Pursuit and Capture of Polk City Desperadoes in Elkhorn Grove
Reports detail a violent chase from Polk City to Elkhorn Grove where armed citizens formed a ten foot apart line and hunted two murderers. One robber was shot dead after leaping a creek while a companion was wounded and later captured. the survivors confessed to horse theft and implicated others in Clingan’s murder.
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Elkhorn Grove
Sheriffs LX
Herbert
Audubon
Preasnal
Cass
Littleton
Polk
Avivson
Polk City
Hugh McGill
Gardner
Baxter
Elkhorn
Polk Paulder
Nile
Orse
Yelp
Exira
Brayton
Veta
Éomutey
Iowa
Pandoleny
Willis Hallock
Extra
Will Halderman
Avoca
E. J. Freeman
Gardener
M. Gates
Clingan
Stubbs
State Register
Wm. Smith
Dennison
Texas
Polk County
Marty
Warren Gates
Gates
John Jennings
Jennings
Tes
Haye
Beonsborough
Bes
Craig
Des’ Moines
D. J. Bennett
Jennin
Aborn House
Ennings
J. C. Shuster
B. O. Hanger
Jez
Crawford
Bates County
Kone
Shaver
State ‘Register
Atlantic
Shelby County
Mayo
Sheldahl
Perry
Coon Rapids
Carroll County
Guthrie County
Auducon County
Stuart
Hallock
J. W. Maddy
Maine
Denison
Thomas Belt
Ida Grove
Glenwood
Missouri
Emerson
Marsh
Atlantic Boys
Des Moines
Dwight Wilcox
Haven
Wilcox
Louisa Neal
Columbus City
Fort McClellan
Shiloh
Corinth
Bolivar
Hatchie River
Holly Springs
Purdy
Vicksburg
Monroe
Meridan
Wapello
Order of United Workmen
Supreme Lodge
Waterloo
Supreme Court
Des Moines Storm Strikes Central Iowa Damaging Crops and Buildings
A July night storm caused intense winds up to forty eight miles per hour, high heat, and widespread damage in Des Moines and surrounding towns. Unroofed houses, blown down trees, and damaged crops were reported from Mitchelville Chester Center Grinnell Newton Avoca Kellogg Van Meter and other communities with July 16 dispatches noting college and mill losses and a Davenport fire after the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Register
Des Moines
Conrad
Chemat Service
Des Moines Observatory
Mitchelville
Chester Center
Grinnell
Congregational Church
College
Newton
College Farm
F. H. Hancock
Davenport
J. H. Gardner
Times
Mitchellville
Register
F. Leighton
E. W. Galloway
Kellogg
van Meter
Avoca
Reapine
Bernville
Womelsdorf
Myerstown
Smith
Hodges
St. Louis
Joplin
Webb City
Missouri
Macon
Burlington Junction
Whitehall
Ill
Five Thousand Dollars a Pound at Polk City Shootout
Desperate gunfight ends with the death of Ben Gates after confessing he shot Postmaster Clingan in Polk City. A second captive, Smith alias Craig, is disarmed as crowd violence injures a farmer named Craig. Bill Arp notes contrast of women’s value and domestic labor amid wartime scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Pardy
Smith
Bates County
Missouri
Simpson Taylor Crawford
Bates
Clingan
Crawford
Stubbs
Hallock
Maddy
Craig
Mitter
Desperadof
Postmaster Clirgan
Polk City
Ben Gates
Navy
Thomas Hardy
Gates
Hardy
Polk County
Frightful cyclone and hail devastate Fremont County towns
Special reports from McPaul Percival Plum Hollow and Hamburg describe noon July 13 cyclone damage tearing two story school houses, depots, and homes. Wheat and crops leveled, cattle killed, and several injuries. Nearby storms hit Ida Grove and Atlantic with fires, felonies, and notable incidents including a man killed by lightning and a bank plan in Avoca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPaul
Plum Hollow
Percival
Hamburg
K.C
Fremont County
Paul Bros
K. C
Pacific Junction
Percival, McPaull
Joseph Gruber
Dubuque
Independence
Gruber
Indemnity Lands for Northern Pacific Rail Route
Secretary Tevwer directs immediate action on indemnity lands within Wisconsin and Minnesota tied to the Northern Pacific land grant. He orders three month deadline for company selections, revokes withdrawal orders, and allows equal right for contest outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Couny
Wisconsin
H. M. Tevwer
Sec’y
Hunting the Buffalo in Montana and the Yellowstone Region
A Helena newspaper report details the drastic buffalo decline along the Mandan to Livingston corridor. It explains hunter methods, focusing on wounding cows first to reduce herd reproduction, and notes economics driving bulls' survival and the looming extinction of female buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth
Northern Pacific
Mandan
Livingston
Burial rites at Lumihary honor Archbishop Purcell
Reports describe funeral ceremonies with priests guarding the grave nuns bearing candles and mourners outside the enclosure as benediction followed the lowering of the body. The text notes gifts removed before burial and mentions a mystery surrounding Ex-Judge Kronet's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purcell
Callaghan
Kronet
Charles W. Ford
Bat Kram
Vassar Maiden Seeks Hermes Invention Elevation
A fragmented line shows a Vassar maid asking her father to articulate the elevation of Hermes in the ingenious device. The quirky inquiry hints at scholarly talk or playful dialogue from a historical page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermes
Justice Collin Finds Homicide Justifiable in Dense Region
The court discharged Marquis Miller and Moore after examination into the shooting during an escape attempt. The judge held the homicide justifiable due to threats by O Donald as the suspect tried to flee. N S Temple of Jackson Mississippi was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Banks
T. N. Okenberg
Defendent
Chamber of Deputies
Paul
Bismarck
Collin
Marquis
Miller
Moore
O’donald
N.S. Temple
Jackson, Miss
Runaway Horses Crash Into River Near Harrison Street Bridge
In Chicago a light buggy drawn by four young riders plunged into the river as the Harrison street bridge swung open for a passing vessel. Stephen Giech drowned while a young woman survived. A Vermont dispatch cites July 12 flood damage of 50 000 with property losses. A North Pennsylvanian train derailed near Quakertown injuring engineer Burkhardt and baggagemaster Mendenhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harrison Street
Stephen Giech
Springfield
Vermont
Pennsylvania Road
Quakertown
Burkhardt
Mendenhall
Public sale of the brig Nettie amid Cuban dispute
The Nettie, seized for customs violations, faced a sale ordered by the Cuban Finances Directorate after Madrid refused to intervene. U S Consul Badeau protested. the case was left to Captain General Prendergast’s control and the Cuban finance arm for final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie
United States
Badeau
Madrid
Prendergast
Finace Department
Council of Administration
Igdad
Indecpendents hosts science course with State University professors
Indpendents July 30 to August 7 will host a natural science course for teachers. Prof Calvin and Prof McBride of Iowa State University will lecture and supervise laboratory work as part of the teachers institute. Students may bring microscopes. limited microscopes available. application in Independence to Superintendent Parker.
