Fowler divorce ends sensational Waterloo case with alimony
In Waterloo Iowa on January 6 Judge awarded Laura Couch Fowler a divorce from Courtland F Fowler and granted $10 000 alimony. Fowler heads Fowler pilesale Grocery and Mrs Fowler is widow of Judge Couch a former Waterloo teacher who resumes her maiden name Laura Putnam.
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Waterloo
Laura Couch Fowler
F. Fowler
Fowler
Fowler Pilesale
Judge Couch
Laura Putnam
Burlington Discontinues Gasoline Motor Experiments
The Burlington operating department advises stopping experiments with the gasoline motor used to power electricity. A four or eight cylinder engine of at least 200 horsepower is needed but not available. The current three‑render 150 horsepower motor proved unreliable and experiments have cost about $15,000, including $4,500 for the engine.
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Burlington
Ottumwa-Ft. Madison
Het
Government Moves In Beef Trust Case and Resignations
Government briefs in Swift & Co. vs United States, beef trust case, argue conspiracies to monopolize interstate fresh meat trade. Burlington General Manager Frederic A. Delano resigns effective Jan. 10, with speculation over successors and possible moves to Great Northern.
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Washington
Swift & Co
The
United States
Beef Trust
Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Harvard Graduate Delano Returns to Chicago Plans
The narrative notes Mr. Delano, a Harvard graduate, to tour and then return to Chicago to implement long formed plans. He joined Burlington's service twenty years ago as an apprentice in the erecting shops at Aurora and rose to assistant to the second vice president of terminals in Chicago and to superintendent of motive power.
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Chicago
Mr. Delano
Harvard
Burlington’s
Aurora
Conductor Wilkins Named Train Master for West Iowa
Creston Iowa January 6 Conductor T M S Wilkins veteran of thirty years with the Burlington Road has been appointed train master for the west Iowa division vice superintendent succeeding O E Stewart who moved to Ottumwa Wilkins has twice held the post and brings extensive experience to the office.
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Creston
S. N. Wilkins
Burlington Road
West Iowa
O. E. Stewart
Ottumwa
Wilkins
Smooth Grafters Finale Dims Fort Dodge Deceptions
A Fort Dodge swindler known by many names including A. B. Young and Phillips finished his run after fleecing local residents. Posing as a Ridpath Library representative, he targeted victims with fake book offers and indorsements, stealing five to ten dollars from several townsfolk before vanishing. The library group hunts the con man who knew their system and left a trail of small losses.
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Fort Dodge
Ridpath Library Association
A. B. Young
Phillips
Smith
Jones
Iowa
Millard Buck Sentenced to Life in Prison
Millard Buck was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary for the murder of William Porter in Prairie City. The court overruled Buck’s motion for a new trial, finding he premeditated the crime and was not insane.
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Newton
State Penitentiary
Millard Buck
William Porter
Prairie City
Buck
Porter
Three Held for Assault in Winterset Brawl
In Winterset Iowa three men Breeding Wallace and Nelson were bound over to the district court on assault with intent to murder after a brutal fight involving a dozen or more men. A youth named Jones suffered a broken nose and severe injuries. mayor McAndrew, acting as justice of the peace, bound the ring leaders over to the district court.
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Winterset
Breeding
Wallace
Nelson
Jones
McAndrew
Allison Holds The Record For Longest Senate Service
Dubuque Iowa January 9 Senator William B Allison of Dubuque has served in the U S Senate for thirty one years and ten months the longest continuous service in the body He will surpass John Sherman who served thirty one years eleven months and fourteen days though not continuously Allison is 74 and in good health with four years left in his present term No candidates oppose him Spinney legal dispute over stock proceeds leads to court action with spins under scrutiny and a judge's ruling showing Spinney owed 139200 34 to the company and the company owed 125129 67 leaving 13070 67 due from Spinney two thirds of costs on Spinney one third on the company
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A. Delano
Burlington
Chicago
Frederic A. Dela-n
George T. Slade
O Delano
Erat
Slade
Org
But
The
Europe
United States Senate
Dubuque
William B. Allison
John Sherman
Senate
Allison
Dr. Spinney
McVey
Spinney
Iowa man inherits 2000000 from Kimball will
David W Kimball of Wentworth Iowa is 2000000 richer under the will of W W Kimball head of the Kimball Piano Co The will admitted to probate disposes of property valued at hundreds of thousands with the widow Eva M Kimball as principal beneficiary Bequests include 1800000 in bonds and stocks plus the homestead and contents and carriages A codicil adds 100000 to the widow If stock and bonds fall short the deficiency is made up from Kimball Piano Co stock
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David W. Kimball
Wentworth
Chicago
W. W. Kimball
Eva M. Kimball
Kimball Piano Company
Prairie Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Defense Opens In Gallaugher Perjury Trial
Marengo Iowa January 7 1907 state faces second perjury trial against Sarah Ellen Gallaugher in Johnson County court jurors hear repeated murder trial testimony and defense rules begin next week as witnesses recount old stories about the 1902 murder of James Gallaugher with Chas Hollida serving a life sentence.
