Federal Clerk Under Probe In Des Moines Missing Books
Examiners from the Justice Department probe the United States clerk for the Southern District of Iowa K J Mason over missing ledgers. The investigation began after a fall inspection found several ledgers missing and no trace of the books. Mason claims the accounts are in order despite his tenure as cashier since 1876 and his relation to a Illinois senator.
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Mason
Dex Moines
Demttment of Justice
K. J. Mason
United States
Clark
Iowa
Duaring
F. J. Havvin
Genera Bonaparte
Sinnee
Ang
Grandfather Thwarts Blaze From Baby Clothes Fire
Edward Crowe, passing near his daughter Mrs. Bert Lawrence, stopped to light a cigar and spilled embers on a curtain starting a fire. He rushed back inside, knocked a hole in a wall, and grabbed burning baby clothes. Mrs. Lawrence sustained severe burns to her hands while rescuing items.
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Edward Crowe
Bert Ta Lawrence
Max
Lawrence
Samy
Woman Races to Her Death on Skunk River
Mrs Purdl Seeber, wife of a Sigourney farmer, fled from relatives and her husband, outran pursuers to the Skunk River embankment, leaped into the swollen water, and sank. Rescue efforts recovered the body after a lengthy search. Friday night she vanished. Saturday midnight she returned home in a more rational state before slipping away again while guards were tired.
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Fim
Purdl Seeber
Osr Sigourney
Skunk
Max
Reebrr
Boy Shot Through Lip In Accidental Playmate Incident
Walter Deanery six, son of Mr and Mrs Fran Deanery of Knoxville, was accidentally shot in the upper lip by a BB from a target gun held by playmate Freddie Williams. The ball struck near the lip edge, possibly avoiding fatal injury if lodged elsewhere, as Walter fell to the ground after the impact and his mother witnessed the child's fall.
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Walter Deanery
Walter
Fran Deanery
Knoxville
BR. Bulliot
Freddie Williams
Flintwood Apples Forecast Sharp Increase in Crop
In Glenwool Iowa the heart of the apple growing district, predictions favor a large harvest. Farmers believe later springs reduce frost risk and expect solid soil conditions as grain harvests progress. Attention turns to corn as warm days should soon improve soil and field work resumes.
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Glenwool
Iowa
Iowa Boy Chooses Career With Interstate Commerce
Carleton Landa Reeth of Marshalltown, once a well known youth, has been selected as one of twenty to become chairman of his count for the Interstate Commerce Commission. He previously served as chief clerk in bookkeeping for railroads including the Minneapolis Chicago and St. Louis system, with offices in Minneapolis. Only two in 1,200 applicants passed the civil service exam and sixty five failed.
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WSWM
Carleton Landa Reeth
Iterstate
Commerce Department
Carleton
Marshalltown
Ninneapoe Ug
St. Louis
Town Central
Minneapolis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Civil Service
More Bluffs Saloon Butts Strike County Courts
County Attorney Heas files suit list and twenty eight cases disposed of by May 8. Anti-Saloon League aims to settle local saloon issues in Cornwall Blue. all icons lining up for united tax payment by Memorial Day. Governor Carroll proclaims May 31 Memorial Day observance. Attorney General Byers notes saloon closures must hold on Mondays. Hotel window fall tragedy at Commercial Hotel Mascaine leaves Texsie Eaton lark dead.
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Heas
Sulin Auulunt
Tod
Mess
Aled Thir
Odie
Seach
Amny
HF. Carroll
Lanet
Byers
Mule Kick May Kill Boy Near Creston
The six year old son of Mr and Mrs J I Smith near Creston in Dixon Township was found unconscious with a crushed skull, believed to have been kicked by a mule while in a lot beside the barn. He was missing from home about fifteen minutes before discovery.
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Smith
Creanton
Hott
Creston
Dintty Township
Will Weaver
Din Xaquarely
State Krappenings and County Updates in Iowa Briefs
Waterloo postmaster W M Sindlinger suffered apoplexy while updates report Clarence Larson named secretary of the new State plinmacy board and Frank A Fariday appointed food inspector. Muscatine Redmen raise over 25 thousand toward a 40 thousand dollar clubhouse, while Dubuque indicts fifteen Haquar men for liquor sales. Other notes cover hospital funding in Woodbury County, a half mill tax proposal, a Cascade fire destroying a barn worth about 4 thousand, a Dubuque death from a kitchen door, Alaska judge Ed Cushman appointment, shoplifting in Charles City, a barber shortage in a town, a New Orleans man injured after a box car accident, wolves culled near Corning, Ames College summer studies, lightning killing horses near Marshalltown, Adama County fair dates moved, Marshalltown theft suspects wanted in Watertown, a Waterloo popcorn wagon explosion, juvenile curfew enforcement including parents, Billy Sunday advising Marshalltown students, Davenport theater attachment, a Hucktin timekeeper killed, Col W T Shaw dies at 80, and Des Moines embezzlement charge over burial fund use.
