Gilchrist Still in Jail After Murder Case
Strange mania and escape fears mark Gilchrist’s confinement in Hampton county jail. He faces trial at the next term starting November 14 after being bound over to the grand jury. Meanwhile a school official faces charges after a boy was forced to smoke cigarettes causing illness, with the superintendent allegedly complicit in forcing the act.
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Hampton
Truman Gilchriot
Sioux City
Arthur Livermore
Correctionville
Whitnsy
H .R. Thomas
Thomas
Young Man Injured In Foundry Accident At Adams
Willie Vollenweider of Waterloo, brother of Louis Vollenweider, was hurled from a shaft at Adams foundry Friday. He lies at Finley hospital with two deep head cuts, crushed ankles, a broken leg, and dislocated arms. Doctors expect recovery as Waterloon and local relatives stay by his bedside.
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Dubuque
Willie Vollenweider
Louis Vollenweider
Waterloo
Adams
Finley Hospital
Waterton
Fmbia
Sheriff Officers Busy in Indictment Warrants
Marshalltown November 1 sheriff's officers were kept busy Saturday afternoon and night making arrests on indictment warrants returned by the grand jury. Twelve arrests were made most for nuisance charges. Included are three from State Center, Bisis and two others. Gambling house conduct, prostitution cases, and keeper of a house of prostitution appear among the charges. Frank Wicks, indicted again for burglary of Harry Cavell's hardware store at Melbourne, with evidence previously sent to the jury for resubmission.
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Marshalltown
Bisis
Frank Wicks
Harry Cavell
Melbourne
Monte Colfax hotel incorporation planned at Colfax
Colfax November 1 articles of incorporation for the Monte Colfax hotel will be filed with the secretary of state. Thomas W. McNear serves as president and Fred B. McNear as secretary of the company which has taken ownership and management of the Monte hotel at Colfax. Extensive improvements are planned.
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Colfax
Monte Colfax
Thomas W. McNear
Fred B. McNear
Bet His Bunch of Spinach in Local Wager
In Davenport on November 1 the race featured a unique bet between J. Jay Enderton a Republican leader and Theo H Roache a White Lilly Washer Co traveler. Stakes included Enderton surrendering his whiskers or Roache paying $3 based on Dawson or Judge Wade’s election results with George Martin as stake holder.
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Davenport
J. Jay Enderton
Theo. H. Roache
White Lilly Washer Company
Wil
Dawson
Mr. Inflerton
Fraperiai
Wade
Roschy
Bederton
Heroine of elopement in Iowa Falls tale of love
A simple marriage notice for Ethel Riley hides a romantic elopement story. Joseph Oeschger of Danville and Riley fled parental opposition, boarded trains to Alden and Cumberland Maryland, then Washington, before settling in Danville, Pennsylvania. Friends learned of the marriage only after they left.
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Iowa
Falla
Mise
Ethel Riley
Joseph Oeschger
Danville
John R. Winters
Town Falls Manufacturing Company
Hinself
Higvanne Iowa
Jthel Riley
M. Riley
Iowa Falls
Alden
Town Falls
Cumberland
Washington, D. C
Gil
Man from Solon Dies by Poison After Love Trouble
Martin Sour, of Solon, near Towa City, committed suicide in the woods yesterday morning. His body was found before noon after he took poison. Despondency over a love affair is given as the cause.
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Towa City
Martin Sour
Solon
Boy Shot While Hunting Near Anamosa
Anamosa, Nov 1. Frank Blueski, 15, was accidentally shot Sunday while hunting about two miles north of the city. The gun went off when jarred while he and companions rested. The load passed upward through the shoulder, shattering bone and leaving a half inch wound. He was taken to the sanitarium for operation and bone fragments were removed. recovery appeared unlikely.
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Anamosa
Frank Blueski
Blueski
Miners Idle as Engineer Strike Hits Illinois Mines
A Illinois dispatch reports fewer than a hundred coal mines are hoisting coal as engineers strike. About eight hundred engineers walked off, leaving nearly fifty thousand miners out of work across the region.
