Mayor vetoes brewery petition in Des Moines
Des Moines officials report Mayor Mattern vetoed the council’s brewery resolution citing unexamined objections and urging reconsideration. If six councillors oppose sustaining the veto, the project faces near two years’ delay. the petition’s legal deadline ties to another general election next November. The Big SIs, backed by Alder man Smith, moved to the courts after a secret caucus. Hauser says district court appeal bonds to be filed today.
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Des Moines
Mattern
Bem
Jnst
Alderman Smith
Hauser
Body of Griswold Identified in Des Moines Mystery
Des Moines reports confirm Georges R. Griswold is the coffin occupant at Patrick's undertaking rooms after dentist Dr. Knott matched teeth and measurements. The reopened post mortem settles that Griswold died by unknown means, ruling out body substitution and the theory of Griswold using another corpse.
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Des Moines
Patrick's Undertaking Rooms
Georges R. Griswold
F. W. Knott
Griswold
Miller
George R. Griswold
Ufe
Iver
Fragmentary Juvenile Frog Swallow Incident Reported
A Wilkes-Barre woman was said to swallow an infant frog while drinking impure water. The odd claim appeared in a local item and suggests unusual health concerns amid shaky municipal water supplies.
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Wilkesborre
Tia Sun
Diverse Iowa News: Executed Transfers and Accidents Reported
Secretary Leslie M. Stony buys a driving team for $100 to send to Washington. A jury awards C. R. Kardy $8000 for injuries from a dynamite explosion two years prior at Rockstand. Deputy Sheriff Rock arrests William Fitzpatrick for horse theft near Madale. Fitzpatrick later captured after a long chase. A Milwaukee railroad yard death in Canton, South Dakota, follows a fatal coupling mishap. Divorce drama at Sioux City involves Mrs. Fay Rounds marrying Bernard Hanbury in Cheyenne. Creditors challenge E. J. Whiteside’s exemption in Atlantic bankruptcy, amid tax and license debates in Iowa counties. Detective Brothers shoots a boy in Des Moines. inquiry sees conflicting accounts. County mule tax raises state revenue concerns. many counties report no saloons. Interstate Fair board to seek state building funds for Sioux City expo. State Normal schools plans for a $10,000 chemistry lab approved. Celestian Clarken hospitalized after a fall from a Great Western train. Eskader fire damages several main-block buildings and stock. Iowa Central rail costs and a gravel train accident highlight transport news. Rev. Neldermier committed to an asylum after psychiatric distress. Edna Fullison faces poison charge with strong testimony. lunch poisoning allegedly involved with butter. Ferguson Kennedy breach verdict favors plaintiff in Council Bluffs. Miner Elian Reese injured in Norwoodville coal mines with serious internal injuries.
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DE. Kkellogs
Cedar Falls
Washington
Iowa City
C. R. Kardy
Hardy
Harrison County
C. O. Rock
Madale
William Fitzpatrick
Mason Fawnimer
South Omaha
Rock
Fitzpatrick
Logan
C. B. Coleman
Sanborn
Canton
Coleman
Milwaukee Railroad
Fay &. Rounds
Lfe
Sioux City
Harley Rounds
Grand Theater
Bernard K. Hanbury
LaSalle
Colo
Cheyenne
Wyo
Colorado
E. 17
Whiteside
Atlantic
Iowa
Howard Wittell
Woenst Street
Des Moines
Frank Brothers
Walnut Street
Jad
Brothers
Satys
Bon
Patterson
Census Bureau
Capitol
Polk County
Davenport
Treasuries
Iowna
Interstate Live Stock Fair Association
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
State Normal School
Proudfoot & Bird of
Chemical Laboratory
Celestian Clarken
Henry Clarken
Vincent
Fort Dodge
Great Western
Clarken
Eskader
Odd Fellows
City Drug Store
Ideal Cafe
Becker Brothers
Iowa Central Railroad
J. N. Tittemore
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Tittemore
Feredal
H. Bethea
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hagan
Milwaukee Road
Marion
Cedar Rapds
Neldermier
Cresco German Lutheran
Toward County
Nejdermier
Naldermiter
Edna Fullison
Shenandoah
Mulison
Edna
Ferguson
Council Bluffs
Elian Reese
Norwoodville
Mercy Hospital
Multiple Iowa and Illinois incidents in one notice
Close friends of Tom Dennnigon in the Omaha police king doubt he will face trial for conspiracy to rob in October at Jer Onk. A 12 year old near Dikhart fell from a fifty foot windmill, fracturing an arm and injuring his tongue. he is expected to recover. Mrs. Margaret O'Brien of Keokuk died at Davenport aged 102. Second man Charlies Wagner was badly hurt crossing near a streetcar. Paul Paarsch and Chris Mohr from Goose Lake pleaded guilty to threats and were fined. Frank Logan near Malvern fled with his two sons Bart and Lawrence to avoid juvenile court after hog-slaughtering. Rev. D. C. Curtis died in a runaway accident near Calamus. Arisnoe bank near Afton closed. directors plan to cover depositors’ claims. Details allege long bank overdrafts and bad loans contributing to insolvency. A quotation about flags and indemnity from two Rugalan diplomats is included.
