Saloons Seek New Petition of General Consent in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs saloon men plan a campaign to secure a new petition of general consent. The effort requires signatures from a majority of registered voters, about 6 100 on last November's list. Judge Bollinger in Davenport ruled a saloon keeper must file a new petition and bonds before resuming business, making the new move timely as the current petition expires in January 1911.
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Bollinger
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Queer Tangle in Land Deal in Iowa Counties
A complex lawsuit in Iowa Falls and Franklin County involves twelve plaintiffs and defendants, with M. H. Green of Iowa Falls buying a 120 acre Grant township farm from Nachazel using a $25 check that was declined for "no funds." The farm changes hands through several intermediate buyers, inflating the price, before all parties uncover the dispute and a suit follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Franklin
M. H. Green
Grant Township
Franklin County
Nachazel
State National Bank
Green
Popejoy
Eldora Dentists
Ackrey
Peace Delegates Named for Chicago Congress
Des Moines April 30 Governor Carroll named ten Iowans to represent the state at the peace congress in Chicago May 2 and 5. Delegates include Judge Charles Leggett Fairfield David Brant Iowa City Bishop Theodore Morrison Davenport Rev Orin W Fifer Des Moines Mrs M F Hinman Belmont Major S H M Byers Des Moines Geneval Grenville M Dodge Council Bluffs Bishop Philip J Garrigan Sioux City ex Governor William Larrabee Clermont and Mrs J J Seerley Burlington The governor also named C C Dye Decatur county and Colonel W F Baker Pottawattamie county as delegates to the first annual road builders congress at Seattle July 48.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Hig
Chicago
Charles Leggett
Fairfield
David Brant
Iowa City
Theodore Morrison
Davenport
Orin W. Fifer
M. F. Hinman
Belmont
S. H. M. Byers
Geneval Grenville M. Dodge
Council Bluffs
Philip J. Garrigan
Sioux City
William Larrabee
Clermont
J. J. Seerley
Burlington
C. C. Dye
Decatur County
W. F. Baker
Pottawattamie County
Iowa
Seattle
Summer School on Crops at Iowa State College
Ames Iowa April 30. A summer school will be conducted at the Iowa State College under the farm crops department. The program runs through June and only college students are eligible. Professor Bowman notes wider state access would exceed capacity. Course work covers cereals, grasses and figures.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Farm Crops Department
Bowman
Three Inches of Rain and Storm Damage Hit Iowa Towns
Clinton reports thirty minutes of blackout after twenty four hours of violent rainfall totaling three inches. In Rembrandt Sioux Rapids and Alta three fronts blown in with windows doors and barns damaged, total losses near ten thousand dollars. Cherokee suffers wind and hail damage with over twenty houses and barns wrecked and no casualties reported.
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Clinton
Storm Lake
Buena Vista
Rembrandt
Sioux Rapids
Alta
Cherokee
Storm wrecks Chicago area toll rises with wind and rain
A severe electrical storm and gale strike Chicago at 6 15 pm causing at least five deaths and widespread damage. Roofs toppled workers killed in Peoria area farms and several warehouses wrecked. Union depot and freight yard damage disrupts Illinois River shipping. Indiana prison wall blown down 600 feet triggers National Guard response.
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Quincy
John Corcoran
Illinois
Peoria
Chicago
Grand Crossing Tack Company
Seventy-ninth Street
Ellis Avenue
Western Union
Indiana
Indianapolis
Marshall
Reid
Michigan City
Orin Perry
Indiana National Guard
South Bend
Suit Seeks 20000 for Loss of Wife in Nevada Iowa
James Thompson farmer sues Charlies Dawson claiming Dawson wooed his wife during touring trips in an overland car near Nevada Iowa and alienated his affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Charlies
Dawson
James Thompson
Life Term With Extras In Cairo Murder Case
Henry Eskett was sentenced in Cairo to life imprisonment for the December 18 murder of Charles Speikert at Mounds. The punishment includes the harshest labor and yearly solitary confinement for 24 hours on the crime anniversary.
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Cairo
Ill
Henry Eskett
Charles Speikert
Mounds
Walks in Sleep Fall From Window in Tulsa Hotel
James Davis a wealthy oil producer, in a somnambulistic state, fell from the Brady hotel third story window in Tulsa Oklahoma on April 30. He was removed to City Hospital in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
James Davis
Brady Hotel
City
Twenty-One Killed by Southern Storm Report
Memphis reports indicate twenty-one people died in storms across Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi. West Marion Arkansas suffered widespread destruction with twenty four houses demolished and one woman killed plus four injured. Near Hornlake Mississippi many plantation cabins wrecked and four Black individuals killed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
West Marion
Ark
Hornlake
Miss
Peoria Wind and Storm Disrupt City Roofs
A wind and electrical storm swept over Peoria on April 30 causing roofs to lift and damage across the city. The feature disruption affected buildings including parts of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy line facilities and related infrastructure. Police and fire crews worked to assess the damage as residents reported scattered debris and power outages.
