Adams Express Clerk Accused Of Major Cash Theft
George Edward Cunliffe, an Adams Express clerk, is suspected of stealing about 101000 in transmitted money. A Pittsburg dispatch reports a large bank package and cash totaling 100000 to 11000 missing from the Pittsburgh area. Cunliffe, employed with Adams Express since March 4, had a prior record in other express lines and was described as well regarded before the alleged scheme surfaced.
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Pittsburg
Wade
Adams
Sikhut
Bank of
Pitisburg
Pitts A
Adams Express Company
Toa Hank
Hiner
Uebe
SRS Miesinc
Wnion
Piereke Agqtzies
Lucerne
Pirtshars
Cunliffe
Seine
Peer Bernifoam div
Candie
Merch 4
Asa
Phishure
Amerean Express Company
Electrica Eexpress Caomtouns
Cute? States Express
Hackoni
Conn
Coulgheaty Faces Prison Trial in Local Court
A garbled local report notes Coulgheaty facing prison as a case proceeds in a city court. The fragment mentions NLC and a possible public interest angle but lacks clear dates or full names.
New York Sauk Closed. wereRask Tie Lat.
A compact stock market brief notes NY Sauk closing and Lat ties with Stony City stocks.
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New York
Sauk
wereRask
Stony City
Crowe Arrives Under Heavy Guard in Omaha
Pat Crowe was brought to Omaha from Butte Montana, chained to Detective Heitfield, amid a large security detail and cheering crowds. Police kept crowds at bay as Crowe, linked with the Kiddnaping case, spoke little of his past, promising the truth when the case goes to court.
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Pat Crowe
Heitfeild
Qhnaka
Neb
Omaha
Qoslwek
Butte
Mant
Wilen
Sttlan
Vie Frau
Mail Crowe
Aherd
Behud
Crowe
Tor
Donahue
Wizard
Gsidi Pacite
Genjamin Kreesan
Htetong Onaha
Fiddie Cidahy
Gail
Cam
Moscow Strife Erupts As Rail Tampering Sows Fear
Reports say fear and violence flare in Moscow with wounded Cossacks and gendarmes after street disorder. The interior ministry confirms casualties among cossacks and evasive reports on railway sabotage near Moscow with assurances of no serious wider breakdown.
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Moscow
Melock
St. Petersburg
Trepos
St Petersburg
Moonjay
Ministry of the Interior
Tito
Marksman Ends Life in Newark Home
Carlos B Allen former rifle practice inspector and purchasing agent for American Hide and Leather Company Cincinnati fatally shot himself Monday. He removed his left shoe and stocking and fired two bullets through his ear, dying at age 48. He left a son and had worked for a leather firm in Ohio as a marksman.
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Iim
Ohio
Giant Swindle Trial Involving Arthur Foster Reported
A trial is reported for Arthur Foster amid charges linked to a large swindle. The case centers on a company alleged to have collected over 3.5 million in rents and related funds during its four years of operation, with thousands of dollars unaccounted.
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Arthur Foster
Philacelobisseas
Murz
Riearer Company
Mahl Bud
A Loen of Over Five Millions mar anond anis
A fragmentary note records a sum over five millions tied to an event or transaction. Names, places, and dates are unclear in the text but suggest a financial or property context. Further readable details are not available in the fragment.
Collision in fog kills three rail workers and injures one
Three men died in a fog bound collision at the Lykens Valley junction south of Mifflinburg PA. The deceased are Theodore Syort Halpa Hendershot and Chas Berry. Injured engineer Tutus Lesh suffered a crushed leg and severe injuries. A mail van caboose and race horse box car collided after a loose caboose uncoupled.
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Lykens Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilh
Mislersburg
Sanday
Theodore Syort
Northumberland
Halpa Hendershot
Chas. E. Berry
Sunbury
Tutus Lesh
Sanchesy
Harrisburg
Football Player Dead After Chester Game
Chester Pa July 21 A Franklin College football player John S Summergirl 21 died in hospital from injuries suffered in a Saturday game. He was knocked unconscious by a blow to the abdomen, revived, resumed play, then kicked in the head and again sustained unconsciousness. He was treated and watched from the sidelines and later died on the way home heptor ak vimersifl. He was married three months.