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Tom Dennnigon
Omaha
Dennison
Jer Onk
William Froce
Dikhart
Margaret O'Brien
Keokuk
Iowa
Davenport
Mercy Hospital
Charlies Wagner
Waterloo
O Ut
Baen
Wagner
Paul Paarsch
Chris Mohr
Goose Lake
Clinton County
Clinton
Fred Steinbeck
Steinbeck
Preston Bank
Bart
Lawrence
Vidtora
Frank Logan
Malvern
Wheeler
Glenwood
Logan
D. C. Curtis
Free Will Baptist
Calamus
New York State
Calamita
Arispa Savings Bank
Arisnoe
Afton
State Bank Examiner
Stevenson
Chicago
Des Moines
Des Moines Detective Shoots Boy and Faces Murder Charge
In Des Moines on a Tuesday afternoon Detective Frank Brothers shot 12 year old Howard Wittell while pursuing a theft. The bullet entered the right leg and settled near the knee joint. Witnesses claim the act was deliberate. Brothers was dismissed by Chief Jones and charged with assault with intent to murder. he pleaded not guilty and posted $2,000 bond. Public indignation spurred the case and a grand jury investigation followed.
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Des Moines
Frank Brothers
Howard Wittell
Brothers
Police Department
Jones
Chief Jones
Five children burned to death in Iowa stove explosion
Ft. Dodge, Sept. 28 Five Adamson children aged 3 to 10 perished in a gasoline stove blast at Frederick Adamson's home. Neighbors found the upper story ablaze as the fire destroyed the room where the youngsters slept. the mother nearly rushed inside despite flames.
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Ft. Dodge
Frederick Adamson
Illinois Central
Edna Adamson
Irmis Adamson
Clarence Adamson
Ernest Adamson
Raymond Secord
Mr. Anderson
Mra. Anderson
Nnaymonud Secord
Peicoums
Fire destroys barns near Iowa City
Fire of unknown origin destroyed several barns and outbuildings owned by Paul Pitlick near Iowa City yesterday. Loss on buildings and contents $5,000. Partially insured.
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Iowa City
Paul Pitlick
Egan Vindicated in Logan Slur Plot Case
In Logan on September 27 evidence is presented of an eight person plot to injure attorney George Wy Bean's reputation. The case follows the dismissal of the Gamage suit filed by Mrs Daisy Hont, revealing the suit was urged by her husband to obtain money from the woman involved.
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Egan
Logan
George Wy
Bean
Missouri Valley
Mre
Daisy
Life sentence for murder of Danner
Will Jones was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Ernest Danner on the Danner farm near Iowa City last summer after pleading guilty to second degree murder. The sentence fell on Jones’s thirty sixth birthday as Mrs. Jones remains seriously ill. Jones expresses regret for Danner’s widow and recalls their former good terms and stock dealings on the farm.
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Town City
Will Jones
Hfa
Ernest Danner
Danner
Iowa City
Jones
Treatment Allegations From Waterloo Insane Asylum Escape
D W Howard claims cruel treatment at Independence asylum. He says attendants knocked him down, breast bone broken, almost poisoned by the hospital physician, and he escaped with a companion using hospital keys. Police doubt his story but note he appears rational.
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Waterloo
D. W. Howard
Independence
Howard
Perry Judge Denies Injunction Over City Sewer Route
Perry Sept 29 Judge Midmiund Nichola denied M A Mowrer an injunction against the city of Perry to stop construction of an outfall sewer across his lands, though he had a right of way. The sewer neared completion before the case was tried and Mowrer plans to sue for damages.
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Perry
Midmiund Nichola
M. A. Mowrer
Accused of Stealing Stamae From Rural Boxes
Weyss White a stamp clerk at the Iowa City post office was arrested by Inspector Gewart on charges of stealing from private boxes sent by rural carriers. He was brought to Cedar Rapids held under $200 bonds to the grand jury. White, twenty five, has a wife and child and had served only a year.
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Cedar Rapids
Bees Sting Hore to Death Near Waverly
Inger family horse left tied in a garden near stands of bees. The horse kicked over hives triggering a swarm that stung the animal severely. It died from its wounds shortly after the incident.
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Waverly
George Inger
Soll
Fort Dodge man’s suicide attempt ends in gruesome aftermath
Fort Dodge Sept 28 A carpenter August Carlson fainted and avoided his watchers at night then woke and strangled himself in a steel chapel. He left a grisly trail and jabbed at his neck. The calendar mentions a nearby town and workers, with unclear details about accomplices or motive.
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Fort Dodge
Carlson
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