Defy Home Rule Pledge Shocks Ulster Area
London reports Unionists in Ulster vow to resist Dublin rule. Men gather in halls and churches to sign a covenant pledging never to submit to any government from Dublin under the home rule bill. Leaders Sir Edward Carson and F E Smith promise to sign in Belfast.
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London
Ireland
United Kingdom
England
Ulster
Sir Edward Carson
F. J. Smith
Edward Carson
F. E. Smith
Belfast
Belfast Corporation
Presbyterian Church
Raise siege of Granada in Nicaragua by U S marines
From San Juan del Sur dispatches rebels hold Granada and threaten American college girls. Marines and bluejackets reach the city after three men are wounded. Major Smedley Butler commands a battalion firing on rebels, who apologize for the incident. Supplies to Granada will be rushed as railroad from Managua opens.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Barranca
Mayasa
Butler
Granada
Managua
Fom
May land marines demand Nichols release in Tampico
American Ambassador Wilson defies Mexico's government and pressures Governor Gorda to free W. G. Nichols held in Tampico for shooting bandit Vasquez Caballos. Washington says use all means, possibly land 280 Marines aboard the U S cruiser. Nichols, a Tam pico fruit grower, was jailed six months ago amid a Mexican confession to Caballo s killing. In Belfast, aviator H J D Astley dies in a plane crash.
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Mexico City
Wilson
Mexico
Gorda
Tamiulipax
Tampico
W. G Nichols
Washington
Nichols
United States
Tampice Harbor
Khing Vasquez Caballos
Caballog
Rebels attack and seize San Jorge in Nicaragua
A series of brief items notes rebels taking the town of San Jorge in Nicaragua, broader crime and politics updates, including a Bank of Montreal robbery recovery, legal cases, industry strikes, canal progress, and public figures in the United States.
Des Moines Market Growth and Seed Corn Day Plans
Des Moines reports average weekly public market sales around $10,000 with 150 to 300 farmers wagons on market days. Average wagon value about $15, consumers saving at least 20 percent, and retail grocery prices in bounds for nonmarket shoppers. Seed corn day urged by governor and state college to gather seed corn before Oct 1 amid statewide enthusiasm for next season. Western freight rate hike delayed by interstate commission, Town railroad commission to guide case. delegates to International Lyceum alliance named.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State College
Interstate Commerce Commission
Town Railroad Commission
PF. D. Babcock
Ida Grove
Iowa Chautauqua Alliance
International Lyceum Alliance
Winona
Ind
Iowa Alliance
Breach of Promise Case Goes to Jury at Carroll Trial
The Parsons Olifield breach of promise case from Carroll, Iowa, on trial in the U S court for three days was given to the jury after intensive arguments and judge Smith McPherson's instructions. Attorneys objected to some instructions but no changes were made. At a late hour the jurors had not agreed and did not disclose their position to the judge.
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Council Bluffs
Parsons-Olifield
Carroll
United States
Smith McPherson
Suffragists to Hear Candidates at Des Moines Convention
Five gubernatorial candidates or their representatives will speak at the Town Equal Suffrage convention in Des Moines on Oct. 9 to present arguments for election. The event aims to engage the suffrage movement with all five candidates on the platform. A separate case on rehearing before the supreme court will decide if the West Boyer Telephone Co has the right to erect poles in Vail without a franchise after a prior ruling against the company. Oral arguments were heard. In Fort Dodge, C L Voss of Denison was named presidential elector by the Tenth District Republican committee, replacing G J Martin who resigned to pursue a bull mooger.
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San Jorge
Bank of
Montreal
New Westminster
R. C
Chicago
Nat C. Goodwin
Raymon Vasquez
Theodore Rodriguez
Douglas
Artz
Nat Honal Association of Probate
J.ogden Armour
Lehigh Company
Panther Creek Valley
Pennsylvania
Harry Hanson
Mountain Tron
Minn
St. Paul
James E. Roderick
State Bureau of Mines
Champ Clark
Missouri
University of Missouri Agricultural College
Panama Canal
Pedro Miguel Locks
Freiburg
Europe
Army Flying Corps
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Iowa
Agua Prieta
United States
J. M. Gray
Moody Institue
National Conference of Evangelists
American Manufacturers’ Export Association
New York
William C. Redfield
Brooklyn
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Wast Boyer Telephone Company
Vail
Fort Dodge
C. L. Voss
Denison
Alstrier
CG. J. Martin
Jefferson
Smooth Swindler Snared in Cornhusker City
W. Richard Wade, 30, captured at a local hotel in Corncil Bluffs after posing as a former customer to lure diamond loans from jewelers. He fled after a Omaha attempt was foiled by W. C. Flatau who overpowered him. Police say Wade is wanted by Seattle and Colorado authorities for similar crimes in western cities.
