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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
2
The text notes a sulphur boom in Texas driven by patent expirations with a major deposit near Freeport three miles from the Brazos mouth. The area covers about acres with sulfur content around 17,060,000 tons, near tidewater by the Gulf of Mexico, and accessible from the Mississippi River system.
Webster City Iowa April 17. The Iowa supreme court affirmed a lower court ruling awarding Mrs Clara L House $1000 against Modern Woodmen of America. The decision states the order cannot enact retroactive bylaws altering contracts already in force protecting insured Nathan House who died in an accidental electrocution while working at Webster City power plant.
Davenport officials investigate a two week surge of fires blamed on a wholesale blind pig operation. Two fires burned club houses with constant entertainment, suggesting rival neighborhood resentment and that firebugs used derelict houses to avoid spreading flames to nearby structures.
Des Moines reports George F. Moore a key Moores city investigator vanished after leaving Sixth Avenue with his suitcase. E V Tuttle and M S Odle hope to press druggist indictments despite Moore's absence. They fear the case may falter without his testimony and evidence.
Fort Madison faces a three day outage after a barn and wood shed fire melted three telephone cables carrying 200 wires each. Central office shorted. only a long distance line remains. Business districts see doubled activity while grocers and doctors report unusual quiet.
The 1935 convention of Rovual Arcanum lodge will be held at Fort Peige Jal Fort Madison with the grand lodge session ending yesterday. Officers for the coming year were chosen: Grand regent G. A. Fairly Des Moines vice grand regent Dr. D. E. Tiffany Cedar Rapids past grand regent W. E B. McConnell Council Bluffs grand chaplain red Empirre Council Bluffs grand secretary H. A. Snyder Waterloo grand treasurer A. M. Majors Keokuk grand guide C. M. Bogler Keokuk grand insite guard Thomas H. Zook Albia grand sentry Harry Knopf.
Des Moines Iowa April 17 The Iowa State Manufacturers association expects to save 2000000 annually for 36000 employers through the Employers Mutual Casualty association now open to members The workers compensation law takes effect July 1 The Mutual company formed in 141 in anticipation of the bill and will assume hazards at cost to employers
In Sac City the county Democratic meeting drew about 100 attendees to name candidates for county offices. T. J. Steele of Sioux City was recommended for representative in Congress, Eleventh District, and E. L. Meredith of Des Moines for United States senator. Contested primaries include rep with two candidates Chas. Goodenow and J. P. Cunningham. sheriff with four candidates R. Lane, O. B. Finders, Wm. Weldon, A. J. Requartte. Other offices listed include auditor W. C. Abney, treasurer C. G. W. Davis, recorder P. E. Prior, clerk J. L. Jones, attorney J. Whiter, coroner Dr. E. B. Speaker, supervisors John Fuchs and Uriah Mayo. The meeting was praised as exceptionally enthusiastic and harmonious.
Primghar Iowa April 14 Democratic county central committee met with near full attendance and laid plans to continue the fight to election time. Nominations will be filed for county treasurer Clem Keenan county clerk J R Carroll and others in the ticket with 50 percent settlement expectations among claimants. Mason City Iowa April 16 John Walch seeks to set aside a mortgage on Cerro Gordo land held by Marie Walch and William Walch alleging disqualification and undue influence. If set aside the notes exceeding 200000 may be voided and a further suit planned against Colby Motor successors.
A Marion man Thomas Mailin is dead after a crash between two Marion cars near Cedar Rapids Iowa. Ten others including Julius Schumacher of Davenport and Leo Ford suffered injuries. the crash stemmed from a signal error at the crossing.
In federal court here on April 16 a suit was filed by Sister Mary Regina Kerr of Kentucky against St Josephs Mercy Hospital seeking 175000 for illegal detention from March to July 1992. She alleges wrongful confinement while running a hospital business in Jeffersonville Indiana and mental anguish. The Sisters of Mercy say she was brought by deputy sheriff with commitment papers, declared insane, and released when fit. they add she has not been a member for 12 years.
Albert Southell aged 14 died in a Des Moines hospital after a shotgun discharged while friends checked if it was loaded. He suffered a two inch shoulder wound in what police called an unloaded gun accident.
Washington observes rising discontent in both chambers over secrecy and rule abuse. Senators push to end executive sessions and small reform measures target the Hobson prohibition bill, highlighting a tense clash between reformers and entrenched power.
The Tribune argues that provincialism depends on location and defends open ports and waterways. It asserts coastwise exemptions favoring a government protected monopoly harm inland states and violate free trade principles from America's infancy. It condemns toll exemptions as economically and morally wrong.
A reflection on parenting, arguing against corporal punishment as parents debate discipline. The piece contrasts philosophical debates on existence with the callous impact of spanking on a child, questioning the use of violence in parenting.
Fire marshal cites workmen as cause for a string of Long Island blazes. Homes valued at about two million dollars have burned since January, with three mansions lost yesterday in Southampton Great Neck and Huntington. Other losses include properties owned by Vanderbilt Cravath and Taylor.
Samuel Untermyer warned at the second national conference on marketing and farm credits that regulated competition must replace unrestricted farming market manipulation. He argued anti trust exemptions favor farmers, urged enforcement, and said price fixing via farming selling agencies constitutes unlawful restraint across states.
Vincent Astor's condition shows clear improvement at the country home of his fiancée Miss Helen Dinsmore Huntington. Doctors refrain from timing his full recovery, but states he is noticeably better, according to Robert P Huntington the fiancée's father.
Washington April 17 hearings before Senate panels spotlight Taft remarks and Chanute correspondence on the Hay-Pauncefot e treaty. The Taft speech delivered in Ottawa and read by Senator Sherman questions treaty meaning and U S control of its canal.
Dr Joshua E Sweet of the University of Pennsylvania medical school faces cruelty charges over vivisection of dogs. The Woman's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed the case. Five other faculty physicians are indicted, with witnesses testifying the defendants sought to ease dog suffering after operations.
The shipwrecked crew of the schooner Sainte Anne, a French fishing bark, were picked up about 400 miles east of the Grand Banks by the steamship Minnesota. The Minnesota is due in Philadelphia April 20 from London, according to a dispatch received by the government gulf signal services department.
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