Miller Buys Free Press With Mount Pleasant Move
Stanley Miller of Washington Iowa buys the Free Press of Mount Pleasant and will take possession immediately issuing his first paper next week Morcombe Cedar Rapids writes a history of Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M of Cedar Rapids Mayme Jensen dies at Manning after sudden illness post mortem shows spleenic trouble James Esden injured skating at Duncan's ice pond Sidney fractured jaw broken arm several teeth and lip cut in a racing collision recovery noted
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Stanley Miller
Washington, Ia
Free Press of
Mt. Pleasant
Jos. E. Morcombe
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Crescent Lodge No. 25
James Esden
C. J. Esden
Duncan
Sidney
Beppler Hurt In Candy Factory Elevator Incident
Clinton Beppler of Waterloo Candy at 320 Sullivan Avenue narrowly escaped death after his head was caught in an elevator machine at the Bluff Street factory Monday afternoon. He suffered a badly wrenched neck and scalding burns but no bones were broken and he should return to work in a few days with precautions. The report also notes a State University of Iowa Athletic Union meeting planned for December 20 in Iowa City to elect new officers and reorganize, with Fred Moore as current president and improved finances from the recent successful season.
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Clinton Beppler
Waterloo Candy Company
Sullivan Avenue
Bluff Street
Beppler
State University of Iowa Athletic Union
Iowa City
Fred Moore
Athletic Union
Des Moines man of Sioux City real estate ties suicides after despondency
Cavanaugh of Coon Rapids once claimed to uncover a den of murderers in Des Moines and was adjudged insane. In Sioux City Thomas E Altman 42 a prominent real estate man committed suicide with a revolver after despondency over business. He leaves a wife and four children.
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Cavanaugh
Coon Rapids
Des Moines
Clarinda
Thomas E. Altman
Sioux City
Fourth Wedding for Veteran Captain Cressy
Capt Frederick J Cressy of Los Angeles a former Monarch Insurance president and prominent G A R man reportedly married a fourth wife after a rapid sequence from engagement to wedding in November and December.
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Frederick J. Cressy
Los Angeles
Monarch Insurance Company of
Des Moines
Wild Man Captured North of Anita After Month of Terror
A so called wild man was trapped three miles north of Anita by organized farmers. He terrorized locals for over a month, slept in school houses and under bridges, was jailed in town, but escaped during the night and remains at large. He gave the name John son and claimed no origin or destination.
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Anita
Johnson
Brasch and Gadiet Runaway From Soldiers Orphans Home
August Brasch and Eddie Gadiet, boys from the Soldiers Orphans home, fled the facility days ago. Brasch was found and returned, while Gedient remains missing, with authorities hoping he is with relatives in Davenport.
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August Brasch
Eddie Gadiet
Brasch
Davyenport
Wealthy Osceola resident Enoch Evans found dead in barn
Enoch Evans, a prosperous Osceola Iowa resident, was discovered dead in the barn that long served as his home. His ascent from a young arrival to a wealthy hoarder is shrouded in mystery and unlikely to be solved.
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Enoch Evans
Osceola
Iowa
Woman's Relief Corps Elects Officers in Missouri Valley Iowa
The Woman's Relief corps of Missouri Valley Iowa has elected officers to lead the organization. Details on names and positions are recorded in the local meeting minutes.
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The
Woman's Relief Corps of
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Local Officer Dies by Own Action in Corning Hotel Room
J. D. Flenniken of Shinnston West Virginia died in his Corning Iowa room from opiates used to ease heart and stomach neuralgia. A coroner's jury ruled death by own action after a long inquiry. A letter to Mrs Elija J Scoot Cedar Vale Va described illness on a train en route to Little Rock Ark and asked she claim his belongings. He left $35 with a bank cashier to cover burial expenses. Mrs Scoot has not been notified.
