Iowa Mainly Roads Drive at County Convention
Des Moines April 27 report from the Iowa Good Roads association shows officers elected and a lengthy series of resolutions urging national and state action for permanent road funding. Key names include President Klerick Grea and Secretary D. S. Leona, with delegates from Burlington Des Moines and Dubuque.
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Des Moines
Lowe State Good Toads Association
Eanlzsd
Klerick Grea
Marshall ‘Od
D. 5
Leona
Momer A. Miller
T. G. Harper
Burlington
James G. Berryhill
Joseph Morgan
Dubuque
Iowa
Congress
General Assembly
Saveral
Towa
Boards of Supervisors
Ieadine
Sioux City Burglars Run Riot and Rail Tracks Vandalized
Reported spree includes five jail escapees captured near Batherville and 41 recaptured. Sioux City terrorized by burglars striking a nickel slot at a local club netting about 40 nickels. Railway tracks on Jackson Street disrupted by a power move against track owners Armour & Co Swit & Co. A cyclone wrecked a Iowa Park area factory. family of five injured. insurance covers part of loss. Arthur Perry shoots at Louisa Brave. he dies by self-inflicted gunshot after the attack. hospital recovery ongoing for others.
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W. Hf
Creeman
Charter Biecraon
Batherville
Sanborn
Sioux
Jesa
Tio
Brénkere
Inkorere
Webster City
Ctty Connell
Sioux City
Peuctton
Dany
Armour & Co
Swit & Co
Jackson Street
Renderson & Wilbourg
Patlee
Iowa
Iowa Park
Iawe
Atwo
Owen I
Serosa
Ernest Waethola
Tadhor
Nest
Toulee Ubice Wan Laken
Morey Hospital
Rood
Tie
Weula
Jae Cure
A .Bakeryman
Ram
Coulse Brues
Ninney
Livq
Oscephu
Mulberry
Altrastad
Beek
Spoodver
Atale Board of
Mon Oul
Giseusen
Beenecdssary
Seveyal
Jstln
Leausa
Feo
Pier Judlog Agalnat
Fraud and theft cases shock Iowa town amid trials
A string of crimes disrupts the county with arrests in Dubuque and Malvern. Edgar Demuelees, a Michigan law student, faces grand jury charges for alleged $60 theft. Farm thefts at Malvern and Ross Summers yield several horses valued at $400 and $100 apiece. Sheriff Morgan regains stolen livestock near Council Bluffs, while pension concerns reveal stomach ailments among veterans from Spanish-American War districts. Judge McVey reports a rising divorce wave across Polk County as ministers plan May talks. Dairy contest results crown top butter producers with statewide scores and forthcoming critique plans.
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Troton
Dubuaite
Aluppad
Creston
Biale
Taanints
Atoni
Hig
Rdotm
Euine Bok Inia
Chay
Sull
Cou
Bloux City
Tragdon
Mabel D. Cuthertson
Benhise Uf Infirida Rustified: Vebrary
Sioux City
Samivtlan
Brokan
Mtn
Edgar Demuelee
Asslal
Jarean
Demaeles
Stala
Hovoes
Malvern
Tom
Swain
Ross -Summerg
Sheriff Morgan
Glenwood
Glexwood
Charles, Smith
Céorge Stuart
Plomach
Helleyad
Fension
Rickerd’p. Clactearn
Philippines
Clarkson
Ehvonia
Hull
A. I. McVey
Palle County
Dea Moiney
McVey
Dea Moines
Iowa
Folle County
Strawberry' Point
Nhiner
Knutgoy
Andor
Neilson
Cope
New. York
Hultel Borgg
Agricultural College to Host State Boy Scholarship Judging
An Ames area agricultural fair program features a $200 Iowa State College scholarship for the top youth judge in horse, estate, and corn judging. Open to Iowa youths under 21, the contest will be held August 24 at the new stock pavilion, with the prize paid monthly until prize funds are exhausted.
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Boholarshia
Agricultural College
Destaineg
J. G. Blippson
Alate
Towa
Vernons
Department of Agricultus
Towa College
Thigsium
Ames
Bimpson
Den
Professora Curtiss
Tlolden
Demand for Yearlong School Attendance Highlights Iowa Teachers Meet
North Iowa teachers push for a compulsory yearlong school attendance law at their tenth annual session in Sioux City. They also seek higher wages for teachers and discuss joining labor groups. debate on college diplomas for high school jobs divides opinion. Next meeting planned in Fort Dodge or Sioux City. officers and executive committee listed.
