Sioux City Mystery Deepens Over Missing Club Leader
In Sioux City Iowa Mrs. T F Burns wife of a local businessman and president of the Beethoven club vanished. Police dragged the Missouri River without result and dynamite may be used as a search tactic. Theories abound including kidnapping wandering in dementia or accidental stranding near the riverbank. Her husband remains distraught amid uncertainty.
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Sioux City
T. F. Burns
Beethoven Club
Bidding for a College in Iowa Cities Compete to Attract Fairfield
Des Moines reports Fairfield trustees may move the college to another Iowa location. The plan asks Fairfield residents to raise 125000 for new buildings after a fire. Pleasant Iowa Wesleyan offers 75000 with Mount Pleasant residents adding 15000 others. Ottumwa Burlington and others expected to bid.
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Des Moines
Oct
Fairfield College
Iowa
Fairfield
Mr. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Ottumwa
Burlington
City is Too Wicked for Him
Reverend J A Geremann pastor of St Boniface Catholic church asked for a transfer to a smaller town due to what he called the wickedness of Sioux City. Bishop Garrigan granted the transfer and the priest will move to Granville Iowa. He said in a farewell sermon that Sioux City youth were so wicked he was discouraged and sought a town with morally better people.
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Sioux City
Oct
J. A. Geremann
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Garrigan
Granville
Father Geremann
Traveling Men Organize in Cedr Falls Ita
After a banquet hosted by the Business Men's association traveling men in the city formed a Traveling Men's association for mutual benefit and keeping in touch with the city needs. About seventy five men are listed with city headquarters and improved railroad service as a first goal.
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Cedsr Falls
Ita
Business Men's Association
Pioneer Bluffs resident Bella M Hughes remembered
Oct 8 report from Council Bluffs notes Gen Bella M Hughes whose Denver death last Saturday marks the passing of a pioneer figure in the citys early history. She led the Overland Stage and Express company linking the Missouri river and Pacific coast and was the Beaver and Pacific railroads first president.
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Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Bella M. Hughes
Denver
Colo
Overland Stage and Express Company
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Beaver & Pacific Railroad
Accused of Serious Offense in Franklin County
A well known farmer north of Iowa Falls in Franklin county is held on a serious charge of assault on 15 year old Miss Phoebe Taylor daughter of George Taylor who lives near Dows in Wright county Ball had a preliminary hearing in a justice court and was bound over to the Franklin county grand jury
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Iowa Falls
Franklin County
Phoebe Taylor
George Taylor
Hyes Dows
Wright County
Ball
Grand Jerye
Code Commission Finisses and Writings
Fragmentary report describes a code commission completing a work and distributing a letter. It notes a code grayer, legizi officials, and editors, with offices preparing a bibliography or instruction. The text is garbled but suggests ongoing distribution and publication readiness.
Creditors to receive 6 percent additional dividend in Council Bluffs
Receivers Brerehsem and Murphy secured Judge Macy's order for a further 6 percent dividend to creditors of the Officer & Pusey bank. This follows 23 percent and 20 percent previous dividends, bringing total paid to 50 percent. Liabilities and on-hand funds are detailed, with a potential final 5 percent dividend if collection permits.
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Council Bluffs
Qet
Officer & Pussey Bank Fre
Macy
District Court
Brereshem and Murphy
Spinney leads appeal in Home Savings receivership
Dr. G. E. Spinney of Omaha heads a shareholder faction backing voluntary liquidation and seeks a trustee under a 28th general assembly act. He filed a supersedeas bond and appealed Judge Mercyr’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional and Bremner’s appointment illegal. The lower court awaits the supreme court decision before appointing a receiver.
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Des Moines
G. E. Spinney
Omaha
Home Savings and Trust Company
Yuus
Twenty-Eighth General Assembly
Mercyr
W. H. Bremner
Lower Ecourt
Supreme Court
Prize Fighter Weds Artist in Silent City Mystery
Sioux City notice reports Prof. Eddy Robinson a former prize fighter, aged 43, secretly wed to Betsie Henry an artist. Parents of Betsie are prominent LeMars residents. The bride has opened a studio in Alioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Cupid
Eddy Robinson
Bessie Henry
LeMars
Alioux City
Great Western Locates Nine New Towns in Iowa
The Great Western railroad has located nine new towns on its Omaha line in Iowa: Roslyn in Webster county Rinard and Wightman in Calhoun county Lanesboro and Lidderdale in Carroll county Tennant in Shelby county and Bentley Gilliatt and Mc Clelland in Potawatamie county. Lot sales in the new towns will begin soon.
Banking Laws Compiled in Iowa Pamphlet Published
DES MOINES Oct. 6 The auditor of state issued a new pamphlet compiling Iowa banking laws. It updates the statutes from the last legislature session and incorporates late attorney general decisions.
