Weller To Lead The Independents In Iowa Ticket
Ottumwa October 3 reports the Independent party to file a state ticket with J A Lowenberg as nominee. The slate includes L H Weller for governor A J Cronkhite for lieutenant governor Harry H Mix state secretary James E Danek state auditor Harry Sowden state treasurer W H Van Fleet attorney general L J Mesmer superintendent of public instruction F M Simpson railroad commissioner G B Holbert and James Hourthan supreme judges plus electors for president and vice president led by Lowenberg and Leonard Brown. Campaign plans follow in coming week.
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Ottumwa
Sarry
Iowa
J. A. Lowenberg
L. H. Weller
Nashua
A. J. Cronkhite
Cedar Rapids
Harry H. Mix
James E. Danek
Fairfax
Harry Sowden
Burlington
W. H. van Fleet
Keokuk
L. J. Mesmer
F. M. Simpson
G. B. Holbert
Iowa City
James Hourthan
Mount Pleasant
Ross Steinhoff
Walter D. Ulney
Maines
Elisha
Mayhew
Lamont
D. E. Morise
Harlan
Frank M. Briggs
Hoone
S. Arthur Walter
Liekens
SHERCLIFFE SHACKLES FOUND NEAR COAL YARDS
A pair of shackles, sawed open, were found in the coal yards at Ninth street and Broadway Council Bluffs. The article suggests fugitive Frank Shercliffe alias Morris, awaiting a 20 year murder sentence in Colorado, may have been aided by an unknown man who borrowed a hacksaw from Lovett & Co. to free him.
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Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Coal and Tee Company
Frank Shercliffe
Morris
Colorado
Shecliffe
Lovett & Co
North Main Street
Shereliffe
Israel Lovett & Co
New City National Bank
Poe
Couneil Bluffs Coal and Ice Company
Ninth Street
Broadway
Woman Granted Divorce After Two Marriages To Same Man
Mrs. Mary Knipscheld of Floyd County Ohio sought and won a divorce from John Knipscheld after discovering he used an assumed name. The couple wed near Madison Wisconsin twenty years ago, with the bride later learning her husband’s true identity. He was ordered to remarry her by a Wisconsin court but left again about a year later and has not been heard from since.
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Mason City
Mary Kuipscheid
Floyd County
Kelley
Knipscheld
Madison
Wis
John Nichols
Nichols
Knipschheld
Wisconsin
Iowa farmer nets largest check for self raised corn
Webster City Iowa October 3 likely the largest check in state history paid to John Canavan Green county for 9396 bushels sold to the Minneapolis and Iowa Elevator company at 71 cents a bushel totaling 70026.85 in cash. Some corn contracted elsewhere brings 58 cents a bushel promising 35 to 50 dollars per acre. If continued Secretary Wilson's forecast of 200 dollars an acre for Iowa land may be realized.
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Webster City
Iowa
John Canavan
Green County
Minneapolis & Iowa Elevator Company
Wilson
Brakeman Dies After Legs Cut Off in Calmar Incident
Mason City Iowa October 3 Wm Butler a Milwaukee brakeman with 19 years on the rail died four hours after both legs were severed at Calmar while switching. His home was Charles City.
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Mason City
Butler
Milwaukee
Calmar
Charles City
Pittsburg Hosts Historic Industrial Parade in Sesquicentennial
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on October percent, a grand historical and industrial parade marked the citys sesquicentennial celebration. Ideal weather drew hundreds of thousands to crowd the parade route and witness the pageant.
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Pittsburg
License revoked for hurry up wedding in Tract La
Fields, new hotel proprietor, had traveled to Waterloo to wed a woman who came from here. They obtained a license but failed the oath requiring no divorce within a year. A divorce within the year invalidated the license and the couple returned home.
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Tract
Fields
Grone
Waterloo
Horse Freed From Cave After Two Week Hunger
Logan, October 1. One of Lowrey Moreland's horses escaped from the stable more than two weeks ago. A neighbor found the animal in a cave near the stable where a roof gave way trapping it for 15 days. The horse survived without food or water until it was led back to the stable and cared for overnight.
