Iowa News Roundup From Eskader to Council Bluffs
An 84-year-old Iowa farmer helper Andrew Curley died from heat near Eskader while Adolph Hansen aged 14 drowned near Avoca. Vet student Guy Graham becomes Chicago meat inspector. Albia’s new coal mine employs about fifty. Iowa Central lines order 500 rail cars for Oct delivery. Prisoner John Rogers survived a suicide attempt in Dubuque jail. Cattle died after lightning struck a pasture fence near Hampton. North Skunk river freight derailment near Melbourne and Baxter. detours on Northwestern. Davenport coroner’s inquest questions Rufus King drowning. verdict accidental. Porch burglary suspect William Jones nabbed in Council Bluffs. peg leg. Fire and flood damage to Little Geet hardware and adjacent church. $10,000 loss. Child scales top of 60-foot windmill near Story City. saved by father. Oskaloosa suicide by carbolic acid. fatal in county jail. Webster County land record set at $16,000 in a real estate dispute. Franklin Myers and wife in high-drama chloroform case at Winfield grand jury. Onawa public library contract let at $16,000. total cost over $20,000. Red Oak canned corn plant expansion. 1 million cans planned. machinery upgrades. Sinnissippi notes on stolen rides refund letter. Fort Dodge councilman fined for street insult to police chief. Coon Rapids arm injury suit against Milwaukee Road for $10,000. Waukon mines to resume with new machinery. rail sidetrack planned. Council Bluffs primary election funding concerns emerge. state warrants questioned. Missouri Valley teens charged with assault attempts on two girls. Gasoline car explosion on Rock Island at Clive destroys five cars and ties.
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Adolph Hansen
Jens Sorrenson
Avoca
Claus Hansen
Persia
Guy Graham
Ames
Chicago
Albia
National Coal Company
Iowa Central Railroad
John Rogers
Dubuque City
Mercy Hospital
P. L. Lund
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Melbourne
Baxter
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Rufus King
Davenport
Schmidt Quarry
William Jones
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D. L. Weir
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Ted
Littlegeet
Colga
Story City
O. S
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Oskaloosa
Webster Unty
Perter Clay Works Company
Entry Engholm
Miande AV. Myers
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H. S. Levesay
Opera House
Onawa
Red Oak Canning Company
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Independence
Sioux City
Aberdeen
D. D
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Daniels
Kime
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Coon’ Rapids
Otis Milledge
Coon Rapids
Waukon Junction
Waukon
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Cheyne
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Frank Grey
Jack L. Rich
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Mabel Thompson
Mary Mamie Strang
Rock Island
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