Hawarden detective waits as former Hawarden man kills himself
Henry Dunham of Hawarden, formerly of this place, shot himself at his Minneapolis home while a detective waited to arrest him on embezzlement charges. Dunham had been trusted with $9,000 by Chicago men and failed to account for part of it. He died instantly, leaving a wife, three children, and a mother in Hawarden. His burial will be in the local cemetery.
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Hawarden
Minneapolis
Henry
Dunham
Chicago
Bern Et Pierre
A Dunham
Miss Smith
LeMars, Jr
Incubator Makers Form Body to Control U S Industry
Burlington January 9 delegates from Nebraska Iowa and eastern states gathered to form an organization they say will control the US incubator industry. The group representing about four million dollars in yearly business denies forming a trust but keeps its aims undisclosed.
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Burlington
Nebraska
Iowa
United States
Fraternity Members Deny School Expulsion Threats
Council Bluffs Iowa January 9 A faction of the Omega Eta Tau fraternity vows to resist a school board order to exclude the society from district schools. Dc H Hannan Jr former student and bank cashier leads efforts and says members will fight the expulsion.
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Council Bluffs In
Omega Eta Tau
Board of Education
Council Bluffs
Former Ruthven Principal Cleared of Misconduct
A. H. L. Welty, former Ruthven principal, was acquitted of conduct unbecoming a teacher. He will not resume his role at the head of the local schools.
Death of Dean Howard Tied to Morphine Poisoning
Des Moines reports Dr Howe special examiner in the death of Dean Frederick Howard of Drake University. Morphone found. cause undetermined whether self administered or by another. After dinner he fell ill. a physician treated him, but he died the next day. Initial ruling suggested acute gastritis amid confusion.
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Des Moines
Howe
Frederick Howard
Drake University
Dean Howard
Treasurer Brayton Disappears Amid Burlington Shortage
Shenandoah Iowa January 6 Local Burlington railroad treasurer L Z Brayton has vanished. The company auditor reports a cash shortage as Brayton, a popular local businessman and Elks lodge secretary, is blamed by friends for a possible mental ailment during his absence.
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Shenandoah, la
Z. Brayton
Burlington Railroad
Brayton
Elks’ Lodge
Figure 8 cited as talisman for John D. Rockefeller
New York reports Mrs. Asa Neith of Cochrane claims the figure 8 as the key to Rockefeller’s success. At a Gramercy Park gathering she links his birth date the 8th, early capital, and major life events to 2 4 and 8 dates, asserting harmony through the symbol.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Asa Neith
Cochrane
James Dunlop Smith
Gramercy Park
Shercliffe's Trial Set for Tuesday in Hennepin Case
Minneapolis January term opens as Judge John Day Smith takes the bench. The high profile criminal docket includes the murder convict Sherman Morris alias Frank Shercliffe, slated for trial January 12 on first degree robbery charges. Morris has a Colorado murder sentence of 25 years.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Hennepin County District Court
John Day Smith
Sherman Morris
Frank Shercliffe
Morris
Colorado
Rabid Dogs Menace Messina Refugees
Messina reports show rabid starving dogs gnawing corpses and attacking refugees amid quake displacement. The fate of Chicago banker W. J. Onahan remains unconfirmed after a cablegram placed him near Taormina, Sicily. Rome notes progress in relief with Mazza ordered to move survivors to tents and camps as Culgoa supplies tents and field equipment arrive.
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Messina
Jan
Italian War Department
Iowan Dies After Wound From Wife in Madness Case
Joseph McCormick son of ex State Senator William McCormick Iowan was stabbed in the thigh by his wife. He underwent leg amputation below the knee. Doctors say he will not recover. The wife, daughter of a San Francisco millionaire, is confined in an insane asylum and prosecution was refused.
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San Francisco
Joseph McCormick
William McCormick
Iown
McCormick
Mr. Long
Buchanan Delivers Draft of a Treaty
Caracas dispatch reports W S Buchanan acting as special commissioner from Washington presented a draft Algerican proposition to settle Venezuelan U S disputes. Rear Admiral Conway H Arnold and Maine officers were received at the palace by President Gomez and decorated with the order of Bolivar.
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Caracas
Algerican
United States
W. S. Buchanan
Washington
Conway H. Arnold
William B. Caperton
Maine
Gomez
Bolivar
Man Electrocuted in Jail While Changing Lamp Globe
Clinton Iowa January 8 George Redfield aged 40 a prisoner on intoxication charge was electrocuted at noon yesterday while standing atop a steel cage and changing the globe of an incandescent lamp he received 500 volts and died almost instantly in the city jail
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Clinton
George Redfield
Redfield
Council Bluffs Bans School Fraternities
Council Bluffs board of education unanimously forbids secret societies in public schools and orders dissolution of existing groups by February 1. The move follows a severe injury to Thomas Harvey during a fraternity initiation and long running faculty opposition aided by state teachers association sentiment.
