A Minister of War and a Queenless Morania Plot
Morania's minister of war Kretschmar faces a moral crisis as Lieutenant Bellinzona, a Russian plotter, awaits a death warrant. A doomed sister, Marion, pleads for mercy and the minister plans escape with the conspirator. A stormy night shadows a hidden door and a self-inflicted blow ends the plan. The weak King Rupert fears losing control as danger closes in.
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L. Williams
Kretschmar
Morania
Bellinzona
Rupert
Marion
Perils and Plots Tilt Morania as Bellinzona Fears
In Morania an escape plot tightens. Lieutenant Bellinzona resists fleeing without Marion while Kretschmar plans a secret flight with him as a private. John Braithwaite uses disguise and forged papers to escort Marion out by rail as a matron of thirty five.
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Bellinzona
Rupert
Kretschmar
Humbert
Morania
Czar
Maravia
Marion Bellinzona
Marion
Braithwaite
Arthur Bellinzona
Russia
Mademoiselle
John
Mary Braithwaite
New London Mob Tries Lynching Over Mrs Lee Case
In New London Iowa August 3 a mob attempted to lynch Victor Lee as Deputy Sheriff Campbell escorted his wife to Mt Pleasant asylum. Eggs were hurled at Mr and Mrs Green Lee as they returned from Mt Pleasant. Brakeman Drinkall was covered in yellow paint. Lee was spirited away and his whereabouts remain secret.
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Victor
Lee
New London
Victor Lee
Campbell
Mt. Pleasant
Green’ Lee
No. 4
Mr. Pleasant
Brakeman Drinkall
Infant Body Found In Iowa River Near Belle Plaine Bridge
Near Belle Plaine Iowa workers found a box on a sandbar containing a newborn infant wrapped in quicklime and weighted with a flatiron and horse shoe. The box likely fell from the bridge ten days earlier. A coroner's jury ruled a crime occurred with no clues to the perpetrator.
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Belle Plaine
Iowa
Iowa River
Muscatine Sees Suspense Over Missing Carl Brady
Muscatine August 5 reports a missing man case after Carl Brady vanishes for two weeks. Police question William Nagle and Josephine Collette who are held on possible links to the disappearance. A body found in the river sparked suspicion but could not be identified.
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Muscatine
Carl Brady
Cincinnati
William Nagle
Josephine Collette
Brady
Nagle
Miss Collette
FINE FARM HOME BURNED NEAR ME DIAPOLIS
The large residence on Ebey Luckenbill’s farm east of Northfield burned today at Mediapolis Iowa. Mr. Luckenbill and family left for Mediapolis and while dining with their daughter Mrs. Fred Heizer a telephone warning arrived about the blaze. The fire destroyed the main part of the house though the two front rooms downstairs were saved. No explanation for the fire is known.
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E. Luckenbill
Mediapolis
Ebey Luckenbill
Northfield
Fire origin noted in Des Moines County house blaze
A residential fire investigation points to an origin within a house covered by Des Moines County Farmers Mutual Insurance. The insured dwelling suffered damage and the cause is under review by local investigators.
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Des Moines County
Water works policy debated in Council Bluffs
An ordinance proposes city purchase of the water works or a new plant. It levies two mills for a sinking fund and two mills for a water works tax to pay for the system. a city expert would value the present plant if bought, or estimate costs and feasibility for a new plant. The water works company is urged to submit a sale proposition as its charter expires next January. Meanwhile a fight in a separate report left Harder with a knife wound and finger amputation from blood poisoning.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri
Water Works Company
German Picnic Beer Sale Draws $3,000 Damage Suit
John Harder of Minden township sues Henry Schoening and Chris Risse for $3,000 claiming beer was distributed at a celebration at Schoening's home in Council Bluffs Iowa on August 2. The suit seeks damages over alleged injury from the beer distribution.
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Council Bluffs
John Harder
Minden Township
Henry Schoening
Chris Risse
Schoening
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Praise
A Winslow Alabama merchant Mr. W. T. Taylor credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with prompt pleasant relief for diarrhoea and colic on his farm. The remedy is advertised as a home remedy and is for sale by Frank S. Shriner with an August date.
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Chamberlain
W. T.taylor
Winslow
Ala
Frank S. Shriner
Hired Man Loved Domestic Sparks Tragic Attempt
G A Lyberger of Tabor Iowa swallowed arsenic after the hired girl Nellie Dawson refused him. He survived the attempted suicide despite vomiting and his grief. The incident occurred on the Dan Roads farm southwest of Tabor.
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Tabor
Dan Roads
G. A. Lyberger
River Styx
Nellie Dawson
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Ervigor
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Chicago
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