Mystery surrounds the death of Clifford Miller at Clear Lake
Clifford Miller son of O F Miller Champaign Illinois and grandson of Iowa Supreme Court Judge Weaver drowned at Clear Lake early Saturday his body recovered Monday by a boating party The death sparked theories and a family move toward Champaign for burial A porch night discussion with Judge Weaver and Walter Weaver touched on the boys wish to move west and claim a home funds whereabouts and the missing money are noted in the account
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Mason City
Clifford Miller
O. F. Miller
Champaign
Judge Weaver
Iowa Supreme Court
Clearlake
C. F. Miller
Walter Weaver
Clifford
Ventura
Lutheran convention opposes Kenyon liquor bill
The Iowa district of the Evangelical Lutheran synod passed resolutions denouncing the Kenyon bill. The measure would ban interstate shipment of intoxicants to prohibition states. Denunciations argued the bill lacks exception for communion wine used in sacramental services.
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Alta
Kenyon
Iowa
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Notebook Leads to Arrest in Cedar Rapids Burglary
A memorandum book found in the People's Clothing Co. store during a burglary led detectives to M. J. Brown of Fairview Kansas. He confessed after being found in bed at his rooming house by officers. about $100 worth of clothing was recovered.
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Cedar Rapids
People’s Clothing Company
M. 3. Brown
Fairview
Kan
Brown
Plans for New Opera House at Iowa Falls
Grundy Center’s C H Johnston has received Chicago architect plans for a new opera house in Iowa Falls. The structure measures 40 by 80 feet and includes a full basement.
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Iowa Falls
C. H. Johnston
Grundy Center
Chicago
Plowman Injured While Plowing Garden
Melbourne resident W. B. Nason was trampled by horses while plowing his garden in Marshalltown. He suffered a broken leg two fractured ribs and a dislocated shoulder.
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Plowman
Marshalltown
Nason
Melbourne
Gasoline Cited as Cause of Algona Hotel Explosion
The blast that partly wrecked Algona's old hotel last week was caused by gasoline rather than acetylene as first believed.
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Algona
Four Are Drowned in Lansing Collision
Mrs. Frank Lankford and her children John 21 Mabel 12 and Francis 4 were drowned three miles below Lansing when their boat overturned after a collision with a gasoline launch operated by a younger son.
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Lansing
Frank Lankford
John
Mabel
Francis
Railroad Man Resigns in Mason City
George W. Harris traveling freight agent for the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway resigns his position with effect around September 7. Harris has served the railroad in Mason City and surrounding territory for an undisclosed tenure.
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Mason City
George W. Harris
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Peterson Nominated for Congress in Second District
Davenport resident Walter H. Peterson was nominated as the Republican candidate for Congress in Iowa's Second District.
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Peterson
Davenport
Walter H. Peterson
Normal Courses Expanded in Montezuma Schools
Montezuma's schools add agriculture and domestic science to the normal course. Three rooms in the high school building will be dedicated to the new work.
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Montezuma
Klemme Postoffice Robbed in Stamps Heist
The Klemme postoffice fifteen miles northeast of here was broken into and robbed of six hundred dollars in stamps and money. The robbers escaped.
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Klemmme
Clarion
Klemme
Here
St Johns German Reformed Holds Missions Fest Speakers
St Johns German Reformed church celebrated its annual missions fest on Sunday September 1 with principal speakers Dr John Gaterman of Wheatland and Rev S Elliker and his son from Sumner Center.
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Marengo
St. John’s German Reformed Church
John Gaterman
Wheatland
S. Elliker
Sumner Center
Frank Mahoney Dies After Jump From Hospital Window
Frank Mahoney, 56, of Bloomfield, died by his own action after leaping from a fourth story window in a Denver hospital where he had been treated.
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Frank Mahoney
Bloomfield
Denver
Colo
Milwaukee rail line to upgrade depots and facilities
Milwaukee railway plans $50,000 in improvements across the Iowa and Dakota division. Charles City will receive $15,000 for a depot, Clear Lake $10,000, Luena $5,000, Mason City $10,000 for the round house, and $10,000 for concrete sidewalks at stations. Additional work includes Ionia, Emmetsburg, Elkader and Ventura upgrades.
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Mason City
Milwaukee Railway
Iowa and Dakota
Charles City
Clear Lake
Luena
Round House
Ionia
Emmetsburg
Elkader
Ventura
New Head of Conference in Nevada
Following the Boone camp meeting officers election Elder M N Campbell was chosen president of the Iowa conference but has resigned to accept the presidency of the Canadian Union Conference with headquarters at Port Hope Ontario.
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Nevada
Seventh Day Adventists
Boone
M. N.campbell
Canadian Union Conference
Port Hope
Ontario
Campbell
Iowa
Remarkable 12 Foot 8 Inch Corn Stalk on Display
A Mount Vernon display features a corn stalk twelve feet eight inches tall from a field adjoining town. The first ear sits seven feet above ground with eight feet to the next ear. Local fields nearby are expected to yield about 125 bushels per acre.
