Iowa bankers honored in East
Eldora December 3 Iowa has produced many able financiers and bankers. Chicago directors and officials recognize this by naming former Iowa country bankers to key posts including William T. Fenton and Frank O. Lowden at the National Bank of the Republic and R H McKinney at the National State Bank of Burlington. George M Reynolds of Panora becomes treasurer of the American Bankers association and vice president of the Chicago Clearing House. Henry Myer and Ralph Van Vechten also hold senior roles in Chicago banks. Fred W Thompson remains with farm loan work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye
Chicago
Eldora
Iowa
William T. Fenton
National Bank of the Republic
Ottumwa
Frank O. Lowden
Hardin County
R. H. McKinney
National State Bank of
Burlington
George M. Reynolds
Continental National Bank
American Bankers’ Association
Reynolds
Panora
Henry Myer
First National Bank of Elkader
Hamilton National
Chicago Clearing House Association
Secret meeting in Eighth district advances Rooseveltism
A Creston Iowa gathering of Republican leaders from across the Eighth district endorsed railway rate regulation primary law anti-pass law and general limits on corporate political activity. The effort aims to mobilize district newspapers and petitions as Roosevelt Republican clubs form in Adams and Union counties with leaders J B Harsh John O Keefe Richard Brown and D A Porter driving the campaign.
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Creston
Eighth
Eighth District
Taylor County
Common People’s Republican League
Albert I. Smith
Congress
Ringgold County
W. F. Miller
Garden Grove
L. W. Lewis
College Springs
Common People’s
Square Deal
Taylor and Ringgold
Adams
Union Counties
Roosevelt Republican Clubs
Union County
J. B. Harsh
Gov
John O'Keefe
Richard Brown
D. A. Porter
Senator Turner at Work Promotes Progressive Republicans
Senator Dan W Turner of Corning allies with progressive Republicans in the district. He openly challenges standpat blockers with vigor and supports anti pass and primary bills voted for in the last legislative session despite corporate allies' pressure.
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Turner
Dan W. Turner
Corning
Adams-Taylor
Chamberlain's Remedy Promoted for Bowel Complaints
Advertising copy touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the world’s most successful medicine for bowel issues. It claims to cure chronic diarrhoea and warrants every bottle, sold by Frank S. Shriner in November.
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Chamberlain
Frank S. Shriner
Hopeville Disincorporation Ends Pioneer Towns Era
Clarke county records reveal Hopeville, once Clarke county’s first town, to be disincorporated after a court ruling. Lack of funds, absence of qualified officials, and tax exemptions for widows and soldiers led residents to petition for dissolution, with dissolution likely to place the area under Doyle township after next March.
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Murray
Clarke County
Hopeville
Osceola
Marshall
Aries
Doyle Township
Conan Doyle’s Sir Nigel Fetches Record Sum for One Story
Rumor ties Conan Doyle to a 25000 dollar payment for exclusive printing rights in a single publication The Record-Herald notes the deal makes Sir Nigel the highest price paid for a story in America with no book-form rights This Sunday Magazine installment sets up a literary sensation for months.
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America
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel
Conan Doyle
Sir Nigel
Record-Herald
Avoca Man Guilty in Second Degree Murder
In Avoca Louisiana on December 3 Elmer Noel was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the September 14 killing of Lee Addison. The crime occurred in a coal shed near the Rock Island depot after Addison left an ante mortem statement implicating Noel.
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Avoca
Elmer Noel
Lee Addison
Noel
Rock Island
Addison
Physicians to Unite to Fight Malpractice Suits
Council Bluffs Iowa December 3 To establish a fund for common defense of physicians across Iowa and to fight malpractice suits is a proposal before the Iowa Medical society and will be voted on at a Pottawattamie county doctors meeting next Tuesday The plan faces both support and opposition with critics arguing most suits arise from opportunistic legal action while supporters say united defense could deter frivolous cases and protect practitioners
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Council Bluffs
Towa
Towa Medical Society
Pottawattamie County
United Defense
State Medical Society
Thanksgiving Half Fare Offer for Burlington Route
One third off round trip tickets within 200 miles on the Burlington Route. Sale dates November 20 and 30, good for return travel through December 4. 37-21.
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Burlington
Iowa Marriage Law Question Raised in Council Bluffs Case
The first Iowa case tests if a marriage to a Nebraska divorcee during the six month rule is lawful. M A Sweney is charged with unlawfully marrying Mrs Ball, who had a Nebraska divorce. Nebraska argues the decree fixes status everywhere until impediment ends, affecting many Nebraska residents marrying in Council Bluffs. The issue may reach the Iowa supreme court and affect other such marriages.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
M. A. Sweney
R. A Ball
Ball
Sweney
Lowa Supreme Court
Young Girl Leola Duvall Ends Life At Home
Miss Leola Duvall aged nineteen committed suicide by taking rough on rats at her parents home two miles north of Keosauqua. The act is said to have been caused by temporary insanity after she had previously left home without notice and once disappeared for weeks before being found. She came from a well known Van Buren county family and was highly respected.
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Keosauqua
Leola Duvall
A. J. Duvall
Miss Duvall
van Buren County
Plank Teen Drowns After Ice Hole Incident
Independence Iowa December 2 Perry Plank sixteen son of John Plank skated with friends on the river when he fell through an air-hole. He was seized by cramps and sank before rescuers could reach him. The body was recovered about an hour later.
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Independence
Perry Plank
John Plank
Death Ends Jew's Ill Luck in Minsk Massacre Link
Sam Sorochow, who had been ill in Sioux City while his family was in Russia, died after an illness and a fatal fight. A Minsk dispatch reports Sorochow’s entire family was killed in a massacre there, following his return and recent pneumonia.
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Russia
Sioux City
Sam Sorochow
Minsk
Sorochow
Leaves Estate to Charity in Sioux City Orphanage Fund
The $2,000 donation from the Margaret OConner estate increases the diocesan orphanage building fund in Sioux City. Rev. P J OConnor, son of the deceased and pastor of St. Josephs Catholic Church, plans to apply the gift to the project under Bishop Garrigan's direction. Other large donations have also been received.
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Sioux City
P. J. Garrigan
Margaret O’conner
P. J. O'Connor
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Carrigan
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