Analysis of Water Supply Ordered in City
The piece surveys an 1832 Tatler excerpt on crusade zeal and Pogrom etymology, notes Dickens ignorance of Russia, mentions Paris horse consumption, a new electric furnace at Hanau, and various scattered items including Wandsworth rifle club, Lyons industry, and Des Moines health policies and local stories. The dense clipping blends historical commentary with miscellaneous excerpts and notices.
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Tatler
Europe
Peter the Hermit
Jerusalem
Hanau
Heraeng
Canoe Capsizes Claim Two Drowned in Bay
In Auk eleven two men died when a canoe overturned on a swift river near the Great Western Railway works. The incident occurred after local workers, including Roy Radollie, watched from the shore as rescue efforts began. Authorities caution about strong currents and advise safety precautions for paddlers.
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Dea Molhes
Auk
Roy Radollie
Freistt
Great Western Railway Company
Ganoea
Stulnow
Ataliental Coosie
Tornado Hits Afton Killing Infant and Wounding Adults
Afton Aug 20 three people died when a tornado struck the Turton house twelve miles southeast of Afton. George Conn’s infant son and Mrs Shields and Mrs Conn were fatally injured. Mrs Geissorn and John Shields severely hurt. George Conn searched the wreckage, while the storm tore crops and buildings along a southwest to northeast path.
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Afton
George Conn
Geissorn
Mi4
John Shieldts
Turtin
Atton
Qeast
Mia
Conn
Waterloo Man Arrested for Embezzlement in Waterloo
In August 20 Fred L. Eicheberg a prominent lodge worker and businessman was arrested for embezzling 13643 dollars from the Waterloo Caner company. He allegedly failed to credit funds received by the firm. The charge has caused a tremendous sensation due to his prominence and leadership of three lodges.
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Waterloo. In
Fred L. Eicheberg
Waterloo Canker Company
Ato
State
Webster City
Abraham Slimmer
Owa
Cnag
Mr. Simmer
Modern Diogenes Lived With Family In Piano Box Home
In Muscatine Iowa on August 20 a man named Andrew Leedy and his wife with five children reside in two dry goods boxes on a vacant city edge lot. The piano box serves as a parlor, another box as dining room, and a third as kitchen while shelves on the wall provide sleeping space. They use Mad Creek nearby for a bath and live a spartan, Diogenes like existence.
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Diogenes
Andrew Leedy
Diogenes of
Great Gil Trubt Sued or WiDoWeer Logap In Aug 20
The Standard Ott reports a county suit filed by Lee J. Chapman widow for Mrs. Ine Chipmain and three children burned at their shore home near Plagat on May 5. The explosion is blamed on kerosene and the suit names Doninon who owned a title store at Pizgan as a party.
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Gil Trubt
Logap
Lee J. Chapman
Ine ‘Chipmain
Shore Home
Plagat
Doninon
Pizgan
Legislature May Make Corporation Officers Liable
Dew Motes reports legislators and public figures discuss amending law to prosecute corporate officers for violations. Current law allows corporate guilt but not imprisonment of officers, prompting calls for penalties to deter abuses and close loopholes. Also reported, Joseph Sonin of Grand Island Neb arrested in Des Moines for a $4,060 theft of jewelry from a Grand Island woman, awaiting information from the west. The suspect has not spoken.
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Dew Motes
Des Moines
Joseph Sonin
Grand Island
Neb
Mouia
L. Smith
Attempts Destruction Of Banker's Property At Wall Lake
In Wall Lake Ta Aug 19 disturbances have damaged the property of C L Goode vice president of the savings banks. A shotgun shattered a window at the savings bank and later a plate glass at Goode's home. A stone struck the door and hogs in his herd were killed by a shotgun blast. Authorities deny any motive beyond visible vandalism and believe an insane man may be the culprit.
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Wall Lake
C. L. Goode
Goedenow
Albino gopher caught in Iowa may go to state museum
Buck Grove reports an albino gopher captured by Dr Bonney with pink eyes. The pure white specimen, possibly unique in Iowa or the U S, is preserved and could be mounted, potentially donated to the state museum. Also: Dr Donald Macrae dies in Bluff City of heart trouble. Postmasters appointed in Cedar, Marion, and Catlin areas.
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Iowa
State Museum
Buck Grove
AP. Bonney
United States
Donald Macrea
Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Donald Macrae
Search for Woman's Limbs Carried Away by Twister
Mason City Iowa Aug 19 Despite a thorough search relatives cannot find the lower limbs of Mrs Osmund Tweed killed in the cyclone at Hanlontown a week ago It is believed the furious wind must have carried the missing portions for miles Part of the face and trunk were found and interred
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Mason City
Osmund Tweed
Hanlontown
Storm damages barns and pasture on the Reservation
A violent storm swept Jasper county last night causing four barns to burn or collapse after lightning strikes. Four horses and one valuable steer were killed or lost, and a bolt shattered the pane of George Whittaker's property.
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Newton
Jasper County
George Whittaker
Mine Explosion Injures Three at Norwoodville Coal Mine
Des Moines Aug 19 An explosion in the No 2 mine of the Norwoodville Coal company at Norwoodville injures three men. Mine foreman Nicholas Robinson is probably fatally hurt. The others, Thomas Scott and Doc Robinson, suffer serious injuries.
