German repudiation unsettles early 20th century claims
A German rep for Sternberg seeks immediate payment of up to £5,000 from Carneda Thue with payments starting February and possible March. Ambassadors and ministers from France Spain Belgium discuss settlement protocols for citizen claims against Veriezuela as drafts circulate among European governments. No formal joint signature steps taken yet.
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Fishington
Sternberg
Carneda Thue
IBY
Bowen Haa
Calla
Atusgea
Senor Ojethe
Baron Onchear
Veriezuéla
Pencen
Ghienthai
Riot at South Bend 150 Men Attempt Power House Attack
Dispatch reports in South Bend Indiana a mob of about 150 men attacked the power house. A watchman named Deitrich was harmed as the mob tried to wreck the facility. Further details are incomplete in the readable text.
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Ind
Hamied Deitrich
Untidy report notes fire, deaths, and city figures in Illinois
Fragmentary text references Bloomington Illinois fire fighters gaining control of a blaze. Mentions safety apparatus, a $20,000 value, and multiple deaths in a ward. Also contains garbled names and scattered phrases about George and Edward, with unclear timing and location details.
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Renga
Bloomington
Iil
Aguenitch
Fire at Clifton Hotel Kills and Traps Guests
A disastrous blaze at the Clifton Hotel in Obdar Rapid injures many and leaves around ten guests unaccounted for. By Friday night officials reported four dead and as many as nine bodies seen among the ruins. The basement origin, likely an electrical fault, trapped guests on upper floors as the building burned. Rescue work focused on stabilizing the situation and preventing further spread while bystanders watched in horror.
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A -Gedak
Rapids
Jay
Clifton Hotel
Waa
Jthornings
Wilson
Nto
National Hotel
Jealous Lover Kills Sweetheart Then Wounds Brother
In Winston County Alabama a tragic murder suicide ends Maggie Schaff age nineteen dead. Her brother John Schaff is seriously wounded and her lover William Jones dies by self inflicted gunshot after a fatal shooting incident sparked by taunts about a new romance. The report notes the brother had just returned from Shelbyville Indiana and had not met Jones before the confrontation.
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Alabama
Decatur
Ala
Winston County
Maggie Schaff
John
William Jones
Shelbyville
Ind
Jones
Viant
Shot to Death in New Orleans Siege by Police
Lafayette Sims, a desperate negro, was killed by the police after holding off about fifty officers for hours in a boarding house. The room was set on fire, and Sims was shot while escaping with his gun. The crowd of several thousand negroes showed no mob action as the body was taken to the morgue. The dispute started over a trivial matter.
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New Orleans
Lafayette Sims
New &To
Sims
Fireman Fatally Injured After Mock Warning on Train
At St. Joseph Missouri W A Clark aged 25 a Rock Island fireman was fatally injured while riding east of the city. A brakeman on a box car shouted to jump or be killed then leaped and Clark jumped into a snow bank striking his head tearing scalp and fracturing skull in a now clarified accident.
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St. Joseph
W. A. Clark
Rock Island
Clark
Woman Suffrage Indorsed by Wyoming Legislature
Wyoming legislators adopt a joint resolution strongly endorsing woman suffrage noting its vogue since 1860 and praising orderly elections. The report cites remarks from Cheyenne and highlights the legislature's expansion of civic participation and broader state identity.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Tragic collision injures many as trolley hits train
A Delaware, Lackawanna and Western passenger train collided with a Clifton Avenue trolley in Newark causing eight pupils to die at once and three more to succumb later. Twenty injured were taken to hospitals as investigators debated whether crossing gates were down. The front of the trolley platform was hurled forward, scattering injured children and prompting rapid ambulance and police response.
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Newark
N.W
Clifton Avenue
Street
Stuckey
Crisis in Balkans Forces Ultimatum to Turkey
A Paris special reports that Russia has secured final adherence of European powers to the joint note to Turkey on reforms. The Russian foreign minister says all powers are united and has directed ambassadors in Constantinople and Vienna to present the note to the sultan. The note emphasizes protection of Christian lives and safeguarding their interests.
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Powera
Turkey
Paris
Russia
Constantinople
Actors fleeced in Seattle lose big on sure thing
A Seattle special reports Nat Goodwin and wife Maxine Hilcott lost 2000 in a gambling den at the Rainier Grand Hotel Marie Irwin Wright 2500 and Blanche Bates 1200. The game proprietor under indictment denies knowing of swindling but says he did not intervene. An electric car robbery between Los Angeles and Pasadena left victims robbed of cash watches rings and jewelry totaling about 500.
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Seattle
Wash
Nat Goodwin
Maxine Hilcott
Marie Irwin Wright
Blanche Bates
Hotel Rainier Grand
Los Angeles
Cal
Anya
Los Angeles-Pasadena
Magazine Explodes Kills Four In New York Harbor
A magazine exploded near Lafayette in New York harbor Thursday afternoon. Ambulances and physicians were summoned from Brooklyn. Four workmen were killed and six injured. Little property damage was reported.
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Port Lafayette
New York
Married women accuse in brutal murder case at Macedonia Iowa
Mrs Barney McDaniels and Bert Livux bound over to the grand jury without bond on charges of murdering Birney McDaniels last Saturday morning at the Wil Haw Tompkins farm. Witnesses described a man staggering from the house with a throat wound while Mrs McDaniels and Livux denied entry to a bystander and urged him to die by his own action. Medical examiners later confirmed the fatal wound and authorities gathered testimony from five witnesses and doctors at the inquest.