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Des Moines
Auditor of State
State of
Iowa
Washington County Veterans Hear Josiah Patterson Talk
Congressman Josiah Patterson of Memphis Tennessee addressed the Washington County Veterans Association with Colonel Bell presenting. Patterson noted he took Bell's regiment prisoners during the Civil War.
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Washington County Veterans
Washington, In
Josiah Patterson
Memphis
Tenn
Washington County Veterans’ Association
Bell
Mir. Patterson
Courtship by Telegraph Leads to Marriage in Ottumwa
OTTUMWA IA Oct 6 A courtship by wire culminated in the marriage of Charles Hancock train dispatcher at the Burlington railroad office Ottumwa to Miss Marie T Wist telegraph operator Albany Missouri The ceremony marks a rapid romance aided by telegraph communication between two railroad workers in different states.
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Ottumwa
Charles Hancock
Burlington Railroad
Marie T. Wist
Albany
Romance of a Life Saver in Vinton Marriage
A romance unfolds around Hassie D. Endwall an Evanston life saver and hero and Miss Tosa B Chrigvanson of Norway as they wed at the bride’s home in Norway Miss Cirtet Janson met Endwall while studying music at Northwestern University and later came to Vinton for the tale's climax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Hassie D. Endwall
Evanston
Tosa B Chrigvanson
Norway
Cirtet Janson
Endwall
Northwestern University
Chi
Allurward
Iowa railroad employment statistics to be reported
Commissioner E D Brigham of the Iowa Labor Bureau returns from Chicago with pledges from railroad managers to provide statistical data on Iowa employees. The plan includes listing numbers of workers hours worked wages and total wages across Iowa railroad centers, a new bureau departure.
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Nes Moines
E. D. Brigham
Iowa Labor Bureau
Chicago
Iowa
Brigham
Iowa Bureau
Compulsory Law and Vaccination in Iowa
State Superintendent Barrett ruled there is no conflict between Iowa's compulsory school attendance law and school board vaccination orders. Pupils may attend private or parochial schools or receive private instruction as alternatives. Conscientious scruples do not excuse twelve weeks of attendance. Expulsion for cause remains with teachers and does not relieve non attendance.
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Des Moines
Barrett
Iowa
Proposed Fighting Carnival in Dubuque Promises Boxing Series
DES MOINES Oct 7 Dubuque carnival plans to stage a boxing tournament as a carnival feature. City officials face legal doubt as Iowa law long banished prize fighting remains on the books though organizers claim assurances no interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Dubuque
Dubugie
Farmer Stanfield Dies by Harming Self in Jail
M L Stanfield a former Ayrshire farmer in Palo Alto county hanged himself in the Hammersburg county jail using an electric wire attached to a light. He was about 50, married with eight children and jailed on a charge of disposing of mortgaged property.
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Fort Dodge
L. Stanfield
Ayrshire
Palo Alto
Hammersburg
Stanfield
Rowdies Beat Minister in Webster City Street Fight
In Webster City Iowa on October 7 Rev Paul Shrader was attacked by E M Inox and five companions who chased him through Randall streets. The group was arrested and charged with assault and battery for interfering in a street brawl they were part of.
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Webster City
E. M. Inox
Boon
Paul Shrader
Randall
Knox
Resignation in Berlin Opens Diplo Promotions
Ambassador White quits in Berlin paving promotions in the diplomatic service. Two Itingis men fare handsomely amid the reshuffle, with potential for additional appointments as vacancies are filled.
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White
Berlin
Itingis
Empty Boat Its Only Clue
Sioux City Iowa October 7 An empty boat is the only clue to the disappearance of Mrs T F Burns president of the Berthoven club leading musical society of the city She is a prominent society woman and Riverside boat club member She rented a boat at 6 oclock and went on the river Next noon the boat was found empty The river is searched for her body
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
T. F. Burns
Berthoven Club
Count Up the State's Cash Over a Million Dollars in Hand
Des Moines October 4. The auditor and governor sent representatives to count state cash and securities. Gilbertson's funds show 670,860 in agricultural college mortgage bonds and 1,128,744.87 cash on hand in banks totaling 1,799,604.87. State funds mostly in available cash with only about 3,000 in the agricultural college endowment cash.
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Des Moines
State
Gilbertson
Agricultural College
Auditor of State
General Revenue Fund
Agricultural College Entowment Agricultural College
Special Agricultural College
Yee Agricultural College
Murder Is Long Planned in Iowa City Trial
Charles Holada testifies in Des Moines trial, admitting a plot with Mrs. James Gallaugher to murder her husband. He describes a staged poisoning, a woods killing with a felled tree, a barn club strike, body hidden under horses, and a hunting shooting later claimed as accidental. He says the motive was a quarrel over an affair.
