Defrauded Investors Charged in North and South Railroad Swindle
Three Iowa men Wiley Beckley and Beall indicted for mail fraud in a plan to build a Winnipeg Manitoba to New Orleans railway. Bail set at 5000 for Wiley and 2500 each for the other two. They pleads not guilty and await April term. Shares sold at 10 dollars with secrecy to avoid alerting established railways. The North and South railroad incorporated in Phoenix with 1,000,000 capital later raised to 2,500,000.
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Dubuque
Juan M. Wiley
Fred Beckley
A. I. Beall
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Hage Morris
Wiley
North & South Railroad Association
Iowa
Missouri
New Hampton
Beall
Lawler
Beckley
Ensel
Case County
Minn
Ossawatomie
Kan
Sigourney
United
Mr. Wiley
Winnipeg
Gulf
North and South Railroad
Phoenix
Arizona
Rivalry Sparks Fatal Farmyard Knife Fight
A farm dispute near Red Oak escalated into a knife attack. James Aiken, a farmer, and workers Asil Stims and Henry Cooper clashed after a rivalry over meals. Cooper is jailed as Stims fights for life from deep wounds in the side.
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Red Oak
James Aiken
Here
Asil Stims
Henry Cooper
Cooper
Stims
Groom 84 Weds 49 Bride Under Anita Pre-nuptial Pact
Henry Mc Dermott aged 84 obtained his fourth license to wed Maggie Wilson aged 49 of Anita. The couple's prenup awards Mrs Wilson four choice lots in Anita in exchange for her care of the groom.
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Anita
Henry McDermott
Maggie Wilson
Henry
Dolliver Memorial Fountain Design Approved
Fort Dodge committee accepts S. E. Fry of New York design for a large fountain memorial to the late Senator J. P. Dolliver. Work to be finished within a year and the $5,000 cost is fully raised.
Fire drill saves Lincoln school as fire breaks out
Fire broke out at Lincoln school in New London. A fire drill was sounded and about two hundred children exited before the city fire alarm. The independent fire department acted quickly, preventing further damage to the building.
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New London
Lincoln School
Independent Fire Department
Dancers Suspended by Iowa City College Head
President Bowman suspended three popular young men in Iowa City fraternities amid social excesses. The men reportedly danced with three coeds without chaperone oversight, triggering the disciplinary action.
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Iowa City
Bowman
Adair Pioneer Dead
Mrs. Amelia Chamberlain aged 87 of Adair county died at the Cottage hospital where she had been for treatment.
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Creston
Amelia Chamberlain
Adair County
Child Drowns in Tub At Home
Shenandoah Gertrude Nelson aged year old daughter of Hans Nelson fell into a tub of water and drowned. Mrs Nelson found her body at the tub bottom in the early report.
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Shenandoah
Gertrude
Hans Nelson
Iowa Red Men Meet Opens State Convention in Davenport
Davenport hosts the annual state convention of the Improved Order of Red Men of Iowa with about 400 delegates present and 200 more expected. The Pocahontas auxiliary also plans meetings this week at the same site.
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Iowa
Davenport
The
Improved Order of Red Men of
Degree of Pocahontas
Leading Citizen Kills Self in Webster City
C. W. Soule, a prominent local business figure in Webster City, died by suicide with a revolver on Tuesday amid illness and despondency.
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Self
Webster City
C. W. Soule
Narodna Sin Hall Nears Completion in Belle Plaine
The new Bohemian lodge hall C. B. J. Z. Narodna Sin in Belle Plaine nears finish. It features a large dancing floor and is set for dedication by a grand hall on Thanksgiving Day.
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Belle Plaine
Bohemian Lodge
Narodna Sin
Building Boom In Belle Plaine With New Homes
In Belle Plaine about twenty five houses were built last year and over thirty have been erected so far this year with more planned. Local builders report continued demand as homes rise on vacant plots and growth accelerates in the community.
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Belle Plaine
Wife Slayer Suspect Dies After Hunt at Fairfax
Cedar Rapids reports Frank Novak aged 30 killed himself with a shotgun after a fifteen hour search. Novak was the husband of an eight month wife found with a shotgun wound in the head at their Fairfax home. Authorities say his death proves his guilt.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Novak
Novak
Fairfax
Button factory fire devastates Muscatine plant
Fire believed incendiary destroyed the Model Button company plant in South Muscatine late Sunday. Loss about 12000 dollars as five sections burned within minutes. It marks the sixth button factory fire in eighteen months.
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Muscatine
Model Button Company
South Muscatine
Boone to Get Home
The Eastern Star Masonic home board led by President L. Moore states a new home will be built in this city. Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids also seek the facility, as the board pursues options on nearby lots with access to sewer gas electricity and water.
