Booklet Reveals Escapees From Anamosa Penitentiary
A new Anamosa reformatory booklet lists every convict who escaped or broke parole from the prison and has remained at large. Notable cases include John Austin 1902, Gilbert Hall 1904, and several later escapes through 1944 with ongoing manhunts. Parole violations show rising enforcement as the system ages.
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Anamosa
Reformaory
John Austin
Austin
Reformatory
Gilbert Hall
John Stransky
Ward Clair
Mike McAnna
Major Waltz
Charles Higby
Claude Fisher
George Kinner
Joseph Claveau
Frank Rance
Dog Involvement Turns Hunting Accident Fatal Risk
Oskaloosa Wilbur Kentfield suffered severe injury when his own dog bumped the cocked shotgun causing an accidental discharge. The blast mangled his right hand and neck as he was leaning with crossed arms on the muzzle. He was hospitalized with life threatening injuries and may die.
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Oskaloosa
Wilbur Kentfield
Kentfield
A Veteran Farmer of Council Bluffs Harvests 1450 Bushels
A. J. Brown of Council Bluffs boasts he is one of Iowa’s oldest commercial corn growers. This past summer he planted cared for harvested and stored around 1 450 bushels on rented ground and would be 78 years old in March.
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Council Bluffs
A. J. Brown
Iowa
Mr. Brown
Charles City Records Low Fire Losses for Year
Charles City reports twelve actual fires in the past fiscal year causing 7980 dollars in property loss. The city has 106 fire hydrants and eighteen miles of mains. Fire department assets total 8550 dollars, with twenty unpaid members and one paid staffer.
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Charles City
Safe Robbers Busy in Agency Heists
About $900 stolen from three Agency business sites by presumed professional robbers. The Reynolds meat market, the Yager general store, and the M. B. Hutchinson lumber yard office were all robbed. safes opened by manipulating combinations.
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Ottumwa
Reynolds Meat Market
Yager General Store
M. B. Hutchinson Lumber Yard
Grief Ties Death To Guthrie County Student
In Panora especially grief over the death of Miss Clarissa Campbell is linked to the sudden death of Guthrie County High School student Miss Elizabeth Robinson. Robinson slept poorly after the loss and was found unconscious by her parents during the night. She died soon after.
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Panora
Clarissa Campbell
Elizabeth Robinson
Guthrie County
Girl Bound and Gagged in Algona Shed Incident
Ruth Stumbo, 15, was found gagged and bound to a table in a shed behind her Algona home. She said a gray whiskered man who stopped for food attacked her. nothing else was taken and no further harm occurred. No suspect or trace of the assailant has been found.
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Algona
Ruth Stumbo
Gil
Drowning on Thin Ice Claims Buena Vista Coach and Villager
Storm Jake ice claimed two lives when football coach Jake-Edward Ball of Buena Vista College and Miss Fern Benedict of this city drowned 400 yards from shore. Several skaters tried to rescue them but failed as ice broke around them. Ball, from Valparaiso Indiana, and Miss Benedict disappeared under the thawing surface.
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Storm Jake
Edward Ball
Buena Vista College
Fern Benedict
Jake
Ball
Miss Benedict
Valparaiso
Ind
Iowan’s Son Musters Out of British Army Returns Home
James Norman Hall son of Mr and Mrs A W Hall of Colfax Grinnell college student sixteen months in the British army has been mustered out at the request of many influential Americans and sailed for America November 27 reaching New York December 5 He was in England when war broke out and joined the English army serving in France in the trenches nearly a year Hall is a native Iowan a literary genius and magazine writer whose war zone articles have drawn wide interest.
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France
Hall
Iowa
Clever Jewel Thieves in Ames Foil Dudgeon's Diamonds
In Ames two crooks posing as buyers switched paste stones for real diamonds valued at 1500 dollars at C W Dudgeon Jewelers. They inspected unset stones, asked to view a second tray, and left after a small purchase. Dudgeon later spotted the deception and examined the stones under glass finding them priceless.
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Ames
C. W. Dudgeon
Dudgeon
Farm Brings Big Price for 240 Acres in Liberty Township
The 240 acre Liberty township farm deeded to Penn college of Oskaloosa by the late Robert and Phoebe Raley with a life interest has been sold to W A Johnson of Oskaloosa for 48000 dollars. The price equals 200 dollars per acre. The property lies two miles southwest of Bangor and will be run by Johnson for his son who will reside there.
