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Decorah shooting and Anamosa penitentiary cases dominate last week
Reports from Decorah detail a bluejay shooting incident near town injuring Jeffries and others, while Fayette County figures to Anamosa penitentiary reveal pleas and sentences for manslaughter and theft. Health officials report smallpox exposure in Cresco and Paris township prompting vaccination and quarantine. Funeral notices follow for Cashner James Duffy of Waukon, with family losses noted.
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Decorah
Jeffries
Das
Dusty
Mora Smallpoxy
Fayette County
Anamosa
Henderson
Widim Jeffries
Charley Mitchell
England
Tom Childers
Mitchell
Brady
Bolingbroke Club of London
Kennedy
State Board of Health
Paris Township
Howard County
Cresco
Ananosa Penitentiary
West Union Gazette
Hockings
Charley Kohler
Anamesa
Sam Reetney
Frank Burrington
Hobson
Burrington
Cashner
James Duffy
Citizens’ Bank of
James