Titan portrait of King Philip IV valued at 235.05
The 400 year old Titan portrait, gifted by Mrs. T. J. Emery to Cincinnati as a Christmas present, shows a price of 235.05 on the England import invoice recorded by Customs Appraiser Buttersworth. Initial reports of a 400,000 dollar purchase by Mrs. Emery were clarified by Sir Hugh Lane, who stated he had received 250,000 dollars for the painting.
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Philip IV of
Spain
T. J. Emery
Cincinnati
England
Customs
Buitter- Worth
Mra Emery
Hugh Lane
Woman in pantomime gallery silences baby with a pinch
A theater attendant warned a mother and her husband to quiet their baby or leave the pantomime. The baby was silenced, but the bored mother muttered she wished they had gone elsewhere as the husband told her to pinch the child.
Drummer’s Breakfast Egg Joke Sparks Hospital Claim
A southern Illinois drummer orders soft boiled eggs at a hotel breakfast. The waitress breaks two eggs in a glass, the drummer asks for them broken in a glass. The waitress quips that breaking two soft boiled eggs in a glass requires a hospital.
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Ilinois
Horse obeys traffic officer at crossing in New Haven
A horse wandered away from its driver in New Haven Connecticut and reached a crossing where a traffic policeman directed it. The horse halted and resumed movement in response to the officer’s hand signal, with the driver’s absence unnoticed until after the crossing.
Diverse Global Snippets Spark Local Curiosity
Random notes from a busy era cover urban telecom push in Constantinople, a Jorumfernline band mishap, a chicken picking feat in Everett, a horse thief traced by leather in Schenectady, and Colorado receiving an inheritance tax. Other items note fog affecting London gasoline, naturalized immigrants in Los Angeles learning citizenship, and coastal cocoa cultivation potential along the Dominican coast.
Wrecks near Cedar Rapids and Allison touch no injuries
A Milwaukee Limited wreck near Cedar Rapids left the engine mail and baggage cars overturned while other cars derailed but upright. No injuries reported though mail and baggage contents burned after an unlocked switch caused the crash. A separate Omaha & Ft. Dodge line wreck west of Allison injured several workers. A strange letter to Sheriff Griffin from a Brooklyn woman led to a curious misdirection involving a wealth claim and a staged longshoreman disguise.
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Cedar Rapids
Limited
Milwaukee Railroad
Keystone
Here
Allison
Omaha & Ft. Dodge
Chicago Great Western Railway
Allison Station
George
Pulee
Alias Thompson
Jons Fills
Bob Mulroney
Mason City
Chin
Officials puzzled over murder of conductor in Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa coroner's jury ruled conductor Charles Brazzell died by foul play. Mrs Emigrell claimed arrival times in Dubuque differ from her Forest City departure and Mrs Burgess defense potential impact on Louis Chirikos murder conviction dominates Mason City headlines.
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Burgess
Chirikos
Mason City
Reporters barred from Des Moines police station
Des Moines officials, led by Chief J W Jenner, barred newspapermen from the police station, allowing entry only to transact business under an ordinance. He claims reporters are loafers and accuses them of stealing records, directing them to state their business and leave.
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Des Moines
la. Dan
J. W Jenner
Jenner
New Mother Superior Appointed at Atowa City Hospital
Bishop James attended the appointment of a new mother superior at Atowa City Hospital, drawing great interest. Sister Mary Agnes, formerly of Cos-Breve, succeeds Mary Ciguida in new duties. An assistant reverend is elected to succeed Mother Dolores who has guided the hospital during the mother superior transition.
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Atowa City Hospital
James T
Siul
Dove
Exin
Mary Agnes
Cos- Breve
Mary Ciguida
Aorher
Mather Dolores
Amateur burglars visit Ruthven business houses
Ruthven Iowa January 24 four stores burglarized Wednesday night total loss about 106 dollars Curran hardware entered through basement about 20 dollars in money revolvers and razors taken Linden drug store Anderson drug store and Wagner hardware also hit Linden store reports about 60 dollars in money and property Officers believe local talent committed the burglaries
Hull Republican nomine in second district
Harry E. Hall postmaster at Williamsburg Iowa was nominated for Congress by the Republican district committee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Pepper. He faces Henry Vollmer Democratic and C P Hanley progressive in a three way race with a special election planned for February 10.