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Corncil Bluffs
W. Richard Wade
Omaha
Wade
W. C. Flatau
Flatau
Seattle
Colorado
Officials in Villisca murder case travel to North Dakota
Montgomery County officials led by Sheriff Jackson and County Attorney Rattiff, with detective W.9. Gordon, visited Lark North Dakota near where suspect S. A. Sawyer lives. They held a lengthy interview with Sawyer before returning home. Gordon stayed behind.
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Montgomery County
North Dakota Ranch
Council Bluffs
Villier
Jackson
Rattiff
Carroll
W. 9
Gordon
Lark, N. D
S. A. Sawyer
Sawyer
Ratu
North Dakton
Sixty Acres of Beans in Clear Lake Iowa
Clear Lake Iowa September 20. Sam Kennedy builds a 20 by 22 foot bean crib to store at least 1000 bushels of navy beans. He has sixty acres of beans and expects 15 to 20 bushels per acre and a price of no less than 2 dollars per bushel. He will thresh when weather allows.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Sam Kennedy
Former Writer Miss Moore Killed by Runaway Horse
Des Moines reports Mrs. Sarah Wharton Moore, a noted writer on domestic science, was killed when struck by a runaway horse on a downtown street. Her sister Mrs. James Rowley of Chicago was badly injured and her husband Mr. Moore was cut and bruised. The horse, owned by Harry Robsky, dashed around a corner as the three crossed the street. Mrs. Moore suffered a fractured skull and died en route to a hospital.
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Des Moines
Sarah Wharton Moore
James Rowley
Chicago
Moore
Iowa briefs in Primghar push jail plans and more
Iowa briefs report a Primghar campaign to interest supervisors in building a new county jail. Robbers loot Grand River First National Bank, securing a thousand dollars and escaping on a hand car. Laurens and Rolfe agree to 24 hour electric power from the Rolfe plant.
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Primghar
First National Bank
Grand River
Laurens
Rolfe
Henry Blakely
Iowa
Curtis
W. F. Brandon Furniture Manufacturing Company
Sioux City
Webster City
J. H. Welsh
LeMars
Paullina
Parker Smith
Baptist Church
Sheldon
Parker, S. D
C. F. Emmet
Artesian
8. D
Mason City
Peter Wood
Exville
Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Smith Dodge
Dave Geiger
Burlington
Dodge
Quincy
Charles W. Keniston
Hawarden
Steele and
Albert Benton
Hastings
Mike Mittlander
Ruthven
C. Rasmussen
Mittlander
Mabel Neuse
Wapello
Harry A. Wishard
Bloomfield
Harry O. Weave
Iowa Wesleyan
Des Moines
Milton Kintzinger
Nicholas Kintzinger
Dubuque
Clyde Majerus
Harry M. Brown
Council Bluffs
Mabel Barrett
Guy Wright
Wright
Miss Barrett
Sharon Township
Johnson County
P. £. Johansen
First National Bank of
Colfax
Jasper County
Newton
Johansen
Bertha Lovewell
Muscatine
Harry Robinson
Unsuccessful hold up foiled by aged Iowa farmer defense
Mount Pleasant resident C W Smouse, 84, aided by bravery of intended victims Jim French and Gus Meyers, thwarted highwaymen in an attempted robbery. The era’s news notes Smouse’s long Iowa residence, marriage milestone, and family survivors. Additional items include fatalities from accidents, robberies, and local court actions across Iowa and neighboring states, with a focus on community effects and public notices.
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Jim French
Gus Meyers
O'Brien County
C. W. Smouse
Iowa
Mount Pleasant
Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Brouse
America
Chicago
Des Moines
Charles 8. Bradshaw
J. A. Largent
Sargent
Fred Olsen
Buck Grova
M. B. Walton
Grundy County
Mia
Effie A. Remick
Mias
Alice E. Remick
Guy Baker
Lone Tree
State Supreme Court
Baker
Port Madison
Charles H. Wood
National Tube Company
Millonaire
Pittsburg
Dag Moines
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H. J. D. Astley
Hot Springs
Ark
I. Huff
Sam Schepps
At Springs
Roauuthal
Jose Raminas
San Antonio
Tex
Francisco Flasquez
Rochelle
Ill
Board of Directors
The
Modern Woodmen
F. S. Pearson
Mexico and Northwestern Railroad Company
John Epps
Indiana Woman's Prison
Henry Epps
Bradstreat's
Panama
Helen Gray
Congress
Graham Committee
House
Indian Bureau
Oldfield
Sarah W. Moore
Clarinda
D. W. O'Nall
State Hospital
State Board of Control
Max TE. Witte
John B. Wade
Chironda
O'Neil
Jowa
Wesley Greene
Towa
Mr. Greene
Griswold
B. Babb
Towa City
Samuel Kirkwood
Twenty-fourth
Twenty-second
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Lake Park
State Bank
Boone
Invin Gaasland
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