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Woran
Desmoines
Charles Horada
James Gallaugher
Iowa City
Gallaugher
Holada
Letter Proves Cruel Hoax About Suicide
H B Paddock of Humboldt Iowa allegedly wrote his wife that he had poisoned himself and was dying. After a week Duluth police found him alive in a Lake Superior cabin puffing a pipe. He gave no apology and said he would live as a hermit, leaving his trunk in a cheap boarding house as the first clue.
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Fort Dodge
H. B. Paddock
Humboldt
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Mfe
Peddock
Bids Too High For State Soldiers Home Work
DES MOINES Oct 4 Chairman Downie and Judge Robinson returned from Marshalltown after opening bids for plumbing and heating at the state Soldiers home. No contracts were let as bids were too high. Plans may be altered or only part of the work completed.
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Des Moines
Downie
Judge Robinson
State Board of Control
Marshalltown
State Soldiers’ Home
Iowa Law Declared Void Over Trust Liquidation
In Des Moines on October 4 Judge McVey ruled chapter 29 of the 28th General Assembly void for unconstitutionality, striking down the trust company liquidation provision. The appeal of Home Savings and Trust stockholders is sustained, trustee Bremner removed and a receiver substituted.
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Iowa
Des Moines
McVey
Twenty Eighth General Assembly
Home Savings and Trust Company
Bremner
Tailor Sues Missing Bridge Superintendent in District Court
FP Weiland, a tailor, files suit against J J Barnett, missing since July, alleging a suit of clothes provided. Barnett, bridge superintendent of American Bridge Co, is said to be unresponsive and will be represented by attorneys in an appeal from a justice court. No word has been heard from Barnett.
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Waterlgo
J. J. Barnett
American Bridge Company
Weiland
Justice Court
Barnett
Conference ends with no coal deal roiling Roosevelt era talks
Washington Oct 4 The coal conference among President Roosevelt operators and miners ended at 4:56 pm with no agreement. Miners proposed arbitration and a 1 to 5 year pact. operators refused arbitration, denounced the union, and demanded federal troops and court actions. Officials said the parties would resume local duties while the strike continues.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Arbitration Board
Court of Common Pleas
District of Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Knox
Wright
Cortelyou
Tomato Crop Damaged by Frost at Beatrice Neb
Beatrice Nebraska reports heavy frost injuries to the tomato crop across the county leaving tomatoes scarce and command high prices. Farm observers note widespread damage reducing availability and boosting local demand.
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Beatrice, Neb
Severe Winter Storms Hit Europe with Snow in Several Nations
Europe reports severe winter weather with snowfall in Germany and Italy and cold, windy conditions across Denmark and Scandinavia. Naples area suffers violent storms at sea with deaths from drowning and lightning as waves rise and a semaphore station is carried away. Snow blankets mountains in Galicia and Sweden, threatening harvests and spring crops.
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Germany
Italy
Denmark
London
Urage
England
Naples
Cound
Caprio
Galticia
Scandinavia
Sweden
Live Stock Market Quotations from South Omaha and Kansas City
South Omaha reports a heavy cattle tone with buyers cautious and prices largely steady for good stock, while hogs rise with most sold from 7.20 to 7.25, feeders and common grades uneven and dull. Kansas City shows corn cattle steady, grain cattle weak, hogs up to 7.25, sheep and lambs steady to a bit lower with varied bids across categories.
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South Omaha
Kansas City
Cattlo
Monte
Heavy Packing Sons
Texas
PARDONS BY THE PRESIDENT Executive Clemency Exerced
The pardon report to the attorney general shows 786 cases handled for the year ending June 30. The president acted on 315 cases, denying 181 and granting 184 in some form. Roosevelt issued fewer pardons and denied more than most recent presidents.
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Washington
James
Ashy Smith
Roosevelt
Brown Brothers Battle With Guthrie Officers Leaves One Dead
In Crescent City near Guthrie Oklahoma, four Brown brothers Mat Don Bill and John fought town officers. Mel Gurgess is reported dead and Mat Brown wounded with several others injured. The Browns are longtime residents linked to local disputes including a two week confrontation with railroad workers.
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Brown Brothers
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Crescent City
Mat
Don
Bill
John
Mel Gurgess
Mat Brown
Spain Plans Major Navy Build in Eight Years
Madrid correspondent reports Spain will construct twelve large ironclads eight fast cruisers seven torpedo boats and ten submarine vessels over the next eight years according to the Daily Express correspondent in London.
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Spain
London
Madrid
The
Daily Express
Socialist meeting draws crowd in Central Armory
About two thousand people attended a Cleveland meeting at the Central Armory to hear speeches on the coal strike. Socialist speakers dominated the gathering, literature espousing socialist principles was distributed, and Mayor Jones of Toledo spoke for an hour praising Roosevelt's call for the conference.
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Cleveland
Central Armory
Jones
Toledo
Roosevelt
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