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J. D. Flenniken
Little Rock
Ark
Finniken
First National Bank
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Purchaser Can Recover Liquor Payments
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court holds it illegal to ship liquor c o d into Iowa and purchasers may recover money paid. In John Hamilton vs Schlitz Brewing Co the court orders $5,000 returned for beer shipped c o d to Linn county. The decision distinguishes shipments with bills of lading and drafts, and notes jury questions on intent for shipments in batched form.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines
Iowa c
Supreme Court
Ced&r
Clinton Loses A Pioneer W E Young Dies In Clinton
W E Young aged 61 longtime Clinton resident dies after rheumatic illness affecting his heart. Born November 16 1844 in New York he moved to Clinton at age 11 and worked in groceries before joining C Lamb Sons lumber firm. Survived by wife and daughter Mrs Marvin B Poole of Chicago. Also A J Spreter longtime Clinton dry goods man died in New York City after fifteen years away.
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Clinton
W. E. Young
Mr. Young
New York
C. Lamb & Sons
Marvin B. Poole
Chicago
A. J. Spreter
New York City
Clinton Dry Goods
Towle & Spreter
Seventy-ninth Street
Spencer Banker Ackley Hubbard to Head Sioux City Bank
Spencer Iowa December 16 Ackley Hubbard longtime cashier of Citizens National bank and former president of Citizens Savings bank and Town State Bankers association will become cashier of First National bank of Sioux City at the start of the new year and move there His Spencer banking interests have been sold to J H McCord of Sioux Rapids along with the banks of Royal and Webb County officials note possible involvement by C B Mills of Clinton or Homer Miller of Des Moines in the McCord transaction
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National Bank
Spencer
Ackley Hubbard
Citizens National Bank
Citizens Savings Bank
First National Bank of
Sioux City
Town State Bankers’ Association
West
J. H. McCord
Sioux Rapids
Royal
Webb
Clay County
Citizens National
C. B. Mills
Clinton
Homer Miller
Des Moines
Mr. McCord
Wreck injures several on Rock Island train in Waterloo
The Rock Island fast mail No 8 collided with an open switch in Waterloo Iowa plunging through five loaded box cars. Engineer Markling and Fireman Hervert suffered serious injuries while several clerks and passengers were bruised.
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Waterloo
Rock Island
Markling
Hervert
Burlington
A. H. Peterson
Fairbin
Minneapolis
C. V. Farnum and Baby
Skyston
Iowa
King May Be an Iowan Minister Believed Son of Swedish King
Swedish crown officials completed an inquiry in Des Moines into Rev. C. O. Carlson's background. Carlson died four years ago and may have been Carl XVs son, rumored to have vanished from Sweden. he resembled Oscar II and reportedly went to America with a fisherman and foster parent. Officials then traveled to Denver to consult Mrs. Carlson.
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Carl XV
Sweden
Des Moines
Wolfgang Lund
Ludwig Anderson
Swedish Crown Secretarial Department
C. O. Carlson
Oscar II
America
Carlson
Oscar 1
Light on McWilliams Murder in Iowa Church Past
Dr Pye a former Independence pastor sheds light on the McWilliams murder case. The multi murderer claimed marital dissatisfaction as his defense after slaughter of his family. McWilliams was acquitted in a prior church trial despite insider belief of guilt, and Mrs McWilliams endured domestic unhappiness afterward.
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McWilliams
Charles City
Dr. Pye
M. E. Church
Independence
Destructive Keokuk Box Factory Fire
A blaze in Keokuk Iowa destroyed the Harrison and Deitz box factory in the lumber district. Loss estimated at $10,000 with $5,600 insured on the building and $400 on stock. The firm handles a large shipping trade and orders from Detroit and nearby. Origin of the fire is unknown and firemen arrived after it had gained headway. Nearby lumber yards and factories faced danger but escaped harm.
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Keokuk
Harrison & Deitz
Harrison
Detroit
Rock Island
Triunfo Coffee Offered by Chas. A. Herring Co
Advertisement note announces Triunfo Coffee for sale by Charles A. Herring Co. at 40-a2t with emphasis on uniform quality and purity.
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Chas. A. Herring Co
13 Year old Ames Boy Cribs Large Corn Harvest
John Zumwait, 13, son of Dan Zumwait near Ames Iowa, husked and cribbed between sixty and sixty five bushels daily during the season. He set a single day record of seventy bushels of corn, praising the hefty harvest from the golden crop.
