Mob Attacks Witness as Saloon Prosecution Houses Proceed
Davenport reports a mob assaulted William Schoeny, a Muscatine witness for eight saloon keepers charged under injunctions. He was beaten after leaving court while H V Bettes sought police help. Schoeny was hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. The Civic Federation denounces the violence and claims unidentified strangers aided the assault, with no arrests made.
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Davenport
William Behoenig
Muscatine
Shoe- Big
H. V. Bettes
Schoeny
Captain Neal
Civic Federation
Schoenig
Missing $1,000 Express Package At Des Moines Office
Des Moines Adams Express office reports a $1,000 package from a Des Moines bank vanished while two similar parcels reached destinations. Detectives and company officials search nationwide but offer no clues, insisting the loss was not due to local staff and that the package may be mislaid.
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Des Moines
Adams Express Company
Fom
B. F. Stretton
Swift
Adams Company
Chicago
Stretton
Des
Inspecting Children’s Teeth at Iowa City School
Dr. B A Rogers of the state university dental school urges compulsory periodic tooth exams for schoolchildren. He cites a study of eighty-two Town City students showing 2 735 teeth needing attention and argues that treating bad teeth would boost overall health.
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Iowa City
The
State University Dental School
Rogers
Drowned Man's Pals Freed Exonerated by Coroner Jury
Manchester residents Mrs R L Hart Mrs Hattie Galgeon and Claude Tyler were cleared by the coroner's jury in the death of Alpert Du Bois. The group had rowed Sunday evening and returned Monday morning when Du Bois drowned. A head wound and light lung content prompted initial murder speculation.
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R. L. Hart
Hattie Galgeon
Claude Tyler
Manchester
Alpert du Bois
DuBois
Woodmen sue failed Chariton bank over deposits
The Modern Woodmen of America sue in federal court for 420000 plus interest against James H. Jamison as bank receiver and L O Murray as controller of currency. They seek return of 350000 cash plus 70755 49 in interest deposited at First National Bank of Chariton since 1899, tied to the bank’s collapse after cashier Crocker’s death. The suit aims to establish a claim to participate in asset distribution with several national banks named in connection.
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Chariton Institution
Bes
Frank H. Crocker
James H. Jamison
Jamison
First National Bank of Chicago
National Park Bank of
New York City
National Bank of the Republic
Chicago
National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City
Chariton Bank
Keg party ends in murder in Cresco
Cresco young man Alfred Crawford beat Charles Brown to death after a keg party at Brown's farm. Crawford, who admitted no recollection, is jailed and to be cited before the grand jury in October. Brown's death follows a spree triggered by drinking and a dispute over Brown's daughter.
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Cresco
Charles Brown
Alfred Crawford
Brown
Crawford
George Brown
MISTAKE KILLS BABY DUNCOMBE WINDMILL ACCIDENT
John McDonald working atop a windmill at his Duncombe farm dropped a bolt which fatally struck his 2 year old son Wilfred. The child died at St Joseph Mercy hospital after an attempted operation. Parents ruined by grief and fear for the others in the family.
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Webster City
Duncombe
John McDonald
Wilfred
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Lad Thrown Into Wine Horse Killed, Marshalltown
Lloyd Bills aged 16 the son of F H Bills a farmer north of town was badly injured when he was thrown from his horse into rusted barbed wire on the ground the horse was frightened by the contact and had to be shot He suffered fifteen or twenty gashes on face neck and body and is under a physician care
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Marshalltown
Lloyd Bills
F. H. Bills
Electric heater illustrated by Popular Mechanics in heatbed device
The Turbine Ontario experiments by G. Hartman used an electric heater under a frame five by six feet, with earth bed and glass cover. Iron wire coils totaling about 260 feet of No 12 wire heated by a 110-volt current kept the bed warm enabling early spring plant growth before transplanting to open ground.
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Turbine
Ontario
G. Hartman
Heater Assembly Described With Porcelain Mounting
A description details a heater mounted on porcelain knobs attached to an asbestos sheet. Coils are wired in series and the unit rests on glass insulators at all four corners for support.
New Electric Renovator Adapted for Domestic Cleaning
A compact electric cleaner on wheels uses a small motor powered from a light fixture. It employs a revolving brush to loosen dirt, a double fan to suck debris into a separator, and a separate drawer for matches and heavier fragments. Attachments clean cushions, corners, and walls with suction or air flow.
Wireless power powering Union Pacific electric truck at Omaha shops
The Union Pacific shops at Omaha showcase wireless power transmission. An electric truck travels the shop grounds pulling smaller loaded carriages, guided by power waves from a central wireless station. An antenna shaped like a cylinder on a 65 foot flagpole directs the waves.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Central Station
Wireless truck moves heavy loads with three ton device
Electrical Engineer Dr. Frederick H. Millener under W. H. McKeene Jr has developed a wireless truck capable of hauling ten tons on its own frame plus an equal load on small cars. The device weighs nearly three tons and, with its 144 feet of copper wire antenna, can move about 25 tons including its weight. It uses wireless waves to couple with moving trains, enabling silent shifts along a grounds-based track.
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Frederick H. Millener
W. H. McKeene, Jr
Millener
Dhsover
Electric Lamp Experiments Show Visible Glow Rules
Incandescent lamps can glow in darkness by rubbing the globe on fabric or paper leather or foil and bringing it near a running Ruhmkorfft coil. Small 16 candle power bulbs at 20 and 22 volts glow brightly but 110 volt globes do not. Dry conditions yield best results. experiments work best in a cold dry atmosphere.
Telephone experts claim best sets waste energy to ear
Telephone specialists state the ideal phone transmits to the ear only about one thousandth of the energy it receives, implying most energy is lost in transmission. This assessment highlights inefficiencies in the existing telephone design and the need for improvement in signal transfer to users.
Trolley Cars as Moving Vans in Lancaster
Express cars of the electric railway line in Lancaster Pennsylvania are repurposed to move household goods. Cars are loaded after midnight, travel to the destination along the line, and are unloaded before regular service resumes in the morning.
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Lancaster
Manila School of Electricity Inaugurated By Jesuit Fathers
A laboratory for teaching electric science has been established in Manila by the Jesuit fathers, creating a new center for electrical education in the city.
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Manila
Fishermen to Use Wireless
The German North Sea fishing boats are to be equipped with wireless telegraph instruments.
Ginger Runs to Victory and Final Sacrifice at Military Day
On Military Day at the post in Central New Mexico, Chester Miles rides his chestnut horse Ginger in a long distance race to Silver City and back. Ginger edges the field but collapses after the finish, signaling his life ending as he signals a final bond with Miles and the Kentucky home.
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Ginger
Silver City
Chester Miles
Miles
Chester
Central
New Mexico
Tear
Kentucky
Ches
Old Boss
Old Kentucky
Wills drawn and probated for Atlantic firm
Wills are drawn and probated with reports made for administrators and guardians and their appointments secured. Probate practice is a specialty in general law business conducted by the Atlantic firm.
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Atlantic
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