Fire marshal accuses Harm Luttermann of arson in Havelock
Des Moines reports Iowa’s Harm Luttermann under indictment for arson in Sioux county for allegedly using an electrical device attached to a clock to start a nighttime blaze in his blacksmith shop to collect insurance. Deputy Tracey found wires, battery connections, and a timer setup linking to the suspected device.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Edison
Harm Luttermann
Havelock
Ole O. Roe
Sioux County
Luttermann
A. P. Pfeiffer
Dumont
Butler County
J. A. Tracey
Tracey
Pfeiffer
Audubon County
Moulton
Iowa Dairies Face Possible Big Creamery Cartel Move
In Des Moines and Woodbine a trial probes alleged falsified tests to overpay customers, fueling claims of a big creamery influence. State officials consider appeals over railroad rates and bankruptcies while Muscatine buttonworkers remain quiet on strike. Knoxville fire traps are ordered removed and corporate filings note a Pocahontas lodge project and a La Porte City co op exchange expansion.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Woodbine
John Fletcher
Great Western Railroad
St. Joseph
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
B. G. Wylie
State Board of Railway Commissioners
Great Western
Henderson
Commerce
St. Paul
St. Louis
Chicago
Muscatine
H. E. Sampson
Attorney General’s Office
Cosson
Sampson
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
E. G. Wylie
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Prisoner Consoles Father as Beatty Is Found Guilty
In Chesterfield court house twelve Virginians deliberated and found Henry Clay Beatty Jr guilty of murdering his wife Louise Owen Beattie. The jury urged a writ of error for a new trial and Beatty faced electrocution, while consoling his grieving father who urged him to persevere.
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Chesterfield Court House
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Midlothian Turnpike
Louise Owen Beattie
Watson
Court of Appeals
Beattie
Virginia
Cluveritus
Phillips
McCue
Prof Holden Exonerated by Iowa Education Board
Winton Sept 9 Professor P G Holden of Iowa State College at Ames was reelected to the teaching staff after a surprise board meeting. The Iowa education board met at the college and confirmed Holden in good standing with no prior notice of removal.
Church protests Taft over Brewers Congress leadership
At the Iowa conference session, a resolution by C. S. Cooper of the Anti-Saloon League condemned Secretary Wilson presiding at the National Brewers' congress. A copy of the resolution was ordered sent to President Taft.
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Iowa
Wilson
Fairfield
C. S. Cooper
National Brewers’ Congress
Taft
Kuehnle Returns From Europe to Plan Gubernatorial Campaign
C F Kuehnle of Denison returns from three months in Germany and England where he studied economic conditions. He will focus on his business interests and pursue his bid for governor ahead of the Republican primaries next June.
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Denison
C. F. Kuehnle
Germany
England
General Dodge Returns From East
Council Bluffs reports General G M Dodge former Civil War officer and founder of the Union Pacific has returned home and plans for the Army of the Tennessee annual meeting this fall.
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Gen. Dodge
Council Bluffs
G. M. Dodge
Union Pacific Railroad
Army of the Tenneassle
Woman Sues Rock Island for 1800 Damages in Adair Wreck
Miss Mary Moore sues the Rock Island railway for 1800 damages after injuries in the recent Adair wreck while traveling from Des Moines to Wiota she asserts permanent injury.
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Rock Island
Atlantic
Sept
Mary Moore
Rock Island Railroad
Adair
Des Moines
Wiota
Fire destroys barn and livestock at Steele Turner farm
A fire at the Steele Turner farm in Bedford consumed three horses, 100 hogs, and much machinery grain and hay. The blaze damaged the barn and other outbuildings, with tenant Charles Steele and James A. Turner affected by the loss.
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Bedford
Charles Steele
James A. Turner
Mute Knocked by Train on Bridge Job
Clarence Spain a deaf mute on his first day with the bridge gang at the Des Moines river mouth was struck by a passenger engine and severely hurt while at Montrose on September 9.
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Montrose
Clarence Spain
Des Moines
M. H. Church Conference Attended in Fairfield
The sixty eighth Iowa annual conference of the M H church opens in Fairfield with large attendance Bishop Cranston of Washington presiding and leading sessions on September 9.
