Iowa Bride Swap Causes Marriage License Mix Up
In Webster City Iowa a would-be groom Powell fainted after learning a license had been issued to another man. He soon found his fiancée Grace Naslund pledged to William Enburg, 20, who secured his own license January 17. Powell then confirmed Naslund would wed him next day. The license was returned by a justice of the peace who had granted Enburg the license to marry Mrs. William Inburg.
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Lowa Wiliw
Saltor
Frank Powell
Falm
Webster City
Powell
Grace Naslund
Icenge
Justice of the Peace
William Inburg
Enburg
Naslund
Iowa Apple State Triumph at Denver Show
W Murphy of Mills County won two silver cups valued at 260 dollars each and cash prizes after leading Iowa’s exhibit at Denver. He and two others topped the National Horticultural Congress sweepstakes, bringing the grand silver cup to Des Moines for display. Murphy also claimed all prizes at the Town exhibition, urging Iowa to focus on fruit as it does stock and grain.
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W. Murphy
Mills County Plucka
Denver
Iowa
J. W. Murphy
Mills County
Murphy
National Horticultural Congress
Des Moines
State Horticultural Society
Freight congestion grips Burlington division yards
Q road is badly tied up as Creston and other Burlington division stations face a year’s backlog of freight cars. Yards at Galesburg Beardstown Brookfield and other points are jammed as officials scramble to move stock. Heavy storms disrupted movement, cars were stranded, and spring shipments have created a tangled backlog across the system.
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Creston
Burlington Road
Galesburg
Beardstown
Brookfield
IOWA SCHOOL AFTER PINCHOT FORSTER TO HEND AMEN COLLEGE
State Board of Education Control considers Gifford Pinchot as successor to Dr. A B Storms, president of Iowa State Agricultural College Ames. Friends may visit Pinchot with an invitation to come to town. Also notes Sidney Esden, a Sidney boy at Annapolis Caval Academy, rising in class. John Kane of Muscatine charged with bank fraud of 475 dollars. Dudley Gregory burned by kerosene explosion lighting fire. A two year old drank kerosene left near stove, in critical condition.
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State Board
Ank
Hend Amen College
Gifford Pinchot
State Board of Education Control
A. B. Storms
State Agricultural College
Ames
Pinchot
Sidney
Herbert Esden
Caval Academy
Annapolis
Cook Fisden
Keroner
Charles Pine
Mason City
Indianola High School Earns Top Enrollment Rank
Indianola, a town of about 4000, reports the sixteenth largest high school enrollment in Iowa. The Indianola high school hosts 311 students under Superintendent C B Smith with twelve instructors, beating several larger towns in pupil numbers.
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Haanl
Indianola
Iowa
Ames
Boone
Creston
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Indianela
C. BE. Smith
Lumber Sheds Destroyed In Incendiary Fire
The lumber sheds owned by George A. Albright in Lisbon burned with contents, a $5,000 loss and $3,000 insured. Fire suspected incendiary after kerosene-soaked rags were thrust through a window. hydrants frozen hampering efforts. No clues to the culprit. Also reports: Farmer Swallows Silver Dollar at Low Moor party, Delhi fire razes two buildings, and Walter Patton dies after being found unconscious under a bridge in Oskaloosa with foul play suspected.
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Binbous
George A. Albright
Lisbon
Peter Christianson
Low Moor
Eddyville
Walter Patton
Iowa Central
Oskaloosa
Mason City Elks home to be completed in March
The new Mason City Elks home will be completed in March with fixtures and furnishings costing about $4,000. Other items note Tipton man McLain indicted for forged checks, held on bonds. Des Moines river works to deepen navigation. Goos Lake drainage hearing set. various local incidents and political events across Iowa.
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Mason City
Chardan
Des Moines
Roland Bros
Adel
Silvers & Co
Corning
H. W. Byers
B. ¥. Carroll
Des Moines Auditorium
Walnut
Keokuk
B. Kemper & Sons
Muscating Island
Charles Copeland
Batavia
Swope Murder Charge Faces Dr. Hyde in KC
In the Swope death case, Dr. B C Hyde was arrested for first degree murder in Colonel Thomas H Swope who died October 3 1909. Hydeniat medicate diagnosis and typhoid epidemic illnesses are noted. The case outlines a supposed poisoning with strychnine as investigators press for truth.
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Thomas H. Swope
B. C. Hyde
Kansas City
Muder
Hyde
Colonel Swope
Balloon flight plans for Atlantic crossing from Berlin to Teneriffe
The dirigible voyage arranged by Joseph Brucker begins May 16 from Berlin to Teneriffe. New York promoter L. Schwartz and the Ganz Company of Mannheim back the effort. Built in Hamburg the balloon measures 6,000 cubic feet with two 50 hp motors and carries six engineers. The first leg should take four days, aided by prevailing trade winds. Two steamers accompany, leading the airship by two days.
