Shercliffe Escapes On Way to Canyon City Penitentiary
Leadville Colorado September 26 Sher man Morris alias Frank Shercliffe recently convicted of the murder of John Walsh a Leadville saloonkeeper 15 years ago escaped from the sheriff this morning while being taken to the penitentiary at Canyon City Morris handcuffed jumped from the car window as the train neared Canyon City He had a remarkable criminal record including a noted robbery of a diamond dealer for which he served time in Iowa
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Leadville
Colo
Sherman Morris
Frank Shercliffe
John Walsh
Canyon City
Morris
Lowa
Mrs Sherman to file for divorce after escape
Des Moines Indiana Sept 26 Mrs Sher declares she will sue for divorce from her convict husband after his sensational escape. She tears up at the news and says she will work to support herself and two children. Mrs Morris says she loved him but would have heeded her mother's advice. Mrs Pinkham says she still has some faith in Shercliffe but won’t dissuade a divorce.
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Des Moines
Sherman Morris
Frank Shercliffe
Sherman
Broncho Falls and Kills Its Rider
Battle Creek Iowa September 26 W B Spotts prominent grain and livestock buyer died after being thrown from a bronco while riding from Wall Lake stock yards to the livery barn. He sustained a broken ankle and internal injuries leading to death days later.
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Battle Creek
Ila
W. B. Spotts
Iowa
Wall Lake
Brunton Hotel
Cow tail strike endangers eye in Emmetsburg
In Emmetsburg Iowa on September 26 a cow struck Mrs. Andrew Larson in the eye with its tail. She is at Murphy hospital Mason City receiving treatment and faces possible loss of sight as bleeding continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Andrew Larson
Murphy Hospital
Mason City
Teachers Keep House On Fraternity Plan in Iowa
Fort Dodge Iowa September 26 teachers at Dayton live together in a house rented and run on a fraternity plan for the second year. They say they are the first in the state to adopt this arrangement.
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Fort Dodge
Dayton
Passenger train strikes horses near Fort Dodge
A Great Western passenger train from the north hit nine horses this morning near Fort Dodge Iowa, killing all animals and causing several hundred dollars in losses to owner Michael Quinlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Great Western
Michael Quinian
W E Conklin Found Dead In Iowa City
W E Conklin formerly city solicitor was found dead in bed at his brother’s country home in Iowa City on Sept 26. The sheriff and coroner en route to investigate were side collided by an automobile but escaped injury. He leaves a daughter married to Dr Jesse Bowen of Dickinson North Dakota.
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W. E. Conklin
Iowa City
Jesse Bowen
Dickenson
N. D
Couple from Storm Lake Marry in Omaha Secretly
Miss Leylia Hasbrook and Perry Walrod, both of Storm Lake, eloped to Omaha and wed without former consent. The bride had been Mrs. Robert Mastin until four days ago, restoring her maiden name. A year earlier she promised in Waterloo to Robert Mastin. The groom is the son of Dr. M Walrod of Storm Lake and works for Huston Music Co.
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Storm Lake
Leylia Hasbrook
Perry Walrod
Omaha
Robert Mastin
Waterloo
M. Walrod
Huston Music Company
Wife of murdered man testifies in Whitbeck case
West Union Iowa September 24. William Strickland chief witness for the state in the murder case against Walter Whitbeck is examined further as the defense presents many witnesses. Mrs Whitbeck the defendant’s mother testifies to the house timing and details challenging Strickland while noting his pale and nervous demeanor and his remark that the victim is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
William Strickland
Walter Whitbeck
St. Lucas
Whitbeck
Supreme Court Decisions From Des Moines Dated September
The Des Moines Supreme Court decisions list Aga versus Harbach Polk county affirmed Webster versus Shrine Temple company Polk county affirmed Hanrahan versus Creole Clinton county affirmed Independent school district versus Independent school district Des Moines affirmed Farmers Savings Bank versus Arispe Mercantile Company Union county reversed Reynolds versus McManus Black Hawk county reversed
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Aga
Harbach
Polk County
Affirmed
Webster
Appellant
Shrine Temple Company
Hanrahan
Creole
Clinton County
Independent School District
Water and Light Plant Destroyed by Fire at Waverly
Fire caused by crossed wires destroyed the city owned water and light plant in Waverly Ta this noon. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars. No further details available on casualties or repairs.
