North Dakota Battleship Launched at Quincy Ceremony
The battleship North Dakota slid from the ways at Quincy Mass amid steam whistles and cheering crowds. Miss Mary Benton of Fargo served as sponsor. Governor Burke, newly reelected, attended. The ship marks a new all big gun type in the American navy with a long forecast deck and ten twelve inch guns in five turrets designed for heavy fire.
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America
Mary & Benton
Fargo
Quincy
Mass
North Dakota
Mary” L. Benton
N.D
Malive
Algald
Issee Burke
Simeilar
Delaware
Newport News
Merth Pakota Dreadnought Ship Details Revealed
Naval experts describe the Merth Pakota as a Dreadnought with two twelve inch guns atop the forward turret, a pair of twelve inch turrets along the roof, a fifth large turret near the aft, and a secondary fourteen five inch broadside battery for torpedo defense. Turbine power is projected to exceed 21 knots.
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Merth Pakota
Anger Over Murder Sparks Plymouth Outcry
Local upheaval follows the murder of Michael Cummings as residents demand justice. A large pool of blood near the track and a fragment of a woman's dress are key clues, with suspicion centering on a club attack and assault before the body was moved. Siblings from Artaneapolis and Clearmont assist investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Cummings
Plymouth
Aly
Mysterious Malady Baffles Corning Physicians
A strange illness grips Corning with three deaths in two days and several more near death. Local doctors are baffled as specialists from Omaha and Des Moines arrive to combat the scourge, reporting bowel obstruction and paralysis with rapid fatal outcomes.
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Corning
Omeha
Des Moines
Bibb Insurance Chief Arrested in Des Moines Conspiracy Case
CG W Bibb, head of Bibb Insurance, faced conspiracy charges in Des Moines as authorities from Des Moines and Minneapolis arrested him. He was taken to an undisclosed location for processing after the alleged operation details emerged from the Guaranty building in Minneapolis.
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CG. W. Bibb
Des Moaines
CW. Bibb
Bibb Insurance Company
van' Building
Minneapolis
College man arrested for grand larceny charges Iowa State
A. F. B. Higgins, a graduate of Iowa State College living in Ames after graduation, was arrested and held to the grand jury on a grand larceny charge. President Storms had received theft complaints and enlisted a detective agency. two men worked on the case, with Higgins’ arrest following.
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State College
A. F B. Higgins
Iowa State College
Ames
West
Storms
Higgins
Tiny Crandall Girl Grows Fast At One And A Half Years
Dorothy Crandall, Tona's smallest child, ages eighteen months, gains about a pound monthly and weighs seventeen pounds. Born weighing only a pound and a quarter, she appeared doll-like. Parents Arch H. and Mrs. Crandall reside in Waterloo. father is nearly 200 pounds.
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Dorothy Crandall
Tona
Arch H. Crandall
Waterloo
George Weare Dies After Operation at 73
George Weare president of the State National Bank and a prominent Western banker died following an operation for a testing trouble six weeks earlier that revealed an incurable condition. He was seventy three and the eldest resident of Sioux City, arriving in 1850.
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George Weare
Low
State National Bank
West
Mr. Weare
Sioux City
Funmaker Is Shot in Raymond Halloween Party
Henry Phillips, sixteen, was shot in the breast during a Hallowe'en celebration in Raymond. The bullet deflected by a rib and the injury is not serious. No one knows who fired the shot. The accident ended the town celebration.
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Henry Phillips
Hallowe'en
Ivy Poison Claims Zelpha Purcell in Boone Social Circle
Zelpha Purcell, a prominent young woman in social circles, dies from ivy poisoning contracted six weeks ago in the town of Boone. The illness developed after exposure at a woos event, with local society mourning the loss of a well known figure.
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Zelpha Purcell
Ivy Polaonine
Boone
Woos
Miner Falls Two Hundred Feet at Enterprise Shaft
Jesse Huxftord, a miner at Enterprise, plunged two hundred feet into the shaft but survived with only a slight fracture of the leg accompanying no other injuries.
