Des Moines Man Freeman Arrested on Fraud and Arson Charges
Max Freeman, sought for two months on arson, contempt of court, and obtaining property under false pretenses, was captured in a pawn shop at East First and Locust by Detective Andrew R. Brackett. He faces U S District Court questions over missing assets from Eagle Grove and is wanted in Michigan for arson.
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Des Moines
Max Freeman
East First and
Locust Streets
Andrew R. Brackett
Goldman
Collins-Heasip Company
Court Avenue
Freeman
Eagle Grove
United States District Court
United States Marshal
Michigan
Chicago
Emerett
Wife vows five defendents if Seymour banker is convicted
Mrs. LeRoy Ware wife of the cashier at the Farmers' and Drovers' State Bank of Seymour declares she will send five other men to the penitentiary if her husband Roy Ware is found guilty on five indictments. She refuses to name the five men or their involvement yet she stands by him. The case has stirred Seymour as the town debates the bank failure and family loyalties.
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Seymour
LeRoy Ware
State Bank of
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia. Pinkham
Auto thieves captured in Des Moines jail after spree
Des Moines reports two 20 year old Highland Park youths Robert Stevens and B Moberg confessed to eight auto thefts in six weeks and a garage break in. A passing woman alerted police when the pair tried to borrow Charles Trisler’s runabout on Walnut Street. The defendants, students at Capital City Commercial College, say the acts were for fun. In Waterloo a four year old girl, Agnes Murphy, is recovering after a loaded rifle discharged by her brother Willie Murphy. The bullet entered her neck but did not hit vital areas. doctors expect a possible recovery.
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Des Moines
Robert Stevens
B. Moberg
Charles Trisler
Baker-Trisler
Walnut Street
Moberg
Highland Park
Capital City Commercial College
Waterloo
Willie Murphy
Fairbank
Agnes
Fight Ends in Murder and a Fatal Threshing Accident
In Council Bluffs Jas Lankton dies from a fractured skull after a fight with James Scheffler owner of the Manhattan gambling house Scheffler held on cash bail of 2000 dollars. In Rutland township Charles Sherman dies at home when his clothing is caught in a threshing machine flywheel and belt while working.
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Council Bluffs
Jas. Lankton
James Scheffler
Manhattan
Lankton
Scheffler
Humiboldin cCharles Sherman
Rutland Township
Eleven Hurt In Wreck Near Russell Iowa Train Derails
The Burlington train No 6 from Denver to Chicago derailed a mile east of Russell at 12 40 PM injuring eleven passengers with two feared dead. The front mail car derailed causing multiple cars to topple and a gas fire in a diner. Relief trains and doctors arrived, with the seriously hurt taken to Russell homes.
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Russell
Burlington
Denver
Chicago
Here
Chariton
Ottumwa
Severe Fire Engulfs Dyersville Business Block
A major blaze in Dyersville destroyed eight buildings in the heart of the business district. Losses total about 50000 with insurance covering most amounts. Hittenmiller’s saloon and residence, Koelker & Drexler store, and the German State Bank were among the hardest hit. Firefighters battled high winds and saved the Western freight depot and other structures. J. H. Hittenmiller was badly burned. other family members were overcome during firefighting.
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Dyersville Electric Co
Wm. Mac Hogan
Klingner
German State Bank
Great Western
Dyersville
J. H. Hittenmiller
Girl Tries Navy Enlistment in Sioux City
Ella Doehling a 20 year old girl in men’s clothes sought enlistment at the Sioux City recruiting office to join her brother George who recently enlisted aboard the Vermont. She balked at a physical after confessing she was an orphan and wanted to follow him.
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Sioux City
Ella Doehling
Navy
Walter Brown
Harry Doehling
Brown
George Doehling
Pittsburg
Vermont
Man Escapes Death After Run-Over by Switch Engine
W J Taylor of Creston narrowly escaped fatal injury when a Burlington switch engine struck him in the city yards. He was knocked to the track, the engine backed up, and he rose, brushed himself off, and walked away without remark or apparent realization of the danger.
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Creston
W. J. Taylor
Burlington Road
Spilled kerosene ignites on stove injuring Swaledale woman
A quantity of kerosene overturned on a hot stove ignited and burned Mrs. J. T. Jenkins the Swaledale bank cashier. The flames burned hands arms and face as she stood unable to move until help arrived. Rugs suffocated the blaze and the seriously painful burns were treated.
