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Multiple sensational incidents plague Stowx and nearby towns
A collage of brief items from the region reports motorists injuring children in Stowx City, a fatal kick from a horse in Marcus, a store fire in Furgeson, and a train collision near Perry. Other notes cover obituaries, weddings, factory accidents, suicide, robberies, and local oddities across Iowa towns, with dates and names such as McNales, Wolfe, and Rhode.
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Stowx City
Stonx City
Wm. McNales
Marcus
Idse & Co
Furgeson
Dave Cutler
Wssex
Sioux City
Red Cross
Bert Jamison
Ockaloosa
Vern Flot
Milwaukee
Perry
A. V. Smith
Bloomfield
Sanborn
Oscar Carlson
Essex
Misa Althea Wolfe
Ord
Creston
Gen. Wallace
St. Charlea
Andrew Rubleman
Lone Tree
Louis Hofman
Buxton
Daniel Whitehead
Logan
Shenandoah
Lawrence Rhode
Ft. Madison
Ottumwa
Amon Dorsey
Ruby Helder
Grinnell College
Lincoln Harbold
Plano
Waterloo
Harry Edliss
Vinton
Marshalltown
Cairo
Mantz
Angus
Des Moines
Joseph Fort Newton
Liberal Christian Church
Cedar Rapids
City Temple
London
England
Fred Wenzel
New Liberty
Frank Hines
Grinnell
New Sharon
L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College
Beieves
Robert Hunter
Nevada
Arizona
Geo. Nichols
Ames
Iowa
State Dairy and Food Department
Chicago Commission
Iowa City
State Pharmacy Commission