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Peoria
Chicago
Burlington
Five Inches of Snow in Wyoming Snowfall Damages Sheep
Five inches of snow fell in Casper Wyoming causing damage to sheep and halting shearings now under way. Reports indicate snow also hit Sheridan and Yellowstone Park as spring work slows under the late storm system.
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Wyoming
Casper
Wyvo
Sheridan
Yellowstone Park
Tornado Destruction Kills Four in Golden Missouri
Four people died and at least twelve injured as a tornado struck Golden near Cassville Missouri on April 30. The town was reported completely destroyed with every building razed.
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Cassville
Golden
Here
Blizzard Paralyzed Duluth Streets Amid Heavy Snow
A severe blizzard rages in Duluth Minnesota with snow plows working to clear streets. The storm, described as among the worst of the year, disrupts daily life and traffic as visibility remains low.
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Duluth
Minn
Maybray case tied to Lexington murder rumor
Lexington residents who knew James P. McCann, rumored murdered by Lord Barrington near St Louis years ago, may settle a dispute over whether J C Maybray, jailed horse race swindler in Des Moines, is the same man. Des Moines police sent Maybray photos to Lexington. Former McCann friends are asked to view the pictures at a local paper office. McCann was born and raised in the county and has relatives there.
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Lexington
James P. McCann
McCann
Fayette County
Waterloo Postmaster Stricken On Homeward Walk
Waterloo Louisiana April 20 Postmaster W M Sindlinger suffered an apoplexy while returning from the post office. His faithful horse rode him home and awaited at the gate as family members found him unconscious.
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Waterloo
W. M. Sindlinger
Yesterday's Baseball Results Across Leagues
In the American League Boston beat New York 10 to 4. Cincinnati split a pair with Chicago 5 3 and 2 5. Western League Omaha lost to Denver 3 to 2 and Sioux City beat Wichita 3 to 3. Lincoln defeated Topeka 6 to 2. Pueblo beat Des Moines 5 to 4.
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Denver
R.h.le
Omaha
Johns and Gonding
Gillen and Zalusky
Wichita
R.H.E Sioux
Johnson and Sullivan
Burnham and McManus
Pueblo
R.hle
Des Moines
Swift
Mitye
Biersdorfer
Kerner
HOGS AND CATTLE MARKETS IN CHICAGO TRADE NOTES
Chicago markets report April 30 1909 show hog receipts estimated 17000 with light and mixed packs priced 6 80 to 7 40 and heavy ships 6 95 to 7 40. Cattle and sheep receipts about 1500 and 7000 with mixed trends and price ranges across beef, cows, calves, stockers, and western cattle while grain firm delays influence bids. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co with postal address in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Turks execute 250 conspirators after uprising in Constantinople
Nadir Pasha is hanged at dawn on the Galata bridge as the military court condemns about 250 prisoners to death. The national assembly orders Mehmed V to take the oath within a week and ratifies Abdul Hamid's deportation to Saloniki. A commission will try Hadjin massacres by court martial. Five American missionary women are safe in Hadjin after eight days of siege.
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Constantinople
War Office
Nadir Pasha
Galata
National Assembly
Said Pasha
Mehmed V
Hadjin
Adana
Miss Lambert
Lambert
Saloniki
Women Suffrage Split At International Alliance Session
London April 30 A serious split in suffrage ranks occurred at the International Suffrage alliance session as delegates left the hall. Under Rev Anna Howard Shaw American delegate the convention voted to reserve membership to societies whose sole objective is the enfranchisement of women.
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London
International Suffrage Alliance
Anna Howard Shaw
Cavanaugh Receives Judgment From Arkansas Court
A fragment by default for 29800 against J C Maybray was awarded to G E Cav anaugh in Little Rock. Nonsuits against Winn S Harris JL J Arner Montie McCall and others linked to a New Orleans wrestling scam. About 3500 from arrests and 3500 from seized property expected. race horses sold for 500 adding to recovery.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. C. Maybray
G. E. Cavanaugh
Winn S. Harris
JL J. Arner
Montie McCall
Cavanaugh
New Orleans
Detective Slain by Nebraskan at Albany Hotel
Thomas Hennesey, hotel detective at the Albany hotel and former Auditorium hotel house detective in Chicago, was shot and killed at the Albany hotel by C. C. Sieck of Fort Calhoun Nebraska. Police say the shooting may end an old grudge.
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Denver
Thomas Hennessey
Albany Hotel
Auditorium Hotel
Chicago
C. C. Sieck
Fort Calhoun
Neb
Monument to Sam Davis Scout Unveiled on Capitol Hill
Honor memory of Confederate scout Sam Davis with a monument unveiled on Capitol Hill in Nashville Tennessee. Davis died after refusing to divulge information about a source at Pulaski Tennessee on November 27, 1803.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sam Davis
Pulaski
Capito Hill
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Story County
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R.H.E. Boston
New York
Cicotte
Carrigan
Newton
Blair
National League
Cincinnati
R.H.E. Cincinnati
Gasper
Rowan
McLean
Brown
Moran
Fromme
Kroh
Western League
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
Chicago, Ill
Young Turks
Sultan
Hall
Little Rock Court
Maybray Auto
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