Robbers Hold Up Oregon Mail Train Near West Fork
In Glendale Oregon on June 29 two masked bandits mistook a northbound Southern Pacific train for a southbound one and robbed the mail car near West Fork Cow Creek canyon. They dynamited the mail car safe, seized registered mail, and fled with loot whose amount was not yet determined. Messenger Robb refused to open the door under threat and helped alert officials as crews organized pursuit from Glendale and nearby points.
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Glendale
Ore
Southern Pacific
Seattle
San Francisco
West Fork
Cow Creek Canyon
Robb
Southern
Oregon
Eugene
Wes Fork
Jeffersons census assumptions and 19th century population hopes
The article discusses Jeffersons belief in geometric population growth across decades, noting miscalculations in 1790 to 1800 and later estimates. It cites his 1801 letter and 1813 Humboldt exchange, showing repeated overestimates of U S population growth and later outcomes, with 1863 figures falling well short of his projections. Also mentions Mrs Sherer recovering at a hospital and Ulbrichs meat offer in the nearby ad.
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Jefferson
Humboldt
United States
Mr. Maury
Fourth of July publication schedule noted
Evening News will not publish on the Fourth of July as employees take a day off to celebrate the holiday, following the paper’s usual custom.
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Evening News
Beech Stricken After Hemorrhagic Stroke At Home
A G Beech proprietor of the Beech racket store and respected merchant on Locust and Chestnut streets was stricken about one o clock this morning by a brain hemorrhage. Dr Campbell treated him for several hours and he remains in serious condition today. His son Lee is in Washington and a telegram was sent for him. Beech had suffered months of general debility and the public hopes for his recovery.
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A. G. Beech
Beech Racket
Locust
Chestnut Street
Beech
Campbell
Lee
Washington
Death of a Good Man Rev Herbert Moninger
Local Church of Christ mourns the sudden death of Rev Herbert Moninger of Cincinnati after an appendectomy. He led International Sunday School work and headed the Standard Sunday School publication. Known to Atlantic readers, he shared a close friendship with Rev B B Mack. The page also advertises Ulrich Meat & Grocery Co and a Majestic tonight program.
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Church of Christ
Herbert Moninger
Cincinnati
Treynor Faces Saloon Closings as Judge Delays Ruling
In Treynor Iowa June 29 residents await Judge Wheeler's final decision on saloon closures tied to consent petitions. If the ruling declares insufficiency, Treynor must close by July 1 while other towns like Avoca Walnule Neola Minden Underwood MeClelland remain under old terms until Friday. County totals show penalties levied against towns, with Walnut and Minden recording the largest sums amid a tense, emotionally charged atmosphere.
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Treynor
Iowa
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Wheeler
Dreath
Coun
Avoca
Walyule
Neola
Minden
Underwood
Clelland
Burners to be Made and Sold in Atlantic Territory
About twenty men in Atlantic and nearby counties plan to buy the Ideal Oil Burner patent from Charles Franklin of Tola Kansas and form a local company. They will manufacture and sell the burner for cook stoves ranges furnaces boilers and heaters with exclusive sales rights covering multiple counties. The device uses distilled oil and steam to regulate heat, costs less to operate, and is touted as safe simple to use. Local backers include Al Hossettler Levi Spangler and others. The firm aims to place at least ten thousand burners in service within a year and to employ local workers.
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Atlantic
Charles Franklin
Tola
Kansas
Cass
Adair
Madison
Warren
Polk
Dallas
Guthrie
Audubon
Shelby
Harrison
Monroe
Crawford
Carroll
Greene
Boone
Woodbury
Ida
Sac
Calhoun
Webster
C. L. Ethridge
Franklin
F. G. Abt
Messrs
al Hostetler
Levi, Spangler
W. J. Howards
Tom McNierney
Walter Pellett
al Petit
Frank Seaman
Albert Brehmer
Nelson
The
Implement Co
Larsen
Eli ‘Mr.Fetten
Charles Cardio
John
Fulton
Chas. Cardio
John Cardio
F. W. Porterfield
Chas. F. Chase
C. W. Wilder
Hines Takes Stand in Own Defense Before Committee
Edward Hines Chicago lumberman, linked to alleged $100 000 Lorimer election fund, testified in his own defense today before the investigating committee in Washington.
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Washington
Edward Hines
Chicago
Lorimer
No Decision Yet in Saloon Case
Special to the News from Council Bluffs reports Judge Wheeler has not yet rendered his final decision in the saloon case. It is expected he will not decide before tomorrow night. Judge Woodruff is holding court today, with Judge Wheeler resuming tomorrow to issue a ruling.
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News Council
Farcical law enforced as landlord pays fine
Landlord J C Daly of the Pullman hotel paid a $5 fine in Justice Straight’s court for failing to display exit signs as required by the labor statistics law. Daly pleaded guilty and paid the penalty, a move described as one of the things that make one smile. The Pullman is deemed a safe house with no record of exit congestion in a fire.
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J. C. Daly
Pullman Hote
Court of Justice
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Daly
Mayor Burns Holds Court For Disorderly Conduct At Depot
Mayor Burnea presided at an evening office court session to handle the case of Raymond Coulter who claims Chicago as his residence and was arrested for cursing at the depot. He pleaded guilty and paid a $6 fine. A plain drunk was also jailed in the city bastile awaiting sobriety for a hearing.
