Bellevue Gang Driven From River Town After Mass Whipping
Frontier town of Bellevue in Jackson County endures a crime wave led by William W. Brown and accomplices. After a siege at Brown's hotel, Sheriff Warren orders a citizens vote. Thirty eight hangings and forty two whippings result in the gang being whipped and banished.
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Jackson County
Misssissippi River
Bellevue
Maquoketa River
Iowa Territory
Water Street
Brown’s
Galena
Dubuque
William W. Brown
Brown
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Groff
Thomas Davis
Davis
James Thompson
William Fox
Dennis Collins
William Brown
Bartholomew Corwin
Thompson
Mitchell
William A. Warren
Anson Harrington
Thomas S. Wilson
W. W. Brown
Aaron Long
Warren
Mrs. Brown
Thomas Cox
Territorial Legislature
Brown’s Hotel
Cox
Bidding Consistency in a Complex Bridge Hand
The author analyzes a bridge hand with South dealer and North-South vulnerability. East’s inconsistent sacrifice bids lead to a defeated threeNT four hearts contract, while North-South secure a 480 point score plus 700 rubber bonus. Five diamonds would have cost less, illustrating bidding judgment under pressure.
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East
Question prompts on money, crime, and a life story
The reader is invited to choose between a white or red bean for a box and asked to explain the choice. It then covers recognizing counterfeit money and composing an essay on how crime harms a town. It concludes with guidance to read about Thomas Cox in the life story by Harvey Reid.
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Thomas Cox
Harvey Reid
Alarms Draw City Fire Units Downtown After False Call
Early Sunday at 1 02 a m merrymakers watched all city fire apparatus respond to the downtown district between Third street and Fourth avenue SE. A general alarm at 1 10 a m and a follow up false alarm at 1 12 a m prompted three pumpers and a hook and ladder to each location after a motorcycle fire on a machine owned by William Phillips sparked the incident.
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Third Street
Fourth Avenue
Second Avenue
William Phillips
Lutheran Pastor Starts 47th Year With Parish Near Decorah
The Rev. Paul Koren marks fifty one years as a minister and forty seven years as pastor at Washington Prairie near Decorah, also serving Union Prairie. Born 1863, he follows his father as long time Norwegian Lutheran leader and edited his sermons. He oversees church committees and heads the Lutheran hospital association for Decorah.
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Decorah
Washington Prairie Lutheran
Paul Koren
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Washington Prairie
Union Prairie
Koren
Wilhelm Koren
Mississippi River
Norwegian Lutheran Synod of America
Luther College
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Wausau
Wis
United States
Board of Publications
The
Lutheran Church
Lutheran Hospital Association
Decorah Hospital
Double-Mellow Old Golds Cigarettes Tease Factory Fresh Taste
An advertisement touts Double-Mellow Old Golds with factory freshness and pink packaging. It claims prize crop tobacco sealed in a double jacket of cello phane to preserve flavor regardless of climate.
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Iowa
Bellevue Gang
James Mitchell
Henderson Palmer
Josephine Culbertson
Gazette
Culbertson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Ifrom
West 40Th Street
New York City
P. Foritiara Co., Inc
Newman
Newman’s Se
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