Des Moines Letter Shows Extra Session Quick to Probe
Des Moines reports reveal multiple investigation moves in the extra session. A five member general committee led by Funk will probe state departments. another five member group reviews state printers work and pricing. Senators Carney and colleagues pursue joint inquiries into state institutions and trustee per diems. The tone promises no whitewashing while warning of reforms to janitor costs and price scales.
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Trusses Patentee Dies After Morphine Overdose
John P. Lander, the Oskaloosa patentee and manufacturer of trusses, living in Ottumwa, Iowa, died yesterday from effects after an intoxicated act in which he took ten grains of morphine a week earlier.
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John P. Lander
Oskaloosa
Courtney and Earhart Indicted in Mt Pleasant Farm Robberies
Ottumwa Iowa Feb 12 The Mt Pleasant grand jury has returned five indictments against Arthur Courtney and Sam Earhart in cases involving wholesale farm robberies Earhart has confessed and fully implicated Courtney in the crimes under inquiry in the Mt Pleasant jurisdiction.
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Sam Earhart
Amendment to Malet Law Extends to Special Charter Cities
In Drs Moines on Feb 12 the house, in about twenty minutes, passed a bill by Brant of Cedar Rapids to make the Malet law apply to special charter cities, addressing a defect noted by the supreme court which had held the law did not apply to these cities.
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Helen Farrar Heir to Fortune After Canada Divorce
Word reaches town that Helen Farrar, now in Canada and former wife of Dr. T. H. Farrar, has fallen heir to a fortune. An aunt at Picton, reputedly well off, recently died, making Mrs Farrar the chief beneficiary of her will.
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Crepar
Buried Together: Iowa Family Lost in Blizzard Tragedy
William Lewis died in a blizzard after his wife and child perished in a fall. The family had moved from Reinbeck to South Dakota last fall and lived in a sod house until a root collapse killed them. They were buried side by side in Reinbeck cemetery.
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Governor Drake Hosts Reception With Daugh ter in Des Moines
Governor Drake to host Feb 19 reception for the state’s official family and Des Moines notables aided by his daughter Mary Drake Sturdevant. Public displeasure over his daughter’s elopement and clandestine marriage with George Sturdevant is reported as resolved.
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Grant Brown Sues Uncle Over Damages in Des Moines
In Des Moines on February 11, Grant Brown filed a district court suit against his uncle J M Frazier for 25009 damages. Brown had leased land from Frazier, who previously obtained a judgment against him and ejected the Brown family during a cold night. The Brown children, all ill with measles, included a 12 year old girl who died, doctors attributing the death to the circumstances. The entire township attended the trial amid strong local sentiment against Frazier, who attempted to move the case out of the county but was blocked.
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Murderer Eckerlebe Convicted of First Degree
The Clinton district court jury found Chris Eckerlebe guilty of first degree murder in the Mina Kiel case. He was sentenced to hanging. The 18 year old German girl was slain on July 4 near Bellevue after spurning his advances. he shot her and crushed her skull to ensure death. He confessed to a tramp cellmate and was later convicted.
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National Guard Planned for Wil son’s Creek Celebration
Des Moines February 15. Governor Drake received an invitation to deploy the Iowa National Guard to the August anniversary of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek Missouri. An executive committee of Missouri Kansas Iowa Arkansas and Texas would match original troop numbers for a reenactment led by veterans of the 1861 battle. Drake favors sending Iowa forces instead of summer encampments if guardsmen wish.
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Railway Employes Boycott Two Cigar Firms in Iowa
In Ottumwa on February 12, H J Ost rich and T B Trotter led a petition drive by the Iowa State Traveling Men's association for a 2-cent rate bill recently rejected by the state legislature. The boycott by railroad workers against Pallister Bros and Ost rich firms spreads along routes where their goods sell, with committees threatening merchants to drop the two brands. A mass meeting was organized by the railroad men to pursue the issue, while Ost rich denies acting on the committee and has notified railroads seeking restitution.
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H. J. Ostrich
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Pallister Bros
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