Treasurer's Peculations Hit Sac County at $34 612
Sac City reports former County Treasurer W H Pettis under arrest on embezzlement charges after expert Burnap tallies a shortage of 34612 dollars. Audit shows cancellations duplications and omissions in tax entries. Pettis bond set at five thousand. Pettis and wife pledged real estate and farm note as securities.
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Sac City
W. A. Burnap
W. H Pettis
Sac County
Pettis
County Board of Supervisors
Urnap
Burnap
Board of Supervisors
Sac Clty
William H Pettis
Mother Drowns Four Children in Ida Grove Cistern
Mrs. Johnson of Ida Grove, in a momentary frenzy, drowned her four children aged about one to ten years in a farm cistern south of town. Neighbors and bystanders arrived as she attempted to drown herself, but responders could not save the youngsters. Her husband was in the field, and authorities intervened as she fought to choke herself with a bed cover.
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Johnson
Ida Grove
Will Anderson
Son Slain by Mother Near Red Oak in Tragic Crime
Red Oak area reports a mother named Awful Act of Insane Warman stabbed her 6-year-old son and wounded her 11-year-old daughter with a butcher knife then killed herself. The boy died, daughter and mother were unconscious. In a separate fire at Oxford hotel Sioux City guests escaped after a match ignited a gas meter causing an explosion. Agnes Holm was rescued from a second story window and remained in serious condition.
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Warman
Red Oak
Milo Wilcox
Wallin
Sioux City
Oxford
Agnes Holm
Cospital
Fairfield Man Dies After Wellman Accident
E L Jones a prominent Fairfield farmer died from injuries after a runaway horse team struck a telephone post in Wellman. He suffered a fractured skull and multiple broken ribs as the panicked team dashed through the street, colliding with the post and injuring Jones fatally.
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Fairfield
E. L. Jones
Rapaway
Wellman
Jones
Child Slayer in Court Over Fatal Quarrel
Des Moines juvenile court hears the case of Kenneth Reeves nine, charged with manslaughter in the death of Cecil Jenkins after Reeves struck him with a broom handle during a quarrel. Jenkins died at his father’s home after an overnight coma. Reeves remains confined at the police station as the court weighs reform school or release.
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Kenneth Reeves
Des Moines
McHenry
Cedi] Jenkins
Little Jenkins
Cecil Jenkins
Reform School
South East Fourth Street
Young Reeves
Jenkins
Removal Petition Sparks Millet Law Battle in Burlington
Assistant United States Attorney Cossen filed for the removal of County Attorney Kuhlmeier for failing to enforce the millet law in Burlington. Rev. L Tennant supported the petition. Judge Withrow tabled the matter for the district court’s regular fall term, marking the first state move to enforce millet law in the city and signaling a potentially notable case.
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Burlington
Cossen
Kuhlmeier
L. Tennant
Grace M. EB Ehurch
Kuhlmweier
Withrow
District Court
Rock Rapids Man Drowns in Rock River
Kapelye aged 24 employed at Iowa Savings Bank drowned in Rock River while boating with two friends. They dove in twelve feet of water but could not locate him before he sank. Deep water and strong undercurrent hindered their search. Parents reside in St Thomas Ontario Canada.
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Rock Rapids
Wiu v. Kapelye
Iowa Savings Bank
Rock River
Hbim
Bt.Thoman
Ontario
Canada
Roosevelt chairs Sagamore Hill conference with Taft Wright
Roosevelt hosted a Republican leadership conference at Sagamore Hill attended by Secretary Taft and Gen. Luke E. Wright. They discussed war department questions, insular affairs, and Panama, with 1,200 marines likely to deter Isthmus trouble ahead of elections. Kellogg and Ward also attended amid Standard Oil case notes.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Grove Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Taft
Luke E. Wright
Jersey City
Washington
Willliam L. Ward
New York
Luke B. Wright
National Committee
Gen. Wright
Wright
War Department
Panama
Lkely
Philippines
Cuba
Clarence P. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Gen. Edwards
Kellogg
Standard Oil
Mr. Kellogg
Halt on liquor law pending court action in Cincinnati
Washington reports that the U S circuit court in Cincinnati granted a temporary restraining order and show cause why a temporary injunction should not issue to stop collectors and gaugers from marking spirits packages under treasury department rules. Distillers seek suspension of regs pending hearing. Clifton Springs Distillery sues over labeling high wines.
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Washington
Capers
Internal Revenue
Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court
Treasury Department
Heye
Sapers
Secretary of the Treasury
Clifton Springs Distillery Company
Department of Justice
Jury Misconduct Charged in Hyde and Schneider Case
In Washington on June 29, Hyde and Schneider of San Francisco, recently convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands, filed an additional assignment for a new trial alleging jury misconduct. They claim jurors secretly planned a pact to convict some while acquitting others to secure a mixed verdict and thus overturn the verdicts against all four defendants.
