Thief Digging for Cash Stalls in Iowa Town
Police in Cheyenne, Iowa apprehend Dunn on larceny charges after a search of an old leather wallet reveals $1,040 in cash. The case involves Ernest Hiberg and a wagon with dairy products driven to market, with Hiberg’s goods missing and Dunn later captured in the west end of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dann
Wounell Bintra
Gounell Bins
Serreling
Fom Dunn
Munn
Ernest Hiberg
Cheynov
Wiberg
Ilberg
Itberg
Dunn
Hibers
Fire tale about Dalton arson report proves false
A Muscatine dispatch debunked a claim that George Dalton burned his mother's home in Mascatine over gambling debts and money. The report said he was pursued by a posse with bloodhounds and could be lynched, but authorities found no connection and Dalton remained in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mascatine
George Dalton
Dalton
Muscatine
Burlington Opens Car Shops For Year End Repairs
Notice from West Burlington shops states 200 locomotives will be repaired and returned to service before year’s end, causing night and day work for all staff. The program will keep shops busy into next year after months of layoffs and idle time for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Burlington
Burlington
Revival at Osceola Methodist Church Draws Converts
The big revival at Osceola Methodist Church conducted by Evangelist Smith ends in success. Mayor Maine and about fifty choir members join as converts. Several young men who rarely attended church are now active in worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Osceola
Evangelist Smith
Maine
I. Church
FARM HOUSES BURNED AND ESTATE TROUBLES REPORTED
Fire destroyed two farm houses near Walker and Rowley with losses around 2000 to 2500 dollars. Monty Woody’s home near Wilker burned, H A Norton’s new house near Rowley burned with furniture. Estate of magnate C Wubinger shows dwindling fortunes, possible 50000 ante nuptial suit. Mrs Monroe Newton burned to death at Mt Ayr after rushing back for valuables. Burlington furniture factory region fire destroys 50000 dollar spot room, rest of plant endangered but saved. Anna Wanek dies at 68 in Town City. George Vincent, Creston solicitor missing, seen in Council Bluffs days after note.
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Walker
Rowley
Monty Woody
Wilker
Are With
Monroe Newton
Mt. Ayr
Farahuee
Chittenden and Waxtern
Burlington
Vincent
Bluffs
George Vincent
Creston
Council Bluffs
New Use for Dig Nutding at Former Glucose Plant
A Marshalltown building from the old Glucose Sugar Refining Company plant is being remodeled for Western Grocer Company mills. The five story structure will be used for storage by the Kansas and Missouri Storage Company, a Western Grocer subsidiary.
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Glucose Sugar Refining Company
Marshalltown
Western Grocer Company Mills
Western Grove
Multiple Local Incidents Include Injuries and Legal Moves
Gere Mulhern of Sheldon badly injured in a runaway accident. Grand Junction's Tatther becomes proprietor of the Marx hotel in Paton. Louis Bokit shot in Rendlyn and critical. Blaster of Williamsburg injured under auto with ankle broken. Cassidy named general freight agent of Illinois Central at Dubuque. N Schultz buys Waterloo drug store and to move to tiefty. depots planned for Clinton by Chicago and Northwestern. Smallpox first of fall quarantines George Shalla home. Binney Till custody for larceny of bird dog. Joseph Dickerman yields 85 bushels per acre near Wood. Fred Gill sentenced to a year at Fort Leavenworth for obscene letter. Elsie Haley dies from pasture fire. German library gift to Prof Bundy Wilson. Grandall livery barn fire at Cusuy. pus drawn from Mrs Dunlap in peritonitis case. Mary Evarts sues to recover land. will contest over Marietta Deming estate. first pressed brick in northern Iowa at Fertile. Des Moines law building progress. Agnes Sheehan and Zola Wertas reported missing from Atlantic.
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Gere Mulhern
Sheldon
Tatther
Grand Junction
Te Marx Hhotel
Paton
Louis Bokit
Rendlyn
Frank Manske
Blaster
Williamsburg
Thomas I, Cassidy
Dyersville
Ilinois Central
Dubuque
I. J. Lenehan
N. Schultz
Ackley
Ower
Waterloo
Dnd
Tintefty
Lile
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company
Clinton
Health Department
George Shalla
Shalla
Binney Till
Hill
Central University At
Oskaloosa
Go Mee Thernon
Elsie Haley
Thmergon
Fdmes
Chas. Bundy Wilson
The
State University
Crandall
Cusuy
Burns
IT. A. Dunlap
Iowa City
Des Moines
August Bova
Bova
Carrie Tu
Golt
Webster City
Mir
Mary I. Evarts
District Court
William S. Everts
Josephine A. Green
Melinda Stowell
Merrick Stowell
Witon W. Grean
Webster
County
al Ieven
Mary Tu. Kyorts
Coal Ol Johnny and his quiet Nebraska home
Dayton Ohio newspaper recounts the life of Ad Moffitt known as Coal Ol Johnny, once famed as a spendthrift in the oil boom era. Now living with his brother-in-law in Bugat Greek, Vennango County, Pennsylvania, he tends garden produce and reflects on wealth earned from oil lands and a storied past.