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Boone
L. Moore
Eastern Star Masonic Home Board
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Two Infantile Paralysis Cases Reported in Jewell and Iowa Falls
Two cases of par altsis have been reported with quarantine set. A child of Mr. and Mrs. Al Buckles near Jewell and a visiting granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W A McCauley of Iowa Falls are the victims.
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Jewell
al. Buckles
W. A. McCauley
Iowa Falls
Resignation at Iowa Churchman Editor Succession Made
Rev. John C. Sage of Keokuk resigns as editor and publisher of the Iowa Churchman official organ of the Episcopal church in Iowa. Rev. Charles J. Shutt of St. Luke church is appointed successor and will publish the paper in Des Moines after December 1.
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Shutt
Des Moines
John C. Sage
Keokuk
Iowa Churchman
Episcopal Church of the State
Charles J. Shutt
St. Luke Church
Held for Horse Theft in Iowa City
Albert Spores of Waterloo is charged with stealing a horse and buggy from John Brady of Iowa City and is held in the county jail to await the grand jury. The horse and buggy were traced to Vinton by Marshal Miller.
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Iowa City
Albert Spores
Waterloo
John Brady
Vinton
Marshal Miller
Ends Life Over Love Affair in County Orchard
Dubuque Charles Preston aged 22 son of Mr and Mrs Ward Preston resided a mile east of Centralia shot and killed himself in his home orchard. A letter to his mother cited love disappointment as the cause of the act.
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Dubuque
Charles Preston
Ward Preston
Centralia
Preston
Workman Found Dead Under Burning Coal at Plant
Tony Telates age 30 was recovered from under burning coal in an immense bin at the Lehigh Cement plant. The coal was on fire and the body was practically cooked.
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Mason City
Tony Telates
Lehigh Cement
Redfield Fire Destroys Huggins Restaurant and Judson Store
A Tuesday blaze in Redfield destroyed the restaurant and bakery of R. W. Huggins and the clothing store of J. E. Judson, causing about $10,000 in losses. The fire’s origin remains under investigation.
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Redfield
Tire
R. W. Huggins
J. E. Judson
Using Cornstalks for Posts in Jefferson
James Higgins, a farmer from near Jefferson, reports a prize bumper crop and says he is using his corn stalks for fence posts. The note highlights an agricultural innovation trial and Higgins plans to harvest and reuse stalks.
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Jefferson
James Higgins
Higgins
Despondent Ella Tessimer Found Dead in Magon City
Ella Tessimer a 20 year old physician's assistant was found dead in Magon City having ended her life with poison after a period of misfortune and disappointment.
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Magon City
Ella Tessimer
Runaway Fatal to Eldon Farmer
Albert J. Baldwin a noted Eldon dairyman died from head injuries after a runaway accident his skull was fractured in Ottumwa the injuries proved fatal investigators said the incident occurred on a farm road last evening death confirmed by physicians
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Ottumwa
Albert J. Baldwin
Eldon
W R C District Convention Set for October 31
The Women's Relief Corps district convention will convene here on October 31 with about 150 delegates expected to attend.
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Jefferson
The
Women’s Relief Corps
Barn Fire Cremates Twelve Head Of Livestock In Mason City
A large barn owned by William Gallion in Mason City burned, killing twelve head of stock including nine horses. The blaze destroyed the barn and the animals inside.
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Mason City
Wiliam Gallion
Jail Breaker at Large Decorah
Police hunt Will Halverson after he broke jail following arrest on charges of attempted criminal assault in Decorah.
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Decorah
Will Halverson
Autoist's Injuries Fatal
Maurice John Cassens a wealthy Orange City farmer died from injuries after an auto wreck near here. The car overturned and Cassens was injured while his wife Mrs Cassens escaped unharmed.
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Maurice
John Cassens
Orange City
Here
Cassens
Bonds Voted at Redfield in Special Election
Redfield voters approved bonds totaling 15,000 for an electric light and water works plant. The electric light project passed 216 to 66, while the water works proposal won 131 to 50.
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Redfield
Accused Wailves Hearing in Cedar Falls
J. H. Murphy waived preliminary hearing before Justice Charles Cummins and was bound over to await action of the county grand jury after being charged with breaking and entering the display room of William Lawrence, an implement dealer, on September 29.
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Cedar Falls
C. J. H. Murphy
William Lawrence
Charles Cummins
Unknown Man Killed by Milwaukee Train Near Ottumwa
An unidentified man believed to be Henry Turner of Morley Jr was struck and killed by a Milwaukee passenger train in Ottumwa. The death is reported as instant with authorities investigating.
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Ottumwa
Henry Turner
Morley, Jr
Milwaukee
Ranger Pulaski Hero of Coeur d'Alene Fire Rescue
Professor Welling recounts Ranger Pulaski saving thirty five of his forty men in a forest blaze near an abandoned mine shaft. He shielded the group with blankets at the shaft mouth while flames roared, saved the survivors, though five men died from suffocation, and Pulaski was blinded and burned yet partially regained sight.
