Explosion Injures Young Worker at West Liberty Oil House
Melvin Nook, 18, of West Liberty, nearly died when a gasoline tank exploded at Floyd's grocery oil house. He was driving oil from a large tank when the blast drove him through the shed into the alley. Firemen stopped the fire, a surgeon treated injuries, and Rock denied smoking or causing the explosion.
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Melvin Nook
Weat Liberty
Melvin Mock
West Liberty
Floyd
Young Tock
Young Rock
Dope Gang Targets Des Moines Youths Reuters Style
Juvenile officers in Des Moines investigate a growing dope ring targeting boys ages 12 to 18. The group allegedly teaches cocaine use and theft to fund purchases, with an elderly resident described as the chief offender. The father of a 16 year old detained youth is seeking evidence for convictions against those responsible.
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Ben Moines
Pfipd
Des Moines
New Graes
Harry Stanton
Jtill
Red Oak Merchants Offer Cash Prizes for Road Dragging
Red Oak merchants praise good roads for trade and post prizes totaling 75 dollars for the best mile, 35 dollars for the second mile, 825 dollars for the best half mile, and 15 dollars for the second half mile on eight outbound routes. The effort spreads as snow is cleared and roads improve, sparking others to imitate the practice.
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Red Oak
Murdered by a Robber In Union City
Robbery ends in a double tragedy as Lynn Svimball, a restaurant keeper, is shot twice and dies instantly during a robbery in Union. The robber demanded money from Mr. Cpimball who was counting cash and was pistol whipped. Trimbull surrendered silver and bills. the shooter fired, thinking he reached for a revolver. A posse hunts the murderer who fled to Bidora, changed clothing in a barn, and discarded a coat and trousers with a mitten clue found near the scene.
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Lynn ‘Svimball
Union
Cpimball
Bidora
Jore
Iowans in scandal as Fort Madison woman sues husband
Mrs John A Trenthart, long a Fort Madison resident, shocked Michigan City by announcing her husband, a Fort Madison attorney, was seen with another woman in Denville, Michigan. She will file for divorce while the husband acknowledged affection for the other woman.
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John T. Thare
Michigan City
Ind
John A.trenthart
Fort Madison
Denuville
Mich
Prett
Girl Nearly Kidnapped by Masked Man Near Home
Anna Barnard, 18, was forced to walk several blocks at gunpoint by a masked man after he appeared at her door during the night. She fled to a Mr Young’s home sobbing, authorities pursued, but the abductor escaped. Barnard had been with an escort to church and was preparing for bed.
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Bonn
Anna Barnard
Young
Miss Barnard
Woman Attacks Postmaster at Creston Federal Building
A local incident at the Creston federal building ends with postmaster Skinner narrowly escaping a violent attack by longtime employee Nannie Threlkald. Threlkald seized a heavy object, threatened to kill, smashed glass, and hurled debris before officers overpowered her. Skinner and others suffered minor injuries.
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Nannie 'Phrelkeld
Skinner
Federal Building
Creston
Nannie ‘Threlkald
Mr. Skinner
Step
Prisoner Hangs Self in County Jail
In Marshalltown early morning, Paul Raloff Onen was found dead in his cell with a shirt tied to the door, the noose around his neck. He was to be transferred to Fort Madison soon for a ten year sentence after his brothers had recently surrendered him as bondsmen.
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Paul Raloff
Marshalltown
Paul Radio
Radio
Fort Madison
Aged Hermit Dies Alone In His Hut
R P Smith of Evanston aged 73, a hermit truck gardener, was found dead in bed by neighbors after two days missing. He likely had been ill for some time and owned property. relatives in New York are being sought. Letters indicate their residence in New York. Electrocuted In Canton Jail. George Redfield aged 40, jailed for intoxication, was accidentally electrocuted while replacing a lamp globe atop a steel cage, receiving 500 volts and dying instantly.