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Logan
Lowrey Moreland
Bedford publisher arrested over piano contest lottery law
Féitor R. V. Lucas of the Bedford Free Press was arrested in Creston for advertising a piano subscription contest violating lottery laws. He waived examination and was bound to the federal grand jury with bond for appearance.
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Bedford
Féitor R. V. Lucas
Bedford Free Press
Federal
Hanna
Creston
Lucas
Federal Grand Jury
Sister Isadore Dies at Mount Carmel In Dubuque
Sister Isadore 60, sister superior at Corpus Christi academy Fort Dodge, died at Mount Carmel Dubuque mother house where she took vows 38 years ago. She served about 35 years ago in Sioux City and was prominent in city Catholic schools.
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Fort Dodge
Isadore
Corpus Christi Academy
Mount Carmel
Dubuque
Sioux City
Wilbur Carr Pleads For Time In Murder Indictment
Fort Dodge Indiana October 1 Wilbur Carr indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Marshal Nicholson of Cowrie waved arraignment and asked for time to prepare a plea through his attorneys as the case was to come up at a special session.
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Fort Dodge
Wilbur Carr
Marshal Nicholson
Cowrie
McDonnell faces murder trial moved to Hancock county
Frank McDonnell, held since March, is transported to Garner Hancock county to answer for the alleged murder of Geo Stevens. A special venue for 60 jurors was issued as defense and state dispute whether the shooting was self defense in a lobby confrontation after an exchange of insults and a slap. Stevens died in the hall outside McDonnell's room after two gunshots, with conflicting accounts of who fired first.
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Mason City
Frank McDonnell
Garner
Hancock County
Geo. Stevens
Clyde
McDonnell
Northwestern States Cement Company
Stevens
Young Teddy Will Draw $5 a Week
Alvin H Higgins of Hartford Carpet plans to hire Theodore Roosevelt Jr as an apprentice at Thompsonville. He will be paid about five to six dollars weekly and start by washing and spinning wool, wearing overalls, and following mill rules. He must report at 7 a m and work ten hours daily.
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Hartford
Conn
Alvin H. Higgins
Hartford Carpet Corporation
Thompsonville
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Higgins
Roosevelt
Woman Principal Turns Detective in Hardware Store Theft
Des Moines Iowa October 1 Mrs Blanche Snook a school principal turned detective and handed five boys to police two confessed to robbing Dimmer Hardware Sunday night by prying a hole through the brick wall securing weapons worth 200. Two of the gang are sons of Policeman Belia eiud.
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Des Moines
Isa
Blanche Snook
Beliaeiud
Leopard Attacks Boy In Cage At County Fair
Leo Rogers the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rogers suffered deep lacerations from a leopard confined for exhibition. He required about one hundred stitches to close wounds on shoulder face and arm and remained in serious condition at Elkader Iowa on September 30.
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Elkader
Leo Rogers
Michael Rogers
Leo
Clayton County Fair
Veterinary surgeon killed by freight train at Afton
R H Van Winkle a well known veterinarian of Afton Iowa was fatally struck by a Chicago Burlington and Quincy fast freight last night around 815 he stepped onto the adjacent track from a westbound passenger and walked into the eastbound freight he was dragged about 60 yards and mangled his body was cut in two one leg severed and his skull crushed the accident was discovered about half an hour later.
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Afton
R. H. van Winkle
van Winkle
Robbery in Fort Dodge targets night roadmaster T G Gadbury
In Fort Dodge Iowa two men robbed night roadmaster T G Gadbury at 3 am while inspecting cars at the Tilotom Central. He was forced to surrender his watch and a bill book containing 73 dollars. Police broadcast alerts to neighboring towns and authorities believe one suspect may be in Webster City.
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Fort Dodge
T. G. Gadbury
Tilmots Central
Webster City
Fire at Opera House in Sutherland Causes Minor Loss
A false alarm preceded a real blaze at the rear of the opera house in Sutherland on Saturday night. Firefighters and citizens confined the fire quickly with losses not exceeding $100. Origin under investigation.
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Sutherland, Ta
Tragic Hanging of Boy Near Pella Identified as Elmer McClure
The body of a 14 year old boy was found hanging from a tree near Pella just outside city limits. A boy discovered the scene and workmen alerted authorities. Identification by the parents linked the deceased to Elmer McClure who had vanished from Knox ville about a week earlier.
