Local Iowa News Tangles Crime and Court Actions
A patchwork of reports from Newton and surrounding towns details robberies, killings, legal cases, and public notices. Incidents include a Burlington mugging of Walter I Smith, a fatal gun tragedy near a farmer's son, a Covington confession tied to a Missouri River body, and grand jury actions against Creston land and Des Moines officials.
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Woot Bury County
George Endberg
Thrington
Albert Noble
Luverne
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Niles
Owledge
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Venezuela and Europe in wartime diplomacy and legal action
The week’s notes cover Venezuela negotiating in the United States over war supplies and indemnities for massacres in the region. Reports mention a British inquiry over alleged fraud, a Turkish gallery fire with casualties, and U S legal steps against an interstate railroad pool led by Harmon.
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United States
Ministrell
Constantinople
Porte
Dunraven
Boy's blunt view on honesty and danger in London
A London Household Words piece presents a boy’s graphic view on honesty, noting some boys are more honest than others. He describes a test involving a hidden knife and watching who hesitates, asserting that “the tone that jumps last is the honestest.”
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London
Four Americans killed in Bolivia blaze of public execution
Four American citizens Charles Joiner George Miner Alfred Heard and Thomas Caldwell were murdered in Chuquisaca Bolivia after a quarrel in a gambling saloon. Police jailed them without food or fair trial before a public execution on Thursday noon. Their money and possessions disappeared, allegedly distributed among local officials and associates.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Charles Joiner
George Miner
Aifted Heard
Thomas Caldwell
Chuquisaca
Brazil
Ian Canan
Chuauts
Am Bimetallic Union Formed by Lead Groups
Chicago reports three major bimetallic groups consolidating into the American Bimetallic Union. Gen A J Werner named secretary and an executive committee to be named. membership to be free with funding from donations. Also noted is unrest in the Transvaal as Boers push for political rights amid suspected miner arming and foreign troop movements.
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Chicago
United States
Am Bimetallic Union
American Bimetallic League
National Iver Committee
National Timetalle Union
A. J. Werner
Oxnard claim on state sugar bounty amid budget clash
Omaha dispatch Dec 21 reports the Oxnards seeking 49000 under the last session's sugar bounty act which lacked a specific appropriation. Auditor Moore says funds not available and Treasurer Barth declines payment from the general fund, risking a special appropriation to settle the claim. Separate reports hint at possible marriages planned by county residents.
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Wemand
Omaha
Neb
Oxnards
Moore
Barth
Monus
Fire devastates Hartford block with multiple fires
Fire swept through a cluster of buildings in Hartford Kansas on December 31. The blaze consumed P. Faxon's opera house E. C. Rich & Co general merchandise and McGregor & Reeds hardware stores. The Masonic and Mid-Fellows lodge room, with lodge property valued at about 1000, was also destroyed.
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Threa Lines
P. 1 Faxon
Opera
E. C. Rich & Co
McGregor & Reed
Mid-Fellows
Hebrew Socialists Conclude Credentials at NY Convention
The seventh annual convention of the Hebrew branch of the social labor party opened in New York with sixty delegates from thirty organizations. The credentials committee read during the opening session and the gathering will continue through the week.
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New York
Social Labor Party
United States
Berlin to close German insurance firms in U S after Prussia act
Official dispatch from Washington states the United States will close out all German insurance companies doing business in the United States unless Prussia reinstitutes a policy or action. The note underscores mounting tensions between the two nations as World War I policies shift.
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Berlin
Washington
United States
Unitedates
Prussia
President of the Vandalia to Retire
Terre Haute Indiana reports that William R. McKeen will retire at the Vandalia annual election on January 15. He has served over twenty years as president, longer than almost any railroad official in the United States.
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Crook
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Lowa
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Towa
Town Agricultural College
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Canada
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Texas
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La Normandie Reaches New York In Rough Seas
The French liner La Normandie arrived at its dock in New York after four days of tempestuous seas and high winds. No accidents or notable incidents were reported despite the rough voyage.
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New York
Miowera Righted Off Flattery Bound for Honolulu
Steamship Miowera, near Victoria, B C, on December 31, has been righted off Flattery Island and is proceeding under steam, seemingly headed for Honolulu. The light craft and crew appeared uninjured as the vessel resumed motion after the mishap.
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Victoria
B. C
Insurgent Movements Reported Across Matanzas Province
Dec 31 dispatches from Havana describe ongoing insurgent activity in Matanzas with reports of damage at various points and skirmishes in Santa Clara. Details are unclear on forces near Cienfuegos and Cimarrones as troops retreat and harassments continue.
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Comex
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Cimarrones
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