Garter jealousy sparks fatal clash at Ames college
The tale centers on a long feud between Miss Clemens and Wash Doshl over a garter from a college Christmas prank at Ames Simpson Methodist college. Clemens confronts Doshl in an attorney general office after a torn tale of deceit. Doshl lies in critical condition at Mothordhat hospital in Des Moines.
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Clemend
Carl Ti
Washington
Anil Mray Clemens
Cleméns
Hey Husband
Stymin Nu
Cletena
Wash
Gleneus
Dosl
Hig
Dosh
Matrimonial Bureau Ring Busted in Rail Scheme
Avresty and Dex Molars are arrested by Chief Allman’s secret service in Thes Moinrs. Police found a stash of stationary and letters in their apartment. Mary White, a wife, and a pamphlet with photographs and descriptions of 150 would be brides were uncovered. Correspondence shows suitors were solicited, and tickets were sold after failed matches. Many letters from men seeking wives were seized.
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Avresty
Dex
Wiliam Powers
Allman
Uhe
Great Northern Rail
Why's Secret Service
Womn
Mary White
Mary
Doctor Dahl Arrested After Fatal Abdominal Operation
In Fort Dodge a surgeon Dr Dahl was arrested on a manslaughter charge after Mrs Boyd Bowen died following an abdominal operation. Reports state the doctor made an incision and severed intestines in two places, despite no need to interfere with the digestive tract. Nurses and others allegedly restrained him as the patient died.
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KK. Dahl
Wort Dose
Town
Hield
Wang
PL. Dahl
Wort Dodge
Boyd Bowen
Dail
Dahl
Marcodes
Bowen
Fort Dodge
Doevtory
Young Woman Arrested in Washington for Larceny
A 20-year-old woman claiming Iowa as home and giving Dubuque as her origin was arrested in Washington on larceny charges. A local jeweler reported a $20 brooch missing. the suspect appeared with the pin, was detained, and offered limited explanations about needing money for a trip and a rehabilitation effort.
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National Canlivl
Dubuque
Grace Villeo
Ik v
Washington
Slice Claimsa
Man shoots self near Monroe. 25-year-old Roy Berry found dead
Roy Berry of Monroe township was discovered in a field near his aunt Sarah Kerry's home with a single shotgun blast to the head. A double barreled shotgun lay at his feet. neighbors believe suicide though no clear motive is known.
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May Verry
Peet
Sayveral
Roy Berry
Monroe Township
Sarah Kerry
Telegraph Operator Rewarded for Life Saving
Milestone story of W B Gearhart of Madrid a 50 year old telegraph operator who saved Mrs Thompson and her daughter from a freight train in Melbourne in 188? for which the Thompson estate of Chicago awarded him $10 000. The event highlights a heroic act many years ago and the ensuing reward.
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W. EB. Gearhart
Madrid
Milwaukee Road
G. C. Thompson
Chivenga
Gearhart
Great Western
Melbourne
State teetering on anti PAGS statute case test
A garbled report describes Burt and Jade Chueh Maktox challenging a 2007 Towns Legislative act in Gedene County. The Central attorney general and Stari Linke officials face writs of habeas corpus as Jason Schultz argues constitutional issues. Judge Church upholds the law, with Schultz likely to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Jade Chueh
Chuveli
Gedene
Wismadd VI Selult
Stari Linke
Central Attorneyy
Thera W
Gentral FL
Court voids condition on girl's annuity in will
Des Moines court struck down a provision requiring Alice Mott to marry a trustee-approved man to receive a life annuity from her uncle's estate. The judge ruled the clause against public policy, noting trustees could object to any spouse, potentially forcing the annuity back to the estate. The girl, aged 14, is relieved by the decision.
