WRECK KILLS SCORE IN FOG DRIVEN TRAIN CRASH
Twenty two people died in the collision of the Queen City Flyer and an eight train on the Big Four near Fowler Indiana. Ten were seriously injured and several more slightly hurt as the passenger train, running fifty miles an hour, struck a block signal in heavy fog. Most of the crew perished and a private car belonging to Mrs. C E Schaff was saved after quick actions by rescuers.
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Fowler
Ind
Queen City
C. E Sohaff
Road
Indianapolis
Schalt
Ladies' Auxiliary Holds Semi annual Meeting at Jordan Hall
The Ladies' Auxiliary to Central College met last Saturday afternoon in Jordan Hall of Natural Science. Weather kept many away, but attendees enjoyed a warm gathering with a Randolph collection tour, a business session led by President Mrs. Hattie Keables, a favorable financial report, and Professor Cox's microscope illustrated talk. The group urged strong townwide support and invited more women to join.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Central College
Jordan Hall of Natural Science
Randolph
Hattie Keables
Cox
Girl Stabbed in Monroe Telephone Office
Miss May O Connor, daughter of City Marshal Martin O Connor of Monroe, was attacked by a stranger in the telephone office last night. She was stabbed twice, left unconscious, and is described as serious and unable to recall details. The assailant, smooth shaven and headed toward Otley, fled after the attack.
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Monroe, Jan
May O’connor
Martin O'Connor
Monroe
Pella
Atranger
Otley
Peculiar Factory Injury Breaks Leg Near Otley
O Bruinekeol of the Palla vank Factory fractured his left leg while drilling a well. A sledge hammer struck his leg after his foot slipped on uneven ground, breaking the bone between the ankle and knee. He was taken home to Pella by sleigh for several weeks of recovery.
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O. Bruinekeol
Palla ‘Vank
Mr. Bruinekool
Otley
Pella
Romance of a Bottle Ends With Tragic Disappearance
Delia Cummins of Quincy aims to meet Harry Simpson at Union Depot after finding his sealed bottle in the Des Moines River. Letters sparked hope of a reunion and marriage with white ribbons as signs. Delia waited, then spotted Harry but he fled, and Deputy Sheriff Ben Ness took the tale as she sought help.
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Harry Simpson
Della
Des Moines
Delia Cummins
Quincy
Dalla
Harry
Union Depot
Delia
Dalia
Sixth Street
Ben
Ness
Dave Haley
Lawyer Marks
Marks
Haley
Phineas
Eliza
Dawn
Shell Gladstone
Harve van Gorp
Charley Porter
Ters
Uncle Tom’s Cabin at Pella opera house delights small crowd
The Pella crowd enjoyed Uncle Tom’s Cabin as a compact, capable troupe staged the famed drama. The review chronicles Eliza and Harry’s river crossing, Tom’s trials, Legree’s brutality, and the comic turn by Lawyer Marks, with colorful local narration and stage snapshots.
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Pella Opera House
Central College Basketball Aims High In Early Season
Central College shows strong season form with wins over Oskaloosa 52 12 Highland Park 58 12 Muscatine Fairfield Iowa Wesleyan Ottumwa and Wesleyan at Mount Pleasant 50 13 then defeats Simpson 38 28 at Indianola. The team earns praise for its effort and is urged to boosters to keep support up.
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Central College
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Highland Park
Muscatine
Fairfield
Iowa Wesleyan
Ottumwa
Pella
Mount Pleasant
Wesleyan
Husky
Simpson College
Drake
Central
Simpson
Indianola
From Sawmill to Locomotive Dad Reeves Dies at 65
Reeves known as one of the best engineers on the Q branch for 19 years died at his Albia home aged about 65. Formerly a saw mill engineer, he joined the railroad during the 1888 strike, later resigned due to sickness, and suffered an internal malady since 1902, yet he never had an locomotive accident in 17 years as a locomotive engineer.
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Massa Sinclair
Louisiana
Tom
Missie Eva
Ophelia
Vermont
Marks
Standard Oil Co
Sinclair
Eva
Simon Legree
Legree
Phineas Fletcher
Lee
Dad’ Reeves
Albia
Reeves
Q Road
Ile
Woman Fractures Arm After Fall on Sidewalk Near Rietveld Home
Last Thursday evening Mrs. J. Hesselink slipped while descending the hill on the sidewalk near the home of W Rietveld. She fractured her right arm just above the wrist. Dr. Carpenter was called and set the fracture, and the injured member is healing as rapidly as could be expected.
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W Rietveld
Spectator Chorus Fades As Theatre Ends In Storm Of Echoes
A chaotic scene ends with a dramatic note as a slave driver is slain by a 44 caliber bullet fired from a 22 gun, George Shelby leads Tom to death under sunny skies while Eva drapes the heavens with wings, the orchestra plays My Old Kentucky Home, and patrons stream out cheaply priced tickets into the misty night amid fading applause.
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Legree
George Shelby
Tom
Old Kaintuck
Marks
Eva
Leg
Kentucky
Crushed to Death at Baldauf Rosenblatt Dry Goods Store
Seventeen year old Ralph Holloway son of Mr and Mrs O H L Holloway died after being crushed between an elevator floor and the shaft at Baldauf Rosenblatt dry goods store. Rescue efforts were hampered by the machine’s construction. he died en route to his home.
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Ralph Holloway
O. HL. Holloway
Baldauf-Rosenblatt
Leo Baldauf
Rosenblatt
The Blind Leads The Blind Officer Jailed In Des Moines
Boone county deputy B Erickson, transporting a dipsomaniac to Knoxville, spent the day in Des Moines jail after a tipping tale of neglect. He was fined 10 dollars by Judge Mathis for drunkenness and ordered to escort his prisoner to Knoxville on the next train.
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Knoxville
B. Erickson
Boone County
Des Moines
Erickson
Capital City
Mathis
Hrickson
Rock Island Wreck Delays Train No 281 Near Eddyville
A Rock Island freight train No 281 derailed near Eddyville shortly after midnight Sunday. The wreck left the track when a broken journal caused the rails to shift two miles south of Eddyville. Ties and a small bridge were badly damaged. A wrecking crew from Kalona and Keosauqua worked through the night, with service restored by 9:30 Monday.
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Rock Island
Tratin
Eddyville
Sephl
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Jordan Hall
May O'Conner
General House
Howard Henry
Moines
Towa
Uncle Tom
Chronicle
No. 16
Opera House
Klo-ee
Canada
John Wisse
Ohio
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