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M. E. Church
Fairfield
Iowa
M. H. Church
Bishop Cranston
Washington, D. C
Dream Reveals $300 Cash Mystery and Arrest Ordered
In St Louis Assistant Chief Gillaspy ordered the arrest of Louis P Brasch a 33 year old furniture dealer at 2618 Franklin Ave after Mrs M E Nichols claimed he took three $100 bills from her Chestnut Street home. Brasch and his wife pursued denies claim but investigators recovered the bills at Brasch’s home.
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St. Louis
Gillaspy
Louis P. Brasch
Franklin Avenue
Brasch
Montgomery Street
Doyle and Murphy
Dayton
Ira Cooper
M. E. Nichols
Lving
Chestnut Street
Ing
Cooper
Skeletons 5 000 Years Old Found in Aland Isles Cave
A stone coffin containing a skeleton, food, ales and stone age implements was found in a cave in the Aland Isles near St. Petersburg. The weapons and tools date to at least 3000 B.C. when the isles were submerged, with the coffin preserved deep beneath the sea bed.
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St. Petersburg
Blow Wins Man and Money Spokane Romance
Spokane woman Miss Marjorie A. King wins a husband and a fortune after a wedding that followed a car accident near a railroad crossing. John H. Starbird, a 45 year old widower grocer, marries Misa King, 23, a hairdresser, after she was struck by a crossing gate. Starbird had previously earned about $126,000 from the Klondike gold rush.
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Spokane
Wash
Marjorie
A. King
H. L. House
Westminster Congregational Church
John H. Starbird
T. H. Westlake
Misa King
Starbird
Germans on Tour Berlin Trade Union Plans US Visit
Berlin's Union of Merchants and Industrialists, the city's top business association, aims to tour the United States to explore commercial opportunities and strengthen ties.
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Berlin
Union of Merchants and Industrialista
United States
Deaths From Heat Alarm Europe Over Record July Fatalities
Munich expert Dr. George Hirth argues heat stroke stems from salt loss through perspiration and warns heavy labor in heat risks drastic electrolyte depletion. He notes alcohol worsens danger and recalls salt deprivation in prisons. Also reports legends of drought stones in Paris and Lisbon signaling doom.
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London
George Hirth
Munich
Tis
Dr. Hirth
Hirth
Paris
Lisbon
Seine
Tagus
Three Girls Probe Brainerd Cave Near Grafton
Misses Annice Davis Genevieve Remick and Nellie Caughlan became the first girls to explore Brainerd cave near Grafton. They descended 60 feet on ropes, found an old army canteen, and earned 12 pounds of candy after a two hour ascent and luncheon on a 10 foot ledge supervised by Mrs. Cardwell Davis.
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St. Louis
Brainerd’s Cave
Grafton
Annice Davis
Hazel Avenue
Genevieve Remick
Windsor Place
Nellie Caughlan
Hast St. Louis
Plasa Chautauqua
Edward Remick
Ralph Caughlan
Leon Tilton
J. B. Hobson
Alton
Cardwell Davis
Clara Avenue
It Sign of It as Dog Bit Pro voked
A wry exchange shows a dog’s behavior seen as provoked, with a remark about whether the animal was angry. The dialogue suggests humor in interpreting canine mood and response.
Phantom coach tale linked to Norfolk poacher
Dr. Jessopp records a Norfolk phantom coach incident from the early 1800s. George Mace and accomplices planned a plantation crime near Breecles Hall between Thetford and East Dereham. Mace vanished at the expected hour. the coach appeared and vanished. the next morning Mace was found dead at Breecles Hall door with no visible injuries.
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London
Jessopp
George Mace
Mace
Breecles Hall
Thetford
East Dereham
Jorge Mace
Morality and Conscience in Christian Life
Rev. Guy E. Shipler urges reevaluation of morality beyond convention and legalism. He argues conscience, not exterior law, must guide the self toward truth, urging prophets and inner discernment to steer Christianity back to freedom and moral clarity.
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God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Swedish Arrives at Ellis Island Receives First New Testament
A Swedish migrant at Ellis Island is offered a Swedish New Testament by a New York Bible Society worker. The man recalls a 26 year earlier gift that helped him read the Bible, become a Christian, and later preach in Colorado for 20 years. The tale highlights the enduring impact of scripture.
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Ellis Island
New York Bible Society
Colorado
God
Durtheran
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