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Lemoine Mott
Des Moines
Alice Mott
Dudge W. Ff. Melfenry
District Court
Alice
Woman Saved Two Lives in Marakaltown Incident
In Marakaltown Mia Tiarey Melivide, wife of a blacksmith, intervened to prevent a double crime as James Benge, a temperamental man in his sixties, attempted to shoot his wife and another and then cut his throat. A surgeon bound the wounds, and despite heavy blood loss, the assailant survived barring sepsis.
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Marakaltown
Mia
Tiarey Melivide
Marslachtown
James Benge
Huisal
Benge
Hiad
Jong
Objects to Affinity Business Ends in Family Turmoil
Hero Hurband, famed for saving his wife during a fire, is disgraced after authorities allege infidelity. In Ottumwa, Mrs. Anderson had him jailed following a confrontation at another woman's home. She tearfully vows to fight to win back his love despite the scandal.
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Hero Hurband
Ith Wratory
Raward Anderson
Ottumwa
Hero
Irs
Hidden Cash Found in Stove Sparks Treasury Inquiry
George Cunningham, a Lehigh farmer, stored about $4,000 in a satchel and hid it in an old stove. A household fire moved the money, now awaiting a Treasury Department valuation in Washington, as authorities determine the ashes’ worth and legal fate.
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Treasury Department
Washington
George Cunningham
Lehigh
Cunninghaim
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Taxation of Foreign Stock
Iowa's Supreme Court holds stock held by Iowa residents in Illinois and other foreign corporations may be taxed in Iowa regardless of the corporation's home state. The ruling arose in a case from Henry County regarding $17,100 worth of Western Wheel Scraper Company stock in Aurora. Executors had contested the suit, winning in lower court.
Child Struck by Train in Iowa City Tragedy
A year old girl Elva Babcock was struck by an incoming passenger train hidden behind a Rock Island freight. Trainmen believed she was dead until two university medical students at the scene cleared her airway and restored breathing. An operation was performed but recovery is unlikely.
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Rock Island
Elva Babcock
Iowa City
Short State Items from Melylnea and Surrounding News
Appointments note a postmaster at Westfield, C M Evanson resisting. Telegraph reports a brutal murder of Harrison Weel, formerly of Green Mountain, learned from Hager Center, Nebraska. Rev Isaac Stoddard, founder of Methodism in eastern Town since 1857, died suddenly while praying to live on to care for relatives. A A Parry, Monroe County prosecuting attorney, dies at Albia home after months ill. I M Willits, a leading Des Moines traveling sinew, dies at home from apoplexy. A revival at Pope Joy Congregational Church reports 38 conversions and 6 backsliders reclaimed, with the town moved by gatherings.
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Melylnea
Westfield
Rice
C. M. Evanmeson
Harrison Weel
Green Mountain
Hnager Center
Neb
Isaac Stoddard
Methodiam
Waterloo
A. A. Parry
Monroe County
Albia
I. M. Willits
Des Moines
Popejoy
Ocean Railroad Across Florida Keys Opens
The novel railroad line trends over concrete arches across shallow ocean waters from Knight's Key toward Key West, with through sleeping cars from New York and Chicago and ferry connections to Havana. The project, largely completed, uses tall masonry embankments, drawbridges, and rock protection to guard the track, set about thirty one feet above high water for panoramic sea views.
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Hagler
Keys
Floridi
Eigthity
Knights Key
Sid Regalty
New York
Ohicago
Key West
Havana
Knight's Key Los
Wingler
Kuy Weat
Davana
Toutist Seipen
Kilgh's Key
Minuit
Adamt
Kight’s Key
Florida
Homestead
Miami
North America
Key
Culliniers
Atlantic Ocean
Global Events and Conflicts Across Nations
A mosaic of historical notes spans tremors in Tayui Island and Canada Japan immigration deals, Tehran peace, Aeronaut Eldriot’s accident in Paris, a Russian war corps plan, Berlin school needs, Portugal republic hope, Kaiser scandal fallout, Prince Bernard death, Russia’s fleet plans, German court intrigue, and a Mavorca pretender Sultan proclaimed amid French troop tensions.
