Sensational breach of promise case wins for plaintiff
In Buttington the jury awarded $8,000 to Mary Beans in the Berna Denny breach of promise suit after a nineteen day trial. Denny, a Burlington owner and stock buyer, denied proposals. Beans claimed Denny harassed her during her service and after, seeking $20,000. defense character attacks failed. Denny plans to appeal.
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Buttington
R. J. Denny
Gtock Tudser
Burlington
Mary Beans
Mn Galesburg, Il
Denny
Galesburg
Sacoo
Miss Beany
Fort Dodge Passes Marriage Penalty Ordinance
Fort Dodge city council enacted an ordinance demanding that all able bodied residents aged 25 to 88 who remain unmarried must obtain a license and wed within sixty days or face fines from 10 to 100 dollars. Mayor Bennett pledged to perform marriages gratis if penalties arise. The measure, once thought a joke, was approved amid applause and will be enforced.
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Fort Dodge Connell Paseen
Bennett
Fort Dodge
Spenting
Aging Man A Corespondent Seeks Divorce After 11 Years
Ottumwa resident James Wall, 72, sues for divorce from his wife after eleven years of marriage. Wall, a frail older man, testifies about his failing health and a large prior property, claiming his spouse married him for his wealth. The wife reportedly does not oppose the divorce but seeks the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wall
Ottumwa
William Wagner
Wall
Totter
Haa
Congressman Wheds Nurse Bride Causes Society Rupture
Des Moines news reports ex-Congressman B H Gillette introduced Miss Lucy Appell a nurse living in Des Moines since September as his bride. The Feb 28 ceremony stunned allies of the Single Fillers Association a group once led by Gillette that opposed marriage. The romance allegedly led to Appell joining the society and disrupting its aims. Gillette retires to a country home nearby.
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Cride
Hociery
B. HH. Gillette
Jaws
William Gillette
Des Moines
Lucy Appel
Aurse
Single Iilers' Association
Migs Appell
Efe
Farming Season Delayed By Cold Weather Across County
Town agriculturists report a late sowing season due to prolonged cold in the north and northwest. Farmers in southern counties have begun plowing with insufficient snowfall limiting moisture. Some districts have started wheat sowing while crop buffeting is planned for April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. St. Sage
Sunal
Blind Des Moines Woman Burned After Surviving Proposals
Carrie Tillition, a blind Des Moines woman famed for 100 marriage proposals in response to an ad, died in a fire at her home. Rich and seeking a husband to share wealth and care, she reportedly left most of her fortune to the Latter-Day Sanita at Lamona for a home for the aged, and was to have left the home the day after her death.
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Han
Carrie
Tillition
Des Moines
Ian
Lamona
Iave
Loy Ayao
POUNd GUILTY FOR THIRD TIME OF MURDER
Charles Rocker, accused of killing Lyon County farmer August Schroeder, was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the third time. The jury took fourteen hours to deliberate and Rocker faced a life sentence. The defense plans a motion for a new trial.
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Charles Rocker
August Schroeder
Lyon County
Rocker
Cass County Pioneer Dead in Iowa Farm Residence
Washington Franklin one of Cass county’s pioneers died at his home on the farm he settled on arrival in Iowa thirty eight years ago. George Franklin, editor of the Town State Register and Warmer, traced from a brother of Benjamin Franklin. Walter Reimers of Council Bluffs accidentally shot himself in the lungs in a upstairs room. he is being treated at a hospital. Hartson Crockett, 40, foreman for Joseph Wiel & Co, was strangled to death in Chicago.
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Washington Franklin
Pawson
Cass County
Atlantic
Iowa
Flason
George Franklin
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Walter Reimers
Council
Uelesphul
Kilel
Lo Onlevator
Amerieag Crocket
Hartson Crocket
Clinton
Chiago
Joseph Wiel & Co
Indianola
Marshalltown
Ralph
Paynes
Marshilltown
John Borgers
Shellyork
Harvey Ingram
Des Moines
Waterloo
Chester Cummings
Davenport
Samuel Summers
G. W. Bissell
Iowan State College
Ames
Vhea
Michigan Agricultural College
Bansing
Hermann Selmouth
Burlington
Interurban survey finished for Davenport-Town line
Neve Town reports the Davenport Town City Interurban right of way survey is complete. The line is nearly ideal for forestry construction with few grades and a mostly straight path. Cedar River crosses once, with plans to bridge it and build a dam to power the entire road. engineers expect some construction work this year.
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Neve Town
City-Davenport
Davenport-Town
Cedar River
Logan Flour Mill Destroyed and Town Damaged
Fire destroyed the Logan flour mill owned by A. Edgecomb & Son, causing $30,600 loss with $10,000 insured. The brick landmark on the Boyer river edge could not be saved as water and fire conditions hindered efforts. Also noted are brief state items about smallpox, a cement factory in Marathon, school closings for scarlet fever, and planned civic buildings.
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A. Edgecomb & Son
Logan
A. Bagecomb & Son
Nicaragua War Expands In Central America Conflict
A Nicaraguan agitator fled to Honduras prompting a clash that escalated into full war. President Zelaya leads invasions into Honduran towns as Nicaragua battles Honduras and El Salvador with U S naval support protecting neutral property. Costa Rica's old feud risks drawing it in as ally to Salvador and Guatemala.
