Supreme Court Rules Warrant Evidence Was Illegally Seized
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a search warrant used to obtain an empty salt barrel as evidence in a Lyon county case against Thomas Sheridan was issued without lawful authority. Sheridan, an ice dealer from Rock Rapids, was convicted based largely on that barrel discovery. The decision emphasizes proper warrant procedures and the admissibility of such evidence.
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Des Moines
Offic
Jusice Sherwin
Lyon County
Thomas Sheridan
Sheridan
Rock Rapids
Supreme Court
Des Moines & Ft. Dodge
Rock Island
H. J. Silfer
Ft. Dodge
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Dows
Franklin, Wright and Webster
Commercial Club of
Tara
Illinois Central
Chicago Great Western
Mason City
Des Moines Valley
Iowa
Mohain
Wall Lake
Mason City & Ft. Dodge
Eagle Grove
Vincent
Industry
Board of Control urges Knoxville buildings repurposed for women’s reform
Des Moines reports the state board of control will recommend using idle Knoxville facilities built for the blind as a state reformatory for women. They note the $50,000 investment and that no funds exist to start a new reformatory, arguing many eligible women 16 to 35 need reformative housing.
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Board of Control
Knoxville
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Tate Reformatory For
Anamosa Penitentiary
Downie
Cowmie
Mitchellville
Bank cashier Soule held on embezzlement charge
Edwin O. Soule former cashier of Home Savings bank was arrested for theft by embezzlement after irregularities surfaced. He failed to post 15 000 bonds and was jailed in Eldora awaiting a preliminary hearing, with a suspected shortfall of about 30 600 dollars tied to trading losses.
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Town Falls
Edwin O. Soule
Home Savings Bank
Justice Court
Soule
Eldora
Monmouth
Ill
Board of Trade
Thief Who Was Indicted On Twenty Five Counts
In Clinton on October 10 Daniel Murphy faced a nine day trial with a jury finding him guilty after seventeen hours. He faced conspiracy charges to residences in the city and was indicted on twenty five counts. Michael Conroy, indicted on seventeen counts, stands trial with similar charges and jury selection underway.
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Clinton
Daniel Murphy
Murphy
Michael Conroy
Conroy
Updike Elevator at Missouri Valley Burns Believed Cause Spontaneous
Missouri Valley October 9 The Updike cribbed elevator built in 1901 with a half million bushel capacity and a large drying plant costing about one thousand dollars burned yesterday. Spontaneous combustion is suspected. Three thousand bushels were lost. Fully insured.
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Missouri Valley
Crooked Work Is Charged In Davenport Bank Case
Several stockholders of the former Davenport National Bank accused of assisting the Union Savings Bank in irregular loans. The case alleges contracts exceeding available funds and is expected to go to a receiver, with action likely at the November term.
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Davenport
Oct
Davenport Nabank
Union Savings Bank
Fable Fragments on Power and Wool Weight
A fragment notes two maxims about virtue and power and adds a line comparing an average fleece of wool to six and a quarter pounds, presenting an odd mix of moral proverb and measurement.
Five Burglars Nabbed After Townside Robberies
Des Moines dispatch reports a coordinated burglary ring broken up after five burglars were captured at Nevada and Ames around 3 am on Saturday. Authorities say the gang hit Wheeler Wilson and Bell implement stores in Des Moines and Cole and Rackett stores in Nevada. Jewelry, cutlery, and merchandise valued at over 50 dollars were recovered, with two suspects named Frank Howard and Van Ward arrested at gunpoint. The group also robbed two Ontario stores with about 100 dollars in goods, but no suspects are identified.
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Des Moines
Ames
Nevada
Colo
Ontario
Wheeler , Wilson and Bell Implement Company
Rackett
Cole
C. I. Spencer
George Boyd
Boyd
Frank Howard
van Ward
C. O. Nichols
Hefley & Shaw
Shaw
Larson
Howard
Ward
Boone
Three Burglars Captured at Ames With Stolen Goods
Three men named Wilson Roberts and Sherman were arrested in Ames rail yard with valuables worth 100 to 150 dollars. They sought to sell items to railroad workers and part of the loot came from a clothing store burglary earlier in the week. They were bound over to the grand jury. one man reported as from Chicago and the others from Cincinnati.
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Ames
Wilson
Roberts
Sherman
L. O. Kedick
Cole
Justice Haverly
Grand Jury
Chicago
Cincinnati
Tragic Fall Kills Illinois Central brakeman at Love's Crossing
Lew Williams an Illinois Central freight brakeman died after falling from a moving train between two cars at Love's crossing Manchester. His body was mangled and death was instantaneous. Remains were sent to A. D. Browns for burial as his Waterloo home was named. He was unmarried and supported by a mother and two sisters.