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Corr
Iuter Ocean
Parker
Buchanan County
Iowa
Calvin and
McBride
State University
Teachers’ Institute
School of Natural, Scienc
Calvin
Studi Yy Hgw
Lee
Iowa City
W. H H. Beach
Beloit
Professo Dn
New Jersey
Independence
Boston man reassured after barroom incident described as disintegration
A Boston man involved in a Chicago barroom unpleasantness is told his nose injury is a simple case of molecular disintegration. He replies with humor and reflects on home comforts. The piece adds quips about abstinence curing rheumatism and moral benefits of resisting temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall
St. Léo
Boston
Chicago
Sailor Captains Courage as Umberto Galatola Sinks
The Italian bark Umberto Galatola, bound from Terraveda to New York with salt, foundered June 19 after a squall. Captain Esposito and eleven surviving crewmen, one other man and a rescued group drifted for days in a leaking boat before a distant vessel sighted them and rescued all but the captain and one seaman. They survived on improvised rations and a smoldering clothes fire that finally drew help ashore.
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Alleig Kch
tJssa v
Samuele
Palermo
Esposito
Italy
Cerrone
de Bamuele
Umberto Galatola
Terraveda
Spain
New York
Gaiman
Cap Esposito
Otto
Eyra
The 1804 Dollar and Its Rare Coin Family
The article discusses counterfeit and restrike 1804 dollars, noting a New York sale of a Baltimore collector’s piece, origins in Virginia, and multiple restrikes from 1840. It compares rarity and value shifts, citing estimates of $400 for restrained pieces and rising prices for 1504 and 1858 dollars as collector interest grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bang’s
New Ace
York
Desinevens
New York
Baltimore
Virginia
Pennsylvania Bank
Editorial Demand for Copy with Payment
A solemn man visits a Cincinnati paper editor to propose writing for the publication. The editor insists on payment and subscription details, explaining that letters must include money and a return address to be printed, while joking about the value of concise letters over lengthy essays. The man departs, more contemplative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Gates
Woman's Place in Germany Reflections on Courtesy
The article compares social deference in Germany where a man yields to a woman in entering rooms and advancing in crowds. It cites a Berlin physician and a Hungarian officer anecdote to illustrate courtly norms. It argues Americans returning home may misinterpret or critique such etiquette as female inferiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Woman’s Journal
Berlin
Popular Science Monthly
Pitman
Wildcat mines debated by Vermont man in Utah tale
A Vermont man recalls wildcat mines in Utah and complains about digging for wealth under a rough frontier setting. The scene includes a child seeking pie and a family table conversation amid curious mispronunciations and lively humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Utah
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Hutetligencer
Weg
Chingan Marifrers
Ture
Audubon County
Oney
Iena
Peradoes
John H. Gardner
Indian Creek
Chadburn
Atlanta “Constitution
Bill Arp
Jerusalem
Carl
Anon
LATE
Iowa News
Mayor Farwell
Monticello
New Mexico
Tres Piedras
Thomas Beet
John Evans
Spirit Lake
Gotleef Berri
Douglass
J. K. Powers
Charles Carroll
Martin Carrol
Sulpitian University
Montreal
Marco A. Soto
Honduras
J. J. Palma
Sioux City
Marple Grove
Dead Man's Corner
Ben Cobbin
Clinton
Harlan Creamery
Clossen & Hardie
Dakota
Ricksher & Emry
Brighton
Freeman Mansfield
Northern Pacific Railroad
General News
Lumihary
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Washington
Yellowstone Park
Lincoln
Wade Hampton
Canada
New England
Western States
Middle
Southern
Pacific States and Territories
Board of Aldermen of
New York City
Thelis
McGeough ,Everingham & Co
Halton
Kas
Orange Judd
American Agriculturist
Judd Publishing Co
Charles Stratton
yGen
Tom Thumb
Middleton
Mass
Bridgeport
Cimarron
Ch Mist
Sae
Count de Chambord
Count of
Paris
France
Crime and Criminals
Cuba
South America
Tarma
Urriola
Concepcion
Pacoa
Rios
Daimietta
Menzaleh
Ireland
Sexton
County Sligo
England
Dennis Field
Hynes
Naranders
Field
Franc
Louis Pasteur
Iowa School of Science
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