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Iowa News Highlights from Dubuque to Spencer
A whirlwind of Iowa incidents includes Ross Fifer a six year old who slipped under a trolley in Dubuque losing a leg, Frank McClain aged 20 found dead in a Dubuque shed likely from heat and heart strain, and Jesse Abely drowned at the Little Sioux river near Spencer. Also noted are a Dubuque building purchase for a $30,000 home, missing Miss Anna McCaffrey of Dubuque, and various local accidents and legal actions across the state.
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Ross Fifer
Dubuque
Iowa City
Dilks
Frank McClain
Dodge Street
Anna McCaffrey
Little Sioux River
Spencer
Jesse Abely
Henry Abely
G. L. Dixon
New Hampton
J. B. Sweet
Liscomb
Mr. Sweet
Iowa River
Sweet
Carl Mattison
James Mattison
Skunk
Oskaloosa
Mattison
James MccCreedy
Stewart & McCreedy
Washington
McCreedy
Ami
Bedford Deep
George Kock
Eleventh Street
William Bell
Central Railroad
Mason City
Roy Haveland
Ossian
Bell
Burlington
A. E. Hair
Galesburg
Blake
Interurban Company
Boone County
Boone
Interurban
Charles Johnson
Davenport
Andy Coquilette
Cedar Rapids
George O. Corlis
Independence
W. C. Brown
Clarion
Henry Kruse
Maquoketa
Indépendence
Frank J. Sessions
Marquis Barr
Anamosa
C. Dawson
Mr. Dawson
Northwestern Railway
Robert McKirlin
Kirlin
McClure
Sioux City
Missouri Valley
Whiting
Shelby County
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Timothy Meadows
Bert McFadden
Shelby
John Barnam
Tennant
Harry Sawyer
J. W. Sawyer
Delta
Oscar Stephenson
Robert Caldwell