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Krappenings
W. M. Sindlinger
Waterloo
Clarence Larson
Red Oak
New State Plininacy Board
Frank A. Fariday
Creston
Muscatina Redmen
Dubuque
Tama
Indiana
Woodbury County
Cascade
Fred Schneider
Ed. E. Cushman
Washington
Frank Cushman
Brighton
Taft
Alaska
Charles City
A. Schmoldt
Cougin
Eraser
George Davis
New Orleans
F. M. Brown
L. Baldwin
Humbert
Corning
Ames
B. B. Ward
Marshalltown
Ward
Adama County
Crafton
O. H. Green
Green
Flrst National Bank
Miller
Juvenile Court
Des Moines
Atresta
Billy
Marshalltown High School
Iowa
Weat Second Street
Davenport
District Court
Sam Howe
Hucktin
Santa Fs
Fort Madison
Col
W. T. Shaw
Anglona
David Brewster
W Buy Lquor
Trial of Capt Hains in murder case continues
The jury for Capt Peter C Filing Jr faces a lengthy trial over the Bayside Yacht Club killing of William Annis. The defense contends insanity while prosecutors, led by De Witt, press for a formal reckoning of the wife Mrs Hains role and the couple’s past affair. The case, before Judge Garretson, follows the Jenkins Hains trial.
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Peter C. Filing, Jr
L. L
William 4. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Long Island
T. Jenkins Hains
Annis
Mra. Annis
Crain
Garret Garretson
de Witt
Hains
Champion cow Pedro's Estella dies after record butter year
Pedro's Estella, the champion butter Jersey cow owned by Missouri Agricultural College, died after stumbling into a ditch. In twelve months she produced 712 pounds of butter, over 100 pounds more than her nearest rival, and would have earned about $414.75 if milk were sold at six cents a quart.
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Pedro
Missouri Agricultural College
Aha
Estella
Columbia
Bria
University of Missouri
University At
Atiatician
Stella
Boiler accident scalds woman. possible sight loss
Mrs James Shay of Monroe Missouri was scalded when a boiler lid flew off while she boiled clothes. Steam and hot liquid struck her face, risking loss of sight. Witnesses report the lid’s tight fit caused the spill and medical staff attend to injuries.
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Holting Bude
James Shay
Monroe Lis. Mo
Mrs. Shay
Castro Across Headlines Reflecting Unpopular Leader
Digest of editorials from major papers commenting on Castro. Washington Post notes his unpopularity and urgency around Panama Canal matters while other papers mock or question his prospects returning to power in Venezuela. Opinions vary on his legitimacy and potential reception.
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Castro
Panama Canal
Colon
Washington Post
Servia
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Washington Star
Suffragette reportage across papers quoted in humor
A collage of old editorials mocks suffragists and graft scandals. The Milwaukee Sentinel and others lampoon suffrage tactics, while jokes about Pittsburgh graft and public safety leaders appear across multiple papers. The tone is witty, fragmentary, and historically satirical.
Roosevelt Party Lions Hunt In Africa Echoes Of Trip
Theodore Roosevelt leads an African expedition near Nairobi with British and American followers. He bags two lions with his rifle, while Kermit Roosevelt claims one, as FC Selous scouts and local beaters join the celebrated hunt amid great enthusiasm. The event marks a notable milestone in Roosevelt’s famed hunting journey.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Tas
Moris
FC. Selous
Plana
Roosevelts
Graft sentences in Pittsburg indict seven men
In Pittsburg Criminal Court Judge Frager sentenced seven men convicted in recent municipal graft cases. W. W. Hamsey former National Bank president received one year six months and a 1000 fine for bribery. Capt John B Klein councilman got two years and a 1000 fine for bribery and one year six months for conspiracy. Joseph C Wasson and William Brand former councilmen each one year six months and 500 fine for conspiracy. Ti M Bolger bookkeeper two years and 500 fine for bribery. Charles Colbert and John Colbert each two years and 500 fine for attempting to bribe a jury. AL A Vilanck former bank cashier was not sentenced today and is expected to testify in related cases.
