Judge Fulfills Dying Father's Debt Promise in Bedford
Creston Iowa July 17 Judge Thomas Harris of Lincoln Illinois paid debts totaling between 2000 and 3000 dollars to creditors at Bedford as promised to his dying father thirty years ago. He kept a memo of obligations and after studying law in Illinois rose to circuit court judge while ensuring heirs received payment.
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Creston
Thomas Harris
Bedford
Harris
Platteville
Illinois
Circuit Court of
Mason City Enacts Carded Fine For Profanity
Mason City Iowa in July 17 has mayor Kirschman implementing printed cards that state the city ordinance on profanity and the fines from 3 to 100 dollars. The cards are reportedly reducing on street swearing as residents assist the mayor by distributing them where needed.
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Mason City
Kirschman
Quick's Sister Sues Husband for Divorce
Mason City Iowa July 17 Mrs Mary B Quick Parker sister of Herbert Quick has filed for absolute divorce from Alonzo B Parker after nearly twenty five years of marriage. She seeks custody of their two minor children and alleges lack of support and character damage harming her health and standing.
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Quick
Mason City
Ila
Mary B. Quick-Parker
Herbert Quick
la Follette Magazine
Alonzo B. Parker
Boy Escapes By Telegraph Wire From City Hall
Dubuque Iowa July 17 a 16 year old parolee Barrington confined in the city hall jail returned to the matron’s quarters escaped by climbing down a telegraph wire from the second floor and remains at large as authorities search for him
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Dubuque
Barrington
Eldora
Champion pug is knocked out by his wife
Des Moines Iowa July 17 Roy Fields who claims to be the lightweight champion pug of Iowa was knocked out by his wife last night with a beer bottle Mrs Fields said her husband was trying to make her his sparring partner.
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Des Moines
Roy Fields
Pug
Iowa
Eastern parties buy best land in Iowa report says sales favor eastern buyers
H C Wallace of Wallace's Farmer told the executive council that farm land sales were not fair grounds for assessments. He cited sales to Illinois and eastern farmers who bought only the state’s best land, influencing values.
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Des Moines
H. C. Wallace
Wallace
Executive Council
Illinois
Weston once resided in Charles City Iowa
Edward Payson Weston, once living in Charles City during the late 1860s, is reported to have secured a divorce from his wife Marie Weston while a resident of Iowa.
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Charles City. In
Edward Payson Weston
Iowa
Charles City
Marie Weston
Damage by flood on the Mississippi
The Mississippi rose to 35.3 feet and is expected to crest at 35.5. Placing stocks on higher ground, Illinois manufacturers fear levee breaches. Cahokia residents strengthen levees as five thousand acres flood after a Missouri Kansas & Texas embankment breaks at Cul-de-Sac near St. Charles. The Missouri River at St. Charles is five miles wide.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Plinois
Cahokia
Cul-de-Sac
St. Charles
Bayard Fire Destroys Six Buildings in Ia
A blaze in Bayard Iowa yesterday damaged or destroyed six structures causing about $20000 in losses. The Lewis building J W Corigan building M J Halligan building O D Ocheltree's barber shop M J Thompson building and City Savings Bank were burned. Merchandise from Branson Drug Milhous Bros Frank Ford also scorched with insurance only partially covering the loss.
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Bayard
Lewis
J. W. Corigan
M. J. Halligan
O. D. Ocheltree
M. J. Thompson
City Savings Bank
Branson Drug Company
Milhous Bros
Frank Ford
Bank wrecker to face another trial in Seymour case
Leroy Ware former cashier of Farmers and Drovers bank of Seymour Ia was rearrested on pending Wayne county indictments after parole. Judge Henry Bank denied a writ of habeas corpus allowing Ware to be tried again on remaining charges following his five year penitentiary sentence after pleading guilty to one of 22 indictments.