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Marengo
Sarah Ellen Gallaugher
Johnson County
Chas. Hollida
Fairchild
Milton Remley
Iowa County
Charles Hollida
Rail line pledge in Winterset for tax aid
Officials of the proposed St Joseph Albany and Des Moines railway guaranteed Winterset that if the 5 percent tax passes there will be at least 75000 dollars worth of work in Iowa this year and a pro rata share in Madison county. If not fulfilled the tax is forfeited. Judge A H McVey and Senator Crossley assured a three man committee that substantial backing exists and the line is real.
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Winterset
St. Joseph
A. H. McVey
Crossley
Business Men’s Association
Spinney Ordered to Pay About 13000 to Iowa Deposit and Loan
Judge McVey rules Dr. E C Spinney must reimburse roughly 13000 to the Iowa Deposit and Loan Company in a long Polk County dispute dating back to the bank’s formation. The decision, if not appealed to the supreme court, could end years of litigation stemming from alleged shortages when Spinney left the firm.
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McVey
Des Moines
E. C. Spinney
Iowa Deposit and Loan Company
Advances in Staple Groceries Hit Des Moines Markets
Des Moines on January 6 reports big advances in coffee sugar and other staples with further price rises expected in 1905. Coffee since September up about 4.50 per hundred pounds. sugar wholesale up 60 cents per hundred. standard flour quoted at 6.00 wholesale. Tea and butter rise while eggs fall and fruit prices hold steady with oranges valued around 60 cents retail and about 200 carloads used in the Des Moines area yearly.
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Des Moines
Japan
Vicinity
Risk Lives on Errand of Mercy in Blizzard
In Eldora Iowa a four man Mercy mission during a fierce blizzard nearly froze to death. Dr Louis Chinn and Edward Lingelback guided two others two miles to a farm, battling exhaustion and howling wind for two and a half hours. They finally reached safety, crediting pluck and perseverance.
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Eldora
Wellsburg
Grundy County
Louis Chinn
Herman Peters
Mr. Peters
Dr. Chinn
Family narrowly escapes as farmhouse burns in Iowa snow
Earnest Weberking and his wife with four daughters and a baby fled barefoot through snow to a neighbor’s home after their farmhouse burned down five miles north of Waterloo. Weberking arrived too late to save the fire. The family received aid from neighbors.
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Waterloo
Earnest Weberking
Weterking
Penn Professor Resigns for Boston Pastorate
D. M. Edwards dean of history at Penn college resigns to take the pastorate of the Friends' church in Boston.
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Penn
Oskaloosa
D. M. Edwards
Penn College
Friends’ Church
Boston
Ignored but Unmoved: A Quotation on Indifference
A concise note reflects on how some people react to being overlooked. It weighs social dynamics and the stubborn calm of those who pay no heed to neglect.
Seed Corn Special Brings Lectures Across Midwest Rail Tour
A Burling ton seed corn special will traverse Iowa Illinois and Nebraska with illustrated lectures on soil cultivation seed corn germination and related topics. The second train expands from Iowa only to Illinois Iowa and Nebraska with university speakers in Illinois Ames professor Holden among Iowa speakers and Nebraska lecturers likely during the tour.
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Burlington
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
University of
Holden
Ames
Engine Destroys Moving House Near Fort Dodge
A Lehigh bound train struck a two story house being moved on the Fort Dodge line. The engine passed through the structure, causing heavy damage but injuring the engineer without any fatalities. Movers fled the scene after unhitched horses, unaware of the approaching train.
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Fort Dodge
Lehigh
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