Dowell Withdraws From Seventh District Congress Race
Des Moines reports Senator C. Dowell has withdrawn from the Seventh District race urging progressives to unite. Speculation swirls on a Washington hint influencing the move as Senator Cummings travels to Des Moines and talks of a unifying candidate for the progressive forces.
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Des Moines
Washington
Ganaidate
Senator Cumming
Co. C. Dowell
Congress
Hull
Dowell
Cummins
Dawell Jeaves
F. Prouty
Crofford Pardoning Request Denied by Governor Carroll
Governor Carroll rejected the parole board recommendation to pardon J. W. Crofford of Lamont for second degree murder and sent the case back for further deliberation. Crofford, jailed since April 17, 1905, in Fort Madison, seeks release amid testimony from Dr. Artemis Brown claiming the victim Maud Stone had caused the death herself.
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J. W. Crofford
Fort Madison
Board of Parole
Artemis Brown
Narole Board
Dr. Crofford
Brown
Croford
Carroll
Board
Denatured Alcohol Plant Nears Operation at Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa reports the first denatured alcohol plant west of the Mississippi will start distilling by February 1. The $140,900 facility will produce pure grain alcohol with a denaturing agent and operate day and night. Capacity is 600 gallons daily, requiring 3,200 bushels of corn each day. About 20 workers will be employed at start.
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Marshalltown
Mississippi River
Call for Aid to Quail in Eastern Iowa
Thousands of quail in eastern Iowa face starvation as snow covers fields and blocks winter food. Farmers are urged to scatter grain in barns or fields to save the birds and preserve a valuable game fowl and pest destroyer. Citizens also request farmers kill surplus cats that prey on starving quail along with their premises.
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Iowa
Burlington
Colby Loses Divorce Suit in Mason City
Colby county official Mason City Iowa loses divorce from Florence Leavenworth Colby. Custody of their son denied to Colby for most of year. alimony of 2000 denied. Mrs Colby granted divorce on cross petition with custody March 1 to June 15, must provide care, pays 1000 to ex husband. each pays own fees. Court notes custody remains under court control.
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Mason City
Summerville
Colby
Florence Leavenworth Colby
Kelley
MABRAY CASES SET FOR JANUARY 7
Legal notices describe criminal cases against J C Mabray and about eighty associates for conspiring to defraud via fake races bets and sporting events with demurrers set for hearing January 7 1910 Civil actions against Mabray and others postponed to January 10 in Council Bluffs Ta.
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Council Bluffs
J. C. Mabray
de Touriers
Mabray
Cer
You Were a Grownup Man and Other Quips
A collage of quips and brief exchanges from various papers. A Wichita man jokes about dental pain while friends debate the dentist’s nerve, and pithy lines touch on poetry, luck, enterprise, aging, love, and stage misfires.
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Knansay City Journal
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Glenn A. Shields
Burlington Road
W. A. Wagner
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Marley
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Henry Marley
Lina
Alice Marley
Ottumwa
Ottumwa, Ta
Iowa Sheep Breeders’ Association
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Peoria
Model Clothing Company
TL Sehradzki & Co., Clothiers
St. Louis
Harry Endaley
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Josephine Payne
of Hobson
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Washington Star
Louisville Courier-Tournal
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Emmetsburg
Theile & Orlfke
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