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R. P. Smith
Myanuston
Evanston
New York
George Redfield
Canton
Edmond
Brief State Happenings From Across Iowa Patchwork
Mt Ayt installs electric light ant. Newton courthouse sold for 300 dollars. Town City raises over 200 for Sicily sufferers, aiming for 1000. Asi Purdy home near Hebron destroyed by fire, building and contents lost. John Fay, 13, injured by kicked horse near Churdan. Benjamin F. Kinnan dies at Marshill of heart issues. Henry Carleton wins Mason City declamatory contest to represent city. Six contestants in event. John Mulhern sells 640 acre Yale farm to Peters and Russell for 73720. another 40 acres near town sold to Folers and Russell for 78720. A. T. Phillips of Pocahontas named national drum major. D. A. Christ injured in Hunting elevator shaft accident but survives. Mrs. Willis of Lacona breaks arm after fall on loose board. Mahaska farmers approve parcels post. Congressman Kendall urged to back Human bill. Andy Green near What Cheer hurt after mule incident. Ernest Ross, Dubuque buyer, crushed under lumber load in Sherrills. George Caldwell found dead in Dunlap by self inflicted gun? death linked to business failure. Isaac Porter 81 and wife 60 die of pneumonia within hours of each other near Vandalia.
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Mt. Ayt
Benjamin FV. Kinnan
Cedar County
Marshilltown
Henry Carleton
Mason City
John Mulherin
Yale
Vom Peters
W. TF. Russell
John Mulhern
Town
A. TJ. Phillips
Pocahontas
Mahaska County
Farmers’ Institute
Oskaloosa
Kendall
Meyer
Andy Green
What Cheer
Mr. Green
Ernest Ross
Dubuque
Ross
George Cadwell
Dunlap
Isaae Porter
Trame City
Porter
Vandalia
Iowa Legislature Prep Amid Busy Session Ahead
The legislature faces a busy session with major reforms expected. Proposals include corporate earnings and expenditure reporting, municipal book inspections, and an insurance commission under state control. A public utilities commission to replace the existing railroad panel is also proposed, signaling wide structural changes.
Some Proposed Legislation in Iowa Session
A complete revision of the Iowa School Law will be a major task this session. A bill seeks to end capital punishment. Proposals include teaching agriculture in Iowa schools and establishing a woman’s reformatory. The session is expected to tackle Sunday baseball and theater bans and expand state power over resorts. Des Moines city government amendments aim to render each councilman supreme over department appointments, reducing council votes.
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Iowa
Resorta
Des Moines Commission
War on Weeds Urged at Agriculture Office Meeting
Officials and eight attendees including B Packard Prof Curtiss and Dairy Commissioner Wright discuss a bill to force landowners to destroy weeds and empower town trustees to enforce compliance. The act would ban hauling or selling hay or nursery stock with listed weeds such as quack grass Canada thistle cocklebur wild parsnip and horse nettle. Proposals for visiting committees to state institutes face opposition amid budget debates and vacation timing.
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B. Packard
Prof
Curtiss
Wright
Department of Agriclture
Stric House
Lincoln Birthday Lewat Wolton Observed In Town
February 12 marks the birthday anniversary of Abril Lincoln and will be a legal holiday in Town this year and going forward. Both legislative branches will address the Staekslager Moore bill on a special order raid, which passed with one dissenting vote. Representative Shulte of Clayton County opposes the bill with no roll call.
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Lincoln
Lewat Wolton
Abril Lincoln
Staekslager-Moore Wl
Representative Shulte
Clayton County
Alfortn Fasurance Noten An Dugurance Bl
In court the insurer defends an insurance note tied to surance demands as not collectible unless the company proves compliance with Iowa law. The draft outlines the dispute over whether the document is valid and enforceable under state statutes.
