Hamlin Town News Roundup and Local Moves
Hamlin residents report routine business and farming activity Tuesday with Frank Duvall handling Atlantic matters, Nelson shipping hogs, and Tom Lambert farming the Joel Crees farm. Incubators, fruit trees, tile works, and creamery activity show community growth alongside births and local arrivals.
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Tom Lambert
Joel Crees
James Bellin
Old Hamlin
Bennedson
Helper
Peter Nelson
Tom Bruhn
Floods Slay 2000 at Hankow China in Hu-Peh Province
Desperate floods in Hankow, Hu-Peh Province, drown 2000 to 2500 people and wreck 700 junks. Nighttime freshet traps residents before escape. reports warn inland areas and navigators suffer heavy losses. Rescue funds and aid efforts begin from Shanghai amid scarce details.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Hu-Peh
China
Tinkow
Hu-Veh
HiPeh
Shiatighat
Ere
Toyais
Congress May Quit May Ninth Prediction
Washington, Apr. 14 Representatives Watson of Indiana and Warann Nilson predict the present session of Congress will adjourn on or about Saturday, May 9. Leaders at the capitol have discussed an early adjournment as the naval and army appropriation bills and the Aldrich currency measure remain to be acted upon.
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Ashington
Congress
James " Watson
Indiana
Watson
Con
War- Ann Nils
Resard
Tragic Chicago Double Suicide After Lovers Promise
In Chicago Sunday night at Trumbull down and West Twenty fifth street Joseph Krhéurnek shot his romantic partner then killed himself. The tragedy followed a pledge to wed in Bo hepla.
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Chicago
Gil
Bohepla
Joseph Krhéurnek
Trumbull Dwonue
West Twenty-fifth Street
Anil
Taft Returns to Washington After Western Tour
Secretary of War Taft arrived in Washington from a ten day western tour during which he gave several addresses. He plans to stay in the capital until next Saturday and then proceed to New York City to deliver an address before the Splittnell.
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Taft
Washington
New York City
Husband Held for Murder in Bronx Apartment Case
In Courtland Avenue area of the Bronx a wife found murdered in her apartment. Her husband was arrested and held pending coroner investigation. The incident triggered a police inquiry into the death.
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New York
Apt
Labeis
Quanus Factiver
Bronx
Courtland
County Clerk Ousted Over Accounting Dispute
Pottawattamie County judge ousted Clerk H V Battey after a Des Moines accounting firm found a county owed funds. Temporary charge given to former clerk J Chambers with a $20 000 fixed bond. The report cites a $2 197 8h face amount due the county including $1 139 in clerical fees.
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Pottawattamie
Counc! Bluffs
H. V. Battey
Pottawattamie County
Wheeler
District Court
Board of
Supervisors
Des Moines
Cler
H. J. Chambers
Chambers
J. Richman
National Accounting Company of
Des Moines Ti
Board of Supervisory
Battey
Waterloo to Perry Interurban Line Planned for Summer
Waterloo plans the summer construction of a electric railroad 114 miles from Waterloo to Perry with a spur from Story City to Amos. It will connect via Cedar Falls and pass Freds ville Dike Lincoln Grundy Center Vidora Hubbard Garden City Story City Boone Moingown to Perry and Des Moines. Main HQ will be in Eldora with local bankers backing the project.
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Waterloo
Af Electle
Perry
Story City
Amos
Des Moines
Town
Chicago
Eldora
Cedar Falls
Fredsville
Dike
Lincoln
Grundy Center
Vidora
Hubbard
Garden City
Boone
Moingown
Liquor Ring Organizes in Burlington to Back Saloon Interests
Burlington faces a broad movement to organize against Mealealeen forces and the civic federation. Deterick of Chicago aids the effort to enroll thousands of workers opposing enforcement of the mule law and to sustain liquor interests through political involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Civic Federation
Deterick
Chicago
Browlig Uni
West
Aunt Becky Young Dies in Des Moines at 76
Army nurse known as Aunt Becky dies after weeks of illness in Des Moines at 2 AM. She was 76 and would have marked the 41st anniversary of her marriage to David Young.
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Des Moines
Pecky" Young
David
Young
Lion
Burglary at Mt. Present Milling Office Reported
Burlington police investigate a break in at the Mt. Present Milling company office. A burglar forced a window and tampered with a combination safe or lock, taking forty four dollars in cash.
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Burlington
Thie
Mt. Present Milling Company
Supervisor Pleads Guilty in County Goods Case
Sioux City supervisor A. Ji. Erickson pleaded guilty to unlawfully selling goods to the county. He admitted the items were billed only slightly above jobbing rates. County Attorney A. G. Whitney did not report leniency from the grand jury.
