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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1925
Page
2
A compilation of regional business items highlights investment potential at home through mills banks creameries quarries and other local industries. Notable notes include Sioux City Swift & Company expanding a $1 million plant and Des Moines completing a $630,000 sewer system, plus varied shipments, projects, and contracts across Iowa with focus on local economic activity and growth.
A local debate questions spending for a new jail versus maintaining current facilities. The present jail is described as unsanitary with a dangerous incident of smoke and gas from a disjointed stovepipe, and a sheriff’s residence adjacent to the jail is urged to ensure inmate care.
Strenuous grand jury work has produced nine indictments with testimony from over 30 witnesses since Monday under County Attorney Hoeven. Stenographers T. B. Klay and Esther Hyink recorded the proceedings as the jury, dismissed Wednesday evening, plans a final clean-up Friday. One or two additional indictments are anticipated, with potential trials this term. The term opened with 61 new civil cases and 64 trial notices. the forthcoming criminal case is State vs Folger, larceny by embezzlement, to be tried by Judge Wakefield in Sioux City, possibly lasting three to four days, with Judge Hutchinson presiding in Wakefield’s absence and S. B. Bigelow as court reporter.
A Commuter era plea in Primghar Bell urges O Brien county to replace the condemned jail with a modern facility. Residents recall repeated grand jury condemnations over 20 years and debate whether a new courthouse should include a jail and sheriff’s residence within planned improvements.
In a continuing coroner's inquest, state prosecutors allege William McClintock died after typhoid illness and left a large estate to William D. Shepherd of Chicago. Doctor Farman admitted stealing a typhoid germ tube, and Shepherd was linked to questions about school records, letters, and course information amid new accusations.
The first in a series of student programs will be played by Helen Marie Hayes. Hayes, a well known LeMars pianist, presents her program at the college auditorium on Tuesday night, March 19, following thorough preparation and aiming to be unusually instructive for musically inclined audiences.
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