State and Savings Banks Branches Questioned by Attorney General
Des Moines Aug 13 Attorney General Mullan issued an opinion on whether Iowa state and savings banks may establish or maintain branch banks in the same or different cities, and whether loan and trust companies may do so. He notes no change since 1882 and holds branches are not permitted beyond their articles of incorporation.
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Des Moines
Mullan
Auditor of State
Iown
Joan and Trust Companies
Mr. Mullan
John Y. Stone
Stone
Will Cross Ocean to Her Lover
Washington Ia August 13 Lovers on opposite sides of the globe unite soon Miss Olive Maxwell a society favorite will journey across the sea to meet her fiancé Attorney John Springer of Manila where they will wed Springer an old Washington boy who after graduating at Le land Stanford university went to the Philippines to begin his career Before departure the couple plighted their troth and await fortune to smile on their martial happiness Miss Maxwell is the recipient of marked attention preceding a long life together.
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Washington
Olive Maxwell
Gsociery
John Springer
Manila
Springer
Leland Stanford University
Philippines
Lfe
Miss Maxwell
Morgan Made Custodian of Federal Building
Morgan received notification from Washington of his appointment as custodian of the federal building at Dusuque. The collector of internal revenue previously held the role for Mr. Sammis, who resided in the city, with the change deemed necessary and important to the site duties.
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Morgan
Llbcque
Poscimasrey Morgan
Washington
Federal
Dusuque
Collector of Internal Revenue
Sammis
Child's Play Proves Fatal in Iowa Incident
In Lemars Iowa Aug 13 8 Henry Plan id son of a farmer from me eFLY township died while playing. a child aged seven or eight, playing near a creek, was struck by a vehicle or object leading to his death according to local reports.
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Lemars
Henry Planid
State Fair Concessions PES Mushes She Ow Wais Wot
A brief notice describes new concessions at the state fair with vendor changes and menu items. It notes adjustments to offerings and timings, highlighting expected crowd engagement and logistical details for visitors.
Casady Named Fugitive in Embezzlement Case
Mrs. Maime Zetta Casady sues for divorce from James N. Casady Jr alleging abandonment and seeks custody of two children and temporary alimony. Casady, recently released from jail on embezzlement charges, is alleged to be a fugitive again as a bonding company pursues him for a $5,000 surety and a $3,000 fraudulently obtained loan from an eastern lender.
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Council, Bluffs
Maime Zetta Casady
District Court
James N. Casady, Jr
Omale
Casady
Chicago
Swindler Targeted Men and Women Across Midwest
A Porter alias H H Proctor harry Delimore Gilmore and Murburn, posing as a Des Moines real estate man, operated in Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Minnesota. He sold Buttrick fashions for 27 cash, delivered in twenty days, and courted over twenty young women across states. Arrested in Sioux City after Vermilion and York Nebraska cases, widows Mrs Carr and Mrs French traveled to seek fulfillment of promises. His ledgers show sales of several thousand dollars.
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Sloux City
Porter
H. H. Proctor
Harry Delimore
H. P. Gilmore
F. H. Murburn
Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dalgtta
Minnesota
Jealous husband shoots self before wife in Sioux City
Ben J. Coleman, formerly of Armour South Dakota and now with McCormick Harvesting in Sioux City, killed himself in front of his 18 year old wife. He died five minutes after being shot through the heart. A letter found in his pocket suggested the deed had been planned for some time as he and his wife prepared to travel to Joliet Illinois with his mother in law for a few weeks.
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Sioux City
Ben J. Coleman
Armour
S. D
McCormick
Coleman
Joliet, HL
Dr. John Gordon Named Tabor College President
Dr. John Gordon has been elected president of Tabor college in TABOR IOWA Aug 11 He founded the Westminster Presbyterian church in Omaha and helped establish the city’s theological seminary He has served as acting president for the past year and was previously a college professor.
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Gordon
Tabor
John Gordon
Tabor College
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Omaha
Theological Seminary
Admit Osteopaths to Practice in Iowa
DES MOINES August 11 reports the staff board of medical examiners issued certificates to 275 osteopaths under the new law. The list includes all applicants who showed they had practiced before July 4 when the law took effect.
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Des Moines
Staff Board of Medical Examiners
Black Hawk Veterans to Meet in Waterloo Reunion
Cedar Falls dispatch reports Tiack Mawk County Veterans Union has set September 10 and 11 for its first reunion to be held in Waterloo. The event aims to bring together local veterans for ceremonies and remembrance.
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Black Hawk
Cedar Falls
Tiack Mawk County Veterans’ Union
Waterloo
Accepts New Waterloo Court House
The Waterloo supervisors inspected the courthouse and accepted it from the contractor. The structure cost several thousand dollars and marks a new public facility in the area.
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Waterloo Court House
Railway Across the State Project Details
In Des Moines on August 11 a new company, the Continental de Moines, has been incorporated with capital stock to span Iowa. Des Moines serves as president and W. B. Cawles as secretary, with directors from Des Moines and Kansas City, signaling a northern to Kansas City railway effort.
