Alleged Heiress Swindler Arrest Prompts Not Guilty Plea
Florence Gamble of Boone, accused of mail misuse in a marriage swindle, pleads not guilty in Des Moines. Bond set at 1000. She allegedly posed as nurse heir to 25 000 estate, wooing bachelors nationwide and sending costly tracts to meet her. Also reports on contempt citation for lawyer and armory rebuild plans in Clarinda, plus ouster suit judge appointment in Harlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Florence Gamble
Boone
Charles Caine
Gamble
McArthur
Federal Building
J. J. Prater
Arlington
Tex
Prater
Galveston
United States
Logan
Willisea
Hiram K. Evans
Corydon
Third Judicial District
Supreme Court
W. L. Baughn
Harlan
Baughn
George Cosson
West Liberty post office burglar confesses boy thief
Davenport Iowa December 31 Russell Bockentine thirteen confessed to systematic break ins at the West Liberty post office registry department over weeks stealing cash. He was caught in the act by Marshal Wiley who had suspected the lad. A year earlier he confessed to robbing an express office at West Liberty and taking money from boys at school. Also in Waterloo a fifteen year old girl Frances Hilton died from severe kerosene burns after pouring fuel on a coal fire and attempting to extinguish flames. her mother and sister Myrtle were seriously burned. B. F. Montgomery, formerly a Council Bluffs figure, died in Denver after election as Colorado lieutenant governor. An Orange City man, W. A. Mullenberg, died in LeMars after a crash with a Northwestern train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Russell Bockentine
West Liberty
Registry Department
Marshal Wiley
Express
Waterloo
Frances Hilton
Myrtle
Ben F. Montgomery
Denver
Council Bluffs
B. F. Montgomery
Colorado
Insurance Change Capital and Merchants Fire Becomes NY Unit
Des Moines on December 31 reports the German-American Insurance company of New York has taken over the Capital and Merchants and Bankers Fire Insurance company of Des Moines. After January 3 the Des Moines firm will operate as the Capital and Merchants and Bankers department of the German-American Insurance company of New York. C. E. Campbell, former secretary of the Capital, will serve as Iowa manager under the new arrangement. Des Moines agents will join the Iowa department of the New York company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital and Merchants and Bankers
Des Moines
German- American Insurance Company of
New York
Capital and Merchants and Bankers Fire Insurance Company
Des Moines Company
Capital and Merchants and Bankers Department
German-American Insurance Company of
C. E. Campbell
Capital
Merchants and Bankers
Iowa
Keller Contested Senate Seat Sparks Nonresident Claim
Senator elect Kent K. Keller of the Forty fourth district is accused of nonresidency with St Louis for twelve years, as Republican challenger Samuel E Harwood files a contest notice. Also reports note streetcar riders dispersing after dark and a Jeannette Clarke boxing match set for January seventeenth in Joplin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Kent K. Keller
St. Louis
Samuel E. Harwood
Keller
Bumped up Against the Real Thing in Chamberlain’s Tablets
D R Thomas of Tidioute Pa says Chamberlain’s Tablets do the work with no unpleasant reaction compared with pills and saline cathartics that remove water and cause constipation. The ad notes their natural effect and absence of reaction, with sale through dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
D. R. Thomas
Tidioute
Log sale and auction notices for January February
Sale dates listed for Ras Lang and Mrs Will Strittmatter with Jan 16 and Feb 16 dates. Records show auctioneers Jdan M Lambert Sarah Jan Chas Hamerick and J M Thomas Macdonalda with unspecified locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ras Lang
Will Strittmatter
Jdan
M. R. Lambert
Sarah
Hamerick
Log Sale
Oakland and nearby towns names listed with dates
A fragmented list shows numerous individuals from Oakland McClellan Carson Wiota Avoca and nearby towns followed by scattered January February dates and names such as A D Blevins Clifford Plumb H D Williams Roy Castle Walter Cleary Theo Colman G Schultz Henry Tornaden Geo Prall and Wm Lyman. The fragmentary text appears from a sale or notice listing many people and dates with no clear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Blevins
Carson
Clifford Plumb
H. D. Williams
Wiota
Mike Mullins
Oakland
Asher Heckman
Roy Castle
Walter Cleary
McClellan
J. Wilson
Dell Griffith
Theo. Colman
H. J. Johnson
Lou Hart
G. Schultz
Will Bond
Avoca
Henry Tornaden
McClelland
W. Chamberlain
Geo. Gage
Geo. Prall
Hamerick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Christensen Bros
Atlantic
Christensen
B. J. Cavanaugh
Brennan
L. T. Haddock
Cavanaugh
Clarinda
Guy EB. Logan
Bockentine
Orange City
LeMars
W. A. Mullenberg
Mullenberg
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Kansas City
Jeannette
Clarke
Joplin
Dee
Joe Jeannette
Jeff Clarke
J. #. REDD
J. M. Thomas
Macdonla
Accedan
T roeeJan
wTan
F. C. Miller
W. S. Saneey
G. J. Dimig
W. F. Shove
Kimballton
Atlantic, Iowa
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