Mrs Rush Freed in Religious Murder Trial Not Guilty Verdict
In Hampton Mrs Aleta Rush was found not guilty of murdering her husband after a brief jury deliberation. The defense rested after her testimony showed her husband had threatened her life three weeks prior. The crowd gathered from early morning approved the verdict as court concluded. An eight day religious crusade opened in Des Moines with Raymond Robbins delivering a forceful sermon on social reforms.
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Aleta
Rush
Clock
Liggett
Andrews
Des Moines
America
Men and Religion
Coliseum
Raymond Robbins
Chicago
United States
Robbins
Dental Conference at Iowa City
The annual session of the University District Dental Society will be held in Iowa City on Wednesday October 18. Noted dentists Dr. Austin James of Chicago Dr. E. T. Tinker of Minneapolis Minn and Dr. Conzett of Dubuque will participate in the program.
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Iowa City
University District Dental Society
Austin James
Chicago
E. T. Tinker
Minneapolis,Minn
Conzett
Dubuque
GEN CUSTER S GUIDE IS DEAD
W D Street a pioneer plainsman scout and Indian fighter died in Oberlin Kansas of apoplexy He served as a guide with General Custer on several trips and was commissioned by Major Mauck to carry dispatches from the Holstein and McCoy ranch to Ogallala Nebraska 135 miles away He delivered timely news of the last Indian massacre on the Kansas plains evading the Indians and reaching U S troops in time to intercept them.
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Oberlin
Kan
W. D. Street
Custer
Mauck
Fourth United States Cavalry
Dull Knife
Holstein and McCoy Ranch
Atwood
Ogallala
Kansas Plains
Street
United States
Farmers Institute at Eldon to Meet in January
The second meeting of the Farmers Institute will be held at Eldon on January 4th 5th and 6th Professors Holden and Stewart of Ames will lecture on The Care of the Soils and Professor Hauser will present farmers with results of scientific researches with small grains.
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Farmers’ Institute
Eldon
Sth
Holden
Ames
Stewart
Hauser
Homesteaders Open Supreme Convention in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts about two hundred Homesteaders of the United States for the third supreme convention as Mayor J R Hanna welcomes delegates at the Great Western hall to begin proceedings.
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Des Moines
United States
Third Supreme Convention
J. R. Hanna
Great Western Hall
Rush Child to Hospital in Two-Hour Run
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Crowell of Riverton was kicked in the head by a horse and rushed to a hospital in Council Bluffs in an automobile traveling at top speed. The sixty mile trip was completed in under two hours.
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Rush Child
Council Bluffs
Norman Crowell
Riverton
Homesteaders Grand Lodge reelects officers without opposition
Des Moines October meeting of the Homesteaders grand lodge at Great Western hall re elected three principal officers with no opposition. George A Young of Des Moines remains president L D Jones of Oklahoma City is vice president and Mrs Carrie Copeland of Chariton remains treasurer. Mayor James R Hanna gave the welcome address as delegates and visitors from across the country attended. President Young delivered the annual address following the response.
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Des Moines
Grand Lodge of the Nation
Great Western Hall
George A. Young
L. D. Jones
Oklahoma City
Carrie Copeland
Chariton
James R. Hanna
Young
Crooks Promoted to General Manager
Boone C H Crooks of this city, long time general freight and passenger agent of the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern interurban railway, has been made general manager. J L Sullivan will take the place created by the promotion.
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Crooks
Boone—C. H. Crooks
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Interurban Railway
J. L. Sullivan
Synod of the Interior in progress at Lone Tree
The convention of the Reformed Church of the United States is underway at Lone Tree with speakers including Rev. J. C. Horning of St. Joseph Missouri and Rev. William Schultz of Iola Kansas.
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Towa City
Manona
Prominent Hungarian Found Dead Near Cedar Rapids
Shebal a well known Hungarian figure was found dead in a field two miles from Cedar Rapids with a .22 rifle bullet in his head. Authorities believe the death results from self inflicted gunshot amid recent heavy drinking.
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Cedar Rapids
Shebal
Noted Court Opens as Farmers Fight Crop Insurance Claims
Webster City reports the October term of court opened with Judge Albrook presiding. Among cases on the docket is a suit by about forty Ellsworth area farmers alleging fraud in crop insurance sales and collections. Decorah notes J Pierpont Morgan donated 1000 dollars to Luther college, boosting its 250000 endowment efforts during the ongoing celebration.
