Jefferson Iowa Shooting Toll Destroys Peace Warrants
A Jefferson Iowa town scene ended in a fatal shooting when Marshal John Swearingen and Deputy Fred Kendall went to arrest Horace Shipman on a peace warrant. Shipman opened fire killing the marshal and held the house under heavy fire for hours, with hundreds of shots exchanged before Shipman fell. The case draws mourning for the slain official and raises questions about Shipman’s long legal troubles and bonds.
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Jefferson
Iowa
Horace Shipman
Shipman
John Swearingen
G. H. Grimmell
Swearingen
Fred Kendall
Grimmell
Anderson
James May
May
S. C. Judy
Sheriff Anderson
Fire devastates Rogers shop and surrounding properties
A large blaze at A. J. Rogers furniture and undertaking shop destroyed the building and spread to J. W. Shupe’s farm implement house. Rogers faces about 3000 dollars in losses, Shupe 500 dollars, Mrs. E. B. Bartlett’s home damaged, Isaac Shupe’s residence ruined, and the Methodist church narrowly saved by citizen efforts.
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A. J. Rogers
Rogers
J. W. Shupe
Shupe
E. B. Bartlett
Isaac Shupe
A. H. Hoe
Elected New Professor at Cornell College Psychology Pedagogy Chair
The trustees of Cornell college Mt. Vernon Iowa created a new chair in psychology and pedagogy and elected Prof. George H. Betts. Betts, a Cornell graduate of 1899, taught at the academy two years and studied at the University of Chicago, praised as a capable teacher and scholar set to strengthen the faculty.
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Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
George H. Betts
Betts
Cornell
Academy
University of Chicago
Eight Thousand Dollar Fire Ravages Lacoma Main Street
A fire in Lacoma Iowa on Main street caused about 8000 in losses. It broke out Saturday and was not discovered until four that afternoon. Only pails of water were used to fight the blaze.
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Lacoma
Main Street
Iowa Board Officials Buy Additional Land for Feeble-Minded Institute
Des Moines reports Hon. John Downie and Judge Kinne closed a deal at Glenwood for fifty five more acres adjoining the state farm. The purchase price is five thousand four hundred dollars, one thousand one hundred dollars under the owner's asking price after years of stalemate. The land lies on the main road east of the institution toward Glenwood.
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Des Moines
John Downie
State Board of Control
Iowa
Kinne
Glenwood
P. A. Goyer
State Farm
The
Institution
Town of
Acreage Of Crops With Last Year In Iowa Report
Des Moines June 23 official Iowa crop service figures compare this year’s Iowa acreage to last year. Corn 9,208,980 acres up 521,500 with 97 percent condition. oats 3,770,620 acres down 28,600 at 98 percent. flax 97,460 down 9,280 at 98 percent. potatoes 138,484 up 2,184 at 103 percent. meadows 2,515,000 down 287,300. livestock conditions include cattle 96 percent, sheep 97, hogs 96, spring pigs 92, horses 97. fruits apples 70, plums 72, cherries 70, pears 70, peaches 40, grapes 72, strawberries 80, raspberries 71, blackberries 67.
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Des Moines
J. R. Sage
Lowa Crop Service
Iowa
Mahaska Republicans renominate county ticket and delegates
Oskaloosa Iowa June 22 Mahaska Republicans renominated the county ticket and chose delegates to the congressional and state conventions H J Vail chaired and spoke resolutions endorse B F Carroll for auditor and Lacey for congress
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Oskaloosa
Mahaska
H. J. Vail
B. F. Carroll
Lacey
Congress
Scale of Magnificence at St Louis Exposition
Visitors note the unprecedented scale of the World’s Fair site at St Louis. The grounds cover 778 acres with potential 400 more acres, a mile plus frontage, and at least fifteen exhibit buildings. States and territories push for active participation as progress daily grows the enterprise toward a $20 million funding milestone.
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St. Louis Exposition
St. Louis
Bishop for Judge Judge Waterman on Bench
Governor Cummins announced the appointment of Judge Charles A. Bishop of Des Moines to the Iowa supreme bench to succeed Judge C. M. Waterman. Bishop will serve until the state convention nominates a successor for the remainder of Waterman's term ending 1903. Many district judges are expected to seek the nomination at the Republican convention with several named as potential candidates.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Charles A. Bishop
C. M. Waterman
Davenport
Supreme Bench
Iowa
Bishop
Waterman
Burnham
Fee
Church
Towner
Corning
Bryan to Speak at Clear Lake August Sixth
William Jennings Bryan will deliver the featured oration at Clear Lake on August 6. Dr. H. H. Fairall of Iowa City secured the contract and also booked Governor Van Sant for July 30. Local Woodmen and the M. W. A. expect Bryan’s possible August 13 appearance for the southwestern Iowa picnic.
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Iowa City
William Jennings Bryan
Clear Lake
H. H. Fairall
Northwest Epworth League Assembly
Abolish the District Plan in Guthrie County Elections
Guthrie Center Iowa June 23. The board of supervisors abolished the district plan for electing supervisors. After this change, supervisors will be elected by the entire county rather than by districts. The shift takes effect at the next election in November as the plan failed to satisfy expectations.
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Guthrie Center
Board of Supervisors
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets Offered by C R I & P Ry
Jno G Farmer announces homeseekers excursions along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway line. Tickets go on sale first and third Tuesdays in June July August September and October for round trips to Northwestern Iowa Southern Minnesota and Southwestern South Dakota. See rates and read via C R I & P Ry. Cedar Rapids Division. The Journal.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Homeseekers
Jno
G. Farmer
G. Ps 2
Cedar Rapids
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