Murder Trial in Grundy Enters Not Guilty Plea
Grundy Center Iowa September 13 The murder trial of W E Slifer for killing his wife opened in district court with jury selection under tight watch by both sides The defendant pleaded not guilty and appears surrounded by relatives as spectators fill the room despite cautious juror screening by state and defense lawyers in Cedar Rapids Des Moines issued counsel guidance and local attendance remains high
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A. N. Wood
Messrs. Dawley
Hubbard & Wheeler
Cedar Rapids
Mullan
Des Moines
Pitle
ANOTHER GASOLINE VICTIM Dies From Burns
Toledo reports a fatal gasoline accident at A F Belt home Saturday evening. Mrs. Belt, 37, prepared supper and attempted to fill a gasoline tank. An explosion ignited clothing saturated with fuel. Though husband and friends acted quickly, burns proved fatal at 4 a m Sunday. She left a husband and five married children, all absent.
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Toledo
A. F. Belt
Sas
Bank stock offset case reaches uncertain future
Judge Cranston in Eldora sustains plaintiff C. Newcomer against the Town Falls board of review ruling offsetting bank stock liability. Iowa Falls stockholders have long paid assessments on full stock value, not liabilities. The city did not defend, making a supreme court move unlikely though possible by interested parties. The decision holds broad legal implications for bank stock holders statewide.
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Eldora
Cranston- Gay
Board of Review of
Town Falls
Naonal Bank
Towa Falls
Iowa Falls
Lowa Falla
Supreme Court
Tate
Defect in Registry Law Sparks Demand for Records Books
Des Moines reports a flaw in vital statistics funding as $20,000 is needed to provide registrars with record books. State health board Secretary Kennedy notes 2,400 districts and township registrars may appoint sub-registrars. If books are issued, costs rise. lawmakers may amend the law to route reports to county clerks with monthly transcripts to the state board.
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Des Moines
Statu
Kennedy
State Board of Health
Tt Ig
Ua State Board
Physician at death from canned salmon poisoning
Tama Sept 18 Dr Charles F Holland physician of Thompson and Holland is at the point of death from poisoning after eating canned salmon. He was taken ill at 2 o clock Monday morning. He is 25 years old and recently married. Des Moines Sept 13 H F Baker died without a will. He leaves a wife and two children and real estate at 688 and 692 Fifteenth street 1602 Pleasant street and several vacant lots with personal property worth 12900 dollars.
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Tama
Charles F. Holland
Thompson & Holland, Fs
Holland
Des Moines
H. F. Baker
Prominent farmer Charles Fuller missing after shell rock visit
Charles Fuller a well known Butler County farmer vanished in Shell Rock while visiting his family from Allison. The 33 year old man, tall with light hair and mustache, reportedly wandered by train or about the area and has not been seen since yesterday. His wife fears he is in danger but hopes police locate him soon in some city.
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Shell Rock
Charles Fuller
Allison
Fuller
Butler Country
Bandits Rob Rock Island Train in Iowa
Five bandits held up a Rock Island passenger train near Fruitland Iowa six miles from Muscatine at midnight. They dynamited the safe taking merchandise and company papers and fled toward Columbus Junction leaving a trail of blood. Officers suspect experienced railroad men and search the county for Postes with blood evidence.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Chicago
Kangaa City
Fruitland
Iowa
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Gramo phone to be used in Republican meets
Des Moines reports that the gramophone will be used in campaigns. Manager McNeeley of the Republican state headquarters speakers bureau cites Chairman A. C. Chappelle of Buchanan county at Independence. The plan is to record speeches by prominent men for Independence meetings and possibly elsewhere, with gramophone use at political gatherings.
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Des Moines
McNeeley
Republican State Headquarters
A. C. Chappelle
Buchanan County
Independence
RO SETTLEMENT WITH Eccentric Bachelors Will Court Battle
In Tracr Sept 14 discussions aim at settling the dispute over a late bachelor's will which largely benefits Iowa children's hate and Des Moines Humane society while a Toledo firm defends Struble & Stiger. Some church members favor a compromise to claim half to three fourths of a farm's value, others oppose. The case heads to the October Toledo term with Attorney Wheeler from Cedar Rapids aiding the defense.
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Tracr
Iowa Children’s Hate
Lows Humane Society of
Des Moines
Tracr M. &. Church
Hiva
Ohio
Struble & Stiger
Toledo
Wheeler
Cedar Rapids
Plow Up Melon Patches Amid Weather Fairness
Muscatine reports inland farmers plowing nutmeg patches to plant turnips for fair ground results. Frost timing could boost turnip yields. seed shortages push reliance on other sources. Local notes mention melon quality near the sand mound island and potential supply from that area. Also an ad touts Dr Ledua’s Genuine French Female Regulator for menstrual issues with prepaid pricing.
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Muscatine
Ledua
DON. M. Munger & CO
Waterloo
Iowa
Ean Clank
Emery Serena
Marriage at Klinger Ties Chris Schuttes to Barbara Shanewise
A wedding held in Klinger on September 14 united Chris Schuttes and Barbara Shanewise niece of Waterloo’s John Shanewise. The ceremony at 11 o’clock drew many local relatives and friends including Mrs J B Shanewise and Miss Anna Shanewise of Waterloo and relatives from Nora Springs. An unrelated notice quotes a Pleasant City Ohio mother praising Dr King’s New Discovery for a child’s pneumonia and cough with endorsements from local druggists.
