Des Moines Man Drowns After Church Revival
Notes from the Capital reports Robert Phillips of 1009 Twenty seventh street drowned himself in a Southpark lake after leaving a church revival. His disappearance remained a mystery until the body was recovered by police. The motive for the act remains unknown. The item also covers Navy recruitment in Des Moines, railroad rate debate, two Iowa criminal convictions, a rise in Iowa pearl industry, a Drake University anti gambling stance, and related remarks by Captain F. H. Delano and President Bill Me Bell.
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Des Moines
Robert Phillips
Twentyseventh Street
Southpark
Drake Stadium
Bill Me Bell
Drake University
Bell
Mrs Kendall on Traits of a Great Actress
The stage favorite Mrs Kendall argues that a successful actress needs an angelic temper a Greek statue figure a goddess face and rhinoceros skin to withstand the demanding world of performance and public scrutiny.
Fire destroys home near Cedar Falls, Iowa
The home of Mrs. George Manna, mother of Phil Hanna, near Cedar Falls, burned down with all contents. The fire origin is unknown and the loss is estimated at 2500 dollars. The family was away visiting neighbors two miles away.
Couple knelt on cushions to read love letters at Virginia wedding
A Virginia couple used cushions filled with love letters during their ceremony, kneeling in a romantic but unconventional scene. Elsewhere a Lancashire anti Baby League urges the government to curb birth rates and impose penalties on those with large families.
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Virginia
Lancashire
England
Edgar Bailey commuted from death to life in Missouri
Des Moines reports Edgar Bailey once a LaPorte City printer and former Owan, who fled Kansas City after being convicted of first degree murder for killing a hack driver. Despite pleas from his father and friends, Governor Folk granted a commutation, saving him from execution and giving a life sentence in Missouri's prison.
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Des Moines
Edgar Bailey
Kansas City
Bailey
LaPorte City
Iowa
Pailer
Baile
Patment
Msi
Supreme Emitt
Batters Frismids
Folk
Missouri
Indictment Rejected Against Iowa Bank Official
Eldora reports an indictment against E. Q. Soule of Iowa for misappropriation at Hom Savings Bank Iowa Falls. Soule, already serving eighteen months at Anamosa for falsifying bank accounts, faces new charges linked to funds from the Sherwood estate. His release date is December 28, after which authorities will arrest him.
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Eldora
E. Q. Soule
Iowa
Anamosa
Hom Savings Bank
City
Hardin County Frend
Javier
Soule
Sherwood
Iowa Falls
Blydenburgh Must Serve After Supreme Court Reversal
Des Moines reports Eldora man Blydenburgh will spend life in prison after the Supreme Court affirmed his murder conviction. The killer of his wife Jennie in Eldora in May 1902 also faced questions about two earlier wives in New York. Evidence at trial included arsenic poisoning and purchases of poison. Life insurance and farm seeking motives were cited as factors.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
W. E. Alexander
Albert Latham
Alexander
Latham
Fort Madison
West Brook
Eldora
Birdenburgh
Binebeard
Blydenburgh
Reyurn
New York
Tanner
Dildenhorst
Maynus
Jennie
Blydentmred Hand
Hie
Birdenburgeh
Two Women Burned to Death in Separate Iowa Cases
Grundy Center report says Mrs. Garis, aged seven years with daughter present, burned to death when boiling paint ignited and exploded in the kitchen. In Oskaloosa, Mrs. Trevi Maddox died from severe burns after her clothing caught fire from a red hot stove weeks after moving there.
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Garis
Grundy Center
Maddox
Oskaloosa
John Cea
Trevi Maddox
Garfield Beuthien Held on Forged Instrument Charge
Davenport reports Garfield Beuthien, brother of Arnold Beuthein formerly at New Liberty bank, was arrested after allegedly uttering a forged $70 check cashed at a local bank with Paul Beradi’s name forged on the back. Beradi disowns the endorsement. Beuthien is charged with obtaining the funds.
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Garfield Beuthien
Davenport
Arnold Beuthein
New Liberty Bank
Paul Beradi
Berndi
Benthein
Wreck Near Fairfield Kills Four and Injures Ten
Four men killed and ten injured in a head on collision of two passenger trains one mile south of Fairfield Iowa at 4 a m Wednesday. The victims and many injured were Iowa residents. Train No 12 westbound and No 2 eastbound collided at about thirty miles per hour. Wreckage included derailed cars and damaged engines. A relief train was dispatched. names of victims and responders listed in agency report.
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Thes
W. Grisich
Lucas
Pinkenon
Beer
Eesieete
Toute West
Amd
Bork
Imain
Stefans
Geers
Siahily A. eleTk
Brad Cut
A. Mathews
Thieves Grab $1500 in Jewels at Hull
In a jewelry and silver store robbery a thief or thieves escaped with about $1500 in jewels and silverware. The burglars entered through a vault and fled with valuables including watches and silver items. No injuries reported, and local authorities investigated.
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Hull
Winston Sets Six Years In Prison Case
Fragmentary text indicates a court case involving a six year prison term. Mentions five years for related charges and multiple defendants in a mystery linked to a Sunday event. Reading is incomplete with names and locations obscured.
Metiny on a Pessigan Sh in London
A fragmented lines report arrests in a Russian related case with multiple individuals detained in London and Odessa. The text is garbled but mentions numerous suspects and ongoing authorities actions affecting several parties across locations.
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Metiny
London
Odessa
Russiar
Mason City Man Killed In Yard Incident
Mason City Iowa February 22 Robert Hamilton master mechanic of the C B L & St P shops at Minneapolis was buried here yesterday. He was injured while crawling number 3 string of box cars in the Minneapolis yards when they were started abruptly and died after days of suffering. He had been foreman here for three years and earlier worked in the South. His sons Thomas and Paul are engineers on the Stony and Des Moines divisions respectively. He was 60 years old.
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Dubuque
Charles B. Armstrong
Osceola
Smith McPherson
J. Louis Fernald
Gilman
United States Court of Appeals
T. A. Cheshire
Des Moines
Ernest Fernald
G. L. van Eaton
Little Rock
J.yons-Osceola
C. B. Lamkin
Cedar Rapids Company
Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court of the United States
Iowa
Water Company
Supreme Court of Iowa
Federal Supreme Court
C. Thornburg
Polk County
J. T. Blodgett
Johnson
Hansontown
Hallowe'en
Hansen
William Ernest
Casey
Town
Weart & Lysaught
Cleghorn
Bennett
William Finney
Finney
Usuwal
Frank Kern
Kern
Henry
Mathews Baldes
Orange City
Sioux City
Hawarden
Iowa State Colege
George W. Catt
J. F. Woodside
Blockton
Jim Hendrickson
St. Joseph
Woodside
Hendrickson
Medford
Lake City
Alfred Peterson
Rock Island
Ottumwa
Peterson
Keokuk
L. A. Casper
Council Bluffs
Isabel Dorsett
I. A. Casper
Aldermanic Board
Pottawattamie County
E. H. Whiteside
Atlantic
Whiteside
W. B. Arnold
Arnott’s Park
Okohoji
Okohuji
Syeut
Mason City
Voi
Robert Hamiton
Minneapollis
Minneapolis
Thomas Ant Pa Ere
Stony
Des Nolais
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Alexander Clark
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Haley Saloon
Fourteenth Avenue
William Montgomery
Francis Bridges
Edward Montgomery
Stella Dreyer
Iowa City
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Muscatine
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Grand Jury
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