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Marshalltown
Liberty Township
Robert and
Phoebe Raley
Penn College of
Oskaloosa
W. A. Johnson
Bangor
Johnston
Champion Gopher Catcher Catches 3439 Gophers This Fall
Logan Joe Simmons, renowned gopher catcher and trap inventor from western Iowa, reports trapping 3439 gophers in Harrison county this fall. His total in Pottawattamie county is not announced. Last year he trapped 4000 gophers in Harrison county.
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Logan
Joe Simmons
Iowa
Harrison County
Pottawattamie County
Iowa Horticultural Society Holds Fifth Convention
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Horticultural Society opened in the state capitol with the finest specimens and largest fruit display in Iowa. The basement hall housed 3 000 plates and 100 bushels of apples, filling the space for the exhibition.
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Horticultural Society
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Horticultural Society
State Capitol
Petition for 250000 High School Bond Election
Mason City petitions the school board to hold a special election for 250000 to build a new high school. A similar bond failed last year but was ruled invalid in district court by Judge Kelley on technicalities.
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Mason City
Kelley
Prohibitionist C Durant Jones III Ill With Neuritis
C Durant Jones head of the Jones Chautauqua system is critically ill at his home in Perry Iowa with neuritis. His illness follows months of poor health and has forced him to give up work and stay in bed.
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C. Durant Jones III
Perry
C. Durant Jones
Iowa
Fire injures Maquoketa business district with $100000 loss
Fire swept through Maquoketa's business district destroying five establishments and causing about $100,000 in damage. Officials suspect a fault in electrical wiring as the fire’s origin.
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Maquoketa
Woman Prisoner Escapes From Muscatine Jail
Mrs. Adam Mohr alias Mrs. Anna Koch, a suspected swindler whose schemes in western states allegedly netted about $15,000, escaped after feigning illness. The jailer's wife left a door open on a lower floor and the prisoner fled. Molir, arrested at Burlington, was charged with swindling Rev. L. M. Kettlecamp of $125.
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Adam Mohr
Anna Koch
Molir
Burlington
L. M. Kettlecamp
Waterloo to Open United States Decorators Trade School
Waterloo will host the nation s only painters and decorators trade school funded publicly. J W Parry of Iowa State College extension says classes start January 8 and finish four weeks later with John W Luthe of Cleveland leading instruction as the top trainer in the country. The curriculum covers various decorator trade branches.
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Waterloo
United States
J. W. Parry
Engineering Extension Department
Iowa State College
John W. Luthe
Cleveland
Board bans physical torture in Iowa prisons
Des Moines reports the state board of control orders Anamosa and Fort Madison to end harsh punishments. Solitary confinement chaining to cell doors ends. inmates must have a bed and proper ventilation. The board notes many inmate complaints but finds no written charges, condemning torture as obsolete.
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Des Moines
Anamosa Reformatory
Fort Madison State Prison
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Charles C. McClaughry
Anamosa
J. C. Sanders
Fort Madison
Prison Board
Patten's Greening breeder cites Iowa impact on horticulture
Charles G. Patten of Charles City spoke at the Des Moines state horticulturists meeting outlining his plant breeding work. He noted his Patten's Greening and other varieties such as Brilliant and Silas Wilson, exhibited at the gathering, drawing comparisons to Luther Burbank.
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Charles City
Charles G. Patten
Patten
Iowa
Des Moines
Luther Burbank
Brilliant
Silas Wilson
Farmer Ed Drummond Death Remains Mystery Near Donahue
Davenport reports Ed Drummond a wealthy farmer near Donahue died under unclear circumstances. Coroner's autopsy and chemical tests on the stomach found traces of strychnine, leaving investigators to weigh natural causes against possible foul play.
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Davenport
Ed Drummond
Donahue
Man Shot for Highwayman Cause in Sioux City
L. L. Harrison a railroad fireman lies in critical condition after police shot him when approached at close range. He reportedly acted as if reaching for a weapon and Captain Overmier fired twice, mistaking him for a holdup man.
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Sioux City
L. L. Harrison
Harrison
Overmier
Farmer killed by hogs near Northwood
Ole A. Tonga, 73, a prominent farmer living near Northwood, was stricken with apoplexy while feeding swine in his hog lot and was killed as the hogs attacked. His body was found in the pens with severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Ole A. Tonga
Northwood
Remarkable Jersey Cow Dairies Record Milk Yield
Pleasantville resident Flanagan reports his full blooded registered Jersey cow weighed 823 pounds and produced 914 pounds of milk in November at over 30 pounds daily. Milk content tested 5 12 percent butter fat with no special feed beyond grass.