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Sioux City
A. Ji. Erickson
Woodbury Cones Board of Supervisors
Erickson
Erleksan Loo
A. G. Whitney
Grand
Dr Shoop Magic Ointment Promises Quick Piles Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment from Racine Wisconsin claiming fast pile relief for swollen painful or itching areas both external and internal. It offers a trial box by mail and notes a ten cent bottle price sold by N Hansen.
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Dr. Shoop
Adarena
Husband shoots doctor after illicit visits claim
Edward Nuckolls wounds osteopath Dr. Harry W. Emory at his Eldora home after a confrontation over alleged visits. Ezra Nuckolls and jewelry business tied family are under scrutiny as police probe the shooting and the mystery surrounding motive.
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Eldora
Harry W. Emery
Edward Nuckolls
Ezra Nuckolls
N.C. Morse
Emeny
Nuckolls
Dr. Emony
Her & Short Rime
Volver
Nuckalls
Nicklls
Logan
Emeny Mod
Nickalls
Jong Cunneh
Fall Apples For Packing Demonstration At Mason City
Demonstration shows stored Iowa fall apples keep well with proper packing. Varieties include De Weal lies Salome Winesaps and many more from Missouri Valley Storm Lake Floyd Ardale Williamsburg Rockford Randolph. Immediate wrapping yields best quality. delayed packing harms stems and rot appears. Professor Fenney chaired the program.
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Mason City
Towa
Higley
Patyton
Scott
Melinda
Fenney
Term For Naughty Letters
Nellie Anderson and Jadie Patterson were sentenced to two years in federal prison. Anderson received time at Moundsville West Virginia and Patterson at Fort Leavenworth Kansas for sending obscene matter through the mail. Both pleaded guilty and Anderson had left her husband to come to the city and meet Patterson.
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Cedar Rapids
Nellie Anderson
Moundsville
W. Va
Jadie Patterson
Fort Leavenworth
Hoth
Vinton
Patterson
Manchester youth suicide shocks local college scene
Waterloo Miller aged 20, a sophomore at Farottto College in Manchester, shot himself at home. He left a note citing illness as the cause and listed debts owed at school. He was the son of G W Miller, a Manchester implement dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Roy Miller
Nat Farottto
Manchester
G. W. Miller
Watch Missing After Visit To Tol Hunt Farm
Tol Hunt of Logan east area reported the theft of a watch and chain after a transient stock man Allen stayed on his property. Sheri Roch misled the man to Carroll and Missouri Valley where Allen was arrested in Logan on circumstantial charges. he posted bonds for $25 and appealed to district court.
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Joran
Tol Hunt
Logan
Allen
Sheri Roch
Carull
Missouri Valley
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Converts Norristown Woman
Jena V. Henry of Norristown Georgia describes relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles. The ad promotes the remedy for displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities pain backache and nervous prostration and invites women to write Mrs Pinkham for advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Jena V. Henry
Norristown
Pinkham
Lydia BE
Lydia
Pinnkham
Bee as idle pattern shocks parishioner tale
Deacon Longtree contrasts a minister urging industry with a wife noting the bee keeps Sabbath work habits. The Catholic Standard and Times quotes the exchange highlighting a clash between religious calls for rest and perceived bee driven work ethic.
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Longtree
We&t
Sandard and Times
Family Repartee Sparked By Marital Quarrel
A humorous quarrel shows a husband calling his wife a talking machine and the wife retorting that she married a carpet beater. She then hands him a club and sends him to the yard to “venge” the rugs, in a lighthearted domestic exchange reported by Détroit Press.
Formal Address Delays as Members File Out
A representative rises to speak but members begin to file out. He warns against interruptions saying his speech is in the printer with applause notes. The scene preserves a cautious tone as the assembly disperses.
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Moe
Kidney Cure Ad From Foley’s May Interest You
An advertisement touts Foley’s Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims to stop irregularities and cure cases not beyond the reach of medicine, credited to Nick Dofting.
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Foley
Nick Dofting
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Hamlin
Frank Duvall
Nelson
Atlantic
William Rucker
William Olsen
Hans Miller
Charles Garnett
Kaus Carstensen
Thorvil Jensen
Stephen Mattiesen
Kimballton
IT. J. Jensen
George R. Petersen
Williamt Olsen
Old Country
A. W. Sfartsook
Nelson and
Joel
Nebraska
Chris Christiansen
Mfy
Y. Curmrensen
Aasesuor
Oriental Marine Interests
Becky
Visitor
Lydia E. Pinkham
Extra Coal & Feed Jr
Oluf Jensen
W. J. Charters
First National Bank
Ewira
John Riley
Howse
Corser Drug Store
East Extra
J. Jacobsen
Iowa
Antona
Conudanit Feat
Meer
Comsaualen
Kn Muni & Cb
Scientific American
Munn & Co
Washington, D.C
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