Girl's murderer asks new trial in US Supreme Court
Des Moines May 1 application for a new trial was filed in the United States supreme court in the Charley Thomas case. Thomas serving life for the murder of Mabel Schofield in Polk county history. His counsel allege the fourteenth amendment was violated by a judge's instruction that poison meant first degree murder.
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Des Moines
United States Supreme Court
Charley Thomas
Thomas
Mabel Schofield
Polk County
Verdict settles dispute between Pedelty and Fulghum in Mason City
In Mason City Iowa on May 1 a jury awarded 79 cents to end the controversy between Albert Pedelty and T M Fulghum. Fulghum sued Pedelty for a claim and Pedelty counter sued. After days of trial and argument a verdict was returned and an appeal seems likely.
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Mason City
Albert Pedelty
T. M. Fulghum
Similar Case Cited By State Superintendent In Des Moines
May 1 in Des Moines the State Superintendent Riggs reviews an appeal from a county superintendent that mirrors an eight year old department decision. The identical parties and issues reappear with no new features, a situation courts would reject though schools’ arguments find sympathy in nonstandard rulings.
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Des Moines
Riggs
Larchwood Congregational Church Destroyed by Fire
The Congregational church in Larchwood burned to the ground Tuesday night. Discovered around 7 o clock the blaze had advanced too far to save the structure. Origin of the fire remains a mystery. The church had been enlarged nine years ago. Loss estimated at $5,000 with $1,200 insured. Furniture was saved.
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Larchwood
Congregational
Byers to Inspect Rockefeller Goods in Iowa
Melvin H. Byers will become chief state oil inspector in June, succeeding Captain Hugh M. Pickel. He will head a profitable department, with inspectors chosen by influential Republicans in each district. Byers, formerly in the grocery trade in Des Moines, is presently without occupation.
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Byers
Rockefeller
Des Moines
Melvin H. Byers
Hugh M. Pickel
2 Es
Fine
Deathbed testimony marks Dyer murder trial opening
In Onawa Iowa May 1 the jury was seated in the Dyer murder trial as the state introduces deathbed testimony from C C Kirk recorded in a Sioux City hospital. Kirk says Dyer shot from the porch at six feet. Thomas Peabody testifies Dyer shot Kirk. The defense contends the shooting was an accident. Dyer expected to testify to his innocence. courtroom crowded.
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Onawa
Dyer
C. C. Kirk
Sioux City
Kirk
Thomas Peabody
Brothers Charm Snakes With Violin Music in Louisiana
In Marchalstown Louisiana on May 1 two boys Hart Smith 12 and John 9 set out to charm snakes with a violin. Using their father Walter Smiths instrument they drew twelve garter snakes from holes and killed them for belts and neckties for friends and neighbors.
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Marchalstown
Hart Smith
John
Walter Smith
Opera Singer Rough Handling of Infant Stirs Audience
In Pittsburg on May 1 at Duquesne Gardens the prima donna Geraldine Farrar was involved in a controversial incident when a crying baby in the opera was grasped by the neck and shaken. Women in the audience cried out in anger at the action.
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Pittsburg
Duquesne Gardens
Geraldine Farrar
Monument to Sam Davis unveiled on Capitol Hill
A monument to Sam Davis the Confederate scout who refused to disclose his source and was executed at Pulaski Tennessee on November 27 1863 was unveiled on Capitol Hill today.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sam Davis
Pulaski
Capitol Hill
Governor proclaims Memorial Day holiday date
Des Moines Iowa May 1 Governor Carroll issues a proclamation designating Monday May 31 as Memorial Day. The action formalizes the holiday for the state with ceremonial observances planned across communities.
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Des Moines
Carroll
New York to Build World's Highest Hotel at Madison and 42nd
Plans call for a 376 foot high history structure making it the tallest hotel in the world. The site is the southwest corner of Madison Avenue and Forty second Street in New York.
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New York
Madison Avenue
Forty Second Streets
Iowa boards oversee million-dollar farms under state control
Des Moines April 30 state board of control headed by Chairman John Cownie manages over 7,333 acres across 14 institutions with crops from potatoes to tobacco. Acreage and livestock values total more than $1,000,000 including Fort Madison land for the penitentiary, while farming programs claim to reform criminals and supply large milk and livestock outputs.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
John Cownie
Towa
Cownie
Downie
Fort Madison
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Daven- Oee
Ek Iveed
Bad Eke
College For the Blind
Vinton
School For the Deaf
Council
Eas Gates Institution For
Glenwood
Knoxville Hospital
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Anamosa Penitentiary
Clarinda Hospital
Drake Quax Controversy Forces Expurgation of Cartoons
In Des Moines on April 30 the Drake University annual Quax edition was confiscated by the faculty amid threats of expulsion for editors unless two cartoons were withdrawn. The $3,000 publication was expurgated removing depictions of Dean Frederick Norton and student Miss Bessie Griner aid, affecting 1,250 copies.
