Personal Tax Values Show Little Change Across Iowa
Des Moines July 11 reports from Iowa counties show personal property valuation rose about 16 million dollars this year, a taxable increase near 4 million. Total statewide personal property value is about 123.522 million, up from 119.528 million, with no major real estate rise and potential tax law changes amid railroad and corporation assessments.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Louisa
Guthrie
State
Executive Council
Iowa crimes fall to near record low in 1907
Des Moines reports 1,088 criminal convictions in 1907, only two years since 1873 lower. Convicts face 1,208 total years in penitentiary, up from 1,035 in 1906, with murders totaling 14 and nine lifers among the felons. Five counties linked to life sentences include Clayton Linn Muscatine Osceola Plymouth Union Woodbury and Henry.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clayton
Linn
Muscatine
Osceola
Plymouth
Union
Woodbury
Henry
Iowa county attorneys discuss reforms at state meeting
Nearly half of Iowa county attorneys attended the opening of the annual state association. Lawrence DeGraff of Des Moines urged criminal procedure reform, decrying trial delays and the press influence on trials. A committee including Mears Nelson Thurs ton and President DeGraff was formed to propose legislation.
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Waterloo
Iowa
State Association
Lawrence DeGraff
Des Moines
de Graff
S. T. Mears
Black Hawk
P. J. Nelson
Dubuque
Floyd Thurston
Clarke County
Woman killed after foot caught in railroad track
In Audubon Iowa on July 11 Mrs Margaret Dyke died twelve hours after her foot caught in a track caused her to bend over and be mistaken for an animal by a train crew. A coroner's jury returned a sealed verdict.
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Audubon
Margaret Dyke
British Vessels Said to Last Longer Than US Built Ships
A report claims ships built in Britain outlast their United States counterparts by about one third, suggesting longer service life and potential economic advantages for British shipyards and operators.
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United States
Handsome duo in forged check case draws attention
F B Mapes and his supposed wife were arrested in Omaha and brought to Burlington on forged check charges. The woman Nellie Dwyer Crowell, wife of Omaha businessman D F Crowell, faced her preliminary in Burlington with her brother William Dwyer from Marshalltown raising funds for bond. Mapes, also bonded, faces broader charges and Chicago warrants for obtaining money by false pretense. He allegedly forged checks and paired with Nellie to buy small goods. Mapes pending grand jury as of September term under $500 bond.
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Burlington
F. B. Mapes
Omaha
Iowa
D. F. Crowell
Nellie Dwyer
Marshalltown
William Dwyer
Mapes
Chicago
Dwyer
Crowell
St. Paul
Squire Riepe
Interurban Lines in Iowa See Big Profits in 1907
Des Moines reports show Iowa interurban railways earned net profits above a third of gross in 1907, though down from 1906. Mileage rose 50 percent from 1906 to 1907, with ten lines operating. The Valley Junction to Colfax route, Waterloo Cedar Falls line, and Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern are noted as long systems.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Executive Council
Valley Junction
Perry
Army Post
Colfax
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Secretary of State Eyes Dallas County Agreement on Certification
Secretary of State Hayward has discussed with Senator Cheshire the Dallas county board of supervisors to certify all but one congressional race as Judge Gamble’s injunction restrains only recounts. Cheshire awaits board decision. A Dallas county consent would limit the Hull Prouty fight. without it the executive council may certify state officers without Dallas county.
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Des Moines
Hayward
Thomas Cheshire
Board of Supervisors
Dallas County
Judge Gamble
Cheshire
Hull
Prouty
Executive Council
Wells Estimates Yield of Cereals in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa July 10 Only average grain crops are estimated by George A Wells secretary of the Iowa Grain Dealers association in his report today Early favorable conditions were hurt by May and June rains The acreage is larger than last year but growing conditions slightly poorer He estimates yields as follows Corn 234618800 bushels barley 9821300 bushels winter wheat 1737400 bushels spring wheat 3621700 bushels oats 106139300 bushels
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Des Moines
George A. Wells
Iowa Grain Dealers’ Association
Umbrella Mender Inherits Fortune
Ezra Hope, an umbrella mender from Pittsburg, inherits $78,000 from his brother Hamilton Hope who died in Des Moines three months ago. He has wired a collect telegram for funds. Des Moines, Iowa, July 10.
