count centers on alleged erasure and alteration of office records.
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Council Bluffs
District Court Grand
H. V. Battey
District Court
Battey
Wealthy farmer shoots self in row house tragedy
In Manson Iowa a wealthy prominent farmer H Johnson killed himself by shooting the right side of his face, nose, eye and brain damaged. He left a note asking forgiveness for his deed and said death was preferable to insanity as his wife and family faced the tragedy.
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Manson
H. Johnson
Iowa stockholders seek accounting in federal suit
Iowa stockholders in the Denver and Northwestern Fuel company filed a petition for an accounting in federal court yesterday against six Denver men. They charge misappropriation of funds and wrongful transfer of stock and company property to the Union Land company.
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Iowa
Denver
Denver & Northwestern Fuel Company
Union Land Company
Robbers Blow Up Bank at Melvin
Robbers forced entry to the First National Bank of Melvin between 2 and 3 this morning and blew the outer door of the safe with nitroglycerin but could not open the inner door locked by a time lock. They escaped on a handcar toward the south. The explosion wrecked the stone building and shattered the plate glass front. the scene was found by residents alerted by the noise. The cashier George A. Romey contacted the sheriff at Sibley. the handcar was recovered near Hartley. No further trace of the robbers was found.
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Sibley
Hartley
Ten More Suits Against Saloon Keepers Filed
Davenport January 2 Ten additional suits were filed today against saloon keepers for violating the mullet law bringing total to twenty one. The civic federation is active in enforcing the strict letter of the law.
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Davenport, Ja
Civic Federation
Confidential clerk leaves a shortage in coal business
Marshalltown Iowa area reports Charles Swick a confidential clerk for President George Gregory of the Iowa Nebraska Coal Dealers association vanished leaving a note confessing a shortage in his accounts and hinting at possible self harm the shortage totals about 200 dollars as yet.
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Marshalltown
Tadan
Charles Dr. Swick
George Gregory
Witk
Rtm. Ia
Druggist in Elopement Rumor Shocks Ja Town
Reported elopement of Otto Anderson a leading druggist and Mrs Minnie Trissler owner of a general store sparks excitement in Sheidahl Iowa. The couple returned from Des Moines together Saturday night to a cheering crowd then vanished yesterday. Anderson married with four children. Trissler’s husband left her a week ago. Detectives investigate while a deputy sheriff closes the Anderson drug store.
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Sheidahl
Otto Anderson
Minnie Trissler
Des Moines
Nderson
Anderson
Farmer Sues Railroad Over Train Whistle Harshness
George Lambert of near West Union sues Milwaukee railroad for 46000 dollars claiming excessive whistle blasts frightened his mules caused a runaway damaging his wagon and injuring him and his team.
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Mason City
George Lambert
West Union
Milwaukee Railroad
Petition Drives Add Lincoln Birthday as State Holiday
Iowa Falls residents circulate petitions to establish February 12 as a legal holiday in Iowa. Petitions will be submitted to the January legislature urging both houses to amend the holiday statute to include Lincoln's birthday.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa
Lincoln
Actor killed by husband of woman actor in Denver
C Burbett Bell, a laundry worker, shot five times at C Cavier Dury known as J Byron Ailenton in a hallway of a Denver rooming house. Dury died instantly. Bell says the shooting aimed to force his wife to return to him. Bell and Mrs. Bell surrendered. Dury’s wife had been living with her mother in Englewood. Dury’s father, Charles Dury, is a Cincinnati merchant. Bell is a Dayton, Ohio native.
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Denver
C. Burbett Bell
C. Cavier Dury
J. Byron Ailenton
Dury
Bell
Queen Maud's Humble Moment With a Reporter
The Norwegian queen known for simplicity playfully wrote a note in a reporter's notebook and dropped it on the ground. He picked it up and read a shy wish to be a reporter, a candid moment on a railway platform in Christiana.
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Christiana
Queen Maud
Norway
Charles
Denmark
Tussaud
Miss Mills Relatives Cut Her Wedding Plans
New York December 31 Miss Be atrice Mills to wed the Earl of Granard on January 14 at the Mills home 2 East Sixty ninth street. Grandfather Darius Mills and aunt Mrs Whitelaw Reid prepare for a California winter with the bride’s relatives departing tomorrow a fort night before the ceremony. The unusual pre wedding departure fuels speculation.
