Custody case stirs Keokuk court over infant return
In Keokuk Iowa on August 20 a legal fight over possession of a baby led to dramatic court scenes. Mrs Vina Keller faced charges and had herself appointed a constable while Secretary Elmer Dark of Associated Charities was jailed briefly for contempt. The case highlighted new sociological statutes, with judges ruling the mother must be found competent before custody. The decision set off years of appeals, drawing sharp critique of the legal process and its impact on the child.
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Vina Keller
Ney
Elmer Dark
Associated Charities
Wark
Beig Hg
Fch
Fes
Hughes
Supreme Court
Steve Park
Town
Tie
Keller
Secretary Park
Asate
Bern
Hor
Park
Iar
Nothyr
Iowa
Flughes
Justice of the Peace
Hostal
Secretary Park Concludes to Leave It Where Pound
A chaotic account from Iowa details an early state custody fight over a sick baby under a new law. Secretary Park resisted a court order to return the infant, was jailed for contempt, and a vagrancy charge against the baby surfaced as neighbors and officials debated authority, with inquiries into the law’s constitutionality and enforcement.
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Park
Pound
Canada Growing Trade With Great Britain Gains Steam
Washington reports a steady rise in Canada’s trade with Great Britain, per a statement from the Dominion’s embassy. The total imports for consumption in the fiscal year reached 202,791, US. exports of Canadian produce totaled 1,010,708, with the United States as the leading buyer at 71,106,508 and Britain purchasing 100,348,245.
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Canada
Enatem
Dominion
State Department
Johnson
Stanbridge
Inet
United States
Great Britain
Bank teller theft linked to Abbey club figures
Aspen court records allege Leonard Dongle embezzled £64,980 from the Aspen bank and lost the funds in gambling at the Abbey club. Proprietor K Edward Wilson and dealers Jaco Geis and John Molin were jailed on charges of aiding and abetting. Bail set at $20,000 each. district attorney will proceed to trial. Also reports Butter egg stocks and Labor Day queen selection in unrelated items.
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Cole
Ate
Edward Wilson
Abbey Club
Jaco Gels
John Hotin
Leonard Dongle
Aspen Bank
Dongle
Wilson
Geis
Molin
T. G. Lyster
Sheriff Seizes Suspect in Timber Fraud Case
Whateon Washington August 20 Sheriff Stiles of Menominee Michigan has departed with John Vrooman a suspect wanted there for alleged timber frauds.
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Whateon
Wash
Sheriff Stiles
Menominee
Mich
John Vrooman
Livestock Market Quotes and Rail Crash Note
East Buffalo buyers and Chicago area markets post receipts and bids for cattle hogs and sheep with varied prices across lots and grades. A Queen and Crescent train collision near Jackson, Miss, killed a fireman and badly injured an engineer. Senator Cushman K. Days’s parents in Yankton celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. both are in good health.
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Alger
Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Jackson, Miss
Queen and Crescent
Jackson
Brunston
John Jones
Yankton, S. D
H. N. Davis
Cushman K. Days
Davis
Young Degenerate Confesses in Omaha Letter
A letter received by the Omaha Police claims Tony Huffman killed a baby and cut Dora Jackman’s hair, mailed Tuesday and received Wednesday. The writer, identified as Huffman, admits cutting hair and disposing of the body in the Missouri River. police seek the suspect or his body as an infant’s unidentified body was found last June.
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Neb
Tony Huffman
Etter
Lam
Dora Jackman
Timp
Missouri River
Hopeman
Huffman
Deraackman
Pelwuary
Jone
Battle Is Imminent In Venezuelan Conflict
Aug 20 island report from Curacan states President Castro marches on Ocamare with advance guard as revolutionists hold nearby La Democracia. All telegraph lines cut amid rising tension as violence looms between Castro's army and Venezuelan rebels. Also included are baseball scores from Chicago and Detroit, Carlisle's address in Saratoga on U S territorial power, and note of a Nez Perce monument plan in Helena plus a divorce filing in Andersen Indiana.