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Council Bluffs
Board of Education
Thomas Harvey
State Teachers’ Association
Lawsuit Aims to Annul 250000 Transfer in Pierce Case
William Arned, trustee in bankruptcy of Harry E. Fierce, sues in federal court to set aside transfers of property alleged worth about 250000 from Pierce to Holdrege and others. The contract is claimed to be a fraud on creditors and not completed. Pierce's bankruptcy totaling about 500000 includes Holdrege's 400000 claim.
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Council Bluffs, Ia
Jan
William Arned
Harry E. Fierce
George W. Holdrege
Thomas H. Matters
Omaha
Pierce
Holdrege
Brown family tragedy survivor dies in Colorado sanitarium
No living members remain of George G. Brown's family after his wife was killed by her father in law last August. George Brown, a consumptive, died yesterday at a Colorado Springs sanitarium where he was treated for tuberculosis. The funeral will be held here Friday, with burial beside his wife.
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Manson, la
Jan
George G. Brown
George Brown
Colorado Springs
Wright to teach Italian ministers to fly aircraft
Rome reports Wilbur Wright, who has sold an aeroplane to the Aeronaut club, will visit to instruct the minister of marine and the minister of war and Prince Ludovico Potengziani how to operate the craft. He is expected to fly from Mont Marie to the Piazza D Armi.
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Rome
Wilbur Wright
Aeronaut Club
Behind Bars on Election Wager in Norwalk
Captain J. H. Williams and A. B. Bowen, prominent Republicans, surrendered to Sheriff Spattig in Norwalk Ohio after losing an election wager. They agreed to spend 24 hours in jail if Sattig, who took office yesterday, was elected sheriff.
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Norwalk
Ohio
J. H. Wiliams
Harris
A. B. Bowen
Spattig
Sattig
Estranged wife shoots her three sons then herself
Rockwell City Iowa reports a double tragedy nine miles south of town. Mrs A J Powell 26 shot her three sons ages 3 6 and 6 then killed herself with a 22 caliber repeating rifle. One boy died instantly. two were wounded as the mother also self-inflicted wounds. The coroner and county attorney investigated and an inquest was held. The couple married seven years ago in Illinois and had planned to move to Illinois before the tragedy. The husband reportedly drank, which his wife blamed for their woes and warned she would kill herself and the children if it continued.
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Rockwell City
A. J. Powell
Illinois
Sherwood
Powell
Marmma
Ilinois
Jack
Former Soldier Steals A Bride
Des Moines Iowa January 7. Beulah James of Oskaloosa elopes with her man Fritch formerly of the Twenty third Infantry who was captured by Filipinos while serving in the Philippines and held nine months and they are secretly married in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Herman Fritch
Twenty-third Infantry
Philippines
Beulah James
Oskaloosa
Defaulter Swick Escapes Prosecution for Embezzlement
Marshalltown Iowa January 7 Charles D Swick coal manager who disappeared admitting short in his accounts and threatening self harm will not be prosecuted for embezzlement. President George Gregory of the Iowa Nebraska Retail Coal Dealers Association announced after relatives and friends interceded. Swick's defalcation is reported at 300 dollars.
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Marshalltown
Charrles D. Swick
George Gregory
Iown- Nebraska Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
Swick
Des Moines Names New Assistant Attorney General
Des Moines January 7 Attorney General H W Byers announced the appointment of Charles J Wilcox of Des Moines as assistant attorney general succeeding George Cosson who will join the Iowa Senate next week Wilcox will handle the civil business and will work with Byers starting today at the state house desk in the attorney general's office
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Des Moines
H. W. Byers
Charlies J. Wilcox
George Cogson
General Assembly
Wilcox
Cosson
Byers
State House
Editor Inherits a Big Fortune in Remsen Report
LeMars Iowa January 7 editor J P Kiffer of the Remsen Bell Enterprise learns his uncle in Germany left about 4 000 000 to relatives. Kiffer receives 35 000 and plans to visit Germany in the spring to bring the fortune home.
Brakeman Fatally Struck by Engine Driving Rod
Roy McCullough a Rock Island brakeman from Iowa Falls was fatally injured when a driving rod broke on an engine pulling a special freight near Cleves. He was in the cab which was wrecked and died a few hours after admission to the hospital.
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Iowa Falls
Roy McCullough
Rock Island
Cleves
Slive
Death of W H Quick, longtime United States Express head
Des Moines Indiana January 6 W H Quick a veteran general superintendent of the United States Express company and one of the oldest express officials in the west died this morning from stomach trouble.
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Des Moines
W. H. Quick
United States Express Company
Dubuque Banker James Harragan Dies at 63
James Harragan, longtime Dubuque banker and cashier at the National Bank, died last night of typhoid fever at age 63. A native of Ireland, he settled in Dubuque in 1856 and served as county treasurer for several years. He helped organize the Dubuque Building and Loan Association.
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Dubuque, Ia
James Harragan
Dubuque
The
National Bank
Ireland
Bleakly Qualifies as State Auditor in Des Moines
Des Moines January 6 Bleakly and assistants inducted into office bond set at 100000 with Governor Garst. New staff take over auditing insurance and banking duties including five bank examiners and appointments of Robb Olson Carmony Sproull Putnam Johnson to various posts.