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St. Louis
Tl-Linois
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets Thanksgiving Day
Washington announces President Roosevelt's proclamation designating Thursday November 24 as a day of festival and thanks by all people at home and abroad. An advertisement promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at 25 cents from Feaot Tableta Wangler Bros. & Toad.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Hollister
Wangler Bros. & Toad
Boy Wounded In Halloween Prank Shooting At Council Bluffs
Marvin Jackson an 11 year old boy was seriously wounded when an unknown man fired at a group of boys operating a wagon near Sixth Avenue and Twelfth Street in Council Bluffs on Halloween evening. The bullets entered his back and exited near his neck. Witnesses say the shooter emerged from a house and fired twice, though the boys deny any prior trouble with the man. He did not appear to target the wagon.
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Council Bluffs
Marvin Jackson
Jackson
Sixth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Young Jackson
Hoye
Disappearance Case Involving Girl and Suspected Abductors
The article notes no motive for the girl's action and leans toward the belief she was lured from home by false pretenses. Authorities suspect a strange man and a woman, seen with the girl the night she vanished, are central to the case and possibly connected to the disappearance.
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Kind
Thera
Soldier Rescue Mission Traced to Des Moines Figure
Des Moines man J A T Hull undertakes freeing a 19 year old desert island prisoner in the Philippines. Clarence Henderson, nephew of Froudfoot, sent a letter revealing the jailed man’s location. The youth fled Mt Ayr years ago, forged parental consent, joined army service, and was sentenced to five years for insubordination on Malar island Lagunada Bay.
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Des Moines
Philippines
J. A. T. Hull
H.R. Froudfoot
Clarence Henderson
Mt. Ayr
Malar Island
Lagunada Bay
Oil promoter bonds out on cash bond in Rockwell City
G A Scott oil promoter, jailed on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, posted a $3,000 cash bond reduced from $9,000 and left for Indiana. The case will be heard at the November term of court, with his presence desired. The affair interests Calhoun and Sac counties where his operations are known, and the outcome is watched with anxiety.
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Rockwell City
G. A. Scott
Indiana
Calhoun
Sac
Reconciled by Babe in Iowa Court Grievance
Sioux City reports a divorce suit between George Williams and Edna Hobbs Williams. A midday adjournment allowed Williams to hold the child, prompting a court granted reconciliation. The couple, previously separated on a farm near Manson, had a bitter dispute during proceedings. The child was a student at Morningside College at the time of their marriage.
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Sioux City
George Williams
Edna Hobbs Williams
Bech
Williams
Morningside College
Willams
Manson
Brewery Fight Called Off in Des Moines Election Plan
Des Moines promoters abandon plans to circulate petitions for brewery consent on election day after consulting an attorney whose ruling deemed the strategy illegal. The plan aimed to place men at polling doors to secure signatures, a tactic found unlawful, delaying clashes with the temperance league.
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Des Moines
Startling Test Claims Cure by Electric Bitters
A letter from Dr T G Merritt of No Mehoopany Pa recounts a dramatic success using Electric Bitters to treat violent stomach hemorrhages from ulceration. The patient reportedly improved from the first dose and has had no attack in 14 months, with Bitters praised for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and kidney troubles. Wangler Bros Tadd advertise the remedy.
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T. G. Merritt
No. Mehoopany, Pa
Ste
Wangler Bros
Tadd
Assault May Be Murder In Marshalltown Barn Altercation
In Marshalltown on West State Street a barn quarrel over a small debt left Swan Anderson injured with a head wound and Adolph Carlson detained in the county jail on charges of assault with intent to commit murder. Witnesses heard the fight and later noise of the blow. Anderson lies in St Thomas hospital unable to explain the incident. Marshal Nicholson arrested Carlson after reports of alcohol involvement.
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Marshalltown
West State Street
Swan Anderson
Rayman
St. Thomas
Adolph Carlson
Anderson
Marshal Nicholson
Search for 14 year old Misa Beck widens to St Louis
Burlington police possess evidence linking 14 year old Misa Ruth Beck to St Louis as her disappearance from home last week remains puzzling. Her father has gone to retrieve her and authorities continue the search without a confirmed location.
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Burlington
Misa Ruth Beck
H. & Beck
St. Louis
Fight for a Mortgage in Iowa Falls Court Case
A district court action in Iowa Falls centers on recovering a mortgage sold twice by Edward O. Soule, the Home Savings bank cashier-turned-defaulter. W. H. Sherwood, a farmer, alleges the bank is liable for Soule actions as it held the loan papers. additional witness Biggs also bought the mortgage, while Sherwood only has a passbook record. The suit arises from Boule's defalcation and involves about 54 thousand dollars.