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Canada
Japan
Yollee
Serba
Persia
Reigna
Teheran
M. Eldriot
Paris
Russian War Department
War Automobile Corpu
Harry Farnum
Harden
Altacka
Prince Bernard of Sasenditnor
Luechegini
Merlin
Russia
United States
Mavorca
Roosevelts commissions report on strike order crisis in Nevada
President Roosevelt released the commission report on the Goldfield strike crisis. It criticizes county and state officials for failing to act, notes federal troops will stay until the next legislative session, and highlights the operators and workers tensions over wage cuts and employment.
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Roosevelt
Nevada
Goldfield
Bynries
Atte Wand
Fredermald
Bede
Presidiut
Gulddéld
Westhuir
Two Cent Fare Law in Pennsylvania Voided by State Supreme Court
Federal courts open as Missouri ruling voids charters. Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds 2 cent fare law as constitutional by 4 votes to 3. Railroads championed the reform, filing suits in Common Pleas and Philadelphia County, while Missouri ruled a state law forfeiting railroad charters for removing cases to federal court unconstitutional.
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State Supreme Court
Common Meal Court of
Philadelphia
Hastara Railways
Kausag
United States
Supreme Court
Pennnsylvania Railroad
Conmet Pleas Court
Phiadelphia
Severn
Pennesylvania
Rail car charges eyed as freight demand wanes
Proposals to cut per diem freight car charges are under study by the American Railway Association due to New York, New Haven and Hartford troubles and softer business. Wisconsin telegraph stations face closures with eight hour day rules. some offices to stay open by telephone. Federal court in Montgomery blocks enforcing new state laws on exten sion session, pending Central Trust Company action. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific earnings rise in October, but net income falls due to higher operating costs from heavier traffic and wage increases.
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American Railway Association
New York
New Maven
Hartford
Wisconsin
Badger State
Congress
Federal
Montgomery
Ala
Central Trust Company of
Georgia Central
Louisville and Nashville
Allied
Thomas G. Jones
Goy
Comer
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Chicago bank easing signals early industrial revival
Favorable banking trends bolster expectations for quicker industrial improvement. Payments through banks rise to the highest in eleven weeks, aiding factory operations and employment. New demand lifts iron and steel prospects, construction activity plans move closer to initiation, and wholesale trade shows renewed strength as winter stocks shrink.
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Trailures
Chicago
Jun
New York Weekly Trade Report Summaries Markets and Bank Failures
New York reports show continued Unaneint siai tion and improving collections, aided by colder weather and price cuts in trade lines. Retail distributions improved but overall demand remains below normal, with late spring trade predicted in some regions. U.S. failures for the week ending Jan 16 total 431, down from 435 last week and 295 a year ago. Canadian failures stand at 44, down from 63 and 0h.
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New York
Tormal
United States
Uradstreet
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains Across Cities
A dense list of bid prices and grade names for cattle hogs sheep and grain across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and more. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye butter and clover seed plus shipping offers and quality grades.
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Ling
Timothy
Indianapolia
St. Tnotlsa
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Scharley
Toledo
Ste
Standard Must Face Trial in Suffalo Court Decision
Judge Hazel overruled Standard Oil demurrer to indictments returned by a Jamestown grand jury last July. Seven counts total over 1,700 allegations. In Chicago, U S district attorney seeks higher supersedeas bond as Standard appeals a $20,340,000 fine imposed by Judge Landis.
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Standard
Hazel
United States
Suffalo
Standard Oil Company
Grand
Jamestown
Chicago
Standard Corporation
Landis
Police Commissioner Warns of Corruption in New York
Police Commissioner Bingham criticizes city crime control as compromised by political influence. In his annual report he claims magistrates and judges ally with politicians to shield offenders and urges removal of political interference from policing amid election machinery.
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New York
Bingham
Nanertlon
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