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Waverly
40 000 Pounds of Clay Hit Foreman
A chunk weighing 40 000 pounds fell 18 feet and struck Horace A Burns foreman of the Northern Iowa Clay works in Mason City Iowa. It broke both legs near the hip fractured his collar bone and caused serious internal injuries though he remains alive and in treatment.
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Mason City
Horace A. Burns
Northern
Iowa
Daughter Who Shot Father Goes Free
Maude Fleming, accused of shooting her father George Fleming during a family quarrel near Winthrop, was not indicted by the grand jury and the case was dropped. The killing followed the father assaulting the mother, with Maude aiding her.
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Independence
Maude Fleming
George Fleming
Winthrop
Fleming
Chiropractor in Iowa City Fails to Face License Charge
Dr. Banner Howard a chiropractic specialist is indicted by the grand jury for practicing without a license and has disappeared from Iowa City before a warrant could be served.
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Iowa City
Banner Howard
Allen Named Colonel of Fifty-Third Iowa Guard
Des Moines reports the election of Allen of Independence as colonel of the Fifty-Third regiment Iowa National Guard. The Sept 26 returns confirm his leadership of the unit.
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Allen
Des Moines
Independence
Fifty-Third Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Which Way From Baltimore American Impecunious Nobles
A humorous dialogue recalls two nobles debating marriage to Miss Goldcash. First questions marriage. Second explains the father’s demand for debt settlement and a secure income. The first notes the suitor’s refusal led to a kick.
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Baltimore American
Goldcash
Mason City Plant Damaged by Fire
Fire broke out at 2 o clock this morning on the roof of the clay storage building at the Northwestern State Portland Cement plant in Mason City Iowa. The blaze was confined to that structure by the company fire department causing substantial damage to the contents and roof but fully insured with losses not expected to exceed 10000 dollars.
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Mason City
Northwestern State Portland Cement Company
Ally
Eccentric violinist pronounced sane in Cripple Creek
Hans Albert the internationally famed violinist was ruled sane by the county court and freed. Questions arise if he is married or single after a jail window gesture with Miss Grace Hadsell of Ottumwa Iowa. The initial marriage was void and Hadsell asks to wed again.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Hans Albert
Albert
Grace Hadsell
Ottumwa
Miss Hadsell
Wyoming Man Wins Election To Odd Fellows Post
Denver reports Judge J J Kaykenall of Wyoming was elected deputy grand sire of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The election occurred on September 24 in Denver Colorado.
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Wyoming
Denver
Colo
J. J. Kaykenall
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Thieves Rob City Hall Office While Read Old Sleuth
Waterbury detectives report burglars entered the comptroller’s office in City Hall while the chief read Old Sleuth next door. They failed to crack the safe and left with about 159 dollars in postage stamps and the assistant comptroller’s copy of Plutarch's Lives.
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Waterbury, Conn
Plutarch
Stein Wins Right to Morris Stein Body Interment
Des Moines Iowa Sept 23 Jacob Stein obtains custody of Morris P Stein body from Loudonville Ohio double shooting case. Mae Bayard Stein waives rights and injunction is dismissed. Funeral at 2 pm at Jewish cemetery with Rabbi Farber officiating. Jacob seeks Meyers cousin who accompanied Mae to Chicago belying murder inquiry.
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Des Moines
Morris Stein
Loudonville
Ohio
Jacob Stein
Morris P. Stein
Mae Bayard Stein
Brennan
Rabbi Farber
Tiffereth Israel Synagogue
Woodland Cemetery
East Des Moines
Meyers
Fred Meyers
Chicago
Mr. Stein
Tragic Odebolt Murderer Sought After Ax Attack
In Odebolt Iowa the search continues for the ax killer of Goodwin Yaun with a description telegraphed nationwide. Yaun’s father retrieved his son’s body and returned to New York. The killer called himself L V Daniels from a small Iowa Ida county town. Additionally Ida Grove faces drought risking fall forage crop failure while football opens with Correctionville 29 Ida Grove 0.