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Hull
Davenport
Harry E. Hall
Williamsburg
Congress
Republican District Congressional Committee
William F. Hayes
Clinton
Pepper
Henry Vollmer
Uhivenport
C. PP. Haniey
Former Sioux City Woman Sues Husband for Property Title
Ella M. Johnson sues H. A. Johnson in Council Bluffs to set aside his deed of 40 acres in Pottawattamie County and reclaim property tied to a Minnesota River ranch marriage dispute. The case stems from a reunion and alleged cruelty after a 1913 deed.
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Counet
Van
Sioux City
Yellow Medicine
Minn
Council Bluffs
Hazel Dell
Ella M. Johnson
H. A. Johnson
Dan Cupid
Johnson
Minnesota Fiver
Pottawattamie County
Murdered man's wife accuses paramour in Iowa case
In Winterset Iowa on January 3 Mrs Tessie Driscoll wife of a man shot in his home identified Ed Cook as the killer after admitting she hosted him during her husband’s return. She described the events leading to the shooting while witnesses including Sheriff Breeding and several locals testified that Driscoll had a troubled reputation. Cook said he acted in self defense after a quarrel.
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Tessie Driscoll
Ed Cook
Cook
Driscall
Charley
Belle
Highway Officers Hooted by Mahaska Farmers
Mahaska county officials harangued state highway leaders at a January 30 meeting in Oakaloosa. Dean A. Marston and District Engineer Olson faced boos as County Auditor Briggs, County Engineer Bridges and ex Supervisor Wilson denounced the commission and State Engineer McDonald. Marston urged cooperation, but his appeal was met with silence and renewed uproar.
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Mahaska
Oakaloosa
State Highway Commission
Mahaska County
Dean A. Marston
Ames
Olson
L. R. Briggs
Fort F. Bridges
Thomas J. Wilson
McDonald
Dean Marston
Road Commission
Supremes rule on Des Moines saloon petition
The Des Moines saloon petition contest before the supreme court was denied a rehearing. The case returns to Polk county district court where the board of supervisors recently found the petition sufficient. If this petition fails Des Moines faces a dry future as wets and drys shift focus to the new filing.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
Joes Moines
Polk County District Court
Board of Supervisors
Economy issue feature of legislative elections
Logan ta Thirty, that the Iowa legislative candidates in the coming elections realize the public demand for retrenchment and reform in public expenditures. Harrison county farmer and county treasurer candidate Mr Pitts stresses economy in his declaration. Pitts notes his tenure saw no extra hires as business rose, cites 69 percent tax increase 1913 over 1912 in Crass township. Washington report: Senate commerce committee favors granting Inter-City Bridge Co. rights to build a railway bridge across the Mississippi using the Keokuk dam as foundation.
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Logan
Iowa
Mao
Bint
Harrison County
Pitts
Pitt
Crass Township
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Commerce
Inter-City Bridge Company
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Food inspector explains state pure food laws in Ida Grove
Ida Grove Iowa January 25 State Food Inspector C O Prager addressed the business men explaining the pure food laws. He described required practices for butcher shops and candy stores, and mandated that city delivery wagons install taps. He urged grocers to comply and warned of future visits.
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Ida Grove
Prager
Hic
Iowa State News Briefs From Rock Rapids And Nearby
Emil Towne and N Rogers will depart Rock Rapids for Buenos Aires to work for shoe and auto interests, likely away two years. Waterloo Canning buys assets of Waterloo Can ning, dissolving the latter and forming a strong pack for 1914. Minnesota appeal upholds $3,000 dam ages to Dana Jenkins after a train accident near Perry. Colfax grocer George H York goes bankrupt amid Des Moines creditors’ claims. Emmet County Farmers Institute hosts two day program with cholera talk and wins in corn and judging contests. Humboldt progressives organize a county campaign with officers named. Iowa City widow Sarah Bloom dies. daughter Mrs Max Mayer noted for federation work. Denison Presbyterian calls Rev Turtelot as pastor after trial. Estherville Surgeon Armstrong dies sudden ly from brain hemorrhage in new home. Mason City plumbers fill vacancies with non union workers. Alta debates school consolidation with Nokomis and Maple Valley. Madrid reports a 12 pound baby born at Milwaukee station en route to Lincoln, Nebraska. Sheldon celebrates 50th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs William King. Waterlog farmer Chris Schneider dies after being crushed by a bull. Waterloo board of trade backs Iowa Building at Panama Exposition funding. LeMars Moore Lumber manager Frank Batert jailed on fraud charges. Dubuque jury finds Charles Williams not guilty. Council Bluffs man Cartwright survives suicide attempt. Estherville inspectors find Rock Island stock overdue for overhaul. Missouri Valley superintendent I J Reed offered state high school inspector post.
