Discharge of Supt. Edwin Dukes ends assault trial
Supt. Edwin Dukes was acquitted on Friday after a court hearing in which testimony cited that he could have used more force but upheld his actions as justified. Witnesses described the alleged blow as a shove or strike, while Dukes’s defense framed it as a necessary disciplinary measure. Justice H. A. Davidson discharged Dukes amid cheering, delivering a verdict that vindicated the superintendent.
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H. AH. Davidson
W. H. Foote
Salisbury
Claire Foote
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Dukes
Sixth Street
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Duken
Missouri and Kansas News Notes From the Northward Front
A fragmented Missouri Kansas piece discusses migration, regional ties, and local strife. It mentions General Funston of Aguinaldo fame visiting Alaska on a government visit, with his father living near Tola in a farm community nicknamed Bog Horn Sunston for peculiar vocal traits.
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Kansas
Missour
Missouri
Iowa
Missouri River
Kangas
General Funston
Aguinaldo
Alaska
Tola
Community committee plans major Woodmen gathering
Citizens committee appointed to arrange details for entertaining Woodmen members in the city exerts energy. Weekly meetings mature plans to provide entertainment. Nothing will be left undone to make the occasion memorable though the date is not yet set.
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Storm Lake Piloy
Aee
Death Claims Mrs Thompson and Denham kinship
Obituary notes report Mrs. Thompson wife of Rock Island yard master dies after typhoid fever following a family bout of illness. funeral services held with Royal Neighbors and Woodmen participation. interment at Oak Hill cemetery. Harry Denham, 22, dies of typhoid after illness of under two weeks. funeral planned from R S Denham residence with Rev. Church officiating. family left to mourn.
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H. Fritz
Oscar Robbins
Fred Balter
W. A. Lyona
Ed. Liddle
Fred McCullough
Mr. Thompson
Iowa Falls
Harry Denham
R.S. Denham
Harry Denboem
Sibley
Higley & Co
Hia Tlineas
Denham
Church
New City Council Opens Session with All Aldermen Present
The new city council met at 9:30 this morning with all aldermen attending though Mayor Mack J. Groves was absent. W. P. Galloway elected president pro tem. Old rules largely adopted, weighmaster and street commissioner reports filed. Groves was approved as mayor and to be filed with the county auditor. A committee of H. H. Davidson, C. F. Atwood and A. C. Brown to seek council rooms for the coming year was appointed. Recess set to 7:30 this evening to complete organization.
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Mack J. Groves
W. P. Galloway
Mack Groves
H. H. Davidson
C. F. Atwood
A. C. Brown
Milford Adopts New Mail Delivery Times And Names Mayor
New delivery schedule starts this morning with general delivery at 8:30 and 4:50, business delivery at 1:15, and collections at 9:30 and 4, with Sunday collection at 5. No evening window service. R. B. Donaldson is Milford’s new mayor. The May issue of New Idea Woman's Magazine highlights features on dressmaking, New York’s Chinatown, and home decor, plus patterns. Milford board of supervisors met for April, handling routine matters and two road petitions in 12 Mile Lake township and near Tom Goggins’ farm, with opposition noted on both.
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NEW Idea Woman's Magazine
May
Constance Fuller
Emma A. Osborne
New York
Chinatown
Katherine Louise Smithella
Nancy Hall
Eben Rexford
Board of Supervisors
12 Mile Lake Township
H. Egeraton
Tom
Goggins
C. P. Clay
Dolliver Herald reports sparse election turnout and local changes
The county news notes only twenty votes cast in Dolliver with a single ticket in the field. Dolliver councilmen elected H Rasmus en and C E Bravender, clerk O Z Burkhead at Armstrong city election. Stockwell couple of Armstrong to California for an uncertain period. Des Moines Capital cites rumors of leadership shifts in Rock Island system with W J Lawrence or Ben Cable eyed for a top post. no confirmation given.
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Horth
Ringsted
Dolliver
H.rasmuseen
C. EB. Bravender
O. Z. Burkhead
Armstrong
Robert Williams
Des Moines
Carrol Wright
Towa
Rock Island
W. J. Lawrence
Iowa
Rock Island Road
Burlington, Cedar Rapids &Northers
Mr. Wright
Mr. Lawrence
Ben Cable
Missouri River
Horston
Kas
Law‘pence
New Time Card On Rock Island Line Takes Effect
The Rock Island time card changed schedules across the branch from Grover to Jows Falls. Key shifts include No 608 arriving 9 40 am and leaving 10 40 am southbound, No 708 added to run Armstrong Germania and Jows Falls, No 606 moved to 6 10 pm return, and through connections to Sioux Falls Watertown Pipestone Albert Lea and Minneapolis.
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Armstrong
Estherville
Germania
Jows Falls
Albert Lea
Minneapolis
Stenving
Sioux Falls
Ellaworth
Watertown
Laverne
Pipestone
Albert Leal
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolia
Iowa
Eost
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