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Atlantica
Joseph Brucker
Berlin
Teneriffa
Ban on Cold Storage Foods Proposal
Alderman Dennis J. Wigan presented to the Chicago City Council an ordinance prohibiting cold storage men from keeping supplies for more than sixty days. The measure aims to regulate inventory cycles and reduce spoilage in city warehouses.
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Dennis J. Wigan
Chicago
College hoops near miss as Chicago rivals Northwestern fall
Chicago University basketball beat Northwestern 44 to unknown, while Yale topped Princeton 27 to 44 in a swimming meet at Princeton with a water polo win 10 to 6. Kentucky farm plans to send 44 youths to Fasig Tipton sale in New York. Kansas trotter Pat My Boy set a 2 17% time with $1,700+ winnings. Menomonie high, defending state champs, beat Stillwater high 34 to 15.
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Chicago University
Northwestern University
Walnut Hill
Kentucky
New York
Madison Square Garden
Kansas
Pat My Boy
Yale
Princeton
Menomonie
Wia
Stillwater High
Robbers Blow Safe and Loot Chatsworth Bank in Illinois
Five masked men overpowered night watchman William Galil and baker Albert Korbar, bound and gagged them, then blew open the Citizens National Bank in Chatsworth. They escaped with 8500 dollars in cash and silver after disabling outer and inner doors, as explosions wrecked the interior.
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Citizens’ National Bank of
Chatsworth
Water Works
Chivong
William Galil
Albert Korbar
Cabill
Train Robber Pleads Guilty Implicates Two In Contention
George Eheling confessed to robbing the Missouri Pacific train near Eureka Missouri on January 21. He pled guilty in St Louis to a mail robbery charge and implicated W W Lowe and his brother James Lowe plus S W Emerson. The Lowe brothers and Emerson deny the charges.
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Hureka
George Eheling
St. Louis
W. W. Lowe
Wheling
James Lowe
S. W. Emerson
Lowes
Emerson
Post Office
Dickson
Ebeling
Lowe
Pardon Allows Ohio Convict to Take West Virginia Job
Governor Harmon pardons Richard Jenkins, an Ohio convict released from prison to work as a foreman in a tin plate mill at Uhrichsville. He was part of a duo tied to a saloon brawl in Liverpool where one man was killed. the partner received ten years. The pardon defies the rule that paroled prisoners may not leave the state.
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Ohio
Harmon
Richard Jenkins
West Virginia
Jenkins
Uhrichaville
Liverpool
Real Estate Dealer Kills Intruder in Chicago Office
Jacob Bedek, realty man at 137 Hast 118th Street Chicago, drew a revolver from a desk and killed Bruce Morgan after Morgan demanded $1,500 from the safe and threatened the dealer. Morgan fired twice as Bedek shot, mortally wounding Morgan while Bedek was seriously wounded in the head by one of Morgan's shots.
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Hast 118Th Street
Chicago
Jacob Bedek
Bruce Morgan
Brock
Morgan
Spreckels Widow Dies as Trust Held Invalid
Mrs Anna Christina Spreckels widow of Claus Spreckels died at her Howard street mansion in San Francisco. Superior Court ruled the trust clause in the will invalid under California law, denying Rudolph and Claus A Spreckels most of the estate.
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Spreckels
Dias
Anna Christina Spreckels
Claus Spreckels
Howard Street
San Francisco
California
Rudolph and
Claus A. Spreckels
Chicago Trade Review Notes Mixed Signals Amid Recovery
R G Dun weekly review cites favorable train activity and rising freight tonnage, with bank solvent payments improving versus last year. Yet new demands for finished goods are down, iron and steel markets cautious, and several large buyers wait on heavy consumption. Bank clearings reach $259,007,099. rail failures total 38 in Chicago district with 7 over $5,000.
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Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Market Quiet Yet Preparatory Trade Shapes Spring Campaigns
New York markets show steady yet restrained buying as buyers gather for spring campaigns. Reports cite plentiful buyers but cautious purchases in northern and central western markets. Fears of a coal strike drive heavy railroad and manufacturing buying. Week Feb 10 saw 249 U S business failures, up from 232 prior week, with Canada at 99.
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New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
Boston Brother Sentenced in Cambridge for Larceny and Forgery
Charles S. Cummings of Boston was sentenced in Cambridge to eight years for larceny and uttering a forged note. Town Treasurer John B. Lonyard of Farmingham testified for the State after turning State's evidence.
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Charles S. Cummings
Boston
Cambridge
Mays
Mira
John B. Lonyard
Farmingham
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John Kane
Lone Tre Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
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Dr. B. W. Warner
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Hero Hulsmann
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Dr. Hyde
Swope
Chrisman Swope
John G. Paxton
Logan Swope
Christman
Edward L. Stewart
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