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Fort Madison
Henry Bank
Leroy Ware
Farmers and Drovers Bank
Seymour
K. E. Tallman
Corydon
Wayne County
State Board
Ware
H. M. Towner
Telegraph Poles Damaged by Storms Across Iowa
Western Union reports over 4000 telegraph poles broken in storms and floods across Iowa. Loss to poles and equipment totals 280000 dollars, per Iowa division superintendent Leon W. Ainsworth. More than 700 workers are employed daily to repair the damage.
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Des Moines
Western Union
Leon W. Ainsworth
Iowa
Davis Death Prompted Large Funeral Van Transport
James L. Davis, a 360 pound man, shot himself to avoid arrest for forgery. His casket measured over seven feet long and five feet wide, and a furniture van was needed to carry his body to the cemetery in Knoxville Iowa.
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Knoxville
James L. Davis
Davis
Wretch Assaults Deaf M mute Woman Near Perry
Perry Iowa July 16 Walter Veersted 40 assaulted Hazel Davis 20 deaf and mute daughter of Mrs Davis in a room beside where the mother sewed yesterday afternoon Veersted escaped but was captured by a posse three hours later and jailed
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Perry
Walter Veersted
Hazel Davis
R. J. Davis
Veersted
Doctor jailed to conquer morphine habit released
Des Moines July 16 Dr Alexander Haustman a prominent Dyersville physician confined himself in the city jail to cure his morphine habit. He announced he had conquered the craving and was released to continue his journey home.
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Des Moines
Alexander Haustman
Dyersville
Mother poisons four children in Des Moines area
Des Moines reports Mrs. William Olyphant of West Branch administered strychnine to her four children and herself. The infant died before Dr. Leach could intervene. the mother and remaining children were later expected to recover.
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Des Moines
William Olyphant
West Branch
Leach
Close Vote Chooses Elks Grand Exalted Ruler
Los Angeles July 16. Sammis and Herrmann faced a nerve rattling finish with 592 to 629 votes as the Iowa and Ohio delegations led the final push. Rush L. Holland, the incumbent, figures in the scene while Holland’s report flags an orphanage plan and criticizes Bedford Virginia as the Elks’ home. The order reports unprecedented prosperity with 42 new lodges and over 300 000 members.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sammis
Herrmann
Iowa
Ohio
Rush L. Holland
Holland
Grand Lodge
National Elks
Bedford
Aan
Husband's Affinity Attacks The Wife In Des Moines
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker had Eva Huntley arrested after accusing Huntley of assault. Walker says Huntley attacked her when confronted about an affair with her husband, striking, pepper spray in the eyes, and an attempt with a shoemaker's awl.
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Des Moines
Elizabeth Walker
Eva Huntley
Miss Huntley
Cattle Killed By Lightning During Storm Near Hull
Gerrit Slothauber reports his herd of 15 cattle killed in a storm eight miles south of Hull. Lightning struck the wire fencing, killing the cattle as they huddled in a pasture corner. Insurance had expired days earlier. no renewal occurred. Heavy rain damaged fences, grain, and corn, with mud filling low meadows.
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Hul
Gerrit Slothauber
Hull
Water Works Proposed in Breda Wins Big
Breda Iowa residents approve a water works system at a special election by more than five to one. The contract to lay mains and build a stand pipe will be let soon with hopes to finish by November 1.
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Breda
Street car crashes near Manawa injures Omaha man
Harry Powell of Omaha is in a Council Bluffs hospital in critical condition with a fractured skull after a collision between an Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway street car and an automobile near the Manawa resort Sunday night. The auto driven by J. P. Cummings of Omaha says no bell rang as the car neared the crossing. Other passengers escaped serious injury and the car suffered several hundred dollars in damage.
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Council Bluffs
Harry Powell
Omaha
Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway
Mmpany
Manawa
J. P. Cummings
Cummings
Alleged Horse Thief Captured by Posse in Humboldt
Humboldt Iowa July 15 Led by the sheriff a posse captured an alleged horse thief near the city. The man traded the stolen horse at Bode for a local baby item and has been bound over for trial. Lon Herricks home was burglarized with minor thefts and two men were captured but not identified. A separate case sentenced one suspect to 26 days in the county jail before transfer to Wright county for a station robbery charge.
