Booze for the detective ends in fine for Sills
Ames Iowa item reports Billy Sills livery stable employee arrested for bootlegging after a hearing before the mayor. He pleaded guilty to procuring whiskey for the detective on June 24 and was fined fifty dollars plus costs. The piece criticizes the detective and questions a law about officers obtaining liquor. It also notes Mrs Collins number one and the Portland murder case as local curiosity.
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Billy Sills
L. R. Morris
Carey
United States
Sills
Billy
United States Federal Court
Ames
Iowa
Ames poker arrest highlights city gossip and fines
Ames police busted a gambling room above a Brown building store, arresting Art Funk and Bill Miller who pled guilty. Other suspects including George Slottenow and Elmer Adams faced fines from 20 to 100 dollars while several others remained at large. Detective Carey led the probe after a supposed robbery tied to the winnings.
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Ames
Carey
Art Funk
Des Moines
Bill Miller
Colfax
Brown Building
George Slottenow
Kelley, Todmen
Jon Shull
Elmer Adams
R. D. (Dague) Thompson
Tilden
Funk
Miller
Adams
Thompson
Slottenow
Deadwood
D. Shull
Dakota
Todnem
Siottenow
Boone
Morris Moves In to New Livery Barn
Frank Morris has moved in and occupies his new livery barn. A few cutters and odds and ends remain in the old barn, but most of the stuff is moved. The old building will be vacated within a few days.
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Morris
Frank Morris
Injured His Eye Dr G M Brown of Arlington
A fragmented report notes Dr. G M Brown of Arlington sustained an eye injury. Details are incomplete in the recovered OCR text.
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G. M. Brown
Arlington
Tennis accident injures a player in Dubuque hospital
A tennis ball shattered by glasses cut the eyelid and eye of a player who is now under eye specialist care in Dubuque. Dan McCarthy prepared a petition to widen the grade across Skunk bottom on the Nevada road east of town due to heavy traffic and multiple recent accidents.
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Dubuque
Board of Supervisors
Nevada Road
Loving Wives End in Dr. Collins Murder
The Portland murder of Dr. Roy A. Collins unfolds from his turbulent marriages. After a Drake University medical degree six years earlier, he wed a touring chorus girl who later wandered to Des Moines. The pair fractured, divorcing, and she then married a fake Hindoo prince amid financial intrigues.
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Roy A. Collins
Portland
Ore
Collins
Drake University
Towa
Gilbert
Iowa
Des Moines
Miracle Concrete lands city sidewalk contract
City council opened bids for cement walks and curbing on main streets. The Miracle Concrete Construction Co. of Minneapolis won the contract. Work starts August 2 and must be completed by November 1, with other bidders named from Des Moines and Ames.
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Miracle Concrete Construction Co
Minneapolis
Lon Kibbe y Returns After Injury in Colorado
Lon Kibbe y, formerly of Gilbert, has come back to this area after a stay in Arapaho country Colorado. He is here to consult a surgeon and is recovering in a sling from injuries suffered in a recent runaway incident.
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Lon Kibbey
Gilbert
Arapa Oo
Colo
Lon
Fined $50 for hauling beer in Boone Iowa
Os McCoy of this city was arrested Saturday on information sworn by Detective Carey for transporting a case of beer from Boone to an unspecified place on the 2nd of July. He was arraigned before the mayor and fined $50. The mayor showed leniency as first offense and a more serious charge could have been filed.
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Boone
Iowa
Os. McCoy
Carey
Jury Trials and Their Burden on the Court
A report notes that juries face fatigue and pressure during lengthy trials, affecting deliberations and outcomes. Analysts consider courtroom procedures and juror selection as factors in trial fatigue and reliability.
E L Hughes Dies After Lingering Illness at Primghar
E L Hughes of Primghar Iowa died at home last Thursday after a lingering cancer. His sister Mrs Robert Dodds was called in time but they were away in the east when he passed. The funeral was conducted Saturday with Mr and Mrs Dodds in attendance. He grew up in the Ames area and was a longtime sturdy farmer who had been in declining health recently.
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RE. L. Hughes
Primghar
Ames
Robert Dodds
E. L
Drank poison but still lives in Ames area boy
Garrett Hollo way, a Nevada boy who once lived south of Ames, unintentionally drank sulphate of zinc after taking a dose of a bromide antidote bottle. He felt the danger but quickly swallowed an antidote and received medical help, surviving.
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Garrett Holloway
Nevada
Ames
Garrett
The
Angels
Sellers Return to Ames From Nevada on Burnett Avenue
Mr and Mrs John Sellers moved back to Ames from Nevada after four years. They will occupy a new home on Burnett Avenue and The Times welcomes them back to Ames.
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John Sellers
Ames
Nevada
Burnett Avenue
the Times
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Robert Mason Clark
Ames Chautauqua
Dan McCarthy
Ames College
E. L. Hughes
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