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Pennsylvania
Bugat Greek
Venango County
Galena of
Ad” Moffitt
J.W. Steele
Johnny
United States
Coal
Steele
Irankia
Mercer County
Steale
Cuthbertson McClintock
Eleanor
J. Mott
Chignee, Burlington & Quincy
Rathay
Franklin
Breele
Denison
Kearney
Neb
Dayton
Animals Responsible for World of Diseases from Animals
The article warns mankind suffers from diseases carried by animals, especially the house fly, fleas, ants, rats, dogs, cats, pigs, and birds. It cites cholera, plague, diphtheria, smallpox, scarlet fever, hydrophobia, trichinosis, and tuberculosis as transmitted by these animals, stressing risks from undercooked pork and improperly prepared foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guinea
Altoona
Saat Bho Looks an Angel Then Fades Away
Fragmented verse yields a surreal exchange as a girl described as an angel asks a question about a wind-sjammers device while a distant voice notes a mother approaching, with quotations attributed to Boston Traveler and Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Earth
Boston
Birmingham
Wrong on the Farm? Rural youths push reforms
Farmers across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska respond to a commission inquiry asking what is wrong on the farm The survey shows education and income play key roles in driving youths from farm life and many parents fear losing their children to towns and colleges Agricultural colleges raise hopes of modernizing farming while rural life lags in housing and opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kany
Drasuka
Oklahoma
Enys Harpers' Weekly
Boyn Beave
Kansas
Agricultural College
Aoould
Hiye
Mfe
America’s Big Divorce Record from the Twentieth Century
A census compilation reports twenty year marriage totals of 12 892 044 from 1887 to 1900 and 603 025 divorces. Divorce rates rose with population, from 29 to 82 per 100 000, and 200 per 100 000 married population by 1905, with two thirds of divorces granted to wives.
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United States
Labor unions and miners' work across Europe and America
The report cites 65,310 Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners members and notes unions in Jamaica Trinidad Barbados and British Guiana. It mentions compulsory miner rescue training in Austria and France voluntary in Germany and religious revival in Westmoreland Pennsylvania. California studies labor conditions to curb strikes while Great Britain reports 707,800 miners in federation districts and 592,444 in unions with a gain of 156,000 from last year.
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Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners
San Francisco
Trinidad
Barbadoca
British Guiana
Austria
France
Germany
Westmoreland
Coat
Tabor
Harris Weinstock
California
Eltiva
Europe
England
Scotland
Minera’, Federation of Great ‘Britain
Dun's Review of Trade the Ohioagg Indexes
OHIOAGG reports healthy exhibit with satisfactory averages and normal defaults. Trade sustains recovery as new demands strengthen manufacturing outlook. permits for new structures and additions reach 6,069,400 this month versus 352,200 in 1907 and 882,100 in 1908. Thanksgivings rise to totals. colder weather could aid retail gains pending returns. Chicago district failures total 26, with six debtors above 5,000. comparisons show weekly and yearly changes.
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Anles
Kill
Inke
Chicago
Dun
Trade and industrial mood mixed as irregularities persist
New York wholesale trade and crop developments show general direction toward improvement with less idle machinery and a cheerful alfalfa outlook, while irregularities linger in various sections and industries. Optimism remains in domestic manufacture and wholesale trade about next year, as manufacturers buy more meat raw materials and some lines face caution, especially cotton goods. Retail trade shows irregularity despite rain and snow aiding conditions. business failures in the U S for the week ending Nov 2 total 103, with Canada at 25 and prior weeks higher. Bradstreet’s Commercial Report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
States
Canada
Bradstreet
Rockefeller Testimony Sparks Hazard Claims Across Papers
Across major papers, John D Rockefeller is tied to warnings over hazardous oil profits and legal risks. Headlines note Roosevelt's push on oil law and German Kaiser satire, while editors debate fortunes in Standard Oil and public safety in Berlin and Washington.
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John D
Rockefeller
Indianapolis Star
Galveston
Dercon Jobin
Alvnts
Tobi D. Rockefaller
Kansas City Star
Jillmay
Standard’ Oil Company
Tonaby Food
Toledo Blade
Rockefellar
Enormouc Standard
Roosevelt
Standard Oil
Iizard
Kansas City Times
Trade and Industry push to remove lumber tariff
A committee from Trade and Industry, Lumbery, and Midwest manufacturers will urge Washington to drop the lumber tariff, while Pacific coast lumbermen favor keeping duties. Winona and La Crosse protest through rates set by Sea board lines that favor East to Winona and La Crosse freight over St Paul routes. 1907 mineral values are listed for coal iron copper cement natural gas and other commodities.
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Middle Northwest
Washington
Pacific Coast
Winona
Seaboard
Tia Crosse
St. Paul
la Crosse
United States
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C. Wubinger
Keoki
Efubinger
Om Nesident
Anna Wanek
Town City
Charles Hayek
Constable Hayek
Emma Hinglik
Oregon
Harry
Robertson
Marietta
Fertile
Peat ix
Janly
Agnes Sheehan
Zola W Datas
Atlantic
Hic Omalu
Animals Responsible
Middle West
Jensta Bureau
Cahent
York
Baltimore Sun
Berlin
Detroit News
Atlanta Constitution
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