Bank Robbery in Rothsay and Saloon Heist in Fergus Falls
In Rothsay Minnesota the Bank of Rothsay was robbed after midnight using nitroglycerine to blow open vaults. About $2,700 in cash was stolen while coins remained, with authorities and bank representatives responding to resume business. In Fergus Falls a separate saloon burglary led by two men end with Belmont recovering loot and assisting police as suspects Thomas Cavanaugh and Henry Burk were detained.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Bank of Rothsay
K.K. Peterson
W. J. Breen
E.J. Breen
S. E. Eklund
Collness
Scandia Bank
Thomas Cavanaugh
Henry Burk
Belmont
Railroads Begin Fight in Courts in Marshalltown
Marshalltown Iowa, Dec 19. Lawsuits seek permanent injunctions between Iowa Central and Chicago Great Western railroads. Hearings set before Judge Parker early next week in circuit court. Central accused of tearing up track on land leased to Chicago Great Western used for a chop site. Temporary injunction halted shop building but work has restarted.
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Marshalltown
Ila
Iowa Central Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Parker
Iowa Central
Chicago Great
No More Free Water in Fort Dodge Ind
In Fort Dodge Iowa on December 10 Judge Evans granted a permanent injunction preventing the city from offering free water or tax exemptions as inducements to manufacturing firms. The ruling ends a long, bitter dispute by local citizens who had opposed the subsidy.
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Fort Dodge
Commercial Club of
Evans
Free water and tax exemption proposal challenged as illegal
The proposition to grant free water and tax exemptions was argued to be contrary to law and to tax the many for the benefit of a few, prompting debate over its legality and equity.
Japs for Tow a sugar beet project in Iowa area
In Eldora Bremer county on December 16 agents of a sugar company offer to station Japanese farming families in the region to work sugar beet crops. They propose sending Japs to oversee all growing for a fixed price per acre if twenty acres are pledged, to support a Waverly factory plan.
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Eldora
Waverly
Bremer County
Northwest Briefs Iowa City Child Dies From Pony Accident
Iowa City region reports James Siegling ten year old son of Marcus Siegling was fatally thrown from a skittish pony while returning from church. He died instantly. Marcus Siegling was previously killed by a gun accident. DuBuque fined saloon keeper Cosley $290 and barred from operating a saloon in the county under a mulet injunction issued last June. Clinton jury awards Susan Knight $1,400 after a 36 hour out case against W Young & Co over an accident at their mill causing Fred Thomas’s death. Fairport notes no new clues on Harry Jones’s whereabouts in the Van Winkle murder case. local officials remain on the case.
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Iowa City
James Siegling
Sharon Center
Marcus Siegling
Dubuque
Clinton
Susan Knight
Fred Thomas
Fairport
Harry Jones
William van Winkle
Port
Drowned Children Reported in Tama Skating Accident
Marshalltown dispatch notes two sons of N. E. Carnell aged 10 and 12 drowned while skating at Tama, 17 miles east. In Leon county H Allredge set a county husk corn record of 220 bushels in ten hours, witnessed by locals wagering farms on the outcome.
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Cumm
Capii
Marshalltown
N. E. Carnell
Tama
Leon
H. Allredge
Emperor Wilhelm Ends Rest and Visits London
London reports Emperor Wilhelm ends a brief rest at Highcliffe Castle after a cure. He meets King George and has lunch, plans to depart Wednesday for home en route to visit Queen Wilhelmina in Holland, wrapping up a three day sightseeing stay.
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London
Kiam
High Cliffe Castle
Wilhelmina
Holl
A Real Wonderland in South Dakota Mines
In M City Mrs. E Clapp recounts her son nearly dying from lung and throat trouble. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving him after exhausting cough spells. The remedy, a trusted medicine for coughs and lung issues, is sold by O T Er druggist with 50c and 1.00 prices and a trial bottle free.
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South Dakota
M¢ City
E Clapp
O. T. Er
Pure Paint Law Opens High Court Debate
United States Supreme Court takes up the North Dakota constitutional issue on the pure paint law in a case that could shape interstate commerce and state regulation of painting materials.
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U. K
Washington
United States Supreme Court
North Dakota
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Westby Bros
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LA Crosse, Wis
Westby Brothers
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la Crosse
Westby
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America
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South 4Th St
BROS
South Fourth ST
Minnesota
Northwest
Roots
ST. Paul, Minn
George Belmont
Merry Wives of Windsor
Towa
Wilhelm
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