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Macedonia
Justice of the Peace
J. GC
Rayburn
Barney McDaniels
Bert Livux
Grand Jury
Birney McDaniels
Corona
J. M. Smith
Wil- Haw Tompkins
Smith
R. Smith
Emerson
McDaniels
J. S. Johnson
J. Berger
Ligix
W. M. Besore
Ti. Borglum
Treynor
Bunge Acquitted Celebrates Release by Marrying
Rock Rapids report details Angst Bunge a 27 year old acquitted of first degree murder in the Helmer DeBoer case. Amid cheers in court Lena Schmidt the defendant's sweetheart embraced him after the verdict. Monday they wed with Mgr Parsons officiating in front of family and curious onlookers.
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Rock Rapids
Angst Bunge
Helmer DeBoer
George
Lena Schmidt
Witness swoons on stand in Mrs Krebbs murder trial
Centerville report details a slow district court trial of Mrs. Krebbs for her husband’s murder. She repeatedly swooned on both Wednesday and Thursday, delaying proceedings while other witnesses testified. Her dramatic account described cruelty, water thrown, being knocked down, and a shooting episode linked to a divorce suit.
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Centerville
Saloon Man Wins In Iowa County Court Decision
Judge O A Byington rules Kane vs Grady saloon case grants the keeper rights to conduct near an adjoining property and requires separate consents. The decision holds three conditions precedent for starting a saloon under town regulations: general board approval, municipal consent, and nearby property owner consent within fifty feet. The ruling addresses the defendant's demurrer to the plaintiff’s withdrawal of consent.
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Byington
Iowa Cty
Board of Supervisors
Mudge Fsyington
Flygstad Murder Grand Jury to Probe Bottom Case
Webster City grand jury opens the Flygstad murder case with Judge J. Whiteker on the Boone bench. Elsworth foreman M. H. Brinton to oversee evidence as 16 year old Wygstad, father killer, remains at liberty amid strong public sentiment. Bankie Flygatad is the sole eyewitness and recounts the tragic patricide in stark detail.
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Webster City
J. 2. Whitiker
Boone
Son
M. H. Brinton
Elsworth
Plygstad
Ankle Wygstad
Bankie Flygatad
Irregular Army Company Reported in Wellman
A Des Moines special notes an irregular army company organized in Washington County with 34 men, officers, fully armed, drilling, and seeking uniform clothing. The adjutant general cites state law prohibiting irregular armed companies, and the Wellman unit is now armed with Winchesters. Purpose unclear.
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Wellman
Des Moines
Byers
Washington County
Tie
oMeers
Eg Wadalve
Adjutant General
Soap Peddlers Pretend Deaf and Dumb in Cedar City
A Cedar arts feature reports that two young women sold soap in the city posing as deaf and dumb. The ruse attracted customers and generated cash. After fleeing Des Moines, one returned laughing at the gullibility of customers. She claimed the name Miss Augusta Sehuley from Nebraska.
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Cedar Arts
Augusta Sehuley
More Buildings Army Support Bill Carries 325000 For Des Moines
Des Moines dispatch reports Washington advises that within thirty days May Firner will issue ads for contracts to build thirteen additional structures at Fort Des Moines. Work to start after awards and be completed within one year. The bill provides 825000 for new Fort Des Moines buildings, with half available immediately and the other half on July 1.
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Army
Des Moines
Des Moines Dispatch
Washington
KK. BG. Firner
Wort Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Council Bluffs Mall Train mishap city report
Scattered fragments describe a mall flyer derailment scene near a southbound track. A letter mall was found by the foreman lying on the track in front of his house Thursday morning. A Chicago Great Western brakeman named Carroll of Glidden fell under an engine while switching in the yard at Marshalltown.
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Ije
Council Bluffs
Carroll
Glidden
Chicago
Marshalltown
Quarantine Rule Expanded to Include Chickenpox
Des Moines reports state board of health adds chickenpox to diseases requiring quarantine and physician reporting. Officials note confusion with smallpox risk in schools as chickenpox cases rise, prompting mandatory reporting by doctors to health officers.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
State Board
Drake University faculty oppose contest entrant
A Des Moines special notes the Drake University faculty discovered problems with their chosen contestant and decided he should not enter the state oratorical contest, reflecting tense relations with the university and the event’s preparation.
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Drake University
Desperate Bid Ends in Fire Death at Sioux City Home
A man burned to death Wednesday morning in a cottage at 714 Morgan Street Sioux City after a frantic attempt to recover hoarded money. He perished within feet of a ground floor window while his grandson and neighbors watched. In Lincoln, Charles B. Waite, custodian of the courthouse, died Thursday at age 62 after years of service.
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Morgan Street
Sioux City
Andrew Andregon
Charles B. Waite
Lincoln
New York Wheat and Steel Demand Amid Transport Strikes
The Weekly Trade Review reports labor strikes slowing work and delaying undertakings, with wage increases rising. Iron and steel demand remains strong, while pig iron and finished steel prices outrun production costs. Grain figures show bearish trends, though bulls see Australian demand, Minneapolis trade, and upcoming spring wheat moves supporting higher prices.
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New York
J. G. Dun & Co
Cole
Australia
South America
Europe
Commodity price roundup across major markets
Nationwide price table lists cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes for Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York. Includes shipping fares and assorted grain grades with No 2 and No 2 white varieties, butter creamery at 24 to 26 cents, and regional fluctuations in cents per unit.
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Chicago
Telcom
Dey Hay
Amathy
Indianapolis
Detroit
Northers
Bbc
Ehalee
New York
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