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Emil A. Towne
N. Rogers
Buenos Ayres
South America
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Frochester
N. C
Rogers
Rochester
New York
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Waterloo Canning Company
Waterloo Canning Corporation
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Supreme Court ‘of Minnesota
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St Paul
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Colfax
George H. York
Colfar
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Here
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Dalton
Dubuque
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Charles Williams
Council Bluffs
A. Cartwright
Grant
Cartwright
Rock Island
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Ailssouri Valley
Waterloo Mayor Questions Impact of Open Saloons After Closure
Waterloo Iowa January 23. Mayor F R C Thompson answers Mrs Lydia Larson West Branch regarding liquor trends after saloons closed over a year. He says bans did not end liquor use or addiction, noting continued consumption and drug habit trends, while noting unemployment and lost revenue.
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Waterloo
Lydia Larson
West Branch
WWG T U
FR. c. Thompson
Ida County kin seek Texas estate in Waco case
Ida Grove Iowa January 29 relatives of Ida county appear set to participate in a Texas estate division The case involves an uncle who lived in Texas for nearly 30 years with sheep cattle and large land holdings near Waco No will exists and power of attorney to act in Dubuque was not granted Attorney Arthur G Hess husband of Mrs Young will investigate for the Ida county relatives
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Ida County
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Ida Grove
W. S. Young
J. B. Boughton
Dubuque
Waco
Tex
Yareeaum
Boone County
Arthur G. Hess
Sioux City
Young
Shelby County Moosers Organize in Harlan Iowa
Dr B O Ayns worth Iowa progressive party state organizer addressed 25 progressives at Hotel Harlan and aided in county organization. Officers named WA Morehouse county chairman Soren Carlsen vice chair H V Yackey secretary Louis Schaack treasurer. advisory panel includes John M Edwards Edwin McDade Joseph Frum Carl S Christensen and others yet to be filled.
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Moosers
Harlan Harlan
B. 0
Aynsworth
Progressive Party
Iowa
Hotel Harlan
H.V. Yackey
District Court
W. M. Bombarger
Soren Carlsen
WA. Morehouse
Fire Marshal Law Held as Constitutional in Iowa Case
Des Moines Iowa January 29 The state won when Clarence H Kemler dropped a bid to block Ole O Roe state fire marshal from demolishing an old pre Civil War barracks deemed a fire trap Kemler agreed to remove the structure soon The decision followed a challenge to the constitutionality of the fire marshal law Supreme Court decisions announced including affirmations reversals and remands in various cases from multiple counties
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Des Moines
State of Iowa
Dubuque
Clarence H. Kemler
Ole O. Roe
Kemler
Kemiler
Mary Judicial Offerings in Fifteenth District Barisan
Voters in Shelby Audubon Harrison Pottawattamie Cass Mills Montgomery Page and Fremont counties face district judge choices with four seats open. Incumbents Thornell Wheeler Arthur and Rockafellow seek reelection or appointment. Potential new names WW Killpack and George W Cullison emerge. No Democratic candidates listed yet.
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Thomas Arthur
Logan
Wil
J. B. Rockafellow
Atlantic
Clarke
WW. H. Killpack
Counci Bluffs
George W. Cullison
Harlan
West Side Boy Killed by Shotgun Accident
Vincent Tarpy, 16, son of Thoma Tarpy, died instantly in West Side, Is on January 28 when a shotgun discharged while he rode home from a rabbit hunting trip. The butt slipped from the wagon bed, the hammer fired as he withdrew it, the full charge struck his neck, severing arteries and shattering bone.
