Robbery and violence strike Emmettsburg area farm
A heavily armed masked gang forced entry to the Goodsell farm near Emmettsburg at midnight. Lex Goodsell was shot in the arm protecting his family as a 16 year old son tried to intervene. The mother and two daughters fled the house. attackers fled after a neighbor alarm. Authorities pursued and hospital treatment was sought for the wounded.
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Goodsell
Emmettsburg
Wes
Lex Fenty
Folninger
Nellie
Sarah
Huumettsburg
Purneltsburg
LAWMAKERS GO HOME Sums and Legislation Farewell
Iowa Legislature adjourned after a 71 day session costing the state about 180 592 in salaries and mileage. Lawmakers passed numerous measures including bills on fire insurance rates tobacco sales and opium penalties while discussing warship funds and state exposition representation. Several deaths and accidents nearby noted with local officials reporting casualties.
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State of
Iowa
House
Senate
Towa
Omaha
Blanelard
Berry
Howell
Twenty-first General Assembly
Phelps
Ly Bowen
Comales
ELF
Lauder
Associati S. EB
Iside
H. F
Funk
Minister Renounces Faith In Local Church
In Clarish religious circles excitement grows as Rev W B Cash renounces the United Brethren Church after two years and a half of service and is baptized by Evangelist Bruce Brown of the Church of Christ. Before baptism he spoke harshly against the presiding elder and the church board, causing a profound sensation.
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W. B. Cash
United Brethren Church
Bruce Brown
Church of Christ
Bapfinn
Aid Clutch
Gowl
Board
Fire destroys major furniture plant causing heavy losses
A large three story furniture factory owned by Anderson and Winter burned Saturday night at Clinton, flames consuming inflammable material and destroying the plant despite rapid firemen action. The Clinion Church Furniture Company and J. A Kellay Co. adjoining mills were saved. loss estimated at 40 000 with 1000 000 insurance. Spontaneous combustion suspected.
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Glinton
Anderson & Winter
Clinion Chuoreh Purni‘tura Company
J. A. ‘Kellay & Co
Wll Red Wild
Mystic Shriners in Session at Sioux City Meeting
Twenty six towns across Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota attended the Kaaba temple session in Sioux City with over 800 present including El Riad Sioux Falls and El Kafir Cedar Rapids. A parade was cancelled due to weather but a class of seventy was initiated at the Fourth regiment armory and a banquet followed at Mondamin Hotel.
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LeMars
el Kabir Shrine
Cedar Rapids
el Kabir
Sioux City
Temple of
Davenport
el Kebir
Eastern Star
Mystic Shriners
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Mystic Shrine
el Riad Temple
Sioux Falls
Fourth Regiment
Mondamin Hotel
William Hawley Smith Illness Delays Lecture Tour
William Hawley Smith the lecturer and author and companion of the late Gill Nye is ill at a hotel in Garland and has canceled several dates. His health is delicate and only strong exertion lets him stay on the road.
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William Hawley Smith
Gill Nye
Garrol
Smith
Fatal Marshaliown accident claims mechanic Haviland
Teaniel DG Haviland, a mechanic from Marshaliowar, was killed while helping move a grinding machine at the glucose works. He was five years old.
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Teaniel DG
Haviland
Marshaliowar
Disappointed Hover personal crisis reports
A troubled individual, M. OK. Shields, died by self inflicted gunshot at a home near Mr. Lacey eight miles southwest of hailtown, in a case linked to love disappointment. A severe Lucas County storm caused widespread damage including burned trees and three to four inch rainfall.
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M. OK. Shields
Lacey
Hailtown
Lucas
Lucas County
Vail Fe
Burnington West
Walvish
Odds and ends from around the world in a late 19th century miscellany
A wide mix of curiosities and notes from Europe and America. Topics include copper in Australia, France's declining able-bodied men, infant growth, Florida Bay sponge discovery, a Portland dig, German meat prices, a 84-year-old’s teething, Paris theater insurance, and various societal and literary observations, with regional anecdotes from Bardstown to Washington.
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Australia
France
Portland
Ore
Germany
Jake Lawrence
Tintontown
Paris
Europe
Naples
Parma
Milan
Bardstown
W. C. Cherry
Poland
San Salvador
Various Proposals in Fiction and Odd Anecdotes
The piece examines differing ideas of beauty and love as shown in recent fiction. It includes examples where lovers persuade or resist, a humorous hotel anecdote about men debating laziness, and a curious fish hawk farming tale from Southern Indiana. It also mentions a Washington Star note about a public scene and a House exchange about a daughter seen helping with one hand.
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Mr. Fowells
Indiana
Doi
Shey
Washington &Tar
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