Prisoner Killed in Fight at Fort Madison Penitentiary
An inmate, George G. Bruce No 70820, was killed and Deputy Warden James S. Taylor injured in a morning riot at Fort Madison Iowa penitentiary. The fight began when inmate Hunter refused work and a guard attempted to place him in solitary.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
George G. Bruce
James S. Taylor
Iinute Hunter
Taylor
W. G. Enderie
Hickeys
Enderlet
Jim Lowe
Enderle
Lowe
Will Johnson
Enderie
Johnson
George W. Bruce
Hardin County
Eldora Reformatory
Witl Johnson
Anamoen
Humphrey Alexander
Georgia
Methodist Conference at Indianola Gathers 350 Ministers
About 350 Iowa ministers from 70 000 Methodists met in Indianola for the Des Moines conference annual session. Bishop Homer B Stuntz presided. Joseph B Kingsley of Chicago urged church advertising and said the church should spend no less than 100 000 dollars yearly to meet modern conditions.
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Methodist
Indianola
Iowa
Des Moines
Homer B. Stuntz
Joseph B. Kingsley
Chicago
Preas
Auto Crash Fatality in Fairfax Near Cedar Rapids
Charles Pacita, 66, a farmer, died after a Cadillac rolled over near Fairfax. He had been unconscious since the crash and died at Hotel Fairfax. Ten people were in the car. Pacita was the only serious injury. He leaves a wife and child. Smokes for Soldiers: Missouri Wales reports merchants collecting tobacco for deployed soldiers, with J A Heterick department store in Logan leading daily collections.
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Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Charlies Pacita
Hotel Airfax
Pachta
Missouri
Wales
J. A. Heterick
Logan
Attempted murder near Tipperary mines leaves man near death
Chariton Costa Gotado lies dying from an ax wound after a drunken dispute at the Tipperary mines. Thomas Orillo, both Italian workers, is under arrest charged with attempted murder.
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Chariton
Costa Gotado
Thomas Orillo
Tipperary
Will Educate Orphans at Penn College
Miss Anna Pinkham of Muscatine has created a scholarship fund for orphans at Penn College in this city. She deeded at her death fifty acres of farm land near Muscatine and two residence lots in Haskins Indiana valued at a total of $15,000 to the fund.
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Oskaloosa
Anna Pinkham
Muscatine
Penn College
Haskins
Grinnell Changes Faculty Amid War Pressures
Grinnell college announces seventeen faculty changes driven by European war conditions. The most notable is Paul F. Peck named junior dean of men succeeding E. J. Jaqua. Start Training at Deming. Camp Cody Iowa National Guard soldiers undergo a stricter training regime under Maj. Gen. Blocksom who is temporarily relieved from command to take on a new role. Troop B of the First Iowa Cavalry has been on duty at divisional headquarters troop.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Paul F. Peck
Peck
E. J. Jaqua
Deming
Camp Cody
N. M
Iowa National Guard
Brownsville
Blocksom
Lowa
Soldiers extinguish fire at Johnston station school
Des Moines reports Company F First Iowa Infantry from Camp Dodge fought a coal basement fire at the consolidated school near Johnston station. They saved the building after a rapid truck ride and aided by Camp Dodge and Des Moines apparatus. Fifty tons of coal were moved. no serious injuries reported. Coffee and sandwiches were served to fighters by local boy scouts after the danger passed.
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Des Moines
First
Iowa Infantry
Camp Dodge
Consolidated
Johnston Station
KE WH. Plummer
Johnston
Boy Scouts
Two Women Die in Midnight Car Crash Fatalities
Mrs. Anna L. Pfiffner and Mrs. Helen M. Schmidt were instantly killed or seriously injured when an automobile driven by Eberhardt struck a curbstone and rolled over twice shortly after midnight.
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Anna L. Pfiffner
Helen M. Schmidt
Eberhardt
Lad Drowns in River Pool Near Stratford
The two and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs George Scott of Stratford drowned in a low sand pool along the Des Moines river. The father was digging sand while the child and a caregiver watched him. Moments later the child was found lifeless and revived efforts failed.
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Boone
George Scott
Stratford
Des Moines
Secuer
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