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West Side
Vincent Tarpy
Thoma Tarpy
Electric power talked for Iowa branch
Muscatine Jan 29 electric power talked for Muscatine North and South railway from Muscatine to Burlington electrification is under consideration The Muscatine Lighting company has made overtures to provide necessary power and prepared an cost estimate The plan couples railway electrification with powering the No 3 drainage district pumping station 26 miles below the city If the pumping plant contract is won the transmission line will extend along the railroad right of way 20 miles below Muscatine and possibly to Burlington
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Muscatine
Burlington
Dubuque Conductor Murder Confirmed By Coroner
Dubuque Jan 29 Charles Brazell aged 45 a street car conductor was found dead Saturday night with severe head and facial injuries. Autopsy shows skull fracture jaw breaks crushed ribs and scalp bruises. death ruled accidental though murder suspected. Wife had been away and discovered the body. poker party evidence noted but not confirmed. An inquest set for tomorrow.
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Dubuque
Charles Brazell
Brazell
Expert to Determine Iowa Dam Feasibility
Estherville January 29 The city council hired W H Grover of Ames to study the electric light system and prepare data for a full plant reconstruction. With city growth a larger facility is needed and the decision rests on enlarging the present steam plant or building a dam to power the plant. The expert's report will indicate if water power is economical for electricity.
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Estherville
W. H. Grover
Ames
Gracter Sells Interest in Burlington Laundry
Edward Veth, claimed Chicago resident, is jailed in Burlington Virginia awaiting grand jury action on swindling charges. He purportedly posed as owner of the Burlington laundry and persuaded a laundry employee to cash a $100 check for a majority stake. The check was made payable to the Burlington laundry but could not be cashed.
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Burlington
Edward Veth
Chicago
Burlington Laundry
Two arrests in Waterloo for heroin sales
Waterloo, Ia, Jan 26. On information by County Attorney Tiloxie, a drug clerk and a young farm hand were arrested accused of selling poison without a label, to wit heroin. The farm hand is said to be one of the street salesmen in the drug trade, marking the first arrests in the drive against snow and other enslaving drugs.
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Waterloo
Tiloxie
Nhat
Prominent Dubuque Man Dies After Stroke
Fred Keck aged 61, a well known Dubuque resident, was found dead in his friend Mike Glerst's bachelor home. They had spent Monday together and Keck stayed the night. Tuesday morning Glerst awoke to find him dead from apoplexy with no prior signs.
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Dubuque, Ta
Fred Keck
Mike Glerst
Glerst
Keck
Gierst
Harlan Man Wins Award in Mill Dam Power Case
Harlan Iowa January 29. O P Wyland of Harlan sued drainage district No 6 Shelby county for 2000 dollars claiming damages from mill dam debris. After a five day trial the jury awarded 906 to the plaintiff. although appraisers valued damage at 800 and witnesses placed water power value from 0 to 25000. The ditch straightens the river, drains the reservoir, and passes between the mill and the dam.
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Harlan
O. P. Wyland
Shelby County
Wnishmnahotra
Difference of Opinion About Shooting Ducks
State Game Warden Hinshaw stated that hunters can kill ducks next spring. United States Deputy Marshal Groneweg says officials will enforce the closed season on migratory birds and violators will be taken to federal court. The city segment notes a sharp disagreement between local officials over hunting rules.
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Council Bluffs
Hinshaw
United States
Gronetwts
Groneweg
Sass
Assaulted Victim Aided To Doctor After Knife Wound
Dubuque mutterings report Art Fay attacked Frank Pfeiffer with a bowie knife, slashing the left cheek. He then assisted Pfeiffer to a physician and, after expressing repentance, fainted during treatment. The wound is described as not serious.
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Dubuqueta
Art Fay
Frank
Pfeiffer
Fay
Waterloo Building Destroyed In Major Fire Lesson Loss
The Russell Lamson building, one of the largest in Waterloo Indiana, was destroyed by fire today. Loss is estimated at 300000 dollars. The Paul Davia Dry Goods Company sustained the largest individual loss.
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Waterloo
Russell Lamson
Paul Davia Dry Goods Company
Change in Ownership of Marathon National Bank
Altered ownership transfers involve Alta State Bank and Marathon figures purchasing the First National Bank at Marathon with possession expected around March 11. Previously owned by Farmer and Massey of Sioux City, the institution valued at about 50,000 with J J Gerglev to serve as cashier as new owners prepare to assume control.
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Alta
Ian
Tinckneil
W. J. Stever
Alta State
Bank
J. K. Wegelsiey
Marathon
First National Bank
Farmer & Masseil
Sioux
Capiai
J. J. Gerglev
Agd
Man el, Farmer & Helge
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