Novel Question Rises in Estate Claim in Iowa
In Bluffs Iowa Mrs Minnie B White's claim to part of Henry White's 60000 estate faces challenge by his nephew and executor George White who argues the second marriage was illegal under Kansas law. White and his young wife lived together briefly. the will ties widow’s share to a lawful marriage and the validity of Mrs Tennant White’s prior divorce is under dispute.
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Kansas
Bluffs
Minnie B White
Henry White
George White
White
Fromohn K. Tennant
Kansas City
Iowa
Jasper County Farmers Host Two Day Corn Contest
The Jasper County Farmers Institute held a two day session with farmers from nearby counties. Forty five entered the corn contest with prizes of five and three dollars for winning yellow and white corn. Judges announced winners as first second and third place, including Sam Hughes J C Eggert F R Bennett J R Marshall Frank Wiltbank A H Seyforth. The event was sponsored by The First National Bank of Jasper.
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N. Ia
Jasper County Farmers’ Institute
IS. Trigg
Des Moines
State Register
J. C. Hawkins
Jasper County
Atkinson
First National Bank
Sam Hughes
J. C. Eggert
F. R. Bennett
J. R. Marshall
Frank Wiltbank
A. H. Seyforth
Drainage convention draws large attendance in Mason City
The Northern Iowa drainage convention held in Mason City attracted many from Cerro Gordo Hancock Worth Floyd and nearby counties. Secretary W H Stevenson opened with remarks on ditch and tile drainage and the new drainage law including damages and benefit assessments. Ashbaugh outlined the arithmetic of benefit assessments and the session yielded profitable discussion with many joining the State Drainage Association. This is the first of four northern Iowa county drainage conventions called by Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Iowa
Cerro Gordo
Hancock
Worth
Floyd
Iowa State Drainage Association
Board of Supervisors
W. H. Stevenson
State Association
Ashbaugh
State Drainage Association
Stevenson
Towa
Lawyers Fleeced Out of 70 Dollars in Washington
Washington Iowa January 12 The law firm Stockhart Bros was swindled out of seventy dollars. The junior member had just returned from Washington state to settle an estate. While the senior member was away a telegram allegedly from his brother ordered an urgent wire of seven hundred dollars which was cashed at Spokane by the swindler. Police in Spokane were notified. The con man is believed to have had inside knowledge of the firm’s affairs and carried out the scam deftly.
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Washington
Btockhart Bros
Washington State
Genk
Spokane
Iowa University inspection prompts new dentistry building need
A five member joint sub committee of Iowa lawmakers inspected the State University in Iowa City. They found the university in satisfactory condition but urged a new dentistry college building. The panel will stay over Saturday night to continue the review under President George E. MacLean and board of regents officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
City
State University
Frank M. Hopkins
Guthrie Center
James S. Jamison
Osceola
R. J. Bixby
Delaware County
Tim C. Clary
New Hampton
George E. MacLean
The
University
McChesney
Board of Regents
College of Dentistry
Profits Rise in Iowa River Fur Trapping
Trapping along the Iowa River turns profitable with hunters from Tiffin Oxford Homestead and Marengo reporting daily pelts. Hills Riverside and Lone Tree show high yields with mink at six to nine dollars and red fox seven dollars. Tama reservation Indians reportedly trap about thirty pelts near Cousals on the interurban to Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa City
Iowa River
Tiffin
Oxford
Homestead
Marengo
Towa
Hills
Riverside
Lone Tree
Tama Reservation
Cedar Rapids
Mother Traces Missing Daughter in Des Moines Case
Linda Brown found 15 year old Amanda Hamans in Ottumwa after her disappearance from Des Moines. She filed charges against her ex husband James A. Hamans for spiriting the girl away and keeping her in hiding before Justice Christy.
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Des Moines
Linda Brown
Amanda Hamans
Ottumwa
Christy
James A. Hamans
Murder Trial at Bloomfield Iowa
Bloomfield Iowa Jan 11 district court hears State versus Chas Cohen indicted for assault with intent to murder over a bar blow to Chas Junkins at the W P Hall show last August. Prosecution aided by Henry C Taylor. defense calls witnesses as identity of Cohen is tested. jury likely by Thursday or Friday.