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Curacan
Castro
Venezuela
San Castinie
Cua
Ocamare
la Democracia
Saratoga
N. Y
John G. Carlisle
New York
Helena
Pearpaw Mountains
Miles
Interior Department
Paraguyan Kadievo Indians Noted Potters
The Kadievo Indians of Paraguay are skilled potters known for their traditional ceramic work. The community preserves indigenous techniques, crafting vessels with distinctive patterns and natural pigments used for daily and ceremonial purposes.
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Paraguay
Roosevelt Visits New Hampshire Secretary Hay Retreats Near Sunapee
President Roosevelt stayed with Secretary of State Hay at a lakeside summer home near Lake Sunapee. He was greeted by Hay and his daughters and addressed towns along his route. Crowds at the Weirs and Concord caused crushes, with police and officials scrambling to manage the reception. Roosevelt outlined future travels to Tennessee and North Carolina, defended soldiers in the Philippines, and urged doing work wholeheartedly while enjoying life.
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N. 1
Roosevelt Watnight
Hay
Lake Sunapee
New Hampshire
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Bangor
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Tennessee
North Carolina
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Chickamauga
Asheville
Love Plot Thwarted By A Father In St Clair
Clair Mich Aug 2 A romance between Nettle Andersen daughter of Captain and Mrs Andersen and Rutherford TV hit a snag when Captain Andersen learned of the plan to wed. He telegraphed Sheriff Maines to stop the venture. The lovers were tracked to the court house where Miss Andersen, though of age, agreed to reconsider. The trio returned to St Clair and Miss Andersen reaffirmed her feelings for Rutherford.
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Mich
True
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M. Andersen
Anderson Ewes
Rutherford TV
PTI
Miss Anderson
Port Huron
Captain Anderson
Maines
Dead Man Returns Claiming Inheritance In Crawford County
An elderly former soldier, missing from Crawford County 28 years ago, has appeared in Robinson to press a partition action for his share of Dr David Wilson's 1814 estate. The estate included 5,500 acres. daughters Sarah Jurkett and Grace Allberry, now in Ohio, were awarded his share after partition. They sold 500 acres. Startman, living in Addy Washington, seeks his portion. In Pensacola Florida a mob and militia guard Della Dixon case. Sonny Thompson, an accused attacker, is sent to Tallahassee.
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Devwhd Trartman
Crawford County
Robinson
David Wilson
Hartman
Sarah J.urkett
Grace
Allberry
Ohio
Startman
Addy, Wash
Dr. Wilson
Tie
Pensacola
Pla
Sonny” Thompson
Della Dixon
Tallahassee
Mia
Dixon
War and unrest grip West Virginia mining region
Governor White orders the Seoote regiment of the West Virginia National Guard to New River district to protect life and property as deputies clash with strikers over rent and authority. At Caperton and nearby towns, shots fly. two companies stationed near Kueh Thun. 4000 miners at work amid widespread idle labor and property damage.
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W. Va
White
West Virginia National Guard
New River District
Lfe
Morrison
Parkersburg
Gesletaner
Bin
Fred
Ited Ash
Caperton
Kueh Thun
Kanawha
New River
Night Calm After Panther Creek Valley unrest
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania Aug DW after a day of intense excitement the Panther Creek valley quieted last night. Troops escorted nonunion men to homes in Lamaford Summit Hill and Coaldale. National Guard ordered strict enforcement of an obscene names act amid hostile crowds and stone throwing. Several arrests occurred, including Joseph McCann held on assault and battery and breach of the peace charges. The torpedo boat destroyer Barry then logged 28.12 knots on trial off Solomons Island.
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Twelfth Regiment
Tein
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Caronel Clement
National Guard
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Gearhart
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Joseph McCann
John King
Timothy King
John Kelly
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Kelly
Marteen
Lansford
Squire Lewis
Mexican Religious Liberty Missionaries Ordered to Leave
Everett Morgan and wife, former Plainfield residents now in Cotovol Mexico, report natives warn them to depart by Sept. 17 or face death. The Morgans, with Miss Sarah Lindley, are the only Americans in Cotovol. Appeals for protection have been sent to government authorities.
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Ind
Everett Morgan
Plainfield
Cotovol
Mex
Morgan
Board of Foreign Missions of the Western Yearly Meeting of the Friends
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