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Mount Vernon
Disease strikes hogs in Grundy county herd
Hogs die by the hundreds southeast of here from a contagious lung illness not hog cholera. Veterinary exam shows lungs decayed. veterinarians are unable to prescribe a remedy. The town reportedly faces a rapid livestock loss and economic concern.
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Here
Grundy County
Missionary Rev Edwin F Lee Promoted to Manila Church
The Rev Edwin F Lee formerly pastor at New Hampton Iowa has been promoted from Batavia Java to become pastor of the Central Methodist E piscopal Church in Manila Philippine Islands The Rev and Mrs Lee are graduates of Upper Iowa University Fayette Iowa
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Iowa
New Hampton
Edwin F. Lee
Methodist Episcopal Church
Batavia
Java
Central Methodist Episcopal Church (American
Manilla
Philippine Islands
Lee
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Road Work Causes Trouble in Lyon County
Road workers have completed much dragging on Lyon county roads and Rock Rapids streets yet officials report a shortage of teams to continue dragging in the countryside. Road officers express concern over securing labor for the drag work.
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Rock Rapids
Lyon County
Former Iowans Gather for Yellowstone County Picnic
About 200 former Iowa residents met on the Yellowstone river near Billings for the Iowa Association of Yellowstone and Carbon counties fourth annual picnic. Speakers included Judge Edmund Nichols formerly of Perry and Mrs. Hattie Moore Mitchell of Des Moines.
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Billings
Mont
Iowa
Yellowstone River
Iowa Association of
Yellowstone
Carbon
Edmund Nichols
Perry
Hattie Moore Mitchell
Des Moines
German Ministers Meet at Ackley Conference Close
After a two day session of the German Evangelical ministers in the Ackley district, the annual conference closed in Marshalltown. Rev. Martin Rosenfelg of Dysart was elected president and Rev. Emil Ball of Gladbrook was named secretary. The 1913 session will be held at Ackley.
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Marshalltown
Ackley
Martin Rosenfelg
Dysart
Emil Ball
Gladbrook
Motorcycle Crash Near Swea City For Farm Leader
Emil Anderson a prosperous farmer and drainage contractor living 20 miles southeast of here was found unconscious in the road a few miles west of Germania after a motorcycle wreck. His machine lay broken in two and his skull was fractured in the accident.
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Swea
Emil Anderson
Here
Germania
Black Bass Arrive for Ottumwa Private Lake Stocking
Three hundred black bass were delivered this week to Capt. W. H. C. Jaques for Loch Burns, a private Ottumwa lake owned by local enthusiasts. The fish originated from a government fishery in Illinois.
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Ottumwa
W. H. C. Jaques
Loch Burns
Illinois
Red Oak approves 5 percent railroad tax by wide margin
Voters pass the railroad tax by 1199 to 311 for the Red Oak and Northeastern project. The levy is 5 percent, with half due this year and half due the following year.
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Red Oak
Northeastern
Burglars Blow Safe At Kendall Store In Marysville
Burglars damaged the C. C. Kendall store safe in Marysville and took about 25 dollars in cash from the safe. They also emptied the post office within the same building but left around 400 dollars in stamps untouched.
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Knoxville
C. C. Kendall
Marysville
Here
Woman Attempts Suicide In Ottumwa
Ottumwa woman Mrs. Charles Swope tried to end her life at home with carbolic acid. The poison did not enter her stomach, but caused burns to her mouth and throat.
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Ottumwa
Charles Swope
Cow defeats train in Illinois Central derailment
A cow caused a derailment near Onawa as an Illinois Central passenger train from Cherokee to Onawa left the tracks. The two cars and engine were thrown into the ditch as the train neared the Onawa station.
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Fort Dodge
Illinois Central
Cherokee
Onawa
Threshing Outfit Burned in Creston Fire
David Adamson a farmer north of Creston lost a threshing machine outfit by fire this week. The blaze origin is unknown and about 200 dollars worth of grain was burned along with the machine.
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Creston
David Adamson
Here
Mount Tacoma circumnavigated by Rainier climb team
Five climbers led by Prof. J B Flett of Tacoma high school completed a seven day circuit around Mount Tacoma in Rainier National Park. They crossed seventeen glaciers, scaled unnamed peaks, and navigated dangerous ice slides where Calvin Philips Jr narrowly escaped fatal falls on a 50 percent grade slope.
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Tacoma
Wash
J. B. Flett
Tacoma High School
Mount Tacoma
Rainier National Park
United States
Weer Survives 600 Yard Ice Slope Fall in Mountain Traverse
On day two of the ascent Weer slid 600 yards down an ice slope. A heavy pack and rocks slowed his fall and allowed him to dig in and stop. Professor Flett documented unnamed glaciers and peaks for submission to the chief geographer in Washington.
