Iowa moves to arbitrate Oskaloosa dispute under new law
Des Moines reports the state will appoint an arbitration commission to settle the Oskaloosa streetcar strike under the new arbitration law. Gov Clark will collect five names from each side, appoint one from each list, then a third to be chosen by the governor. The McKinley interests may oppose the panel. In Remsen, a Moon law city, saloons are reducing stock as licenses expire December 1 and counties weigh future openings.
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Iowa City to Host Law Alumni Banquet
University of Iowa law graduates plan a banquet during the second annual alumni homecoming on November 15. A circular letter to 825 Iowa Law graduates prompted strong attendance replies. The organizing committee includes Judge Martin J. Wade class 1888 Prof. J. Horack class 1900 and H. M. Harwood class 1910.
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Parish Priest Transfers Stir Sibley Mission
Rev. Father E T McNalley, long serving pastor at Maurice and Struble, is transferred to Sibley to succeed Rev. M J Hetherington, who moves to Barly. Father McNally has led Maurice and Struble for nine years and is well known. Father Fisch of Remsen will lead Maurice and Struble for now.
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McNally Haseen
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Remsen
Maurice
Sugar Beet Output Falls From Heat Boost
In Estherville and surrounding farms the Chaska Sugar Beet company wrapped up operations after a season yielding 2,000 tons and about $10,000. Heat during August reduced beet quality compared with last year. In Mazon City a laundry fire destroyed the Clear Lake laundry building and contents worth about $2,500, with Ira Conklin cited as responsible.
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Clement
Mazon City
Bhoyeg
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Ira Conklin
Neighbora Harvest Crop Report From Sparse Notes
Fragments describe nearby harvest activity with about 40 acres of corn mentioned. References to neighbors and a husband imply community sharing during a difficult crop season. Missing details prevent full reconstruction of event or location.
Iowa News Notes Highlights from Ute and Surrounding Areas
The Soldier Valley Corn Growers and Stockmen show in Ute occurred December 16 to 18. Plymouth County pioneer Jon Love dies at 68, survived by wife and three children. A Waterloo brakeman loses a leg in a Dubuque yard accident and will die. An injunction halts a Mason City firm over a disputed farm sale worth 24 000 dollars. Logan near miss as Frank Cross, 16, crashes a loaded wagon down a 36 foot embankment. Sloan Star sold to Louis N. Duchaine who has long worked in the plant. Osage nursery worker S W Swimka injured by a gunshot during a misfired hunting gun incident. Davenport officers Meyer and Schmidt named in a 5 000 damage suit over arrest and alleged assault. Burlington resident Zola Morningstar Weiss seven attempts at self harm including gas and poisons. revival after gas exposure.
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Mattie Cross
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Swimka
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Ruedolph Fraham
Zola Morningstar-Weiss
Burlington
Young Thief Under Arrest in Cedar Rapids
18 year old Adrian Batchelor, a former Deneeke's department store clerk, was arrested on charges of stealing about 2500 dollars worth of furs and dry goods. He confessed after valuables were found in his room, including furs given to a girl valued at 260 dollars. Born in Savannah Illinois he came from Clinton to Cedar Rapids and previously worked at a local freight office where he stole a trunk and several suitcases.
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Savannah
Boys Escape from Jail at Sioux City
Five boys confined in the women’s ward at police headquarters while awaiting return to Red Wing Minn broke jail. Police trace them, part of eleven escapes from the jail in four months. An engineer noticed a rope tied with bed clothes hanging from the window on the alley side.
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Jury Disagrees in Murphy White Slavery Case
In Sioux City Judge Henry T. Reed instructed the jury in the Mann white slave law case against Harry B. Murphy. The jury reported a disagreement and was discharged. Murphy remains in Woodbury county jail and will be retried at the next federal term in May 1914.
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Henry T. Reed
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Baby's Body Stolen From City Grave Site
The body of a baby who died four weeks ago from poisoning allegedly given by its mother Mrs. F. B. Burgess was stolen and buried in a city northwest plot designated for that purpose. More than six arrests followed the death, with authorities believing friends of the prisoners are implicated.
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4. B. Burgess
Auto Strikes Child in Mason City Fatal Injuries Suspected
A car struck six year old Charles Grippen son of D W Grippen of the Grippen Paper Co in Mason City. He sustained fatal injuries and the driver is unknown.
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Mason City
Charles Grippen
D. W. Grippen
Grippen Paper Company
Settlement Reached in Rock Island Crossing Damage Suit
Two damage claims brought by Bo A. Rasmussen against Rock Island were settled. The case arose from an accident at the Rock Island crossing about four miles north of Eagle Grove.
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Bo A. Rasmivsgen
Rock Island
New Election Law Demands Rigid Candidate Signatures
Des Moines details a strict nonpartisan judiciary measure passed by the Legislature. Supreme Court hopefuls must file petitions with 6000 electors, 30 per county, by April 20. District court and superior court candidates face 500 and 250 signature requirements respectively. Ballot placement hinges on these signatures.
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Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Nonpartisan Judiciary
Ex-con gets kitchen job at deterred lunch counter
A hungry ex-convict begs Mr. Underdone Cutlets at Speedy cate for work after prison. The proprietor, hearing a sly tale of past counterfeiting, offers a on the house meal and a thirty dollar weekly job slicing ham.
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Survival of the Fittest
Advertisers claim the strong boy is needed for work as one line of a barber shop dialogue. The excerpt notes a hiring scene with a question about filling slots and other workers waiting in the hall in a Boston setting.
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Not Fit But Fitting Reflects Detroit Style Rant
A clipped, fragmentary Detroit Free Press item notes a remark on fashion and self presentation. The text references Detroit attire and hints at a discussion among readers or commentators. It mentions Belgium MPs receiving a monthly stipend as part of parliamentary context without full details.
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Man Avoids Standing as Suffragette Speaks
A suffragette taunted the audience about domestic chores while a husband in the room remained seated. She noted no man had cleaned, milked, or tended the home daily without complaint, and he did not rise to respond. The scene also quips that using an ax at table is acceptable while a knife is not.
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