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Pella
Elmer McClure
Knoxville
Runaway Ends Life of George Ketwick Near Woden La
George Ketwick was killed instantly near Woden Louisiana when a runaway horse team struck his buggy on his way home from town. He was thrown from the vehicle in the accident.
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Woden
George Ketwick
Ketwick
Des Moines officer John Hawker dies in Kansas City
John Hawker of Des Moines Iowa longtime secretary treasurer of the United Commercial Travelers of America died in a Kansas City hospital after an operation aged 64.
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Iowa
Kansas City
John Hawker
Des Moines
United Commercial Travelers of America
Merry Widows Club Opens New Albany House
The Merry Widows club formed in Albany with members from Albany Glens Falls Troy and New York City plans a clubhouse near Eightieth street. Vice president Mrs. M J Burritt will run it and all members will live there. A strict rule bans marriage with fines including a $100 penalty and life insurance beneficiary transfer. Married men may not be entertained and flirting carries a $10 fine with expulsion after the third offense.
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New York
Merry Widow Club
Albany
Glens Falls
Troy
Eightieth Street
M. J. Burritt
Merry Widows
Cholera Toll Rises With Russian Epidemic
St. Petersburg reports 4 951 cases and 1 875 deaths since September 8. Nationwide since outbreak began total cases 15 683 with 7 102 deaths as Asiatic cholera spreads in Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Wife Sees Husband Killed In Farm Accident
Clermont Iowa, Sept 30. Simon Udsang was instantly killed while unhitching his team from a corn binder. The frightened animals dragged him and the machine ran over him, his head crushed. His wife arrived to find him dead, but his child on the seat was unharmed.
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Clermont
Simon Udsang
M. E. Conference Names Ministers
The northwest Iowa Methodist conference adjourned with the bishop announcing year appointments. Districts include Sioux City Akron Alta Aurelia Cherokee Hawarden Hinton Ireton LeMars Marcus Meriden Moville Ona wa Paullina Salix Seney Sergeant Bluff and Sioux City churches naming superintendents and ministers such as W J Carr G F Whitfield J B Walker F E Leazer J A Edwards and R H Reidy with numerous others listed across Fort Dodge Sheldon Ida Grove and to be supplied charges and special appointments noted.
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Rockwell City
Northwest Iowa
The
Methodist Church
Sioux City
W J. Carr
Akron
C. KE. Plummer
Alta
G. O. Kidder
Aurelia
W. B. Empey
Cherokee
W.W. O. Tompkins
Hawarden
R. A. Quinn
Hinton
E. A. Bennett
Ireton
F. ©. Taylor
LeMars
G. F. Whitfield
Marcus
J. B. Walker
Meriden
F. E. Leazer
Merrill
G. BR. Gilbert
Moville
H. Turbeville
Onawa
J. A. Edwards
Paullina
E. M. Glasgow
Peiro
J. B. Stuart
Trimble
G. W. Pratt
Wesley Church
C. W. Triem
Wall Street
L. Houghton
Whitfield Church
R. L. Chipperfield Sloan
J. G. Waterman
Storm Lake
S. J. Beatty
Struble
Hamilton
Whiting
R. L. Stuart
Algona
Algona District. District Superintendent—6O. K. Maynard, Clear Lake
Alexander and Latimer
W. G. Gallay
Walter Torbett
Armstrong
A. BE. Slosser
Belmond
C. H. VanMeter
Britt
H. EF. Hutchinson
Buffalo Center
J. H. Findlay
Burt
A. H. Wood
Clarion
W. H. Spence
Clearake
Bassett
Corwith
W. &. Canon
Crystal Lake
Cylinder
Bradgate
J. F. Campbell
Dayton
J. <. Crawford
Dows
C. E. Matteson
Duncombe
T. B. Collins
Fagie Grove
C. E. Chapler
Farnhamville
C. A. Bates
Fonda
Geo. W. Ladd
Fort J First
Geo. C. Fort
Forte
Newell
C. E. Richards
Pocahontas
D. M. Simpson
Pomeroy and Palmer
C. F. Johnson
Radcliff
C. P. Mueller
Rolfe
Mark Master
Rutland
A. A. Pittinger
Stanhope
W. H. Welch
Stratford
J. L. DeWitt
Somers
J. J. Gardner
Vicenent
D. Walcott
Webster City
Legislator Claims Hanly Offered Job in Exchange for Vote
Luther W. Knisely of the Indiana House signed an affidavit supporting his charge that Governor Hanly offered him a $2,000 yearly post in exchange for voting for the county option bill. The affidavit follows his floor plea during the special session.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Luther W. Knisely
Hanly
Gasoline Explosion Buries Six At Omaha Intersection
Six persons were buried in debris from two buildings blown apart by a gasoline explosion at Twenty third and Cuming streets in Omaha at noon. None fatally hurt, but all are seriously injured. one, Howard Morrison, may die. Injured include C. H. Richards, Cliff Rood, H. Davidson, A. Dolan, and a janitor named Tony.
