Baxter firm sues for 22550 over promissory note
Baxter Bros. & Co. of Ida Grove sued Lee Grant via Johnson Bros. for 22550 claiming a promissory note. Grant counters a real estate deed to the bank lacked description and he authorized no transfer. The case involves a disputed deed, lost deed records, and attempts to protect the bank's loan during a Kansas real estate deal.
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Baxter Bros. & Co
Ida Grove
Johnson Bros
Lee Grant
Grant
Kansas
Baxter
J. P. Conway
Lansing
Methodist Church
Morning Side College
Sioux City
Corinthia Day
North Side
Edward Ruth
Davenport
Mercy Hospital
Ruth
Lloyd Chambers
Dunlap
Denison Commercial Club
Denison
New Iowa laws allow fraternal societies to form life insurers
The Thirty sixth general assembly passed a bill enabling fraternal beneficiary societies in Iowa to convert to legal reserve life insurance companies after July 4. The change, backed by Insurance Commissioner Emory H English, expands options for assessment life and health associations and may lead to broader conversion of fraternal groups into full life insurers.
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Des Moines
Thirty-sixth General Assembly
Iowa
Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Emory H. English
Hagemann
Senate
House
Assessment Life Associations
Legal Reserve Life Companies
Old Line Life Companies
Assessments Life Companies
Assessment Accident Associations
State Insurance Department
Genna! Cosson
Thirty-second General Assembly
English Saya
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Nebraskan Torpedoed Off Ireland Passes Queenstown Homeward
The Nebraskan, an American steamship torpedoed by a German submarine 40 miles west southwest of Fastnet, passed Queenstown on her way to Liverpool returning to Delaware breakwater. She carried no passengers, crew unharmed, and remained under her own steam despite earlier listing. Authorities confirm the attack and note the ship is under charter to the International Mercantile Marine. The Navy had contracted the Nebraskan to transport 5 000 tons of coal to the San Diego navy yard. State officials await direct consular report before commenting on the incident.
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London
Fastnet
Ireland
Queenstown
Liverpool
Delaware Breakwater
Lloyds
Kinsale
Harold Sanderson
International Mercantile Marines
Sanderson
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Washington
Hancock
Bureau of Supplies and Accounta
Navy Department
Norfolk
San Diego Navy Yard
Department
Nebraskan
U. S. Transport
State Department
Consul Frost
Fagtner Rock
Ryndam Rammed By Steamer Off Massachusetts Coast
The Holland American liner Ryndam carrying 77 passengers was rammed and badly damaged by the tramp steamer Joseph J. Cuneo in thick fog off the Massachusetts coast. Wireless calls summoned U.S. battleships and South Carolina and Louisiana joined Texas to aid. About 250 passengers and crew were transferred to the South Carolina and the Ryndam towed to port in New York.
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New York
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Joseph J. Cuneo
Massachusetts
United States
Atlantic
South Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
Hner
U.S
Turks Sink British Ship in Dardanelles War Report
London reports the British battleship Triumph torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the Dardanelles with many officers and men saved. Paris notes rumors of a naval action in the Adriatic as an Italian cruiser reportedly sinks two Austrian cruisers amid heavy shelling near Ancona. Venice says Duke of Aosta, commander of an Italian army, was injured in a car accident near Mestre.
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Triumph
Dardanelles
Paris
Adriatic
Ancona
Duke of
Aosta
Venice
Victor Emmanuel
Austria
Mestre
Girl Graduate Drowned After Towboat Accident
Miss Lottie Barlow eighteen of Colton and recently graduated from Liberty Center school drowned at Napoleon when a towboat upset on the Maumee river.
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Napoleon
Lottie Barlow
Colton
Liberty Center School
Maumee River
Roosevelt Wins Suit Over Barnes Libel Verdict
Syracuse May 25 Twelve jurors found Theodore Roosevelt true in his charge that William Barnes acted with a crooked alliance between business and politics. Barnes plans appeal, and Roosevelt pledged continued public service. Barnes said the verdict reflects his innocence and personal rectitude remains paramount.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Roosevelt
Republican State Committee
Barnes
New York
Zaroes
William M. Ivins
William M. Twins
Mr. Barnes
Rooseveltt
Inter State Commerce Commission Finds No Discrimination
The ICC ruled there is no unjust discrimination against Canton Illinois in favor of Peoria Illinois in existing rates on agricultural implements moved carload to local points on the Illinois Central railroad across Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi. Athens reports King Constantine’s condition improves amid religious fervor as a statue of the Holy Virgin is carried to the palace. Morning temperature reads 100.5 degrees.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Canton
Peoria
Ilinois Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Athens
London
Constantine
Wreck Kills Soldiers in Caledonian Crash at Gretna
A Caledonian railway disaster at Gretna near Carlisle on Saturday left 165 soldiers dead and many civilians killed with expected total casualties around 490. Three trains collided including a troop train, a local, and the London to Glasgow express. many trapped travelers burned alive as fires spread before rescue.
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Carlisle
England
Caledonian
Gretna
London
Glasgow
Seattle Business Partner Killing Shocks City
W L Siegel confessed to fatally shooting his business partner William R Wolfe in Seattle advertising offices. Police hold Siegel on murder charges after Wolfe's body was found. dispute over a business proposition led to the fatal confrontation as Wolfe advanced toward him.
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Seattle
W. L. Siegel
William R. Wolfe
Wash
Wolfe
Siegel
British American Tobacco Firm Placed Under German Supervision
May 27 report from Amsterdam notes the British American Tobacco company in Germany is under German supervision. James B. Duke is named president of the firm with a capital of 55 million dollars.
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Amsterdam
Germany
James B. Duke
China Signs Jap Treaty in Washington
In Washington on May 27 two treaties relating to the Shantung peninsula and Manchuria and Mongolia were signed and exchanged between Japan and China, marking a major step in their negotiations.
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China
Washington
Shantung Peninsula
Manchuria
Mongolia
Japan
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