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New York
Beatrice Mills
Earl of Granard
Ogden Mills
East Sixty-ninth St
Darius
Cowboy Baronets Stage Stunt At Hippodrome
London readers will see Sir Genilie Cave Brown Cave perform a turn as a variety artist at the Hippodrome. His act centers on a ranching tale in America and his ascent to the twelfth baronet, framed by a life of romance and hardship after inheriting title and estates reduced by financial strain.
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London
Qgenilie Cave- Brown-Cave
Hippodrome
America
Genilie
Major Howell Wins Colonel Vote In Fifty Fourth Regiment
Iowa City on December 31 reports Major R. P. Howell receiving 360 votes to Major Lambert to elect colonel of the Fifty fourth regiment in a local election held last night.
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Iowa City
R. P. Howell
Lambert
Newton
Fifty-fourth Regiment
J. M. Ga
Spencer Bans Dance Halls and Skating Rinks
Spencer Iowa residents pass an ordinance barring skating rinks and public dance halls after a dispute culminated when J B Johnson struck his cashier Mrs Anna Brown. The measure also prohibits fortune tellers clairvoyants and palmists making it a misdemeanor to operate without license.
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Spencer, Ia
Ann
J. &. Johnson
Anna Brown
Johnson
Father's Marriage Cause of Murder in Iowa
Edward McNamara, charged with murder in Worth county, shot and killed his father during a dispute over marriage to Miss Kate Coran. After the slaying he attempted suicide with chloroform. He is jailed as authorities guard against mob action amid ongoing investigation.
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Mason City
Edward McNamara
Worth County
Grafton
McNamara
Kate Coran
Shotgun paddle wounds candidate in high school incident
Thomas Harvey aged 16 suffered a severe hip wound from a so called shotgun paddle using a blank cartridge. The blast tore flesh, damaged the lower spine, with tetanus feared. He lies at Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital as Dr. Thomas B. Lacey expresses little hope for recovery.
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Council Bluffs
Thomas Harvey
E. B. Harvey
Park Ave
Harvey
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
Thomas B. Lacey
Enraged youth shoots man with bird shot in Forest City
In Forest City Iowa on December 30 three youths confronted three farmers returning from a hunt. After a farmer allegedly struck Lyle Prescott with a whip the youth fired a shotgun peppering a farmer with birdshot. The farmers reported to town and had the boys arrested. The youths named are Lyle Prescott Kenneth Christian and a son of Superintendent Brown. A hearing is set for Monday.
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Forest City
Hunt
Lyle Prescott
Prescott
Kenneth Christian
Brown
Sam Small Admits He Smoked Cigarettes
In Oskaloosa Iowa on December 30 Rev. Sam Small told reporters that he smoked cigarettes incessantly until two weeks ago. He spoke in town three times yesterday advocating prohibition during a series of meetings.
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Oskaloosa
Sam Small
Returned to answer to embezzlement charge
Sibley Iowa December R L Wolf has been returned from Montana by Sheriff F L Stevens and waits a court hearing on embezzlement. He was with Ashton Farmers Elevator Co and allegedly embezzled 760 dollars. Indicted last term, Wolf was found near Huntley Montana. He denies taking funds, blaming accounting mistakes due to inexperience.
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Sibley
R. L. Wolf
Montana
Sherif
F. L. Stevens
Asthon Farmers’ Elevator Co
Stevens
Huntley
Mont Wolf
Ruthven School Superintendent Face Kissing Allegation
In December fifty citizens signed a petition to remove Superintendent Weity of Ruthven public schools. His trial progresses amid allegations that he attempted to kiss a woman teacher, sparking a long series of accusations.
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Ruthven
Weity
Stranger Kills Himself in Kiel Hotel
In Council Bluffs Iowa a man giving the name William Johnson from Montana killed himself with carbolic acid in a Kiel hotel room Saturday night. His body was found by the hotel porter yesterday morning. No inquest will be held and the body will be kept to locate relatives. no letters or identifying papers were found.
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Council Bluffs
William Johnson
Montana
Kiel Hotel
Byers Plan Gains Favor With Iowa Politicians
Des Moines reports Attorney General Byers proposes unifying state law enforcement into a single agency with the governor holding removal power. Debate centers on an appeal to an executive council or supreme court review, with Governor Warren Garst and Auditor-elect Carroll viewed as potential supporters or critics.
