Break in Revetment Threatens Sioux City Bridges
A report filed with the Missouri River assistant engineer notes the revetment above a Sioux City bridge has broken through at a point about one mile and a half upstream. Indications are a new channel may form endangering property in Sioux City and Covington. Two breaks in riprap exist, one serious. If the river maintains its new course the combination and high bridges span marsh land with southward river. A hurried notice was sent to Kansas City.
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Sioux City
Bloux City
Missouri River
Covington
Kansas City
Negro preacher denied lodging in Waterloo hotels
Waterloo May 22 Rev A L Demood a Congregational preacher from Buxton Ia who attended a conference could not find lodging due to his race. He slept on the street while local arrangements committee provided assistance. A possible damage suit may follow the refusals.
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Waterloo
A. L. Demood
Buxton
Demood
Des Moines Bridge Work Halted by Flooded River
Des Moines reports show high water stopping work on the new street-wide arch bridge across the Des Moines river at Locust street. Cofferdams around pier overtopped by rising flood, with more rain forecast likely to delay progress further.
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Des Moines
Locust Street
Judge rules wife’s worth to husband in fatal Pisgah store case
Iowa judge lowers award for loss of wife and three children in a 60,000 damage suit against Pisgah department store. May 25 report details Mrs Chapman's fatal oil explosion on May 12, 1907, caused by coal oil containing gasoline. Final judgment totals 1,381.80 for loss of society and services.
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Hustad
Iwigan
W.R. Green
Fifteenth Judicial District of
Iowa
Lee Chapman
Pisgah
Chapman
Iowa floods batter Des Moines region and farms
Heavy rains push Des Moines and Raccoon rivers higher, prompting evacuations as homes are readied for move to higher ground. Farmers statewide face halted corn planting and waterlogged fields with vast lowland areas submerged or swampy, threatening crops and livelihoods.
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Stery
Des Moines
Raccoon
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Doctor and Editor in Fight Over Surgeon's Prices
Waverly Iowa May 25 a dispute stemming from alleged persecutions of local doctors by Charles W Miller editor of the Waverly Democrat led Dr J F Auner to confront Miller in a street brawl. Both men were injured in several vigorous rounds as Miller ridiculed the county Medical society and its surgical charges.
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Waverly
Charles W. Miller
Waverly Democrat
J. F. Auner
Miller
County Medical Society
Society
Iowa Central Strikers Cited in Des Moines Court
Judge McPherson ordered strikers from the Iowa Central railroad at Marshalltown to appear and show cause why an injunction should not restrain interference with nonunion workers. The request for immediate injunction was denied amid reports of terrorizing nonunion men since the Marshalltown strike weeks earlier.
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Des Moines
McPherson
United States
Iowa Central Railroad
Marshalltown
A. B. Storms
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Ames
Still College of Osteopathy
Iowa Osteopaths
J. R. Bullard
Iowa Boy Shot In Stomach In Kellogg Isle
On May 2 Lyle Rosmond, nine, playing with a rifle in Kellogg, Iowa, shot Wendell Adair, seven, son of Dr. W. Adair. The ball passed through Wendell's stomach, grazed the left lung and lodged in the shoulder. Wendell is not expected to live.
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Iowa
Kellogg
Lyle Rosmond
Wendell
Wilson in Campaign Speak for Senator Aliso in Iowa
Allison headquarters in Des Moines announces a possibility that Secretary Wilson will travel to Iowa on May 25 to speak for Senator Aliso, signaling a campaign event tied to the incumbent slate.
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Allison
Des Moines
Congress
Cummins
Fort. Dodge
Dolliver
Sioux City
Real Estate Quiet Title Sought in Mills County Iowa
Plaintiffs seek to reform a 1878 deed description and cancel a paid mortgage not released, asking the court to forever quiet title to specific land in Mills County. The petition cites the southeast quarter sections and adjacent lots in section six, township 72 north, range 41 west, together with a prior decree to be reformed.
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B.C. Martin
Chas. W. Foster
Lauran Foster
W. XK. Foster
Ella Foster
Potter H. Foster
Olive Foster
Adrian R. Mostar
Maude Foster
Ralph RB. Foster
Abbie Barkley
J. 16. Barkley
Elizabeth H. Williams
District Court of
State of
Iowa
Mills County
George Foster
William Donner
B. C. Martin
Freda F. Shuman
District Court Record
Geo. Foster
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