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Des Moines
Dean Norton
Miss Grineraid
Attempt to Impeach Former Iowa Judge Meek
Washington reports charges filed with the Department of Justice seeking impeachment of E. R. Meek a former federal judge for northern Texas born in Davenport Iowa. The case accuses him of collusion with Bufington and W H Atwell to derail the Texas Union railroad and cites actions against J Hogue and a probe prompting cessation of prosecution.
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Washington
E. R. Meek
Texas
Department of Justice
Meek
R. P. Clarkson
Clarkson
W. H. Atwell
Buffington
Chicago
Texas Union Railroad
J. Hogue
Hogue
Atwell
Pease
Judge Meek
Davenport
Aaron Meek
State University At
Iowa City
Elizabeth Clarkson
Des Moines
Fort Worth
Denver
Teacher Fired After Salary Cut Sparks Dispute
Des Moines April 30 Hawkeye school board lowered Jennie Hall salary from 55 to 45 dollars a month prompting a reduction in music class time from 30 to 15 minutes. The board fired Jennie who appealed to State Superintendent Riges, who affirmed the board's action.
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Des Moines
Hawkeye
Jennie Hall
Jennie
Riges
Train Strikes Auto Near Elmhurst Killing One
A Chicago and Northwestern suburban train struck a car carrying five merchants from nearby towns near Elmhurst DL. One man, A. C. Renne, 30, manager of a Pontiac groceries store, died. The other four occupants suffered serious but non fatal injuries.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Elmhurst
A. C. Renne
Eaery Goods
Pontiac
Three Times a Bigamist but Man Goes Free
Mason City Iowa April 29 A man named Varallo avoids bigamy charges as his third marriage is claimed legal due to a second divorce issue The accused serial spouse is connected to Emma Fritz of Chicago and Maria Albino of St Joseph Michigan His first two wives are Mrs Varallo No 1 and Mrs Varallo No 3 who plans private settlement as she recovers from illness and refuses to prosecute.
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Mason City
Chicago
Nicholas J. Varallo No. 3
Varallo
S. J. Creager
Varallo No. 1
Maria Albino
St. Joseph
Mich
Emma Fritz
J. Dreager
Varalio No. 3
Varalio
Wife No. 3
Cunning of Wolf Kills Off Pursuers
A wolf outsmarted a hunting party near Mason City Iowa as hounds chased it to a lake with thin ice. The wolf evaded capture, led the hunters to the woods, and the men found six cubs and the old wolf in its lair, which they shot.
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Mason City
Dean of Women at Iowa resigns from office
Mrs Mabel H Volland dean of women at the University of Iowa has resigned.
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Iowa City
Mabel H. Volland
The
University of Iowa
Des Moines Fire Destroys Wholesale Paint Firm
A five story brick building housing George A. Boody & Co. wallpaper and paint at 608 and 619 Sixth Ave collapsed in a morning blaze. Fire destroyed adjoining Trossell block and Cleland's grocery and Putter's cafe with $150000 loss, insurers covering half. Milan Depew and Marie Garnett were injured while rescuing each other but expected to recover.
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Des Moines
George A. Boody & Co
Sixth Ave
Trossell
Cleland
Putter’s
Milan Depew
Marie Garnett
Butler Cafe
Two Women Drown In Des Moines River
Two women were seen to jump into the Des Moines river at noon today at separate points. Neither body has been recovered. One was described as fashionably dressed about 19 with red hair at the Des Moines Racoon junction. the other, older, leaped into the river a mile above Locust street bridge and is thought to be the same woman linked to a river bank wrestling sighting a week earlier.
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Des Moines
Racoon
Locust Street
Bride fears spanking on her honeymoon sparks family feud
In Pittsburg April 29 a 16 year old, Stacy Maust, married Winnie Maley, prompting a confrontation with his mother Mrs. John Maust who threatened punishment with a slipper. The feud escalated as Winnie’s father offered a show of discipline at the Maloy mansion. The couple worried about losing their jobs.
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Pittsburg
John Maust
Stacy
Winnie Maley
Youngstown
Mrs. Maust Jr
Star Spangled Banner Manuscript 18 Found
The Francis Scott Key Memorial association located the original manuscript of The Star Spangled Banner and aims to borrow it for exhibition at the old Key mansion in Georgetown. A Baltimore woman holds the relic, and permanent possession seems unlikely.
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Washington
Francis Scott Key Memorial Association
Baltimore
Georgetown
D. C
Maybray Identified as McCann in Fake Racing Case
Des Moines officials say J C Maybray in jail is identified as McCann, the man linked to the St Louis murder case of Lord Barrington. A St Louis broker and a Mrs Laura Gates claim recognition, while Maybray denies it amid inquiries about fake horse races nationwide.
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Des Moines
United States
J. C. Maybray
McCann
Lord” Barrington
St. Louis
Barrington
Laura Gates
St. Jouls
St. Ie
Louis Deming
Maybray
Maybrayes McCann
United States Marshal
J. McCann
Mayray
Girl Disappears in Male Attire in Iowa Town
Marian Hutton aged 15 ran away from Rutledge Wapello county on Wednesday donning her father’s clothes. She traveled on a Milwaukee track to Hedrick boarded a freight to Wright where staff aided her, hair cut later, then rode toward Oskaloosa. Police search ongoing.