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Ifa Grove
Goodwin Yaun
Odebolt
Yaun
Ydberty
N. Y
Omaha
L. V. Daniels
Iowa
Ida County
Correctionville
Ida Grove
Man Unearths Eight Foot Mastodon Tusk in Iowa Creek Bed
Henry Crane of Iola Grove Iowa unearthed a near eight foot mastodon tusk while removing sand from a creek bed on his land. A foot of the tusk broke away during extraction but the fragment remains well preserved with ivory-like sheen. Crane plans further digging hoping to recover additional fossil remains from the prehistoric animal once alive in the area.
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I¢a Grove
Henry Crane
Crane
Girl in Critical Condition After Pasture Accident
Nine year old Anna Brandt of Latimer is hospitalized in Hampton with a fractured skull an eye gouged out a broken nose and other injuries after a colt in a pasture allegedly kicked her while she was driving cattle. She was found unconscious and weak from blood loss.
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Latimer
Anna Brandt
Jerry Brandt
Powers-Osborne Hospital
Hampton
Des Moines Grand Jury Targets 17 Scarlet Women
Subpoenas were issued for 17 scarlet women alleged to be victims of a white slave trust. County Attorney DeGraff and Police Superintendent Hammery, once at odds, unite after a morning conference on social evils. Inmates flee old resorts and move into residential districts.
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Des Moines
DeGraff
Hammery
Black Hand assault shocks Des Moines crowd
Italian immigrant Mike Nosoe assaulted Chas. Hamilton after Hamilton refused to join the Black Hand. Nosoe is under arrest as police seek a confession amid widespread arrests in Des Moines.
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Des Motnes
Des Moines
Mike Nosoe
Chas. Hamilton
Nosoe
Waters Mey
Connors Fears Tiger Chases Man Home in Dubuque
George Connors a railroad man says he was chased by a tiger near his Dubuque residence on September 23. He arrived breathless and hatless and cannot return to work. Residents search the area with rifles. Theories suggest the animal escaped from a circus.
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Dubuque
George Connors
Fort Dodge Fire Destroys Mulroney Factory in Night Blaze
Fort Dodge Iowa reports the Mulroney Manufacturing Co. a major US factory destroyed by a night fire caused by defective wiring. Loss estimated at 150000 with 82000 insured, plus 1000 uninsured marble shop damage and about 5000 to adjacent buildings. Embers threatened a Baptist church parsonage hospital and several residences but were saved.
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Fort Dodge
Mulroney Manufacturing Company
United States
Masked bandits rob Iowa City night operator
Two masked men armed with a 44 caliber revolver robbed Chas Hibbs the night operator at the Rock Island station in Iowa City shortly after 3 a.m. They took $385 from the company and Hibbs gold watch, forced him to kneel, and fled as a locomotive approached. A sheriff's posse searches the area leaving $30 in the cafe untouched.
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Iowa City
Chas. Hibbs
Rock Island Station
Hibbs
Falls From Scaffold Breaks Both Legs in Accident
Chanles City Iowa September 22 Dan Fletcher and E B Wright fell from a scaffolding while working Fletcher suffered both legs broken and serious internal injuries Wright was not seriously hurt both men injured at a local job site.
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Chanles City
Dan Fletcher
E. B. Wright
Mr. Wright
Motherless Chicks Hatch in planter in Waterloo
In Waterloo Iowa on September 22 John Fales of Spring Branch found seven hatched chicks living in the seed box of a corn planter after his hen laid seven eggs there. Hired man J H Lewis raised the lid and the eight stray chicks appeared.
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Waterloo
John Fales
Spring Branch
J. H. Lewis
Iowa liquor law ruled not a license system by court
Davenport, September 22. In a ruling, Judge Smith McPherson declared the Iowa liquor law illegal, stating saloons may not operate under a mulet tax scheme and that no beverage liquor sales have been lawful for a quarter century. The court said the mulet system merely aids against prosecution, not legalizes sale.
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Davenport
United States
United Breweries Company
New Jersey
Davenport Civic Federation
Smith McPherson
Iowa
Baby dies and house fire follows tragic family illness
In Harrisburg a 9 month old died on the way to burial. While returning home Mrs. Shoemaker became gravely ill. A fire broke out in the house and Mr. Shoemaker, after saving the home, injured his eye. The wife improves and the husband may lose sight in his eye.