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Omaha
Neb
Twentythird
Cuming Streets
Howard Morrison
C. H. Richards
Cliff Rood
H. Davidson
A. ©. Dolan
Tony
Colorado sheriff puzzled as fugitive Shercliffe flees
Des Moines, September 9. Sheriff Von Paul of Cripple Creek Colorado says Frank Shercliffe likely can not leave Colorado uncaptured after a rapid escape near the state line. He doubts Sheriff Bonner’s lax custody and notes Shercliffe’s skill with disguises and access to aiding prospector networks.
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Hey Moines
Frank Shereliffe
Colorado
von Paul
Cripple Creek
Colo
On Paul
Des Moines
F. W
Hivans
Bedford
Shercliffe
Bonner
Sercliffe
Tie
Man Escapes from Jail Pursued by Autos Near Sac City
Sheriff Currie captured Albert Martin after a three hour chase through country districts. Martin, a former hospital patient, attempted to flee from Sac City jail while en route to Cherokee hospital. He was overtaken seven miles east of Sac City and returned to Cherokee by car.
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Sac Cy
Sherif Malcolm Currie
Albert Martin
Martin
Sac City
Currie
Cherokee Hospital
S. S. Lewis
Cherokee
Woman Severely Burned In Gasoline Explosion
West Union Iowa September 29 Mrs William Borland Hes seriously burned at home when lighting a gasoline stove an explosion flung gasoline on her clothing and she caught fire. Arms burned to elbows and body from waist up with flesh sloughing. recovery appears unlikely.
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West Union
William Borland Hes
Pastor undergoes throat operation in Iowa City
News from Mt. Vernon reports Dr. J. C. Van Hess’s throat operation at Iowa City was successful. Surgeons expect speech to return after rest, possibly two years, noting his popularity as a pastor in the Upper Iowa conference. He had served as presiding elder for six years before resigning over the illness.
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Mason City
J. C. van Hess
Mt. Vernon
Iowa City
Upper Iowa
Freshmen Win Push Ball Contest At Iowa City
Iowa City September 29. The freshmen defeated the sophomores 1 to 0 in the annual push ball contest. B Clide of Washington Iowa sustained a broken collar bone in the lively game that lasted from start to finish.
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Iowa City
B. Clide
Washington
Wife dies trying to frighten husband with cocaine
Des Moines dispatch reports Mrs. Max Steinfeldt died after taking four bottles of catarrhal powder containing cocaine in an attempt to frighten her husband with whom she had quarreled earlier.
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Des Moines Sn
Max Steinfeldt
Reggy Vanderbilt Turns Them All Down
Pittsburg dispatch reports Reggy Vanderbilt declines all invitations from Sewickley elites. The town, famed as a millionaire enclave, feels resentment as Vander bilt pursues blue ribbon horses and avoids company with Sewickley residents.
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Vanderbilt
Freights Collide Injuring Two in Abbott Collision
Marshalltown Iowa Sept 29 Through freights Nos 91 and 92 of the Illinois Central collided head on at Abbott Iowa early today destroying two engines and seven cars loaded with merchandise. Engineer James Elder of Oskaloosa on No 91 and F S Ellis of Hannibal a new engineer on the road were injured with Ellis seriously hurt.
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Marshalltown
Lows Central
Abbott
James Elder
Oskaloosa
Elis
Hannibal
Ellis
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