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der Moines Ja
Iowa
Des Muines
H. Des M 5
W. B. Caiwles
Kansas
W. Thompson
Ota
Kansas City
Smith Family Reunion To Be Held In Holstein Iowa
Holstein Iowa hosts a Smith family reunion on August 19 during the Holstein district fair. Invitations go to all Smiths worldwide and to former and current lawmakers and federal or state officials. The event features reception rooms for autographs, a family picnic, and special premiums for various oldest youngest tallest and heaviest Smiths. Correspondence seeks a Smith to serve as president of the day with a national restitution link to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Iowa
Holstein
United States
Fair Grounds
Congress
Iown
Burial of Wreck Victims in Perry Iowa
Nine coffins carried to the city cemetery mark the burial of laborers killed in the Rhodes railroad wreck near Perry Iowa nine men were laid to rest in a ceremony conducted by local women. Names listed include Mike Flynn Ed Fitzgibbons L Bengham John Richardson Pat Sullivan John Allen Thomas Sullivan and two unnamed. The total dead in the wreck rises to thirteen with two engineers a fireman and another victim. No blame assigned to trainmen as investigations continue.
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Milwaukee
Perry
Rhodes
City
Mike Flynn
Ed Fitzgibbons
L. Bengham
John Richardson
Pat Sullivan
John Allen
Thomas Sullivan
Threshers' Trust Forms In Southern County
In Creston Iowa on August 12 owners of threshing machines in the southern part of the county organized a threshers trust. They set prices of two cents per bushel for oats four cents for wheat and twelve cents for timothy and split the territory into sections with each man guarding his district from entry by rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Thresher Combine
Creston
Farmer Injuries May Be Fatal Near Creston
David Edwards, a young farmer from near Creston Iowa, is in Cottage hospital in serious condition after being thrown from his buggy while trying to aid a couple passing toward town. He struck his head and was unconscious for eight hours with doubtful recovery.
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Creston
David Edwards
Here
Cottage Hospital
Gasoline Stove Explosion Burns Woman in Iowa Restaurant
In West Union Iowa on Thursday evening a gasoline stove exploded at F B Reed’s restaurant in Waucoma severely burning Carrie Boudka and causing interior fire damage from the blast.
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West Union
F. B. Reed
Waucoma
Carrie Boudka
Jealousy Sparks Fatal Shot in Sieversville Camp
Newton Louisiana August 12 Anna Bell a young woman was shot and perhaps mortally wounded by Gertie Pondreck er at the Sieversville coal mining camp near Colfax during a quarrel. Both women are colored. The trouble began over jealousy of Mrs Pondercker s husband. The woman fired two shots the first accidentally hitting her husband. The mine shot struck Afiss Bell whe
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Newton
Anna Bell
Gertie Pondrecker
Sieversville
Colfax
Des Moines Gambler Crusader Isaac Finkelstein Murdered
Isaac Finkelstein, famed for his public gambling crackdown in Des Moines, was attacked on Walnut Street near Sixth and Seventh. A shadowy assailant struck him, killing him. four witnesses rushed to help. The crime, linked to his anti gambling actions and efforts to tax the activity, remains under investigation as rumors and silent threats surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Isaac Finkelstein
Walnut Street
Finkelstein
Coal Find Reported in Monona County Near Moorhead
In Moorhead area of Monona county a vein of good grade coal was struck at 258 feet while drilling on Andrew Larson’s farm two miles south of Moorhead. A stock company led by Frank Lee and Frank Larson plans further shaft sinking to evaluate deposits. This marks the first confirmed discovery in the county, though earlier traces appeared.
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Onawa
Monona County
Andrew Larson
Moorhead
Frank Lee
Frank Larson
Monona Railroad Valuations Listed by Board
The state board executive council returns Monona county railroad valuations to the county auditor. Illinois Central is valued at 195,260. Maple River branch 439,761. Soldier Valley branch 237,150. Sioux City & Pacific branch 670,195. Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul 385,420. Total 113 miles, an increase of 150,504 over 1901.
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Onawa
State Board
Monona County
Ilinois Central
Maple River
Chicago & Northwestern
Soldier Valley
Sioux City
Jowa Man Charged with Murder at Fort Hall Opening
BLACKFOOT Idaho Aug 9 W A Durham held on murder charge for killing John Donaldson son of Wood River Neb and E M Fritz of Pocatello Idaho. He formerly lived at Carson Ia and his family is described as prominent. The three men were among those in the first rush at Fort Hall reservation opening.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
W. A. Durham
Carson
John Donaldson
Wood River
Neb
E. M. Fritz
Pocatello
Fort Hall Reservation
Reunion of Crocker's Brigade in Muscatine September
Crocker’s Town brigade holds its eleventh biennial reunion at Muscatine on Wednesday and Thursday September 24 and 25. All who served in the Iowa Brigade consisting of the Eleventh Thirteenth Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa infantry volunteers are entitled to membership and urged to attend.
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MT. Vernon
Condition of Fruit Reported for Iowa Crops
Secretary Greene of the State Horticultural Society lists the mid month fruit percentages for Iowa. Pears 67 percent, summer and fall apples 58, winter apples 55, American plums 47, grapes 25, European and domestic plums 26, Japanese plums 25.
