Iowa to sue Western Union and Postal for millions
Iowa Attorney General Byers said suits will be filed against Western Union and Postal Telegraph for penalties totaling millions for failing to file articles of incorporation under state law. Other out of state and local corporations not complying with the 1886 filing rule face $100 per day penalties, with potential dissolution actions and possible loss of eminent domain rights. A separate tragic accident reports a Burlington freight train fatally striking a child near Curtis, with the train crew recovering the body hours later.
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Postal Telegraph
Byers
Iowa
Western Union
Manula
Express Company
Ate
Neral Byers
Courts of Equity
General Byers
Towa
Infant Killed by Train Near Batavia
James Walter Curtis aged eighteen months, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Curtis, of near Batavia, was instantly killed when struck by a freight train as he rode near 8 ncy. The tragedy occurred September 13.
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Walter Curtis
James Walter Curtis
Batavia
President Roosevelt to visit Keokuk October 1
President Roosevelt plans to arrive in Keokuk by train on Tuesday morning October 1 at 9 o clock over the Wabash and depart by steamer at 11 o'clock the same day. Secretary Loeb confirms the schedule from Oyster Bay and Linton oversees baggage transfer to the boat.
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Gate City
Keokuk In
Roosevelt
Keokuk
Wabash
Wm. Loeb, Jr
L. A. Hamill
Transportation Committee
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Iowan asks big damages in Chicago paper suit
Perry Hedrick former Keokuk high school graduate and Chicago sanitary inspector sues the Chicago Tribune for 100000 damages over a sensational arrest report. He was charged with accepting a bribe but acquitted. another suit seeks 10000 for malicious prosecution against George A Beckway. Filed by attorney Charles S. Babcock in Chicago.
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Perry Hedrick
Keokuk
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Ill
Perry L. Hedrick
Sanitary Inspector
George A. Beckway
Giddings Street
Hedrick
Charles S. Babcock
Women Raid Lovilla to Destroy Liquor at Major Cobb Home
Seventeen Lovilla women march after an indignation meeting to Major Cobb’s residence in Monroe county. They search the house destroy liquor found there and kneel to pray aloud after pouring the liquor onto the ground. The protest marks a dramatic flare in the saloon anti-saloon clash.
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Lovilla
Monroe County
Major Cobb
Cobb
Supervisor Ousted as Workman Found Guilty of County Malfeasance
Keosauqua Iowa September 13 State v T L Workman County Supervisor William Workman found guilty of purchasing and selling to the county and was deposed from office.
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T. L. Workman
Keosauqua
Wm. Workman
Iowa Leads In Oats And Spring Wheat
Des Moines reports Iowa tops the nation in oats at 65 percent and spring wheat at 80 percent, with Minnesota 62 and 79 in oats and wheat respectively, while Iowa’s corn at 76 percent trails behind several states as government figures clash with local estimates.
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Des Moines
Iia
Iowa
J. R. Sage
Iowa Crop Bureau
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
Illinois
Nebraska
Indiana
Ohio
George A. Wells
Kansas
Missouri
Bremer County Physicians Indicted Under Antitrust Law
Bremer county grand jury indicts fourteen physicians for fixing fees and boycotting nonparticipants in a purported physician trust. Des Moines reports Attorney General Byers and County Attorney Stenzel discussing the Bremer case as Cosson returns from Waverly with updates.
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Bremer County
Dubuque
Des Moines
George Cosson
Byers
Waverly
B. Stenzel
Cosson
Round House Burns in Oskaloosa Fire Loss 25000
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy round house on South C street in Oskaloosa Iowa burned this morning from about 1 to 5 o clock. The property loss was about 25000 with two locomotives destroyed and much machinery warped. Three engines were at the house last night and one outside was saved by chance.
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Burlington
Oskaloosa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Round House
Ban On Drinking To Be Enforced At College
Ames Iowa September 15 President A B Storms of I S C warned in chapel that drinking hazing and smoking in college life will not be tolerated. Offenses include expulsion for drinking or intoxication anywhere during the term and hazing will lead to expulsion. Smoking on campus remains prohibited and faculty cooperation is urged to enforce the rule.
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Ames
A. B. Storms
Chapel
Storms
Board of Trustees
Diamond Robber Burrier Recalled From Parole in Iowa
Clinton Iowa September 6 George B Burrier known in Iowa crime history must return to Anamosa to serve the remaining more than half of a 17 year Clinton district court sentence. Barker paroled months ago violated Cummins parole by drinking. Clinton police arrested him and messaged the governor.
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Clinton
George B. Burrier
Iowa
Anamosa
Clinton District Court
Barker
Cummins
Turbulent career of a Farmington burglar ends in Lyons
George B. Barker a career criminal with multiple prison terms in Anamosa Jefferson City and other facilities. After early depot robbery in Farmington he moved into Iowa and Missouri committing dozens of breakins in Lyons on a February night in 1903. Burrier helped recover the Fay diamonds and Barker later became a restaurant keeper in Lyons under parole.
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Farmington
George B. Barker
Iowa
Missouri
Anamosa
Jefferson City
Barker
Lyons
Burrier
Clinton
Fay
C. A. Fay
L. E. Fay
Murderous blow ends life in Vinton
In Vinton Iowa on September 15 1920 Frank Stewart a 20 year old local youth died at 2 AM from a fatal blow struck by William Stout a resident near Irving The assault occurred near Vinton as Stewart and Roy Sheets visited a covered wagon inhabited by Stout and a woman named Bertha Montgomery A jug and a butcher knife were involved in the attack
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Vinton
Frank Stewart
William Stout
Irving
Roy Sheets
Stout
Bertha Montgomery
Man kills in self defense after knife attack and arson fight
Stout attacked Sheets with a butcher knife and crushed Stewart's skull with a jug during a free for all. Stout and a woman fled. Sheets summoned aid and Stewart died. Sheriff pursues the pair. a woman is said to be on a train escaping, may face murder charges. Stout is jailed amid lynching talk fading.
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Sheets
Stout
Stewart
Irving
van Horn
Farmers to Take Control of Grain Movement in Iowa
Des Moines reports preliminary steps to form an Iowa branch of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America. G M Davis, sent by national president R F Duckworth, aims to organize and enroll 25 000 to 30 000 members within a year. The union already runs about 200 cotton warehouses and seeks to fix better prices for farm products including grain and cotton.
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Des Moines
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America
Iowa
Texas
G. M. Davis
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta
R. F. Duckworth
Farmers’ Union
Raines County
South
Newt Gresham
Gresham
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Charles S. Barrett
Atwater
Order
Chicago
New York
Liverpool
Electric Bitters Promises Safe Work In Panama Zone
Health warning notes high Panama Canal wages lure skilled artisans yet fear fevers and malaria. Users trust Electric Bitters to ward off malarious influence and cure blood poison and digestive troubles. Sold by F S Shriner for 50 cents with guarantee. September.
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Canal Zone
Panama Canal
F. S. Shriner
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