Spaulding Held On Embezzlement Charge In Des Moines
State Pharmacy Commission secretary Suel J. Spaulding was arrested in Des Moines amid allegations he embezzled about $15,000 in state funds from fees paid by pharmacists for certificates. The arrest followed years as secretary of the commission, with bonds posted by Banker C. B. Worthington and Postmaster Edward Munter.
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Suel J. Spaulding
State Pharmacy Commission
Des Moines
Spaulding
Commission
Indianola
Board of Trade
Edward Munter
Dea Moines
Tawa Telephone Association
Minnesota
South Dakota
Theos Moines
A. A. Moore
Marshalltown
FE. H. Times
Oskaloosa
Board of Control
C. F. Bennett
Waterloo
O. E. Wells
Boone
S. F. Slinde
A. T. Wess
Iowa House Debates Military Monument Bill and Budgets
The Iowa House passed a soldiers' monument bill with amendments and debated funding for Bonaparte dam and a Meek brothers claim. Senate measures included a primary election reform and various tax and railroad related bills. Senate and House actions covered judging, licensing, and public works with multiple amendments and votes reported.
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Bonaparte
A. We. Hackett
Anurder
Mahaska County
Bell
Grow
Meek Brothers
Des Moines
Iowa
Omahe Exposition
Senate
Carney
Committee On Elections
Tha
Parron
Funk
Wells
Herling
Irugi Senate
McArthur
Reuniles
de Fenicel
Els
Mth
Hose
Joan
Tilss
Tawa
Es State
Texpessive Council
Ion Waa
Miller
Pherakes
Cherakea Insane Asylum
Upton
Cigarette Sales Debate Stalls Constitutional Challenge
Senate fights to curb cigarette distribution with a broad ban touching sale to individuals while permitting wholesale exports. Lawyers dispute constitutionality as proponents argue state police powers clash with federal commerce limits.
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Senate
Jima
Beennae Tohneca
Congress
Wally
Bere
Little House Kidnapped in Mahaska County
Berry Butler, an unnamed boy from Oskaloosa area, vanished from his home on the night of March 11. Two suspicious men were seen near the residence. authorities in Mahaska County and nearby Orkalogen joined the search but have not located the child.
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Berry Butler
Oskaloona
Ma Haska
Kidmaipel
Orkalogen
Mahaska
Mis Accounts Are Square Charges Against the Boy Mayor Disproved
Frank Piérce the boy mayor of Marshalltown was charged with a city accounts shortage. Records show none. $936 of the alleged shortage was not turned in until March 18 the day the council installed new officers. Previous mayors ran similar deficits without action. Public sentiment divided and defamation suits threatened.
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Frank Piérce
Marshalltown
Couttesl
Trotter
Pierce
Iowa Railroads Show Big Earnings Gain for 1895
The state executive council released earnings data for Iowa railroads, showing improved business in 1895 with gross state earnings about 87.7 million dollars and net earnings rising to 18.6 million. Per mile rates and year comparisons indicate notable gains despite smaller gross totals than prior years. A separate item reports a bank robbery at Ladora where dynamite destroyed a safe and about 1,000 dollars was stolen, with a reward offered for capture. An Ottumwa funeral procession caused a runaway team, alarming attendees and injuring a child and others.
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Railronda
Ile
Hnes
Burlington and Northern Railway
Crooked Creek Railway and Coal Company
Trameasion
Shenaadeah
Josnes
State Executive’ Council
Iowa
Ladora
O Whitcock & Fields
Ladera
Marengo
Davenport
Marongo
Stack Island
Arrests Linked to Akron Assault Case Disturbing Claims
A man arrested at Alsontet on suspicion of assaulting Arles T Dengina of Akron had been blessed, while Joan Gleason of Westfield faced suspicion of the same crime against Miss Dargiss. Authorities note Gleason was in town all day Monday with verifiable whereabouts.
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Alsontet
Arles T
Samuel Olsen Killed in Factory Fly Wheel Accident
Samuel Olsen, foreman at Lennox Machina Company’s factory in Marahatl town, died after tripping into a fly wheel in the engine room while repairing beilers in the glucose factory. He fell headlong, breaking his body and limbs and was instantly killed.