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Drisiumer
Schulte
Ius
Iowa
Bounty on Hattlesnakes Drives Town Action at Meeting
Senator Robert Waigley introduced a proposal to pay Nobies a one cent bounty for each rattlesnake killed in town. The plan aims to curb venomous reptile threats and protect residents, with local officials weighing enforcement details and payout logistics.
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Robert Waigley
Lincoln centenary observance committee formed
The Legislature appointed a three member joint committee to plan proper observance of the Lincoln centenary and to secure speakers for events.
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Lincoln Hinde
State Revenue Measures Tied to Tax Proposals
Two revenue producing bills were introduced in the Legislature. One would require an annual report from corporations with a fee of 10 to 25 dollars. The other would impose a direct supervision tax with a graded scale, aiming to boost state revenue by a quarter.
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Iiy
iMtapatries
Mil
T Corporation
Senator Davis Attacks Gambling and Money Power
Senator Jel Davis of Arkansas denounces gambling and the “money power” in a fiery speech urging a measure to legalize telegraph and telephone use for conveying gambling propositions. He warns Congress of looming war and criticizes railroad dealings tied to the Panama Canal purchase amid calls for congressional investigation.
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Jel Davis
Ark
Davis
Pemlite
Congress of the United States
Sheradoah Valley
Gettysburg
William Nelson Cromwell
Roger E. Farnham
Clarien P. Taft
United States
Father Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Baby's Death
John David Stewart, tired after work in Kansas City, choked and shook his ten month old daughter leading to a fatal neck injury. Coroner and doctor ruled the death a homicide. Stewart pleads guilty to manslaughter in the fourth degree and receives a two year sentence.
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John David Stewart
Kansas City
Ite
Stewart Familly
Stewart
Fuger
Denies Budowitz Extradition Demand
Christian Budowitz, a Russian political refugee charged with murder by the czarist government, will not be extradited to the United States. The decision halts U S authorities' bid to return him for punishment as a revolutionary.
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Hunsin
United States
Christian Budowitz
Czar
Tha
Rope in his native land alters extradition fight
Secretary of State Root overruled US Commissioner Foote, ruling that the refuges offense was political and not extraditable under the treaty with the Russian government. The long battle to save him involved men and women from all walks of life and was successful.
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Udsday
Root
United States
Foote
FARM NOTES ON SOIL FERTILITY AND POULTRY CARE
Practical agricultural notes discuss soil fertility with fertilizers, nitrogen sources, and dairy hogs as fertility enhancers. They cover garlic flavor in milk, pasture management for cows, weanling colt feeding guidelines, and the height of poultry perches and nest boxes. Also included are methods to prevent egg eating with dark nests and china eggs.
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Dr. .Co
H. Olson
Forest tree planting aids family farm on worn Homestead
An Ohio farmer with a sixty acre tract plans a total forest within five or six years. He has planted 36 000 Norway spruce on about eleven acres at three and a half feet apart. Spruce will be cut for Christmas trees as they mature, with chestnut seedlings filling the gaps. Other species, including catalpa elm box elder and sycamore, have been planted to diversify lumber and timber yields.
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Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Torest
Brood Mares Food and Nourishment For Foals
Brood mares eat coarse hay oats wheat and barley straw during pregnancy but such feed provides little nutrition. Poor nourishment retards foal development. Supplement with liberal grain rations and use grain straw as bedding.
Near-Poetry Contest Critique by Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Richmond Times-Dispatch condemns a Bray Brasch insanity plea amid a tainted poetry review. It mocks Brasch and questions the Charlotte Observer’s quality while praising a cryptic geon pa line and lauding a local critic Andrew Jackson Andrews as a star in near poetry.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Brasch
Worge
The
Charlotte Observer
Andrew Jackson Andrews
Charlotta Observer
Wash safety note on rare injury statistics
A cryptic line states only one person washed in Ting lid last year among 70 million journeys, and one injured in every 2.3 million. The fragment references rare safety outcomes without clear context or details.
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Tinglid
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