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Des Moines
Byers
Executive Council
Supreme Court
Warren Garst
Garst
Carroll
Iowa
Juror Arrested on Car Breaking Charge in Iowa
Council Bluffs Iowa December 28 Charles Sayles juror in district court named in bench warrant on indictment for breaking and entering a railroad car He was indicted with Harry Hall Sayles has served as juror in several trials.
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Council Bluffs
Charles Sayles
District Court
Sayles
Harry Hall
Emmet County Medical Association elects officers
At the recent Emmet County Medical association meeting in Estherville Iowa Dr J B Knipe of Armstrong was named president Dr Albert Anderson of Estherville is vice president Dr L F Richardson of Estherville is secretary and treasurer and Dr G A Woodcock of Armstrong is censor for the ensuing year.
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Esteerville
Emmet County Medical Association
J. B. Knipe
Armstrong
Albert Anderson
Estherville
L. F. Richardson
G. A. Woodcock
Traveling men recount 230 rabbits shot on freight train route
A traveling salesman from Mason City recounts a December trip from Calmar Junction to Decorah on the Milwaukee line where the engine crew killed 230 rabbits with repeating shotguns. The brakeman collected the dead hares as the caboose reached Decorah, and the train arrived on time.
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Mason City
Milwaukee
Calmar Junction
Decorah
Famous Sugar Refiner Claus Spreckels Dies at 80
San Francisco obituary notes Claus Spreckels a renowned sugar magnate died from pneumonia at 80 after returning from New York. Born 1828 in Lamstedt Hanover he came to the United States in 1847, settled in San Francisco in 1856, built the Bay Sugar refinery in 1863 and grew wealthy through refining innovations and sugar properties. He owned Oceanic Steamship Company stock.
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San Francisco
Cal
Claus Spreckels
Spreckels
New York
Lamsted
Hanover
United States
Charleston
D. C
Bay
Hawaii
California
Oceanic S . Company
Honolulu
Russian revolutionists battle police in suburban villa siege
Moscow reports Baron Cotte head of secret political police killed and Colonel Muraki wounded as revolutionaries fire on police guarding a villa. Troops, infantry, and artillery engaged in a fierce two stage fight with heavy losses.
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Moscow
Baron Cotte
Muraki
Cotte
Man Dies In Burning Barn Near Kingsley
R A Jones 60, a well driller bachelor, perished when a fire started in a barn owned by Mrs Tibbits at Kingsley Kia. He was last seen intoxicated near the barn with a lit pipe. The blaze spread to a second barn behind Hotel Stoyell. property loss totaled about 600 dollars.
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Kingsley
R. A. Jones
Tibbits
Hotel Stoyell
Bachelor Affinity Sues Abbie Rice’s Mother
N H Ruby sues Mrs Lattie Clarey, mother of Abbie Rice, for breach of promise seeking 1900 dollars. Ruby counterclaims the debt was advanced two years ago and accuses Clarey of using marriage pressure to wipe out the loan.
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Bachelor Affinity Sues
Abbie Rice
Des Moines
N. H
Ruby
Lattie Clarey
Clarey
Pupils See Criminal Court In Altoona Program
Principal M. F. Morgan led 18 Altoona pupils to Des Moines police court to view the evils of drink. Police reported several over Sunday drinkers. the group later toured jails and the detectives office to see relics of crime.
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Des Moines
M. F. Morgan
Altoona
Standard Oil Company Protest and Warning
New York December 29 under the caption Standard Oil Company A Protest and a Warning the Standard Oil Company declares false statements about its relations are untrue and insists only executive officials or designated attorneys may speak for the firm. James Corrigan dies at 79 after an operation for appendicitis following a financial battle with John D Rockefeller.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
New York World
Cca
Broadway
Standard Off Company
Corn Products Refining Company
Ane
Standard Oi
Standard Off
Rockefeller
Chas, T. White
James Corrigan
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Burns makes hotel reservations for witnesses in Mills County suit
Henwood Iowa December 28 James Burns, defendant in the Doyle vs Burns case, has reserved all rooms at the town's single hotel for himself his attorneys and witnesses for the January district court term. Doyle and his legal team must find other lodging.
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Henwood
James Urns
Doyle
Burns
Mills County
Missing cashier seen in Texas
John Standling, the absconding cashier of the State Bank of Corwith Ia, reportedly seen in El Paso Texas by Iowa residents. He has been missing since November of last year as creditors prepare to offer a reward following claims against the bank.
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Fort Dodge
John Standling
State Bank of
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