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Burnea
Raymond Coulter
Chicago
Bastile
No Rehearing on Casson Law Seeks Septem ber 19
Des Moines June 29 The court will not grant a rehearing on recent supreme court decisions barring waiters from serving drinks until September 19 The supreme court will sit next week but will not hear rehearing petitions from saloon and hotel interests with the clerk
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Falls Five Hundred Feet and Lives
Chicago June 29 John J Joyce an instructor at the Chicago School of Aviation fell 500 feet in a biplane at Hawthorne track yesterday He broke through wires and wrecked the backstop but escaped with a sprained ankle Scratched face and possible minor leg fracture Comparing Joyce fall with earlier deaths in New Orleans Los Angeles and Denver
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the News
Chicago
John J. Joyce
Chicago School of Aviation
Hawthorne Track
Joyce
John B. Moissant
New Orleans
Arch. Hoxsey
Los Angeles
Ralph Johnstone
Denver
Pioneer Indian Fighter Beery Dies at 78 in Cripple Creek
William H. Beery, a Colorado pioneer, Indian fighter and Civil War veteran, died in Cripple Creek at 78. He arrived in Colorado in 1860 from Missouri, served in the Third Colorado Cavalry, helped curb the Reynolds gang in the 1860s, and worked in the Cripple Creek cattle trade from 1893 until retiring two years ago when he became blind.
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W. S. Beery
Cripple Creek
Colo
William H. Beery
Colorado
Mr. Beery
Reynolds
Missouri
Third Colorado Cavalry
Wealthy farmer killed in wagon mishap near Avoca
Henry Peters, 36, a wealthy farmer living with his mother six miles northwest of Avoca, was found dead in his yard after returning from Shelby with hogs. The team allegedly bolted the wagon, causing him to be thrown. One horse lay dead in the yard. the wagon showed damage consistent with the mishap. An inquest was deemed necessary.
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Henry Peters
Avoca
Shelby
Charges Against Royal Mutual Insurance Officials
Des Moines June 29 A Burke of Burke South Dakota appeared before Auditor Bleakley with informal charges against the Royal Mutual Insurance Company of this city accusing officers of permitting sons of President Tackson to obtain money on insufficient security. Soup Dakota Hall declares the matter personal policy for the company and its president.
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Des Moines
Burke
S. D
Bef
Bleakley
Royal Mutual Insurance
Joan
T. Soup
Dakota
Hall
Byers Residence Robbed by A Meter Inspector
The Byers home at 914 East Grand avenue was entered by a man posing as an electrical meter inspector. He gained access to the upper floor for meter checking, then left with a diamond and a monogrammed gold watch marked B. W. B. Detectives seek a smooth faced, light complexioned man with sandy hair, about six feet seven inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, wearing a light brown suit and tennis shoes. No name was given.
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Dhs Moinhs
H. W. Byers
East Grand Avenue
Byers
Mra, Byers
Carnegie Trust Head Guilty In New York Trial
Joseph L Reichmann former president of Carnegie Trust was found guilty of making false statements to the state banking department. The trial addressed a $130,000 loan from Northern Bank to the trust company via Joseph G Robin. If the court denies arrest of judgment he faces sentence Friday as Reichmann reeled at the verdict and needed support from a court officer.
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New York
Joseph L Reichmann
Carnegie Trust Company
State Banking Department
Northern Bank
Trust Company
Joseph G. Robin
Reichmann
Weather forecast for Iowa with showers likely tonight
Uncertain weather outlook for Iowa with chances of showers tonight or Friday. Temperatures expected to rise slightly in the eastern portion tonight as a warmer air mass edges in from the east.
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Iowa
Davenport Boy Begins 6500 Mile Race With Death
Willie Whiting, 14, of Davenport starts a solo 6500 mile race toward Honolulu to reach his mother before she embarks on a long journey. He will pause in San Francisco to see his uncle Admiral William H. Whiting, then sail on the Sierra, arriving July 7. His mother’s letter says his aunt in Honolulu is ill and asks for her son’s safe arrival. The family, partly Chinese, is noted for wealth and prominence on the Hawaiian Islands.
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Davenport
Willie Whiting
Honolulu
Willie A
San Francisco
William H. Whiting
Mare Island
Hawaiian Islands
Banker Moree Fails Habeas Corpus Release bid
Charles W. Moree a New York banker serving fifteen years in federal prison for banking law violations failed to win release on a writ of habeas corpus. District Judge Newman upheld ten years as valid and refused further action since that portion had not been served. Moree’s lawyers gave notice of appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Atlanta
Charles W. Moree
New York
Newman
Morse
More
United States Circuit
Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
Athletic field progress noted at Medan Franklin Field
Brief report records work at the University athletic field near Peon with Majestic illumination planned tonight as preparations proceed.
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Medan
Franklin Fileld
University, Peon
Majestic Itonight
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Ancient Rome
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Pullman Hotel
Chicago Aviation
Mrs. Byers
Carnegie Trust
Joseph B. Reichhmann
Lad
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