Meank case as Novak sent to penitentiary after bond lapse
Benton County reports Irak A. Novak, convicted murderer Milward Mieray, sent to Anamosa penitentiary after a $18,000 bond failed to materialize within time. Judge Kinne granted a stay of execution weeks earlier. Novak’s wife met him at Cedar Rapids in an emotional scene.
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Kinne
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Rede
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Antinosa
Tiis
Cedar Rapids
Walford
Killing by Whitecaps stirs Lee County murder probe
Abe Balm, a West Point area farmer, was mortally wounded when about thirty neighbors challenged him at his home after his father’s death. Balm died soon after. his two brothers fired on the mob from the doorway as his wife and children were inside. Warrants for seven neighbors on murder were sworn out, amid denials from many in the farming community.
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Hee County
Lee County
West Point
New West Pont
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Ones
Diphtheria linked to rabbits. schoolhouse burned
Ulysses schoolhouse south of Webster City was burned last week after diphtheria outbreaks linked to rabbits. Board members ordered the fire following three outbreaks in the same season. physicians say rabbits burrowed under the building and spread the disease. Five children died, prompting renovation and eventual destruction of the structure.
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Ulysses
Webster City
Marder
Discrepancies in the New Towa Code Reported
Police dismiss faking clairvoyants while new code gaps spark clashes in Olfumwe and Marshalltown. Two personal crisis reports cite blackmail, murder by bullet, and morphine tragedy tied to a Chicago sheep shipment. Henry Walham sues the Salvation Army for alleged slander in a long standing dispute with Captain Sinnocke.
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Henry Walham
Sioux City
The
William Sinnoark
Walham
Army
Sinnocke
New Indian School Finished on Tama Reservation
The Musqualao Indiangs new school building on the Tama reservation near Toledo has been completed and turned over to the agent. A formal dedication is expected in February with plans to open for pupils thereafter.
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Tama Reservation
Toledo
Dry Goods House Mails Closure and Slot Machine Ban
The Dry Goods House of A. C. Sweat in Independence closed by Claflin and Marshall Field along with Wilson Larrabes Ido of Boston on December 20. Notices served to Cedar Rapids business operators warn to discontinue slot machines or face prosecution. Alonzo Robbing imprisoned for life after conviction in Keokuk for wife murder.
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Claflin
New York
Marshall Field
Chicago
Wilson Larrabes & Ido
Boston
Cedar Rapids
Alonzo Robbing
Keokuk
Teachers Talk Reforms at Iowa Education Meeting
The Iowa State Teachers Association met in Des Moines with delegates from 16 of 23 organizations. The group backed a unified high school curriculum, expanded state supervision, new certificates, three state normal schools, and stronger inspector roles. Enrollment reached nearly 1,200, with reports on evolution lectures and various sectional conventions.
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Missouri Valley
Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Henry Sabin
State University
Iowa
Educational Council
Association
New Dairy Commissioner Appointed by Governor-Elect Shaw
L. S. Gates of Manchester has been named to the State Dairy Commission by Governor-Elect Shaw. Born in 1888 in Cuyahoga County Ohio, Gates pursued early education there and taught at 17. He later moved to Iowa in 1860, combining farming with teaching duties.
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Jim. Gates
Shaw
L. S. Gates
Manchester
Miyahoga County
Ohio
Iowa
Mr. Gates
Early Creamery Pioneer Remembered For Manchester Farm Life
The text notes an active dairyman who helped launch the Spring Brunch creamery south of Manchester in 1872. His butter won a gold medal at the centennial in 1876. He remained a prominent speaker and writer on creamery topics and owns a 400 acre farm near Manchester.
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Manchester
John Stewart
State Anti-Saloon League Convention Reevaluates Prohibition
The annual convention of the State Anti-Saloon League, with over 10,000 members, met in Des Moines. President St HW Bunshee called the gathering to order and delivered the annual address. The league plans to push a legislative resolution to resubmit the prohibitory amendment to the people.
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Des Moines
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Gambling in Queen Anne’s Day and the Georges Era
The passage notes gambling rose from royal pastime to national habit across Queen Anne and the Georges eras. It cites Gen tleman's Magazine 1758 claiming King and Duke of Cumberland won substantial sums on Twelfth Night at St James Palace and shows gambling spreading to all social ranks including women.
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St. James’ Palace
Duke of Cumberland
Jesus Tempted and Its Lessons for Disciples
A detailed lesson explores Jesus temptations in the wilderness as recounted in Matthew. It weighs how temptations arose, their forms, and the aim to test faith, stressing Jesus reliance on scripture and the need for believers to resist misused power while following his example.
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Satan
Chena
Kelly
Matthew
Tuttke
Galilee
Mieans
Luke
God
Noted 19th Century Works On Sale And In Print
A survey of recent and forthcoming literary releases across English publishing. Kipling editions priced at nine guineas, Lorna Doone in penny form to 150,000 copies, Rita author Desmond Humphreys pens The Sinner about a hospital nurse, and Meredith’s poems mark half a century since 1851. New editions include Whitman Old Age Echoes, Ruskin Oxford lectures, Braddon’s In High Places, and a four figure rights deal for Lady's Realm serial London Pride.
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Academy
George Meredith
Edward Arnold
James W. Davidson
Nell Munro
John Splendid
Blackwoods
Argyllshire
Montrose
Duke of Argyll
Scotland
Walt Whitman
Putnams’ Press
Whitman
Columbus
Ruskin
Oxford
Glenfinlas
Millais
Hawk That Herds Cows in Orange County Legend
In Orange County New York near Oxford James Cloyd owns a farm where a trained hawk named Abe brings in a herd of about seventy five cows each evening and gathers stragglers. The bird began after Hiram Cloyd killed the parent hawk and raised this one, which now rounds up the herd with swift flights and a perch watched by curious visitors.
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Blooming Grove
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Hiram
Mrs. Cloyd
Abe
Fai
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