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Des Moines
Wilson Will Go to Washington
Secretary Wilson and his son along with private secretary Fasper Wilson returned to Washington from their farm near Traer after a three week stay visiting relatives and friends in Traer.
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Wilson
Washington
Traer
Fasper Wilson
Battle of Athens remembered at Keokuk gathering
Thousands from Iowa and Missouri gathered along the Des Moines river near Keokuk to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Athens fought in 1881 on the Missouri bank to thwart Confederate forces from entering Iowa and seizing Keokuk and its powder magazine.
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Athens
Keokuk
Iowa
Missouri
Des Moines River
Big Wheat Farm Syndicate Plans Canadian Bonanza
A US syndicate led by T. B. Hoard of Nebraska plans a bonanza wheat farm between Craik and Davidson on the Prince Albert line. Forty thousand acres bought for 200000 dollars with 160000 for improvements. The group will introduce steam plows and own nine elevators at various sites.
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ST. Paul
T. B. Hoard
Nebraska
Ceattleman
Canada
Craik and
Davidson
Princes Albert
Canadian Pacific
North Dakota
F. J. Waddell
Aurora
Neb
Iowa
Illinois
Hoard
Neely seeks return of currency found with him
C W Neely, convicted of Cuban postal frauds and later granted amnesty, asks the attorney general to reimburse $6,234 found in his possession at arrest. The money, sent to Cuba as trial exhibit, was returned by the military government to the War department and remains held by Secretary Root awaiting balance with the Cuban government to guide further action.
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Washington
W. Neely
Cuba
Neely
War
Feeding Needy Filipinos After Campaign Advances
From Manila Major Bik of the commissary writes to General Weston that feeding natives in the Philippines continues. He reports Batangas camps fed about 240,000 people and Laguna likely about half that number, as crops were destroyed and camps broken up.
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Washington, D, C
B.ik
West
Commissary Department
Manila
Weston
Philippines
Batangas
Laguna
Bell
Austens Chamberlain Named Postmaster General
London reports that Austen Chamberlain, son of the colonial secretary, is appointed post master general replacing the Marquis of Londonderry who has resigned. The announcement was made today in London.
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Joe
London
Austen Chamberlain
Marquis of Londonderry
Elkes Wins Twenty Mile Auto Race at Coliseum
Worcester Mass August 9 Elkes defeated Freeman in a twenty mile motor paced race at the Coliseum finishing in 31 minutes 27 and 3 5 seconds.
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Worcester
Mass
Coliseum
Elkes
Freeman
Funston Confined to Home by Illness in Colorado
Brig Gen Frederick Funston commander of the Department of the Colorado is confined to his home due to illness after an operation for fisture. His condition is not alarming and friends expect a quick recovery. The illness is not from the prior appendicitis operation performed in Kansas City before his arrival in Colorado.
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Denver
Frederick Funston
Department of the Colorado
Kansas City
Colorado
Live Stock Market Report from Omaha Cattle and Hogs
Fair cattle run with steady market. better stockers and feeders active while common stock neglected. Hogs opened lower but firmed, most sales $7.25 to $7.40, up to $7.40. Sheep quotes varied by grade, with prices for yearlings and lambs listed across several ranges.
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Omaha
Chicago
Kansas City Live Stock Prices Report
Kansas City market notes cattle and hogs with mixed changes. Natives and quarantine stockers steady to lower, note export beef steer value around 7 7 8 dollars totals. hogs generally lower with choicest around 7.65 and bulk sales 7.40 to 7.55. sheep and lambs steady to higher with native lambs near 3.40 to 5.45 and western lambs 3.90 to 5.00.
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Texas
Cable not to be cut in Haiti threat action
The United States and Haytien Telegraph and Cable company asked Washington to halt the planned severing of the undersea cable between Cape Haytien and New York. Admiral Killick’s rebel Crete-Pierrot forces, allied with General Firmin, threaten to cut the line, prompting a request to Commander McCrea of the gunboat Machias for protection of the cable.
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Washington
United States and Haytien Telegraph and Cable Company
State
Navy Departments
Cape Haytien
New You
Haytien Gunteat Createn-Pierrot
Admiral Killick
Revolutionary
Firmin
Navy
New York
McCrea
Machias
Negotiations With Morgan Shipping Suspected Progress
British dispatches suggest Belfast reported agreement with the Morgan shipping combine is premature. Negotiations on details continue with expectations of success. In the Commons, Prime Minister Balfour said no public statement yet due to delays from Chamberlain, pledging forthcoming disclosure when feasible.
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Britain
London
Belfast
House of Commons
A. J. Balfour
Shipping Combine
Mr. Balfour
Chamberlain
Austen Churchill Named Postmaster General in Britain
London officials announced Austen Churchill, son of the colonial secretary, will become postmaster general succeeding the Marquis of London Derry who resigned. Also named Sir William Hood Waldron as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster replacing Lord James of Hereford, who stepped down due to ill health.
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London
Austen Chiuberlain
Whee
Marquis of Londonderry
William Hood Waldron
Duchy of Lancaster
Lord James of Hereford
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