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Des Moines
Ezra Hope
Pittsburg
Hamilton Hope
Food Commissioner Declares Overripe Eggs Adulterated
Des Moines Iowa July 10 State Food Commissioner Wright classifies overripe eggs as adulterated foods and orders placards posted at crossroads to warn farmers and buyers. The scope covers farmer through commission men to retailers and prescribes penalties for sale of adulterated articles.
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Des Moines
Wright
Iowa
Auditing Board scans primary expense by Iowa counties
Curious differences in county primary election expenses surfaced from audit accounts. Among 84 counties, Winnebago spent the least at 991 dollars while Pottawattamie led at 3,629 dollars, Polk expected to exceed that by about 200. Publication costs varied, with Monroe at 1,262 and Buchanan lowest at 82. The average expense likely around 2,000 and total near 200,000 with state paying half.
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Dee Moines
Executive Council
Winnebago
Pottawattamie
Polk
Buchanan County
Monroe County
Woodbury
Des Moines
Linn
Scott
Clinton
Osceola
Worth
Dickinson
Clinton Herald
Jefferson Bee
Webster County
Freeman
Journal
Herald
Lee County
Albia Republican
Monroe County News
Baxter Gazette
Winneshiek County
Weather bulletin for Iowa crops July 1908 report
Des Moines reports a cool, cloudy first half of the week with later warmth and adequate sunshine. Rainfall was below normal except east, central zones. corn growth satisfactory, hay harvest delayed by showers, clover damaged, small grains ripening slowly. rust in oats rising. potatoes, fruit, and truck crops steady. Relative readings compare July 1 conditions to prior averages. area planted for corn down 4 percent with 6 percent average loss relative to last year. Geor ge M. Chappel, Section Director.
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Des Moines
East Central
West Central
Belated Accident From Patriot Fireworks Injures Ida Grove Girl
Ida Grove Iowa July 9 Hazel Cole sustained severe burns and a torn flesh wound to the middle of her right hand when a cannon firecracker exploded while she held it to amuse a nephew. The fuse apparently burned out and she kept holding it. Henry Wellendorf reports the Ida Grove school census shows 722 youths aged 5 to 21 in the independent district with 377 males and 345 females. 185 males and 168 females aged 7 to 14. Last year’s school enrollment was 581.
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Ida Grove
Hazel Cole
Henry Wellendorf
Des Moines Train Crash Kills Man and Destroys Livestock
Twelve stock cars of eastbound freight No. 78 derailed near Thayer depot at 11 33 last night. Fred Thompson of Osceola died 40 minutes after injuries from the crash. About 160 cattle 20 hogs and 200 horses were killed as rails spread. Conductor Bolte de Beier of Creston directed the train.
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Des Moines
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Thayer Depot
Fred Thompson
Osceola
Creston
Whitch
Bolte en@ Beier i art
Champion swimmer Gora Beckwith saves 37 lives on tour
Dubuque reports the renowned champion swimmer Gora Beckwith, wife of Jake Rosenthal of Bijou theater, has saved 37 people from drowning at summer resorts. She is an honorary New York Life Saving Guard member and has earned two heroism medals.
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Dubuque. In
Cora Beckwith
Jake Rosenthal
Bijou Theater
Miss Beckwith
Ife
Lewis Hedge
Sugar King
New York Life Saving Guard
Egg Rock
Nahant Beach
Boston Harbor
Casino Theater
Chicago
Misa Heckwith
Reward Offered for Murder Witness in Des Moines Case
Des Moines police publish a large reward for the anonymous witness who claims to have seen T. R. Bagby’s murder at Huntsville Missouri on June 27. The letter names a Des Moines man as the sole direct witness. Authorities in Des Moines and Huntsville search for the witness as the Carter family case unfolds with a farmer’s son under suspicion for Bagby’s death during a storm.
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Des Moines
E. E. Johnson
Huntsville
T. R. Bagby
Carter
Bagby
Carter Farm
Burglars Blow Open Safe In Mason City Store
In Mason City Iowa on July 8 robbers forced entry to the Bickel Produce store and took $150 from the safe. One arrest has been made.
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Mason City
Bickel Produce Company
Ball Player Drops Dead After Independence Day Game
Marion Butrick, 44, collapsed and died of heart failure following a ball game in Waterloo after the Fourth of July celebration.