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Bloomfield
Iowa
District Court
Chas. Cohen
Chas. Junkins
W. P. Hall
Junkin
T. A. Goodson
Henry C. Taylor
Cohen
Tar
W. P. Hall Circus
Short Course Ends at Iowa State College Stock Show
Ames Iowa January 12 The two week short course at Iowa State College ends with a largely attended meet awarding premiums and auctioning prize ears of corn Students learned corn and stock judging and domestic science Horse judging wrapped up with animals from W A Dobson Marion and the famed Glorious Bonnie sire harness horse T W Lawson and Hannibal the prize German coach horse highlighted the session A stock parade completed the event on the college campus
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Ames
Inn
Iowa State College
W. A. Dobson
Marion
Glorious Bonnie
T. W. Lawson
Hannibal
Cato Sells Predicts Bryan as Democratic Candidate
Cato Sells of Iowa told Chicago today that William J. Bryan will be the Democratic presidential nominee in 1908, saying Bryan is the party’s likely choice and the most conservative acceptable to its rank and file. Sells spoke at Lafayette Indiana on Monday night, praising Bryan as the pope of democracy and noting Indiana’s unit backing.
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Chicago
Ill
Cato Sells
Iowa
William J. Bryan
Sells
Lafayette
Ind
Bryan
The
Democracy
Roger C. Sullivan
Robert E. Burke
Samuel Alschuyler
Dunne
Denver
Prominent Des Moines Post Office Official Dies in Nebraska
Des Moines man W. H. Penn died suddenly in Nickerson Nebraska at his hotel from heart failure. He was lingering in good health despite a cold and had served long in the postal system. Penn, of 1405 South Washington street, was assistant superintendent of the Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota division and had previously led the Des Moines office as chief clerk. He began his career in Des Moines after passing the postal service exam about thirty-two years ago and worked on the Rock Island Chicago to West Liberty route for sixteen years.
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Des Moines
W. H. Penn
South Washington Street
Post Office Department
Nickerson
Neb
Penn
United States Postal Department
Iowa-Nebraska
South Dakota
Railway Mail Service
Chicago
West Liberty
Rock Island
Prisoner Brown Recaptured in Fort Madison Visit
John Brown escaped Jasper County Jail last May and was arrested at Fort Madison while visiting co-defendant Jacob Resnyder who is serving an eighteen month sentence there. The pair had robbed Continental Clothing Store in Newton last April and briefly resisted arrest before surrendering after Sheriff Mobberly fired. Brown fled during a courthouse cleanup but was later captured.
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John Brown
Jasper County
Ft. Madison
Newton
Fort Madison
Jacob Resnyder
Brown
Resnyder
Continental
Mobberly
Giant of Legislature Stands Tall in Iowa Assembly
Des Moines January 11. Representative John C. DeMar of Davis county is the tallest man in the Thirty first general assembly. He stands 6 feet 5 and a half inches, auburn hair, surpassing Senator Newberry of Clayton who is 6 feet 3 inches. A staged meeting confirmed DeMar as the giants of the legislature.
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Des Moines
John C. DeMar
Davis County
Newberry
Clayton
House
de Mar
Senator Newberry
Price faction wins Iowa Lillooet Mining annual meeting
In Iowa Falls on January 12 the Price faction defeated the Hancock group by two and a half million votes in a vote on endorsing the Price administration and local officials. Hancock's sole supporter was Jacob Klemme of Elma. no new officers were elected as under British law the same officers stay until the liquidator reports to the court.
