Five Women Die After Suicide Pact Breaks Up
A note from Miss Brook at the State Normal school last year unveiled a suicide pact among ten girls, all daughters of prominent farmers. Four deaths are confirmed with others gravely ill. Miss Kate Farrell aged 80, Miss Misa Brook, Miss Elizabeth Wetcher, and Miss Lily Milburn among the fallen.
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Tyr
Bonnpretty
Lily Milburn
Centerville
Misa Brook
State Normal Summer School
Ti Ja
Supreme Court Sets Road Use Rights for Cars in Iowa
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that automobile owners have rights on public roads but must exercise them with care for others using highways. In a case involving Cramer driving past a blacksmith shop and a horse team, the court reversed a lower court ruling, finding Cramer not negligent and denying damages.
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Supreme Court
Rentonabie
Supreme Court of
Towa
Crawmer
Blackswaith
Pefora
Hugh Houge
Gramer
Washtul as an aid to love in courtship case
Banker B S Grubb of Farrar faces a suit alleging he won away Morrison’s wife, with Morrison’s mother-in law testifying Grubb helped with washing and milking. Morrison seeks $12,500 claiming the banker’s actions ended his marriage. The case centers on alleged interference and support for the Morrison family.
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Dolng Wouxenaork
B.S. Grubb
Farrar
W. M. Morevison
Morrison
Cald
Town police face murder charge over farmer’s death
In Johnson county a prominent young farmer, Wallimyth, dies after an alleged night clash with Night Policeman Gilpin. Gilpin says he and another officer tried to arrest the Smith brothers. a struggle led to blows. Wallimyth’s head injury proved fatal in court.
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Wallymith
Johnson County
Smith
Rick
Gilpin
Well
Smiths
Walter
Negro servant honored after thirty years with Lacey family
Mrs Lacey refuses to quarantine the elderly servant in a pesthouse for measles saying Sam has cared for them too long. Health officers approve his return to the Lacey home to await recovery, despite potential two month quarantine.
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John FW
Lacey
Sleahold
Sam
Sanld
Nesta
Colorado ranch yields linked figures in Cooper case
Miss Alice Cooper the Bird Woman sculptress and H N Hubbard Cedar Rapids attorney are found with Mrs Sarah Cooper at a Colorado ranch near Carbondale. Charlotte Wilson, sister of Mrs Cooper, cites a two year marriage to Hubbard. An attorney says Mrs Hubbard and her husband will separate with no divorce.
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H. N. Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Feans Wif Will Murder After Threata Ac cusres His Lyonske
A Des Moines session heard John OM Tas per county legislator candidate accuse his wife of threats and attempted murder inside their home. He described irrational outbursts and a vow to fly into a cage. The case follows prior domestic strife and a sleepless night after threats toward him and their adopted daughter.
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John OM
Tasper County
Coffin
Des Moines
Elo
Smallpox Holds Drummer Towns in Southern Iowa
Smallpox outbreak prompts strict quarantines across several towns in southwestern Iowa. Hiverton enforces entry bans with armed guards at roads. travelers locked in at hotels while drum mers, truckers, and other carriers face travel restrictions. Stiverton reports five new cases. Sidney and Tramburg brace for arrivals. Riverton escapees are recaptured as mail deliveries halt to prevent spread.
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Iowa
Hiverton
Stiverton
Sidney
Tramburg
Riverton
Revival meeting seals fate of young auditor in Des Moines
Miss Prudence Vanenlder, 20, of Lorry, listened to a revival sermon by Myra Scott A Ladd wife of Chief Justice Todd. She was rendered speechless two weeks ago and remains dumb with partial paralysis. A tube was inserted between her teeth to aid speech. Des Moines visitors report curiosity and some claim sudden conversion from the event.
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Tate
Prudence Vanenlder
Lorry
Myra. Scott A Ladd
Todd
Lina
Des Moines
Perry Fire Destroys Four Stores in Six Months
A Sunday blaze in Perry, Iowa, destroyed four businesses including N. F. Dignan’s Dokery and grocery and S. L. Auten’s barber shop, with estimated damage around 25,000. Fire officials, aided by Perry’s volunteer department, fought winds that sparked six other buildings. Des Moines readiness was unused.
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Merry
Perry
Aca. N. FL
Dignan
Dokery and Grocery
S. L. Auten
J. D. Boyden
Des Moines
Miss Lillian Amath Dismisses Albright With Diamond Rule
In Voorhees public school Miss Lillian Amath punished farmer William M. Albright after he demanded redress for a supposed wrong. Brought to the threshold he was halted. she seized a poker and struck him, prompting him to retreat. Town citizens then awarded her a raise from 30 to 40 dollars monthly and a diamond ring.
