Two Iowa youths fatally shot while fishing near Baldwin
Dale Shirk, 19, died ten minutes after a hunting accident when a gun, held by his brother Harlan, discharged while the trio fished in Mineral Creek five miles west of Baldwin. Curtis Shirk, 16, was seriously wounded as authorities investigate the accidental shooting and missing money linked to the incident.
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Dale Shirk
Baldwin
Curtis Shirk
Harlan Shirk
Farmers’ Trust & Savings Bank of
Sioux City
James F. Toy
D. C. Shull
J. Fred Toy
County Recorder
Logan Brooks
Muscatine
Brooks
Charles
Mackey
Iowa City
R. P. Howell
Fiftyfourth
Iowa Regiment
Webster City
Albrook
Eldora
Lone Tree
Traer
Mason City
Mississippi River
Catherine A. McCreary
Frank A. Nimocks
West Liberty High School
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Lela Shaw
Shaw
Hidon
B. Fagerland
Northwestern
Marshalltown
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Burlington
Hemming
Gabriel
C. D. Maus
Creston
Ossian
Fifty-fourth Regiment
Marengo
James Horrabin
Des Moines
Burlington High School
Grand Opera House
Charles B. Shélton
Simpson College of Indianola
Wabash
Geo. B. Chapman
Grundy
Reinbeck
Fritz Strohbehn
W. J. Fowler
Postal Telegraph
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Crawford County
Deni
Zimmerman Steel Company
Charles City Gas Company
Augusta
Fort Madison
Fort Dodge,Des Moines & Southern Interurban Company
Newton & Northwestern
Fort Dodge Junction
Rockwell City
Newton Road
Waterloo
Hanly
Indiana
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Hughes
What Cheer Board of Education
T. M. Pratt
Grant Park School
Iowa National Guard
Chariton
The Right Way to Write Letters for Business Use
A dated essay on writing business letters to women, stressing personal tone attractive premiums and gifts, margins and layout, correct spelling, and punctuation. It argues that women respond to specifics and samples, while emphasizing the value of personal attention to old customers and prompt polite follow ups to maintain goodwill.
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Ini
Artful Sales Letters For The Glancing Reader
The piece argues that readers skim and ignore long texts, so sales letters must be visually engaging. Use bold headlines and concise paragraphs to emphasize key facts, with underlining and capitalization to guide the glancer from point to point, ensuring the message stands on its own.
How a Stenographer Can Earn More Salary
A guide on improving stenographic pay stresses neat handwriting, correct spelling, and clear punctuation. Speed and accuracy raise value, with emphasis on orderly work habits, machine upkeep, and consistent practice.
Advertising Catchlines and the Reading Public
The piece discusses advertising shifts from prominent company names to reader oriented appeals. It argues a strong catch line draws attention, with advertiser name at a later, smaller position, suggesting letterheads use selective advertising heads for clarity and impact.
How to Treat the Reasonable Customer
The piece argues that steady customers are neglected in many firms. Orders sent by mail go unanswered, prices aren’t acknowledged, and regular pricing is applied if customers do not push for offers. This leads to dormant accounts and a silent exodus before management notices.
Common Sense Reasoning On Prices And Wind Powered Stove
An article contrasts a $15 weathered oak table with a $10 table, arguing clear explanations convert buyers more effectively. It cites a wind powered cooking stove demonstration, and notes a Boston plan to establish a clubhouse for girl students amid a large female student population.
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Busines
Joseph B. Bowles
Boston
Death penalty requested in Center ille trial of John Junkin
Centerville May 27 John Junkin faces a death penalty fight in Wapello County as Seneca Cornell urges capital punishment while prosecutors reject any life sentence plea. Jury selection begins with 12 of 92 talesmen examined. one juror opposes capital punishment. Judge Roberts allows religious questioning to gauge conscience, while townspeople from Ottumwa and nearby areas seek clarity amid heightened security and vigilant officers.
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Centerville
John Junkin
Seneca Cornell
Wapello
Junkin
Roberts
Talesmen
James Wilson
Peter Amburter
Mitchell
Jesus Christ
God
AJL
Eight Nurses Graduate at Methodist Hospital School
Eight young women received diplomas at the Methodist Hospital Training School commencement tonight at the First Methodist church Des Moines Indiana. Bishop Joseph F. Berry of Buffalo New York delivered the commencement address. Graduates named are Mary Stark Mabel Davidson Elizabeth Kuhlman Sholand Alice Zwick Ida Dietrich Clara Johnson and Carrie Tillotson.
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Des Moines
Methodist Hospital Training School
First Methodist Church
Joseph F. Berry
Buffalo
N. Y
Mary Stark
Mabel Davidson
Elizabeth Kuhlman
Sholand
Alice Zwick
Ida Dietrich
Clara Johnson
Carrie Tillotson
Hold Groom for Murder in Bay City Case
May 27 Bay City Mich. A groom named Roland Rich aged twenty three, married that morning to Anna Kaiser, was arraigned at noon on a charge of murdering his aged grandmother Christine Voreen. He stood mute in court.
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Bay City
Mich
Anna Kaiser
Roland Rich
Christine Voreen
Gotch Defeats Two More In Handicap Bout
Sioux City news reports champion wrestler Frank Gotch won a handicap bout at the opera house Wednesday night, defeating Oscar Wassem the Nebraska premier and Kubaik the Bohemian giant three times.
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Gotch
Sioux City
Frank Gotch
Opera House
Oscar Wassem
Nebraska
Kubaik
Madden Case Heads for Jury Deliberation
Chicago May 27. The Madden Pouchet and Boyle labor leaders conspiracy to extort case is set to go to the jury Thursday after arguments concluded Wednesday.
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Madden
Chicago
Pouchet
Boyle
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Billy Sunday
Mose Arquette
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