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Oskaloosa
Marian Hutton
W. A. Hutton
Rutledge
Wapello County
Hedrick
Iowa Central
Wright Station
Wright
Joplin
Huttons
Boy Kills Man Over Spanking in Keokuk
In Keokuk Iowa on April 27 9 year old John Alexander shot and killed George W Jones with his father’s shotgun after Jones spanked him during a play session. Jones had planned to marry the girl he was due to see tomorrow. The Alexander boy is described as half witted.
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Keokuk
George W. Jones
John Alexander
Jones
Alexander
Injured Teacher Sues Railroad for Damages
Miss Lillian Grantow a teacher and passenger injured in December alighting from a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train at Sexton sues for 1999 dollars alleging improper stopping and failure to aid her exit resulting in a broken leg permanent disability and disfigurement.
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Mason City
Lillian Grantow
Sexton
Insurance firms in Iowa lose over forty million in 1908
State Auditor Ely reports Iowa's five insurance companies suffered losses exceeding 40 million dollars in risks for 1908, with premiums down over 1 million and losses paid rising by more than 200 thousand. Insurers blame the Blanchard anti-compact law as a key factor.
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Mason City
Elley Today
Iowa
Road making spectacle in Akron shows new method
In Akron Iowa on Thursday Dr. J. H. Kerr attached a V shaped barrow to his automobile and ground and leveled several miles of road. The experiment demonstrated a rapid method for improving roads for auto and wagon use.
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Akron
J. H. Kerr
M Namara Found Guilty of Murder of Aged Father
Northwood Iowa April 26 Ed Mc Namara found guilty of second degree murder by a 27 hour jury out with seven to five in favor of acquittal at first. Judgment set for June 1 with motion for new trial to be argued. Edward shot his father Martin after a dispute over marrying a Clear Lake woman.
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Northwood
Ed McNamara
Edward McNamara
Martin McNamara
Clear Lake
Heid
Grain shipping and livestock feeding in Rock Rapids history
In Rock Rapids Indiana on April 2 a rough tally shows about 140000 bushels of field corn and 3000 bushels of popcorn shipped from town. Farmers hold one fourth to one tenth of that remaining corn. A decade ago thousands of cattle were fed locally and two trains shipped fat cattle to Liverpool. About 60000 sheep were fattened nearby. High corn prices now discourage market feeding.
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Rock Rapids
Liverpool
Governor Names New Pharmacy Commissioner
Des Moines April 26 The governor named L W Clements of Marengo David E B Haddon of Alta and Harry Eaton of Shenandoah to the State Pharmacy commission Clements represents the state pharmacy association The governor also disclosed a plan to deduct 116 from Keltz January and February bills citing evidence of errors and affidavits while Keltz claims he only learned of the questioned items at noon today and will present his defense before the council regarding last year’s deductions and recent bills
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Des Moines
L. W. Clements
Marengo
David EB. Haddon
Alta
Harry Eaton
Shenandoah
State Pharmacy Commission
Clements
State Pharmacy Association
Keltz
Wayward son shoots his father in Collins Iowa
Dr N W Knepper, a well known Colfax physician, was shot in the breast by his 24 year old son 12 miles north of Colfax during a reprimand for bad habits. The wound, though painful, is not believed dangerous and the father will not prosecute. The son is in detention.
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Colfax
N. W. Knepper
Collins
Young Knepper
Spokane Hawkeye Club Plans Annual Dinner
Spokane Washington April 26 Preparations are under way for the second annual dinner by the Hawkeye club of Spokane composed of 600 former residents of Iowa. In the Hall the Doges the evening of May 21 guests of honor will include prominent Iowans visiting the Northwest. The dinner will be preceded by a reception committee chaired by W. N. Day with S B Cook in charge of arrangements. E E Springer heads a committee to interest former Iowans in Inland Empire reunions. Officers are President F A McMaster formerly of Sioux City treasurer Mrs R C Halliday and secretary James Powlesson.
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Spokane
Wash
Hawkeye Club
Iowa
Northwest
W. N. Day
S B. Cook
E. E. Springer
Inland Empire
F. A. McMaster
Sioux City
R. C. Halliday
James Powlesson
Junkin Case Moved to Centerville for Trial
Judge Ver million of the district court ruled to transfer the trial of John Jun ien, the alleged murderer of Clara Rosen, to Centerville due to local prejudice. The trial is set for the last week of May.
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Ottumwa
Vermillion
District Court
John Junien
Clara Rosen
Centerville
Phillips named treasurer to succeed late B F Brown
Mason City April 26 L W Phillips appointed treasurer to replace the late B F Brown. Phillips previously served eight years as county treasurer.
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Mason City
L. Ww. Phillips
B. F. Brown
Phillips
Iowan Hero of Boxer Siege Rejoins Army as Chaplain
Lieutenant Calvin P. Titus of Iowa, famed for scaling Peping during the Boxer siege, has reconsidered resignation and waits Taft’s restoration to the army as chaplain to continue religious work among soldiers.
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Washington
Calvin P. Titus
Iowa
Peping
Boxer
Taft
Army
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