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Iowa Falls
Edward O. Soule
Home Savings Bank
Anamosa
Boule
W. H. Sherwood
Soule
Sherwood
Savings
W. A. Biggs
Soute
Souie
Biggs
Higgs
Desolate Webster City Wife Aims For Recovery From Poison
Anna Miller, a Webster City woman who drank poison after her husband R V Miller deserted her, shows signs of recovery according to her physicians. They warn she may attempt self harm again if not closely watched, as she relives remorse over the marriage breakup and is cared for by her parents near Parkersburg. The couple wed in Webster City last winter with Miller later stationed at various points before disappearing.
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Webster City
Anna Miller
Parkersburg
Mr. Miller
Miller
Death of Ten-Year-Old Ernest Woosley from Bullet Wound
Ernest Woosley, ten, son of Geo Woosley, living eight miles south of Creston, died at home on Monday from a bullet wound received about two weeks ago. He was shot through the crown by a companion and was thought to be recovering in the days before his death.
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Creston
Ernest Woosley
Geo. Woosley
Woosley
Bridge Workers Killed in Rock Island Collision
Ottumwa dispatch reports an east bound Rock Island freight struck a work train at Landsdale killing two bridge men Zibe Zlashen of Mercer Missouri and Zack Jackson of Selma Iowa. Seven others injured, including G. T. Fox of Washington Iowa who died.
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Ottumwa
Rock Islan
Landsdale
Zibe Zlashen
Mercer
Zack Jackson
Selma
Iowa
G. T. Fox
Washington
Oldest US Republican recalls party founding in 1854
Elford Preston of Oelwein Iowa is the oldest living Republican by length of affiliation. He was one of twenty men who formed the party in Philadelphia on May 20 1854 and remains an enthusiastic supporter. He is father to E C Preston principal of Hawkeye school and M M Preston a Great Western railway engineer.
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Hampton
United States
Elford Preston
Oelwein
Iowa
Preston
Philadelphia
Republican Party
E. C. Preston
Hawkeye School
M. M. Preston
Great Western Railway
November Storm Periods Forecast by St Louis Weather Prophet
The St Louis weather prophet Ster. Ir. Hicks predicts a cold stormy November with five storm periods. The first brings warm spells then rain and thunder, followed by colder north winds. The second period mid month ushers in further cold with high barometer and winds. A late surge of warmth then cooling and snow squalls appear toward the 14th to 19th. The 19th and 20th center storm action, then a broad late period from the 24th to 29th brings warm rain, turning to snow with northwest gales over the lake region and a major November cold wave.
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Ster. Ir. R. Hicks
St. Louie
Waterloo Sought as Central Convention Site for YWCA
Waterloo hosts the bid to hold the annual YWCA convention, with plans to split the Midwest meeting between Iowa and Ohio. Mrs Brown of Milwaukee and a Waterloo committee press for suitable grounds, lodging, and facilities to accommodate hundreds of delegates, while WCTU members canvass homes for hospitality. The event would span about twenty days, with college-focused and city-focused sessions, likely boosting Waterloo as a permanent locale if accommodations meet requirements.
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Young ‘Woman’s Christian Association
Waterloo
Brown
Milwaukee
W. W.G. A. Society
Lake Geneva
Middle West States
Ruth Faxon
YW. C.A
Missouri
Colorado
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Iowa
The
College Association
City Society
Des Moines
W. F. Morgan
Bhig Mmorn
Cedar Rive Park
W.C. TU
Mulct Fails in Benton County Petitions
Keystone business men canvassed Keystones county for signatures on an amulet petition to bring quor gelling under the maid law. A canvass showed the list several hundred names short, leading to the decision to drop the effort.
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Vinton
Keystone
Equor Gelling
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Costroy
Babe Sringe
S. A. Scott
Galhoun
Babe
Sioux’ City
Ruth Beck
Bur
Dick Miller
Dan
Rock Island
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Geneva
Ohio
International
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Mada
Dr. King
D. A. ‘Turnet
Dempaestown
Wangler Bros. & Todd
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