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New York
Welling
Coeur d’Alene National Forest
Pulaski
Liberty Bride Gets Work For Husband’s Firm
Mrs. Charles Washburne formerly Helnlz Chandler joins the firm’s magazine as illustrator under a prenuptial contract enforcing independent livelihoods and shared home expenses. She dismisses gossip as trash and says her mother praised the marriage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Washburne
Helnlz Chandler
False teeth used as payment at Kansas City bar
A man with a permanent thirst offers his false teeth to Jerry the bartender at Tony's bar on Main Street in exchange for a bowl of drinkable liquor. The bartender accepts the teeth as payment and promises to redeem them later that night, warning of consequences if not returned.
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Kansas City
Tony
Main Street
Jerry
Massive Cement Use in Panama Canal Construction
The Panama Canal project uses 2.2 billion pounds of cement with a value of 6.5 million dollars. If all cement barrels were laid end to end they would stretch about 2,300 miles.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Big Ditch
Heartbeat Monitor Lets Doctor Read Across World
Cambridge experts at Harvard Medical School claim a new instrument can register a patient’s heart beats from anywhere on the globe. Dr. Percy H. Brown explains that with warm salt water hands and proper attachments the electric current travels through wires to show the heart rhythm.
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Cambridge
Mass
Percy H. Brown
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Mediecal School
Brown
Divorce suit in St. Louis over faith and fantasy claims
Mrs. Ralph Chesley Ott sues for divorce from artist husband alleging cruelty and drunkenness. She renounces past belief in Egyptian gods once tied to a 5000 year old romance, while Ott remains in Springfield with their two children and counters with a general denial.
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St. Louis
Ralph Chesley Ott
Pharaoh
Ott
Springfield
University City
E. G. Lewis
Jane Schauffert
Egypt
Winston Churchill Denounces Suffragette Tactics in London
Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, condemned suffragette efforts to disrupt his meeting here as woman's uncivilized antics. The remark reflects wartime tensions over protest and public leadership in Britain.
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Winston i
London
Winston Churchill
the Admiralty
Tubera and Tomatoes on Same Stalk
Red Hill gardener Pat Himer Clemmer grafted a tomato stalk onto a potato plant and produced eight potatoes and three tomatoes with excellent flavor.
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Red Hill
Pat Himer
Clemmer
King George offers Kensington suite to Manuel
London reports King George proposes a Kensington palace suite for Manuel of Portugal. If accepted, Manuel would move from Richmond house and become a visible burden on British taxpayers.
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George
England
Portugal
Kensington Palace
London
Manuel
Great Britain
Richmond
Piano in wreck saves life near Sheridan
J. B. Doyle of McCook Nebraska escaped death when a Burlington train collided with empty cars north of Sheridan Wyoming. His piano and household goods formed a shield that protected him in a small open space. One of seven horses in the car was killed. Doyle was bruised and cut but later continued his trip after treatment.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Doyle
McCook
Neb
Burlington
Sheridan Hospital
New Sea Serpent Captured Near Venice California
A fisherman brought in a five foot sea creature described as black and green mottled with a shark like tail. It features a dorsal fin four parrot like feet a Gila monster mouth and a head resembling a California horned toad in large scale.
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Venice
Cal
Notable Royal Guests Across The Isles
A list of European aristocrats visits including the Duke of Argyll and Princess Louise along with Princess Henry of Battenburg, mother in law of King Alfonso, and the Countess Granville. The item notes their presence and status during engagements.
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Duke of Argyll
Princess Louise
Henry of Battenburg
Alphonso
Countess Granville
Kitten Saves 12-Year-Old in Venice Cal
A kitten is credited with saving Olive Henderson, twelve, from probable death in Venice California. The animal reportedly alerted neighbors as danger threatened, leading to aid before serious harm occurred.
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Venice
Cal
Olive Henderson
Child Separated From Kitten Found Hanging At Pier
A girl and a kitten walked together. the kitten led the mother to an amusement pier end where the child was found hanging head down from a spike in a pile. Clothing snagged on the spike. she was rescued barely conscious.
State school reorganization centers engineering at Ames
The Iowa state board of education approved sweeping changes to course offerings affecting Ames Iowa City and Cedar Falls. Engineering moves wholly to Ames while liberal arts and professional education shift to Iowa City. Cedar Falls programs beyond sophomore year are discontinued.
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Des Moines
Ames
University of Iowa
Cedaralls
State Board of Education
State Educational Department
State University
Cedar Falls
W. OR. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
State Board
A. M. Deyoe
Mr. Deyoe
Agricultural College
Iowa State Teachers’ College
University of Towa City
College of Agriculture
University
Iowa City
Town City
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