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Voorheen
Peenent
Lillian Amath
Voorhees
Wiliam M. Albright
Albright
Made Dumb Goes Mad Woman Afflicted In Pontab
Rosa T. Irwin 23 wife of a Creston farmer was committed to Mount Pleasant hospital after a day of work and a severe headache left her speechless. Believing she was punished for sin she grew distressed, leading officials to seek treatment.
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Pontabmunt
Rosa T. Irwin
Creston
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Buried Alive Under Sand In Guthrie Center Area
Richard Ellin aged 16 dies after being buried while four others, including an 18 year old, work a pond dune tunnel on a father's farm four miles north of Guthrie Center. A younger brother and farm hand were present during the dig. The father runs a hotel business in Menio.
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Richard Ellin
Guthrie Center
Richard Eilis
Iis
Syere
Ells
Wils
Menio
Prominent Burlington Cigar Maker L. M. Jaeger Dead
L M Jaeger a Burlington cigarmaker active in State labor circles and three term legislator died from a hemorrhage in Burlington. A ten year old girl named Mildred Stumpf had her right arm blown off in Duburne by her brother’s gun discharge. she is not expected to survive. Mrs Philip Launspach was badly injured by a fall on an axe at her Durango home, blood poisoning developing. A.A Barker a Black man was fatally shot and Detective Johnson wounded after a gunfight during Barker’s capture following a knife stabbing of a Negro woman south of Dew Moines.
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L. M. Jaeger
Burlington
Mildred Stumpf
Duburne
Philip Launspach
Durango
A. J. Barker
Johnson
Barker
Dew Moines
Tragic Lake Michigan Fire Claims Five Lives On Naomi
A passenger and freight steamer Naomi of Crosby Transportation Co burned on Lake Michigan while en route from Grand Haven to Milwaukee. About seventy five more escaped by leaping to nearby ships Kerr and Kansas as crew and rescued passengers recount a perilous night. Four crew passed away in the Naomi’s forecastle and a fifth victim, J. M. Rhoades of Detroit, died of injuries after hospital arrival. The ship burned to the water’s edge and sank into harbor as rescuers aided survivors and collected bodies.
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Pye
Naomi
Crosbyransportation Company
Lake Michigan
Grand Fhivon
Milwaukee
Kerr
Kansas
Port
Cou
Judge Hargis Freed in Kentucky Murder Trial
In Lexington Kentucky Judge James Hargis was found not guilty in the murder of Town Marshal Thomas Cockrill. The case, part of a Breathitt county feud, followed a long trial with over fifty witnesses and connections to conspiracy claims. Curt Jett testified against Hargis while having confessed to killing Marcum earlier. This marks Hargis second acquittal after Beattyville last July.
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Mim
Lexington
James Hargis
Thormas Cockrill
Cockrill
Jackson
Breathitt County
Jackwell
Hargis
Ed. Callahan Kind
Cochill
E. D. Cox
J. B. Marcum
Dargis
Curt Jett
Marcum
Afty
Hargra
James B. Marcum
Beattyville
Young Girl Shot In Angre. Four Italians Held
Lena B. Reaves a 20 year old woman was shot and killed in Angre Pa. It is not positively known whether she fired the shot into her own head or was murdered. Four Italians are held in connection with the case.
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Lena B. Reaves
Angre
Prohibition War in Kansas Reaches Court Ruling
Kansas Supreme Court appointed receivers for the property of all breweries doing business in Kansas. The state claims the right to confiscate property of illegal businesses. Brewers largely silent but back Annheuser-Busch of St Louis, which plans to contest the order. The receivership rule rests on the 1891 prohibition law.
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Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
United States
Annheuser-Busch Company
Bt Louis
Passenger death rate high in December railway bulletin
The Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin reports 3,965 total train collisions and derailments in the December quarter last year with 1,480 deaths and 19,514 injuries. It notes 180 passenger deaths in train accidents, four times the general quarterly average since 1904, with previous peaks of 228 in 1904 and 347 in 1903.
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Hathway Triton
Quaerter
Interstate Comerce Commission
prominent rulers and magnates reveal personal quirks and power
The Sultan of Turkey favors animals and keeps a famed Yildiz collection. The Norwegian king once apprenticed in the Danish navy. The Russian czar dislikes solo photos but accepts group shots. Moroccan bandit Ralauli traces lineage to Mula Idris. Leopold of Brussels tops European wealth, while the German Emperor speaks extemporaneously. Lord Cromer shuns dinners in Egypt. M Rouvier finances a Paris daily for Banque du Paris et des Pays-Bas.