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Chester
John S
Franklin
Ilis
Heptorak Vimersifl
Riots Up On Moscow Streets Beset Pushkin Monument Site
Despatches report desperate affairs in Moscow on Saturday and Sunday with many killed or wounded on Tversky Boulevard near the Pushkin monument and at the great square by the monastery. Troops used sabers and rifles to quell the rioters as authorities grant police sweeping power to prevent gatherings.
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Moscow
London
Alexander Pushkin
Automobile Smashup Kills Palmer Family Members Near Athens
An Athens Michigan dispatch reports Walter Palmer of Athens was killed in a Sunday crash two and a half miles west of the village. Chauffeur Blake of Kalamazoo died from injuries. Mrs Walter Palmer and daughter Frances were badly bruised but not seriously hurt as the car overturned in a marsh after veering off the road.
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Athens
Mich
Walter Palmer
Blake
Halamazoo
Frances
Schiffer Brothers Accused in Denver Bank Swindle Case
Denver reports allege Schiffer brothers owners of a suspended Alamo bank secured a large sum through stock of a textile company they organized. One brother is under arrest while the other is sought on a warrant. the stock is claimed to be counterfeit or fraudulent.
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Denver
Schiffer Brothers
Suapended Bank of Alamosg
T Extile Company
Gang of Harlem burglars busted by New York police
Police say three veteran burglars and two jewelers linked to a safe robbery network were arrested in New York. They believe the gang conducted numerous Harlem robberies over two years, totaling many thefts.
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New York
Harlem
Miss Roosevelt In Tokio On Latest World Tour
Miss Alice Roosevelt passes through Japan en route to Tokyo. She is met at the station by the city governor and master of ceremonies and escorted in an imperial carriage to the street ceremony amid formalities.
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Alice Roosevelt
Japan
Sumissy
Ucyeno
Tor
Exon Health
Schooner Citr of Pepeete Rescues Japanese Dead Near Kamchatka
The Citr of Pepeete picked up the bodies of numerous Japanese sailors after a voyage from San Francisco. The crew reported deaths occurred months earlier, with confirmation of casualties tied to the Kamchatka area.
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San Free
Bombs Thrown at Cossacks Sunday Evening Incident
Fragmentary report recalls bombs being thrown at Cossacks on a Sunday evening. The text is incomplete but hints at a military or paramilitary confrontation with unidentified assailants and officials referenced.
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Reneral P. A Hind
Americana Acquires Mining Cisims Messrs Americans
Fragmentary parsing indicates a news brief about an Americana corporation acquiring a mining entity and involving named individuals or firms. The readable text references Mexico, a car, and possible business dealings, but details remain unclear.
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Americana
Cisims
SDS
Mexico
Derry Au
Des Moines Hosts Marshal Club Convention For State Legislation
Des Moines hosts the annual marshal clubs convention with 30 31 seconds devoted to forming a plan to push a marshal bill in the Iowa legislature. Delegates from 37 counties join church groups and temperance societies to back stronger enforcement of temperance laws and local option measures.
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Des Moines
Tu Ench
Maine
Hawaii
Missouri
Iowa
Durango Heroine Saves Train from Disaster
Mrs. Peter Koenig of Durango hailed for saving a Great Western train from disaster near a bridge. She and bystanders halted the oncoming car as a forty mile per hour train neared the crossing. Help from local farmers and bystanders aided in guiding passengers to safety, preventing a catastrophe.
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Peter Koenig
Durango
Kate Shelly
Great Western
Fas
Alf
Wweenig
Iowa horseman hurt after jumping burning train car
W H Harden of Gilmore City and E Hayden of Webster City were injured when forced to jump from a burning car west of Webster City. Harden, returning from Dows races with horse Chestnut Panic, was injured at the Wilson Hotel area and received care from the Oda Fellows. The fire damaged the car and its contents.
