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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
8
Iowa briefs report Garden City Bank dynamited with $1000 seized, three children burned dead in Alla makee county, a Des Moines sausage poisoning scare, a Fort Madison prison death, and a Des Moines gas related death. Also notable are Hull’s retirement talk, a murder case, and statewide civic notes including fraternal congress officers and a centennial transfer of Iowa.
Sioux City reports at St Josephs hospital Dr William Jepson of Iowa State University operated on John Norstrom after a hayloft fall fractured his neck. A portion of the third cervical vertebra was removed and tissue debris cleaned. The patient is improving with good recovery prospects.
Robbers blew the Citizens Saving Bank in Quimby of Sioux City area, taking 3000 dollars. A post office at Paulina Indiana yielded 125 dollars. Sheriff Price captured two bank robbers, who tried to drop the loot to hide it. About 1480 dollars recovered. two men stole a team of horses and remain at large.
Des Moines reports the engagement and approaching marriage of Charles A Pell coach of track and football at the State normal to Miss Etta Merner. Pell, once a Drake student, trained the teams and fell for Merner after she won the 100 yard dash in eleven seconds, two seconds faster than the claimed world record. The wedding is set for December 29. Fire at Keokuk kills one and injures two. Keokuk residents report a blaze at Hubinger Bros starch factory destroying main buildings with $250000 loss and $100000 insured. One worker missing, presumed dead. watchman John Buder burned, body not recovered. others injured. Factory to be rebuilt, says manager.
Des Moines reports a comprehensive Iowa weather and crop summary from December 1 1903 showing yields per acre and farm values for staples. Totals list corn twenty six percent million bushels value eighty two million nine hundred eighty four thousand etc with wheat oats barley rye flax potatoes hay forage and other products totaling two hundred fifty six million four hundred eighteen thousand seven hundred four dollars.
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