Two Three Story Brick Houses Collapse in Pittsburg
Flood damaged Pittsburg area causes two three story brick houses to collapse on Penn Avenue. One inmate died? or rather entombed but not seriously hurt. C Anderson rescued after hours. Cracking walls warned residents, many escaped in night clothes. police, fire, and ambulances dispatched. floodwaters hindered efforts. nearby areas report high water and ongoing clean up.
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Pittsburg
Penn Avenue
C. Anderson
Anderson
Berm
Guildir
Lend Aihling
Che
Floml
East Grand Orks Alderman Proposes Qualification Ordinance
Alderman Kelliher introduces a city ordinance requiring council members to be at least 25, of sound moral character, and legally married within sixty days after passage. Failure to qualify can lead to removal from office.
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East Grand Orks. Mim
Kelliher
Cure for Grunkenness Ends in Severe Beating at Gowrie
Mrs. Alan Olgrey of Gowrie beat her drunken husband while he slept, then sewed his blankets to prevent movement. The abuse followed years of alcohol-fueled violence, and the couple agreed he would remain confined to the farm for six months with the farmhand witnessing the agreement.
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Alan Olgrey
Gowrie
Jewerler Jord
Olgrey
Atrs
Somak Chen
Confessing Plagiarism Shocks College Oratorical
Harley H. Gill, president of the Acorningside College Oratorical Association, halted a prize ceremony to admit using an oration not his own. He confessed only to ensure fair scoring as the contested prize shifted to a runner up, amid debate on the school’s next representative in a federal prohibition event.
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Harley HH. Gill
Aicrningside College
Don Binanded
Dean Chandler
Gill
Fide College
Tm A Mudto
Iihe
Erate Prohibition Canresy
Oskabieve
Maren 4
Morrow Receives Five Year Reformatory Sentence
Miles Morrow, a Mount Pleasant man, was sentenced by Judge Roberts in Ottumwa to five years in the state reformatory for assault with intent in a common law slaughter after attacking Mary Judson. Earlier incidents include a shooting of Ben Farrell and a stabbing of another woman, the Tudsen case, rekindling notoriety.
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Ben Farrell
Tudsen
Mail car smallpox scare halts Sioux City mail run
A malady struck a mail car on arrival from Mipehel, S&S. D. injuring George Hl Darke, a railway clerk, who was removed from the car with others. The mail car was detached and the letters quarantined, risking widespread exposure as thousands awaited processing.
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George Hldarke
Endingerag
Des Moines Doctor Shot in Domestic Tragedy
A Des Moines physician’s wife is wounded by her husband M B Davis a druggist jealous and under drug influence He then fatally wounds Dr Miller as he attends the injured woman Police storm the home and arrest Davis He is about thirty and had joined the Catholic church to win his wife.
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M. BE. Davis
Dess Moines
Br. Munnel Amlmer
Davis
Miller
Imsett
Change of Venue Sought in Des Moines for Burns vs Doyle Suit
James F Burns, defendant in a landmark stock dispute over Portland Coal Mining, asks Des Moines district court for a venue change from Pottawattamie county alleging prejudice. The suit has seen two trials. Doyle won the first, Burns the second, with prior judgment for Doyle exceeding 9000 dollars.
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James F. Burns
James Doyle
Portland
Des Moines
Pootawattamie
Fifteenth Judicial Triat
Doylels
Doyle
Burns
Weninule
Conductor George Goodwin Commits Suicide After Dismissal
In Clinton an official informed conductor George Goodwin of his dismissal. He returned on a late train and, driven by worry over the company’s action, shot himself after planning to reach a settlement with the other conductor.
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Nnd
George Goodwin
Clinton
Gray
Gootwin
Conpany
Mrs Bell Taylor Held With Sons in Creston Murder Case
Mrs Bell Taylor and her two sons are jailed in Creston on suspicion of murdering her former husband X Taylor, a former Pres Sott banker. He was shot in his room. authorities say a bullet entered the neck. No revolver was found. neighbors reported she raised an alarm after the death.
