Bank Examiners Take Control After Clorinda Bank Tragedy
H. R. Spry vice president of Clorinda Trust and Savings Bank shot himself after a shortage of 4100 alleged by bookkeeper Guy Brent. State bank examiners H N Cormany and B W Miller took charge as Brent, jailed, faces embezzlement charges. Bank records show capital 75000, surplus 25000, undivided profits 3216. institution established 1903 with Wiliam Orrie as president and R B Galloway as cashier. State Auditor Frank S. Shaw and Met Pleasant connections noted.
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Clorinda
H. R. Spry
Clorinda Trust and Savings Bank
Guy Brent
Spry
Brent
Shry
Houlo
Met. Pleasant
Frank S. Shaw
Des Moines
Clarinda
Guy Brant
H. N. Cormany
B. W. Miller
State Banking Department
Wiliam Orrie
R. B. Galloway
Pioneering Jurist Judge Mott Dies at 38 in Winterset
Prominent Winterset resident Judge Frederick Mott, a noted educator and jurist, died aged 38. Born June 14, 1928 in Susquet Hana county, Pa, he moved to Winterset in 1887. He served as quartermaster and assistant adjutant general in the Thirty-cloth Iowa infantry during the Civil War, taught law at the state university, led Des Moines University, and was active in the Baptist church and state conventions.
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Winterset
Frederick Mott
Windinon County
Judge Mott
Susquethana County
Iowa Infantry
Effeurt
The
State University
University of Des Moines
Baptist College
Baptlet Church
Rajtistatate Convention
Johnson County Pioneer Dead in Iowa City Passage
Johnson County pioneer Jacoh Stover died at Bighomen laws City at an old age. He came to Johnson County with his parents seventy eight years ago from Indiana. He crossed the prairie by ox team in 1833 and later joined a company of young men to seek California gold in 1849 before returning to Iowa City.
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Johnson County
Jacoh
Stover
Bighomen Laws City
Mr. Stover
Johnson Couny
Praiiries
Joseph
Ind
California
Officials Elected at Dubuque County Convention
Grounty Officers Hold Convention in Dubuque County towns at the closing session elected officers. President E. J. Wenner of Waterloo. Vice President H. M. G. Lyman of Grinnell. Secretary Treasurer B. E. Swahson of Council Bluffs. District judges re elected all old officers: President Judge J. W. Stringer of New Hampton. Secretary Treasurer Judge E. B. Fry of Boone.
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Grounty
Dubuque
E. J. Wenner
Waterloo
HM. G. Lyman
Grinnell
BE. Swahson
Council Bluffts
J. W. Stringer
New Hampton
E. B. Fry
Boone
Plan Drainage Project in Harrison County
An $85 000 engineering drainage project for Willow Creek has again been brought before the Harrison county supervisors. Promoters and objectors were represented. The supervisors and engineers are inspecting the proposed ditch location and the board is expected to reject or authorize construction soon.
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Logan
Willow Creak
Harrison County
Team Jumps Into Auto After Explosion Injures Two
A Des Moines team frightened by a firecracker explosion leaped into an automobile injuring W. Trapp and A. Arness seriously. They were rushed to a hospital for treatment as the car narrowly saved a life.
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Des Moines
W. Trapp
A. Arness
Waterloo Jail Empties As Doors Open For Vacations
Waterloo county reports its jail empty after two prisoners escaped as sheriff B Henderson opened doors for a vacation. Arrests for drunkenness have been few since the unions closed December 31 and overall crime in the county has fallen. The city jail has also been largely empty.
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Waterloo
B. Henderson
IOWA CAVALRY TAKES OATH AT Camp Dodge
Camp Dodge reports many cavalrymen at North Liberty changed their minds about taking federal oats, leading to muster in. An order from General Allen moved troops into mobilization camp ahead of a potential move to San Antonio for mobilization. The Iowa guard may concentrate at Fort Sam Houston with the government controlling large mobilization grounds, while plans for departure remain uncertain.
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Camp Dodge
North Liberty
Allen
Mobilz Ution
Hery
War Department
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
San Houston
Chicago
Washington
Iowa Brigade
Twins in Prison for Like Crimes
San Francisco reports two brothers who look alike and share the name Mesak Kartangan. Each is serving a separate five year burglary sentence in Los Angeles. Identification officials confirmed two distinct men, both 22, with past reformatory records and recent convictions in March 18 and March 20, 1915.
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San Francisco
Ovids
Rogues
Los Angeles
Adolph Julil
Julii
San Quentin
Folsom
Paving Contracts Set For Traer Cement Work
Traer awards cement paving at $1.74 per lineal yard totaling about $33,300 for one mile. A second contract for 4000 feet of curb is let at $3,786.
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Mits
Traer
Shenandoah group aids 13 families of guardsmen
The Shenandoah Commercial association plans to assist thirteen families whose breadwinners have left to join the National Guard, providing support as their income is interrupted.
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Aid Soldiers
Shenandoah
The
Shenandoah Commercial Association
National Guard
Government Aids Soil Surveys Ames
The Towa agricultural experiment station cooperates with the United States Department of Agriculture on soil surveys of Mitchell and Ringgold Counties. W. Thary of the federal department leads the Mitchell Survey with aid from a representative of the experiment station. E. C. Halts leads the Ringgold survey and a future Clay county survey is anticipated.
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Ames
Towa Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Mitchell
Ringgold
W. , Thary
Federal de Partment
Mitchell Survey
Agricultural Experiment Station
E. C. Halt
Ringgold Survey
Takes clothes for debt in Indiana court case
William Devine a farm laborer explained in criminal court that unable to collect 33 from James Boyce he took four suits of clothes as payment. He admitted wearing the suits and later fled with them. Devine was indicted, jailed briefly and sentenced to 90 days at the penal farm.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Devine
Criminal Court
James Boyce
Flackville
Buttons Save Life at Chester Plant Shaft
J T Hargoot of Philadelphia was pulled toward a shaft at the Tindel Morria plant in Eddy stone when his overalls snagged. The buttons ripped free, breaking his fall to the floor and leaving him with a fractured skull and a broken arm. Doctors expect recovery. He had not worn a new pair of overalls.
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Chester
Tindel-Morria Company
Eddystone
J. T. Hargoot
Philadelphia
Hargant
Har- Root
Light Touch Saves A Life In Lorain Railroad Rescue
In Lorain Ohio, railroad engineer William Rawlings narrowly saved brakeman Elmer Stephens. Stephens was trapped between two loaded coal cars as they buckled. Rawlings backed his engine to the rear car and stopped just in time to permit a coupling, freeing Stephens and preventing a fatal crush.
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Lorain
William Rawlings
Elmer Stephens
Stephens
Rawlings
Stephany
Scigus
Japanese Translators Struggle With English Idioms
A Tokyo journal highlights Japanese writers debating English idioms in their own language. Examples show misrendered phrases such as We collided for We put our friends together and He could not discover it till his death for He could not find it for life. Other renderings include a fatal self-harm implication and a fatal misinterpretation of phrases about death and time.
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Tokyo
Freporis
Slight Leanings on Darwinian Theory Quip
A Louisville Courier Journal fragment records a quip on Darwinian theory. The speaker jokes about humanity making “a monkey of himself” while acknowledging partial belief based on experience.
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Louisville Courier Journal
The Resemblance Cartoon Playful Pun
A humorous cartoon caption pairs a dog with a political orator likeness as the pet begs for a bone and triggers a witty exchange about asking for a reply. The exchange hinges on the pun pawing for a reply.
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H. J. Marshall
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Samuel Dime
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Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Interurban Company
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Omaha
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