Anamosa Robbery Tale of Night Patrol Shootout
Night Marshal Fred Richmond confronted two robbers during a Sunday morning raid on the Brady Murphy silk store area. A gunfight ensued with three shots fired, one robber fell, the other fled with his partner, tracks showed a possible woman accomplice outside the alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Richmond
Paule
Silk Hieves
Richmond
Brady & Murphy
J. W. Courney
Gillen House
Weirand
Mershal
Ford Street
Lntrance
al von
Thriver
Wes
Azute
Union Station
Hathaway
Webster
Rat Snap sales boost amid store heist tale and odd notes
The passage mixes a faultily transcribed robbery report noting two robbers and a possible third, a claim about Rat-Snap rat poison advantages with several promotional points, and a long vignette about Rip Van Winkle and Robinson Crusoe figures in Slinton with a mysterious young man living in the Mississippi river woods. The text combines crime detail, product advertising, and local color in a stray historical clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rip
Robinson
Slinton, Ja
Rip van Winkle
A.modexe Robinson
Henry
al (Gack
Muskogee
Odehoma
Chint
Tie
A. Cook
Cook
Plattville
Wis
Robinson Crusoe
Yves
Mississippi River
Farmer Mr Vaughan recounts seed corn loss to rats
Mr Vaughan explains how pedigreed seed corn stored in a gunny sack hung from a roof rope was eaten by rats, leaving him with five large kernels the next morning. He mentions using RAT-SNAP to control pests, noting prices and local shop sponsorship by Snow White Pharmacy and McAllister Stores Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gossi
Byland
Snow White Pharmacy
McAlister Stores Co
McAllister Stores Co
Child Cured of Bowel Trouble in Iowa Drugstore Claim
A child of Floyd Osborn Notary Public of Dungannon Virginia suffered bowel trouble. Mr Osborn credits Chamberlains Calic and Diarrheas Remedy with a swift recovery, calling it the best he ever used. Sold by Broxam Hinckley Staack Luckiesh druggists Maquoketa Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Osborn
Dungannon
Osborn
Broxam and
Hinckley
Staack
Luckiesh
Maquoketa
Iowa
Peruvian Leaders Parade with Pandering Pipes for Dignity
A Peruvian mayor insists on displaying official dignity by marching with a band of pipers. The town organizers plan to accompany the mayor with a chain of reed instruments producing eerie music on state occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
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Scholl
North Main Street
Maquoketa, Iowa
Anamosa Sile
Pleasant
Chester
Big Joe
Warren Walrod & Son
Propetas
Cas. Troy
Q'Meara & Burnett
Roy Kozak
DRY Goods Company
A .S
Omeone
OAS
Geadines
Brush
Mam
George Blesek
Bleseks
Oxford Junction
Gren Island
Anamosa
Herodotus
Cambyses
Greece
Xerxes
Mr. Vaughan
OR Fletcher
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