Four die as lightning strikes crowded poultry pavilion
At the Warren county fair grounds in Indianola a bolt of lightning struck the center poles of a poultry pavilion tent causing four deaths and multiple injuries among about forty spectators. The deceased were Ray Anderson 20, sae Feterson 15, Theodore Young 65, Blaine Wright 25. Injured include J. Hickman, J. Lough, M. McGranahan, E. W. Fiecel and others. The tent housed overflow poultry exhibitors when the storm hit.
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Indianola
Warren County Fairgrounds
Ray Anderson
Anton Anderson
Sae Feterson
Theodore Young
County Board of Supervisors
Blaine Wright
Ed Wright
Pleasantville
Fort Collins
Colo
D. L. D. Carpenter
Guy Berger
Wick
Iowa
L. D. Calhoun
Mark Art
Hartford
John Flack
Swan
Frank Patterson
Carlisle
Earl Barker
A. W. Barker
Jealous youth shoots schoolteacher then kills self
In Muscatine county a jealous suitor, Arthur Webb, shot Nettie Derby in a rural schoolhouse after she refused his advances. He fled, hid in the attic, fought the teacher, fired three times, then drank laudanum and killed himself. The tragedy occurred as a pupil witnessed the struggle. Both families described as respectable.
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Muscatine
Arthur Webb
Nettie Derby
Nolte
Webb
Farmer Thomas Seeley Killed By Train In Conway
Thomas Seeley, a prominent farmer, was killed by a Creston and Hopkins branch train Monday evening while returning from mowing along the road. His body was found mangled, with both legs severed, in a grim rural accident. The report also oddly contrasts marriage as a serious misstep, reflecting a stray editorial note in the text.
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Conway
Thomas Seeley
Creston
Hopkins
Northwestern to move passenger division from Boone to Belle Plaine
Boone residents receive notices that Northwestern conductors in the city have learned the passenger division will be removed from Boone to Belle Plaine next April.
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Boone
Northwestern
Division
Belle Plaine
Iowa News Roundup of Accidents and Legal Disputes
Rock Island brake man J F Riepf was run over in Cedar Rapids losing a leg. Mrs Louis Buchanan of Fulton NL died in a Davenport runaway. A Burlington man found dead in a vacant barn, likely alcohol related. Damages sought over a dog bite in Hampton. Waterloo fire caused major losses at Waterloo Implement Co. Carroll Bluffs train wreck killed engineer Nelson Wood and fireman E E Hosier. Claude Webster, Algona area, injured after leg amputation. Des Moines divorce action over cruelty. Jail incident at Eldora with disinfectant death. Various civic and legal notes including consular ties, philanthropy for ministers, and a bank fraud case in Des Moines. Multiple rail and personal accidents, plus notable deaths and legal outcomes.
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J. F. Riepf
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Louis Buchanan
Fulton
Davenport
Joseph Murman
Red Hights
Burlington
State Health Board
C.C. W. Blanchard
Hampton
William Bell
Blanchard
District Court
Bell
Watterloo
Waterloo Implement Company
Chicago Great Western Railway
Omaha
Chicago
Plattsmouth
Claude A. Webster
A. L. Webster
Cresco Township
Hobart
Algona
Dakota
Cody
Fort Dodge
John Clark
Sioux City
Clark
Hardin County
Eldora
Frank Delancey
Frank Howard
Iowa Falls
Howard
Morse
Rich
Kansas City
P. L. Kepple
Ionia
Mississippi
Dubuque
John Rohner
William Fisher
J. Thomas
East Twelfth Street
Des Moines
Oris E. Thomas
Bondurant
Robert Little
Pottawattamie County
Atlantic
Little
Supreme Court
Olof Rye Wulfsberg
Norway
Sweden
Pensacola
Fla
Iowa
Decorah
Daniel Francis
Capitol Avenue
Qsceola
T. E. Thuresson
Asbury Methodist Church
Owen
Council Bluffs
Neola
Edward Fick
Valley Junction
Breman
Victor Harvey
C. J. Carnahan
C. I. Bayes
Fick
Harvey
Cornell Bluffs
Monahan
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Callender
Albert W. Case
