Local notes from Rolfe Fort Dodge and Pocahontas regions
Marion Hoag and Mrs Lees visit Rolfe while Chas Tilton calls Humboldt. Hogs shipped, new druggist Floyd McCreary displays Christmas goods, and several locals travel for business or family visits. Will Wallace dies near Cherokee. Pocahontas people attend county contests. consolidation schools expand winter courses for older students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terris
E. H. Avery
Ed Kellogg
Gilmore City
A. W. Kellogg
Emma Leverin
Iowa Falla
Wilson
Humboldt
Wes Tilton
Chas, Tilton
Otho Weaver
Léla Tilton
Ft. Dodge
Winifred Neilson
Neilson
Iowa
Frank Dailey
Tom Simmons
Minnesota
Oid Society
Town News Notes From Iowa Highlights Crimes and Library Meeting
A man identified as Andrew Jackson, a Black resident of a city, pleaded guilty to attempted assault and drew a 20 year sentence to Anamosa penitentiary. Separate reports describe a hammer attack leading to a life-term for Schmeltzer, and a 1914 Iowa library association meeting planned for Marshalltown with Lillian Arnold presiding. Other items include a Mason City market scales installation, a corn-picking daughter earning 58 bushels, and rural mail delivery by auto with a Crane-like pickup mechanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
iClty
Anamosa
Jackson
Rock Island
Dlup
Chicago
St., Paul
Roy Maxson
Fort Madly
John Schimeltzer
Schmeltzer
Mars
Schmettig
Des Moines
Iowa State Library Association
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Clinton
Fort Dodge
New Hampton
Lillian Arnold
Anna Maude Kimberly
William Pope
Mason City
W. B. Barney
G. W. van Duyn
George Flannigan
Haverhill
Flannigan
Batten
Carl
Wiley divorce case ends in district court ruling
The judge signed a stipulated decree granting Mrs. Cora A. Wiley a divorce from Charles R. Wiley. Property was divided by stipulation with the husband relinquishing any claim to the plaintiff’s mother’s estate in exchange for Mrs. Wiley giving up her share of the homestead. Mrs. Wiley retains custody of their minor daughter Grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora A. Wiley
Marshalltown
Wiley
District Court
Cummings
Charles R. Wiley
Sioux City Wins Midwest Bowling Honor At 1914 Meeting
At the Middle West Bowling Association gathering in St Louis the Sioux City Commercial Club was honored as esthetic annual winner. W H Holmes spoke for Sioux City promising 40 teams and regional support. EB Hillis of Sioux City won and was elected fourth vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
St. Louis
Middle West Bowling Association
Estetic
W. H. Holmes
EB. Hillis
Des Moines Lawyer Sentenced to Stillwater Penitentiary
John Nathan Smith once a Des Moines attorney and Democratic congressional hopeful was sentenced by Judge McPherson to Stillwater for an undetermined term. The case involved defrauding G N Thorne, a banker in Atlantic, and a parallel forgery case tied to George Balatan. Pinkerton agents hunt for Mrs Hurst, Hahn's landlady, amid an Omaha-led arrest sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Nathan Smith
Stillwater’ Penitentiary
McPherson
Smite Gests Beyer
Fort Madison
G. N. 'Thorne
Atlantic
Mason
People's ‘State
George Balatan
Omaha
John’ Hahn
Jell
Pinkertons
Mrs. Hurst
Hahn
Also Mentioned on This Page
First National Bank of
Rolfe
Bradgate
Marion Hoag
Glenn Wallace
Cedar Falls
Misa Lora Daynon
H. P. Schoonover
M. E
Charley Leverin
Terrill
Irene Neilson
Iowa City
Will Bowen
Schoonover
Charley
Circle of ‘the Baptist ‘Church
Frank Spies
Hattie Spies
Bode
Ed Sennett
Anton Williams
Mra
Ed Kizer
Jim Flaherty
Ayrshire
James Mulholland
Mattie Mulholland
Pat
Annie Benneke
Palmer
Pat Ford
Marie
Cherokee
Barbara Kehl
Arthur Fargar
Mr. Fargar
Algona
Miss Parsons
Ing
Napa
California
Mrs. Carhart
Tillie Schissel
Fort Atkinson
C. H. Schissel
Will Wallace
Grand Junction
Pocahontas
May Gough
Clare
Chas
Fritz
Edmund Gehrig
Rochester
Alice Gough
Manson
A. J. Shaw
Fred Jensen
Emmetsburg
May Foery
Laurens
Kelleher
Jennie Nolan
Ed. Gough
Fonda
Helen Thornton
Grace Day
Homer Malcolm
Mary Devaney
Blanden
Margaret Hickey
T. F. McCartan
C. B.mccartan
M. J. Jarvis
County Farmer’s Institute
Nellie Hickey
Almina Donohoe
D. M. Kelleher
Fannie Ditzenberger
Cedar Falla
W. B. Brainard
Consolidated
Clemens
Marshall County
State Department of Pubic Institution
Deyoe
Reveille
Town News
NorEs
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