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Swaledale
J. T. Jenkins
Swaledale Bank
Black man shoots at rival in Ottumwa assault
In Ottumwa a shooting affray left Frank Fullwood, a colored man, firing both shotgun barrels at another colored man named Cracker Jack Jones. Jones fled to his boarding house and survived with slight injuries. Fullwood, age 43, remains at large.
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Ottumwa
Rutledge
Frank Fullwood
Jack” Jones
Fullwood
Jones
Staill
Ten Years of Pain From Kidney Troubles
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich of Clinton St Napoleon Ohio suffered ten years unable to do housework due to kidney trouble. She describes back pain dizziness and poor eyesight before taking Deans Kidney Pills which she credits with quick relief and cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Margaret Emmerich
Clinton St. Napoleon, O
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Fully Up With The Times Oklahoma Amazes An Easterner
A New Yorker visiting Oklahoma City is amazed by the modern streets, plate glass stores, and clean sidewalks of the 17 year old territory. He notes the dining room porcelain bathtub as a surprising detail, while a local respondent jokes about New York amenities.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
New York
Cuticura Heals Infant Rash and Cradle Cap
A mother's testimony from Thomaston Missouri in June 1906 credits Cuticura remedies with rapid relief for an infant's itchy feet and facial rash and for removing cradle cap. The article Also notes humorous architectural glitches over closets and a college yell anecdote.
Coffee to Postum Switch Aids Sleep and Stomach
California woman credits stopping coffee with better sleep and vitality after using Postum. Her brother also quits coffee for sour stomach relief and reports improvement. The ad claims a ten day trial proves coffee’s link and promotes reading The Road to Wellville.
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Calif
Postum
Relef
Wellville
Defiance Starch Boosts Look of White Goods
Clean white wash fabrics gain from proper laundering with strong starch. The article urges home laundering and recommends Defiance Starch for stiffening without thickening, promising improved appearance of finished work.
Bald Spots And Starch Advances In A Quick Read
A character teases a man about bald spots to keep him humble, while a voice touts the latest Defiance Starch as safer and stronger than 25 year old patent brands. The ad copy claims the new formula omits harmful chemicals and adds a novel ingredient for greater strength and smoothness.
Country Marvel Sausage on Sticks Upset Beloved Boy
A little fresh air boy on a summer outing at a farmhouse near salt water strolls to marshes. He stares at cat tails and, speaking to a local guide, exclaims he did not know sausages grow on sticks.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement promises relief
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for painful swollen feet and sweaty feet. It claims the product makes new shoes easy and urges customers to buy from Druggista and shoe stores with a free sample offer and address in Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen’s
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Unclaimed Oil Portrait Auction and Quack Advertisements
An oil portrait of J. Pierpont Morgan is among unclaimed dutiable goods in New York government stores and will be offered at public sale. The page also contains multiple promotional items for patent medicines and assorted ad copy praising cures, life wisdom, and tobacco products with various addresses and quotes.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Bartholomew Learns Cussing From Cavert
The Cleveland Leader reports a boy was overheard swearing and confronted by his mother who taught him profanity is wrong. Bartholomew blamed Cavert, who denied teaching him and claimed his father has a car too.
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Bartholomew
Cleveland
Cavert
Grand Opening of Routt County Carey Act Land
Cheap irrigated land offers Grand opening in September under the Carey Act. Little Snake River Valley Routt County Colorado. Land and water priced at 25.60 dollars per acre with five dollars and twenty five cents down per acre. Six excursion rates available. Routt County Development Co. 814 17th Street Denver Colorado.
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Little Snake River Valley
Routt County
Colo
Seneca
Thomas County
Nebraska
J. W. Anderson
Grand Island
Old Bell Still Tolls Curfew
In Bury England the ancient curfew bell of the parish church rings at sunset each night, a 300 year old toll marking the end of the day and a lasting local tradition.
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Bury
England
Headache relief and other ads from old paper
A string of vintage ad blurbs promotes Krause's Headache Capsules by Druggist Norman Lichty Mfg. Co Des Moines Iowa and Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Peoria Illinois. Also cites Pascal and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as timeless quotes and teething syrup promising gum softening and fever relief.
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Krause
Norman Lichty
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