Fort Des Moines
Earl Dr. Thomas
Bastile
Colonel Thomas
George Baumcartner
Odd Fellows
Mason City
Philadelphia
Charles Lowe
Derby
Hans Johnson
Milwaukee
Carpenter
New Ulm
Minn
Ed Flynn
Buchanan
Cedar County
Flynn
Frank Perkins
Elgin
Frieda Peterson
Revere
Clinton
Achilles Gordon
Miss Peterson
Gordon
Second Street
Fifth Avenue
Annia Johanssen
Clements Flechmen
Haworth
Flechman
James Gardner
Gardner
Woodmen of America
E. H. McCutchen
Holstein
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Cheyenne
Wyo
A. F. Call
BD. H. Hubbard
Reed
United States Court
Court of Appeals
Call
Bart
McCutchen
Recorder
Ida County
McCutchen Bank
Woodmen
Wright & Call
Bort
McCutchen’s
Hubbard
Burgess
Hart
Circuit Court of Appeals
Buxton Murder Casts Shadow Over Black Community
In Buxton on Sunday night Maggie Webb a 35 year old Black woman was found slain with her throat cut and body cast on the Northwestern tracks. Sheriff bloodhounds track two suspected assailants while a mob threat prompts coroner action in Oskaloosa. Police hold five suspects Fay Carter Sam Russ Clifton Logan Chas Foster Ray Brown.
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Buxton
Maggie Webb
Maxwell
Fay Carter
Sam Russ
Clifton Logan
Chas
Foster
Ray Brown
Chas. Foehlinger
Moore
Oskaloosa
Consolidation of Board Favored in Iowa Plan
Des Moines reports the legislative commission favors a single board of control for the university agricultural college and normal school. The group adjourned with secrecy, planning to meet again before the legislature convenes. It is believed the plan supports a sizable single board, not the small version proposed in 1904.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Legislative Commission
Agricultural College
Normal School
Governor Refuses Aid in Crosley Fine Remission
Governor Cummins declines to intervene in the remission of a $300 fine and $500 total for L. M. Crosley of Randall on illegal sale of intoxicating liquors. County Attorney Blake ordered execution for payment but Crosley paid before the writ was served. Despite strong pleas from Crosley’s friends, the governor did not intervene.
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Cummins
L. M. Crosley
Randall
Blake
Crosley
Notable quotes on investigations and entertainment mishap
Barry Moore praises investigators pursuing big insurance firms while Calvert jokes about top corruption. A Philadelphia Press item recalls a prominent actor as a houseguest, amused by a photo gift, illustrating cultured social banter.
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Barry Moore
Calvert
Philadelphia Press
Des Moines Brewery Wins After Heated City Council Vote
Des Moines authorities approved a resolution to authorize a new brewery despite opposition from the Anti-Saloon League. The council, by six votes in favor, faced name challenges and protest claims totaling thousands of signers. An immediate district court appeal is planned.
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Es Moines
Des Moines
Anti-Saloon League
Sutherland
Myerly
Mattern
ieCash
Iowa
Anti-Laloon League
Governors decision sustains death warrants for Busse and Smith
Des Moines reports Governor Cummins denied clemency for murderers Louis Busse and Joseph Smith. He fixed execution dates for April 20 and April 13 next year, but sent pardon applications to the legislature for consideration after adjournment. If the legislature does not intervene, both will be hanged.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Louis Busse
Joseph Smith
Busse Cas
General Assembly
Smith
Busse
Home Fire Threatens Shields Family in Johnson County
Mrs Andrew Shields and two granddaughters narrowly escaped a house fire in Town City on September 9 as flames engulfed the building. Firemen rescued the sleeping family just before the walls collapsed, shielding a Johnson County pioneer and her relatives.
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Town City
Andrew Shields
Shields
Johnson County
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