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Humboldt
Bode
Lon Herrick
Wright County
Beatrice Warner Rescued After Drowning Attempt
In Des Moines Iowa Beatrice Warner attempted to drown herself to escape parental interference with her plan to join Jack Evans a bartender. Fishermen rescued her and the patrol returned her home this noon.
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Des Moines
Jack Evans
Beatrice Warner
Beatrice
Plasterer Injured in Worksite Altercation
B C Underwood of Des Moines is in precarious condition after Sylvester Keppy a Black plasterer struck him on the head with a shovel during a quarrel at a Des Moines plastering job on July 15.
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Des Moines
B. C. Underwood
Sylvester Keppy
Great Western Ordered Sold by Federal Court
Des Moines reports Judge Reed ordered the Chicago Great Western railroad property in Iowa sold at St Paul by a special master. The Iowa property is valued at about $20,000,000.
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Des Moines
Reed
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Iowa
St. Paul
Governor Carroll Served with $27,500,000 Damages Demand
Des Moines July 15 Harry Ryan serves Governor Carroll with an original notice seeking 27.5 million dollars in damages for alleged lousy treatment Denver. The hearing is to be held in Swiss courts. Ryan has been at Mount Pleasant hospital for years.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Harry Ryan
Switzerland
Ryan
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Dirigible Flight Captivates Crowds Over Broadway
Frank W. Goodale, a young aeronaut, piloted a dirigible balloon along Broadway from 116th Street to 42nd Street. He climbed to 3000 feet to avoid cool air over the water, then drifted to about 500 feet above the street. After reaching Long Acre Square he turned back fearing inadequate gasoline. The 50 minute trip drew eager spectators.
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New York
Broadway
Frank W. Goodale
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Forty-second Street
Long Acre Square
Postal Service Materials Use Reveals Large Supply Volumes
Last year the division used 925000000 yards of twine 3260000 pens 283000 penholders 650000 pencils and 2600000 blank cards. Wrapping paper totaled 6400000 sheets while millions of blank forms were supplied including 161770000 applications for domestic money orders. Post offices received stamp supplies and related materials.
Byers Contends Moon Law Interprets Consent Now
Des Moines July 14 Attorney General W H Byers disputes reports that saloon men and liberal officials will challenge his view of the Moon law which states all resolutions of consent since April 15 are void The attorney general argues the act protects only saloons holding consent when passed and that the July 4 date of effect is not altered by interpretations supported by Iowa Anti Saloon League officials Superintendent Barber counters that cities may grant new consent after passage but before July 4 stressing the law did not take effect until July 4 and that enforcing Byers view could shutter Crawford county saloons.
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Des Moines
W. H. Byers
Missiestop River
Mr. Byers
W. C. Barber
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
H. W. Byers
Byers
Barber
Iowa
Carroll
Crawford County
Beek Bee Sting Death of Mrs Buck in Mason City
Mrs. Mary J Buck 56 a Garrison resident was killed by a bee sting on her right temple after a neighbor’s hive swarmed near her home. She collapsed on the porch and died before doctors arrived, described as the first such rapid bee sting death known to local physicians.
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Mason City
Mary J. Buck
Garrison
Buck
Husband Plays Whist To Save Wife From Death
Des Moines July 14. Attorney J C Gallagher in a crisis played a two hour whist game to keep his wife from succumbing to laudanum. Doctors removed the poison from her stomach and prescribed the game to keep her awake. She loved whist and stayed engaged. the husband won.
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Des Moines
J. C. Gallagher
Hubby seeks alimony in Iowa divorce suit
W Somerville Colby, county surveyor of Clear Lake, files for divorce from wife Florence Leavenworth Colby daughter of northern Iowa’s wealthiest woman. He seeks custody of their 4 year old son and alimony of 3000 dollars. He states she left for California in October 1908 and has not returned.