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Klinger
Reputer
Chris Schuttes
Barbara Shanewise
John Shanewiee
Waterloo
Sremen County
J. B. Shanewise
Mies Anna
Nora Springs
Wangler Bros. & Todd
Fortunate Arrest in Waterloo Ties Kansas City Bank Robbery Suspect
Waterloo police nabbed Frank Donacher alias Doctor Donécher aka George Quess Jr. of Louisville after a Kansas City bank safe was cracked. Chief Hayes notified Waterloo to hold the suspect while requisition papers journey from Iowa. An alleged accomplice named Rar J Baker is sought.
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John Hayes
Kansas City
Waterloo
Frank Donacher
Louisville
Donachet
Simmerling
Hayes
Doctor Donécher
Chief Hayes
George Quess, Jr
Loulaville
Iptisoner
Guess
Iowa
Rar J. Baker
Bud Copeland In Custody For Pocket Picking
Marshalltown Herald reports Bud Copeland alias W H Chapman held on pocket picking charges from circus day case. Waterloo officers know him as Bud Copeland and Maurice Welsh Sr of Illinois Central verified. Two purses found on him matched robbers from an Illinois Central train near Waterloo before Barnum and Bailey circus visit. Oyster Bay note ends with Consul McWade Canton Chin.
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Marshalltown Herald
Bud Copeland
W. H. Chapman
Murphy
Waterloo
Chapman
Bud” Copeland
Maurice Welsh Sr
Illinois Central Force
Illinois Central
Barnum& Bailey Circus
War Office Reports Penial Denials Amid Mukden News
Dispatches from St Petersburg and Tokyo recount a sizable Japanese force seen near Mukden, with the war office denying Zassalitch’s corps losses or injury, and denying dumdum bullets claims. Other items note Lena repairs, fleet movements, and Kamchatka jolt amid ongoing battles and fortifications across Manchuria.
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St. Petersburg
Europatkin
Mukden
War Office
London Post
Zassalitch'a
Tokio
Liao Yang
Butchers Union Threatens Strike Over Work Cadence
Chicago September 14 members of the Cutters and Butchers union threaten a strike to pressure employers to put members to work and demand more hours or work assignments amid tensions within the labor ranks surrounding production pace.
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Chicago
Cutters and Butchers Union
Plurality Expected to Drop in Maine Elections
Portland, Sept 18. Latest returns from yesterday's election report Cobb, Republican, 71,086 and Davis, Democrat, 48,162 across 60 cities, towns and plantations from 522. This suggests a probable plurality around 3,500 smaller than the 1900 landslide.
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Portland
Cobb
Republian
Davis
Wheat on the Jump Prices Up in North America
Frosts in Canada and the Northwest push wheat higher in Chicago trading on September 13. May delivery touches 1.18, up one cent from last August’s record. New York prices rise four cents, wheat at Minneapolis climbs about nine cents from last night.
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Chicago
Canada
Northwest Territory
Dakotas
Minnesota
New York
Minneapolis
Seven Die in New York Tenement Fire
Seven members of the Konovitsch family were burned to death and six others were seriously injured in a first street tenement fire that swept through the building early today in New York. Firefighters battled the blaze as residents escaped amid smoke and flames.
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New York
Konovitsch
First Street
Charles K Hall Named Assistant Treasurer of Democratic Committee
Help to Hand is Democratic Fura New York Sept 13 Charles K Hall an attorney from New York was appointed assistant treasurer of the national democratic committee.
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Democratic
Fura
New York
Charles K Hall
National Democratic Committee
Republican State Conventions Adjourn After Nominating Talks
In Saratoga New York the Republican state convention met at noon to nominate a state ticket but adjourned until tomorrow after a speech by temporary chairman J Sloat Fassett. In Hartford Connecticut Lieut Governor Henry Roberts won the governorship on the first ballot at the Republican state convention today.
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Saratoga
N. Y
J. Sloat Fassett
Merning
Hartford
Conn
Henry Roberts
In Memory of McKinley Third Anniversary Observed
Canton reports on the third death anniversary of William McKinley with floral tributes from friends outside the city. Mrs. McKinley visited the tomb and remains physically stronger with little change in condition.
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Canton
William McKinley
Riot injures many in Portland Station clash
In Wheeling on September 14 a riot swept through the foreign colony of Portland Station Ohio. The magistrate swore in 15 deputy constables to quell the trouble. One man was beaten near death and others suffered ear injuries and broken noses as pistols knives and clubs were used amid unclear causes.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Portland Station
Ohio
Auction of unclaimed goods by United States Express in Waterloo
F Lathrop announces an auction of unclaimed goods to be held in Waterloo on October 42. Goods from towns across the district will be offered to Waterloo buyers, with hundreds of packages expected. This 1st United States Express sale in Waterloo aims to attract bargain seekers.
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Lathrop
United States Express Company
Waterloo
United States Company
Agenta
State control urged to replace costly Iowa poor farms
Des Moines reports an expert statistician argues replacing county poor farms and hospitals with a state system would cut costs. He cites 1902 figures showing county care at 1811 per inmate monthly versus state care at 12.08, and estimates substantial capital tied up in county farms, advocating a statewide poorhouse model as financially advantageous.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frank [ Herriott
Drake University
State Board of Control
Herriott
State to require all fees go to treasury
Des Moines reports the state executive council is drafting provisions of a new law that mandates all fees collected by state officials be turned into the treasury and that salaries per diem mileage and expenses be paid only on audited bills. The move, already in force in many departments, will soon be universal and requires itemized expense statements to cut state costs.
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Des Moines
Jury finalized in Slifer murder trial at Grundy Center
After two days of effort the jury for the Slifer murder trial was secured yesterday. The panel includes ten farmers one clerk and one machinist. Twelve convened before twelve satisfactory jurors were named amid testimony starting at 10 this morning. Witnesses and experts have been summoned to examine the chloroforming incident involving the young farmer's wife.
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