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Knoxville
Jonah EE. Flanagan
Pleasantville
Will Resist Suits Against Iowa Liquor Repeal
Attorney General George Cosson says it would be impractical for the state department to sue to test the legality of the mule law repeal before January 1. He adds the state cannot assume a law will be violated but will resist any injunction sought by saloon men to suspend the repeal.
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George Cosson
State Department
Iowa
War plots fight tops cabinet meeting in Washington
Secretary Lansing hosts a December conference with Attorney General Gregory and other cabinet members to discuss methods to prevent or punish neutrality violations. The plan relies on the Post Office Inspector force, Treasury Secret Service, and Justice Bureau of Investigation to detect offenses and pass cases to the proper department for action.
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Washington
Lansing
Wilson
Congress
United States
Gregory
Burleson
Garrison
McAdoo
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Department
Mobilization of naturalized foreigners ordered in Roumania
Roumanian government orders mobilization of all naturalized foreigners and those under protection up to forty years old. Other items note Driggs Seabury strike idling 900 workers in Sharon Pennsylvania and Lt Georges Victor Hugo decoration for bravery in Sept allied offensive. Gold imports reach 400 million dollars in New York. Dr David Starr Jordan ill in Phoenix. Dr Laura Wolcott, aged ninety one, dies in Chicago. degree received in 1854 from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Bucharest
Sharon
Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Corporation
Paris
Georges Victor Hugo
New York
St. Louis
London
Phoenix
Ariz
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr
University
Chicago
Chicago Yeggs Take $7000 in West Side Hold Up
Three masked robbers invaded the Prudential Life Insurance West Side branch, held up employees including two women at gunpoint, and escaped with seven thousand dollars. Police pursued leads as the crime shocked Chicago.
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Chicago
West Side
Prudential Life Insurance Company
England plans 4,000,000 strong army by 1916 April
London reports England intends to raise an army of 4,000,000 by April 1, 1916. With 3,000,000 already in the field or in training, Premier Asquith will seek an additional 1,000,000 soldiers.
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London
England
Asquith
Ford Sends Message to Congress on Peace Plan
Henry Ford, leader of peace advocates sailing to Europe, wires Congress urging support for his plan to end the European war aboard the steamship Oscar Dec 9.
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Ford
Congress
Oscar
Henry Ford
Party of Peace Advocates
Europe
Bulgars Will Hold Eastern Serbia and Macedonia Frontier
A Vossische Zeitung writer says Bulgaria will retain eastern Serbia including Nish and Perot, plus Macedonia and a Danube strip, creating a common frontier with Hungary and Bulgaria.
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Berlin
Bulgaria
Serbia
Nish and
Perot
Macedonia
Danube
Hungary
Vossische Zeitung
Germany seeks facts on Boy Hol and Von Papen inquiry
Washington officials reported Berlin pressed for reasons behind the request to withdraw Captain Boy Hil and Captain von Papen as German naval and military attaches. The United States declined to disclose sources or enter into his questions, noting the action against diplomatic precedent. Count von Bernstorff denied German involvement in any recent counter revolution efforts in Mexico.
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Washington
State Department
Boy-Hol
von Papen
Berlin
United States
May-Ed
Vee Bernstorff
Germany
Mexico
St Louis Wins Convention Over Chicago On Second Ballot
Washington reports Chicago lost the Democratic national convention to St. Louis after a second ballot. St. Louis 28, Chicago 15, Dallas 9 on the decisive vote. Dallas and Chicago had initial leads, but St. Louis pulled ahead with a three vote gain to secure the majority.
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Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Reed
Missouri
Democratic National Committee
Dallas
G. Q. P. Committee
Lewis
Dunne
Roger Sullivan
British Sink Turkish Warship in Marmora
Paris dispatch reports the Turkish destroyer Yar Hissar torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine in the Sea of Marmora. Two officers and 40 men were captured.
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Paris
French War Office
Yar Hissar
Sea of Marmora
Fire Sweeps Genoa Quays
A devastating blaze in Genoa Italy on December 11 swept the quays destroying seven thousand bales of cotton and triggering oil warehouse explosions as fires fed by oil and cotton raged through the storage areas.
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Genoa
Italy
Montenegro Seeks Separate Peace Reported by Press
A Frankfurter Zeitung dispatch via Overseas News agency says Montenegro has expressed a desire for a separate peace, according to wireless reports from Berlin to Sayville on December 10.