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Webster City
Albrook
Eldora
Ellsworth
Big Property Chance
Osksloosa reports Des Moines River Power company will take over the Oskaloosa and Paxton interurban assets and the Oska loosa Traction and Light properties on December 16. Two boys aged 9 and 5, sons of Karl Hansen, drowned while wading in a stream near Waterloo yesterday.
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Osksloosa
Des Moines River Power Company
Oskaloosa & Paxton
Oskaloosa Traction & Light Company
Waterloo
Victor
Miner
Karl Hansen
Benson
Grand Lodge Officers Arrive for Four Day Session
Nearly all grand lodge officers of the F arrive for the annual session in Council Bluffs. A busy four day meeting is planned with attendance expected to reach nearly 10 000.
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Council Bluffs
Grand Lodge
The
Relatives dispute clothes tied to Dix murder case
Chicago relatives of Mrs. Bessie Kent Webster insist the garments found near Dix are not the clothes she wore when killed, challenging Dr. Harry Elgin Webster’s confession. The dispute centers on whether the recovered attire matches the victim’s actual clothing.
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Chicago
Bessie Kent Webster
Harry Elgin Webster
Dixon, Til
Sentenced To Ten Years In Fort Madison
Keokuk report says Charles Mathieson a former convict with two terms in Iowa and Wisconsin penitentiaries received a ten year sentence at Fort Madison in district court before Judge W. S. Hamilton.
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Keokuk
Charles Mathieson
Iowa
Wisconsin
Fort Madison
W. 8. Hamilton
Attempt To Wreck Hawkeye Laundry in Boone
A barrel of waste paper was rolled to the laundry room and set on fire in a thwarted bid to wreck the Hawkeye Laundry in Boone. George H. Watkins, a freight brakeman on Kansas City train No. 93, was killed one mile east of Cantril after falling between coal cars and being cut to pieces.
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Boone
Cantril
George H. Watkins
Kansas City
Germans Fight Mob to Intercept Imperial Troops in China
Berlin reports say German bluejackets aided by local residents fought a Chinese mob in Hankow with detachments from Leipsic Tiger and Vaterland. German forces under Vice Admiral Von Krosigk move to lead international naval action as closer battles loom near Hankow Wu Chang. In Han kow authorities plan to retake the city while rebels shore up defenses and aid from consuls is pledged. A parallel dispatch from San Francisco notes sixty five thousand revolutionary troops dispatched toward Pekin to halt imperial forces advancing from Kaifeng Canton potentially in jeopardy.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Hankow
Leipsic
Tiger
Vaterland
Admiralty
Gneisenau
Haakow
von Krosigk
China
Wu-Chang
Sah Chen Ping
Shei
Red Cross Society
San Francisco
Cal
Stxty
Wuhans
Kaifeng
Pekin
Henan
Free Press
Canton
Sees End to Bad Trusts in Supreme Court Rulings
Kansas City Oct 18 Attorney General George W Wickersham says recent Supreme Court trust decisions have sounded the death knell of monopolistic combinations while not harming legitimate enterprise. He notes the public will gauge effects as decisions influence business, but predicts a major step against artificial growth without hindering healthy expansion.
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Kansas City
Supreme Court
United States
George W. Wickersham
Wickersham
Pastor Guilty of Heresy in Reform Church Verdict
The synod of the northwest of the Reformed church at its closing session declares Rev. Paul Ebinger of Tillamook Oregon guilty of heresy for preaching that the scriptures are not inspired. This decision opposes the general synod. It was decided to retain the churchs educational institutions at Franklin Wisconsin.
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Paul Ebinger
Oregon
Reformed Church Synod
Fort Wayne
Ind
Synod of the Northwest of the Reformed Church
Tillamook
Ore
General Synod
Franklin
Wis
Coast to coast walk completed by Henry Howa
Henry Howa finished a coast to coast trek from Jersey City to San Francisco in 71 days. He did not steal solicit nor work during the journey, living on savings from months of labor as a laborer.
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San Francisco
Henry Howa
Jersey City
Howa
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