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Washington
Frederick A. Hyde
Joost H. Schneider
San Francisco
Hyde
Schneider
Government of
Public Lands
Criminal Court
Benson
Dimond
Dulandants
Police pursue Mrs. Gunness in Detroit case
Detroit police believe they are on the trail of Mrs. Bella Gunness of Laporte Indiana, suspected of wholesale murder. Two young women Lulu Raymond and Grace Benson held in custody say they met Gunness after her burned body was found. Their statements suggest Gunness may be alive, and police seek others who know more. Officials expect a more definite update in a day or two.
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Detroit
Mich
Bella Gunness
Laporte
Ind
Lulu Raymond
Grace Benson
Balloon Philadelphia Falls Into River Near Schuylkill
A balloon named Philadelphia rose from Point Breeze on Saturday, collapsed over the Schuylkill River but stayed aloft to the river’s far bank due to navigator Prof. King. It carried five passengers including two women, with no injuries reported.
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Philadelphia
Point Breeze
Schuylkill River
King
Poisoned milk suspected in Columbia farm death
In Columbia Missouri on June 8 George Taylor, a farmer, is dead after drinking poisoned milk and his daughters are critically ill. The incident is being investigated as a poisoning case with authorities probing the source of contamination.
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Killa
Columbia, Mo
George Taylor
Women Who Wear Well and the Change of Life
An early 20th century ad discussing how marriage and motherhood affect women's health. It attributes changes in appearance and vitality to ignorance and neglect of pelvic health, promotes Favorite Prescription by Dr. Pierce as a tonic for women, and urges consult from the Invalids' Home in Buffalo.
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Pierce
B. V. Pierce
Invalids' Bial and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Vilileca Man Killed by Freight Train
Vilileca resident Vilileca Man died early Sunday morning when he fell under the wheels of Faust Freight No. 1 while returning home after Memorial Day. His leg was severed at the hip and he suffered other serious injuries as he was alighting. The incident occurred at the local rail spot near Villise. Authorities investigated the accident and identified Garet Cresson Willam Dunn as involved.
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Garet Cresson
Willam Dunn
Villise
Ern
Faust Freight No
Tama Jims Daughter Sings Debut At Gayeau Hall
Paris Flora Wilson daughter of James Wilson United States secretary of agriculture made a successful debut at a concert in the Gayeau hall. She studied under Jean de Reszke and was repeatedly encored as prominent members of the American colony attended.
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Tama Jim
Paris
Flora Wilson
James Wilson
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Jean de Reszke
Gayeau Hall
Bth
The
Legation
Miss Wilson
Mine Accident Kills Dubuque Man at Avenue Top Shaft
John Kerwin aged 50 is dead and J J Smith cannot recover after an accident at the Avenue Top mine shaft. The two men were astride a large ore bucket being lowered when the brake failed, dropping them 185 feet to the shaft bottom.
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Dubuque
John Kerwin
J. J. Smith
Avenue Top
Tragic Oak Township Death Claims Blaise-Sarah Anderson
In Oak township a fatal incident ends the life of 18 year old Blaise-Sarah Anderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs y L Anderson, after a brother three years her senior struck her with a branch during a yard play scene after supper. The blow to the base of the brain was delivered as Sarah faced away, laughing, and she died instantly.
It Can’t be Beat Best Renewers Endorsement
It Can t be Beat The best of all renewers 15 experieces Co M Hardin of Silver City North Carolina says I find Bleetriellers does all that s claimed for it for stomach MMvar and kidney troubles it can t be beat I have tried it and find it a most excellent medicine He is right it s the best of all medicines also for weakness Jame back and all rag down conditions Best cop for chills and malaria Sold under guarantee at Milter s drug store 0c
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Experieces
M. Hardin
Silver City
North Carolina
Hardenly
Aiat RB. A
Reeded remedy claims cure for lung trouble with honey and tar
A reader from Reasner Iowa reports severe lung illness cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. The account says it stopped coughing and strengthened the lungs after doctors diagnosed consumption. Another testimonial from E E Conner & Co references similar relief.
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Foley
L.M. E Huggles
Reasner
Towa
Vosey
E. E. Conner & Co
Kodol praised by Georgia state warden Jake Moore
Hon. Jake C. Moore of Georgia writes that after years of indigestion and weight loss he recovered after using Kodol for dyspepsia. He states he now weighs more than ever and feels much better and hopes others may benefit. Sold by B E Conner & Co.
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Jake Moore
Georgia
C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Jake C. Moore
Atlanta
B.E. Conner & Co
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Haggard
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Sytv Loan
Algona
Iowa
Ibrington LJ Dickinboy Harrington & Dickinson
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Em. M. Galbraith
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