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United States Navy
la Colba
Trujillo
Nicaragua
Puerto Cortez
Zelaya
Costa Rica
Salvador
Guatemala
Memory of a Missing Boy Parallels Charley Ross Case
The Dover Delaware disappearance of Horace Marvin draws investigators and Pinkerton detectives into a baffling saga. Despite nationwide search efforts since March 4, no clue to his whereabouts has emerged, likening the case to the famous Charley Ross kidnapping of 1874.
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Marvin Onsd
Charley Ross Kilnaning
Little Wovace Marvin
Dover
Del
Torgether
United States
Pinkerton
Amiténr
Sleuthe
Horace Marvin
Charles Brewster Ross
Charley
Charley Ross
Bayside
Brooklyn
William Mosher
James Douglas
Central American War and Child Kidnapping Report
The article describes Central American armed conflict with Honduras and Nicaragua, aided by the United States with gunboat support and marine landings. It mentions a tentative end to the war after Honduran capital capture and battles at Chotuteca, plus a Harlem-like note on a missing boy presumed murdered and a broader social foundation plan by Mrs. Sage. It also reports on deaf mutes as reliable workers in a New York factory.
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Central America
Honduras
Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Guatemala
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Chotuteca
Bonllla
Deagt-Mates
Lower East Side
New York City
Driver Albert Nichols Shot by Edward Court
Albert Nichols a teamster for the St. Louis Transfer Company was shot and killed by Edward Court who said Nichols slapped Mrs Court and when Nichols confronted him he drew a knife in self defense Court stated the incident occurred in St. Louis.
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Albert Nichols
St. Louis
Bydward Court
Nichols
Yonkers man fatally injured by dynamite blast
Joli Corcoran of Yonkers New York was trying to ram a dynamite charge into a rock hole using a broom handle when the charge exploded. The broomstick was driven through his body below the heart, causing fatal injuries.
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Joli Corcoran
Yonkers
N. XY
Pasteur’s Milk Purification Views Cited by Behring
Berlin authority Prof Behring criticizes the Pasteur method of milk purification and the sterilization of water. He argues boiled milk is unsuitable for infants and that boiling destroys natural nutrients essential for bone and sinew development. He advocates protecting consumers by ensuring healthy dairy cows.
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Behring
Berlin
Thia
Iowa Legislature near clash over demurrage and primaries
Iowa lawmakers weigh a reciprocal demurrage bill aimed at railroads, with courts as battlegrounds. The tempo shifts to the primary election bill endorsed by Gov. Cumming, while convict labor and a strong push for penalties on nonvoters highlight a busy session in the Senate and House. Pardons are granted to three inmates in a broad clemency wave.
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Legislatind
Senate
G Conference
Woman Suffrage Battle Defeated In Senate Vote
Several hundred women packed the Senate to hear debates on the woman suffrage revolution led by Gale Jamison and Jamieson of Clark, opposed by Gilland, with the measure defeated 21 to 26. Civil service changes would place city police and fire departments under state rules. Des Moines would have a board of optics and fire commissioners. The House endorsed Hoegle III and legalized county certificates issued before October 1900, potentially confirming Mrs Jennie Hoegle as county superintendent. The governor signed the jury bill enabling new jury lists and resumed court service. The Weeks bucket shop bill passed the House, defining bucket shops and bucket shopping as lawful to operate.
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Gale
Jamison
Payo
Jamieson
Clark
Gilland
Civil Service
Fua Police
Jackson
Des Moines
Board of Ootics and Fire Commissioner
House
Indorses Hoegle
Jennie Hoegle
Alexandria
Praser
France
Hlornet
Penguin
Cape of Good Tope
Stephen
Dacatur
James Barrow
Rusia
Caer
Col. Tannin
Texas
Sir George Arthur
Upper Canada
Francis Bond Head
Duke of Clarence
Earl of Buchan
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Charles Albert
Milton
Tenn
Henderson
Fort Stedman
John D.re
Tonquin
Prince
Napoleon
Turin
Col
Barnaby
Nm Ballone
Standard Oil Trust
Moscow
Manitoba
Matoxa
Crote
Fen Ives
Butte, Mont
Bay de Verde
N. F
Place
Bing Siog
Irance
Bogland
South Carolina
Cape Town
Birmingham
Ala
House of Commons
New Orleans
Long, Erratic Chronology of Military and Political Events
A jumble of historical dates lists battles sieges assassinations and political actions from 1421 to 1961. Entries mention battles at Anjou Bangalore Stockade and Vera Cruz, royal and noble figures such as Cornwallis Napoleon and the Duke of Clarence, press milestones like the New Yorker debut, and legal shifts including the Edmunds law and Ontario governance changes, ending with a Mississippi River flood height.
DuiHny El Microbes Translated for Digest Challenge Boiling Myth
A French savant argues in the Literary Digest translation that boiling water does not guarantee destruction of all microbes. He asserts that only high heat under pressure, specially designed for the purpose, ensures sterilization.
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Literary Digest
Noton
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Plang
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Dorotha Stender
Robert McGood
Mississippi River
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Herbert D. Peirce
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Gov. Cumming
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RU Getn
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Ofil
Louse
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George Wearns
Jasper Maxon
John Penny
Damett County
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Lord High
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