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Harrisburg
John V. Shoemaker
Des Moines Rival Fist Fight At Carnival
Helen Davis, a waitress, was struck behind the ear by rival Lottie Winegar during a Des Moines carnival. Davis was stunned and remained unconscious twelve hours after the incident. The altercation arose over a man.
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Des Mones
Helen Davis
Lottie Winegar
Des Moines
Davis
Girl preacher to Chicago in possible move
London reports the first English woman recognized as a gospel minister has received a call from Chicago. The Rev. Gertrude Von Petzald, born in England, has led the Free Christian church in Leicester since 1904 and may depart after her current term to serve in Chicago.
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London
England
Chicago
Lakeside
Gertrude von Petzald
Groom arrest mars honeymoon after wedding feast clash
In Mason City Iowa on September 21 Ambrose Campbell a groom of three hours fought with his bride during a wedding feast over a guest the bride objected to. Campbell jailed overnight for disturbing the peace and fined the next day. Mrs Campbell attended court with his coat. he later agreed to return home. He works as an engineer at a local electric light plant.
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Mason City
Ambrose Campbell
Campbell
Mary Dwyer
Jas. Clark
Clark
Jal
Help Father Find Mother's Affinity in Davenport
William Macklin of Davenport seeks the man who ran away with his wife, mother of eight, with aid from two grown sons to pursue the pair and bring the man to justice. He names Charles Bowley as the lover, no trace since Tumley Indiana, while describing his wife as 55 and her affinity as 57, short and dark and humpbacked.
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Davenport
William Macklin
Charles Bowley
Tumley
Choate to Return to Fight Des Moines Divorce Case
New York attorney Fred M. C. Choate will return to Des Moines to oppose his wife Iona Choate in a custody dispute. Judge Miller and Choate’s attorney Chester Strock will be witnesses. Choate contends the judge promised custody if a suitable place could be found.
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Des Moines
Fred M. C. Choate
New York
Iona
Miller
Choate
Chester Strock
Eloping couple wed in Storm Lake event shocks families
Miss Martha Swebke and Max Schultz of Eldora married by Rev H R Schmidt at the German Methodist church parsonage in Storm Lake after visiting Albert City. Parents opposed the union. couple hopes for reconciliation on returning home.
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Storm Lake
Martha Swebke
Max Schultz
Eldora
H. R. Schmidt
Albert City
State Waterways Convention Planned in Des Moines
Des Moines plans a convention of river city delegates to push for a national waterways appropriation. The Des Moines River Improvement committee formed the group to urge surveys of Iowa streams for navigation and to present a united Iowa position before the Lake to the Gulf Waterways association meeting in Chicago.
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Des Moines
Wife vanishes after jealousy incident in Des Moines
E sal vation Army Anti death by own action unit searches Des Moines for 85 year old Eila Morgan who attempted to kill herself by slashing her throat with nails at attorney W. N. Huyck residence and then disappeared into the night following a confrontation with her husband and another woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
E Salvation Army
Eila Morgan
W. N. Huyck
Build Schools for Farmer Not Warships, Hill Declares
Crookston Minnesota September 21 James J Hill chairman of the Great Northern board urged diverting military spending to agriculture saying he would sacrifice a warship project to fund 1000 agricultural schools in the United States He spoke at the dedication of Stephen Hall an agricultural institution in Crookston
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James J. Hill
Crookston, Minn
United States
Jas. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Stephen Hall
Lenox man drunk drives car crashed into tree in Creston
Al Cotrell of Lenox was given a car by his wealthy father to stop drinking. He drove to Creston, became intoxicated, and collided with a tree, destroying the auto and suffering injuries that left him unconscious for hours.
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Creston
al Cottrell
Lenox
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F. BD. Burdick
Booas St
Buckbee ST. Rockford, Ill
A. W. Buckbes
Story County
Nevada
ED. Miller
Haverly
Ames, Owa
Shercliffe
Colorado
Sok
Mrs. Whitbeck
Burden
Walter
THE
Foreman
Deag Son
Little Girl
Colt
Connors
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