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Sioux
Neat
Schcol
Northwort Iowa
Collee
Bort Dodge
Siouxity
Ligeloy
LeMara
Vics
Lark
Oqnawa
Miss “Marin
Pingisy
Estheryilly
Mise Byan
Kenall
Sinai City
A. ‘Victoral
J. W. Durkee
Alolix Rapids
George P. Mutton
Fort Dodge
Physicians Join Trusty Society Merging With AMA
A report from Bronx notes young doctors move to align with the American Medical Association aiming for universal county society participation. The plan sets one delegate per 50 members. nonmembers risk expulsion. A Newport man opposes trolley plans linking Burlington to Des Moines. A Malvern Road high school building burned, losses estimated at $29,000 with $5,000 insured. repairs planned this year.
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Fitata
American Medical Association
Bronx City
Iowa
Ptata Oolety
Jocal Society
Hurtington Gazette
Newport
Burlington
Des Moines
Malvern Road Westroynd
Durlye
Aommenda
Wiley Rianars
Cats Roar at Old Maids Meeting in Rochester
At Wittston residence the Old Maids Convention elected Miss Ametia Higainson president and Miss Dorces Lindley secretary. Excitement rose as a cat tied to a stair railing toppled a tortoise named by Miss Abigail Bean, causing a near fainting spell before the creature died. Elizabeth Snetginger read a paper on Marriage and Its Libertarians, denouncing the “Siberia of Wolvanhood.”
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Rochester
Wittstoni
Ametia Higainson
Dorces Lindley
Pairport Pecretary
Abigail Bean
St Vooln
Amstrass
Smeliing
Beno
Elizabeth Snetginger
Ovid
Siberia
Wolvanhood
Jury indicts three in Joplin lynching case
Joplin Missouri April 29 a coroner jury investigating a lynching of a negro found a verdict naming three men Sam Mitchell Ed Fields known as Hickory Bill and a man Barnes as responsible. Ed Smith charged with larceny firing riot is arrested and jailed. Seven leaders reportedly fled the city.
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Qoroner
Joplin
Gorgnes
Sam Mitchell
Ed Fields
Barnes
Ed Smith
Mod
Hear Wedding by Telephone in Dublin Indiana
In Dublin Indiana on April 20 George Barabh ima Metheny both of Nashville Indiana married by telephone. Friends gathered as the minister spoke while the couple called from Rev O F Hann nb home to hand set phones so townsfolk could hear the ceremony. The wedding was conducted with guests listening over the telephone line seven miles away.
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Frianda
India
Dublin
Ind
George H. Barabh
du Metheny
Nashville
O. F. Hannb
Gust
World Wheat Crop Bulletin Details Global Yields
The Agriculture Department issued a comparative bulletin showing world wheat production totaling 8,124,423,000 bushels in 192, North America 741,120,000. South America THGS,000. Europe 1,793,963,000. Asia 376,428,000. Africa 48,000,000. Australia 45,027,090. United States 675,063,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iment of Agriculture
North Americas
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australly
United
Indiana man kills girl and self after inheritance
Fort Wayne report says Larry Kiins shot four year old May Jackson and then killed himself. Kiins, recently inheriting a $15 000 fortune after his father’s death, was found with bullet wounds in a nearby location. May Jackson did not recover.
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Indiana
Fort Wayne
Ind
Itarry Kiins
Veter
May Jackson
John Jackson
Hullute
Bend
King
Kilne
Amparrioy
Death Follows Cat Bite In Bartonville Woman Dies
Maris Parr of South Bartonville died at Cottages hospital two weeks after a cat bite. Reports say her hand was bitten and she developed hysteria and complications leading to death. The incident occurred in Peoria on April 20.
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Matla Parr
South Bartonville
Peoria
Maris Parr
Prize Fight Probe Ordered by Attorney General
Attorney General orders investigation into the prize fight at Columbus between Big Mackey and Harry Forbes. Warrant to be issued. officials to take action against those involved.
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Columbus
Sheets
Big" Mackey
Harry Forbes
Bridle for President Harrington Nep ADIL Rugging
The fragment mentions Harrington and Mary D. Lydick as a notable legal figure in a United States context. It hints at a police inquiry and a public incident involving a riding bridle and deposits. Specific details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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Harrington
Nep
ADIL
Bridie
Hodsey Elt
Mary D. Lydick
Convention debates shape Iowa’s states system and laws
The report outlines board goals for the Iowa legislature the need for new procedures the role of the adjutant general and the coming assembly session. It notes possible state funding for institutions and discusses suffrage and party organization plans including delegates named from multiple counties.
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Fia Town Central Railway Company
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Palo Alto Cainty
Yew
Delbert Reus
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Jost
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McMillen
Fayette
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