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Pittsburg
Frager
W. W. Hamsey
National Bank
John B. Klein
Conneilman
Joseph C. Wasson
William Brand
Ti. M. Bolger
Charles Colbert
John Colbert
Ramsey
AL A. Vilanck
Ban
State Strikes at Railroads Over Rates
Missouri Attorney General files quo warranto in Missouri Supreme Court against sixteen railroads for conspiring to fix passenger rates and for setting freight rates in violation of state anti trust laws. Alternative writ returnable en banc on June 1. Action follows judge McPherson's decision on passenger and freight rates.
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Misnouri
Major Haa
Missouri Supreme Court
Fara
McPherton
Jawa
Panama's First President Manuel Amador Dies
Dr. Manuel Amador, first president of the Republic of Panama, died at 4 PM Sunday at age 76. U.S. Secretary of War J M Dickinson learned of the death at a reception Sunday night. Dickinson expressed U.S. sympathy and noted Amador as a statesman and patriot. The United States would honor his memory by safeguarding the canal fortifications. Amador left a widow, several children, and many grandchildren.
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Canal
Panama
Manuel Amador
Republic of Panama
J. M. Dickinson
United States
Amador
Gosthal
Bocratary
Dickinson
Trade shifts and land openings from 1900s insurance and homestead moves
The New York Life Insurance plan caps new business at 150 million, prompting layoffs of about 1,000 agents and possible foreign agency withdrawals, while Iowa bans Minnesota firms from operating there. A retaliatory measure would bar Minnesota from licenses. An Interior Department order opens about 7 million acres along Wyoming's eastern border to homesteaders with 10 or 82 1/2 acre options, dry farming only, and cultivation expectations tied to size. London Life beats Selfridge in department-store hype as British firms respond with heavy ads.
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New York State Insurance Inova
New York Life Insurance Company
Insurance Department
Iowa
Iaw Bean
Minnesota
Benator M. L. Yosseen
Minneapolis
Towa
Interior Department
Wyoming
Ife of
London
Agoy
Selfridge
Chicago
Papore
Supreme Court Clears Commodities Clause Ambiguity
Railroads win a key ruling on Hepburn's commodities clause. The court upholds the clause's constitutionality but rejects the government's interpretive approach that forced coal property divestiture. It allows indirect control via subsidiaries and mining arrangements, shaping Western and Eastern coal operations. The decision signals a potential shift in railroad ownership and transport practices without direct mine ownership.
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Rallroads
United States Supreme Court
Justice White
Aton
Lehigh Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Roads
Byrenie Court
Congress
Supreme Court
Atock
Corey Plans Copper Combine
William D. Cordy, president of the United Brazen Steel Corporation, seeks a large copper interests alliance to regulate production and curb competition. He aims for backing from Henry H. Rogers, Amalgamated Copper, United Metals and other strong independents after gathering forty leading copper men to review the plan. Most favor the idea though doubts linger about feasibility.
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Steel Corporation
William D. Cordy
United Brazen Steel Corporaion
Economiea
Corey
Henry H. Rogera
Amalgamated Copper
United Metals Sewing Companies
Mer
Engineer Demrick Drowned In Salt River Reclamation Tunnel
Electrical engineer A H Demrick in charge of power construction for the Saltiver valley reclamation project drowned in a 100 foot sluicing tunnel near Phoenix Arizona. A L Varrie assistant to G L Smith in charge of construction at Rotvell was swept through the tunnel with Demrick but escaped the river unharmed.
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Taniele Benton Kwenges
A. H. Demrick
Saltiver Valley
Phoenix
Ariz
A. L. Varrie
Aeulatant
G. L. Smith
Rotvell
Demrick
Train Crash Wounds Swenty and Others Near Delano
Great Northern passenger train now known as the Meyer west bound struck a light engine at Delano Minnesota. About twenty passengers were seriously injured and two day coaches burned. Engineer Andrew W. Watson of St Paul was fatally hurt and rushed to St Marge hospital Minneapolis.
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Eugineee
Great Northern
Delano
Minn
Les
Andrew W. Watson
St. Paul
Iain St. Marge
Minneapolis
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