Atchison farmer W D Ely ends life amid financial worry
W D Ely a longtime Atchison county figure and Northwest Missouri farming leader hanged himself at his Fairfax area home early Sunday. The coroner's jury found death by his own hands, with reports of financial reverses noted though bankers said his affairs remained solvent. His wife said he had been unusually restless and worried in the days leading to the tragedy.
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W.D. Ely
W. D. Ely
Atchison County
Missouri
Fairfax
T. Settle
Ely
Atchison Co. Mail
Accused Burglary Trio in Page County Toils
Accused of burglary Forrest Liggett known as Sandy Sanderson and a young man alleged to be Sandersons brother in law are jailed after police linked them to a Northboro robbery. A confession tied them to lootings at James and Esden and Travis Motor company, with a cache location near Rock Port.
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Forrest Liggett
Sandy” Sanderson
Sanderson
Sidney
Page County
Northboro
James & Esden
Johnson
Giarinda
Northborn
Travis Motor Company
Rock Port
Young Liggett
Liberty
Sandy
Sidney Argus
Butter and Poultry Markets Signal Large Supplies
Market report shows October 1 butter stocks high with ample supply and year over year excess. Standard butter grades slipping may affect cream prices in producing territory. Little butter exports but heavy imports and more shipments ahead. Poultry receipts up with weekly price declines in markets and countryside. continued abundance likely pressuring prices. Eggs in fresh demand with little price change. prompt handling yields top prices. A home treatment claim from Dr Luella Shaw appears as an unrelated notice.
Near burglary foiled at W. W. Argo store
Leonard Stratton, sleeping in the store with a shotgun, fired a warning shot when he heard an intruder at 2 30 AM. The would be burglar fled and no property was taken. The episode ends a period of burglaries in the region and is praised as preventing disaster.
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W. W. Argo
Leonard Stratton
Leonard
Mr. Argo
Tabor Beacon
To Open Drink Parlor At Colonial Theatre
R E Hiatt has leased the south room of the Colonial Theatre and plans to open the place once the glass is installed. He bought the large fountain from C E Doyle and will offer hot and cold drinks along with candy. The parlor will operate with the Golden Red Cafe, of which Hiatt is the owner, as part of his growing business venture. Apples now for sale with orders for winter varieties taken by L H Austin.
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R. E. Hiatt
Colonial Theatre
Too Many Wooden Legs In Irwin Iowa
Irwin residents claim four family members have wooden legs, with one woman having two. The elderly Jacob head, recently deceased in Des Moines, fathered Mrs Web Humphrey and Mr Laverne Jacobs of Irwin. Laverne has a son with a wooden leg and a daughter who uses two artificial limbs, while her husband also has a wooden leg.
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Irwin, Ia
Jacob
Irwin
Des Moines
Web Humphrey
Laverne Jacobs
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Luella Shaw
Mason City
Iowa
L. H. Austin
the Tabernacle
Roy Wanamaker
Carl Netson
Lucile O’neal
Amos F. Mohler
Harold Lendin
Anamosa
W. H. Henderson
Hamburg
Browning
Farmers Mutual
Fremont County
the Mutual
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Fred W. Hill
Anton Miller
Pres
Poland
Liberator
Orange Boy
Giant Buster
Royal Bob
Liberati
F. C. Weatherhead
the Bank of Hamburg
J. E. Morgan
A. A. Hopkins
John Lingo
P.l.vanmeter
G. M. Beal
E.M. Fisher
G.M. Beal
G. J. Liljedahl
Noble & Butterfield
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