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Iowa Falls
Price
Iowa Lillooet Mining Company
Hancock
Price Administration
Jacob Klemme
Elma
Coasting Accident injures six children in Des Moines
A collision of two heavily loaded bob sleds on a Des Moines hillside last night left six children seriously hurt with one possibly fatally injured. Teresa Griffin eight suffered a broken leg above the knee and Earl King sustained severe leg injuries. others less injured include Dale Hyland Mamie Hyland Will McGrain and Homer Bensco ter.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Teresa Griffin
Earl King
Orn
Dale Hyland
Mamie Hyland
Will McGrain
Homer Benscoter
Kidnaps Her Own Child In Marshalltown
Grace Heath Augusta of Denver coerces a closed taxi to take her to a local school where she asks to see her eight year old son. Before any intervention the boy is taken away. The mother, recently divorced, is said to be acting within her legal rights and the grandmother mourns as they are believed to have left town on a morning train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Grace Heath Augusta
Denver
Col
Fortune Found Hidden in Rubbish in Pierson
Mrs. EF C Ruch, while rummaging through an old box in Pierson Iowa on January 12, found $1000 in currency among a mass of papers. The money is believed to belong to Hans Ivers, from whom the house was bought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierson
EF. C. Ruch
Hans Ivers
Child Burned by Lye In Webster City Tragedy
A 15 month old boy fell from a high chair into a can of lye while his mother mopped a floor in Webster City Iowa. He tipping the lye toward himself burned his face ears and nose. The child is in critical condition though not yet fatal.
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Webster City
J. D. Sweazey
Davenport Drugstore Boss Faces Cocaine Charge
Davenport IA January 11 A Riepe a leading local druggist was ordered to appear before Justice J C Hall to answer charges of selling cocaine. The case follows the death of Zip Hammerley from coal gas suffocation while under the influence, highlighting widespread cocaine use in the Latin quarter and among prominent families.
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Davenport
J. C. Hall
Rock Island Grand Jury Returns New Indictments
Davenport Iowa January 11 The Rock Island county grand jury returned new indictments against William Nagel and Josephine Collette for the murder of Carl Brady on Island B near Muscatine They were released after four months in jail but state officials say further indictments can be brought relating to confessions and the delay in trial remains a factor.
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Davenport
Rock Island County
William Nagel
Josephine Collette
Carl Brady
Island B
Muscatine
Scott
Forged Notes Hit Des Moines Farmers
Wholesale forgeries alarm farmers near Des Moines as four notes signed by prominent locals in favor of Capital Creamery Co appear in collection at Valley National Bank. The amounts include 50 dollars for Frank Shrader and 50 dollars for J A Schmidt, with the creamery company receiving the notes from a market agent in payment for separators.
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Des Moines
Capital Creamery Company
Valley National Bank
Frank Shrader
J. A. Schmidt
Debate on football question at Iowa University
In Iowa City the football issue will be debated at the university this year between the juniors of Irving Institute and the Zeta gathian society. Irving Institute proposes that football in its present form should be abolished due to uneliminable objections. The Zets have not yet chosen sides.
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Iowa City
Iowa University
Irving Institute
Zetagathian Society
Zets
Old Conductor Nearing Death in Iowa
Nevada Iowa January 11 A veteran Northwestern employee known as Dad Holton who retired on pension recently after more than fifty years as a conductor lies very ill at his Clinton home. He is one of Iowa’s best known railroad men and a friend to thousands along the main line.
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Nevada
Dad” Holton
Northwetern
Clinton
Iowa
Man wins wife’s fortune after elopement and court ruling
Sioux City farmer D F E Douglass collected about 50 000 in Los Angeles property after a California search showed his wife left it to herself via an inheritance to be claimed in her name. A court ruled the estate belonged to him as Douglass obtained title and a decree nullifying Porter's claim.
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Sioux City
D. FE
Douglass
G. S. Porter
California
Porter
Los Angeles
Omaha
Douglasses
Prison for Ward Healers in City Campaign
Des Moines officials announce rewards for conviction of violators of the new primary law. The Civic league and an anti graft committee vow vigorous prosecution of those who pay or solicit payments for political work. The goal is to curb vote buying and corruption in city politics.