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Hubby
Clear Lake
W. Somerville Colby
Florence Leavenworth-Colby
Gum Chewing Causes Paralysis of Mouth Incident
A Greene County high school student in Mason City Iowa suffers paralysis of the mouth from chewing gum. A twitching left mouth side grew worse. a physician diagnosed the condition as paralysis due to mastication and warned surgery may be needed to prevent deformity.
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Mason City
You Lady of
Greene
Berry Pickers Claim Championship Record
Mason City Iowa July 14 The champion strawberry pickers this year are Missees Blanche Cook and Erla Measerlis In five hours picking for D H Hall they gathered 90 quarts a new record for the event.
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Mason City
Misees Blanche Cook
Erla Measerlis
D. H. Hall
Chautauqua Singer Fatally Shot in Shreveport Vaudeville
Des Moines dispatch reports Miss Alice Robinson once of Corridon Iowa, a Des Moines Musical College graduate and noted vaudeville and Chautauqua performer, was accidentally shot by the Nellis sisters during a Shreveport vaudeville show and is fatally wounded.
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Des Moines
Alice Robinson
Nellis Sisters
Shreveport
Corridon
Des Moines Musical College
Assessment of Farm Land vs Railroad Assessments in Iowa
Des Moines reports executive council will review railroad assessments amid farm land value gains. Six years ago farm sale value was 42.04 per acre at 80 percent of sale price. now assessed value is 40 per acre at 55 percent of sale price. Farm sale value rose over 39 percent, while assessed value fell slightly.
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Des Moines
Executive Council
Iowa
Record of Failure Found On Local Currency
Storm Lake Iowa July 18 A bank reports confiscating a bundle of bills bearing a confession written across a back of a five dollar note and signed with the initials C A R The note claims a fortune of forty three dollars and accuses a prodigal of riotous living and a fall from grace attributed to a woman
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Storm Lake
Adam
Iowa Educator Lawrence Byers Dead After Dental Surgery
Des Moines July 18. Iowa State Department seeks facts on death of Professor Lawrence Marshall Byers of the State University faculty while abroad. Born 35, Byers died after ether reportedly given during tooth extraction. Malpractice charges swirl as he was healthy and an athlete.
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Des Moines
State Department
Knox
Lawrence Marshall Byers
State University
H. M. Byers
Sherman
Iowa
Switzerland
Congress
Byers
King of Gamblers Morris Lynch Dies in Des Moines
Morris Lynch once the king of Des Moines gamblers and a well known figure in the state sporting fraternity died this morning in Des Moines Indiana from a bowel obstruction.
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Des Moines
Morris Lynch
Alien declares birth in Iowa amid immigration case
Vera de Nole, recently from Hongkong, released on 1000 bail in a United States District Court immigration case. Testimony includes letters of identification from Governor Murphy and other New Jersey figures. She claims to be born in Eldora Iowa to American parents and says she is married to William H. Bray of Red Bank New Jersey.
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Seattle
Wash
Vera de Nojle
Hongkong
United States
Envy and Acid Attack Shocks Lexington Neighborhood
In Lexington Kentucky on July 13 Mrs Kate Phipps was arrested for disfiguring Mary Ryan an Irish girl attacked last Tuesday in a stable. Ryan says Phipps admitted the act saying If I cant have rosy cheeks you cant and then threw carbolic acid in her face and cut her with a knife.
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Lexington
Kate Phipps
Mary Ryan
Corn Husking Machine Invented Near Arcadia
Will Russell of five miles east of Arcadia Indiana has built a corn husking machine claimed to cost 160 dollars. The simple device husks one or two rows at a time, strips the husk, and drops the bare ear into a wagon alongside the machine.
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Arcadia
Ind
Will Russell
Canada forms fuel testing plant for peat energy use
A government facility has been created in Canada to study peat as a fuel source. The country possesses large peat deposits and aims to advance its utilization through testing and development programs.
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Canada
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