Burns Trials Baptiste in Des Moines Wrestling Match
Burns defeats Baptiste of St Louis to take the middleweight American title after a 26 minute 34 second first fall. Burns then wins two more falls in 3 minutes 30 seconds and 11 minutes. Also reports a fatal wreck on Rock Island Road near Cedar Rapids with one engine wrecked and a man died from escaping steam after hospital arrival.
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Farmer
Burns
Baptiste
Karmer Burns
Big Rock
Gee. Baptiste
St. Lewis
Des Moines
Rock Island
Rock Island Wains
Winton Pridar
Wiliam Sands
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge Painter Arrested in String of Thefts and Burglary
Fort Dodge contractor and Fifth Sixth Regiment band member FE Prang has been arrested on multiple burglary charges. Police found a large stash of stolen goods at his home and trace a shotgun shipped in a trombone case by express.
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Fort Dodge
FE. R. Prang
Fifth Sixth Regiment
Express
Boy 7 Shot by 3 Year Old in Glenwood Home
Vernon Williams aged 7 son of Edward Williams of Glenwood was accidentally shot in the face Saturday by a three year old named Davidson. The revolver lay on a table when it fired the bullet entered just beneath the right eye and is not yet found. The victim remains alive.
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Vernon Williams
Edward Wiliams
Glenwood
Tragic Farm Accident Near Rosden Claims Farmer
John RB Macu, a farmer near Rosden, was killed when his wagon team frightened by runaway mill steam ran away. He attempted to stop them, fell, and his head was crushed beneath moving wheels.
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John Rb, Macu
Rosden
Pawnbroker Unearths Grim Skull in Bizarre Discovery
A Des Moines pawnbroker reported finding a green greasy skull of a woman in an old item. The grisly discovery drew attention of local authorities and a city physician to determine its origin and potential historical significance.
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Tes
Ambiguous damages award noted in incomplete filing
The fragmentary text references a damages award of 336 050 and mentions parties and a court filing. Details are unclear due to garbled phrasing, but hints at a civil case with a monetary judgment and related proceedings.
Bethowhieh Lad Siege Report in September
Unclear text mentions Bethowhieh lad and sieges in September with fragmentary notes about events and places. No definite names, dates, or outcomes available from the readable portion.
Braducts Powers Fatal
A brief note reports a fatal event involving an individual named Braducts Powers. The fragment mentions a connection to a VHS 4 wage Tes and a person named Tes TET, with unclear roles or locations. Further readable details are not available in the text.
Gressor Case Attracts Jury In Des Moines
A jury in Des Moines will hear the Gressor case next Monday as Mrs. Qod hed is ordered to produce three documents including the deed to the Gresser farm. The grand jury suspects the deed is forged as investigators pursue links to Edmant J. Gressor. Whiteacrests are expected to be traced, witnesses say.
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Reat
Dex Moines
Lecorder
Qodkek Hed
Edmant J. Gressor
Gresser Farm
Mide Oteste
Willa. B. Carter
Whiteacrests
Uressar
Bo Welock
Cressur
Mierder Haas
Lee Muntess
Storm Lake Banker Charged With False Reports
Storm Lake banker EL Brown former president of First National Bank of Stern Lake faces federal charges in Sioux City for creating worthless certificates of deposit to cover an overdraft at Storm Lake Bank. Testimony shows certificates from Scenzily Savings and Trust of Des Moines and other banks were not honored and were reported to regulators.
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Storm Lake
Scenzily Savings and
Trust Company of
Yes. Moines
Commecalien
Zwwart
Des Moines Nationast Bank
Zelhofm
Des Moines Security Savings and
Frast Coutpiais
Rom Brown's Bank
SLAIN FOR HIS WEALTH AT DES MOINES AREA
Edmund Gresser a 33 year old wealthy bachelor was found dead at his Des Moines area home with a bullet wound in his temple and his pipe and reading material nearby. Neighbors heard shots around midnight but the motive is believed to be robbery.