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Des Moines
Civic League and Anti-Graft Committee of One Hundred
Groom Held for Murder Near Colfax
Charles Brice is jailed in Colfax Ia on a murder charge just before his wedding while a suspect named Dan Shasta is sought for a Leadville murder. Brice says he never visited Colorado and worries how his fiancée will view the arrest once she arrives. Police await Colorado officers’ arrival.
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Colfax
New York
Charles Brice
Kendig
Brice
Seever
Dan Shasta
Shasta
Leadville
Colorado
Unable to be tried for murder Nagel Collett released
Henry Nagel and Josephine Collett, indicted for murdering Carl Brady on an island near Muscatine, were released by Judge Gest of Rock Island Illinois for holding without trial beyond four months. They were later re arrested for immoral living in a cabin boat near Brady. The next grand jury may indict on a lesser charge.
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Davenport
Henry Nagel
Josephine Collett
Carl Brady
Muscatine
Gest
Rock Island
Ill
Illinois
Brady
Two Rock Island freight trains collide in Iowa City yard
In Iowa City on January 11 a head end crash between northbound and southbound Rock Island freight trains injured two men and left engineer Homey trapped in a burning wreck but surviving. Firemen Ed Cooper of Riverside and H R Stanton of Cedar Rapids suffered back hip injuries.
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Iowa City
Rock Island
Homey
Ed Cooper
Riverside
H. R. Stanton
Cedar Rapids
Crowe Indicted in Iowa for 1905 Streetcar Hold-up
Council Bluffs Iowa January 11 Pat Crowe indicted here for alleged complicity in the July 2 1905 street car hold up in which about 60 dollars was taken from two conductors and a motorman Arthur Levi is named on the same charge Crowe is held by Omaha authorities awaiting February trial for a Cudahy kidnapping case A gubernatorial requisition from Iowa goes to Nebraska for action after the Omaha case is settled
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Pat Crowe
Arthur Levi
Crowe Crowe
Omaha
Cudahy
Cummins
Towa
Mickey
Nebraska
Fine horse exhibit draws many to Iowa State College
A large gathering of farmers and stock men visit Iowa State college to study a display of horses cattle sheep and swine for the short course. The standout is Jim the champion gelding from the international show weighing 2350 pounds. West annuals from W A Dobson of Marion are also exhibited. Work in departments progresses and the term promises strong success.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Jim
W. A. Dobson
Marion
Die in mine near Albia claims two brothers
Ambrose Shepherd aged 22 and his brother William 18 died in Mine No. 3 at Hocking after a blast that ignited a second charge. Their father worked nearby, escaping serious injury as the two young men died within hours of the explosion.
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Albia
Ambrose Shepherd
William
Hocking
Narrow Escape in Runaway at College Street Viaduct
Roy Switzer of Iowa City narrowly escaped death in a runaway on College street. His sleigh was torn from the frightened horse and plunged thirty five feet into Ralston creek after the four foot railing gave way. Switzer was thrown in the opposite direction and survived as the sleigh was demolished.
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Iowa City
Roy Switzer
College Street
Rock Island Tracks
Ralston Creek
Insanity Declared in Wapello County Case
Henry Russbult of near Morning Sun was brought before the board of insanity in Wapello Ia on January 12. An epileptic since age thirteen his condition worsened leading to dangerous behavior and the board found him insane. He was taken to Mt Pleasant hospital for treatment by Sheriff Saunders at noon.
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Mt. Pleasant
State Insane Hospital
Des Moines
Applegate
Stookey and
Warren
McCollough
Hollenbeck
Kennedy
Carden
Wapello
Henry Russbult
Russbult
Saunders
Blizzard Grips Central and Eastern Kansas
A blizzard prevailed today in central and eastern Kansas and eastern Nebraska. No injuries or further details were reported.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
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Jasper
Farmers’ Institute
Examine University
Legislative Committee
Representative Temple
Temple
Anamosa
Circus
Cato
DeMar
Lye
Couple
Polk County Farmers and Creamery Company
Civic League and
Move
Groom
Chas, Brice
Crowe
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