Mason City Servant Shot Mistaken for Burglar
A Mason City servant girl was mistaken for a burglar and shot. The report lists multiple Iowa items including a 93 degree day near Independence, a 75 year old Dane farmer dying, a new law school in Des Moines, sewer contracts at Grinnell, and arrests in Clinton and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinn
Hayaville
Epiror Clarkson
Des Moines
Christi Anson Nielsson
McNut
Grinnell
Hamlin & Knepper
Sioux City
William Stuart
Fulton
Clinton
Davenport
Armour Packing Company
J. L. Haarns
Lorimer
District Court
Union County
Gog
Lorimor
W. H. Hartman
Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo
Multiple Iowa incidents reveal fires murders and accidents
A spate of late 19th century Iowa events includes arson at Stickle's farm destroying barns and corn cribs valued around $600, severe injuries from a gas pipe bomb in Marshalltown, and a fatal stabbing in Brazil amid a drunken brawl. Additional reports cover a capsized Des Moines river boat with bodies found, a Clinton street robbery, Davenport electrocution death, and Sioux City land syndicates planning a fruit and watermelon colonization near Mobile.
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Brazil
Centerville
Howard Watson
Burns
Watson
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Eva Clark
Thomas Reardon
Reardon
Two Pitzel Children Found Buried in Toronto Cellar
The bodies of Alice and Nellie Pitzel were unearthed in a Toronto yard, likely murdered by H H Holmes the Philadelphia insurance swindler. A case links Holmes to both Canadian and U S crimes, with questions over where he will stand trial.
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Toronto
Pitzel
H. H. Holmes
Philadelphia
Holmes
Howard
Indianapolis
Ind
the Journal
Alice
Nellie Pitzel
Old Circle House
Louis
Pietzel
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance
Jephtha D. Howe
St. Louis
B. F. Peitzel
Fidelity Company
New York
Canada
Divines Displeased Brandy Support for University
Clergy in Chicago oppose Mrs. Leland Stanford’s plan to donate 1,000,000 gallons of ranch brandy to Stanford University for medicinal use. Ministers condemn the move, arguing it taints the college and could affect temperance advocacy among faculty and students. Some clergymen defend the gift, while others criticize the university’s involvement.
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Curoaco
Leland Stanford
Stanford University
Chicago
G. BE. Mitchsell
Cavalry Presbyterian Church
California
Howard Johnson
Fortyfirst Street Presbyterian Church
OLearys Son Posts Bail For Aldermen Binko and Martin
In Curoaco on July 1% the alleged boodlers Aldermen Martin and Finkler posted bail. James OLeary, president of Ruby Race Track association and son of Mrs Catherine OLeary, acted as chief surety for Martin. He scheduled property totaling 675000 dollars.
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O’leary
Curoaco
Martin and
Finkler
Martin
James O'Leary
Ruby Race Track Association
Catherine O’leary
Chicago
Nebraska Wheat Harvest Reports Strong Statewide Yields
Omana Neb July 11 Wheat harvest is in full blast and expected to average two thirds of a full crop. The corn crop is estimated at 168000000 bushels with excellent condition. Oats yield falls short, at less than two thirds of a crop.
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Omana
Neb
Louis
Omaha
California
Union Upland
Bermuda
Heeves
LOWE
Chicago
New York
Cave Haurs Werk
Veepteeners
Bs Veegenenne Anbasb . Org
Ninth National Bank Wins Judgment Against Dallas County
In Springfield Missouri a federal court awarded the Ninth National Bank of New York 425189 against Dallas County for renewal of an old judgment on bonds issued for the Laclede and Tort Scott railway that was never built.
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Springfield
Ninth National Bank of New York
Dallas County
Woman Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in New York
Maria Barberi was convicted of first degree murder for killing her lover Dominico Cataldo after he abandoned her. If the verdict stands, she would be the first woman executed by the chair in New York.
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New Yon
Elopement Ends in Jail Terms in Segar Colony Case
Mrs. Godfrid Cruetter, white mother of two, eloped with Sandy Thompson, a Black man, from Segar Colony, Oklahoma. They were captured in Oxnard City and Thompson received ninety days in jail while Cruetter drew a fifty day sentence.