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Edmund Gresser
Des Moines
Fresser
Morning side College Strike Shocks Sioux City Campus
Five hundred students at Morningside College Sioux City mutiny after captain Bsedise Gaores Wer and athletics manager Ralph Hethman are expelled amid a campus protest. Upperclassmen used a freshman in a watermelon hunt. others hid in weeds while blank cartridges were fired. Freshman later jailed, nearly panicked.
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Morningside Céeliege
Bsedise Gaores Wer
Ralph Hethman
Morningside College
Munter
Jilted farmer shoots self near Gilbert
Jake Clouser 20 a farmer near Gilbert killed himself after being told his company was no longer wanted. While driving on a road a couple saw him fall from his buggy with dust in the air and believe it was a deliberate act. He has a brother at Gilbert.
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Jake Clouser
Gilbert
Girl Loses Sight After Laboratory Flask Explosion
Lila Burkharde, a West Pes Moines High School senior, lost sight in her right eye Monday when a flask exploded during a chemistry experiment. Doctors said there was no hope of saving the eye.
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Lila Burkharde
West Pes Moines High School
Demented man thwarted as train threat looms on Fort Dodge road
A disturbed man on the Great Western road near Fort Dodge tried to end his life by stepping in front of a fast train. Police intervened at the last moment, saving him. The man had previously attempted suicide during the war but was rescued each time by bystanders.
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Great Western Road
Fort Dodge
Ice Shortage Surges as Milford Feels October Heat
Milford endures a serious ice shortage as supplies from local sources run dry. Ice was hauled from Arneld's Park ice house but that supply has depleted amid unusually warm October weather.
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Milford
Arneld’s Park
Evenveel
Boy Fatally Shot After Wagon Incident
A treated boy named Elmet Watson riding in a wagon attempted to lift a shotgun from the wagon bottom. The weapon discharged as he pulled it, fatally injuring him at the scene.
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Elmet Watson
Watson
Robbery at Clintean Second Hand Den Reported
A robber entered the Clintean second hand store and stole four watches, 280 rings, and several valuable settings from a display. A man named Masop, who had been in the shop for about a week, was identified as a clue in the incident.
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Geller
Masop
Boy Crushed Under Wagon Wheels Near Talta
A tragic accident near Talta claims the life of BL Nelson a polo senior described as a boy of about nine. Reports say a wagon wheels rolled over him in the oats field while farming activity continued, with authorities or witnesses noting the crushing event and ensuing death.
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Polo
Nelson
Talta
Ng Ipteaogonin
MM. Coberas
Local tax proposal faces uncertain passage
Fragmented OCR note hints at a proposed Spir tax plan and treasury scrutiny. It mentions a yearly figure near S88 and unclear local approval steps. The readable names and dates are not trustworthy here.
Cost of Government in 1904 in Iowa Per Capita
Des Moines correspondent notes 1904 municipal and county expenditures reveal about 14 dollars per person for government across Iowa. Patterson compilations show state, county, township, and county funds with totals and revenue sources including liquor tax and fines, suggesting the per capita cost is higher when all revenues are included.
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Des Moines
Patterson
Cnsus Bureau
Iowa
Re. Patterson
Soares Ies
Patter‘son
Urikge
Adportionmont
Ceeneeees
OTH “County Institute
Ween Arene
Municipal Treasuries
Teachers' Institute
Nish Sens
Ames to spend sixty thousand on fall public improvements
Ames plans to spend sixty thousand dollars on fall public works while Ames voters await results. The Davenport Commercial Club reports membership near four hundred as the Red Oak Chautauqua made a profit, and officials report several local deaths and accidents across Iowa including John Yeager and J B Jones.
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Ames
John Yeager
Boone County
J. B. Jones
Des Moines
Stratford
C. Bradshaw
Fairfield
Davenport Commercial Club
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