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Montenegro
Berlin
Sayville
S. I
Frankfurter Zeitung
Car Plant Head Is Killed In Stand Steel Shooting
Hammond Indiana December 10 Frank Holder superintendent of the Standard Steel Car plant was shot and killed instantly Tuesday night as he stepped from a street car The killer used a shotgun and fled the scene
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Hammond
Ind
Frank Holder
Standard Steel Car Company
No Peace Proposals From Germany Amid War Aims
Berlin reports Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg rejects peace proposals unless terms suit German dignity and safety. He says a peace must shorten the war and be a defense of life and liberty. The Reichstag approves the stance as the war continues.
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Berlin
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
William
Europe
Thereichstag
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg
Fire Devastates Hopewell as Powder Plant Threatened
A large blaze of unknown origin destroyed Hopewell's business district near the DuPont powder plant after a man was arrested for placing a high explosive in a DuPont warehouse. Looting led to a lynching. The fire caused about 3 million dollars in losses and left thousands homeless as state troops arrived from Petersburg to quell rioting.
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Richmond
Hopewell
DuPont
Petersburg
Eliseo Arredondo Named Mexico's Next U.S. Ambassador
Washington reports Eliseo Arredondo, Carranza’s confidential representative, appointed Mexico’s next ambassador to the United States. Secretary Lansing announced the appointment on Thursday and said the American ambassador to Mexico would be named later. Arredondo is Carranza’s cousin.
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Washington
Eliseo Arredondo
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Lansing
Arredondo
Henry P. Fletcher
Chile
Mexico City
Public flogging of a wife beater in Rockville
In Rockville Maryland on December 10 the wife beater R. J. T. Clubb was publicly flogged by Police Justice Mace. He received ten strokes with the cat of nine tails across his bare back and each stroke drew blood.
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Rockville
R. J. T. Clubb
Mace
Two Die In Hotel Fire In Louisville
In Louisville on December 10, William A Buckner and his son C F Buckner of Greensburg Kentucky were burned to death when fire partly destroyed the Seventh Avenue hotel. Ten others were injured, one seriously.
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Louisville, Ky
William A. Buckner and Son
C. F. Buckner
Greensburg
Seventh Avenue
British Loan Denial Reported by The Times
London sources quote The Times saying the British government will not raise a fresh war loan until well into the new year and call reports of a forced loan inaccurate. The denial signals a cautious approach amid wartime financial planning.
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London
The
Times
Plan Huge Steel Merger Rumors Surge
Rumors in New York and Pittsburgh report a proposed merger of three large independent steel firms into a single company with capital of 150 million dollars.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Communipaw Reported Captured by Warship
Washington reports Ambassador Page in Rome says Communipaw seized by a warship and taken to an unnamed port. Earlier dispatches claimed an American ship held as the Communipaw was torpedoed and sunk off Tobruk, with details awaited on the tanker Petrolite attacked nearby.
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Page
Washington
State Department
Ambassador Page
Rome
Communicaw
Tobruk
Tripoli
Petrolite
Mediterranean
CAN'T BE BEATEN WILSON SAYS AT DC LUNCHEON
President Wilson told the Democratic National Committee at a White House lunch on Wednesday that the party could not be beaten in 1916. He spoke plainly, indicating no need for parliamentary phrasing and praised the party for meeting pre election promises to keep good order for the campaign.
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Washington
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
White House
Democratic Party
Pope Benedict names three Canadian archbishops
Rome December 11 reports Pope Benedict appointed three Canadian archbishops. Mer. Mathieu becomes archbishop of Regina Assiniboia Mgr Beliveau archbishop of St Boniface Manitoba and Mer. Sinnot archbishop of Winnipeg.
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Rome
Benedict
Mer. Mathieu
Regina
Assiniboia
Mgr. Beliveau
St. Boniface
Manitoba
Mer. Sinnot
Winnipeg
Cossacks Capture Entire Eighty second German Army Staff
Cossack scouts reportedly captured the whole staff of the Eighty second German army division in Petrograd with an officer killed while fleeing. Unofficial reports reached the city as of December 11.
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Petrograd
New Head for Chicago Schools
John D. Shoop was elected superintendent of Chicago public schools to succeed Mila Plage Young. Nineteen members voted for Shoop as first assistant superintendent previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John D. Shoop
Mila Plage Young
British Loss Heavy in Mesopotamia Battle
In London an official war update reports British forces suffered 643 killed and 3,330 wounded in the battle at Ctesphon Mesopotamia against Turkish troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Ctesphon
Mesopotamia
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Vienna
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Lusitania
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Fletcher
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