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OxnAnoma City
Godfrid Cruetter
Segar Colony
Sandy Thompson
Thompson
Egypt Debt Crisis Threatens Agrarian Society
Consul General Penfield reports Egypt’s debt rising by about 40 million dollars since the British occupation. Despite lower interest, each person faces 72.70 dollars of debt, with agricultural tax per acre averaging 4.46 dollars amid meager labor value. Poisoning tragedy in Seymour, Indiana. Dollie Bellsnap conspired with Hayes Robbins to poison adoptive parents for inheritance. Sarver died, others ill.
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Washingdton
Penfield
Cairo
State Department
Egypt
Ana Ingrte
Seymour
Ind
New Trial Ordered for Woodruff in Ark Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling and ordered a new trial for State Treasurer Woodruff who faced a $150,000 shortfall in his accounts and a one year penitentiary sentence.
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Woodruff
Little Rock
Ark
Supreme Court
Bread Riots Hit Zamora As Gendarmes Are Injured
Bread riots erupt in Zamora with gendarmes injured and one spectator killed. Police report forty rioters arrested as violence flares in Mapnio on July 17.
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Mapnio
Zamora
Lynching in Kentucky: Bob Haggard Hanged by Mob
In Kentucky on July 17 a mob of about two hundred masked men gathered at the jail and lynched Bob Haggard a mulatto accused of assaulting a young white woman. The incident highlights local racial tension and vigilante justice in the area.
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Kentucky
Wincu Estes
Bob Haggard
English Election Returns Reflect Britons Voting Lines
London July 17 up to this morning the Conservatives had elected 151 members the Liberal Unionists 21 the Liberals 243 the Parnellites 4 the McCarthyites 4 and the Laborites 1 in the national contest reflecting party strength across constituencies.
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London
Liberals
Parnellites
McCarthyites
Laborites
Vice President Towne Dead in San Francisco
A. N. Towne, second vice president and general manager of the Southern Pacific, died this morning at his home in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
A. N. Towne
The
Southern Pacific
Spain Extends Copyright Privilege to Foreign Authors
A brief survey notes that Spain extends copyright protection to foreign authors. Other items report: Orrick cashier L. T. Parish is missing. over $100000 spent to improve the upper Mississippi river last year. Mayor McDowell of Columbus Mississippi shot and killed Ben Story. Ira Johnson lynched at Greenville after murder. Chicago aldermen Finkler and Martin indicted for bribe solicitation. James Webb of Northport Alabama attacked. A Cogntill robbed in Lincoln county Arkansas. Dora Burns escaped from McLeansboro Illinois jail charged with infanticide. Hartshorne Postmaster Weeks defalcation action not yet taken.
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Spain
L. T. Parish
Farmers’ Bank
Orrick
Mississippi River
McDowell
Columbus
Miss
Ben Story
Ira Johnson
Greenville
Finkler
Martin
Chicago
James Webb
Northport
Ala
A. Cogntill
Lincoln County
Ark
Dora Burns
McLeansboro
I l
Post Office Department
Postmaster Weeks
Hartshorne
I. T
Teachers Adjourn As National Education Meeting Ends
At the National Educational Association session in Denver the talks covered teacher instruction and improvement at work in schools. New members were elected to the National Council of Education with several incumbents reappointed, and departments for natural science, physical training and school officers added to the association. The next meeting place vote favored Los Angeles, with Duluth and Asbury Park also receiving votes before the executive committee settled matters. After installing new president N C Dougherty, the convention adjourned sine die.