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Ames
John Zumwait
Dan Zumwait
Runaway Accident Injures Prof Teeters Family in Iowa City
Mrs Teeters and her two year old son were dragged by a frightened horse when a carriage ran away in Iowa City. The child appears to have suffered a skull fracture. Medical staff from the State University hospital are attending the boy, as witnesses describe the chaotic crash that left the carriage crushed against a fence post.
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Iowa City
W. J. Teeters
College of Pharmacy
State University of Iowa
State University
Hattons Celebrate 64 Years of Marriage in Clinton
Mr. and Mrs. F. Hatton marked sixty four years of marriage at their Clinton home on West Main street. They welcomed about forty descendants to a family reunion as the couple, ages 86 and 84, recall their 1841 Cayuga county New York wedding and 1854 move to this county. He was born in England and she in Troy New York.
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Clinton
F. Hatton
West Main Street
Hatton
Cayuga County
New York
Mr. Hatton
England
Troy
N. Y
High School Couple Run Away to Marry in Sioux City
Henry Albert Wallace twenty one and Vena Wigand eighteen from Ida Grove obtained a marriage license in Sioux City yesterday amid a runaway romance. The couple, both high school scholars, left their homes and planned to wed despite their ages.
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Sioux City
Henry Albert Wallace
Vena Wigand
Ida Grove
Relations Stir Over Youths Sought by Angry Parents
The search centers on two youths pursued by upset parents. A. F. Wallace, head of the Ida Grove Exchange Bank, is identified as the boy’s father while Henry Wigand, a prosperous farmer, is named as the girl’s father.
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A. F. Wallace
Ida Grove Exchange Bank
Henry Wigand
Bit Off End of His Nose in Fort Dodge Brawl
In a White saloon fight Sam Pure bit off Jake Longs nose. Naval bone exposed and Long bled heavily. Bystanders say a bystander reported the severed piece was carried away by a dog. Long remains on his back to stop bleeding and faces lifelong disfigurement. No arrests yet.
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Fort Dodge
Sam Pure
Jake Long
For Rent or Sale Half Section Farm in Jackson Co Minn
Describes a well improved half section farm in Jackson county Minnesota located one mile from a good market. Advertising for a quick bargain to the right buyer or renter. Inquiries directed to J W Daub ney or FE Lewis Lakefield Minn. 40-2tx.
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Jackson County
Minn
J. W. Daubney
FE. Lewis
Lakefield
Notice to Fairfield property owners on paving assessments
Property owners along South Depot Street and surrounding alleys in Fairfield Iowa are notified that the City Clerk holds a plat and schedule detailing property locations descriptions and costs of brick paving and cement curbing by McCarthy Improvement Company Davenport Iowa. The schedule lists the proposed assessments for each property and 20 days from first publication to respond.
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South Depot Street
Fourth Street
Sixth Street
Fairfield
Iowa
McCarthy Improvement Company
Davenport
McCarthy Provement Company
Dave Iowa
City Council to hear objections on plat and schedule
Objections to errors irregularities or inequalities must be written and filed with the clerk. The city council meeting at 8:00 p m on the specified day in January 1906 will consider such objections and decide on approval or amendment and approval of the plat and schedule.
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WM. L. Long
Property Owners Notice on East Street Assessments Fairfield
Notice to property owners along East Burlington Street from the west line of B street to 528 feet east of H1 street in Fairfield Town. A plat is on file in the city clerk’s office for review.
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Burlington
East Street
Burlington Street
Fairfield
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Iowa State Briefs
Mayme Jensen
Manning
C. Newfind
H. B. Coe
Susan Smith
Amelia Richison
John Brinker
H. J. Rainbow
E. J. Casey
Waterloo Yards
King
Denver
Mrs. Carlson
Candy Kitchen
Harry Bowman
Laner & Corneliar
East
Side Bakery
East Side Bakery and
R. H. Spence
L. Votrouber
Fairfield, Lor
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