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Des Moines
John L. Bleakly
Bleakly
Warren Garet
Executive Council
Carroll
Garst
A. H. Davison
Joe Byrnes
C. B. Ellis
Byrnes and Ellis
Mr. Bleakley
Mr. Byrnes
Amos W. Brandt
Mr. Ellis
W. M. Lewis
C. S. Burkitt
Ole O. Roe
George Gallarno
Fred Alber
John A. McKellar
Bileakly
Ellis D. Robb
Hardin County
John Olson
Winnebago County
H. M. Carmony
Harrison County
I. M. Sproull
Washington County
Weaver Returns Home to Enter Defense in Forgery Case
Walter L Weaver arrived from the north to face district court indictments for uttering forged instruments. The case, arising from events last March, may involve a plea of mental aberration as an extenuating factor. Prior to troubles, he was a county attorney with a good prior record.
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Flowa Falls
Walter L. Weaver
Weaver
Fortune awaits Owa inventors
Washington report on Q. T. Howard and William Start of Muscatine who claim a revolutionary electric block signal system for steam and electric railroads. Patent issuance soon. $50 per block to equip single or double track lines. Device auto stops trains to prevent collisions. IC C investigation may adopt it.
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Washington
Q. T. Howard
William Start
Muscatine
Interstate Commerce Commission Board
Railroad Sold by Special Master in Des Moines
Special Master Geo F Henry announced in Boone that the Newton and Northwestern railroad was sold to the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston for 1 000 000 dollars. The buyer placed the line in the receiver's hands under a trust deed.
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Des Moines
Geo. F. Henry
Boone
Newton and Northwestern
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
Flagman killed at Waterloo Street crossing in Waterloo
William J. Nix aged 79 a flagman for the Illinois Central was killed by an engine at the Mobile street crossing in Waterloo Iowa last night He became confused by several approaching locomotives and formerly served as a station agent at Dyersville Iowa.
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Waterloo
William J. Nix
Illinois Central
Mobile Street
Dyersville
Death of William Hoxie at Mills County poor farm
William Hoxie aged about 103 died at Mills County poor farm in Giewood. He had lived many years in Pacific Junction. At his request his cane of 30 inches was given to merchant O. Bugres of Pacific Junction who had befriended him.
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Giewood
William Hoxie
Mills County
Pacific Junction
Bugres
Pacific Junection
Terrific explosion of oil tank causes one death
An explosion at Wood River Illinois today ignited a 100000 gallon oil tank and shook houses five miles away. Watchman Henry Johnson was burned to death in the blaze.
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Louie
Wood River
Henry Johnson
Mrs. Margaret Zarle Wicher Chosen County Clerk
Margaret Zarle Wicher was selected as Salt Lake County clerk in Utah this year on the Republican ticket.
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Margaret Zarle Wicher
Salt Lake County
Utah
Work Cure for Inebriates Proves Effective Remedy
Iowa reports to the state board of control claim the work cure at Knoxville Insane Hospital reduces drinking urges. Superintendent H S Miner proposes prison-like reform, land purchase, fenced grounds, a gym and longer work days to secure discipline and self control. Results show 65 percent cured, 9 percent not benefited, 2 percent worse, within the program.
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Moines
H. S Miner
Iowa State Instriete Hospital
Knoxville
State Board of Control
Knnoxville
Shetland Pony Recovers From Leg Break in Virton
In Virton Virginia on January 4 an eight week old pony owned by Henry Bird was kicked causing a leg fracture. The fracture was reduced and splinted using human medical practice. Splints will be removed soon and the pony is nearly sound again.
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Virton
Henry Bird
Farmer Found Frozen in His Hen House
Marshalltown Iowa January 4. Neighbors feared trouble after no fire or light in the house. The body of Jeve Partridge was found in the hen house, frozen stiff. The elderly farmer lived alone and was a well known Green Mountain resident.
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Marshalltown
Cahriel
Jnve Partridge
Green Mountain
Garst seeks relief funds for Italians in Iowa
Governor Garst issued a proclamation urging Iowans to donate to a relief fund for Italians and named a committee to oversee the effort, following a request from the Italian consul and the Red Cross.
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Des Moines. In
Garst
Towa
Red Cross
Defy Uncle Sam To Find Rebates
Chicago reports say the district attorney and Morris & Co. packing firm clashed over rebates. Morris & Co. claims no general system exists and notes possible technical violations. Sims' office hints rebates remain widespread and may involve other packers if illegal claims are proven. Grand jury adjourned to Monday.
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Chicago
United States District Attorney
Morris & Co
Moris & Co
Rem
Sims
Morcis & Co
Erand
Monilay
Fort Dodge Seeks Commission City Government
Fort Dodge Iowa aims to circulate a large petition to urge the legislature to allow cities and towns with 10000 or more people to adopt the Des Moines plan of city government. The group hopes to have signatures ready before the spring municipal election.
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Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Plac
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