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Norway
Ning Mottha
Russia
Ralauli
Mula Idris
Leopold
Brussels
Europe
Lord Cromer
England
Egypt
M. Rouvier
Paria
Banque du Paris Et Des Pays-Bas
Conger Dies in California After Notable Diplomatic Career
The article profiles Thomas C. Conger born in Galesburg in 18XX who served as Illinois congressman, state treasurer, minister to Brazil and China, and ambassador to Mexico. It notes his early war service, legal work in Galesburg, banking venture in Dexter, Iowa, and later diplomacy including China during the Boxer uprising and the 1902 treaty negotiations. He resigned Mexico post in 1905 due to ill health and died in Pasadena, California, on a Saturday.
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China
Hinaho
Denn
Cal
Illinois
Harrison
Sherman
Conger
Galesburg
Dexter
Iowa
Palicies
Congress
Brazil
Peking
Roosevelt letter defends small families against Cronin critique
The Review of Reviews piece on “The Doctor in the Public School” draws Roosevelt into a dispute with Dr. Cronin. The president rejects claims that birth defects link to large families and cites Massachusetts statistics and athlete trends to argue for the vitality of small families and against eugenic teachings in American society.
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Cronin
Roosevelt
Shaw
Review of Reviews
Massachunetts
Bond Theft Details Emerge in Trust Company Robbery
The Trust Company of America bond heist unfolds as Lean Clerk Douglass confesses a stolen stock value not less than 800000. Dennett and associates allegedly raised about 200000 in cash and loans on the bonds. Officials say 105000 was paid to recover bonds. total loss estimated at 140000, with a 25000 clerk bond. A Boston link remains unproved.
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Trust Company of America
Douglass
Dennett
Big Associates
Trust Company
Joon
Boston
Notable oddities in a century of quotes and quirks
A string of eccentric claims and caricatures spans public figures and roles. Justice Moody is labeled a blond bachelor. a Kent youth supposedly weighs 878 pounds. a supposed US fish authority earns $1 a month. a Vienna public executioner wears a fortune. a Dublin MP and printer leads a journal. an English actor becomes a priest. and Chief Appah of the Utes criticizes Congress, with a mock warning about making laws.
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W. H. Moody
United States Supreme Court
Charlies Law Watts
Kent
England
Theodore GI
United States
Joseph Lang
Vienna
M. P
College
Dublin
Freeman's Journal
George ‘Vrollape
Sach
Measured market signals and trade activity noted
Markets show steady distributive operations with improved weather aiding wholesale and dry goods sales. Wheat and grain values rise, boosting grower wealth amid heavy crop marketing. Bank clearings reach 27.7 million, down 26 percent from last year’s week. Chicago district failures rise modestly.
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Monty
Brigggeymoaty
Basle Tron
Steet
Waither
Mall Ordeta
Chicago
Unseasonable Weather Impacts Trade and Crop Values
The report notes cold or rainy weather across the Southwest central West South and eastern centers hurting retail trade and reader business, delaying jobber reorders for summer wear and fall men’s wear, with crop damage claims keeping agricultural values high. Wheat and corn exports for the week and year are detailed, along with weekly business failures and Canada figures, based on Bradstreet’s Commercial Report.
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Asken
Canada
United States
Bradstrest
Prairie and City Grain and Livestock Prices Mixed Across Cities
Market listings show Chicago cattle at four to six dollars, hogs up to six fifty, sheep up to five dollars, with grains from No 2 wheat near one dollar and rye around fifty to sixty cents. Other cities report cattle four to six dollars, hogs around four to seven dollars, and futures in oats corn and butter varied across Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and Cleveland markets.
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Chicago
Timothy
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Burney
New York
Toledo
Three trans Atlantic notes dock at New York details
Cable dispatches note three trans Atlantic ships docked in New York within 24 hours. Grants totaling 8100 arrive to the great influx of aliens. A separate item reports King Carlos of Portugal will visit Argentina after a Brazil trip early next year. Elks of the World in Louisville Kentucky filed suit against Secretary McChesney to compel use of their state charter.
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New York
Carlos
Portugal
Argentina
Brazil
Lisbon
Colored Organization
Elks of the World
Loulavial
Secretary of State
McChesney
State Department
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Sheen
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