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Ft. Dodge
Marion Butrick
Waterloo
Peary Sails for North Pole Expedition From New York
Commander Peary sails aboard the Roosevelt from New York with 22 expedition members and guests for the Arctic venture aimed at reaching the North Pole. The voyage to Oyster Bay follows, then Sydney, C B where Peary will join the ship. The scientific gear includes meteorological astronomical and tidal instruments the most complete yet taken.
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New York
Peary
Roosevelt
East Twenty-fourth Street
North Pole
Arctic
Polar Arctic Club
Navy Yard
City Island
Oyster Bay
Coal Miners Strike Shakes Birmingham District
Oren Birmingham July 8 coal miners in the district declare a strike. The sheriff appoints deputies in anticipation of trouble.
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Birmingham
Ala
Five old Spanish emeralds explained in lore
The phrase refers to emeralds from the Peruvian conquests not Spain. After the conquest of Peru, conquistadors sent home vast jewels and emeralds, chosen by old Spanish families. The term signals the finest stones once rarely seen and coveted in early times.
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Spain
Peru
Poe
Woodmen Lose Claim in Bank for $350000
Chariton Iowa July 7 depositors of the defunct First National Bank won a ruling reversing an earlier decision on the Modern Woodmen of America $350000 claim. The Woodmen will be plaintiff and depositors defendant with bonds posted to shift burden of proof. About $250000 remains for depositors and a dividend may follow after preferred claims are ruled. The case may go to the circuit court of appeals. federal court hearings occur in Creston.
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Chariton
First National Bank
Woodmen of America
Stuart
Stuart & Stuart
Comptroller
Jamison
Smith MacPhenon
Lucas County
Circuit Court of Appeals
McPherson
Creston
Bleakly Re-elected Secretary Seaton Board States Sixty Years Clean Accounts
Ida Grove Iowa July 7 At Silver Creek township school board C Bleakly was elected secretary for his twenty fourth year. Edward Fair resigned as treasurer ending his eighteenth year in that post with no discrepancies in tenures. Both are prosperous farmers proud of long service.
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Ida Grove
Silver Creek Township
C. Bleakly
Edward Fair
Brakeman Loses Arm. Amputation Follows railway accident
Estherville Iowa July 7 C W Bradbury Rock Island brakeman on through freight between Estherville and Cedar Rapids slipped after missing his footing near Graettinger His right arm was crushed and yesterday it was amputated He will receive 1350 from the Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen.
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Estherville
C. W. Bradbury
Rock Island
Graettinger
Here
Cedar Rapids
Bradbury
Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen
Taft to speak at Des Moines Iowa state fair
Secretary William H. Taft will deliver an address during the Iowa state fair week of August 20 to 29 in Des Moines. Gov. Cummins has coordinated with Taft and is assured of his appearance. Taft plans to travel west in August and September with multiple addresses, including a Nebraska state fair.
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Des Moines
William H. Taft
Cummins
Taft
Denver
A State Board of Agriculture
W. J. van
Promoters Arrested in Broad Street Room Raid
New York July 6 Herbert J Hapgood president of Hapgoods Incorporated grain brokers and Ralph L Kilby his secretary and Hapgoods director were arrested after a raid on Hapgoods offices at 365 Broadway. Assistant District Attorney Kindleberger led the action based on fraud complaints from William J Witte Walter A Page and Charles C Bittel Jr. Witte says losses totaled 12500 Page 2500 and Bittel as treasurer alleges Hapgood and Kilby used a trick to obtain funds in a 200000 razor sales scheme dating back two years.
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New York
Herbert J. Hapgood
Hapgoods, Incorporated
Broadway
Ralph L. Kilby
Hapgood
Hapgoods
Canville and
Nelson
Kindleberger
William J. Witte
Roslyn
L. J
Walter A. Page
West 144Th St
Charles C. Bittel, Jr
West Fifty Fourth St
Hapge
Kilby
Witte
Page
Bittell
Hapgoods Sales Company
Cannon cracker blows eye out in Des Moines accident
Two serious accidents reported in Des Moines July 6 with Alfred Wangard, 13, losing his left eye after a cracker exploded. Police investigate unknown weapon involved as street incident prompts safety warnings.
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Des Moines
Tsy
Alfred Wangard
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