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Manchester
Lew Williams
Illinois Central
Love's Crossing
A. D. Brown
Waterloo
Richards A Free Man After Bond Restore
Indianola reports W A Richards, ex deputy marshal and convicted for breaking and entering, released on bond by his father for an appeal a Hamilton robbery case. He is immediately rearrested on a liquor nuisance charge, bonds set at 500 dollars with security from A C Richards and Maud Mosher, and later released on the old commitment.
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Indianola
Wm. A. Richards
Richards
Hamilton
A. C. Richards
Warren County
Maud Mosher
Hospital deemed unfit for use at Woodbury asylum
Des Moines reports on the Woodbury county insane hospital near Seargent Bluffs after an October 1 examination. Conditions are very poor with 16 to 18 inches of water in the cellar preventing furnace use, crowded heating with twelve stoves in some rooms, and a call for an entire new heating system. The state board of control ordered the facility repaired or closed.
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Des Moines
M. C. Mackin
Woodbury County
Seargent Bluffs
Hig
State Board of Control
Banks in Fine Condition Across Iowa
Des Moines reports from 595 banks show 350 savings and 245 state banks responding to the September 9 call. The total banks up by 21 since May, with increased investments and loans, a $700,000 rise in capital stock, and higher deposits and surplus while undivided profits and interbank obligations fell.
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Des Moines
Auditor of State
Burglars Blow Safes In Des Moines Stores
Des Moines reports burglars used nitro glycerine and dynamite on the Bell Implement Co. at 811 Walnut and Wheeler & Wilson at 498 Seventh, netting $12.68 at the first site. The sewing machine store yielded only a few trinkets for M. E. Woods, the manager, as both safes were wrecked.
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Des Moines
Bell Implement Company
Walnut Street
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company
Seventh Street
M. EB. Woods
Iowa college asks over half a million for 1904-05 upgrades
A Des Moines committee outlined more than 500000 in state requests for 1904 05, including 125000 for a central heating plant 75000 for general instruction 50000 for the experiment station and 35000 for furnishing the main building and new domestic science block. The plan includes completing buildings and proposing a state hospital dairy expansion and county agricultural institute coordination.
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Des Moines
Iowa Agricultural College
Cummins
A. B. Storms
General Assembly
Board of Trustees
Double Crime Of Mother In Cedar Rapids
Mrs Mary Smetena wife of a night jailer hanged her 3 year old daughter in a woodshed and then hanged herself with a clothes line The husband on carnival duty returned to find the bodies Police say the mother had suffered nervous trouble and anaemia for two years and had expressed wishes for death.
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Thomas N. O’halloran
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
O'Halloran
O’halloran
Hach
Verchoyansk
Oriental
Siberia
London
Bernard Shaw
England
Shaw
Mary Smetena
Oct
Smetona
Massachusetts Fish Commission Plants 80000 Lobsters
The Massachusetts Fish Commission has planted 80 000 lobsters. Numerous ads trumpet health aids and remedies including foot comfort cures for sore feet magnet pile killer for piles and Kra No head ache remedies with samples offered by Lawrence Drug Co Des Moines.
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Lawrence Drug Co
Des Moines
Massachusetts Fish Commission
Cheap Excursions to the South From Kansas City
On October 20 the Kansasity Southern Railway offers a round trip to Lake Charles Shreveport Beaumont and Port Arthur for 10 dollars with 21 day sale limit. Travel must finish within 15 days of sale. Stopovers allowed and safety and comfort promised. akin low rates expected from north and east.
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Kansasity Southern Railway
Port Arthur
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Lake Charles
Shreveport
Beaumont
Southland
Comany
G. Warner
G. P
T. A
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Ames Times
Hardin
Dan Murphy
LAR Gang
Wheaton
Aplington
Woodbury County Institution
BANKS
Sioux City
Cherokee
William J. McCrum
Modesto
California
Fred Schmidt
Trewin
Clifton House
Marengo
Mt. Pleasant
County Agricultural Societies
Farmers’ Institutes of
State Agricultural Department
Farmers’ Institutes
Agricultural Department
Washington
State Humane Society
Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Colorado
F. R. McCarthy
Jefferson
St.Jacobs Oil
Price
Galdwell
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello, Lil
Aed
Wee Eee
Ee A.J Tower
Toover Crean Elimi
Relinile Dea
Marton Co
Lewis
Peoria
Varland Land & Inv. Co
Mayer Shoes
Mayer
Omaha
Drugetste
HK BK. Vaxton CO
Boston
Mass
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