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Jesse Huxftord
Enterprise
Cedar Rapids Baseball Club Sold After Poor Attendance
Cedar Rapids stockholders vote to sell the baseball team due to weak attendance last season. The move follows financial strain and uncertain future prospects for the club and its fans.
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Wilk
Cedar Rapids Basebal Club
Postmaster Shot by Insane Man in New York Street
Eric H B Mackay, a 31 year old English stenographer, shot Postmaster Edward Morgan in front of his West One Hundred Forty-sixth Street home then killed himself. The motive cited mail tampering claims, dismissed as groundless. Morgan survived a superficial abdominal wound. Mackay had recent inquiries from Morgan’s office and was found with a dagger and sling shot. he formerly worked in Boston before dying.
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New York
Edward M. Morgan
Mackay
Postoffice
Washington
Postofice
Tha Tré
Hunt, Hill & Betts
Mackey
Boston
Dorothy Morgan
Broadway
One Hundred and
Forty-sixth Street
Mr. Morgan
Postmaster Morgan
B Mat
Eric H. BR. Mackey
Be, al. Morgan
New York City
H.W. B. Mackey
Cambridge
Boston Woven Hoge and Rubber Company
Sewasy
Iowa Returns Show Taft Plurality Surging Past 10,000
In partial Iowa returns Taft leads with a large plurality, estimated near 70,000, higher than McKinney in 1896. The entire Republican state ticket appears victorious by wide margins. Cummins has an overwhelming win for U S senator over Lacey, with Jamieson defeating Hepburn in the Eighth district. The assembly will meet Jan 12 to elect Cummins to the unexpired Allison term, then Garst becomes governor upon Cummins resignation.
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Tafts
Iowa
McKinney
Cummins
United States
Lacey
Eighth
W. D. Jamiieson
William P. Hepburn
Rep
Jamieson
Shenandoah
State Senate
Tepburn
Congress
General Assembly
Albert B. Cummins
Allison
Moet
Cumming
Warren Garst
Love
Washington
Des Moines
Garst
Taft
Bes Moines
Lois
Killed While Hunting in Tragic Gun Accident
Jackson Stafford of Biminksburg was killed when a gun discharged during a hunt. The blast tore away part of his chin nose and an eye while a fragment of jaw lay 50 to 30 feet away. He walked to the barn and, unable to speak, conveyed his will by nodding and squeezing a wand until death. Stafford, a timber man aged about fifty, left a widow five sons and seven daughters.
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Jackson Stafford
Biminksburg
Stafford
Barr
Ex-Postmaster Commits Suicide in St. Loom Hotel
Former postmaster C D Goterholt aged sixty of Town Ofb and later resident of D Mothes killed himself in the Kirkweed Hotel at St Loom. He was found by his nephew C Woodbridge after a visit and had suffered mild dementia for some time.
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C.D. Goterholt
D Mothes
Ahat
St. Toom
Kirkweed
C. Woodbridge
GetS Twenty Years Convicted Man Sentenced
George Young was found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Tank Parker near Kollogg on June 19 after a six hour jury deliberation. He waived postponement and received a twenty year sentence in the Madison penitentiary. Art Holbrook, a Manchester jeweler, was accidentally shot while hunting near New Vienna. he suffered a severe wound but is expected to recover.
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George Young
Tank Parker
Kollogg
Twesday
Young
Aladison
New Vienna
Art Holbrook
Manchester
Lloibrook
Brother shoots brother in tragic Vorhees incident
Six year old Harrold Blilutt lies dangerously wounded at Vorhees after a twenty two caliber bullet discharged by his twelve year old brother Earl. The bullet entered the led's stomach and was found in his stocks. In a separate note two men, Jota Schwendinger aged forty and Lewis Traut aged nineteen, drowned while bathing in the Mississippi River at Dubuque.
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Brian B
Harrold Blilutt
Vorhees
Earl
Hig
York Sun
Misztestop
Dubuque
Jota Schwendinger
Lewis Traut
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Artaneapolis
Clearmont
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Asylum
Xeerer
H. W. Beebe
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One Price Clothiers
Sox
Tan Het
Emmetsburg
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