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Des Moines
Norwoodville Coal Company
Norwoodville
Nicholas Robinson
Thormas Scott
Doc Robinson
Negra
Eriowaly
Storm stops streetcars at Waterloo in powerful storm
Lightning struck the power house during a violent Aug night, cutting electricity and halting streetcars and newspaper offices in Waiirioo and Ta. The event disrupted services as crews scrambled to restore power amid the storm’s damage.
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Waiirioo
Une
Deene Pengeel
Iowa Pure Stock Food Law Deemed Unconstitutional
Des Moines Aug 16 Frank F Reed general counsel for the Millers National federation says the Iowa pure stock food law is unconstitutional. He argues it discriminates between staff manufactured out of state and those within Iowa and notes manufacturers may sue to test the law. The license and inspection provisions delay full effect, prompting anticipated court action and injunctions.
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Des Moines
Frank F. Reed
Millers’ National Federation
Iowa
Reed
Towa Kin
Threatens to expose if husband’s convicted in embezzlement case
A Seymour report says Mrs. LeRoy Ware, wife of a bank cashier, threatens to send five prominent citizens to the penitentiary if her husband is convicted, amid a $200000 embezzlement scandal with insider intrigue suspected. Also notes rural letter carriers meet in Des Moines, a mining copper discovery near Muscatine, and two people’s third marriages in Council Bluffs.
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Seymour
Ware
LeRoy Ware
Burmers and Drovers Bank
Esse
Des Moines
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Commercial Club Rooms
W. R. Spillman
Washington, D. C
R. P. D. Service
R. M. Fulton
St. Louis
Billy Sunday Narrowly Escapes Death in Cab Crash
In Oskaloosa Iowa on August 15 Rev Billy Sunday the evangelist endured a close call returning from the local chautauqua. A novice cab driver drove into a ditch causing the cab to overturn injuring Sunday with scratches and bruises. The overturned vehicle was wrecked.
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Oskaloosn
Billy Bunday
Hoiléin Grounds
Oskaloosa
Chautauqua
Bunday
Recreant Wife Causes Arrest Of Her Eloper
In Des Moines Iowa on August 16 Mrs Ida Spooner wife of a local newspaper man caused the arrest of the man she eloped with five years ago and deserted Spooner. She wept and said she would give anything to return to the home she left when infatuated with Johnson.
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Bes Moines
Ida Spooner
St. Paul
Spooner
Johnson
Des Moines Train Accident Claims Tom Williemin
Des Moines Iowa, Aug 16. Tom Williemin lay down on an interurban track at 10 30 last night and was ground to pieces. His body was found near the rails and identified by taine rights.
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Des Moines
Tom Williemin
Marrying Mayor Secures Husbands for Two Widows
Bellevue Iowa August 16 Mrs Martha Thompson of Minneapolis who sought a husband via Mayor S J Bennett Fort Dodge has married James Roberts of New York aboard French's Sensation show boat. The ceremony was performed at Bellevue Congregational church with witnesses from the minister's family. Roberts joins the troupe and will act in performances.
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Bellevue
Martha , Thompson
Minneapolis
S. J. Bennett
Fort Dodge
Bellesvue
Ill
James '. Roberts
New York
Roberts
Nett
J. Bennett
Carrie Pratt Pettet
Hawthorn Avenue
M. Thompson
Twelfth Street
Escaped Lunatic Attacks Policeman With Pen in Waterloo
Aug 11 incident left Hill Ziegler, an escaped lunatic, overpowered after stabbing at officer Tom Morris with a pen. After a struggle he was shackled to a wagon and taken to Gartel Hospital for Independence. Relatives report Ziegler is disoriented and cannot follow orders.
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Waterloo
Tom Morris
Hill Ziegler
Ziegler
Ziegier
Igane Hospital
Independence
Aly Ighton
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Scotland
South Dakota
Dickens
Elijah Po- Krom
Martin Chuszlewit
Matlin
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Wandsworth
England
Rifte
London
Lyons
Milan
Telluride
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Rau Greedart
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Geatin
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Bullen
Board of Health
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Lynch
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Nebraska
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Topeka
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A. B. Sims
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West
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Munison Cohen
Tnih
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Miasor Des Moinen
Pene C. Williams
Andrew Rosewales
Omaha
Eleanor Gordon
Henry T. Clarke
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Nebrasia
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Babe
Muscatine, Ta
Mern
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J. A. ‘Trembly
Keokuk
Keokuk, Ta
Strimback
Alf Colton
Legislature
Washington
D. GC
Bennett
Cedar County
Thomas P. Barnes
C. W. Hamilton
Percy
Marion County
John Ll. Cowan
Catlin
Twister
Self Meadville
Raymond
Herman Whitemoon
Manville
Tele Alster
Motiog
Nytala
Raymund
Ida
Tee Brie
Jesse Rudone
Muscatine
C. P. Teeple
Wilton
Sonn
Council Bluffs, Ta
A. W. Reed
Sidney, Is
Luella D. Edwards
Lincoln, Neb
Billy
Marshalltown
George Herman
Wight
Herman
Ingledue
Herman Decclares
Oskiloosa
Everett Looney
Mary Herby
Keota
Looney
Kimint
Biwood Royer
Kinood
Charles City
Cullen
Trover
A. U Chaney
Ottavio Layrovitert
Artilio Secretmon
Aus
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