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Grundy Center
Clinton
Hollander
Vogal
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Frank Pierce
Sth
Samuel Olson
Lennox Machine Company
Glucose
Olson
Glick
Babcock
Fd Jacobsen
Samuel Olsen
Lennox Machina Company
Marahatltown
Beilers
Olsen
Desperate Burglary at Hradlay's Bank in Moulton
A burglary at Hradlay's Bank in Moulton failed as a vault blast shattered the doors and exposed only a broken safe. Villagers woke to the explosion and the thieves fled, leaving no loot. National Guard encampments for Iowa's Fourth Regiment announced with dates in August.
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Hradlay
Moulton
National Guard
Adji
AH. Wright
Iowa National Guard
Battle With Tramps in Livermore Yards Ends in Death
A gang of tramps fought in the Burlington yards at Livermore. They hurled rocks and brickbats for minutes until officers arrived. One tramp was found dead and several others seriously wounded.
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Burlington
Livermore
Oldest Resident of Allamakee County Dies at Century Mark
Elizabeth Paulson of Center Township near Lansing, long known as the county’s oldest resident, has died. Born in Norway, she was within a few months of turning 100 years old.
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Allamakee
Fiizabeth Paulson
Center Township
Lansing
Norway
Postoffice and store burned at Arbor Hill
The general store owned by J F Pease and housing the post office and telephone exchange at Arbor Hill burned down with its contents. A separate item notes the Saengerbund of Dubuque selecting a hall site for the Northwestern Saengerfest next July, with a large auditorium and dozens of participating societies. Another brief report says William Burbridge of Greeley was killed when a train collided with the house he sat in near Boston while en route with a load of horses.
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J. FP. Pease
Arbor Hill
Saengerbund
Dubuque
Auditoriium
Northwest
Boston
William Burbridge
Greeley
Immigration Prospects in Iowa Fall Flat as Farmland Boom Presses
Des Moines correspondence details Iowa migration trends from 1885 to 1895 the small role of organized immigrant aid, the influx from Illinois, and the impact of land prices. It notes scarce cheap land beyond Des Moines area, rising mortgage rates, and a push for a state warehouse law to aid farmers amid uncertain prospects for 1896.
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Bone Cenans
Dea Moines
Jowe
Statisticiana
Btata
Towa
Novise
Iowa
Ilinois
Illinois
Ih‘creaac
Hethersigay
Pear den Moines
Polk County
Lowa
Chicago
Gounselman and
Armour
Tate
Bureau of Account
Family Mired in Tragedy Amid Insanity Scare
Frances Jimnae a 20 year old from Greston with Miss Joe Shoulba of Des Moines learns of her brother’s insanity and death in a period of mental decline. The family faces confinement as the father mother and siblings suffer nervous disorders and despondency within a troubled household. She and others were shielded from the brother’s fate to preserve her sanity.
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Paorhotee
Jirate Seema
Jirase
Neglaia
Asshim
Siater
Latred
Frances Jimnae
Insane Commissionéro Am
Greston
Joe Shoulba
Pes Moines
Colorado
Berlin citizen Joachim Behroder commits suicide by hanging
A respected Berlin resident Joachim Behroder dies by suicide with no stated cause. In other notes, a bucket brigade helps save Hamburg cereal mills from fire and various local incidents and events are reported.
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Joachim Behroder
Berlin
Hamburg
Lareh
Shelby County
Boies
Young Anderson
Madrid
van Nigeen
Grandy Center
Joseph Manning
Tefferson
Orlanda Ty. Manning
Jue
J. J. Tirana
Percy
Ahert Deis
Tewis
Bivaus
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Grand Lodge
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Seth
John D. Kelly
M. J. Kelly
Williameburs
Ularvard
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Ar. Kelly
Mr. de Pet
St. Louis
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Chenga
Betel Gee
Athin
Bam
Sh Bt. Lown
I. M. Harbridge
Greely
Delaware County
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Mass
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Tres Moines
Switzerland
Ural Mountains
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Taderewaki
Iowa Railroad
Charles Morrison
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Eveapen
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