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Weer
Ing
Flett
Interior Department
Washington
Buried Civil War Loot Found by Wycke Patterson
Wycke Patterson unearthed a pot of gold in an old Huntsville farm building, then fled with it as seven workers watched. The haul likely exceeds ten thousand dollars and may reach forty thousand, with ownership possibly shared between Patterson and the Yancey family. Theories link the treasure to Bill Anderson and a later Confederate attack.
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Wycke Patterson
Amount
Liberty
Huntsville
C. E. Yancey
Yancey
Patterson
Bank of
Yates
W. H. Stark
Bill Anderson
Anderson
Orrick
White Ants Ravage Books In India
London reports government has appointed entomologist T B Fletcher to study white ants and related pests in India. Five pests threaten records including white ants fish bug water bug cockroach and borer. Dust tight steel cabinets and bookcases are seen as the only defense.
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London
India
T. B. Fletcher
Three Million Cats Litter Chicago Find
The anti cruelty society says Chicago hosts about three million cats far exceeding one per resident in a new report. The finding highlights urban cat population levels and animal welfare concerns.
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Chicago
Anti-Cruelty Society
HOSPITAL FOR DOGS OPENS IN NEW YORK
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opens its new hospital and dispensary on Avenue A in the east hospital district. The facility offers free medicine and professional advice to the needy and includes wards, private rooms, pharmacies, operating rooms, exercise rooms, and isolation wards for contagious cases. A ground floor garage houses 15 automobile ambulances and wagons.
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New York
New Hospital and Dispensary
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Avenue A
East “Hospital
Emigration Declines in Ireland 1901-11
British statistics show Ireland’s island population fell by 1.2 percent from 1901 to 1911, a smaller drop than the 5.2 percent decline of the previous decade, indicating emigration easing.
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Emerald Isle
Boston
Ireland
Island
Prairie fires sweep Russian steppes in dire drought
A severe fire outbreak on the Turgai steppes near the Ural range devastates grazing areas. Flames race across 30,000 acres driven by fierce winds, forcing peasants to flee. Villagers, cattle, and horses seek water as a lake spares them from the encroaching blaze.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Hamburger Nachrichten
Turgai
Ural Mountains
Caspian
Deaf Mutes Organize National Deaf Club in London
The National Deaf club opens in London with 120 men and 60 women members. Conversation uses signs, no bells, a red light calls the waiter, and a billiard room provides a rare venue for deaf guests. President A J Wilson, who is deaf, praised the cheerful group at opening.
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New York
London
National
Deaf Club
Wastes
A. J. Wilson
Tacoma Pastor Resigns to Pursue Simple Life on Farm
The Rev. William D. Buchanan of Park University Church in Tacoma declares in a public letter he is retiring to a farm life. He says he will earn a living as a breeder of chickens and that he feels he must practice before preaching. His eight years in the Tacoma pulpit were marked by dignity and reserve, prompting city-wide comment.
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Tacoma
Wash
William D. Buchanan
Park University Church
Robbed Landlord to Pay Rent Fined in Police Court
James Rymburg was fined in police court here for robbing his landlord to obtain money for rent payments.
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Washington
James Rymburg
Aged Artist Announces Upcoming Marriage in New York
John C. Gillet, a 77 year old artist, told friends he will marry Mrs. Rachael Kendall, four years younger, in New York. The couple anticipate a future union as they plan their life together.
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New York
John C. Gillet
Rachael Kendall
State Aid Talks and Rural School Reform Debated
State aid for rural and town schools was urged by the better Town schools commission after a session at the capitol. Debate split on teaching agriculture in high schools with some urging it to aid rural teachers and others warning it risks overreach. Several Iowa State College staff will leave Ames for new posts elsewhere as salaries rise at competing institutions. A demand grows for copies of the prison probe report, with Illinois asking for more than available.
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Des Moines
Better Town Schools Commission
Pession
State Capitol
FP. I. Mahannah
Tlonow
Elkader
HW. C. Bishop
Iowa Agricultural College
Iowa
Chicago
Ames
Iowa State College
T 1A
B. H. Hibbard
Department of Economic Science
University of Wisconsin
A. V. Storm
University of Minnesota
M. L. King
Ames Agricultural Engineering Division
Sears-Roebuck
W. A. Bryan
University of Oregon At
Corvallis
Oregon
Adolph Shane
Ralph Chatterton
Highland Park College
George Cosson
Illinois
Union
Ohio
Towa
Iowan
State Teachers’ Association
Sarah G. Huftalen
Norwich
Huftalen
Tuftalen
Iowa Commission
Railroad Commission
Chester K. Mead
Ingersoll Park
Rock Island Company
State Fair Board
Directory Board
Commercial Club
State Board of Railway Commissioners
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Kenyon Bill
Milwaukee
A. Barnes, Jr
Percy Raleigh
J. H. Weer
Calvin Philips, Jr
Philips
DR. Sun Yat Sen
America
R. Sun Yat Sen
Chinese Republic
Sun On
Sun Yuen
Sun Fo
Missouri
Hospital For Dogs
Institution
Czar
National Deaf Club
Smith McPherson
United States Court
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