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Denver
Col
National Educational Association
Olin
The
State University
Lawrence
Kan
Teachers’ Institute
Earl Barnes
Stanford University
California
National Council of Education
James N. Green
New Jersey
A. R. Taylor
Kansas
J. R. Preston
Mississippi
Augustus S. Downing
New York
Henry M. Leipziger
W. H. Payne
Tennessee
W. R. Garrett
J. K. Millspaugh
Utah
H. K. Wolfe
Nebraska
J. G. Schurman
Charles W. Elliott
Thomas G. Harris
Texas
Oscar H
Noted Holton Doctor Arrested on Assault and Murder Plot
Dr G B Locke a longtime Holton physician was arrested on charges of criminally assaulting Oda Kaul and plotting to murder County Attorney A K Crane. The alleged plot centers on a letter found with Milo Simpson offering $1000 to dispose of Crane. some view the letter as blackmail.
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Locke
Simpson
Crane
Dr. Locke
A Woman to Be Hanged in Arkansas Court
May A Kittening George Washington Fra zier and Richard Calhoun were sentenced in the U S court to be hanged October 1. Mrs Kittening declared only that all she had left was her husband's love and a broken heart. They faced the sentence courageously.
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Fort Ssutu
Ark
A. Kittening
George Washington Frazier
Richard Calhoun
United States
Aid Sought for Oklahoma Settlers by Mennonite
H M Yoder of Woods county Oklahoma travels through Wronunta Kansas soliciting aid for destitute settlers. He claims widespread hardship despite good crops and says food is scarce until October when corn can be ground.
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Wronunta
Kan
H. M. Yoder
Woods County
Fire destroys merchants hotel in Macon
In Macon Missouri at 4 AM the Merchants' hotel owned by Mrs Barbara Holmes burned with most contents. Loss estimated at 6000 with 2400 insured. Origin of the blaze not determined. Adjacent Thomas J Yrew's billiard hall suffered 150 in damage with no insurance.
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Macon
Merchants
Barbara Holmes
Thomas J. Yrew
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Fremont Democrat
Reichmann Bros, Publishers
Lamburg
Iowa
OWA
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Northwestern
Case & Co
Demour & Cook
Clinton County Advertiser
Lyons
Aman
Wilson
Milwaukee Tracks
Melbourne
St. Joe Hotel
Pionickers
Denison
J. P. Duncan
Bert McCord
Fred Fienhold
J. B. Garrett
Frank Bixter
Ernest Dixon
D. F. Bryan
Creston
J. P. Jones
Chicago & Northwestern
Boone
Jones
Post
Yates Bros
Manson
L. W. Hockman
Wm. Williams
Anna Oathout
Kirkwood
Iowa City
Boxholm
Pilot Mound
Paton
Rock Rapids
Stickle
Marshalltown
Ortin Adrian
A. Ware
Chauncy Lamb
George Peters
Peerless Light Company
Moline
Decatur
Ill
Alabama
Mobile
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Melvin Smith
Judge A. van Wagenen
Wilbur Owen
A. C. Strong
C. A. L. Olson
John Pierce
Chrys Moller
A. M. Jackson
John Magoun
Burington
Law
Low
Connelly
Williams
William Stewart
Milwaukee & Northwestern
Stewart
Holmes Insurances
Pletzel
New York Cuban Libre Club
Nebraska Wheat Harvest
Towne
Labora
Locke of
Holton
Chicago, St
Mexico, Mo
M. Y. Dunscan
Sheffield
Mis. J. Debay
Annawan
Eged
C. E. Hoover
Ives’ Grocery Store
Resldence
Gouk
Washington Street
Health Office
T. Mitchell
Hixu
Mrromsuu
Gillman Block
T. O. Morgan
D Street
Hampuna, Ia
LEGEN
MAY & Gas Arserymen
Flora Laninte & Seedamen
St. Paul
Minn
Prank Gillman
Epw. G. Gillman
Cashier
Bank OF Hamburg
N. H. Hopkins
Pompadore and
Will
Call
Aee Us
Hamburg Bank
Hamburg
A. B. Nobles Music Store
F. W. Eaton
Park Street
C. W. Groon
Bridge
J. Neff & Son
Putsc
Huy
BOLID
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Minneapolis
Atlantic
Pacifico Coast
Black Hills
Colorado Points
D. O. Ives
Tkt Agt
H.C. Orr
Reat
L. P Dean
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