Des Moines maternity matron facing poverty and retrial
Mrs. Fred West, former maternity home matron in Des Moines, is near destitution amid a pending retrial for the murder of an inmate known as Baby Jim. With seven babies left in her care, eight have been adopted, and questions linger about custody transfers and potential state departure for West and Nurse Beattie.
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Register-Leader
Fred West
Des Moines
Humane Society
Elizabeth Baird
West
Baird
Extra Defeats Anita In Western Iowa Classic
Extra defeated Anita by a 3 to 1 score in a keenly watched Western Iowa game Friday. Floyd doubled for Anita in the eighth but Extra answered with a decisive rally as McCarl and Meese scored on Varney’s hit after Eneix misplayed Reese’s fly. Batter ies went to Floyd and Reese. defenses held firm, with Anita’s infield praised as a stone wall and Vinal drawing fan praise for his first base play.
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Iowa
Esita Boys
Jones
Pets
Anita
Floyd
Reese
Worthing
Extra
McCarl
Eneix
Meese
Varney
Inield
Vinal
Rain Halts Game Between Anita and Atlantic
Rain stopped Tuesday afternoon game in the third inning with Atlantic leading 2 to 0 at Atlantic. Atlantic will host Anita Friday, June 2.
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Anita
Atlantic
Fourth in Anita July Celebrations Ready for Publication
The Anita committee drafting the July fourth program reports progress though details remain incomplete. The lineup will include games races amusements prizes band orchestra and martial music with selections by Lady Quartette Male Quartette and mixed voices. A full program will follow next week.
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Anita
Weather Crop Bulletin For Week Ending June 17 2007
The week opened with cool wet cloudy weather and excess moss, then warmed with normal sunshine aiding field work. Crops show better color as warmth and sun improve growth. grass and small grains favorable. pastures and meadows promising a better hay crop though overall yield below recent years. Potatoes and gardens perform well. fruit condition about seventy percent of last year with apples at about half a crop.
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Greens
Iowa
Tyme
Local notices and travel plans amid small town chatter
Q W Van Siyke and wife plan a pleasure trip visiting their old home near Bellevue LaMotte Dubuque and nearby spots then Peoria Illinois to stay with son Lee and his wife who have lived there a year. Nattie McVey and wife spend several days in Atlantic this week. Miss Bessie Sturgis of Minneapolis visits Mrs Hansen and Mrs Tower. Mrs Broadfoot of Berea and Mrs Homan of Massena travel to Long Island Kansas to see sister Ned Brown. Mrs Cochran, recently ill, shows improvement at home.
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Q. W. van Siyke
Town
Bellevue
LaMotte
Dubuque
Peoria
Illinois
Lee
Bessie Sturgis
Minneapolis
8. E. Hansen
May Tower
J. M. Broadfoot
Berea
Jennie Homan
Massena
Long Island
Kansas
Spen
Ned Brown
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Towa
Morgan, Propr
Geo First
Wicken Monument Works of
T B. Larrabee
D. C. Ostopathio Physiotan
Denning
Jassie Irwin
Justice Straight
R.A
Brownlee
the Star Grocery
Jamestown
Conley, Worthing & Burkhart
Chamberlain
Nattie McVey
Wm. Cochran
A, CO
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