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Bell Taylor
Creston
Live Wire Fatality Shakes Fredvrirka Village
Ben Short of Vari Dodse Light and Power warned that a live wire caused a fatality as he left work. In the disaster, fire swept the village north of Fredvrirka, destroying a store a touches shop a church and several homes.
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Ben
Vari Dodse Light and Power Company
Fredvrirka
Stand-Patters Declare for Taft Conference in Des Moines
More than a hundred prominent stand-pat Republicans from across Iowa gathered in Des Moines to outline political aims. They endorsed Taft for president and pledged support, while backing the re-election campaign of Senator Altison.
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Taft
Iowa
Des Moines
Altison
Miners Trapped After Pennsylvania Colliery Accident
Twenty three miners entombed at Sit Valley colliery near Mount Carmel Pennsylvania after a gas explosion. Officials kept details quiet while rescue efforts and fiery services were offered. mine inspector Chimnell and company officials rushed to the scene as workers waited for news.
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Pennsylvania
Pottsville
Sit Valley
Uhout
Mount Car- Mel
Mwori
Ganeway
Cavines
Chimnell
Standard Oil declares quarterly dividend per share
New York February 18 The Directors of the Standard Oil Company say declare a quarterly dividend of 3 1 4 per share. The same amount was paid in the corresponding quarter last year.
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New York
Standard Ofl Company
Save
Murder Confession Ties Step-son To Store Slaying
Bert Hender-Sliter, stepson of Belle Taylor, admits firing the shot that killed Nathan Taylor behind a Cresson confectionery store last Thursday. Officials say Taylor is not mentally responsible and likely to be committed to the criminal insane ward at the penitentiary.
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Cresson
Bert Hender- Sliter
Belle Taylor
Nathan Taylor
Taylor
Hitchcock Quits Postmaster General Aide Role
Washington reports Frank H. Hitchcock has offered his resignation as first assistant postmaster general. The president accepted the resignation and paid tribute to Hitchcock’s services. Hitchcock plans to join the presidential campaign as a manager, with Taft’s secretaryship noted in the coverage.
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Hitchcock
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Mir
Fire Claims Two Fatalities At Limestone Residence
Two men burned to death in a house fire at Limestone X, destroying the dwelling. Five persons were injured, one probably fatally, when a Michigan Central passenger crashed into a New York Central yard engine at Jack Rock XY. Austrian statesman Plener dies in Vienna after long service in government. News also notes the death of writer and artist Valerian Gubayedof in Paris and San Antonio painter Harry McArdle's passing after illness. Sells brothers circus founder Williary Sells dies in New York City.
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Limestone
Maelind
New York
Tebacco
Wellsville
Austria
Eensz Edter von Plener
Vienna
Errih Is
Alamo
San Jacinto
San Aulonie
Tex
di Williary Sells
New York City
Gastrius
Farmer Grain Dealers Meet Opens in Port Dodge
The farmer grain dealers convention opened at Port Dodge with delegates in abundance. Officers were elected: Brown of Rockwell City as president, B Fallaway of Kingsley as first vice president, J H Figen of Barnum as second vice president, G Messerale of Gowrie as secretary, Peter Gomman of Bancroft as treasurer.
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Farmer Grain Dealers
Convernion
Port Dodge
Abndince
Brown
Rockwell City
B. Fallaway
Kingsley
Vic
J. H. Figen
Barniin
G. Messerale
Gowrie
Peter Gomman
B Dougherty
Odor of Sanctity Theory in Saintly Odors
An article in Revue de Paris by des Duis, via Dr. Durware Uentusthenes, argues the aroma of sanctity around saints may arise from physiological and chemical changes. It links scents like cinnamon and rose to aldehydes and ketones produced during normal metabolism or when tissues break down, noting how faulty nutrition could release these compounds through breath, perspiration, and skin.
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Des Duis
Revue de Paris
Durware
Fife
Heavies Ammunition and the Sapauud Candidate Scene
A fragmented Chicago Fribane excerpt describes a tense night scene. An outside guard, a conductor, and an assistant debate a plan to “put the gost back” and “bring the a mute,” amid cryptic dialogue and garbled phrasing.
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Ted
Chicago
Fribane
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